Planning Register
Site report · 1000 m radius · generated 13 Sept 2026, 11:43

Nangor Road, Ballybane

Eircode Coordinates 53.31770, -6.44625Local authority South Dublin County Council
Applications only for this county. Appeals, zoning, RZLT and consultations: Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown and Fingal only for now.

What closes soonest 1 open window

  • Appeal window closes 14 Sept 20261 day left
    SD26A/0121WGrant Permission — Installation of a new culvert to convey the Baldonnell Stream. The proposed culvert will be an approximately 90m long c
    4 weeks from the council's decision (17 Aug 2026) · s.37 Planning and Development Act 2000 · €220 to An Coimisiún Pleanála (€110 observer) · 0 m away
Sources: acp, consult, moderngov, npad, rzlt · fetched 12 Sept 2026, 00:05
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Where this is

Townland
Ballybane
Electoral division
Clondalkin Village
Local electoral area
Clondalkin
Local authority
South Dublin County Council
Parcel
Tailte Éireann 1789128 (freehold), 2.59 ha

Census 2022, small area 267053001/02

277
people
120
households
124
dwellings

64.9% owner-occupied, 25.4% privately rented, 1.8% social. Vacancy 6.5%.

Sources: places, parcels · fetched 11 Sept 2026, 21:28
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Zoning evaluated against the point

C2.1 — Economic development and employment south dublin county development plan 2022 2028 · 8 Mar 20228 Mar 2028

EE: To provide for enterprise and employment related uses

What that means: Zoned for employment uses. Housing is not the intended use here.

Source: zoning · fetched 12 Sept 2026, 02:04
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Designations and constraints within 1000 m

An OPW flood extent intersects this area. The OPW's map is licensed CC-BY-NC-ND, so we show a flag only — see the extent at floodinfo.ie.
DesignationCountExamples
EPA-licensed facility11Pfizer Ireland Pharmaceuticals; P0693; Amazon Data Services Ireland Limited
NIAH-recorded building3Castle Bagot House; Casement Aerodrome; Kilcarberry House
Radon risk area3About 1 in 10 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels; About 1 in 20 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels; About 1 in 5 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels
Recorded monument10Field system; Castle - unclassified; Church
Sources: constraints, constraints.epa_licence, constraints.flood_cfram, constraints.niah, constraints.radon, constraints.smr · fetched 11 Sept 2026, 19:11
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Residential Zoned Land Tax

This site is not on the current draft or final RZLT map.

Source: rzlt · fetched 12 Sept 2026, 00:23
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Planning applications 49 in 5 years within 1.0 km

Recent decisions and applications

30
Grant permission
4
Refuse permission
4
Declared exempt
3
Grant extension of duration of permission
  • Grange Castle Business Park, Nangor Road, Clondalkin, Co. Dublin Referral
    Provision of a boiler house, boiler, heat exchangers and ancillary equipment; The application relates to a development which comprises or is for the purposes of an activity requiring an Industrial Emissions Licence; The use of the site is an establishment to which the European Communities (Major Accident Hazards Involving Dangerous Substances) Regulations 2006 as amended by the Chemicals Act (Control of Major Accident Hazards Involving Dangerous Substances) Regulations 2015 apply.
    SD26A/0187Wreceived 30 Jul 2026312 m away
  • Grangecastle Motor Company site, at Profile Park, Ballybane, Dublin 22 Grant permission
    Installation of a new culvert to convey the Baldonnell Stream. The proposed culvert will be an approximately 90m long concrete box culvert with overall internal dimensions of 1.1m wide by 1.7m high. And all associated works.
    SD26A/0121Wreceived 21 Jul 2026decided 17 Aug 20260 m away
  • Grange Castle Business Park, Nangor Road, Clondalkin, Dublin 22 Grant extension of duration of permission
    Demolition of existing single storey vacant house, garage and outhouse (total gross floor area (GFA) c.291.2sq.m) and removal of existing temporary construction car park; Construction of a single 1-4 storey Central Administration Building and 2 2-storey (with mezzanine) data centres (DUB14 & DUB15) all to be located west of data centres DUB9, DUB10, DUB12 & DUB13 within the MS campus; The Central Administration Building (c.6.03m to c.19.85m high) will comprise central office administration, with staff cafeteria, staff gym and reception (GFA c.3,520sq.m), with provision of PV panels on the roof; each data centre (c.15.6m high to parapet height and c.18.65m to top of roof plant) will include data halls, admin blocks (comprising offices, canteen, loading dock, storage and ancillary areas) and a variety of mechanical and electrical plant areas/structures including Modular Electrical Rooms (MERs), battery rooms and transformer areas. GFA of DUB14 is c.28,072sq.m and GFA of DUB15 is c.28,173sq.m (c.56,246sq.m in total); DUB14 will also include 21 diesel generators and associated sub-stations (E-houses) and 11 mechanical flues (each c.30.75m high); Provision of a gas generator compound (to serve DUB15) containing 20 generators, 5 E-houses and 5 flues (c.25m max height); Provision of a Gas Networks Ireland gas skid including 3 kiosk buildings; Expansion of existing electrical sub-station compound (originally granted under SD07A/0632) to provide 3 additional transformer bays. 3 E-houses and 1 control room, 2 auxiliary transformers; 2 sprinkler tank and pump house areas, 1 additional rainwater harvesting plant; Provision of 168 permanent car parking spaces and 40 cycle parking spaces; Provision of additional western access to the MS campus (to serves the Central Administration Building) from the Business Park estate road (including bridge over the Griffeen River) with existing temporary access to be extinguished; Physical integration with the remainder of the existing MS campus (including internal access roads and landscaping) with associated modifications to the western boundary of the DUB09/DUB10/DUB12/DUB13 data centre development as permitted under SD16A/0088; Provision of a new temporary construction car park (with 802 car spaces, shuttle bus stop and shelter) on site north of the main entrance to the business park; Total gross floor area of the development will be c.59,766sq.m; All associated site development works, drainage and services provision, landscaping, boundary treatments (including security fencing) and associated works; An Environmental Impact Assessment Report (EIAR) has been submitted with this application; The application relates to a development which comprises an activity requiring an integrated pollution prevention and control (IE) licence.
    SD20A/0283/EPreceived 27 May 2026decided 21 Jul 2026246 m away
  • Townlands within Grange Castle South Business Park, Baldonnel, Dublin 22 Grant extension of duration of permission
    Amendments and modifications to the permitted data centre development granted under Reg. Ref. SD18A/0134 - ABP Ref. ABP-302813-18 and the temporary substation permission granted under SD19A/0300 to include: Demolition of the two storey dwelling of Weston House; single storey dwelling and outbuildings/ stables of Weston Lodge; and the single storey dwelling and converted garage of Kent Cottage. Retention of sprinkler tank and pump house to the south-west of Building A Data Centre to replace 4 sprinkler tanks; Retention of 40kW(p) PV panels on the roof of Building A Data Centre; Retention of revised size of northern attenuation pond and loss of permitted landscaping to its south; Retention of ramped access to rear of temporary substation permitted under SD19A/0300; Retention of revised flue arrangement for Building A Data Centre from 2 associated flues per generator to 1 associated flue per generator (16 in total) and grouped into 8 towers of two flues each (each 20m high); Retention of revised position of security fence to north, west and south of Building A Data Centre; and retention and modifications of landscape berm along Baldonnel Road and to east of Weston House. Development will consist of new works to include: Modifications of permitted vehicular entrance to the data centre to include a new single storey guard house (37sq.m) and two internal entrance gates; Modification to car parking so that the permitted entrance to the parking area from the east is closed off; Modifications of flue arrangement for Building B Data Centre from 2 associated flues per generator to 1 associated flue per generator (16 in total) and grouped into 8 towers of two flues each (each 20m high); Modifications to permitted landscape scheme to north and south of Building A Data Centre; Removal of roadside entrance to Erganagh House (demolished), Kent Cottage, and the former scaffolding yard; and removal of roadside entrance to Weston House and its replacement with a new agricultural gate and fence to be erected to facilitate access for maintenance and security purposes only all on a site of 9.7Ha located within lands in the Grange Castle South Business Park and the residential properties of Weston House, Kent Cottage and Weston Lodge as well as the former scaffolding yard on land within the townlands of Aungierstown and Ballybane; Ballybane; and Milltown and bounding Baldonnel Road to the west and south and Grange Castle South access road to the north, Baldonnel, Dublin 22.
    SD20A/0295/EPreceived 2 Apr 2026decided 26 May 2026388 m away
  • Profile Park (in the townland of Kilbride), Clondalkin, Dublin 22 Grant permission
    Amendments to planning permission Reg. Ref.: SD21A/0241, as previously amended by Reg. Ref.: SD23A/0035, SD23A/0203, SD23A/0291, SD24A/0162W and SD25A/0102W. The proposed amendments consist of the following: The provision of an underground firewater retention tank c. 840m3 located to the north of the overall site; The provision of a new entrance onto the New Nanagor Road to service this tank and for infrequent maintenance; Security fencing and associated ground pipework and planting; and All associated and ancillary works
    SD26A/0012Wreceived 16 Jan 2026decided 12 Mar 202626 m away
  • DUB07 DUB09 DUB13 and DUB14, Data Centres, Grange Castle Business Park Declared exempt
    The proposed works consist of the erection of 6 No. platforms at the DUB07, DUB 09, DUB13, and DUB14 data centres at Grange Castle Business Park for the purpose of monitoring flue emissions.
    ED26/0001received 13 Jan 2026decided 9 Feb 2026185 m away
  • A site within the townlands of Miltown, Clutterland & Kilmactalway, on and adjacent Peamount Road (R120, and Old Nangor Road Newcastle, Co. Dublin. Grant permission
    The development will consist of the omission of a permitted above ground installation (AGI) compound under Reg. Ref.: SD20A/0058, the provision of an AGI at an alternate location within the site, and the provision of a Pressure Reduction Metering System (PRMS) and a foul pumping station, along with road upgrades to the public road (R120 Peamount Road), and provision of a foul sewer connection from the site to the northeast, via Peamount Road and Old Nangor Road. The relocated AGI, PRMS compound, and foul pumping station will be located in the southeastern corner of the site. It is proposed to demolish an existing two storey vacant house (with a gross floor area of 235 sq.m.) to provide for the AGI, PRMS compound, and foul pumping station. The relocated Gas AGI and the PRMS will be located within fenced compounds and will comprise of the following buildings and gas-related infrastructure: - 2 no. AGI buildings comprising AGI Building 1 with a total area of c.18 sq.m and overall height of c. 3.4m and AGI Building 2 with a total area of c. 8 sqm and overall height of c. 3.1m; - A Boiler House Kiosk with a total area of c. 12 sq.m and overall height c. 3.5m and boiler flues with a total height c. 5.4m; - A new E&I Kiosk with a total area of c. 12 sq.m and overall height of c. 2.7m; - A new Control Room with a total area of c. 12 sq.m and overall height of c. 3m; - A new Skid House with a total area of c. 123 sq.m and overall height of c. 3.3m; - The compounds will also accommodate associated valves and pipework. A new foul water pumping station with associated chambers, meters and a 24-hour storage tank will be provided to the east of the AGI and PRMS compounds. The proposed developmbent includes all associated and ancillary works including site lighting, boundary treatments, landscaping, drainage and infrastructure. The proposed development is located within a site subject to an application for an EPA Industrial Emissions (IE) Directive license.
    SD25A/0135Wreceived 24 Oct 2025decided 20 Nov 2025776 m away
  • Lands located at Castlebaggot, in the townland of Kilmactalway, Newcastle, Co. Dublin Grant permission
    The proposed development seeks to provide a temporary construction access road including entrance from Baldonnel Road to provide for the construction of a Regional Network Gateway (RNG) facility permitted under South Dublin County Council Reg. Ref. SD25A/0035W. The works will also involve the temporary provision of a security hut, security gate, vehicle set down area, associated fencing, lighting, civils, drainage, and landscaping works. The temporary works will be removed and lands reinstated to their former use when the construction of the RNG facility is complete.
    SD25A/0251Wreceived 14 Oct 2025decided 4 Dec 2025710 m away
  • Takeda Ireland Limited facility, Grange Castle Business Park, Nangor Road, Grange, Dublin 22 Grant permission
    The installation of solar carports and a ground mounted solar PV array. The proposed development will consist of solar carports (three and five panel versions) over existing surface car park areas, solar panels on ground mounted frames, 1 no. single-storey low voltage / medium voltage transformer (skid) unit, micro inverters, underground electrical ducting and cabling within the development site, integrated lighting for carport areas, and all associated ancillary development works, including ground works and landscaping. Construction and operational access will be via existing site entrances from the existing Grange Castle Business Park internal road network.
    SD25A/0097Wreceived 14 Jul 2025decided 11 Aug 2025780 m away
  • Unit 74, DB03 & DB04, Grange Castle Business Park, Nangor Road, Dublin 22, D22 A259 Declared exempt
    The erection of 3. no platforms at the DB03 and DB04 data centres for the purpose of monitoring flue emissions.
    ED25/0053received 9 Jul 2025decided 5 Aug 2025901 m away

`description` is truncated at source (80 chars for DLR, 70 for Fingal) and `applicant` is null nationally — NPAD publishes neither in full.

Source: npad · fetched 12 Sept 2026, 20:38
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Appeals 8 in 5 years within 1.0 km

Source: acp · fetched 12 Sept 2026, 00:05
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Commencement notices 11 in 3 years within 1.0 km

  • Nangor Road, Dublin 22, Dublin, D22E9R0 Short commencement notice
    25 Aug 2026CN0146568SD930 m away
  • Grange Castle Business Park. Nangor Road. Dublin 22, Dublin, South Dublin Commencement notice
    30 Dec 2025CN0136960SDSD23A/0123911 m away
  • Grange Castle Business Park, Dublin Seven day notice
    27 Oct 2025SN0013226SDSD25A/0149W879 m away
  • profile park, South Dublin Commencement notice
    25 Sept 2025CN0133642SDSD24A/0166W482 m away
  • Profile Park, New Nangor Road, Profile Park, Clondalkin, South Dublin Commencement notice
    5 Aug 2025CN0131710SDSD24A/0162W230 m away
  • Profile Park, South Dublin Commencement notice
    20 Mar 2025CN0126583SDABP-312793-22348 m away
  • Profile Park, Baldonnell, South Dublin Commencement notice
    18 Mar 2025CN0126422SDSD24A/0100W507 m away
  • Ballymount Road Lower, Nangor Road, Clondalkin, Dublin 22, South Dublin Commencement notice
    30 Jan 2025CN0124972SDSD24A/0019386 m away
  • Profile Park, Clondalkin,, South Dublin Seven day notice
    20 Aug 2024SN0010809SDABP-312793-22337 m away
  • Profile Park, Baldonnel, Dublin 22, Dublin, South Dublin Commencement notice
    16 May 2024CN0114946SDABP-317297-23320 m away

One notice can cover many buildings — count notices, never building rows, or a single multi-unit scheme reads as a trend (T11).

Source: bcms · fetched 12 Sept 2026, 23:34
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Sales 12 in 36 months within 1.0 km

€416,300
median price
€3,113/m²
median €/m²
12
sales
0
rooftop-geocoded
8
with listing detail
12
new builds

€370,044€466,960, 20 Sept 2024 to 27 Jul 2026.

AddressSoldPriceAskingTypeBeds€/m²BERDist.
2 Rowan Walk, Kilcarbery new27 Jul 2026€466,960€590,000Terrace41503,113A3937 m
29 Kilcarbery Grange Road, Kilcarbery new19 Dec 2025€436,123937 m
17 Kilcarbery, Grange Road, Kilcarbery new18 Nov 2025€440,529937 m
8 Kilcarbery Grange Square, Kilcarbery new13 Nov 2025€462,555937 m
12 Kilcarbery Grange Square, Kilcarbery new16 Sept 2025€449,339937 m
2 Rowan Close, Kilcarbery, Grange new14 May 2025€418,502937 m
26 Ash Road, Kilcarbery, Grange new14 Apr 2025€405,286937 m
7 Ashwalk, Kilcarbery, Dublin new12 Mar 2025€400,881937 m
2 Kilcarbery, Grange Road, Kilcarbery Grange new2 Dec 2024€414,097937 m
4 Kilcarbery, Grange Road, Kilcarbery Grange new27 Nov 2024€400,881937 m

PPR addresses are geocoded, not surveyed — a sale's position is as good as its address match (`rooftop_n` says how many are address-accurate). Beds, floor area, BER and asking price come from the matched daft.ie advertisement, not from the Register, and only where a match was found (`enriched_n`).

Sources: cara_listings, ppr · fetched 11 Sept 2026, 20:14
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Consultations 3 matched by place

Source: consult · fetched 12 Sept 2026, 02:04
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consultpublic12 Sept 2026, 02:04open

Council items 10 in 24 months

Source: moderngov · fetched 12 Sept 2026, 21:48
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moderngovpublic12 Sept 2026, 21:48open

Capacity and public land

No publishable utility-capacity record within the radius. 12 records from Esb substation withheld: source licence forbids redistribution; see the operator's own register.

Public land (LDA register of relevant lands)

  • Dublin City CouncilDublin city and suburbs
    0.24 hafolio DN18646N95 m awayas of 1 Jul 2023
  • Dublin City CouncilDublin city and suburbs
    6.05 hafolio DN1895N101 m awayas of 1 Jul 2023
  • Dublin City CouncilDublin city and suburbs
    0.3 hafolio DN14598N283 m awayas of 1 Jul 2023
  • South Dublin County CouncilDublin city and suburbs
    1.56 hafolio DN1901N311 m awayas of 1 Jul 2023
  • Dublin City CouncilDublin city and suburbs
    3.43 hafolio DN1900N326 m awayas of 1 Jul 2023
  • Dublin City CouncilDublin city and suburbs
    19.28 hafolio DN19764F391 m awayas of 1 Jul 2023
  • South Dublin County CouncilDublin city and suburbs
    4.77 hafolio DN1776N394 m awayas of 1 Jul 2023
  • South Dublin County CouncilDublin city and suburbs
    4.35 hafolio DN1902N486 m awayas of 1 Jul 2023
Sources: esbn, lda_lands · fetched 11 Sept 2026, 16:42
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Schools and public transport within 1.0 km

Schools

None within 1.0 km.

    Stops 16 · routes 13, 151, 68, 69n, W4

    • Kilcarbery Pk
      13, 68158 m
    • Kilcarbery Pk
      13, 68, 69n161 m
    • Ballybane East
      13, 68243 m
    • Ballybane East
      13, 68, 69n297 m
    • Ballybane West
      68528 m
    • Ballybane West
      68, 69n609 m
    • Aryzta
      13700 m
    • Kilcarbery
      13, 68, 69n708 m
    Sources: gtfs, schools · fetched 11 Sept 2026, 19:16
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    gtfsCC-BY-4.011 Sept 2026, 19:16open
    schoolsCC-BY-4.011 Sept 2026, 16:41open

    Sources used in this report

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    ParcelparcelsCC-BY-4.011 Sept 2026, 19:06
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    Constraintsconstraintsmixed — CC-BY-4.0 except OPW flood (CC-BY-NC-ND-4.0, publishable=false)11 Sept 2026, 19:11
    Constraintsconstraints.epa_licenceCC-BY-4.011 Sept 2026, 19:11
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    Constraintsconstraints.niahCC-BY-4.011 Sept 2026, 19:11
    Constraintsconstraints.radonCC-BY-4.011 Sept 2026, 19:11
    Constraintsconstraints.smrCC-BY-4.011 Sept 2026, 19:11
    RzltrzltCC-BY-4.012 Sept 2026, 00:23
    PlanningnpadCC-BY-4.012 Sept 2026, 20:38
    AppealsacpCC-BY-4.012 Sept 2026, 00:05
    CommencementsbcmsCC-BY-4.012 Sept 2026, 23:34
    Salescara_listingsThird-party advertisement data captured by Cara from daft.ie. Not open data: internal analysis only, no redistribution of listing content. Business-contact details (licensed PSP name and branch) are retained per Cara DECISIONS 2026-08-19; agent phone numbers and all vendor/buyer identities are dropped.11 Sept 2026, 20:14
    SalespprPSI — PSRA re-use terms (psr.ie/re-use-of-public-sector-information). Free re-use in any format provided the source and PSRA copyright are acknowledged, the data is reproduced accurately and not used misleadingly, and it is NOT used 'for the principal purpose of advertising or promoting a particular product or service'. Attribution: 'Contains PSRA Residential Property Price Register data, © Property Services Regulatory Authority.'12 Sept 2026, 20:31
    Consultationsconsultpublic12 Sept 2026, 02:04
    Council itemsmoderngovpublic12 Sept 2026, 21:48
    Capacityesbnall-rights-reserved (esbnetworks.ie disclaimer: personal/non-commercial, no modification or republication without written ESB permission) — permission NOT sought · not redistributable, flag only11 Sept 2026, 16:42
    Public landlda_landsCC-BY-4.011 Sept 2026, 16:43
    Projectssocial_housingCC-BY-SA-4.011 Sept 2026, 20:13
    AmenitiesgtfsCC-BY-4.011 Sept 2026, 19:16
    AmenitiesschoolsCC-BY-4.011 Sept 2026, 16:41
    DeadlinesacpCC-BY-4.012 Sept 2026, 00:05
    Deadlinesconsultpublic12 Sept 2026, 02:04
    Deadlinesmoderngovpublic12 Sept 2026, 21:48
    DeadlinesnpadCC-BY-4.012 Sept 2026, 20:38
    DeadlinesrzltCC-BY-4.012 Sept 2026, 00:23

    Generated 13 Sept 2026, 11:43 from the Planning Register store. Nothing on this page was fetched live: every figure was already in the store with the fetch time shown. Deadlines are derived from published receipt and decision dates under the Planning and Development Act 2000; confirm with the planning authority before relying on them.