Commons Lower
Townland in the civil parish of Garristown, barony of Balrothery West, Co. Dublin; in Irish An Coimín Íochtarach
- Area
- 245.7 ha
- 607 acres
- Land parcels
- 129
- registered freehold, median 14,057 m² (1.41 ha, 3.47 acres)
- Zoning
- P1
- RU - Rural
- Planning
- 17
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
129 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Commons Lower, from 19 m² to 110,944 m² (11.09 ha, 27.41 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 82 neighbouring parcels touch it.
Download the townland: DXF, in Irish Transverse Mercator metres, with its boundary, parcels and buildings; GeoJSON or KML.
Zoning
Development plans, national zoning
- P1RU - Rural (Agriculture)
The Fingal Development Plan 2023 – 2029, Fingal · 129 parcels The zoning objective in the plan - P5RA - Rural Area (Mixed/general primary sector uses, including 'rural')
Meath County Development Plan 2021-2027, Meath · 41 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
Source: Tailte Éireann and the Department of Housing (MyPlan), national zoning, CC BY 4.0.
Planning applications
Sites that touch the townland, newest first
21 Mar 2026Refuse permission
A storey and a half dwelling, domestic garage, waste water treatment s
Permission · Fingal County Council, F26A/0216E
16 Dec 2024Grant permission
A new vehicular entrance from a farmyard area to the public roadway an
Permission · Fingal County Council, F24A/1145E
12 Oct 2024Refuse permission
Construction of a new dwelling house, domestic garage, Effluent Treatm
Permission · Fingal County Council, F24A/0909E
3 Oct 2024Refuse permission for retention
Retention Planning Permission for the provision of a garage/workshop w
Retention · Fingal County Council, F24A/0885E
26 Mar 2024Refuse permission
The development will consist of the following: Construction of a new
Permission · Fingal County Council, F24A/0275
26 Jun 2023Refuse permission
The development will consist of the construction of a new
Permission · Fingal County Council, F23A/0373
3 Apr 2023Grant permission
Planning permission for single storey extension to side, all associate
Permission · Fingal County Council, F22B/0187
1 Mar 2023Withdraw application
The development will consist of a single storey style dwelling
Permission · Fingal County Council, F23A/0073
30 Jul 2018App withdrawn as no ai recd in 6 months
Permission to carry out initial preparation of the ground for afforest
Permission · Fingal County Council, F18A/0442
30 May 2018Grant permission & refuse permission
Construct a new bungalow with secondary treatment plant and new barn t
Permission · Fingal County Council, F17A/0641
25 Apr 2017Grant permission
The extension of a dormer bungalow. The development will consist of a
Permission · Fingal County Council, F17B/0101
19 Jan 2017Grant permission for retention
Permission to retain conversion of existing garage to living accommoda
Retention · Fingal County Council, F17A/0021
26 May 2015Grant permission
Alterations from that previously granted under SA140008 and F14A/0008,
Permission · Fingal County Council, F15A/0251
9 Jan 2014Grant permission
Construct a two storey extension to the side and a single storey exten
Permission · Fingal County Council, F14A/0008
15 Apr 2013App. withdrawn as no c.ai recd in 6 mths
Change of use of an existing storage shed for the storage of mushroom
Permission · Fingal County Council, F12A/0383
6 Sept 2012Refuse permission for retention
1 no. single storey dwelling (82.4 sq.m.) waste water treatment system
Retention · Fingal County Council, F12A/0279
16 Dec 2011Refuse permission
Development which consists of the construction of a part 1 1/2 storey/
Permission · Fingal County Council, F11A/0454
Source: National Planning Applications, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, CC BY 4.0. Applicants are not shown.
Nature and heritage
Designated sites and recorded monuments
Designated sites
No designated site (Special Area of Conservation, Special Protection Area, Natural Heritage Area or proposed one) touches the townland of Commons Lower.
Recorded monuments
- DU004-108 Quarry
Description
Annotated ‘Quarry’ and depicted as a circular-shaped area (approx. diam. 50m) with smaller quarry area 40m to NE on the 1837 ed. OSi 6-inch map, where it is shown located on the county boundary with Meath. Not indicated on the last ed. OSI 6-inch map. Modern huuse and yard visible in the area of the quarry visible on the 2013-18 MapGenie orthoimage. Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien
Architectural heritage
- Garristown Bridge, bridge, 1870–1890 · Regional interest
Description
Single-arch random coursed road bridge over Garristown River, built 1880, with rubble stone parapet walls, rock faced limestone cappings and limestone date plaque. J. A. Dillon, Enginee
Designated sites: National Parks and Wildlife Service. Recorded monuments: Sites and Monuments Record, National Monuments Service. Buildings: National Inventory of Architectural Heritage. Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, CC BY 4.0. Works at or in relation to a recorded monument need two months' written notice to the National Monuments Service (National Monuments (Amendment) Act 1994, section 12).
Ground and risks
Radon, landslides, flooding
- Radon
- About 1 in 20 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels. Testing a home
- Landslides
- Susceptibility low, low (inferred), on the 1:50,000 map.
- Terrain model
- No LiDAR survey of the Office of Public Works covers the centre of the townland of Commons Lower.
- Flooding
- The flood maps of the Office of Public Works: floodinfo.ie.
Radon Risk Map of Ireland, Environmental Protection Agency; Landslide Susceptibility Classification, Geological Survey Ireland; both CC BY 4.0. LiDAR: contains Irish Public Sector Data (Geological Survey Ireland & the Office of Public Works) licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) licence.
Homes sold
Property Price Register
No address of the register names Commons Lower with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Dublin.
The townland
- Name
- Commons Lower · An Coimín Íochtarach
- Area
- 2,456,584 m² (245.66 ha, 607.04 acres)
- Civil parish
- Garristown, and its townlands
- Barony
- Balrothery West
- Electoral division
- Garristown, the unit of the census
- Census 2022
- Garristown electoral division: 1,801 people in 529 households; 80% of households own their home; 36% of homes were built since 2001; 5% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 0% were holiday homes.
- Neighbouring townlands
- Baldwinstown, Bartramstown (Co. Meath), Beshellstown (Co. Meath), Clogherstown (Co. Meath), Commons Upper, Garristown, Glebe East, Hammondstown (Co. Meath), Tankardstown (Co. Meath), Tobeen
- Placenames
- Commons Lower on logainm.ie, the Placenames Database of Ireland
Townlands, civil parishes, baronies and electoral divisions, National Statutory Boundaries, Tailte Éireann, CC BY 4.0. Census 2022, Small Area Population Statistics by electoral division, Central Statistics Office, CC BY 4.0. A townland is the smallest land division of Ireland, and the unit of a rural address; old registers such as the 1901 and 1911 censuses file it under its civil parish and barony.