Drummans
Townland in the civil parish of Balscaddan, barony of Balrothery East, Co. Dublin; in Irish An Dromainn
- Area
- 41 ha
- 101 acres
- Land parcels
- 36
- registered freehold, median 3,310 m² (0.33 ha, 0.82 acres)
- Zoning
- R3
- RC - Rural Cluster
- Planning
- 28
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
36 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Drummans, from 151 m² to 80,761 m² (8.08 ha, 19.96 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 19 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
- R3RC - Rural Cluster (Residential, mixed residential and other uses)
The Fingal Development Plan 2023 – 2029, Fingal · 25 parcels The zoning objective in the plan - G3GB - Green Belt (Conservation, amenity or buffer space, corridor/belt, landscape)
The Fingal Development Plan 2023 – 2029, Fingal · 23 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
20 Jun 2026Request additional information
The development will consist of 4 no. two storey dwellings, waste wate
Outline permission · Fingal County Council, F26A/0535E
14 Dec 2025Refuse outline permission
The development will consist of 4 No. two storey dwellings, waste wate
Outline permission · Fingal County Council, F25A/1159E
2 Sept 2025Grant permission
Permission is sought for an attached domestic garage to side (north) o
Permission · Fingal County Council, F25A/0800E
16 Jul 2025Refuse outline permission
4 No. two storey dwellings, waste water treatment systems, vehicular e
Outline permission · Fingal County Council, F25A/0648E
11 Jul 2025Invalid application
4 No. two storey dwellings, waste water treatment systems, vehicular e
Outline permission · Fingal County Council, F25A/0631E
16 Apr 2024Grant permission
Planning permission is requested for new detached one and a half store
Permission · Fingal County Council, F24A/0343
10 Nov 2023Grant permission
The development consists of the construction of an upgraded vehicular
Permission · Fingal County Council, F23A/0681
31 Oct 2023Grant permission
Permission is sought for a detached bungalow,
Permission · Fingal County Council, F23A/0656
22 Aug 2023Withdraw application
The development consists of the construction of an upgraded vehicular
Perm.consequent on grant of outline perm · Fingal County Council, F23A/0496
5 Jul 2023Grant permission
Permission is sought for revised house type as approved under F22A/017
Permission · Fingal County Council, F23A/0395
15 Dec 2022Grant outline permission
The demolition of an existing shed 175sqm and the construction of a re
Outline permission · Fingal County Council, F22A/0364
8 Apr 2022Grant permission
The development will consist of a two storey dwelling, domestic garage
Permission · Fingal County Council, F22A/0042
1 Apr 2022Grant permission
A revised design to the previously granted dwelling (Reg. Ref. F20A/03
Permission · Fingal County Council, F22A/0173
15 Feb 2022Grant perm. consequent to outline perm.
1. Construction of a new detached, 2-storey dwelling.
Perm.consequent on grant of outline perm · Fingal County Council, F21A/0307
23 Nov 2021Grant permission
Permission for a detached domestic garage to side of existing dwelling
Permission · Fingal County Council, F21B/0382
11 Aug 2021Grant permission
Permission for a two storey dwelling, vehicular entrance, waste water
Permission · Fingal County Council, F21A/0311
30 Jun 2021Refuse permission
The proposed development will consist of a revised design to the
Permission · Fingal County Council, F21A/0354
4 Jun 2021Grant permission
Permission for detached 2 storey dwelling, on-site wastewater treatmen
Permission · Fingal County Council, F21A/0178
18 Mar 2021Withdraw application
permission conequent on the grant of outline planning permission Reg R
Permission · Fingal County Council, F21A/0154
5 Feb 2021Refuse permission
Two storey dwelling, domestic garage, waste water treatment system, ve
Permission · Fingal County Council, F21A/0063
29 Oct 2020Refuse permission
The development will consist of a part storey and a half, part dormer
Permission · Fingal County Council, F20A/0539
21 Oct 2020Grant perm. consequent to outline perm.
One no. two storey three bedroom detached dwelling house; new vehicula
Perm.consequent on grant of outline perm · Fingal County Council, F20A/0372
24 Jan 2020Refuse perm. consequent to outline perm.
Planning Permission consequent on the grant of outline planning permis
Perm.consequent on grant of outline perm · Fingal County Council, F20A/0027
11 Aug 2017Grant permission & grant outline perm.
Outline planning permission for 4 no. 4 bedroom, two storey, detached
Permission and outline permission · Fingal County Council, F17A/0483
19 Jan 2017Refuse permission
A permanent advertising sign for CityNorth Business Campus. The sign
Permission · Fingal County Council, F17A/0020
The 25 most recent of 28 applications.
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 Drummans.
Recorded monuments
No recorded monument lies in the townland of Drummans.
Architectural heritage
No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands in the townland of Drummans.
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 Drummans.
- 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 Drummans with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Dublin.
The townland
- Name
- Drummans · An Dromainn
- Area
- 409,816 m² (40.98 ha, 101.27 acres)
- Civil parish
- Balscaddan, and its townlands
- Barony
- Balrothery East
- Electoral division
- Balscadden, the unit of the census
- Census 2022
- Balscadden electoral division: 743 people in 229 households; 90% of households own their home; 28% of homes were built since 2001; 7% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 0% were holiday homes.
- Neighbouring townlands
- Gormanston Demesne, Rath, Stamullin, Tobersool
- Placenames
- Drummans 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.