Kingston
Townland in the civil parish of Tully, barony of Rathdown, Co. Dublin; in Irish Baile an Rí
- Area
- 38.3 ha
- 95 acres
- Land parcels
- 29
- registered freehold, median 1,677 m²
- Zoning
- P1
- Objective B
- Planning
- 13
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
29 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Kingston, from 36 m² to 189,868 m² (18.99 ha, 46.92 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 18 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
- P1Objective B (Agriculture)
COUNTY DEVELOPMENT PLAN 2022-2028, Dun Laoghaire-Rathdown · 32 parcels The zoning objective in the plan - R2Objective A (Existing residential)
COUNTY DEVELOPMENT PLAN 2022-2028, Dun Laoghaire-Rathdown · 10 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
24 Apr 2025Refuse permission
For development on a site at Ballycorus Road, Kilternan, Dublin 18, located in t
Permission · Dun Laoghaire Rathdown County Council, D25A/0333/WEB
31 May 2021Grant permission
Full permission for development. The proposed development comprises
Permission · Dun Laoghaire Rathdown County Council, D21A/0502
30 Apr 2019Grant permission
Permission for demolition of non-original flat roof extension to the side of the
Permission · Dun Laoghaire Rathdown County Council, D19A/0288
1 Jun 2016Refuse permission
Permission is sought for development of detached single storey dwelling, install
Permission · Dun Laoghaire Rathdown County Council, D16A/0401
29 Apr 2016Declare invalid (site notice)
Permission is sought for development of detached single storey dwelling, install
Permission · Dun Laoghaire Rathdown County Council, D16A/0295
20 Aug 2015Refuse permission
Permission for a new single storey dwelling house, new septic tank and
Permission · Dun Laoghaire Rathdown County Council, D15A/0533
2 Dec 2014Grant permission
Permission for demolition of existing 2 storey dwelling and associated single
Permission · Dun Laoghaire Rathdown County Council, D14A/0776
17 Jun 2014Refuse permission
Permission for extension and substantial alterations of an existing dwelling
Permission · Dun Laoghaire Rathdown County Council, D14A/0376
25 Aug 2009Grant permission
Permission for development which will consist of the upgrading of lighting
Permission · Dun Laoghaire Rathdown County Council, D09A/0628
28 Mar 2008Grant permission
Partial demolition (4.2m2), extension (148.1m2) and refurbishment of an existing
Permission · Dun Laoghaire Rathdown County Council, D08B/0226
28 Apr 2006Grant permission & refuse permission
To change the design and orientation of a two storey dwelling
Permission · Dun Laoghaire Rathdown County Council, D06A/0708
27 Jul 2005Grant permission
Permission for development consisting of 3 no. rugby pitches (2 no. 114m x 65m)
Permission · Dun Laoghaire Rathdown County Council, D05A/0980
19 May 2004Grant permission for retention
Retention sought for balcony with external stairs
Permission for retention · Dun Laoghaire Rathdown County Council, D04B/0395
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 Kingston.
Recorded monuments
No recorded monument lies in the townland of Kingston.
Architectural heritage
- Kiltiernan Bridge, bridge, 1850–1855 · Regional interest
Description
Single-arch road bridge over river, built 1852; dated 1852. Part ivy-covered walls with cut-granite rounded coping to parapets centred on cut-granite date stone (west) or benchmark-inscribed cut-granite milestone (east). Single segmental arch with lichen-spotted granite ashlar voussoirs. Sited spanning Loughlinstown River with ivy-covered banks to river.
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 5 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels. Testing a home
- Landslides
- Susceptibility moderately low, low, low (inferred), on the 1:50,000 map.
- Terrain model
- LiDAR of the Office of Public Works, flown in 2011, at 2 m: tile OPW_3287 (ZIP).
- 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 Kingston with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Dublin.
The townland
- Name
- Kingston · Baile an Rí
- Area
- 382,623 m² (38.26 ha, 94.55 acres)
- Civil parish
- Tully, and its townlands
- Barony
- Rathdown
- Electoral division
- Shankill-Rathmichael, the unit of the census
- Census 2022
- Shankill-Rathmichael electoral division: 5,731 people in 2,030 households; 70% of households own their home; 32% of homes were built since 2001; 4% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 0% were holiday homes.
- Neighbouring townlands
- Ballycorus, Glenamuck South, Johnstown, Kiltiernan, Kingston, Tiknick
- Placenames
- Kingston 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.