Lough Common
Townland in the civil parish of Lusk, barony of Balrothery East, Co. Dublin; in Irish Coimín an Locha
- Area
- 4.2 ha
- 10 acres
- Land parcels
- 23
- registered freehold, median 222 m²
- Zoning
- R2
- RS - Residential
- Planning
- 23
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
23 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Lough Common, from 9 m² to 17,743 m² (1.77 ha, 4.38 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 23 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
- R2RS - Residential (Existing residential)
The Fingal Development Plan 2023 – 2029, Fingal · 20 parcels The zoning objective in the plan - M2TC - Town and District Centre (City/Town/village Centre, central area)
The Fingal Development Plan 2023 – 2029, Fingal · 16 parcels The zoning objective in the plan - R1RA - Residential Area (New/proposed residential)
The Fingal Development Plan 2023 – 2029, Fingal · 1 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
19 Dec 2025Grant permission
The proposed development will consist of the conversion of existing ga
Permission · Fingal County Council, F25A/1197E
16 Dec 2024Grant permission
The construction of a mixed-use development comprising 23 no. houses a
Permission · Fingal County Council, F24A/1141E
25 Oct 2024Invalid application
The construction of a mixed-use development comprising 23 no. houses a
Permission · Fingal County Council, F24A/0949E
7 Oct 2024Grant permission
The change of use from Shop to Orthodontics Clinic. The existing eleva
Permission · Fingal County Council, F24A/0892E
7 May 2024Grant permission
Planning permission for the change of use from Shop to Veterinary Clin
Permission · Fingal County Council, F24A/0182
9 Apr 2024Refuse permission
Planning permission is sought by Rimford Developments Ltd. for a resid
Permission · Fingal County Council, F24A/0318E
22 Dec 2022Grant permission
Alaterations and change of use to two ground floor commercial units.
Permission · Fingal County Council, F22A/0356
24 Oct 2022Grant permission
Alterations and change of use to two ground floor commercial units
Permission · Fingal County Council, F22A/0584
4 Mar 2022Grant permission
Planning permission for the construction of a two-storey commercial de
Permission · Fingal County Council, F22A/0107
7 Feb 2022Invalid application due to site notice
Construction of a two storey commercial development.
Permission · Fingal County Council, F22A/0055
21 Jul 2021Grant permission
The development consists of the completion of the construction of the
Permission · Fingal County Council, F21A/0139
7 Apr 2021Grant permission
Development on Lands to the east and west of Rathmore Road (R127) and
Permission · Fingal County Council, F20A/0523
24 Jun 2020Grant permission
For the demolition of an existing dwelling and commercial buildings an
Permission · Fingal County Council, F19A/0633
31 Jan 2020Grant permission
Amendments to part of Block 4 of approved development PL 06F.247787/Re
Permission · Fingal County Council, F19A/0469
31 Jan 2020Grant permission
For amendments to parts of Blocks 4 & 7 of approved development PL06F.
Permission · Fingal County Council, F19A/0479
9 Jan 2020Grant permission
Planning Permission for revisions to part of previously permitted deve
Permission · Fingal County Council, F19A/0454
3 Dec 2018Grant permission
Revisions to previously approved development PL 06F.247787
Permission · Fingal County Council, F18A/0686
17 Oct 2018Invalid application due to site notice
Permission for revisions to previously approved development Pl06F.2477
Permission · Fingal County Council, F18A/0578
7 Sept 2018Grant permission
Permission for revisions to Blocks 2 & 3 of previously approved develo
Permission · Fingal County Council, F18A/0508
21 Jun 2018Invalid application due to site notice
Permission for revisions to previously approved development Pl06F.2477
Permission · Fingal County Council, F18A/0344
4 Nov 2016Grant permission
The demolition of all existing buildings and structures, including 2 n
Permission · Fingal County Council, F15A/0565
18 Mar 2015Grant permission
Demolition of the single storey clubhouse building (previously used by
Permission · Fingal County Council, F15A/0109
6 Nov 2014Invalid application due to site notice
Demolition of the single storey clubhouse building (previously used by
Permission · Fingal County Council, F14A/0448
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 Lough Common.
Recorded monuments
No recorded monument lies in the townland of Lough Common.
Architectural heritage
No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands in the townland of Lough Common.
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, on the 1:50,000 map.
- Terrain model
- No LiDAR survey of the Office of Public Works covers the centre of the townland of Lough Common.
- 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 Lough Common with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Dublin.
The townland
- Name
- Lough Common · Coimín an Locha
- Area
- 42,388 m² (4.24 ha, 10.47 acres)
- Civil parish
- Lusk, and its townlands
- Barony
- Balrothery East
- Electoral division
- Lusk, the unit of the census
- Census 2022
- Lusk electoral division: 10,774 people in 3,341 households; 78% of households own their home; 62% of homes were built since 2001; 4% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 0% were holiday homes.
- Neighbouring townlands
- Lusk, Racecourse Common
- Placenames
- Lough Common 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.