Monkstown
Townland in the civil parish of Monkstown, barony of Rathdown, Co. Dublin; in Irish Baile na Manach
- Area
- 87.1 ha
- 215 acres
- Land parcels
- 876
- registered freehold, median 165 m²
- Zoning
- R2
- Objective A
- Planning
- 100
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
876 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Monkstown, from 0 m² to 28,197 m² (2.82 ha, 6.97 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 27 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
- R2Objective A (Existing residential)
COUNTY DEVELOPMENT PLAN 2022-2028, Dun Laoghaire-Rathdown · 878 parcels The zoning objective in the plan - G1Objective F (Open space, park)
COUNTY DEVELOPMENT PLAN 2022-2028, Dun Laoghaire-Rathdown · 11 parcels The zoning objective in the plan - M3Objective NC (District, neighbourhood centre)
COUNTY DEVELOPMENT PLAN 2022-2028, Dun Laoghaire-Rathdown · 4 parcels The zoning objective in the plan - S5Objective SNI (Mixed/general community services/facilities uses)
COUNTY DEVELOPMENT PLAN 2022-2028, Dun Laoghaire-Rathdown · 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
31 Jul 2026S5 dec exempt
I would like to enquire if planning is necessary to add external wrap insulation
Section 5 · Dun Laoghaire Rathdown County Council, REF11326
16 Jul 2026Declare application invalid
The proposed development shall consist of the provision and designation of 1 no.
Permission · Dun Laoghaire Rathdown County Council, D26A/0542/WEB
2 Jul 2026Grant permission
The proposed amendments will comprise: • The provision of a single shared access
Permission · Dun Laoghaire Rathdown County Council, D26A/0499/WEB
30 Jun 2026Refuse permission for retention
Permission is being sought for retention of extension to rear of property and of
Permission for retention · Dun Laoghaire Rathdown County Council, D26B/0382/WEB
29 Jun 2026Declare application invalid
Permission is being sought for retention of extension to rear of property and o
Permission for retention · Dun Laoghaire Rathdown County Council, D26B/0376/WEB
22 Jun 2026Declare application invalid
• The provision of a single shared access core located at the end of the terrace
Permission · Dun Laoghaire Rathdown County Council, D26A/0460/WEB
16 Jun 2026Grant permission
The proposed development will consist of: Modifications to the permitted develo
Permission · Dun Laoghaire Rathdown County Council, D26A/0450/WEB
22 May 2026Refuse permission for retention
Retention planning permission for the placing of two storage containers and all
Permission for retention · Dun Laoghaire Rathdown County Council, D26A/0381
22 May 2026Registered application
73 mobility hub sites across the Council's administrative area
Part vlll (public consultation) · Dun Laoghaire Rathdown County Council, PC/IC/01/26
12 May 2026Grant permission
Permission is sought for 1) Demolition of timber deck at upper ground floor leve
Permission · Dun Laoghaire Rathdown County Council, D26A/0361/WEB
8 May 2026Grant permission
The replacement of the existing building identity signage along with external i
Permission · Dun Laoghaire Rathdown County Council, D26A/0350/WEB
23 Apr 2026Grant certificate of exemption
1 Unit
Certificate of exemption - part v · Dun Laoghaire Rathdown County Council, V/033/26
23 Apr 2026Grant permission
Complete the demolition of garage, construct new 2 bed, 2 storey detached mews w
Permission · Dun Laoghaire Rathdown County Council, D26A/0311/WEB
16 Apr 2026Grant permission
01) Proposed dormer extension to rear at attic level, 02) All associated site wo
Permission · Dun Laoghaire Rathdown County Council, D26B/0226/WEB
9 Apr 2026S5 dec exempt
Change of window divisions as shown on ACC, plan (red) in order to carry out fut
Section 5 · Dun Laoghaire Rathdown County Council, REF5226
7 Apr 2026S5 dec exempt
The provision of an ensuite bathroom at first floor bedroom to include partition
Section 5 · Dun Laoghaire Rathdown County Council, REF4926
26 Mar 2026Grant permission
The following alterations to Protected Structure: Lower Ground Floor: enlarging
Permission · Dun Laoghaire Rathdown County Council, D26A/0235/WEB
9 Mar 2026S5 dec exempt
Demolition of the existing single storey (1960) extension to the front Reinstate
Section 5 · Dun Laoghaire Rathdown County Council, REF3226
6 Mar 2026Grant permission
Planning permission for attic conversion with hip to gable roof and dormer to r
Permission · Dun Laoghaire Rathdown County Council, D26B/0127/WEB
27 Feb 2026Grant permission
The development will consist of (i) alterations and extensions to the existing
Permission · Dun Laoghaire Rathdown County Council, D26A/0144/WEB
12 Feb 2026Grant permission
01) proposed ground floor extension to the side with flat roof; to include garag
Permission · Dun Laoghaire Rathdown County Council, D26A/0089/WEB
10 Feb 2026Withdraw the application
Permission for retention permission of; extension to rear of property and out of
Permission for retention · Dun Laoghaire Rathdown County Council, D26B/0080/WEB
6 Feb 2026Grant permission
Garage conversion to habitable use, including raising of the flat roof to the si
Permission · Dun Laoghaire Rathdown County Council, D26B/0070/WEB
3 Feb 2026Grant permission for retention
Retention Permission is sought for a pedestrian gate to the rear boundary of a d
Permission for retention · Dun Laoghaire Rathdown County Council, D26B/0060/WEB
3 Feb 2026S5 split decision
Replacement of external defective timber cladding to front elevation with new gr
Section 5 · Dun Laoghaire Rathdown County Council, REF1326
The 25 most recent of over 100 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 Monkstown.
Recorded monuments
No recorded monument lies in the townland of Monkstown.
Architectural heritage
No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands in the townland of Monkstown.
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
- LiDAR of the Office of Public Works, flown in 2011, at 2 m: tile OPW_3311 (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 Monkstown with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Dublin.
The townland
- Name
- Monkstown · Baile na Manach
- Area
- 871,320 m² (87.13 ha, 215.31 acres)
- Civil parish
- Monkstown, and its townlands
- Barony
- Rathdown
- Electoral division
- Dun Laoghaire-Glenageary, the unit of the census
- Census 2022
- Dun Laoghaire-Glenageary electoral division: 4,516 people in 1,674 households; 45% of households own their home; 59% of homes were built since 2001; 3% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 0% were holiday homes.
- Neighbouring townlands
- Dunleary, Glasthule, Glenagarey, Honeypark, Lansville, Monkstown Castlefarm, Monkstown Housefarm, Mountashton, Stradbrook, Thomastown
- Placenames
- Monkstown 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.