Montpelier
Townland in the civil parish of Monkstown, barony of Rathdown, Co. Dublin; in Irish Montpelier
- Area
- 9.3 ha
- 23 acres
- Land parcels
- 72
- registered freehold, median 330 m²
- Zoning
- R2
- Objective A
- Planning
- 100
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
72 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Montpelier, from 15 m² to 985 m². The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 12 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 · 84 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
1 Jul 2026Grant permission
Planning permission is sought for the conversion of the existing attic into stud
Permission · Dun Laoghaire Rathdown County Council, D26B/0389
17 May 2026Grant permission
Permission is sought for the widening of the existing access gate (to Monkstown
Permission · Dun Laoghaire Rathdown County Council, D26A/0369/WEB
20 Mar 2026Grant permission
full planning permission for the following to the existing two storey fully serv
Permission · Dun Laoghaire Rathdown County Council, D26B/0157/WEB
16 Mar 2026Grant permission
development comprising construction of 1 No two storey detached 3 bedroom dwell
Permission · Dun Laoghaire Rathdown County Council, D26A/0201/WEB
25 Feb 2026Grant certificate of exemption
1 Unit
Certificate of exemption - part v · Dun Laoghaire Rathdown County Council, V/016/26
26 Jan 2026S5 dec exempt
• Replace slates on roof of kitchen like for like • Replace sliding door at bac
Section 5 · Dun Laoghaire Rathdown County Council, REF1026
14 Jan 2026Refuse permission for retention
Following previous grant of permission (planning ref. D21A/0220). The area to b
Permission for retention · Dun Laoghaire Rathdown County Council, D26B/0015/WEB
16 Jul 2025S5 dec not exempt
Construction of granite stone wall to rear of garden at no.08 Montpellier parade
Section 5 · Dun Laoghaire Rathdown County Council, REF12925
14 Jul 2025Refuse permission
Planning permission is sought for the change of use from home office to one bed
Permission · Dun Laoghaire Rathdown County Council, D25A/0558/WEB
10 Jul 2025S5 dec not exempt
No alteration or building works proposed. Operating hours are currently 9.30am -
Section 5 · Dun Laoghaire Rathdown County Council, REF12425
9 Jul 2025Declare application invalid
Planning permission is sought for the change of use from home office to one bed
Permission · Dun Laoghaire Rathdown County Council, D25A/0551/WEB
4 Jun 2025Grant permission
The erection of new extension at ground floor to provide tv/den room (19.0m2 gro
Permission · Dun Laoghaire Rathdown County Council, D25A/0436/WEB
7 Feb 2025Grant permission
The development will consist of design alterations to the development permitted
Permission · Dun Laoghaire Rathdown County Council, D25A/0095/WEB
14 Jan 2025Grant retention perm & refuse retention
Following previous grant of permission (planning ref. D21A/0220). The areas to
Permission for retention · Dun Laoghaire Rathdown County Council, D25A/0030/WEB
2 Jan 2025S5 dec not exempt
Proposed extensions & modifications to existing house to include internal modifi
Section 5 · Dun Laoghaire Rathdown County Council, REF0225
18 Dec 2024Grant permission
The proposed development will consist of internal alterations to the existing gr
Permission · Dun Laoghaire Rathdown County Council, D24A/1012/WEB
13 Nov 2024Declare application invalid
Following previous grant of permission (planning ref. D21A/0220) The areas to b
Permission for retention · Dun Laoghaire Rathdown County Council, D24A/0909/WEB
27 Sept 2024Declare invalid (site notice)
Permission is sought for Retention Permission. The areas to be retained are as f
Permission for retention · Dun Laoghaire Rathdown County Council, D24B/0414
11 Sept 2024Declare application invalid
Retention Permission at 1 Greenville Road, Blackrock, Co. Dublin A94PY77. The a
Permission for retention · Dun Laoghaire Rathdown County Council, D24B/0401
29 Nov 2023Refuse permission
Redevelopment of existing home office. Demolition of the existing single-storey
Permission · Dun Laoghaire Rathdown County Council, D23A/0760
7 Nov 2023Grant permission
Demolition of existing single storey extensions making up former garage to front
Permission · Dun Laoghaire Rathdown County Council, D23A/0694
2 Oct 2023Grant permission
The demolition of single storey rear extension (total floor area approx.
Permission · Dun Laoghaire Rathdown County Council, D23A/0631
28 Sept 2023Grant permission
Demolition and reconstruction of existing front & rear dormers as well as a two
Permission · Dun Laoghaire Rathdown County Council, D23B/0443
26 Sept 2023Declare invalid (site notice)
Redevelopment of home office. Development to include the demolition of the exist
Permission · Dun Laoghaire Rathdown County Council, D23A/0611
16 Mar 2022Grant permission
Permission for new entrance steps and canopy
Permission · Dun Laoghaire Rathdown County Council, D22B/0136
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 Montpelier.
Recorded monuments
No recorded monument lies in the townland of Montpelier.
Architectural heritage
No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands in the townland of Montpelier.
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 Montpelier with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Dublin.
The townland
- Name
- Montpelier · Montpelier
- Area
- 93,163 m² (9.32 ha, 23.02 acres)
- Civil parish
- Monkstown, and its townlands
- Barony
- Rathdown
- Electoral division
- Blackrock-Monkstown, the unit of the census
- Census 2022
- Blackrock-Monkstown electoral division: 3,422 people in 1,379 households; 74% of households own their home; 4% of homes were built since 2001; 7% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 1% were holiday homes.
- Neighbouring townlands
- Dunleary, Rockfield, Seapoint or Templehill, Stradbrook
- Placenames
- Montpelier 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.