Raheen
Townland in the civil parish of Saggart, barony of Newcastle, Co. Dublin; in Irish An Ráithín
- Area
- 132.4 ha
- 327 acres
- Land parcels
- 63
- registered freehold, median 3,544 m² (0.35 ha, 0.88 acres)
- Zoning
- G3
- HA-DM
- Planning
- 55
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
63 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Raheen, from 59 m² to 122,131 m² (12.21 ha, 30.18 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 17 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
- G3HA-DM (Conservation, amenity or buffer space, corridor/belt, landscape)
South Dublin County Development Plan 2022-2028, South Dublin · 78 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
2 Mar 2026Refuse permission
Construction of bungalow, garage, on-site treatment unit, new entrance, well and all associated site works
Permission, 1 home · South Dublin County Council, SD26A/0054
23 Jan 2026Invalid - site notice
Construction of bungalow, garage, on-site treatment unit, new entrance, well and all associated site works
Permission, 1 home · South Dublin County Council, SD26A/0017
13 Jun 2025Refuse permission & refuse retention
Planning permission to upgrade existing vehicular access by setting it back from the public road and creating a splayed entrance with a gate and fence; aswell as retention permission for the laying of a driveway and permeable hardstanding.
Permission and retention · South Dublin County Council, SD24A/0232W
8 Oct 2024Grant permission
Demolition of the existing prefabricated extension structure and dilapidated extension and the construction of a new single storey 87sqm extension to the existing cottage with new pitched and flat roofs, raising of the existing cottage roof and walls, internal alterations, associated site works, services and landscape.
Permission · South Dublin County Council, SD24B/0114
26 Sept 2022Grant permission
Construction of a domestic garage to the rear of the existing dwelling
Permission · South Dublin County Council, SD22B/0117
29 Jan 2019Grant permission for retention
Retain and complete single storey extension to rear (40sq.m) and porch extension to front (2sq.m) to existing bungalow; alterations to elevations; associated works and connection to existing services.
Retention · South Dublin County Council, SD19B/0022
11 Jul 2018Refuse permission
Revised entrance, detached bungalow, double garage, septic tank with percolation area conforming to EPA Regulations and associated site works.
Permission, 1 home · South Dublin County Council, SD18A/0246
8 Nov 2017Declared exempt
Refurbish existing bungalow dwelling and fit out to habitable standard.
Declaration of exemption sect. 5 · South Dublin County Council, ED17/0060
18 Aug 2017Request additional information
Refurbishment of existing dwelling.
Declaration of exemption sect. 5 · South Dublin County Council, ED17/0048
20 Oct 2014Refuse permission
Single storey private dwelling with entrance to public road shared with existing entrance to family farm and family home, waste water treatment system, bored well and all ancillary works.
Permission, 1 home · South Dublin County Council, SD14A/0224
1 Aug 2013Refuse permission
Dormer style private dwelling with Velux roof windows; new entrance to public road; waste water treatment system; bored well and all ancillary works.
Permission, 1 home · South Dublin County Council, SD13A/0156
18 Jul 2013Refuse permission
Dormer style private dwelling with Velux roof windows; new entrance to public road; waste water treatment system; bored well and all ancillary works.
Permission, 1 home · South Dublin County Council, SD13A/0142
21 Jun 2013Grant permission
Upgrade existing farm entrance by setting it back from the public road and provide a splayed entrance; also construct a gravel driveway across the land to service a proposed exempted development farm building.
Permission · South Dublin County Council, SD13A/0017
2 Nov 2012Declared not exempt
Agricultural type 4 building. Store, barn shed not exceeding 300sq. m. - not used for housing animals or storing effluent.
Declaration of exemption sect. 5 · South Dublin County Council, ED12/0049
2 Jul 2012Declared not exempt
Importation of soil from a known source. This soil will be used on the farm to improve hill grazing and allow farm machinery to operate safely.
Declaration of exemption sect. 5 · South Dublin County Council, ED12/0024
24 Jun 2010Grant permission
(a) demolish 2 no. existing disused poultry sheds; (b) erect 2 no. replacement agricultural dry storage buildings to be used in conjunction with existing poultry farm together with all associated site works.
Permission · South Dublin County Council, SD10A/0181
8 Dec 2009Refuse permission
Partial demolition, refurbishment, & extension of existing dwelling (area of existing dwelling 185.02sq.m., area to be demolished 26.138 sq.m., area of ground floor extension 41.612 sq.m., area of first floor extension 117.92 sq.m.)
Permission · South Dublin County Council, SD09B/0472
23 Dec 2008Refuse permission
Dormer style private dwelling with velux roof windows together with bored well and effluent treatment system, plus associated site works.
Permission, 1 home · South Dublin County Council, SD08A/0863
23 Dec 2008Refuse permission
Building of dormer style private dwelling with velux roof windows together with bored well and effluent treatment system, plus associated site works.
Permission, 1 home · South Dublin County Council, SD08A/0862
23 Dec 2008Refuse permission
Building of dormer style private dwelling with velux roof windows together with bored well and effluent treatment system, plus associated site works.
Permission, 1 home · South Dublin County Council, SD08A/0861
6 Nov 2008Grant permission
34sq.m. extension to the side of existing dwelling.
Permission · South Dublin County Council, SD08B/0742
28 Nov 2007Refuse permission
Construction of bungalow, garage, septic tank & soil percolation area.
Permission, 1 home · South Dublin County Council, SD07A/0948
2 Feb 2007Refuse permission
Detached bungalow, double garage, septic tank with percolation area conforming to EPA regulations and associated site works.
Permission, 1 home · South Dublin County Council, SD07A/0077
5 Dec 2006Grant permission
Planning permission for kitchen/dining to the side and rear of house, remove existing roof and provide 2 bedrooms and bathroom accomodation in new roof space also demolition of existing garage and erection of new 2 car garage.
Permission · South Dublin County Council, SD06B/0898
2 Oct 2006Invalid - site notice
Kitchen/dining to the side and rear of house and remove existing roof to provide 2 bedrooms and bathroom accommodation in new roof space, demolition of existing garage and erection of new 2 car garage.
Permission · South Dublin County Council, SD06B/0739
The 25 most recent of 55 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
- Proposed Natural Heritage Area: Slade Of Saggart And Crooksling Glen 000211
Recorded monuments
- DU024-013 Standing stone
Description
Situated to the E of the N81 and the river valley. A granite standing stone (H 2.3m) is situated at a break in slope, in a field of rough pasture on ground that falls away to the W. It has a trapezoidal-shaped ground plan (S 1.3m; N 0.95m; W 0.84m; E 1.3m). The S face has been decorated with c. 28 cupmarks largely concentrated in one area (average diam. 0.06m). Some of these form a petal-like pattern (Briley 1898, 173-4; Ua Broin 1957; Healy 1975, 1-19). Compiled by: Geraldine Stout and Padraig Clancy Revised upload ob: 6 July 2018
- DU024-016 Mound
Description
Situated outside the SE boundary of Mountseskin Demesne on a S-facing slope under pasture overlooking a broad valley (Healy 1975, 1-19). A mound with a round-topped, elongated in plan (25m N-S; 20m E-W; H 2m). Compiled by: Geraldine Stout and Padraig Clancy Revised upload on: 6 July 2018
- DU024-037 Cairn - unclassified
Description
Situated to the E of N81 on a low hillock overlooking Brittas. The cairns on Seahan and Seefingan are noted as being visible from the site. Not visible at ground level. (Ua Broin 1957, 46-7; Healy 1975, 1-19). Compiled by: Geraldine Stout and Padraig Clancy Revised upload on: 7 July 2018
Architectural heritage
- Farm house, 1940–1960 · Regional interest
Description
Detached four-bay single-storey former farm house, rebuilt c.1950, for use as a house. Roughcast rendered walls. Timber sash windows. Glazed timber door in smooth rendered gable-fronted porch. Pitched slate roof with two central brick chimney stacks. Small pitched slate extension to the south-west, and stone barn to the front.
- Farmyard complex, 1810–1830 · Regional interest
Description
Detached four-bay single-storey farm house, c.1820. Roughcast rendered walls. Timber sash windows. Glazed timber door in projecting flat-roofed porch extension. Pitched slate roof with three brick chimney stacks. Several stone and iron-framed barns with corrugated iron roofs and cladding surround cobbled courtyard, with further corrugated barns to the rere.
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 high, 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_3009 (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 Raheen with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Dublin.
The townland
- Name
- Raheen · An Ráithín
- Area
- 1,324,128 m² (132.41 ha, 327.2 acres)
- Civil parish
- Saggart, and its townlands
- Barony
- Newcastle
- Electoral division
- Saggart, the unit of the census
- Census 2022
- Saggart electoral division: 6,248 people in 1,791 households; 61% of households own their home; 70% of homes were built since 2001; 7% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 0% were holiday homes.
- Neighbouring townlands
- Crooksling, Glenaraneen, Gortlum, Lugg, Mountseskin
- Placenames
- Raheen 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.