Raheny
Townland in the civil parish of Lusk, barony of Balrothery East, Co. Dublin; in Irish Ráth Eanaigh
- Area
- 67.1 ha
- 166 acres
- Land parcels
- 21
- registered freehold, median 3,319 m² (0.33 ha, 0.82 acres)
- Zoning
- P1
- RU - Rural
- Planning
- 20
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
21 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Raheny, from 299 m² to 368,912 m² (36.89 ha, 91.16 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 22 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
- P1RU - Rural (Agriculture)
The Fingal Development Plan 2023 – 2029, Fingal · 33 parcels The zoning objective in the plan - R2RS - Residential (Existing residential)
The Fingal Development Plan 2023 – 2029, Fingal · 2 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
25 Apr 2024Refuse permission
Conversion of existing garage to granny flat, to include new single st
Permission · Fingal County Council, F24A/0386E
12 Apr 2024Invalid application
Conversion of existing garage to granny flat, to include new single st
Permission · Fingal County Council, F24A/0336E
7 Apr 2021Grant permission
Development on Lands to the east and west of Rathmore Road (R127) and
Permission · Fingal County Council, F20A/0523
6 Nov 2020Refuse permission
Single storey dwelling, domestic garage, effluent treatment system and
Permission · Fingal County Council, F20A/0561
14 Nov 2019Withdraw application
Permission for a new part-single, part-two storey, three bedroom dwell
Permission · Fingal County Council, F19A/0539
18 Oct 2019Grant permission
The construction of 50 two storey houses comprising of 6 no. type A (5
Permission · Fingal County Council, F18A/0645
18 Sept 2017Grant permission
Permission for a new detached garage to the east side of the existing
Permission · Fingal County Council, F17A/0569
10 Feb 2017Grant permission
The development will consist of a first floor extension to an existing
Permission · Fingal County Council, F17A/0070
23 Aug 2016App withdrawn as no ai recd in 6 months
The construction of 53 two storey family houses comprising 14 No. 5 be
Permission · Fingal County Council, F16A/0361
26 Jul 2016Invalid application due to site notice
The construction of 53 two storey family houses comprising 14 No. 5 be
Permission · Fingal County Council, F16A/0326
22 Jun 2016Grant permission
Extension of the opening hours of the existing playschool previously p
Permission · Fingal County Council, F16A/0277
11 Feb 2016Grant permission
The proposed upgrade and widening of Raheny Lane, Lusk. The proposed
Permission · Fingal County Council, F15A/0480
23 Jul 2015Refuse permission for retention
Retention for the use of part of the existing farmyard
Retention · Fingal County Council, F15A/0345
21 Nov 2014Grant permission
(i) The construction of Phase 2 of proposed 1000 pupil Post Primary sc
Permission · Fingal County Council, F14A/0470
5 Nov 2014Grant permission
Alterations to previously approved house type (Reg. Ref. F12A/0345), f
Permission · Fingal County Council, F14A/0447
2 Nov 2012Grant permission
Permission on overall lands of 15.3 hectares (37.8 acres). The develo
Permission · Fingal County Council, F12A/0345
30 Jul 2012Grant permission
Alterations and extensions to dwelling to include one and a half store
Permission · Fingal County Council, F12B/0145
18 Apr 2012Grant permission
The proposed development is Phase 1 of a proposed 1000 pupil Post Prim
Permission · Fingal County Council, F12A/0115
10 Jun 2011Grant permission
A development consisting of modifications to the existing access and p
Permission · Fingal County Council, F11A/0109
10 May 2011Grant permission
A sessional preschool between the hours of 09.15 - 12.15 Monday to Fri
Permission · Fingal County Council, F10A/0496
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 Raheny.
Recorded monuments
- DU008-054 Excavation - miscellaneous
Description
Excavations in 1993 in advance of the gas interconnector pipeline revealed the truncated remains of field drainage ditches and gullies, substantial ditch features, a rectangular structure (Diam. 2.5m E-W, 3.5m N-S, possibly mud walled) and the remains of a Late Bronze Age food vessel . Finds also include some flint, green-glazed sherd of 13th-14th century pottery indicating a multi-period site.There was also a peculiar decorated mudstone which had a face image carved out on either side (Cassidy, B. 1994, 32-3). Compiled by: Geraldine Stout Date of upload: 26 August 2011
- DU008-125 Earthwork
Description
In tillage field. Rectangular-shaped cropmark associated with linear cropmarks which may represent the remains of a field system are visible on Apple Maps orthoimage. Faint outline of cropmarks visible on Google Earth orthoimage taken 24/06/2018. See attached orthoimage taken from Apple Maps and Google Earth orthoimage Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien based on details provided by Jean-Charles Caillère Date of upload: 23 December 2022
Architectural heritage
No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands in the townland of Raheny.
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
- No LiDAR survey of the Office of Public Works covers the centre of the townland of Raheny.
- 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 Raheny with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Dublin.
The townland
- Name
- Raheny · Ráth Eanaigh
- Area
- 671,085 m² (67.11 ha, 165.83 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
- Effelstown, Greatcommon, Kingstown, Lusk, Tyrrelstown Big
- Placenames
- Raheny 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.