Rathmines Little
Townland in the civil parish of Taney, barony of Rathdown, Co. Dublin; in Irish Ráth Maonais Bheag
- Area
- 27.5 ha
- 68 acres
- Land parcels
- 8
- registered freehold, median 1,180 m²
- Zoning
- R2
- Objective A
- Planning
- 52
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
8 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Rathmines Little, from 62 m² to 1,332 m². The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 24 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 · 31 parcels The zoning objective in the plan - G1Objective F (Open space, park)
COUNTY DEVELOPMENT PLAN 2022-2028, Dun Laoghaire-Rathdown · 0 parcels The zoning objective in the plan - G3Z11: Waterways Protection (Conservation, amenity or buffer space, corridor/belt, landscape)
Development Plan 2022-2028, Dublin · 0 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
15 Apr 2026Grant permission
Construction of a three-storey, pitched roof, five-bedroom detached dwelling in
Permission · Dun Laoghaire Rathdown County Council, D26A/0287/WEB
18 Dec 2025Grant permission
The development will consist of demolition of a garage & chimney and the constr
Permission · Dun Laoghaire Rathdown County Council, D25B/0716/WEB
2 Oct 2025Grant permission & grant retention
We intend to apply for Retention of the demolition works of the existing house a
Permission for retention · Dun Laoghaire Rathdown County Council, D25A/0752
25 Jul 2025Grant permission
The development will consist of the refurbishment, internal alterations and exte
Permission · Dun Laoghaire Rathdown County Council, D25A/0590/WEB
27 Mar 2025Grant permission
Permission for development at this site: Permission is sought for minor alterati
Permission · Dun Laoghaire Rathdown County Council, D25A/0244
23 Jan 2025Grant permission
The development will consist of demolition of a garage & chimney at ground floor
Permission · Dun Laoghaire Rathdown County Council, D25B/0033
21 Jan 2025Grant permission
Modifications to 56 linear metres of the existing boundary comprising a painted
Permission · Dun Laoghaire Rathdown County Council, D25A/0043/WEB
14 Nov 2024Grant permission
The proposed development will consist of: 1. Demolition of external steps to fr
Permission · Dun Laoghaire Rathdown County Council, D24A/0911/WEB
11 Nov 2024Declare application invalid
Intend to apply for permission for domestic extension. The development will con
Permission · Dun Laoghaire Rathdown County Council, D24B/0479
1 Nov 2024Declare application invalid
Domestic extension. The development will consist of a single-storey extension to
Permission · Dun Laoghaire Rathdown County Council, D24B/0460
5 Sept 2024Grant permission
Construction of a double storey extension at the front and one dormer window at
Permission · Dun Laoghaire Rathdown County Council, D24B/0395/WEB
4 Sept 2024Declare application invalid
Construction of a double storey extension at the front and one dormer window at
Permission · Dun Laoghaire Rathdown County Council, D24B/0393/WEB
29 Aug 2024Declare application invalid
Construction of a double storey extension at the front and one dormer window at
Permission · Dun Laoghaire Rathdown County Council, D24A/0675/WEB
7 Aug 2024Declare application invalid
Construction of a double storey extension at the front and one dormer window at
Permission · Dun Laoghaire Rathdown County Council, D24A/0603/WEB
5 Aug 2024Withdraw the application
Construction of a double storey extension at the front and one dormer window at
Permission · Dun Laoghaire Rathdown County Council, D24B/0358/WEB
2 May 2024Grant permission
The development will consist of: (1) Alterations to an existing detached part si
Permission · Dun Laoghaire Rathdown County Council, D24A/0306/WEB
22 Dec 2022Refuse permission for retention
Retention permission for changes to the fence treatment at the Churchtown Road L
Permission for retention · Dun Laoghaire Rathdown County Council, D22B/0531
9 Nov 2021Grant permission for retention
Permission is sought for the retention of a single story
Permission for retention · Dun Laoghaire Rathdown County Council, D21B/0611
27 Aug 2021Grant permission
Permission for development on this site
Permission · Dun Laoghaire Rathdown County Council, D21B/0456
18 Feb 2021Grant permission
Permission for development. Demolition of existing single
Permission · Dun Laoghaire Rathdown County Council, D21A/0135
12 Dec 2019Grant permission
Permission for: The proposed development will consist of
Permission · Dun Laoghaire Rathdown County Council, D19B/0511
31 Oct 2019Grant permission
The development consists of: demolition of existing sheds to rear
Permission · Dun Laoghaire Rathdown County Council, D19A/0835
10 May 2019Grant permission
Permission is sought for: Demolition of existing single storey extension to the
Permission · Dun Laoghaire Rathdown County Council, D19B/0236
20 Dec 2018Grant permission
Permission to replace existing conservatory at side of house with single storey
Permission · Dun Laoghaire Rathdown County Council, D18B/0561
3 May 2018Grant permission for retention
Retention Permission is sought for the increase in size
Permission for retention · Dun Laoghaire Rathdown County Council, D18B/0203
The 25 most recent of 52 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 Rathmines Little.
Recorded monuments
No recorded monument lies in the townland of Rathmines Little.
Architectural heritage
No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands in the townland of Rathmines Little.
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 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_3236 (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 Rathmines Little with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Dublin.
The townland
- Name
- Rathmines Little · Ráth Maonais Bheag
- Area
- 274,818 m² (27.48 ha, 67.91 acres)
- Civil parish
- Taney, and its townlands
- Barony
- Rathdown
- Electoral division
- Churchtown-Orwell, the unit of the census
- Census 2022
- Churchtown-Orwell electoral division: 1,968 people in 689 households; 85% of households own their home; 6% of homes were built since 2001; 6% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 0% were holiday homes.
- Neighbouring townlands
- Churchtown Lower, Churchtown Upper, Newtown Little, Rathmines Great
- Placenames
- Rathmines Little 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.