Seapoint Or Templehill
Townland in the civil parish of Monkstown, barony of Rathdown, Co. Dublin; in Irish Rinn na Mara nó Cnoc an Teampaill
- Area
- 21.8 ha
- 54 acres
- Land parcels
- 95
- registered freehold, median 335 m²
- Zoning
- R2
- Objective A
- Planning
- 100
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
95 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Seapoint Or Templehill, from 3 m² to 6,116 m² (0.61 ha, 1.51 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 1 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 · 90 parcels The zoning objective in the plan - G1Objective F (Open space, park)
COUNTY DEVELOPMENT PLAN 2022-2028, Dun Laoghaire-Rathdown · 3 parcels The zoning objective in the plan - S5Objective SNI (Mixed/general community services/facilities uses)
COUNTY DEVELOPMENT PLAN 2022-2028, Dun Laoghaire-Rathdown · 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
7 Sept 2026Referral
Permission is sought for the demolition of ground floor rear structures (approx.
Permission · Dun Laoghaire Rathdown County Council, D26B/0482/WEB
20 Aug 2026S5 dec not exempt
Painted mural on rear of south elevation + west elevation. Mural to consist of I
Section 5 · Dun Laoghaire Rathdown County Council, REF12826
7 Jul 2026S5 dec not exempt
External stairlift with black rail alongside existing wrought iron railings. Exa
Section 5 · Dun Laoghaire Rathdown County Council, REF10026
25 May 2026S5 dec not exempt
Enquiry as to whether installation of solar panels would be permitted on areas i
Section 5 · Dun Laoghaire Rathdown County Council, REF7626
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
20 Mar 2026Grant permission
A Protected Structure - (RPS no.273). The development consists of: The provision
Permission · Dun Laoghaire Rathdown County Council, D26A/0216/WEB
30 Jan 2026Grant permission
1. Amendments to previously permitted Blocks C1, C2, C3, D1, E1, E2, E3, E4 and
Permission (lrd) · Dun Laoghaire Rathdown County Council, LRD26A/0051/WEB
20 Jan 2026Grant cert of exemption (<=4 unit)
3 Dwellings
Certificate of exemption - part v · Dun Laoghaire Rathdown County Council, V/004/26
20 Jan 2026Grant permission
(i) the construction of 3 no. detached, flat-roof, residential dwellings (Houses
Permission · Dun Laoghaire Rathdown County Council, D26A/0029
9 Dec 2025Grant permission
The demolition of a single storey detached store to rear garden. Increase in exi
Permission · Dun Laoghaire Rathdown County Council, D25A/0951/WEB
3 Dec 2025Withdraw the application
The demolition of a single storey detached store to rear garden. Increase in exi
Permission · Dun Laoghaire Rathdown County Council, D25A/0931/WEB
14 Oct 2025Grant permission
The development will consist of demolition of single-storey extension to the rea
Permission · Dun Laoghaire Rathdown County Council, D25A/0775/WEB
15 Sept 2025Grant permission
The development consists of: 1) Demolition of existing flat roof side extensions
Permission · Dun Laoghaire Rathdown County Council, D25B/0507
24 Jul 2025Grant permission
Proposed single story, flat roof extension to rear of existing property. Interna
Permission · Dun Laoghaire Rathdown County Council, D25B/0418/WEB
3 Jun 2025Grant permission
Removal of curved roof to existing 2-storey side extension and replacement with
Permission · Dun Laoghaire Rathdown County Council, D25B/0309/WEB
28 May 2025Grant permission for retention
We intend to apply for Retention Permission for development. The development co
Permission for retention · Dun Laoghaire Rathdown County Council, D25A/0419
22 May 2025Grant permission
Development to consist of the demolition of a single storey detached store to re
Permission · Dun Laoghaire Rathdown County Council, D25A/0404/WEB
14 May 2025Grant permission
The development consists of refurbishment works which consist of: 1. General re
Permission · Dun Laoghaire Rathdown County Council, D25A/0382/WEB
24 Apr 2025S5 dec exempt
1.Repointing of stone and brick with lime mortar. 2. Reconstruction of first flo
Section 5 · Dun Laoghaire Rathdown County Council, REF7825
24 Apr 2025Grant permission
The development will consist of: The restoration and refurbishment of the existi
Permission · Dun Laoghaire Rathdown County Council, D25A/0332/WEB
14 Apr 2025S5 split decision
Enquiry to see whether installation of solar panels would be allowed on the roof
Section 5 · Dun Laoghaire Rathdown County Council, REF6825
19 Mar 2025Refuse permission
The modification of an existing velux rooflight on the northern roof pitch, into
Permission · Dun Laoghaire Rathdown County Council, D25A/0211
14 Mar 2025Grant permission
Planning permission is sought by Johanna Kennelly for development at 7 Ardenza
Permission · Dun Laoghaire Rathdown County Council, D25A/0201/WEB
11 Nov 2024Grant permission
The development will consist of the following: demolition of an existing 5sqm s
Permission · Dun Laoghaire Rathdown County Council, D24A/0903/WEB
4 Nov 2024Declare application invalid
The development will consist of the following: demolition of an existing 5sqm si
Permission · Dun Laoghaire Rathdown County Council, D24A/0883/WEB
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
- Special Area of Conservation: South Dublin Bay SAC 000210
- Special Protection Area: South Dublin Bay and River Tolka Estuary SPA 004024
- Proposed Natural Heritage Area: South Dublin Bay 000210
Recorded monuments
- DU023-010 Martello tower
Description
Seapoint Martello Tower No. 14 (Kerrigan 1995, 170). According to Kerrigan (1995, 168) construction of the Dublin area Martello Towers and their batteries commenced in 1804 under the supervision of Colonel Benjamin Fisher of the Royal Engineers and by December 1805 all towers were armed and complete. Kerrigan (ibid., 170) recorded that; ‘The towers and batteries south of Dublin are numbered from 1 to 16, but there were only fourteen towers, as at two locations there were batteries only, while several of the towers were close to adjacent batteries’. Situated on a small promontory to the SE of the Railway Station at Seapoint the E facing slope offers views over the coastline. A circular Martello tower with an entrance from Brighton Vale Road down to the sea. Free-standing the tower is built of dressed granite blocks. Machicolation in place over doorway on the NW side. Stairs led to an entrance above ground floor level. A double offset or string course marks the parapet level (Turner 1983, 94). Described by Kerrigan (1995, 174) as; 'Seapoint tower, no. 14, a standard tower for one 18-pounder gun. A little over one-and-a-quarter miles farther west is the unusual tower no. 15 at Williamstown'. See attached plan of Seapoint Martello Tower No. 14 courtesy of the Irish Military Archives - Archival Reference Code: IE/MA/MPD/AD119453-010 See attached Taylor's 1816 Map showing the location of the Martello Tower. Taylor, J. 1816 Taylor's map of the environs of Dublin: extending 10 to 14 miles from the castle, by actual survey, on a scale of 2 inches to one mile. Photo ©Brian T McElherron http://irishantiquities.bravehost.com/dublin/seapoint/seapointmartello.html DU023-010----_03 Patrick Healy Collection, https://hdl.handle.net/10599/1978, © South Dublin Libraries, Local Studies Collection, County Library, Town Centre, Tallaght, Dublin 24 Compiled by: Geraldine Stout and Padraig Clancy Revised by: Caimin O'Brien Date of revised upload: 23 January 2023
- DU023-048 Castle - unclassified
Description
A site of a caste, The Down Survey (1655-6) map shows a castle in the immediate area of Seapoint Station. Not precisley located. Compiled by: Geraldine Stout and Padraig Clancy Revised upload on: 6 July 2018
Architectural heritage
No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands in the townland of Seapoint Or Templehill.
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 10 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.
- 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.
Homes sold
Property Price Register
No address of the register names Seapoint Or Templehill with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Dublin.
The townland
- Name
- Seapoint Or Templehill · Rinn na Mara nó Cnoc an Teampaill
- Area
- 217,674 m² (21.77 ha, 53.79 acres)
- Civil parish
- Monkstown, and its townlands
- Barony
- Rathdown
- Electoral division
- Blackrock-Seapoint, the unit of the census
- Neighbouring townlands
- Dunleary, Montpelier, Newtown Blackrock, Rockfield
- Placenames
- Seapoint Or Templehill on logainm.ie, the Placenames Database of Ireland
Townlands, civil parishes, baronies and electoral divisions, National Statutory Boundaries, Tailte Éireann, 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.