Whitehall
Townland in the civil parish of Rathfarnham, barony of Rathdown, Co. Dublin; in Irish An Halla Bán
- Area
- 76.6 ha
- 189 acres
- Land parcels
- 735
- registered freehold, median 246 m²
- Zoning
- R2
- Objective A
- Planning
- 100
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
735 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Whitehall, from 2 m² to 169,111 m² (16.91 ha, 41.79 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 35 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 · 715 parcels The zoning objective in the plan - M3Objective DC (District, neighbourhood centre)
COUNTY DEVELOPMENT PLAN 2022-2028, Dun Laoghaire-Rathdown · 24 parcels The zoning objective in the plan - M3Objective NC (District, neighbourhood centre)
COUNTY DEVELOPMENT PLAN 2022-2028, Dun Laoghaire-Rathdown · 9 parcels The zoning objective in the plan - C2.1Objective E (Industrial, enterprise, employment)
COUNTY DEVELOPMENT PLAN 2022-2028, Dun Laoghaire-Rathdown · 4 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 · 1 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
26 Aug 2026Assessment period
The proposed development will consist of the construction of a three bedroom, t
Permission · Dun Laoghaire Rathdown County Council, D26A/0636/WEB
7 Aug 2026Assessment period
The retention of unauthorised demolition of portion of front boundary wall and p
Permission · Dun Laoghaire Rathdown County Council, D26A/0593/WEB
16 Jul 2026Grant permission for retention
Retention permission for the construction of a detached garden studio (25 sq. m.
Permission for retention · Dun Laoghaire Rathdown County Council, D26B/0409/WEB
24 Jun 2026Grant permission
Two-storey pitched-roof extension to the front incorporating a frontfacing gable
Permission · Dun Laoghaire Rathdown County Council, D26B/0365/WEB
18 Jun 2026Request additional information
Permission to widen the existing pedestrian entrance to create a new vehicular
Permission · Dun Laoghaire Rathdown County Council, D26A/0455/WEB
9 Jun 2026Grant permission
The development will consist of the construction of a rooflight and dormer wind
Permission · Dun Laoghaire Rathdown County Council, D26B/0333/WEB
8 Jun 2026Invalidate application
Permission to widen the existing pedestrian entrance to create a new vehicular entrance 3.6 meters wide to facilitate off street parking for two cars and EV charging.
Permission · South Dublin County Council, SD26B/0283W
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
17 May 2026Refuse permission
Retention of existing driveway and vehicular entrance.
Permission for retention · Dun Laoghaire Rathdown County Council, D26A/0370/WEB
13 May 2026Grant permission
Planning permission for attic conversion with dormer to rear roof to accommodat
Permission · Dun Laoghaire Rathdown County Council, D26B/0285/WEB
11 May 2026Refuse permission
Whitehall Property Investments Limited intend to apply for permission for a Larg
Permission · Dun Laoghaire Rathdown County Council, LRD26A/0355/WEB
27 Apr 2026Refuse permission
The development will consist of the retention of partial demolition works, and
Permission · Dun Laoghaire Rathdown County Council, D26B/0254/WEB
16 Apr 2026Grant permission
The development consists of an attic conversion to habitable use, raising the s
Permission · Dun Laoghaire Rathdown County Council, D26B/0222/WEB
14 Apr 2026Grant permission
Permission for (1) demolition of existing garage and associated single storey st
Permission · Dun Laoghaire Rathdown County Council, D26B/0217/WEB
11 Mar 2026Grant permission
Planning permission is sought for modifications to external materials and finis
Permission · Dun Laoghaire Rathdown County Council, D26A/0185/WEB
25 Feb 2026S5 dec exempt
Please see attached
Section 5 · Dun Laoghaire Rathdown County Council, REF2826
30 Jan 2026Declare invalid (site notice)
Construction of a new single-storey extension to the rear and side, conversion a
Permission · Dun Laoghaire Rathdown County Council, D26B/0054/WEB
28 Jan 2026Declare application invalid
Construction of a new single-storey extension to the rear and side, conversion a
Permission · Dun Laoghaire Rathdown County Council, D26B/0043/WEB
21 Jan 2026Refuse permission
The proposed development will consist of the construction of a three bedroom, t
Permission · Dun Laoghaire Rathdown County Council, D26A/0030/WEB
15 Jan 2026Grant permission
The proposed development consists of alterations to a previously approved plann
Permission · Dun Laoghaire Rathdown County Council, D26A/0018/WEB
12 Jan 2026Grant certificate of exemption
1 Dwelling.
Certificate of exemption - part v · Dun Laoghaire Rathdown County Council, V/001/26
23 Dec 2025Grant permission
The development will consist of; A) The removal of 2no. existing chimneys to sid
Permission · Dun Laoghaire Rathdown County Council, D25B/0734/WEB
19 Dec 2025Grant permission
The construction of a single storey domestic extension to side of dwelling, alte
Permission · Dun Laoghaire Rathdown County Council, D25A/0986/WEB
17 Dec 2025Declare application invalid
a) the removal of 2no. existing chimneys to side of existing dwelling, b) the co
Permission · Dun Laoghaire Rathdown County Council, D25B/0709/WEB
15 Dec 2025Grant permission
Planning permission is sought for modifications to existing house, new single st
Permission · Dun Laoghaire Rathdown County Council, D25B/0701/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
No designated site (Special Area of Conservation, Special Protection Area, Natural Heritage Area or proposed one) touches the townland of Whitehall.
Recorded monuments
- DU022-015 Building
Description
Located inside the entrance gates to a house on Whitehall road. It backs onto Rathfarnham Golf course. Comprises a tapered stone building encircled by a winding staircase. Apparently erected by a Major Hall who built Whitehall House (Ball 1903, II, 134-135). Sommerville-Large (1936) describes that 'Hall's Barn' was built as a folly to provide employment for the poor following the famine of 1738. It was modelled on a barn erected by the Connolly family in Castletown County Kildare. Built in 1742. Compiled by Geraldine Stout Date of upload: 25th April 2012
Architectural heritage
No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands in the townland of Whitehall.
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.
- 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 Whitehall with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Dublin.
The townland
- Name
- Whitehall · An Halla Bán
- Area
- 765,618 m² (76.56 ha, 189.19 acres)
- Civil parish
- Rathfarnham, and its townlands
- Barony
- Rathdown
- Electoral division
- Churchtown-Nutgrove, the unit of the census
- Neighbouring townlands
- Churchtown Upper, Haroldsgrange, Newtown Little, Rathfarnham
- Placenames
- Whitehall 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.