Rathlumber
Townland in the civil parish of Monasteroris, barony of Coolestown, Co. Offaly; in Irish Ráth Lumar
- Area
- 157.7 ha
- 390 acres
- Land parcels
- 103
- registered freehold, median 4,238 m² (0.42 ha, 1.05 acres)
- Zoning
- —
- not in a zoned settlement
- Planning
- 15
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
103 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Rathlumber, from 284 m² to 365,218 m² (36.52 ha, 90.25 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 16 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
No zone of a development plan covers Rathlumber in the national zoning. Outside zoned towns and villages, the county development plan's rural policies apply to each application.
Source: Tailte Éireann and the Department of Housing (MyPlan), national zoning, CC BY 4.0.
Planning applications
Sites that touch the townland, newest first
14 Jul 2026Conditional
amendments to the design of the dwelling previously approved under Planning Reference No. 2460020. The approved development consisted of a four-bedroom dormer bungalow. Permission is now sought for a revised dormer bungalow design only, together with the previously approved septic tank and percolation area, new gates and piers off the shared vehicular entrance from the existing lay-by on the R401, and all associated site development works
Permission, 1 home · Offaly County Council, 2660373
1 Jul 2026N/a
amendments to the design of the dwelling previously approved under Planning Reference No. 2460020. The approved development consisted of a four-bedroom dormer bungalow. Permission is now sought for a revised dormer bungalow design only, together with the previously approved septic tank and percolation area, new gates and piers off the shared vehicular entrance from the existing lay-by on the R401, and all associated site development works
Permission · Offaly County Council, 2660344
26 May 2026Refused
PL2/21/320 FOR CONSTRUCTION OF A SINGLE STOREY DWELLING AND A DOMESTIC GARAGE AND A WASTE WATER TREATMENT SYSTEM AND A VEHICULAR ENTRANCE AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS
Extension of duration · Offaly County Council, EX26008
23 Jan 2025Conditional
(A) 153 SQ/M EXTENSION TO THE SIDE OF THE EXISTING BUILDING FOR THE USE OF A MEETING ROOM/STORAGE AND TOILETS (B) INSTALLATION OF A NEW WASTE WATER TREATMENT SYSTEM (C) NEW VEHICULAR ENTRANCE AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS.
Permission · Offaly County Council, 254
25 Jul 2024Conditional
a new single-storey garage, for domestic use only, to the rear of the new proposed house, previously granted permission (2460020) and all other associated site development work
Permission, 1 home · Offaly County Council, 2460283
1 Jul 2024N/a
a new single storey garage to rear of house and all other associated site development work
Permission · Offaly County Council, 2460244
26 Jan 2024Conditional
(A) The construction of a new Four Bedroom Dormer Bungalow (B) a New Septic Tank and Percolation Area. (C) New gates and piers off shared vehicular entrance into the new house from the existing layby off R401 and (D) all other associated site development work.
Permission, 1 home · Offaly County Council, 2460020
24 Jan 2024N/a
(A) The construction of a new Four Bedroom Dormer Bungalow (B) a New Septic Tank and Percolation Area. (C) New gates and piers off shared vehicular entrance into the new house from the existing layby off R401 and (D) all other associated site development work.
Permission · Offaly County Council, 2460019
19 Jan 2024N/a
(A) The construction of a new Four Bedroom Dormer Bungalow (B) a New Septic Tank and Percolation Area. (C) New gates and piers off shared vehicular entrance into the new house from the existing layby off R401 and (D) all other associated site development work.
Permission · Offaly County Council, 2460014
19 Jan 2024Conditional
(A) The removal and replacement of the existing septic tank and percolation area from the side of the house to the rear of the house (B) the Alteration to the site Boundary (C) The Widening of the existing entrance to facilitate new vehicular entrance into the adjoining site from the existing layby off R401 and (D) all other associated site development work.
Permission · Offaly County Council, 2460015
20 Dec 2023N/a
the removal and replacement of the existing septic tank and percolation for the neighbouring house to the east, to the rear of the neighbouring house to the east, to facilitate the construction of a New 4-bedroom Dormer Bungalow, New Septic Tank, New Percolation Area and New Shed for Domestic use only. Extend the existing entrance servicing the neighbouring house to the east to create a shared entrance for both houses onto the existing layby and all other associated site development work
Permission · Offaly County Council, 2360245
10 Aug 2022Conditional
CONSTRUCTION OF A DWELLING HOUSE AND DETACHED GARAGE WITH SEPTIC TANK AND PERCOLATION AREA WITH ALL ANCILLARY SITE WORKS
Permission, 1 home · Offaly County Council, 22402
5 Aug 2022N/a
DWELLING HOUSE AND DETACHED GARAGE WITH SPETIC TANK AND PERCOLATION AREA WITH ALL ANCILLARY SITE WORKS
Permission · Offaly County Council, 22388
24 May 2021Conditional
CONSTRUCTION OF A SINGLE STOREY DWELLING AND A DOMESTIC GARAGE AND A WASTE WATER TREATMENT SYSTEM AND A VEHICULAR ENTRANCE AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS
Permission, 1 home · Offaly County Council, 21320
25 Oct 2017Conditional
CONSTRUCTION OF A BUNGALOW AND DOMESTIC GARAGE. PERMISSION IS ALSO SOUGHT TO INSTALL A SEPTIC TANK AND PERCOLATION AREA, TO ERECT NEW SITE BOUNDARIES AND TO CONSTRUCT A NEW SITE ENTRANCE ONTO THE PUBLIC ROAD TOGETHER WITH ALL ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS
Permission, 1 home · Offaly County Council, 17420
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 Rathlumber.
Recorded monuments
- OF011-028 Ringfort - rath
Description
Circular enclosure (max. diam. c. 50m N-S) situated in low lying area and delimited by a small bank (c. 1m H) and by a shallow fosse (max. Wth. c. 3.5m) outside. Small rectangular platform (67 x 5m) in NE quadrant and another (7m x12m) almost in centre of enclosure. Circular enclosure (diam 47.5m) delimited by a small bank (H 0.5m) with shallow fosse (max. Wth 3.5m) with possible entrance gap (Wth 4m) at SE. Small rectangular platform (6m x 5m) in NE angle of site and another platform (7m x 12m) in the centre of the enclosure. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Offaly' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1997). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload: 23 May 2011
- OF011-029 Enclosure
Description
Aerial photo (N 453/454) shows cropmark almost squared shaped. No surface traces. Not visible at ground level. Aerial photographs (GSI, N 453/4) shows cropmark of square enclosure to SE of nearby ringfort (OF011-028----). The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Offaly' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1997). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload: 23 May 2011
Architectural heritage
No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands in the townland of Rathlumber.
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 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 Rathlumber.
- 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 Rathlumber with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Offaly.
The townland
- Name
- Rathlumber · Ráth Lumar
- Area
- 1,577,193 m² (157.72 ha, 389.73 acres)
- Civil parish
- Monasteroris, and its townlands
- Barony
- Coolestown
- Electoral division
- Monasteroris, the unit of the census
- Census 2022
- Monasteroris electoral division: 892 people in 302 households; 91% of households own their home; 33% of homes were built since 2001; 6% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 0% were holiday homes.
- Neighbouring townlands
- Ballyleakin, Ballymoran, Esker More, Rathvilla or Rathclonbrackan
- Placenames
- Rathlumber 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.