Ravel

99 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Ravel, from 0 m² to 226,192 m² (22.62 ha, 55.89 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 45 neighbouring parcels touch it.

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• C2.1General Employment (Industrial, enterprise, employment)
  Louth County Development Plan, Louth · 17 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• C1.1Town or Village Centre (Commercial, retail)
  Louth County Development Plan, Louth · 16 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• R2Existing Residential (Existing residential)
  Louth County Development Plan, Louth · 5 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• S5Community Facilities (Mixed/general community services/facilities uses)
  Louth County Development Plan, Louth · 5 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• R1New Residential Phase 1 (New/proposed residential)
  Louth County Development Plan, Louth · 3 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• G1Open Space (Open space, park)
  Louth County Development Plan, Louth · 1 parcels The zoning objective in the plan

Source: Tailte Éireann and the Department of Housing (MyPlan), national zoning, CC BY 4.0.

• 24 Oct 2025Conditional

  Retention permission for waste water treatment system and percolation area, permission to decommission existing septic tank, revised site boundaries and all associated site works

  Retention, 1 home · Louth County Council, 2560681

• 7 Oct 2025Conditional

  Permission for a single and two storey side and rear extension to the existing house, modifications to the existing house and modifications to the existing vehicular entrance and all associated site works *Significant Further Information received on 22/01/2026*

  Permission, 1 home · Louth County Council, 2560631

• 15 Apr 2025Refused

  Permission for part of proposed development site includes a vacant two storey dwelling house with frontage onto Ardee Road (R170) and a complex of derelict stone outbuildings and disused agricultural structures to the side (east) and rear (north) of this dwelling house. The house is identified on the Record of Protected Structures under RPS Ref. No. LHS 018-023. The protected status is extended to the house and front boundary railings only and specifically excludes the outbuildings. The proposed development is for a mixed-use development comprising residential and commercial uses that also includes modifications to and the change of use of the existing dwelling house a Protected Structure from residential to office uses (Class 2 and 3) in addition to modifications to, and partial demolition of, stone outbuildings to the side (east) and rear (north) to provide 1 no. retail unit and 1 no. café. The proposed residential element consists of 94 no. dwellings in the form of houses, duplex units and apartments of which 86 are houses/duplex dwellings and 8 are apartments. Houses and duplex dwellings are accommodated in buildings 2.5 – 3 storey in height with a limited number encompassing terraces at 1st and 2nd floor level. The 8 no. apartments are accommodated in a stand-alone building fronting the Ardee Road (R170) to the west of the proposed access. The apartment building is 2 storeys in height with a 3 storey set-back and with balconies proposed at upper floor levels. Works to the existing 2 storey house RPS Ref. No. LHS 018-023will consist of the demolition of single storey elements to the side (east) and rear (north) as well as internal modifications comprising the removal of limited sections of external and internal walls at ground and first floor level and conservation and repair works to surviving historic fabric. It is also proposed to lower sections of the external side boundary wall to the front garden. All conservation works proposed will be undertaken by skilled, experienced contractors under the supervision of a Grade 1 Conservation Architect. The change of use of all remaining floor space within the dwelling house to office use (Class 2 and 3) is sought. It is proposed to modify, conserve and bring back into use the associated derelict stone outbuildings to provide 1 no. retail unit and 1 no. café wrapped around an external courtyard, with access to the courtyard provided off Ardee Road (R170). The modification works to the outbuildin

  Permission, 62 homes · Louth County Council, 2560218

• 18 Mar 2025Conditional

  Permission for development of the construction of 84 no houses (18 No. 2-Bed, 52 No. 3-Bed and 14 No. 4-Bed houses) and a creche on a site of circa. 3.08 hectares, together with all associated site development works including landscaping, boundary treatments, footpaths, internal access roads, public lighting, foul and surface water drainage, etc. *Significant Further Information Received on 10/10/2025*

  Permission, 84 homes · Louth County Council, 2560144

• 16 Apr 2024N/a

  Section 179A Housing Development - all details can be viewed via https://consult.louthcoco.ie/. The construction of 70no. houses including 9no. 2-bed bungalows, 24no. two storey 2-bed houses, 18no. two storey 3-bed houses, 5no. two storey 4-bed houses, and 2no. 3-bed bungalows, and 12no. sheltered accommodation 2-bed bungalows on a site of 3.17 hectares in the townland of Ravel. The development will also include the construction of new connections to the existing estate road; provision of new cycleway, footpath, and public lighting along the boundary with the R170; new estate roads and homezones within the site; 123no. car parking spaces including both on-street and in-curtilage parking; cycle parking; hard and soft landscaping including public open spaces, playground, and private gardens; boundary treatments; ESB substation; lighting; laying of underground sewers, mains and pipes; underground pump station and attenuation tank; and all associated works

  Permission · Louth County Council, 2458

• 21 Jan 2022Refused

  permission for a dwelling house, waste water treatment system and associated site development works

  Permission, 1 home · Louth County Council, 2243

• 18 Jun 2021Conditional

  Retention permission & Permission for development that will consist of the construction of (1) a two storey extension to the rear of a retail unit for storage and staff amenities purposes, (2) for alterations to the existing retail unit, (3) for a change of use of first floor offices and store to a 1 bedroom apartment, (4) for associated siteworks, and the retention permission consists of (5) the retention of the incorporation of an independent retail unit into a larger retail unit, (6) the change of use of toilets and canteen into office and store. *Significant Further Information received 11/10/2021 which modified and reduced the proposal to relate to solely the incorporation of an independent retail unit into a larger retail unit, the change of use of toilets and a canteen into an office and store*

  Retention · Louth County Council, 21766

• 4 Jun 2021Conditional

  Permission consequent on a grant of outline permission, ref. no. 20/1130, for a dwelling house, detached domestic garage and all associated site works

  Permission consequent, 2 homes · Louth County Council, 21705

• 18 May 2021Conditional

  Retention & Permission for development that will consist of: Retention for a garden shed to the rear garden and Planning Permission for the conversion of the existing detached garage into a kitchen and utility, which is to be incorporated into a new extension to the rear of the existing house, linking the house and the converted garage, together with minor elevational changes to the existing house and all associated site works

  Retention, 1 home · Louth County Council, 21601

• 18 Dec 2020Conditional

  Outline permission sought for dwelling house, waste water treatment system and percolation area and all associated site works

  Outline permission, 1 home · Louth County Council, 201130

• 18 Sept 2020N/a

  Retention & Permission: Permission for the construction of (1) a two storey extension to the rear of a retail unit for storage and staff amenities purposes , (2) for alterations to the existing retail unit, (3) for a change of use of first floor offices and stores to a 2 bedroom apartment, (4) for associated site works, and (5) the retention of the incorporation of an independent retail unit into a larger retail unit, (6) the change of use of toilets and a canteen into an office and store

  Retention · Louth County Council, 20726

• 8 Nov 2019Conditional

  Permission for an extension to the existing house, minor amendments to the elevations and all associated site works

  Permission, 1 home · Louth County Council, 19930

• 23 Jul 2019Conditional

  Permission for the construction of an open-sided external walkway to part of the front elevation of the existing school and all associated site works.

  Permission · Louth County Council, 19593

• 27 Apr 2017Conditional

  Part 8 Louth County Council hereby gives notice of its intention to carry out a residential development. The development will consist of (i) removal of remaining walls of stone building on site; (ii) provision of 80 no. residential units comprising: (a) 6 no. 4 bed units, (b) 37 no. 3 bed units, (c) 37 no. 2 bed units; (iii) renewable energy design measures for each housing unit; (iv) internal distributor road providing access to the site from the Ardee Road to the west with permanent fencing to the south and temporary fencing to the north pending future development; (v) pedestrian access to the site from the Ardee Road to the south; (vi)ESB substation; (vii) varied site boudary treatment comprising walls and fencing; (viii) temporary signage; (ix) estate signage; and (x) all associated site works.

  Permission, 80 homes · Louth County Council, 17309

Source: National Planning Applications, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, CC BY 4.0. Applicants are not shown.

Designated sites

No designated site (Special Area of Conservation, Special Protection Area, Natural Heritage Area or proposed one) touches the townland of Ravel.

Recorded monuments

• LH018-016 Ritual site - holy well
  Description

  The OS Letters refer to a well dedicated to St. Comghall where stations were held (CLAJ 1921, 34). It was also known as 'Tobercoole' and marked as such on the 1865 OS map (revision) (Coyle 1956, 194-5). Not located when inspected by ASI in 1967. Compiled by: Claire Breen Date of upload: 4 July 2012

Architectural heritage

• House, 1760–1800 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached five-bay two-storey house, built c. 1780. Rectangular-plan with breakfront to centre north elevation, return and lean-to addition to north, single-storey gable-fronted porch to south. Pitched artificial slate roof, clay ridge tiles, concrete verge copings to gables, rendered kneeler stones, red brick corbelled chimneystacks to gables, rendered eaves course, moulded cast-iron gutters, circular downpipes, painted timber bargeboards to porch, terracotta rolled ridge tiles and crocketted finial. Unpainted ruled-and-lined rendered walling to south and west, unpainted roughcast to east, painted random rubble masonry to north and extension. Square-headed windows openings, smooth rendered reveals, painted stone sills, painted timber one-over-one sliding sash windows to south, six-over-six to north, unpainted stone sills, square-headed attic windows to east gable. Square-headed door opening to west elevation of porch, painted smooth rendered reveals, painted timber and glass double doors. Set back from street with garden to south, roughcast boundary wall, smooth rendered plinth, painted coping stone, cast-iron railings and gate. Single-storey service range enclosing farmyard to north-east, large garden or orchard to the west.

• North Bridge, bridge, 1870–1890 · Regional interest
  Description

  Single-span railway-over-road limestone bridge, built c. 1880. Rock-face ashlar limestone piers, tooled ashlar moulded cornice to deck level, concrete block parapet walls c. 1970, squared-and-snecked curved wing wall to north-east and south-west, tooled ashlar chamfered coping. Set at angle with flat-arched steel bridge. Located north of Dunleer.

• White River Bridge, bridge, 1870–1890 · Regional interest
  Description

  Single-span rail-over-river bridge, built c. 1880. Cylindrical iron columns, riveted iron panels supporting deck, cylindrical iron railings, depressed plinths. Spanning White River at outskirts of Dunleer town.

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).

Radon

About 1 in 20 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.

Terrain model

No LiDAR survey of the Office of Public Works covers the centre of the townland of Ravel.

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.

No address of the register names Ravel with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Louth.

Name

Ravel · Rábháil

Area

1,229,436 m² (122.94 ha, 303.8 acres)

Civil parish

Dunleer, and its townlands

Barony

Ferrard

Electoral division

Dunleer, the unit of the census

Census 2022

Dunleer electoral division: 3,270 people in 1,088 households; 74% of households own their home; 50% of homes were built since 2001; 6% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 1% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Ballymageragh, Cluide, Coneyburrow, Dunleer, Lawlesstown, Mooremount, Mountaintown, Shamrockhill

Placenames

Ravel 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.