Richardstown
Richardstown is a townland in the civil parish of Lusk, barony of Balrothery East, Co. Dublin. Its name in Irish is Baile Risteaird.
Parcel 1910345
- Area
- 13,376 m² (1.34 ha, 3.31 acres)
- Buildings
- No building touches it.
- Zoning
- P1 RU - Rural (The Fingal Development Plan 2023 – 2029) The objective
- Townland
- Richardstown
Planning applications on this parcel
No planning application touches this parcel in the national file, which goes back to 2010.
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 this parcel.
Recorded monuments around it
No zone of notification of a recorded monument touches this parcel.
Architectural heritage
No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands on this parcel.
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
- At the centre of this parcel, about 1 in 20 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels. Testing a home
- Landslides
- The 1:50,000 map rates the landslide susceptibility here as low.
- Terrain model
- No LiDAR survey of the Office of Public Works covers the centre of this parcel.
- Flooding
- The Office of Public Works publishes its flood maps on floodinfo.ie.
Radon Risk Map of Ireland, Environmental Protection Agency, and Landslide Susceptibility Classification, Geological Survey Ireland, both under 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.
Download this parcel as DXF, in Irish Transverse Mercator metres, with its neighbours and buildings, for a drawing program. GeoJSON, in WGS 84, suits a map, and KML opens in Google Earth.
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann, CC BY 4.0. A parcel is the land of a title, not an address. The owner's name is in the Land Registry of Tailte Éireann: a copy of the folio can be ordered on landdirect.ie, for a fee.
- Area
- 191.9 ha
- 474 acres
- Land parcels
- 108
- registered freehold, median 4,054 m² (0.41 ha, 1 acres)
- Zoning
- P1
- RU - Rural
- Planning
- 19
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
108 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Richardstown, from 51 m² to 256,458 m² (25.65 ha, 63.37 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 38 neighbouring parcels touch it.
Download the townland as DXF, in Irish Transverse Mercator metres, with its boundary, parcels and buildings, or as GeoJSON or KML.
Zoning
Development plans, national zoning
- P1RU - Rural (Agriculture)
The Fingal Development Plan 2023 – 2029, Fingal · 131 parcels The zoning objective in the plan - C7RB - Rural Business (Other commerce/industrial/enterprise uses)
The Fingal Development Plan 2023 – 2029, Fingal · 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
26 Mar 2026Grant permission
for a Change of House Design for a house granted permission reg ref: F
Permission · Fingal County Council, F26A/0244E
19 Feb 2026Invalid application due to site notice
for a Change of House Design for a house granted permission reg ref: F
Permission · Fingal County Council, F26A/0120E
28 Jun 2024Grant permission
Planning Pemission fr a new detached two storey house and single store
Permission · Fingal County Council, F24A/0129
9 Feb 2023Grant permission
Planning permission is sought for the removal of 3 no. existing commer
Permission · Fingal County Council, F22A/0414
29 Nov 2022Grant permission
The development of grid connection infrastructure to connect the appro
Permission · Fingal County Council, F22A/0365
28 Oct 2022Grant permission
Construction of 1 no. detached, part single part two storey dwelling
Permission · Fingal County Council, F22A/0609
13 Nov 2018Refuse permission
To relocate the existing farmstead and farm buildings from Ministers R
Permission · Fingal County Council, F18A/0641
17 Sept 2018Grant perm. consequent to outline perm.
The development will consist of: Single storey detached dwelling house
Perm.consequent on grant of outline perm · Fingal County Council, F18A/0388
19 Jul 2018Refuse permission
Permission to relocate existing farmstead and dwelling from Minister's
Permission · Fingal County Council, F18A/0422
24 May 2017Grant permission for retention
Retain the existing 30m high telecommunication support structure (prev
Retention · Fingal County Council, F17A/0289
10 Feb 2017Grant extension of duration of perm.
1) Construct a new 0.56HA glasshouse along with associated rainwater r
Extension of duration of permission · Fingal County Council, F10A/0503/E1
4 Oct 2016Grant outline permission
Two storey detached dwelling house and wastewater treatment system wit
Outline permission · Fingal County Council, F16A/0298
7 Mar 2016Refuse outline permission
Two storey detached dwelling house with waste water treatment system a
Outline permission · Fingal County Council, F15A/0307
16 Mar 2015Grant permission
New dormer style extension to the side & internal alterations to exist
Permission · Fingal County Council, F15B/0063
20 Mar 2014Grant permission
Demolition of the existing garage and wc to the rear and side of the e
Permission · Fingal County Council, F14B/0056
21 Nov 2012Grant permission for retention
Retention sought for modified bay window from previously approved F99B
Retention · Fingal County Council, F12B/0206
29 Jun 2012Grant permission
Construct a new agricultural site entrance onto the R129.
Permission · Fingal County Council, F12A/0203
1 Jul 2011Grant permission & grant retention
Continuance of use of the existing 30m high telecommunications support
Permission and retention · Fingal County Council, F11A/0252
17 Jun 2011Grant permission
1) Construct a new 0.56HA glasshouse along with associated rainwater r
Permission · Fingal County Council, F10A/0503
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 Richardstown.
Recorded monuments
- DU007-034 Pit-burial
Description
Investigations for the NE Gas Pipeline, Phase 2, in 1988 revealed a circular pit (diam. c. 0.32m, D 0.15m). It had a bowl-shaped profile. There were burnt one fragments in the fill (Gowen M, 1989b, 19). Compiled by: Geraldine Stout Date of upload: 26 August 2011
- DU007-035 Burnt pit
Description
Investigations for the NE Gas Pipeline, Phase 2 in 1988 revealed a circular patch of blackened soil with heat-shattered stone (diam. 1.2m) (Gowen 1989, 18). Compiled by: Geraldine Stout Date of upload: 26 August 2011
- DU007-072002 Ring-ditch
Description
One of two Iron Age ring ditches (see also DU007-076001-) excavated in advance of a service station on the M1 near Lusk (Reg. no. E4030). Ring-ditch 2 (13.5m NW – SE x 12m NE – SW) was oval in shape with a W-facing entrance (2.9m wide). Cremated bone was recovered from the fills of ring-ditch 2 but it was identified as animal rather than human. A radiocarbon date of 60 BC–AD 80 was obtained from a charcoal sample (identified as Ash) recovered from the secondary fill (Russell 2009, 23). Compiled by: Christine Baker Date of upload: 4 February 2015
- DU008-069 Fulacht fia
Description
Archaeological monitoring in 2001 identified a fulacht fiadh associated with burnt mound material. A sub-circular trough (Diam. c. 1m) contained a fill of shattered stones (Lynch 2004, 191). Compiled by: Geraldine Stout Date of upload: 26 August 2011
Architectural heritage
No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands in the townland of Richardstown.
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
- At the centre of the townland of Richardstown, about 1 in 20 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels. Testing a home
- Landslides
- The 1:50,000 map rates the landslide susceptibility here as low, partly inferred.
- Terrain model
- No LiDAR survey of the Office of Public Works covers the centre of the townland of Richardstown.
- Flooding
- The Office of Public Works publishes its flood maps on floodinfo.ie.
Radon Risk Map of Ireland, Environmental Protection Agency, and Landslide Susceptibility Classification, Geological Survey Ireland, both under 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 Richardstown with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Dublin.
The townland
- Name
- Richardstown · Baile Risteaird
- Area
- 1,919,285 m² (191.93 ha, 474.27 acres)
- Civil parish
- Lusk, and its townlands
- Barony
- Balrothery East
- Electoral division
- Lusk, the unit of the census
- Census 2022
- 10,774 people lived in 3,341 households in the Lusk electoral division. 78% of households owned their home. 62% of homes were built since 2001. 4% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 0% were holiday homes.
- Neighbouring townlands
- Annsbrook, Colecot, Corduffhall, Gracedieu, Newtowncorduff, Roscall, Thomondtown, Woodpark
- Placenames
- Richardstown 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.