Dunlavin Lower
Dunlavin Lower is a townland in the civil parish of Dunlavin, barony of Talbotstown Lower, Co. Wicklow. Its name in Irish is Dún Luáin Íochtarach.
Parcel 5291648
- Area
- 3,594 m² (0.36 ha, 0.89 acres)
- Buildings
- 1 building touches it. Its footprint covers 164 m².
- Zoning
- C2.1 Employment (Dunlavin Town Plan) The objective
G1 Open Space (Dunlavin Town Plan) The objective
N2.2 Public Utility (Dunlavin Town Plan) The objective - Townland
- Dunlavin Lower
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 10 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
- 154.6 ha
- 382 acres
- Land parcels
- 99
- registered freehold, median 2,162 m² (0.22 ha, 0.53 acres)
- Zoning
- R2
- Existing Residential
- Planning
- 11
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
99 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Dunlavin Lower, from 4 m² to 323,558 m² (32.36 ha, 79.95 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 44 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
- R2Existing Residential (Existing residential)
Dunlavin Town Plan, Wicklow · 34 parcels The zoning objective in the plan - O1Strategic reserve, White land
Dunlavin Town Plan, Wicklow · 7 parcels The zoning objective in the plan - S5Community & Education (Mixed/general community services/facilities uses)
Dunlavin Town Plan, Wicklow · 5 parcels The zoning objective in the plan - N2.2Public Utility (Wastewater)
Dunlavin Town Plan, Wicklow · 4 parcels The zoning objective in the plan - C2.1Employment (Industrial, enterprise, employment)
Dunlavin Town Plan, Wicklow · 3 parcels The zoning objective in the plan - G1Open Space (Open space, park)
Dunlavin Town Plan, Wicklow · 3 parcels The zoning objective in the plan - M2Town Centre (City/Town/village Centre, central area)
Dunlavin Town Plan, Wicklow · 2 parcels The zoning objective in the plan - C2.1Employment (Area 1) (Industrial, enterprise, employment)
Dunlavin Town Plan, Wicklow · 1 parcels The zoning objective in the plan - R1New Residential (New/proposed residential)
Dunlavin Town Plan, Wicklow · 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
24 Nov 2025Refused
change of use, renovation and extension of an existing garage, providing a 1 bedroom dwelling at Station Road, Dunlavin, Co. Wicklow (W91 P4A9) and is to include existing connection to drainage infrastructure and all ancillary site development and excavation works undertook
Retention · Wicklow County Council, 2560954
12 Jun 2025Conditional
single storey extension constructed to the side existing semi detached two storey dwelling known as No 9 Church Road, also planning permission sought to incorporate section of house No 9 into adjoining house No 10, some internal alterations and changes to front façade and ancillary works
Retention · Wicklow County Council, 25158
11 Jun 2025Conditional
revised single storey extension to that previously granted under planning ref 04/408 along with all associated site works
Retention · Wicklow County Council, 2560428
29 May 2025N/a
single storey extension constructed to the side existing semi detached two storey dwelling known as No 9 Church Road, also planning permission sought to incorporate section of house No 9 into adjoining house No 10, some internal alterations and changes to front façade and ancillary works
Retention · Wicklow County Council, 25141
16 May 2025N/a
retain single storey extension constructed to the side of house No 9, also planning sought to incorporate section of house No 9 into adjoining house No 10, some internal alterations and changes to front façade and ancillary works
Retention · Wicklow County Council, 25129
8 Nov 2024Refused
change of use, renovation and extension of an existing garage to provide a 1 bedroom independent unit at Station Road, Dunlavin, Co. Wicklow (W91 P4A9) and is to include connection to existing drainage infrastructure and all ancillary site development and excavation works undertook
Retention · Wicklow County Council, 2460691
21 Aug 2024Conditional
construction of a 122.5 sq m two storey extension to my 67.2 sq m dwelling house, single storey garage/garden shed, alterations to existing entrance and all ancillary site works
Permission, 1 home · Wicklow County Council, 2460507
7 Aug 2024Conditional
a Part 8 for development consisting of the following : (a) The construction of a new two-storey fire station building, (b) On-site parking for 16 vehicles, (c) A hard-landscaped training yard to the rear of the new building, (d) The construction of a new four storey training tower at the northeast corner of the site to the rear of the main building, (e) Hard and soft landscaping and all associated boundary treatments, (f) The development will include all associated drainage and site development works. (For submission/observation details please see the development Site Notice)
Permission · Wicklow County Council, 24334
23 Sept 2022Conditional
dwelling house, domestic garage, O'Reilly Oaktown sewerage treatment system, alterations to existing entrance and all ancillary site works
Permission · Wicklow County Council, 221034
7 Apr 2022N/a
of conversion of former domestic garage to granny flat and all ancillary site works
Retention · Wicklow County Council, 22353
24 Feb 2017Conditional
a proposed new dormer bungalow extension alongside the existing single storey cottage with a single storey flat roof glazed link, alterations to existing cottage, a new septic tank, percolation area and all associated site works and the retention of the existing vehicle entrance to the site
Permission, 1 home · Wicklow County Council, 17200
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 Dunlavin Lower.
Recorded monuments
No recorded monument lies in the townland of Dunlavin Lower.
Architectural heritage
No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands in the townland of Dunlavin Lower.
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 Dunlavin Lower, about 1 in 10 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 moderately low, low, partly inferred.
- Terrain model
- No LiDAR survey of the Office of Public Works covers the centre of the townland of Dunlavin Lower.
- 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 Dunlavin Lower with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Wicklow.
The townland
- Name
- Dunlavin Lower · Dún Luáin Íochtarach
- Area
- 1,545,912 m² (154.59 ha, 382 acres)
- Civil parish
- Dunlavin, and its townlands
- Barony
- Talbotstown Lower
- Electoral division
- Dunlavin, the unit of the census
- Census 2022
- 1,580 people lived in 526 households in the Dunlavin electoral division. 66% of households owned their home. 29% of homes were built since 2001. 8% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 0% were holiday homes.
- Neighbouring townlands
- Dunlavin Upper, Knockandort, Lugatryna, Milltown, Tober Lower, Tornant Lower
- Placenames
- Dunlavin Lower 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.