Astagob
Townland in the civil parish of Clonsilla, barony of Castleknock, Co. Dublin; in Irish Steach Gob
- Area
- 66 ha
- 163 acres
- Land parcels
- 270
- registered freehold, median 221 m²
- Zoning
- R2
- RS - Residential
- Planning
- 50
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
270 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Astagob, from 4 m² to 141,808 m² (14.18 ha, 35.04 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 39 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
- R2RS - Residential (Existing residential)
The Fingal Development Plan 2023 – 2029, Fingal · 229 parcels The zoning objective in the plan - G3HA - High Amenity (Conservation, amenity or buffer space, corridor/belt, landscape)
The Fingal Development Plan 2023 – 2029, Fingal · 45 parcels The zoning objective in the plan - G4OS - Open Space (Active open space)
The Fingal Development Plan 2023 – 2029, Fingal · 13 parcels The zoning objective in the plan - G3HA-LV (Conservation, amenity or buffer space, corridor/belt, landscape)
South Dublin County Development Plan 2022-2028, South Dublin · 1 parcels The zoning objective in the plan - S3CI - Community Infrastructure (Community facilities)
The Fingal Development Plan 2023 – 2029, Fingal · 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
8 May 2026Grant permission
Planning Permission sought for detached garage, canopy balcony to side
Permission · Fingal County Council, FW26A/0188E
21 Feb 2026Grant permission
for demolition of existing front dormer, and construction of new front
Permission · Fingal County Council, FW26A/0064E
16 Jan 2026Grant time ext (3 months) ai
The Electricity Supply Board (ESB) intends to apply for permission for
Permission · Fingal County Council, FW26A/0017E
10 Dec 2025Grant permission
The development will consist of dormer attic conversion to rear compri
Permission · Fingal County Council, FW25A/0538E
7 Oct 2025Refuse permission
Permission is sought for visually permeable open board fencing fixed a
Permission · Fingal County Council, FW25A/0439E
17 Jun 2025Grant permission
Planning permission sought
Permission · Fingal County Council, FW25A/0258
1 May 2025Grant permission
Planning permission for attic conversion with hip to gable roof and do
Permission · Fingal County Council, FW25A/0186E
10 Apr 2025Invalid application due to site notice
Planning permission for attic conversion with hip to gable roof and do
Permission · Fingal County Council, FW25A/0150E
19 Mar 2025Grant permission
Extension of the current opening hours of the after school service fro
Permission · Fingal County Council, FW25A/0105E
20 Feb 2025Refuse permission for retention
The Development consists of: Retention permission is sought for the ra
Retention · Fingal County Council, FW25A/0060E
8 Nov 2024Grant permission
The development will consist of the construction of an outdoor swimmin
Permission · Fingal County Council, FW24A/0460E
27 May 2024Refuse permission & grant retention
The development consists of: retention permissionis sought for the re-
Permission and retention · Fingal County Council, FW24A/0226
20 May 2024Grant permission
Conversion of existing attic space comprising of modification of exist
Permission · Fingal County Council, FW24A/0216E
15 May 2024Grant permission
Planning Permission sought for partial
Permission · Fingal County Council, FW24A/0207
10 Apr 2024Invalid application
Planning Permission for two storey extension to side and rear to inclu
Permission · Fingal County Council, FW24A/0149
8 Mar 2024Grant permission
The development will consist of: The demolition of chimney at lower gr
Permission · Fingal County Council, FW24A/0096
2 Feb 2024Grant permission
The development will consist of
Permission · Fingal County Council, FW24A/0038
27 Oct 2023Grant permission
The development will consist of:
Permission · Fingal County Council, FW23A/0324
24 Jul 2023Grant permission
Planning permission sought for demolition of
Permission · Fingal County Council, FW23A/0145
9 May 2023Grant permission
Permission is sought for demolition of existing part single/part two s
Permission · Fingal County Council, FW23A/0133
19 Aug 2022Refuse permission
Development comprising (i) 3,199 no. traditional burial plots; (ii) 19
Permission · Fingal County Council, FW22A/0180
13 Jun 2022Grant permission
The proposed development will consist of the following; change of all
Permission · Fingal County Council, FW22A/0118
6 Apr 2022Grant permission
Planning permission for single storey extension to side and rear of nu
Permission · Fingal County Council, FW22B/0035
16 Mar 2022Grant permission
Construction of a flat roof (5deg.pitch) single storey office
Permission · Fingal County Council, FW22B/0026
24 Dec 2021Refuse permission
Permission for the construction of a two storey split level 3 no, bedr
Permission · Fingal County Council, FW21A/0258
The 25 most recent of 50 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
- Proposed Natural Heritage Area: Liffey Valley 000128
Recorded monuments
- DU017-007 Ringfort - unclassified
Description
The site comprises a circular platform (diam. 25m; H 1.75m) damaged along the east side. The site is very overgrown but may be the remains of a platform ringfort. Now within golf course. Compiled by: Geraldine Stout Updated by: Christine Baker Date of upload: 29 January 2015
- DU017-074 Burial ground
Description
A flat cemetery was discovered in 1959 with evidence for 7 -8 human skeletons running E-W and N-S including a possible infant. One of the burials may have been slab-lined, another in a crouched position. These were unaccompanied remains (NMI Topographical files, Cahill & Sikora 2011, 467). Now located within playing pitches which have been lowered and levelled relative to the surrounding topography. The skeletons were buried in the graveyard at Mulhuddart Church of Ireland. Compiled by: Geraldine Stout Updated by: Christine Baker Date of upload: 29 January 2015
Architectural heritage
- Astagob House, farm house, 1870–1890 · Regional interest
Description
Detached five-bay two-storey farmhouse, c.1880, with segmental-headed doorcase. Entrance gate piers with cast-iron railings.ROOF: Double pitched slate roof with clay ridge tiles and two rendered chimney stacks with plain clay pots; cast-iron rainwater goods. WALLS: Roughcast rendered walls with smooth rendered plinth and corners. OPENINGS: Segmental headed window openings with rendered soffits, reveals and painted stone cills surrounding 2/2 timber sashes; segmental headed door openings; patent bull nose moulded rendered soffit, reveals and granite doorstep surrounding tripartite timber doorcase comprising sidelights above timber flat panels, flanking timber flat panelled door with fillet moulding; segmental headed fanlight with cylinder glass.
- Saint Mochta's Catholic Church, church/chapel, 1885–1895 · Regional interest
Description
Detached gable-fronted Gothic style Roman Catholic church, c.1890, with gabled projecting entrance porch. Six-bay side elevation with single-bay chancel to south, having sacristy attached to east.ROOF: Double pitched; tiled; moulded terracotta roof ridge tiles; limestone belfry slightly overhanging eaves; cast-iron rainwater goods. WALLS: Coursed rockfaced ashlar granite; ashlar limestone plinth, cill and string course quoins; buttresses; belfry to front gable; gargoyles at corners; cast-iron cross capping belfry spire. OPENINGS: Pointed arched limestone dressed window openings with chamfered limestone cills; fixed pane clear and stained glass. Projecting gable fronted porch with pointed arched, carved hood moulding, limestone cross at apex, two leaf timber tongue and groove door with large ornate foliated cast-iron hinges. INTERIOR:Nave and chancel divided by pointed arch, open timber truss roof, timber gallery at west end contains organ accessed by cast-iron spiral stairs. Timber confessional and pews. Trefoil headed windows in depressed pointed arch surrounds. Stained glass windows dating to 1893, 1908, 1978 and 1993. Porch has polychromatic tiled floor.
- Saint Mochta's Catholic Church, presbytery/parochial/curate's house, 1890–1910 · Regional interest
Description
Detached five-bay single-storey presbytery, c.1900, with gabled projecting end bays. Entrance piers with cast-iron railings.ROOF: Hipped slate roof with end double pitched roofs; tall rendered chimney stack; all with clay ridge tiles; cast-iron rainwater goods. WALLS: Pebble dashed with smooth rendered plinths, corner verticals and line below gutters. OPENINGS: Two square headed tripartite window openings; patent rendered soffits, reveals and cills surrounding central 6/6 timber sash window with flanking 2/2 timber sash windows; other square headed window openings with 6/6 timber sashes windows; square headed door opening with rendered doorcase; simple cornice; modern hardwood doorleaf with triple paned overlight.
- Astagob House, farmyard complex, 1870–1890 · Regional interest
Description
Detached U-shaped range of single- and two-storey outhouses, c.1880, forming courtyard to rear of farmhouse.ROOF: Double pitched slate roofs with clay ridge tiles; rendered chimney stacks, one with octagonal clay pot; the other, a moulded clay pot; cast-iron rainwater goods. WALLS: Rendered random rubble walls throughout. OPENINGS: Square headed window openings without glazing; square headed door openings with rendered random rubble reveals.
- Silvermount and Silvermount Cottage, school, 1870–1890 · Regional interest
Description
Detached seven-bay single-storey school house, c.1880, with two gable-fronted projecting porches. Now in use as pair of houses.ROOF: Hipped slate roof with clay ridge tiles, red brick chimney stack with stretcher course and two moulded clay pots, uPVC rainwater goods. WALLS: Nap rendered. OPENINGS: Square headed window openings, rendered soffits, reveals and concrete cills surrounding 2/2 timber sash windows, bipartite timber casement window and four fixed pane timber windows with moulded architrave; blocked up window opening to side elevation; two square headed door opeings with rendered soffits reveals, rendered doorsteps and modern tongue & grooved panelled doors opening into projecting porches.
- Huntsman's Lodge, house, 1900–1920 · Regional interest
Description
Detached three-bay two-storey house, c.1910, with single-bay single-storey lean-to to east gable.ROOF: Double-pitched; tiles; terracotta roof ridge tiles; over hanging eaves supported on timber brackets; rendered chimney stacks; clay pots. WALLS: Nap rendered. OPENINGS: Square headed; rendered soffits and reveals; painted stone cill; variety of sash windows; 6/2, 6/6 also timber casement windows.
- Wisteria Cottage, house, 1900–1920 · Regional interest
Description
Detached four-bay single-storey house, c.1910, with single-bay extension to east, c.1970.ROOF: Double pitched; slate; double pitched tiled roof to extension; terracotta ridge tiles; corniced red brick stacks; clay pots; metal rainwater goods. WALLS: rough cast render walls. OPENINGS: Square headed; rendered soffits and reveals; painted stone cills; 2/2 timber sashes with convex sash horns; casement window to extension; square headed modern timber tongue and groove door; rendered door step. Set back from road; garden within fromt site; bounded by metal railings; square profile concrete gate piers.
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 high, moderately high, moderately low, low, low (inferred), on the 1:50,000 map.
- Terrain model
- LiDAR of the Office of Public Works, flown in 2011, at 2 m: tile OPW_3084 (ZIP).
- 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 Astagob with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Dublin.
The townland
- Name
- Astagob · Steach Gob
- Area
- 660,228 m² (66.02 ha, 163.15 acres)
- Civil parish
- Clonsilla, and its townlands
- Barony
- Castleknock
- Electoral division
- Castleknock-Knockmaroon, the unit of the census
- Census 2022
- Castleknock-Knockmaroon electoral division: 20,967 people in 6,937 households; 74% of households own their home; 34% of homes were built since 2001; 3% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 0% were holiday homes.
- Neighbouring townlands
- Annfield, Astagob, Diswellstown, Fonthill, Hermitage, Kellystown, Porterstown, Woodlands
- Placenames
- Astagob 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.