Balcurris
Townland in the civil parish of Santry, barony of Coolock, Co. Dublin; in Irish Baile Cora
- Area
- 40 ha
- 99 acres
- Land parcels
- 105
- registered freehold, median 163 m²
- Zoning
- M1
- MRE - Metro and Rail Economic Corridor
- Planning
- 42
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
105 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Balcurris, from 0 m² to 187,153 m² (18.72 ha, 46.25 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 17 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
- M1MRE - Metro and Rail Economic Corridor (Mixed Use, general development, opportunity/proposal site)
The Fingal Development Plan 2023 – 2029, Fingal · 86 parcels The zoning objective in the plan - G4OS - Open Space (Active open space)
The Fingal Development Plan 2023 – 2029, Fingal · 4 parcels The zoning objective in the plan - C1.2RW - Retail Warehousing (Retail warehouse)
The Fingal Development Plan 2023 – 2029, Fingal · 4 parcels The zoning objective in the plan - C2.1GE - General Employment (Industrial, enterprise, employment)
The Fingal Development Plan 2023 – 2029, Fingal · 2 parcels The zoning objective in the plan - R2Z1: Sustainable Residential Neighbourhoods (Existing residential)
Development Plan 2022-2028, Dublin · 1 parcels The zoning objective in the plan - C2.1Z6: Employment/Enterprise (Industrial, enterprise, employment)
Development Plan 2022-2028, Dublin · 0 parcels The zoning objective in the plan - M3Z4: Key Urban Villages/Urban Villages (District, neighbourhood centre)
Development Plan 2022-2028, Dublin · 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
29 May 2026Grant permission
Permission for development which will consist of the construction of a
Permission · Fingal County Council, F26A/0453E
23 Sept 2025Grant permission
Planning permission for an attic conversion to create 2 no. habitable
Permission · Fingal County Council, FW25A/0415E
8 Sept 2025Application declared invalid
Planning permission for an attic conversion to create 2 no. habitable rooms with en suites, roof windows to front and rear roof all with associated ancillary works.
Permission · Dublin City Council, WEB5077/25
2 Sept 2025Application declared invalid
Planning permission for an attic conversion to create 2 no. habitable rooms with en suites, roof windows to front and rear roof all with associated ancillary works.
Permission · Dublin City Council, WEB5020/25
14 Aug 2025Grant permission
Permission for external amendments to existing store to replace existi
Permission · Fingal County Council, FW25A/0341E
7 Aug 2025Invalid application
External amendments to existing store to replace existing floodlights
Permission · Fingal County Council, FW25A/0327E
29 Jul 2025Invalid application
External amendments to existing store to replace existing floodlights
Permission · Fingal County Council, FW25A/0318E
29 Apr 2025Grant permission
The proposed development consists of: The addition of an external pad
Permission · Fingal County Council, FW25A/0179E
10 Feb 2025Grant permission for retention
The development consists of 3 new ‘Decathlon’ 1.6m x 11m signs to the
Retention · Fingal County Council, FW25A/0040E
5 Nov 2024Grant permission
Construction of Attic Conversation to consist of 2 new Bedrooms one wi
Permission · Fingal County Council, FW24A/0454E
5 Nov 2024Grant permission
The proposed development consists of: A Single Storey Warehouse Exten
Permission · Fingal County Council, FW24A/0456E
2 Jul 2024Grant permission
Permission for change of use from office
Permission · Fingal County Council, FW24A/0272
30 Nov 2023Refuse permission
The development will consist/consists of: a flood lighting system for
Permission · Fingal County Council, FW23A/0099
6 Oct 2023Grant permission for retention
Retention permission of an Ancillary Workshop previously granted permi
Retention · Fingal County Council, FW23A/0303
6 Oct 2023Grant permission
Permission for the construction of an Ancillary Freezer Room on a Ser
Permission · Fingal County Council, FW23A/0302
31 Aug 2023Grant permission
The proposed development will consist of a 3 meters high extension on
Permission · Fingal County Council, FW23A/0257
26 Jul 2023Grant permission
The proposal consist of external alterations to the apperance of the s
Permission · Fingal County Council, FW23A/0223
2 Dec 2021Grant permission
Permission for change of use from office use originally granted under
Permission · Fingal County Council, FW21A/0237
8 Jun 2020Grant permission
Proposed new stainless steel and glass bus shelter 5.2m x 1.85m x 2.8
Permission · Fingal County Council, FW20A/0085
26 Feb 2020Refuse permission
Permission for a pay-to-use waste portable compactor for dry recyclabl
Permission · Fingal County Council, FW20A/0027
24 Jan 2020Grant permission
Amendments to the facade of the building (5,981 msq) to 2no. external
Permission · Fingal County Council, FW20A/0007
24 Jan 2020Grant permission
Amendments to the development permitted under Reg. Ref F18A/0586 at la
Permission · Fingal County Council, FW20A/0006
23 Sept 2019Grant permission
The proposed development comprises amendments to the facade of the bui
Permission · Fingal County Council, FW19A/0162
10 Sept 2019Grant permission
The development will consist of modifications to a previously permitte
Permission · Fingal County Council, FW19A/0151
16 Aug 2019Grant permission
Amendments to a previously permitted mixed-use development scheme (Reg
Permission · Fingal County Council, FW19A/0139
The 25 most recent of 42 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
No designated site (Special Area of Conservation, Special Protection Area, Natural Heritage Area or proposed one) touches the townland of Balcurris.
Recorded monuments
- DU014-022 Enclosure
Description
An aerial photograph (CUCAP, BDQ 69) showed a cropmark of a roughly circular, single-ditched enclosure (diam. c. 30m) in low-lying pasture. There is an opening in the ESE. Not visible at ground level. The site was subject to archaeological assessment (lLicence no. 07E0761) but no archaeological features identified. It was surmised that the cropmark was either a geological feature or in a different location. Subsequent monitoring found no archaeological features. Now IKEA. Compiled by: Geraldine Stout Updated by; Christine Baker Date of upload: 22 January 2015
Architectural heritage
No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands in the townland of Balcurris.
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 20 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels. Testing a home
- Landslides
- Susceptibility low, on the 1:50,000 map.
- Terrain model
- LiDAR of the Office of Public Works, flown in 2011, at 2 m: tile OPW_3203 (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 Balcurris with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Dublin.
The townland
- Name
- Balcurris · Baile Cora
- Area
- 399,617 m² (39.96 ha, 98.75 acres)
- Civil parish
- Santry, and its townlands
- Barony
- Coolock
- Electoral division
- Dubber, the unit of the census
- Census 2022
- Dubber electoral division: 8,931 people in 2,882 households; 47% of households own their home; 89% of homes were built since 2001; 4% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 0% were holiday homes.
- Neighbouring townlands
- Ballymun, Poppintree, Santry Demesne, Silloge
- Placenames
- Balcurris 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.