Balgriffin Park
Townland in the civil parish of Balgriffin, barony of Coolock, Co. Dublin; in Irish Páirc Bhaile Ghrífín
- Area
- 18.4 ha
- 46 acres
- Land parcels
- 175
- registered freehold, median 231 m²
- Zoning
- R2
- RS - Residential
- Planning
- 19
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
175 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Balgriffin Park, from 88 m² to 100,274 m² (10.03 ha, 24.78 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 7 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 · 175 parcels The zoning objective in the plan - G4OS - Open Space (Active open space)
The Fingal Development Plan 2023 – 2029, Fingal · 1 parcels The zoning objective in the plan - R3Z14: Strategic Development and Regeneration Areas (SDRAs) (Residential, mixed residential and other uses)
Development Plan 2022-2028, Dublin · 1 parcels The zoning objective in the plan - G3GB - Green Belt (Conservation, amenity or buffer space, corridor/belt, landscape)
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
19 Jun 2026Grant permission & grant retention
The development seeking retention permission consists of the widening
Permission and retention · Fingal County Council, F26A/0524E
5 Nov 2025Grant permission
Conversion of his attic to storage including a dormer widow to the re
Permission · Fingal County Council, F25A/1023E
19 Sept 2019Grant outline permission
Construction of a single detached bungalow, new access driveway
Outline permission · Fingal County Council, F19A/0038
10 Aug 2018Grant permission
Permission for the construction of new single storey pitched roof exte
Permission · Fingal County Council, F18B/0221
12 Apr 2018Grant permission
Construct a single storey extension to the west side of the existing d
Permission · Fingal County Council, F18B/0077
30 Nov 2016Grant permission
Amendments to Blocks D and E permitted under Reg. Ref. F07A/0394, exte
Permission · Fingal County Council, F16A/0547
25 May 2016Grant permission for retention
Revisions to previously approved development Reg. Ref. F05A/1006 & F06
Retention · Fingal County Council, F15A/0464
26 Apr 2016Grant permission
Amendments to Blocak D ans E permittted under Reg. Ref. F07A/0394/E1
Permission · Fingal County Council, F16A/0071
26 Feb 2016Grant permission
Amendment to Block A2 permitted under Ref.F14A/0363 on a 3.075
Permission · Fingal County Council, F16A/0070
8 Oct 2015Refuse permission
A new attic room with dormer window to rear & roof light to front to e
Permission · Fingal County Council, F15B/0235
5 Sept 2014Grant permission
Development on a 3.075 ha. site consisting of (i) 77 no. residential u
Permission · Fingal County Council, F14A/0363
16 Jul 2014Grant permission
Amendments to the previously permitted development under FCC planning
Permission · Fingal County Council, F14A/0190
22 Apr 2014Grant permission
Amendments to previously permitted development under Planning Ref. F07
Permission · Fingal County Council, F14A/0159
27 Jan 2014Grant permission
Amendments to previously permitted development under F06A/1918 and F06
Permission · Fingal County Council, F13A/0421
5 Jun 2013Refuse permission
Amend previously permitted development under Reg. Ref. F06A/1918 and F
Permission · Fingal County Council, F13A/0204
21 Dec 2012Grant extension of duration of perm.
Development of a residential scheme on a site C. 3.14 hectares bounded
Extension of duration of permission · Fingal County Council, F07A/0394/E1
16 Oct 2012Grant extension of duration of perm.
48 Houses on lands which form portion of the final phase (Phase 3) of
Extension of duration of permission · Fingal County Council, F06A/1918/E1
20 Apr 2012Grant extension of duration of perm.
Revisions to approved residential development Reg. Ref. no. F05A/1006
Extension of duration of permission · Fingal County Council, F06A/1208/E1
9 Feb 2011Grant extension of duration of perm.
Phase two of a development of a 5.85ha site consisting 8 no. two and t
Extension of duration of permission · Fingal County Council, F05A/1006/E1
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 Balgriffin Park.
Recorded monuments
- DU015-012001 Church
Description
According to D'Alton the church was confirmed of its titles in 1178 by Archbishop O'Toole. The Regal Visitations (1630) describe the church and chancel as ruinous (Ronan 1941, 67). Currently located within the open space of a housing development. A number of archaeological investigations were associated with the development. Geophysical survey (03R053) identified anomalies that were confirmed by test excavation (04E1371). A substantial curving ditch (4.75m in width and 1.3m deep) that appeared to be enclosing the site of the church was identified. Two smaller linear ditches were associated wiith the enclosure and contained similar fills. Several sherds of medieval pottery and a medieval glass bead were found in this area (McLoughlin, G. 2004:0513 www.excavations.ie) Compiled by: Geraldine Stout Updated by: Christine Baker Date of upload: 25 January 2015
- DU015-012002 Graveslab
Description
A grave-slab fragment was found at the site and is housed in the National Museum (NMI 1958:60; DU018-159----). 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 Balgriffin Park.
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, 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_3277 (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 Balgriffin Park with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Dublin.
The townland
- Name
- Balgriffin Park · Páirc Bhaile Ghrífín
- Area
- 184,404 m² (18.44 ha, 45.57 acres)
- Civil parish
- Balgriffin, and its townlands
- Barony
- Coolock
- Electoral division
- Balgriffin, the unit of the census
- Census 2022
- Balgriffin electoral division: 5,544 people in 1,238 households; 55% of households own their home; 86% of homes were built since 2001; 6% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 0% were holiday homes.
- Neighbouring townlands
- Balgriffin, Saintdoolaghs, Snugborough
- Placenames
- Balgriffin Park 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.