Barberstown
Townland in the civil parish of St. Margarets, barony of Coolock, Co. Dublin; in Irish Baile an Bhearbóraigh
- Area
- 58.1 ha
- 143 acres
- Land parcels
- 11
- registered freehold, median 44,590 m² (4.46 ha, 11.02 acres)
- Zoning
- C2.1
- FP - Food Park
- Planning
- 24
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
11 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Barberstown, from 748 m² to 165,290 m² (16.53 ha, 40.84 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 14 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
- C2.1FP - Food Park (Industrial, enterprise, employment)
The Fingal Development Plan 2023 – 2029, Fingal · 13 parcels The zoning objective in the plan - N1.3DA - Dublin Airport (Airport)
The Fingal Development Plan 2023 – 2029, Fingal · 9 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 · 3 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
7 Sept 2026Registration
The development will consist of the construction of an extension to th
Permission · Fingal County Council, FW26A/0342E
19 Aug 2026Ai not significant
The proposed development will consist of the following: a) The const
Permission · Fingal County Council, F26A/0486E
11 Aug 2026Referral
Planning Permission for alterations to development previously approved
Permission and retention · Fingal County Council, FW26A/0318E
5 May 2026Grant permission
The development will consist of 1) the installation of rooftop solar
Permission · Fingal County Council, FW26A/0181E
2 Apr 2026Grant permission & grant retention
The development consists / will consist of the following:
Permission and retention · Fingal County Council, FW26A/0132
7 Oct 2025Refuse permission
Permission is sought for: (i) The Construction of a refrigeration cent
Permission · Fingal County Council, FW25A/0441E
15 Aug 2025Refuse permission & refuse retention
1. Retention permission is sought for :
Permission and retention · Fingal County Council, FW25A/0343
12 May 2025Grant permission
The development consists of the installation of a photovoltaic solar a
Permission · Fingal County Council, FW25A/0210E
6 Feb 2025App withdrawn as no ai recd in 6 months
: In accordance with Section 34B of the Planning and Development Act,
Permission · Fingal County Council, F25A/0094E
7 Jan 2025Grant permission
A new temperature-controlled warehouse incorporating ancillary offices
Permission · Fingal County Council, FW25A/0004E
20 Dec 2024Invalid application
A new temperature-controlled warehouse incorporating ancillary offices
Permission · Fingal County Council, FW24A/0544E
20 Dec 2024Invalid application
In accordance with Section 34B of the Planning and Development Act, 20
Permission · Fingal County Council, F24A/1178E
11 Apr 2024Refuse permission
The lands are princupally bounded by undeveloped
Permission · Fingal County Council, FW24A/0152
15 Dec 2023Sai consultees
The proposed development relates to the entirety of the Airport
Permission · Fingal County Council, F23A/0781
17 May 2023Grant permission for retention
Planning permission for the retention
Retention · Fingal County Council, FW23A/0143
20 Feb 2023Grant permission for retention
Keelings UC intend to apply for planning permission for the retention
Retention · Fingal County Council, FW23A/0031
4 Oct 2021Grant permission
The development will comprise the construction of a warehouse
Permission · Fingal County Council, FW21A/0187
21 Sept 2021Grant permission
A proposed development comprising the taking of a ‘relevant action’ on
Permission · Fingal County Council, F20A/0668
19 Jul 2019Grant permission
Amend the North Parallel Runway (North Runway)(permitted under FCC Reg
Permission · Fingal County Council, F19A/0023
13 Nov 2018Grant permission & refuse retention
Junction upgrades to include: addition of traffic signals; left turn a
Permission and retention · Fingal County Council, F18A/0643
25 Aug 2017Grant permission
A new food market building for the preparation, packaging, storage, sa
Permission · Fingal County Council, F17A/0513
11 Jan 2017Grant extension of duration of perm.
To construct on airport lands, a runway, 3110m in length and 75m in wi
Extension of duration of permission · Fingal County Council, F04A/1755/E1
7 Jun 2013Grant permission
New indoor equestrian school consisting of the following elements: - A
Permission · Fingal County Council, F13A/0209
21 Aug 2012Grant permission
New indoor equestrian school, consisting of the following elements:
Permission · Fingal County Council, F12A/0007
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 Barberstown.
Recorded monuments
No recorded monument lies in the townland of Barberstown.
Architectural heritage
No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands in the townland of Barberstown.
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
- No LiDAR survey of the Office of Public Works covers the centre of the townland of Barberstown.
- 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 Barberstown with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Dublin.
The townland
- Name
- Barberstown · Baile an Bhearbóraigh
- Area
- 580,645 m² (58.06 ha, 143.48 acres)
- Civil parish
- St. Margarets, 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
- Dunbro, Forrest Great, Killeek, Kingstown, Pickardstown
- Placenames
- Barberstown 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.