Barnhill
Townland in the civil parish of Clonsilla, barony of Castleknock, Co. Dublin; in Irish Cnoc an Sciobóil
Parcel 1814971
- Area
- 9,792 m² (0.98 ha, 2.42 acres)
- Buildings
- 1 building touches it, 621 m² on the ground
- Zoning
- R1 RA - Residential Area (The Fingal Development Plan 2023 – 2029) The objective
G4 OS - Open Space (The Fingal Development Plan 2023 – 2029) The objective
R2 RS - Residential (The Fingal Development Plan 2023 – 2029) The objective - Townland
- Barnhill
Planning applications on this parcel
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
20 Jul 2022Planner assignment
The demolition of the existing vacant industrial / agricultural buildi
Strategic housing development · Fingal County Council, SHDW/005/21
13 Mar 2019Grant permission
618 no. apartments, comprised of 56 no. 1 bed appartments, 513, 2 bed
Permission · Fingal County Council, FW18A/0110
25 Apr 2018Grant permission
Garlandbrook Ltd seeks permission for residental development consistin
Permission · Fingal County Council, FW18A/0021
29 Nov 2017Withdraw application
A residential development consisting of 127 no. dwellings on a site ar
Permission · Fingal County Council, FW17A/0134
4 Aug 2017App withdrawn as no ai recd in 6 months
A residental development consisting of 127 no. dwellings, on a site ar
Permission · Fingal County Council, FW17A/0135
23 Mar 2017Grant permission
Permission for a residential development consisting of 219 no. dwellin
Permission · Fingal County Council, FW16A/0123
Source: National Planning Applications, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, CC BY 4.0. Applicants are not shown.
Designated sites
- Proposed Natural Heritage Area: Royal Canal 002103
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
- 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_3001 (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.
Download this parcel: DXF, in Irish Transverse Mercator metres, with its neighbours and buildings, for a drawing program; GeoJSON, in WGS 84, for a map; KML, for 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
- 76.8 ha
- 190 acres
- Land parcels
- 78
- registered freehold, median 300 m²
- Zoning
- R2
- RS - Residential
- Planning
- 20
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
78 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Barnhill, from 4 m² to 241,877 m² (24.19 ha, 59.77 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 42 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 · 50 parcels The zoning objective in the plan - R1RA - Residential Area (New/proposed residential)
The Fingal Development Plan 2023 – 2029, Fingal · 20 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 · 15 parcels The zoning objective in the plan - G4OS - Open Space (Active open space)
The Fingal Development Plan 2023 – 2029, Fingal · 12 parcels The zoning objective in the plan - P5RA - Rural Area (Mixed/general primary sector uses, including 'rural')
Meath County Development Plan 2021-2027, Meath · 6 parcels The zoning objective in the plan - S3CI - Community Infrastructure (Community facilities)
The Fingal Development Plan 2023 – 2029, Fingal · 2 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
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
20 Nov 2025Refuse permission & refuse retention
Planning Permission for the change of use of an existing building from
Permission and retention · Fingal County Council, FW25A/0491E
20 Aug 2024Refuse permission
Two storey extension to side and rear and single storey extensions to
Permission · Fingal County Council, FW24A/0335
22 Nov 2023Grant permission
The site (area 0.81 HA) is bounded by
Permission · Fingal County Council, FW23A/0110
28 Mar 2023Grant permission
(A) The removal of the existing roof structure and existing chimney st
Permission · Fingal County Council, FW22A/0298
19 Dec 2022Refuse permission & refuse retention
Change of use of an existing building from creche to two houses
Permission and retention · Fingal County Council, FW22A/0315
20 Jul 2022Planner assignment
The demolition of the existing vacant industrial / agricultural buildi
Strategic housing development · Fingal County Council, SHDW/005/21
22 Feb 2021Grant permission
The development will consist of a steel-framed structure, measuring 18
Permission · Fingal County Council, FW21A/0031
29 Jan 2021Grant permission
Permission for widening of existing gated access for provision of new
Permission · Fingal County Council, FW21A/0010
12 Oct 2020Grant permission
New dormer type revised roof profile including conversion of attic/roo
Permission · Fingal County Council, FW20A/0134
17 Sept 2020Grant permission
The development will consist of an amendment to Condition no. 3 of Reg
Permission · Fingal County Council, FW19A/0187
15 Apr 2020Invalid planning application
New dormer type revised roof profile including conversion of attic/roo
Permission · Fingal County Council, FW20A/0054
1 Apr 2020Grant permission
the provision of a temporary post-primary school by way of constructio
Permission · Fingal County Council, FW20A/0051
14 Jan 2020Grant permission
The erection of eleven bicycle shelters.
Permission · Fingal County Council, FW20A/0001
24 Jun 2019Grant permission
The construction of 117 no. family houses comprising 101 no. two store
Permission · Fingal County Council, FW18A/0197
23 Mar 2017Grant permission
Permission for development that comprises landscaped open space, path
Permission · Fingal County Council, FW16A/0164
13 Jan 2017Grant permission
Amendment to housetype of unit nos. 130,131 & 133 of previously approv
Permission · Fingal County Council, FW17A/0002
4 Nov 2015Grant permission
Permission for the construction of 128 two storey family houses
Permission · Fingal County Council, FW15A/0032
9 May 2014Grant permission
The development will consist of 146 family houses comprising 31 no. tw
Permission · Fingal County Council, FW14A/0021
9 Apr 2013Grant permission
Permission for the development of Hansfield Educate Together Secondary
Permission · Fingal County Council, FW13A/0034
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: Royal Canal 002103
Recorded monuments
No recorded monument lies in the townland of Barnhill.
Architectural heritage
- Barnhill Bridge, bridge, 1890–1910 · Regional interest
Description
Single-arch stone bridge over river, c.1900. Cut limestone walls and voussoirs.
- Packenham Bridge, bridge, 1800–1840 · Regional interest
Description
Single-arch limestone humpback road bridge over Royal Canal, c.1820, with ashlar parapet walls.
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_3001 (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 Barnhill with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Dublin.
The townland
- Name
- Barnhill · Cnoc an Sciobóil
- Area
- 767,950 m² (76.8 ha, 189.76 acres)
- Civil parish
- Clonsilla, and its townlands
- Barony
- Castleknock
- Electoral division
- Blanchardstown-Blakestown, the unit of the census
- Census 2022
- Blanchardstown-Blakestown electoral division: 43,905 people in 13,277 households; 70% of households own their home; 43% of homes were built since 2001; 4% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 0% were holiday homes.
- Neighbouring townlands
- Barberstown, Clonee (Co. Meath), Hansfield or Phibblestown, Hilltown (Co. Meath), Passifyoucan, Westmanstown
- Placenames
- Barnhill 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.