Belinstown
Townland in the civil parish of Swords, barony of Nethercross, Co. Dublin; in Irish Baile Bhéilinn
- Area
- 193.2 ha
- 477 acres
- Land parcels
- 22
- registered freehold, median 7,445 m² (0.74 ha, 1.84 acres)
- Zoning
- G3
- GB - Green Belt
- Planning
- 15
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
22 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Belinstown, from 1,433 m² to 437,728 m² (43.77 ha, 108.16 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 30 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
- G3GB - Green Belt (Conservation, amenity or buffer space, corridor/belt, landscape)
The Fingal Development Plan 2023 – 2029, Fingal · 35 parcels The zoning objective in the plan - M1MRE - Metro and Rail Economic Corridor (Mixed Use, general development, opportunity/proposal site)
The Fingal Development Plan 2023 – 2029, Fingal · 5 parcels The zoning objective in the plan - P1RU - Rural (Agriculture)
The Fingal Development Plan 2023 – 2029, Fingal · 4 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
2 Sept 2024Grant permission
Seek planning permission for a proposed agricultural
Permission · Fingal County Council, F24A/0783
7 Mar 2024Grant permission
The construction of an agricultural/Machinery shed and minor alteratio
Permission · Fingal County Council, F24A/0198
25 Oct 2023Grant permission
The development will consist of a 38 kV electrical substation. The dev
Permission · Fingal County Council, F23A/0643
16 Oct 2023Grant permission
Planning permission is sought for the construction of a new glasshouse
Permission · Fingal County Council, F23A/0619
26 Jul 2023Grant permission
The development will consist of the construction of a 60 sq.m rear and
Permission · Fingal County Council, F23A/0452
30 Jul 2021Refuse permission
A new two storey dwelling, including provision of a separate garage st
Permission · Fingal County Council, F21A/0413
21 Aug 2018Grant permission
Extension to existing glass house and erection of 1 no. new rainwater
Permission · Fingal County Council, F18A/0483
3 May 2018Grant permission
A 8,2000 sq.m. poly tunnel development split into 2 No. 5 bay steel fr
Permission · Fingal County Council, F17A/0740
26 Apr 2018Grant permission
Permission for a 250 sqm 4.7m high temperature controlled Chill store
Permission · Fingal County Council, F17A/0730
8 Dec 2017Grant permission
Permission for an agricultural/machinery shed and new adjoining gravel
Permission · Fingal County Council, F17A/0737
5 Apr 2017Grant permission
Single storey extension to western gable of house also internal altera
Permission · Fingal County Council, F17B/0079
12 Oct 2016Grant permission
Internal alterations consisting of the insertion of office, changing a
Permission · Fingal County Council, F16A/0445
20 Jan 2016Grant permission
New extension (c. 0.59 Ha) to an existing glasshouse (c.0.56Ha) and as
Permission · Fingal County Council, F15A/0483
31 Oct 2013Grant permission
New 0.56ha glasshouse and 2 no. rainwater resevoir tanks and associate
Permission · Fingal County Council, F13A/0410
7 May 2013Grant permission
To construct a new detached 2 storey dwelling house (circa. 266 sq.m.)
Permission · Fingal County Council, F12A/0369
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 Belinstown.
Recorded monuments
- DU011-007001 Castle - tower house
Description
This is the site of a thatched castle held by Laurence Bealing who was described as an 'Irish papist' and 'indicted of Rebellion' in the Civil survey (1654-6) (Simington 1945, 104). There is no visible surface trace of the castle. Site currently under large commercial shed. There are extensive cropmarks of enclosures and field systems in the surrounding fields (DU011-007002-). Compiled by: Geraldine Stout Updated by: Christine Baker Date of upload: 02 January 2015
- DU011-186 Earthwork
Description
In tillage field. Cropmark of circular-shaped area defined by the cropmark of a ditch visible on Google Earth orthoimage taken 2022. See attached Google Earth orthoimage Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien based on details provided by Jean-Charles Caillère Date of upload: 24 January 2023
- DU012-001 Ringfort - cashel
Description
Aerial photographs (CUCAP, BDS 50-56) show four circular cropmarks (diams. av. c. 60m) with associated field systems. These are probably levelled ringforts (Stout and Stout 1992, 17-18). This site was subject to geophysical survey (Licence no. 08R117) and test excavation (Licence no. 09E0448) as part of the proposed Metro North development. A central enclosure ditch (48m x 38) is partially encompassed by a second elliptical enclosing ditch which was only identified on the eastern and southern extent of the complex. An outer enclosing ditch (73m x 64m) was also identified enclosing the central and elliptical enclosures and appears to define the extent of the archaeological complex. A rectilinear enclosure or possible annexe (14m x 7m) was also identified on the southeastern side of complex. While no diagnostic material was recovered during the testing programme the site is interpreted as a bi-vallate ringfort (Hession 2009, 20). Compiled by: Geraldine Stout Updated by: Christine Baker Date of upload: 16 January 2015
- DU012-002 Enclosure
Description
Situated with level tillage between the M1 and the R132. An aerial photograph taken in 1971 (FSI 3, 557/6) shows a roughly circular cropmark of a single-ditched enclosure (diam. c. 40m). Possibly a levelled ringfort. Also visible on Bing (viewed 16/01/2015). Not visible at ground level. Compiled by: Geraldine Stout Updated by: Christine Baker Date of upload: 16 January 2015
- DU012-068 Barrow - unclassified
Description
Identified during pre-development testing on the Airport-Balbriggan Bypass (Lynch 2004, 127). Comprises a circular ring barrow with an entrance at the N and W part of the ring. A deer antler was found directly opposite the W causeway. A deposit of cremated bone was found within the ditch and on the E side of the site. The NE side of the ring-ditch was cut through by five inhumations oriented east-west. Beside these inhumations were four others, oriented north-east/south-west. Compiled by: Geraldine Stout Date of upload: 26 August 2011
- DU012-080 Burnt mound
Description
This site was subject to geophysical survey (Licence no. 08R117) and test excavation (Licence no. 09E0448) as part of the proposed Metro North development. A burnt spread (11m x 7) was identified which consists of frequent heat cracked stone within a charcoal rich matrix (Hession 2009, 25). Compiled by: Christine Baker Date of upload: 5 February 2015
- DU012-081 Burnt mound
Description
This monument was subject to geophysical survey (Licence no. 08R117) and test excavation (Licence no. 09E0448) as part of the proposed Metro North development. A burnt spread (4.6m x 2.1m) was identified, consisting of frequent heat cracked stone within a charcoal rich matrix. Nearby were a linear ditch and pit that contain a similar fill (Hession 2009, 26). Compiled by: Christine Baker Date of upload: 5 February 2015
Architectural heritage
No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands in the townland of Belinstown.
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 Belinstown.
- 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 Belinstown with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Dublin.
The townland
- Name
- Belinstown · Baile Bhéilinn
- Area
- 1,931,605 m² (193.16 ha, 477.31 acres)
- Civil parish
- Swords, and its townlands
- Barony
- Nethercross
- Electoral division
- Swords-Lissenhall, the unit of the census
- Census 2022
- Swords-Lissenhall electoral division: 12,065 people in 3,928 households; 66% of households own their home; 58% of homes were built since 2001; 4% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 0% were holiday homes.
- Neighbouring townlands
- Balheary, Balheary Demesne, Deanestown, Deanestown, Jamestown, Lissenhall Little, Magillstown, Staffordstown Turvey, Turvey
- Placenames
- Belinstown 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.