Blakestown
Townland in the civil parish of Clonsilla, barony of Castleknock, Co. Dublin; in Irish Baile an Bhlácaigh
- Area
- 42.4 ha
- 105 acres
- Land parcels
- 773
- registered freehold, median 210 m²
- Zoning
- R2
- RS - Residential
- Planning
- 78
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
773 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Blakestown, from 4 m² to 37,961 m² (3.8 ha, 9.38 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 27 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 · 745 parcels The zoning objective in the plan - G4OS - Open Space (Active open space)
The Fingal Development Plan 2023 – 2029, Fingal · 20 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
29 Apr 2026Grant permission
The development will consist of demolition of an existing 10.97 m² rea
Permission · Fingal County Council, FW26A/0171E
3 Apr 2026Grant permission
Planning Permission is sought for new single storey extension to rear
Permission · Fingal County Council, FW26A/0135E
31 Mar 2026Invalid application
Planning permission is sought for new single storey extension to rear
Permission · Fingal County Council, FW26A/0128E
18 Mar 2026Grant permission
Permission for Proposed Loft Conversion
Permission · Fingal County Council, FW26A/0110
18 Mar 2026Grant permission
The development will consist of an attic conversion including a rear d
Permission · Fingal County Council, FW26A/0112E
7 Mar 2026Grant permission
Planning permission is sought for new single storey building to rear g
Permission · Fingal County Council, FW26A/0087E
28 Jul 2025Grant permission
Permission is sought for Construction of new single storey home office
Permission · Fingal County Council, FW25A/0315E
22 Jul 2025Invalid application
Construction of new single storey home office/gym to rear of existing
Permission · Fingal County Council, FW25A/0305E
19 Jun 2025Invalid application due to site notice
Planning permission: To construct domestic dwelling house, and connect
Permission · Fingal County Council, FW25A/0260E
29 Jan 2025Grant permission for retention
Retention development will consist of
Retention · Fingal County Council, FW25A/0024
22 Jan 2025Grant permission
The construction of a single-storey, 46m2 side extension to the house,
Permission · Fingal County Council, FW25A/0017E
25 Mar 2024Grant permission
Planning permission for 1. Single storey extension to the side and rea
Permission · Fingal County Council, FW24A/0125
28 Nov 2023Grant permission for retention
Retention Permission for rear extension, that includes: sitting room/s
Retention · Fingal County Council, FW23A/0364
11 May 2023Grant permission
The development will consist of construction of attached two storey ho
Permission · Fingal County Council, FW23A/0138
18 Jan 2023Grant permission for retention
The development consists of existing 2.15 sqm, single storey,
Retention · Fingal County Council, FW23A/0010
16 Nov 2022Grant permission
planning permission of conversion of attic space and insertion of dorm
Permission · Fingal County Council, FW22B/0115
23 Aug 2022Grant permission
Alterations to the existing 3 storey over basement apartment complex,
Permission · Fingal County Council, FW21A/0181
4 Jul 2022Grant permission
The development will consist of; 1) the construction of a new part sin
Permission · Fingal County Council, FW22A/0137
9 Jun 2022Grant permission
The development will consists of : a) demolition of existing single st
Permission · Fingal County Council, FW21A/0251
23 May 2022Grant permission & grant retention
Demolition of existing rear single storey extension,
Permission and retention · Fingal County Council, FW22A/0095
18 May 2022Grant permission for retention
Retention is sought for permanent change of use from residential to cr
Retention · Fingal County Council, FW22A/0092
13 May 2022Grant permission
Partial garage conversion, new 1st floor extension over garage area
Permission · Fingal County Council, FW22B/0058
13 Apr 2022Grant permission
(i) Construction of a single storey, flat-roofed extension to the rear
Permission · Fingal County Council, FW22B/0043
4 Apr 2022Grant permission & grant retention
Permission for the construction of a single storey extension to side o
Permission and retention · Fingal County Council, FW21B/0173
16 Mar 2022Grant permission
A two storey extension to the front and side of the existing dwelling,
Permission · Fingal County Council, FW22B/0028
The 25 most recent of 78 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 Blakestown.
Recorded monuments
No recorded monument lies in the townland of Blakestown.
Architectural heritage
No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands in the townland of Blakestown.
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 10 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels. Testing a home
- Landslides
- Susceptibility moderately low, 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_3043 (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 Blakestown with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Dublin.
The townland
- Name
- Blakestown · Baile an Bhlácaigh
- Area
- 424,086 m² (42.41 ha, 104.79 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
- Castaheany, Coolmine, Hartstown, Huntstown
- Placenames
- Blakestown 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.