Burrow
Townland in the civil parish of Portraine, barony of Nethercross, Co. Dublin; in Irish An Coinicéar
- Area
- 129.1 ha
- 319 acres
- Land parcels
- 380
- registered freehold, median 1,114 m²
- Zoning
- G3
- HA - High Amenity
- Planning
- 58
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
380 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Burrow, from 4 m² to 42,111 m² (4.21 ha, 10.41 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 21 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
- G3HA - High Amenity (Conservation, amenity or buffer space, corridor/belt, landscape)
The Fingal Development Plan 2023 – 2029, Fingal · 214 parcels The zoning objective in the plan - P1RU - Rural (Agriculture)
The Fingal Development Plan 2023 – 2029, Fingal · 110 parcels The zoning objective in the plan - R2RS - Residential (Existing residential)
The Fingal Development Plan 2023 – 2029, Fingal · 65 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
Source: Tailte Éireann and the Department of Housing (MyPlan), national zoning, CC BY 4.0.
Planning applications
Sites that touch the townland, newest first
13 Nov 2025Refuse permission
The proposed development will consist of the construction of a single-
Permission · Fingal County Council, F25A/1059E
4 Nov 2025Invalid application
The proposed development will consist of the construction of a single-
Permission · Fingal County Council, F25A/1014E
14 Jul 2025Refuse permission for retention
Retention Planning Permission is sought by John Hunt for development o
Retention · Fingal County Council, F25A/0634E
4 Jul 2025Invalid application
Retention Planning Permission is sought by John Hunt for development o
Retention · Fingal County Council, F25A/0605E
24 Feb 2025Refuse permission for retention
Permission to retain the changes undertaken within
Retention · Fingal County Council, F25A/0139
31 Jan 2025Grant permission
The proposed development will consist of the following:
Permission · Fingal County Council, F25A/0076E
31 May 2024Grant permission
The Development will consist of: (i) demolition of existing single sto
Permission · Fingal County Council, F24A/0499E
22 May 2024Invalid application
Permission is sought for development consisting of:(i) demolition of e
Permission · Fingal County Council, F24A/0462
22 Feb 2024Grant permission
Planning permission is sought for
Permission · Fingal County Council, F24A/0140
22 Dec 2023Refuse permission for retention
Retention planning permission for partially constructed chalet dwellin
Retention · Fingal County Council, F23A/0814
2 Nov 2023Refuse permission for retention
The development consists of a previous mobile home with no. 1 detached
Retention · Fingal County Council, F23A/0664
20 Sept 2023Refuse permission
The development will consist of the extension and renovation of the ex
Permission · Fingal County Council, F23A/0570
14 Jul 2023Grant permission for retention
Retention Planning Permission for a Detached single storey garage with
Retention · Fingal County Council, F23A/0429
5 Jul 2023Refuse permission for retention
The development consists of the development consists of the replacemen
Retention · Fingal County Council, F23A/0393
22 Jun 2023Refuse permission
The proposed development willconsist of the demolition
Permission · Fingal County Council, F23A/0359
24 May 2023Refuse permission
The development will consist of the demolition of an existing one stor
Permission · Fingal County Council, F22A/0534
30 Jan 2023Grant permission
Construction of new detached storey and a half dwelling house, with of
Permission · Fingal County Council, F22A/0444
18 Jan 2023Grant permission
The development will consist of a 15m2 extension, the demolition of a
Permission · Fingal County Council, F22A/0383
29 Sept 2022Refuse permission
The development will consist of the extension and renovation of the ex
Permission · Fingal County Council, F22A/0522
14 Jul 2022Invalid application due to site notice
Construction of new detached storey and a half dwelling house
Permission · Fingal County Council, F22A/0360
22 Apr 2022Grant permission
Part change of use of existing off sales & bar to a new coffee/ice cre
Permission · Fingal County Council, F21A/0497
13 Apr 2022Refuse permission
The extension and renovation of the existing dwelling
Permission · Fingal County Council, F22B/0098
16 Dec 2021Refuse permission
Permission for the demolition of an existing one storey dwelling house
Permission · Fingal County Council, F21A/0684
23 Aug 2021Grant permission
Single storey side extension, minor internal and external alterations
Permission · Fingal County Council, F21B/0299
22 Mar 2021Refuse permission
Construction of a single storey three-bedroom dwelling with a gross fl
Permission · Fingal County Council, F21A/0161
The 25 most recent of 58 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
- Special Area of Conservation: Rogerstown Estuary SAC 000208
- Special Protection Area: Rogerstown Estuary SPA 004015
- Proposed Natural Heritage Area: Portraine Shore 001215
- Proposed Natural Heritage Area: Rogerstown Estuary 000208
Recorded monuments
- DU008-028 Chapel
Description
Named 'site of R. c. chapel' on the OS 1837 edition. Located on wasteland to the rear of a house and garden adjacent to track way that extends along the edge of Rogerstown estuary. This is an oval-shaped platform (diam. c. 50m, H 1m) with a rectangular hollow in E end. According to local tradition St. Mochuda built a church close to his well which lies S of the site (Ó Danachair 1958, 80, Healy 1975, 21). Overgrown. Compiled by: Geraldine Stout Updated by: Christine Baker Date of upload: 19 December 2014
Architectural heritage
No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands in the townland of Burrow.
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
- The EPA radon map gives no estimate at the centre of the townland of Burrow.
- Landslides
- Susceptibility moderately low, 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 Burrow.
- 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 Burrow with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Dublin.
The townland
- Name
- Burrow · An Coinicéar
- Area
- 1,291,296 m² (129.13 ha, 319.09 acres)
- Civil parish
- Portraine, and its townlands
- Barony
- Nethercross
- Electoral division
- Donabate, the unit of the census
- Census 2022
- Donabate electoral division: 11,783 people in 3,900 households; 79% of households own their home; 50% of homes were built since 2001; 3% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 2% were holiday homes.
- Neighbouring townlands
- Portraine, Portraine Demesne, Quay
- Placenames
- Burrow 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.