Castleland
Townland in the civil parish of Balrothery, barony of Balrothery East, Co. Dublin; in Irish Fearann an Chaisleáin
- Area
- 23.8 ha
- 59 acres
- Land parcels
- 574
- registered freehold, median 211 m²
- Zoning
- R2
- RS - Residential
- Planning
- 39
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
574 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Castleland, from 0 m² to 20,242 m² (2.02 ha, 5 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 48 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 · 534 parcels The zoning objective in the plan - C2.1GE - General Employment (Industrial, enterprise, employment)
The Fingal Development Plan 2023 – 2029, Fingal · 13 parcels The zoning objective in the plan - G4OS - Open Space (Active open space)
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 · 8 parcels The zoning objective in the plan - S3CI - Community Infrastructure (Community facilities)
The Fingal Development Plan 2023 – 2029, Fingal · 4 parcels The zoning objective in the plan - M3LC - Local Centre (District, neighbourhood centre)
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
16 Jul 2026Withdraw application
Planning permission for non habitable attic conversion with dormer to
Permission · Fingal County Council, F26A/0639E
22 Jun 2026Invalid application
Planning Permission for non-habitable attic conversion with dormer to
Permission · Fingal County Council, F26A/0540E
30 Aug 2025Grant permission
Planning Permission for attic conversion with dormer to rear to accomm
Permission · Fingal County Council, F25A/0795E
8 Jul 2025Grant permission
The development will consist of: (a) amendments to condition no.3 in
Permission · Fingal County Council, F25A/0613E
7 Nov 2023Refuse permission for retention
Retention will consist of a flat roof
Retention · Fingal County Council, F23A/0670
13 Jul 2023Grant permission
The installation of an aircraft noise monitoring terminal on a standal
Permission · Fingal County Council, F23A/0253
12 Oct 2021Grant permission
The development will consist of the demolition of existing extensions
Permission · Fingal County Council, F20B/0268
3 Sept 2021Grant permission
Change of use from Doctor's Surgery to a health and fitness centre.
Permission · Fingal County Council, F21A/0466
31 May 2021Grant permission
Permission for attic conversion. The attic will be used as storage and
Permission · Fingal County Council, F21B/0213
20 May 2021Grant permission
The development consists of the construction of additional floor space
Permission · Fingal County Council, F21A/0282
19 May 2021App withdrawn as no ai recd in 6 months
The construction of 99 houses comprising of 78 No. 2 storey semi-detac
Permission · Fingal County Council, F21A/0280
15 Apr 2021Invalid application due to site notice
The construction of 99 houses comprising of 78 No. 2 storey semi-detac
Permission · Fingal County Council, F21A/0205
30 Oct 2020Grant permission
Permission for remediation of the eastern wing of the existing school,
Permission · Fingal County Council, F20A/0546
23 Jul 2020Grant permission
Permission for development of a new two storey detached dwelling to si
Permission · Fingal County Council, F20A/0367
2 Apr 2020Grant permission
Changes to previously granted Planning Permission F19A/0361 for the in
Permission · Fingal County Council, F20A/0151
28 Jan 2020Grant permission for retention
Permission for internal modifications/alterations to the unit includin
Retention · Fingal County Council, F20A/0034
20 Dec 2019Invalid application due to site notice
Internal modifications / alterations to the unit including a new inter
Retention · Fingal County Council, F19A/0631
20 Nov 2019Grant permission
For a two-storey extension, alteration to the existing school and all
Permission · Fingal County Council, F19A/0552
12 Aug 2019Grant permission
Installation of a single prefabricated temporary accommodation buildin
Permission · Fingal County Council, F19A/0361
10 Oct 2018Grant permission
Permission sought for the change of use of existing 2 storey vacant Pu
Permission · Fingal County Council, F18A/0563
16 Mar 2018Grant permission
Change of house type on part of already approved site Reg. Ref. F07A/1
Permission · Fingal County Council, F18A/0126
14 Feb 2018Grant permission
The construction of 38 No dwellings units, comprising of 12 No 2 store
Permission · Fingal County Council, F18A/0067
7 Nov 2017Grant extension of duration of perm.
The change of house types on part of already approved site Reg. Ref. F
Extension of duration of permission · Fingal County Council, F07A/1693/E2
25 Jul 2017Grant permission
Permission for 1. Provide new/additional first floor/mezzanine level p
Permission · Fingal County Council, F17A/0298
4 Jul 2017Grant permission
Permission for the change of use from retail warehousing use to wholes
Permission · Fingal County Council, F17A/0390
The 25 most recent of 39 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 Castleland.
Recorded monuments
No recorded monument lies in the townland of Castleland.
Architectural heritage
No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands in the townland of Castleland.
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, on the 1:50,000 map.
- Terrain model
- No LiDAR survey of the Office of Public Works covers the centre of the townland of Castleland.
- 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
- Castleland, Balbriggan8 sales
The townland
- Name
- Castleland · Fearann an Chaisleáin
- Area
- 238,054 m² (23.81 ha, 58.82 acres)
- Civil parish
- Balrothery, and its townlands
- Barony
- Balrothery East
- Electoral division
- Balbriggan Rural, the unit of the census
- Census 2022
- Balbriggan Rural electoral division: 19,347 people in 6,127 households; 60% of households own their home; 74% of homes were built since 2001; 4% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 0% were holiday homes.
- Neighbouring townlands
- Balbriggan, Glebe North, Inch, Kilsough North, Kilsough South, Stephenstown
- Placenames
- Castleland 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.