Clonmethan
Townland in the civil parish of Clonmethan, barony of Balrothery West, Co. Dublin; in Irish Gleann Meáin
- Area
- 92 ha
- 227 acres
- Land parcels
- 33
- registered freehold, median 14,284 m² (1.43 ha, 3.53 acres)
- Zoning
- P1
- RU - Rural
- Planning
- 12
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
33 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Clonmethan, from 270 m² to 151,893 m² (15.19 ha, 37.53 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 49 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
- P1RU - Rural (Agriculture)
The Fingal Development Plan 2023 – 2029, Fingal · 62 parcels The zoning objective in the plan - M2RV - Rural Village (City/Town/village Centre, central area)
The Fingal Development Plan 2023 – 2029, Fingal · 3 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
19 Feb 2026Seek clarification of additional info.
Planning Permission to construct 4 no. Poultry Houses together with 1
Permission · Fingal County Council, F26A/0123E
20 Aug 2024Grant permission for retention
Planning permission is sought for:
Retention · Fingal County Council, F24A/0748E
28 May 2018Grant permission
Permission for the construction of a detached single storey stable st
Permission · Fingal County Council, F18A/0290
1 Sept 2017Refuse permission
The construction of a detached single storey three bedroom 197m² house
Permission · Fingal County Council, F17A/0534
31 May 2017Grant permission
Permission for alterations to dwelling type B from previously granted
Permission · Fingal County Council, F17A/0311
4 May 2017Invalid application due to site notice
Permission for alterations to dwelling type B from previously granted
Permission · Fingal County Council, F17A/0246
9 Mar 2015Grant permission
3 no. storey & a half dwellings with two domestic garages, existing fi
Permission · Fingal County Council, F14A/0387
5 Mar 2014Grant permission
Change of House Type to granted planning permission Ref: F09A/0585 to
Permission · Fingal County Council, F14A/0096
13 Aug 2012Grant permission
A one and a half storey four bedroom detached dwelling, new wastewater
Permission · Fingal County Council, F12A/0252
27 Jun 2012Refuse ext. of duration of permission
Development (all two storey) on a site of 8.95 Hectares at Oldtown, an
Extension of duration of permission · Fingal County Council, F06A/0991/E1
5 Jun 2012Grant permission
An alteration to existing permission - (Register Reference F09A/0585).
Permission · Fingal County Council, F11A/0381
15 Jul 2011Withdraw application
(1) Domestic garage. (2) Single storey bungalow style residence, Oaks
Permission · Fingal County Council, F10A/0476
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 Clonmethan.
Recorded monuments
No recorded monument lies in the townland of Clonmethan.
Architectural heritage
No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands in the townland of Clonmethan.
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 Clonmethan.
- 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
- Clonmethan, Oldtown7 sales
The townland
- Name
- Clonmethan · Gleann Meáin
- Area
- 920,460 m² (92.05 ha, 227.45 acres)
- Civil parish
- Clonmethan, and its townlands
- Barony
- Balrothery West
- Electoral division
- Clonmethan, the unit of the census
- Census 2022
- Clonmethan electoral division: 933 people in 282 households; 80% of households own their home; 38% of homes were built since 2001; 4% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 0% were holiday homes.
- Neighbouring townlands
- Brownscross, Glebe, Jordanstown, Moortown, Oldtown, Wyanstown
- Placenames
- Clonmethan 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.