Coldwinters
Townland in the civil parish of Finglas, barony of Castleknock, Co. Dublin; in Irish Buaile an Gheimhridh
- Area
- 49.5 ha
- 122 acres
- Land parcels
- 45
- registered freehold, median 2,780 m² (0.28 ha, 0.69 acres)
- Zoning
- C2.1
- GE - General Employment
- Planning
- 63
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
45 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Coldwinters, from 28 m² to 189,115 m² (18.91 ha, 46.73 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
- C2.1GE - General Employment (Industrial, enterprise, employment)
The Fingal Development Plan 2023 – 2029, Fingal · 35 parcels The zoning objective in the plan - C2.2HI - Heavy Industry (General industry)
The Fingal Development Plan 2023 – 2029, Fingal · 20 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
20 Jul 202635 day assessment
Nocsy 5 Limited intend to apply for permission for development of land
Permission · Fingal County Council, FW26A/0294E
10 Feb 2026Grant permission
Planning Permission for the installation of Solar PV Panels to be moun
Rediii permisssion · Fingal County Council, FW26A/0050E/R3
26 Jan 2026Invalid application
Planning Permission for the installation of Solar PV Panels to be moun
Permission · Fingal County Council, FW26A/0034E/R3
26 Jan 2026Refuse permission
Nocsy 5 Limited intend to apply for permission for development of land
Permission · Fingal County Council, FW26A/0033E
15 Oct 2025Grant permission
Permission is sought to construct a two-story static simulator buildin
Permission · Fingal County Council, FW25A/0449E
22 Jul 2025Grant permission for retention
The development consists of the material change of use from warehouse
Retention · Fingal County Council, FW25A/0306E
9 Oct 2024Grant permission
The proposed development consists of permission relate to Unit 1 only;
Permission · Fingal County Council, FW24A/0407E
2 Oct 2024Invalid application
The proposed development consists of permission relate to Unit 1 only;
Permission · Fingal County Council, FW24A/0404E
8 Aug 2024Grant permission for retention
Retention Permission for: Construction of a single storey storage shed
Retention · Fingal County Council, FW24A/0321E
4 Jul 2024Invalid application
Retention Permission for: Construction of a single storey storage shed
Retention · Fingal County Council, FW24A/0278E
24 Apr 2024Grant permission & grant retention
Retention permission is sought for:
Permission and retention · Fingal County Council, FW24A/0178E
18 Apr 2024Invalid application
Retention permission is sought for:
Retention · Fingal County Council, FW24A/0168E
19 Jan 2024Grant permission
For planning permission for the following development at Unit 5/6 Ceda
Permission · Fingal County Council, FW24A/0018
2 Jan 2024Grant permission
The development will consist of
Permission · Fingal County Council, FW23A/0162
2 Jan 2024Grant permission
The development will consist of the construction of a
Permission · Fingal County Council, FW23A/0234
18 Dec 2023Grant permission
We Rathdrinagh Land Unlimited Company (Trading as Irish Recycling LTD)
Permission · Fingal County Council, FW23A/0111
14 Mar 2023Grant permission
The development for which permission is sought will consist of A.) the
Permission · Fingal County Council, FW23A/0058
14 Mar 2023Grant permission for retention
For permission for retention of development comprising A.) a totem typ
Retention · Fingal County Council, FW23A/0059
20 Feb 2023Grant permission
The development comprises the construction and operation of 3 no weigh
Permission · Fingal County Council, FW22A/0258
21 Dec 2022Grant permission
The development is within a total site area of up to c. 1 ha. to inclu
Permission · Fingal County Council, FW22A/0213
2 Dec 2022Grant permission
The proposed development consists of a photovoltaic array (443.9m2) on
Permission · Fingal County Council, FW22A/0182
30 Nov 2022Invalid application due to site notice
For 2 No. Illuminated wall signs to the external facades of the buildi
Permission · Fingal County Council, FW22A/0284
3 Oct 2022Invalid application due to site notice
2 no. illuminated wall signs to the external facades of the building,
Permission · Fingal County Council, FW22A/0222
30 Jun 2022Refuse permission
The construction of a single storey extension to the rear and side of
Permission · Fingal County Council, FW22A/0132
24 Jun 2022Grant permission
Development shall consist of the construction of a single storey unit
Permission · Fingal County Council, FW22A/0022
The 25 most recent of 63 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 Coldwinters.
Recorded monuments
- DU014-015 Ring-ditch
Description
Located in pasture (formerly the green of a golf course) between the Dublin-Ashbourne Road and the N2. A circular cropmark (diam. c. 15m) visible on an aerial photograph (CUCAP, BDQ 66). Not visible at ground level. Compiled by: Geraldine Stout Updated by: Christine Baker Date of upload: 22 January 2015
- DU014-016 Enclosure
Description
An aerial photograph (CUCAP, BDQ 66) shows cropmark evidence for a circular, single-ditched enclosure (diam. c. 45m). It had been truncated by field boundaries in the east and was formerly incorporated into a golf course. The site was subject to test excavation (Licence no. 05E0236) but not identified (Tierney, 2005). Not visible at ground level. Compiled by: Geraldine Stout Updated by: Christine Baker Date of upload: 22 January 2015
Architectural heritage
No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands in the townland of Coldwinters.
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 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_3176 (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 Coldwinters with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Dublin.
The townland
- Name
- Coldwinters · Buaile an Gheimhridh
- Area
- 494,534 m² (49.45 ha, 122.2 acres)
- Civil parish
- Finglas, and its townlands
- Barony
- Castleknock
- Electoral division
- Dubber, the unit of the census
- Census 2022
- Dubber electoral division: 8,931 people in 2,882 households; 47% of households own their home; 89% of homes were built since 2001; 4% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 0% were holiday homes.
- Placenames
- Coldwinters 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.