Commons East
Townland in the civil parish of Swords, barony of Nethercross, Co. Dublin; in Irish An Coimín Thoir
- Area
- 5.5 ha
- 14 acres
- Land parcels
- 77
- registered freehold, median 395 m²
- Zoning
- R2
- RS - Residential
- Planning
- 31
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
77 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Commons East, from 5 m² to 1,783 m². The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 24 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 · 76 parcels The zoning objective in the plan - M1MRE - Metro and Rail Economic Corridor (Mixed Use, general development, opportunity/proposal site)
The Fingal Development Plan 2023 – 2029, Fingal · 7 parcels The zoning objective in the plan - C2.1GE - General Employment (Industrial, enterprise, employment)
The Fingal Development Plan 2023 – 2029, Fingal · 3 parcels The zoning objective in the plan - C3HT - High Technology (Office, business/technology park and related)
The Fingal Development Plan 2023 – 2029, Fingal · 0 parcels The zoning objective in the plan - G4OS - Open Space (Active open space)
The Fingal Development Plan 2023 – 2029, Fingal · 0 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
15 Sept 2025Grant permission
The development will consist of a Large-scale Residential development
Lrd application · Fingal County Council, LRD0055/S3E
13 Mar 2024Grant permission
Planning permission for proposed new bungalow on site to rear of exist
Permission · Fingal County Council, F24A/0220
27 Feb 2024Grant permission & grant retention
Permission and retention permission for the reorganisation of on-site
Permission and retention · Fingal County Council, F24A/0159
28 Nov 2023Grant permission
The development will consist of a Healthcare Facility of 4,425.8 sqm
Permission · Fingal County Council, F23A/0727
17 Jul 2023Withdraw application
The development will consist of a Healthcare Facility of 4,425.8 sqm g
Permission · Fingal County Council, F22A/0415
29 Nov 2022Grant permission
Planning permission for (1) to remove the existing roof from dwelling
Permission · Fingal County Council, F22B/0228
2 Sept 2022Refuse permission
Planning permisssion is sought for demolition of existing outhouses
Permission · Fingal County Council, F22A/0466
3 Aug 2022Refuse permission
Change of use of an existing residence (no.9) and an unattached
Permission · Fingal County Council, F22A/0401
10 May 2022Refuse permission
Planning permission is sought for demolition of existing outhouses
Permission · Fingal County Council, F22A/0237
29 Sept 2021Refuse permission
Permission is sought for demolition of existing outhouses, and constru
Permission · Fingal County Council, F21A/0521
28 Jul 2021Grant permission
Permission for the construction of a single storey garage with pitched
Permission · Fingal County Council, F21B/0278
21 Jun 2021Grant permission for retention
Retention of single storey dining room/living room extension to rear o
Retention · Fingal County Council, F21B/0240
14 May 2021Grant permission
A single storey extension to the rear of an existing dwelling house
Permission · Fingal County Council, F21B/0183
17 Feb 2020Grant permission
To construct a single storey extension to side and rear and inter conn
Permission · Fingal County Council, F19A/0606
20 Apr 2018Grant permission
The construction of a biopharmaceutical manufacturing campus with a to
Permission · Fingal County Council, F18A/0198
19 Feb 2018Refuse permission
Permission sought for 2 no two storey semi-detached dwellings and anci
Permission · Fingal County Council, F18A/0075
29 Sept 2016Grant permission
Construct single storey two bedroom dwelling 110.3 sq.m. in floor area
Permission · Fingal County Council, F16A/0102
11 Mar 2016Grant permission for retention
Retention planning permission for single storey detached 26 sq.m. disp
Retention · Fingal County Council, F16A/0096
11 Mar 2016Grant permission for retention
Alterations from the original planning permission register reference F
Retention · Fingal County Council, F16A/0095
11 Mar 2016Grant permission for retention
Retention planning permission for 2 no. car parks with 92 (52 and 40)
Retention · Fingal County Council, F16A/0097
11 Mar 2016Grant permission
Steel access stairs from ground level to roof over laboratories for es
Permission · Fingal County Council, F16A/0094
21 Dec 2015Refuse permission
Demolition of sun lounge to rear garden and cosntruction of new semi-d
Permission · Fingal County Council, F15A/0596
4 Aug 2015Grant permission
Residential development comprising the construction of 19 no. dwelling
Permission · Fingal County Council, F15A/0132
7 Jul 2015Grant permission
Permission for continued use of part ot the existing house as a playsc
Permission · Fingal County Council, F15A/0323
19 Dec 2014Grant permission
Erection of a detached single storey 13sq.m. security building & new 6
Permission · Fingal County Council, F14A/0514
The 25 most recent of 31 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 Commons East.
Recorded monuments
- DU012-022 Ritual site - holy well
Description
Named on Duncan's map (1821) as 'St. Werburgh's Well'. There is however another St Werburgh's well to the southwest (DU011-045----). This well has been built over. No visible remains. Compiled by: Geraldine Stout Updated by: Christine Baker Date of upload: 16 January 2015
Architectural heritage
No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands in the townland of Commons East.
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; parts are made ground.
- Terrain model
- No LiDAR survey of the Office of Public Works covers the centre of the townland of Commons East.
- 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 Commons East with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Dublin.
The townland
- Name
- Commons East · An Coimín Thoir
- Area
- 55,017 m² (5.5 ha, 13.59 acres)
- Civil parish
- Swords, and its townlands
- Barony
- Nethercross
- Electoral division
- Swords-Seatown, the unit of the census
- Census 2022
- Swords-Seatown electoral division: 7,465 people in 2,480 households; 75% of households own their home; 37% of homes were built since 2001; 4% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 0% were holiday homes.
- Neighbouring townlands
- Barrysparks, Swords Demesne
- Placenames
- Commons East 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.