Cornstown
Townland in the civil parish of Ballymadun, barony of Balrothery West, Co. Dublin; in Irish Baile an Chordónaigh
- Area
- 168.3 ha
- 416 acres
- Land parcels
- 31
- registered freehold, median 4,704 m² (0.47 ha, 1.16 acres)
- Zoning
- P1
- RU - Rural
- Planning
- 19
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
31 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Cornstown, from 537 m² to 420,877 m² (42.09 ha, 104 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 11 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 · 38 parcels The zoning objective in the plan - P5RA - Rural Area (Mixed/general primary sector uses, including 'rural')
Meath County Development Plan 2021-2027, Meath · 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
17 Aug 2026Referral
(i) construction of a detached, part single-storey, part two-storey, f
Permission · Fingal County Council, F26A/0744E
26 Feb 2026Grant permission for retention
Retention Planning Permission consisting of the retention of changes m
Retention · Fingal County Council, F26A/0136E
19 Dec 2025Refuse permission
Provision of a new two-story dwelling, including provision of a separa
Permission · Fingal County Council, F25A/1194E
7 Oct 2025Grant permission
The development will consist of: 1. Single storey Dwelling and detache
Permission · Fingal County Council, F25A/0912E
16 Jun 2025Grant permission & grant retention
The Retention Planning Permission consists of the retention of a detac
Permission and retention · Fingal County Council, F25A/0539E
13 Mar 2025Refuse permission for retention
The Retention Planning Permission consists of the retention of a detac
Retention · Fingal County Council, F25A/0212E
24 Feb 2025Invalid application
The Retention Planning Permission consists of the retention of a detac
Retention · Fingal County Council, F25A/0141E
1 Aug 2024Invalid application
The Retention Planning Permission consists of the retention of an outb
Retention · Fingal County Council, F24A/0699E
28 May 2024Refuse permission
The development will consist of:
Permission · Fingal County Council, F24A/0488E
10 Aug 2022Grant permission
Single storey extension to the rear of existing dwelling
Permission · Fingal County Council, F22B/0118
26 Feb 2021Grant permission
A storey and a half style dwelling, domestic garage, new waste water t
Permission · Fingal County Council, F20A/0543
15 Oct 2020Refuse permission
A dormer bungalow, wastewater treatment system and percolation area, n
Permission · Fingal County Council, F20A/0513
15 Oct 2020Refuse permission
A detached dormer dwelling, in-site wastewater treatment unit and perc
Permission · Fingal County Council, F20A/0512
10 Feb 2020Refuse permission
Permission is sought for a detached dormer dwelling, on-site waste wat
Permission · Fingal County Council, F20A/0055
27 Nov 2019Refuse permission
Permission is sought for a detached dormer dwelling, on-site waste wat
Permission · Fingal County Council, F19A/0384
14 Nov 2017Withdraw application
Detached dormer bumgalow, waste water treatment system ans all associa
Permission · Fingal County Council, F17A/0701
22 Aug 2013Grant permission
Proposed setback agricultural access gates, and splayed fencing and ve
Permission · Fingal County Council, F13A/0137
9 Apr 2013Grant permission
A one and a half storey style dwelling, detached domestic garage, prop
Permission · Fingal County Council, F13A/0046
21 Oct 2011Grant permission
The development will consist of a single-storey dwelling (2 no. bedroo
Permission · Fingal County Council, F11A/0245
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 Cornstown.
Recorded monuments
- DU006-003002 Enclosure
Description
Situated in level pasture. An aerial photograph taken in 1967 (CUCAP, AWS 4) shows a circular cropmark (d. c.12m). In a neighbouring field to the north-east is an enclosure (DU006-003001-). Not visible at ground level. Compiled by: Geraldine Stout Updated by: Christine Baker Date of upload: 28 November 2014
Architectural heritage
No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands in the townland of Cornstown.
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 Cornstown.
- 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 Cornstown with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Dublin.
The townland
- Name
- Cornstown · Baile an Chordónaigh
- Area
- 1,683,330 m² (168.33 ha, 415.96 acres)
- Civil parish
- Ballymadun, and its townlands
- Barony
- Balrothery West
- Electoral division
- Garristown, the unit of the census
- Census 2022
- Garristown electoral division: 1,801 people in 529 households; 80% of households own their home; 36% of homes were built since 2001; 5% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 0% were holiday homes.
- Neighbouring townlands
- Ballymadun, Dunreagh (Co. Meath), Johnstown (Co. Meath), Knockaneek, Milltown (Co. Meath), Nutstown
- Placenames
- Cornstown 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.