Forrestfields
Townland in the civil parish of Swords, barony of Nethercross, Co. Dublin; in Irish Páirceanna na Foraoise
- Area
- 37.7 ha
- 93 acres
- Land parcels
- 762
- registered freehold, median 230 m²
- Zoning
- R2
- RS - Residential
- Planning
- 88
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
762 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Forrestfields, from 1 m² to 79,677 m² (7.97 ha, 19.69 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 81 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 · 789 parcels The zoning objective in the plan - G4OS - Open Space (Active open space)
The Fingal Development Plan 2023 – 2029, Fingal · 18 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
1 Sept 2026Referral
Single storey kitchen extension to rear and new vehicular access to fr
Permission · Fingal County Council, F26A/0791E
8 Jun 2026Request additional information
We, MKN Properties Limited, intend to apply for a 10 year planning per
Lrd application · Fingal County Council, LRD0059/S3E
15 Apr 2026Grant permission for retention
Retention permission for development works carried out to the dwelling
Retention · Fingal County Council, F26A/0295E
2 Apr 2026Grant permission
for dormer and single storey extension at rear and increasing exist
Permission · Fingal County Council, F26A/0270E
18 Mar 2026Grant permission
The development will consist of a dormer to the North side
Permission · Fingal County Council, F26A/0200
22 Dec 2025Grant permission
Planning Permission is sought to build new single storey extension to
Permission · Fingal County Council, F25A/1209E
13 Nov 2025Grant permission
The construction consisting of (i) raising the existing ridge line of
Permission · Fingal County Council, F25A/1055E
4 Nov 2025Invalid application
The construction consisting of (i) raising the existing ridge line of
Permission · Fingal County Council, F25A/1016E
3 Nov 2025Grant permission
The development will consist of demolition of existing kitchen and liv
Permission · Fingal County Council, F25A/1011E
28 Oct 2025Invalid application
The construction consisting of (i) raising the existing ridge line of
Permission · Fingal County Council, F25A/0992E
17 Jul 2025Grant permission & grant retention
Retention planning permission for detached single storey three bed hou
Permission and retention · Fingal County Council, F25A/0652E
11 Jul 2025Grant permission
Permission is sought for the construction of a four bedroom two storey
Permission · Fingal County Council, F25A/0630E
3 Jul 2025Invalid application
For the construction for a four bedroom two storey with second floor i
Permission · Fingal County Council, F25A/0595E
16 Jan 2025Refuse permission
Single-storey side and rear extension with pitched and flat roofs, in
Permission · Fingal County Council, F25A/0027E
20 Dec 2024Grant permission
Construction of a dormer to the side of existing roof profile.
Permission · Fingal County Council, F24A/1187E
17 Oct 2024Refuse permission
Single-storey side and front flat roof extension, including three new
Permission · Fingal County Council, F24A/0915E
28 Jun 2024Grant permission & grant retention
Planning permission for an attic conversion
Permission and retention · Fingal County Council, F24A/0579
9 Jun 2024Grant permission
Construction of a 31.6sq/m ground floor extension to the rear of exist
Permission · Fingal County Council, F24A/0513E
6 Sept 2023Grant permission
Planning permission for two storey extension to gable end
Permission · Fingal County Council, F23A/0528
6 Jul 2023Grant permission
Planning permission for 1) Proposed single storey extension including
Permission · Fingal County Council, F23A/0403
17 Apr 2023Grant permission
Planning permission for conversion of existing attic space comprising
Permission · Fingal County Council, F23A/0170
10 Feb 2023Grant permission for retention
The development will consist of change of use from existing light indu
Retention · Fingal County Council, F22A/0326
2 Dec 2022Grant permission
Permission for 1) Removal of existing conservatory & the construction
Permission · Fingal County Council, F22B/0231
27 May 2022Refuse permission & refuse retention
Retention permission for retention of a pedestrian entrance in the rea
Permission and retention · Fingal County Council, F22A/0268
16 Dec 2021Grant permission
The construction of a new single storey extension to the side/rear of
Permission · Fingal County Council, F21B/0402
The 25 most recent of 88 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 Forrestfields.
Recorded monuments
- DU011-037 Ritual site - holy well
Description
Formerly located by the roadside on the outskirts of Swords village. There is no visible surface trace of this possible holy well as it has been built over. Local tradition held that the waters cured eyes and mouth, the name is derived from 'sliop' meaning a lip or mouth (O'Reilly 1910, 159; Ó Danachair 1958, 81). Compiled by: Geraldine Stout Updated by: Christine Baker Date of upload: 08 January 2015
Architectural heritage
No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands in the townland of Forrestfields.
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 Forrestfields.
- 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 Forrestfields with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Dublin.
The townland
- Name
- Forrestfields · Páirceanna na Foraoise
- Area
- 376,841 m² (37.68 ha, 93.12 acres)
- Civil parish
- Swords, and its townlands
- Barony
- Nethercross
- Electoral division
- Swords-Forrest, the unit of the census
- Census 2022
- Swords-Forrest electoral division: 15,926 people in 5,334 households; 75% of households own their home; 47% of homes were built since 2001; 3% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 0% were holiday homes.
- Neighbouring townlands
- Cremona, Forrest Great, Forrest Little, Fosterstown North, Hilltown, Miltonsfields, Rathingle, Townparks, Windmill Lands
- Placenames
- Forrestfields 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.