Fosterstown North
Townland in the civil parish of Swords, barony of Nethercross, Co. Dublin; in Irish Baile an Fhoraistéaraigh Thuaidh
Parcel 3772673
- Area
- 20 m²
- Buildings
- No building touches it.
- Zoning
- R2 RS - Residential (The Fingal Development Plan 2023 – 2029) The objective
- Townland
- Fosterstown North
Planning applications on this parcel
No planning application touches this parcel in the national file, which goes back to 2010.
Source: National Planning Applications, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, CC BY 4.0. Applicants are not shown.
Designated sites
No designated site (Special Area of Conservation, Special Protection Area, Natural Heritage Area or proposed one) touches this parcel.
Recorded monuments around it
No zone of notification of a recorded monument touches this parcel.
Architectural heritage
No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands on this parcel.
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
- 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 this parcel.
- 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.
Download this parcel: DXF, in Irish Transverse Mercator metres, with its neighbours and buildings, for a drawing program; GeoJSON, in WGS 84, for a map; KML, for Google Earth.
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann, CC BY 4.0. A parcel is the land of a title, not an address. The owner's name is in the Land Registry of Tailte Éireann: a copy of the folio can be ordered on landdirect.ie, for a fee.
- Area
- 43.7 ha
- 108 acres
- Land parcels
- 643
- registered freehold, median 155 m²
- Zoning
- R2
- RS - Residential
- Planning
- 81
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
643 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Fosterstown North, from 4 m² to 81,025 m² (8.1 ha, 20.02 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 51 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 · 645 parcels The zoning objective in the plan - G3GB - Green Belt (Conservation, amenity or buffer space, corridor/belt, landscape)
The Fingal Development Plan 2023 – 2029, Fingal · 5 parcels The zoning objective in the plan - M3LC - Local Centre (District, neighbourhood centre)
The Fingal Development Plan 2023 – 2029, Fingal · 4 parcels The zoning objective in the plan - R1RA - Residential Area (New/proposed residential)
The Fingal Development Plan 2023 – 2029, Fingal · 3 parcels The zoning objective in the plan - G4OS - Open Space (Active open space)
The Fingal Development Plan 2023 – 2029, Fingal · 1 parcels The zoning objective in the plan - M4MC - Major Town Centre (Built up area)
The Fingal Development Plan 2023 – 2029, Fingal · 1 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
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
13 Mar 2026Grant permission
The development will consist of the installation of 600 sq. m. of sola
Permission · Fingal County Council, F26A/0191E/R3
10 Dec 2025Grant permission
The development will consist of: Two-storey front and side extension
Permission · Fingal County Council, F25A/1148E
5 Jun 2025Grant permission
Planning permission for attic conversion with hip to gable roof and do
Permission · Fingal County Council, F25A/0493E
24 Apr 2025Invalid application due to site notice
Planning permission for attic conversion with hip to gable roof and do
Permission · Fingal County Council, F25A/0346E
2 Apr 2025Grant permission
The development will consist of a single
Permission · Fingal County Council, F25A/0278
13 Dec 2024Refuse permission
Planning Permission is sought for a material change of use from long t
Permission · Fingal County Council, F24A/1131
24 Oct 2024Refuse permission
Planning permission is sought for the following: The construction of a
Permission · Fingal County Council, F24A/0939
7 Aug 2024Grant permission
Conversion of existing attic space comprising of modification of exist
Permission · Fingal County Council, F24A/0730E
18 Jun 2024Refuse permission
Planning Permission for a ground floor
Permission · Fingal County Council, F24A/0542
14 Jun 2024Grant permission
The development will consist of
Permission · Fingal County Council, F24A/0530
20 May 2024Invalid application
Permission for Retention for a free standing 4980(l) x 890(h)mm alumin
Permission · Fingal County Council, F24A/0453
19 Mar 2024Grant permission
The works to include the provision of suitable size roof lights and se
Permission · Fingal County Council, F24A/0246
13 Mar 2024Grant permission
Planning permission for the construction of a two storey, detached, 3
Permission · Fingal County Council, F23A/0726
12 Sept 2023Grant permission
Construction of 9 no. two stroey houses consisting of 8 no. three bedr
Permission · Fingal County Council, F23A/0369
26 Jul 2023Grant permission
Permission for development at this (c. 0.54 ha). The subject site over
Permission · Fingal County Council, F22A/0687
25 Jul 2023Grant permission
Permission is sought for minor amendments to existing permitted develo
Permission · Fingal County Council, F23A/0445
14 Jun 2023Refuse permission & grant retention
Retention development will consist of changes to previous
Permission and retention · Fingal County Council, F23A/0333
31 May 2023Refuse permission
Planning permission sought for the following:
Permission · Fingal County Council, F23A/0299
3 Apr 2023Grant permission
Planning Permission for Conversion of
Permission · Fingal County Council, F23B/0056
3 Apr 2023Grant permission
The works to include the conversion of existing attic space
Permission · Fingal County Council, F23A/0137
10 Mar 2023Refuse permission
Construction of 9 no. two storey houses consisting of 8 no. three bedr
Permission · Fingal County Council, F22A/0638
24 Jan 2023Grant permission
An attic conversion with dormer roof to the rear plus building up of e
Permission · Fingal County Council, F23B/0009
15 Sept 2022Grant permission & grant retention
1/ Attic conversion, to include dormer window, and velux rooflight to
Permission and retention · Fingal County Council, F22A/0492
3 Aug 2022Grant permission
The development will consist of the construction of a residential sche
Strategic housing development · Fingal County Council, SHD/018/21
The 25 most recent of 81 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 Fosterstown North.
Recorded monuments
No recorded monument lies in the townland of Fosterstown North.
Architectural heritage
No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands in the townland of Fosterstown North.
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 Fosterstown North.
- 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 Fosterstown North with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Dublin.
The townland
- Name
- Fosterstown North · Baile an Fhoraistéaraigh Thuaidh
- Area
- 436,599 m² (43.66 ha, 107.89 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, Crowscastle, Forrest Great, Forrest Little, Forrestfields, Fosterstown South, Miltonsfields, Nevinstown West
- Placenames
- Fosterstown North 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.