Fosterstown South
Townland in the civil parish of Swords, barony of Nethercross, Co. Dublin; in Irish Baile an Fhoraistéaraigh Theas
- Area
- 50.2 ha
- 124 acres
- Land parcels
- 63
- registered freehold, median 164 m²
- Zoning
- R2
- RS - Residential
- Planning
- 13
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
63 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Fosterstown South, from 20 m² to 441,604 m² (44.16 ha, 109.12 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 32 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 · 69 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 · 17 parcels The zoning objective in the plan - G4OS - Open Space (Active open space)
The Fingal Development Plan 2023 – 2029, Fingal · 2 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
23 Apr 2025Grant permission
Permission for (1) change of use of existing attic to home
Permission · Fingal County Council, F25A/0340
6 Feb 2025App withdrawn as no ai recd in 6 months
: In accordance with Section 34B of the Planning and Development Act,
Permission · Fingal County Council, F25A/0094E
15 Dec 2023Sai consultees
The proposed development relates to the entirety of the Airport
Permission · Fingal County Council, F23A/0781
12 Sept 2023Grant permission
Construction of 9 no. two stroey houses consisting of 8 no. three bedr
Permission · Fingal County Council, F23A/0369
10 Mar 2023Refuse permission
Construction of 9 no. two storey houses consisting of 8 no. three bedr
Permission · Fingal County Council, F22A/0638
9 Feb 2023Grant permission
The development will consist of the demolition of existing storage war
Permission · Fingal County Council, F22A/0422
16 Apr 2021Grant permission for retention
Retention will consist of changes to planning application F18B/0111. T
Retention · Fingal County Council, F21B/0133
24 Feb 2021Invalid application due to site notice
Retention will consist of changes to planning application F18B/0111. T
Retention · Fingal County Council, F21B/0049
15 Dec 2020Invalid application due to site notice
Retention will consist of changes to planning application F18B/0111.
Retention · Fingal County Council, F20B/0327
25 Sept 2019Refuse permission for retention
Retention to an entrance door to the side of the new works instead of
Retention · Fingal County Council, F19B/0245
8 May 2018Grant permission
Construct two storey extension attached to side and rear of house cons
Permission · Fingal County Council, F18B/0111
23 Oct 2015App withdrawn as no ai recd in 6 months
A development of 36 two storey houses (25 three bedroom type, 11 four
Permission · Fingal County Council, F15A/0485
10 May 2013Grant permission & refuse retention
Permission to carry out remedial works to the existing car park servin
Permission and retention · Fingal County Council, F12A/0218
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 South.
Recorded monuments
- DU011-113 Enclosure
Description
A sub-circular enclosure visible as a crop mark on an aerial photograph together with other features (SMR file; pers. comm. T. Condit). The site is located on low-lying land that rises steeply to the south. No visible remains at ground level. Compiled by: David O’Connor Updated by: Christine Baker Date of upload: 09 January 2015
- DU011-114 Ring-ditch
Description
A circular ring-ditch visible as a crop mark on an aerial photograph. To the southeast a sub-circular enclosure is also visible within the same field (DU011-113----) (SMR file; pers. comm. T. Condit). The site is located on low-lying land that rises steeply to the south.No visible remains at ground level. Compiled by: David O’Connor Updated by: Christine Baker Date of upload: 09 January 2015
- DU011-115 Enclosure
Description
A sub-rectangular enclosure visible as a crop mark on an aerial photograph together with other possible features (SMR file; pers. comm. T. Condit). The site is located on low-lying land that rises steeply to the south. No visible remains at ground level. Compiled by: David O’Connor Updated by: Christine Baker Date of upload: 09 January 2015
- DU011-116 Enclosure
Description
A circular enclosure visible as a crop mark on an aerial photograph together with other features that suggest an associated field system (DU011-117----) (SMR file; pers. comm. T. Condit). A further enclosure can be seen to the south (DU011-118----). This site was subject to geophysical survey (08R117) and test excavation (09E 0466) as part of the proposed Metro North development. A double ditched or bivallate enclosure with an associated field system situated to the south was identified. The bivallate enclosure consists of an inner enclosure (30m diam.) which is partially encompassed on the eastern, northeastern and northern sides by a second elliptical enclosing ditch (50m diam.). While no diagnostic material was recovered the morphology suggests a bivallate ringfort (Hession 2009, 23). Compiled by: David O’Connor Updated by: Christine Baker Date of upload: 09 January 2015
- DU011-117 Field system
Description
A field system that appears to be associated with a circular enclosure (DU011-116----) visible as a crop mark on an aerial photograph. A further enclosure is located to the south (DU011-118----) (SMR file; pers. comm. T. Condit). This site was subject to geophysical survey (08R117) and test excavation (09E0466) as part of the proposed Metro North development. The presence of ditches and pits associated a possible ringfort was confirmed (Hession 2009). Compiled by: David O’Connor Updated by: Christine Baker Date of upload: 4 November 2013
- DU011-118 Enclosure
Description
An irregular shaped enclosure visible as a crop mark on an aerial photograph together with other features. A circular enclosure (DU011-116----) and field system (DU011-117----) are located close to the north (SMR file; pers. comm. T. Condit). This site was subject to geophysical survey (08R117) and test excavation (09E 0466) as part of the proposed Metro North development. A possible D-shaped enclosure (30m diam.) was identified. An additional enclosure was identified 20 m to the northeast, possibly enclosing an area measuring 50 m in diameter. A figure-of-eight shaped corn drying kiln was identified directly north of a ditch feature which may have had a relationship with either enclosure (Hession 2009, 36). Compiled by: David O’Connor Updated by: Christine Baker Date of upload: 09 January 2015
- DU011-151 Burnt mound
Description
This monument was subject to geophysical survey (Licence no. 08R117) and test excavation (Licence no. 09E 0466) as part of the proposed Metro North development. A spread of black silty clay (3m x 2m) with inclusions of burnt and fire cracked stone, indicative of a prehistoric burnt mound was identified (Hession 2009, 20). Compiled by: Christine Baker Date of upload: 4 February 2015
Architectural heritage
No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands in the townland of Fosterstown South.
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 moderately low, 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 South.
- 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 South with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Dublin.
The townland
- Name
- Fosterstown South · Baile an Fhoraistéaraigh Theas
- Area
- 502,068 m² (50.21 ha, 124.06 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
- Cloghran, Forrest Little, Fosterstown North, Nevinstown West
- Placenames
- Fosterstown South 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.