Greenfields
Townland in the civil parish of Swords, barony of Nethercross, Co. Dublin; in Irish Na Goirt Ghlasa
- Area
- 22.7 ha
- 56 acres
- Land parcels
- 20
- registered freehold, median 3,954 m² (0.4 ha, 0.98 acres)
- Zoning
- M1
- MRE - Metro and Rail Economic Corridor
- Planning
- 12
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
20 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Greenfields, from 6 m² to 50,934 m² (5.09 ha, 12.59 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 21 neighbouring parcels touch it.
Zoning
Development plans, national zoning
- M1MRE - Metro and Rail Economic Corridor (Mixed Use, general development, opportunity/proposal site)
The Fingal Development Plan 2023 – 2029, Fingal · 19 parcels The zoning objective in the plan - G3HA - High Amenity (Conservation, amenity or buffer space, corridor/belt, landscape)
The Fingal Development Plan 2023 – 2029, Fingal · 8 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 · 3 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
27 Aug 2026Referral
Retention Permission for the detached single storey office building.
Retention · Fingal County Council, F26A/0778E
31 Jul 2026Invalid application
Retention permission for the detached single storey office building
Retention · Fingal County Council, F26A/0685E
8 Jul 2026Request additional information
Permission is sought for a mixed-use development with a gross floor ar
Lrd application · Fingal County Council, LRD0066/S3E
4 Dec 2023Grant permission
Permission is sought for the removal of part of Condition 1 of
Permission · Fingal County Council, F23A/0578
29 Nov 2022Grant permission
The development of grid connection infrastructure to connect the appro
Permission · Fingal County Council, F22A/0365
13 Jun 2022Grant permission
The installation of a photovoltaic solar array to be mounted on the ro
Permission · Fingal County Council, F22A/0299
5 May 2022Grant permission & grant retention
The retention permission of illuminated fascia signage to the front (s
Permission and retention · Fingal County Council, F22A/0230
5 Jun 2019Grant permission
Development of a single storey warehouse/light industrial unit. The d
Permission · Fingal County Council, F18A/0754
17 Jan 2019Grant permission for retention
Alterations to existing warehouse consisting of (a) increase in intern
Retention · Fingal County Council, F19A/0014
17 Aug 2017Grant permission
Alterations to existing warehouse consisting of (a) remodelling of exi
Permission · Fingal County Council, F17A/0496
10 Feb 2014Grant permission & grant retention
Change of use of the existing ground floor office area to warehouse an
Permission and retention · Fingal County Council, F14A/0048
12 Jul 2012Grant permission
Removal of Condition no. 2 of Planning Permission, Reg. Ref. F08A/1056
Permission · Fingal County Council, F12A/0217
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
- Special Area of Conservation: Malahide Estuary SAC 000205
- Special Protection Area: Malahide Estuary SPA 004025
- Proposed Natural Heritage Area: Malahide Estuary 000205
Recorded monuments
No recorded monument lies in the townland of Greenfields.
Architectural heritage
No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands in the townland of Greenfields.
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).
Homes sold
Property Price Register
No address of the register names Greenfields with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Dublin.
The townland
- Name
- Greenfields · Na Goirt Ghlasa
- Area
- 226,633 m² (22.66 ha, 56 acres)
- Civil parish
- Swords, and its townlands
- Barony
- Nethercross
- Electoral division
- Swords-Seatown, the unit of the census
- Neighbouring townlands
- Mantua, Seatown East, Seatown West, Swords Demesne
- Placenames
- Greenfields on logainm.ie, the Placenames Database of Ireland
Townlands, civil parishes, baronies and electoral divisions, National Statutory Boundaries, Tailte Éireann, 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.