Hilltown
Townland in the civil parish of Swords, barony of Nethercross, Co. Dublin; in Irish Baile an Chnoic
- Area
- 89.6 ha
- 221 acres
- Land parcels
- 1,616
- registered freehold, median 203 m²
- Zoning
- R2
- RS - Residential
- Planning
- 100
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
1,616 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Hilltown, from 1 m² to 89,435 m² (8.94 ha, 22.1 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 123 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 · 1,659 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 · 21 parcels The zoning objective in the plan - G4OS - Open Space (Active open space)
The Fingal Development Plan 2023 – 2029, Fingal · 9 parcels The zoning objective in the plan - S3CI - Community Infrastructure (Community facilities)
The Fingal Development Plan 2023 – 2029, Fingal · 8 parcels The zoning objective in the plan - M3LC - Local Centre (District, neighbourhood centre)
The Fingal Development Plan 2023 – 2029, Fingal · 6 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 · 0 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
25 Jul 202635 day assessment
Alterations to rear of existing dwelling to include single storey rear
Permission and retention · Fingal County Council, F26A/0665E
16 Jul 2026Invalid application
Alterations to rear of existing dwelling to include single storey rear
Permission · Fingal County Council, F26A/0643E
16 Jul 202635 day assessment
Retention Permission for the continued use of part of the ground floor
Retention · Fingal County Council, F26A/0635E
19 Jun 2026Grant permission
The proposed works will consist of the following (1) Alterations to th
Permission · Fingal County Council, F26A/0525E
19 Jun 2026Invalid application
Retention Permission for the continued use of part of the ground floor
Retention · Fingal County Council, F26A/0526E
24 Mar 2026Grant permission & grant retention
The development consists of the retention of a single-storey container
Permission and retention · Fingal County Council, F26A/0226E
18 Mar 2026Withdraw application
FINGAL COUNTY COUNCIL - We, Marnie & Me Ltd, intend to apply for RETEN
Permission and retention · Fingal County Council, F26A/0196E
6 Mar 2026Grant permission
Planning Permission for conversion of existing attic space comprising
Permission · Fingal County Council, F26A/0162E
1 Feb 2026Grant permission
The development will consist of an amendment to the granted planning p
Permission · Fingal County Council, F26A/0061E
23 Jan 2026Refuse permission & refuse retention
RETENTION permission for (i) ‘commercial sauna’ use; (ii) installation
Permission and retention · Fingal County Council, F26A/0041E
5 Nov 2025Grant permission
The development will consist of a change of roof type from hipped to p
Permission · Fingal County Council, F25A/1022E
7 Oct 2025Grant permission & grant retention
Planning Permission is sought for attic development to include removal
Permission and retention · Fingal County Council, F25A/0911E
25 Sept 2025Grant permission
Planning Permission for a flat roof, single storey extension to rear o
Permission · Fingal County Council, F25A/0868E
18 Sept 2025Refuse permission for retention
FINGAL COUNTY COUNCIL - We, Marnie & Me Ltd, intend to apply for RETEN
Retention · Fingal County Council, F25A/0849E
26 Aug 2025Grant permission for retention
Planning permission is sought by Rubymint Ltd for the retention of a c
Retention · Fingal County Council, F25A/0781E
19 Aug 2025Invalid application
Planning Permission is sought for the Retention of a café reduced in s
Retention · Fingal County Council, F25A/0759E
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
11 Jun 2025Grant permission
The development will consist of: Two-storey pitched roof extension to
Permission · Fingal County Council, F25A/0518E
29 Apr 2025Grant permission
Single extension to side of existing dwelling
Permission · Fingal County Council, F25A/0367E
1 Apr 2025Grant permission
For the construction of a single storey first floor extension to the r
Permission · Fingal County Council, F25A/0277E
26 Mar 2025Grant permission
The development comprises the renovation and extension of the
Permission · Fingal County Council, F25A/0255
29 Jan 2025Grant permission
Planning permission is sought for the construction of of a ground floo
Permission · Fingal County Council, F25A/0063
20 Dec 2024Grant permission
Conversion of attic to non-habitable space including raised gable to
Permission · Fingal County Council, F24A/1176E
16 Dec 2024Invalid application
Conversion of attic to non-habitable space including raised gable to
Permission · Fingal County Council, F24A/1146E
The 25 most recent of over 100 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 Hilltown.
Recorded monuments
No recorded monument lies in the townland of Hilltown.
Architectural heritage
- Saint Finian's Catholic Church, church/chapel, 1985–1995 · Regional interest
Description
Freestanding single-bay double-height Catholic church, dated 1990, on a fan-shaped semi-circular plan. ROOF: Faceted standing seam roof behind parapet. WALLS: Roughcast walls bellcast over rendered plinth with concrete coping to parapets. OPENINGS: Square-headed openings. INTERIOR: Full-height interior with carpeted bowed stepped dais to sanctuary (west) supporting timber altar table below reclaimed stained glass windows depicting "Saint John the Evangelist" and "Saint Michael the Archangel". SITE: Set in landscaped grounds on a corner site with dwarf boundary to perimeter having red brick coping.
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 high, 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 Hilltown.
- 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 Hilltown with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Dublin.
The townland
- Name
- Hilltown · Baile an Chnoic
- Area
- 896,298 m² (89.63 ha, 221.48 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
- Brackenstown, Brazil, Forrestfields, Rathingle, Windmill Lands
- Placenames
- Hilltown 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.