Inch
Townland in the civil parish of Balrothery, barony of Balrothery East, Co. Dublin; in Irish Inis
- Area
- 70.9 ha
- 175 acres
- Land parcels
- 30
- registered freehold, median 5,577 m² (0.56 ha, 1.38 acres)
- Zoning
- G3
- GB - Green Belt
- Planning
- 22
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
30 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Inch, from 445 m² to 221,399 m² (22.14 ha, 54.71 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 46 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
- G3GB - Green Belt (Conservation, amenity or buffer space, corridor/belt, landscape)
The Fingal Development Plan 2023 – 2029, Fingal · 52 parcels The zoning objective in the plan - P1RU - Rural (Agriculture)
The Fingal Development Plan 2023 – 2029, Fingal · 11 parcels The zoning objective in the plan - G4OS - Open Space (Active open space)
The Fingal Development Plan 2023 – 2029, Fingal · 5 parcels The zoning objective in the plan - C7RB - Rural Business (Other commerce/industrial/enterprise uses)
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 2026Withdraw application
The Planning Application will consist of;
Permission · Fingal County Council, F26A/0476E
15 Dec 2025Withdraw application
Full Planning Permission for the installation of 2 no. modular, portab
Permission · Fingal County Council, F25A/1160E
24 Oct 2025Invalid application due to site notice
Full Planning Permission for the installation of 2 no. modular, portab
Permission · Fingal County Council, F25A/0983E
17 Oct 2025Grant permission
Construct new Gym & changing rooms building, foul connection to existi
Permission · Fingal County Council, F25A/0959E
9 Sept 2025Refuse permission
Planning Permission is sought to (a) construct a single storey indepen
Permission · Fingal County Council, F25A/0823E
27 Aug 2025Refuse permission & grant retention
The Planning Application will consist of; (i) to provide, (a) a mode
Permission and retention · Fingal County Council, F25A/0786E
7 Aug 2025Invalid application
The Planning Application will consist of; (i) to provide, (a) a mode
Permission and retention · Fingal County Council, F25A/0715E
6 Nov 2023Grant permission
Planning permission for the following: Provision of flood lighting to
Permission · Fingal County Council, F23A/0038
22 Aug 2023Grant permission
New Building for Agriculture Maintenance & Repair and associated site
Permission · Fingal County Council, F23A/0055
19 Jun 2023Refuse permission
The development will consist of the swapping out of an existing 15m fl
Permission · Fingal County Council, F22A/0542
9 Dec 2021Grant permission
Construction of a new rugby football pitch with posts, trainng mound
Permission · Fingal County Council, F21A/0202
21 May 2020Withdraw application
Single storey detached agricultural shed adjacent to existing All Weat
Permission · Fingal County Council, F20A/0221
16 Sept 2019Grant permission
a) New showroom and office building (492sq/m) along with all associate
Permission · Fingal County Council, F18A/0653
16 Aug 2019Withdraw application
The reclamation of unused land to playing pitches by the
Permission · Fingal County Council, F19A/0374
14 Dec 2018Grant permission
Permission is sought for alternations to approved clubhouse (F17A/0549
Permission · Fingal County Council, F18A/0714
8 Oct 2018Withdraw application
New showroom and Office building (492sq.m) and New Machinery & Mainten
Permission · Fingal County Council, F17A/0680
11 Sept 2017Invalid application due to site notice
New showroom and office building (492sq.m) and new machinery maintenan
Permission · Fingal County Council, F17A/0557
8 Sept 2017Grant permission
Alterations to approved clubhouse (F16A/0075). Alterations include (i
Permission · Fingal County Council, F17A/0549
12 Aug 2016Grant permission
2 storey detached clubhouse, on-site waste water treatment unit and pe
Permission · Fingal County Council, F16A/0075
20 Nov 2012Grant permission
Single storey detached clubhouse, on-site waste water treatment unit a
Permission · Fingal County Council, F12A/0357
17 May 2011Grant permission
Construction of a new single storey extension to the rear with parapet
Permission · Fingal County Council, F11B/0109
15 Feb 2011Grant permission & grant retention
4 no. all weather pitches and associated lighting masts positioned aro
Permission and retention · Fingal County Council, F10A/0308
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 Inch.
Recorded monuments
- DU005-008 Mound
Description
Situated in a prominent position on a hillock by the roadside west of Balrothery village. It is a roughly circular, flattish topped mound (diam. 14m; max. H 2m). The monument had been eroded by cattle along the E and on the top (Healy 1975, 17). Has been left under rough grass which extends downwards to the field limits to south and west forming a buffer- remainder of the field arable. Compiled by: Geraldine Stout Updated by: Christine Baker Date of upload: 7 November 2014
- DU005-224 Dovecote
Description
The first edition of the OSi 6-inch map shows a ‘Pigeon Ho.’ standing in the SW corner of a field, 170m to the E of Balrothery church (DU005-057003-) and graveyard (DU005-057005-). Not indicated on the revised editions of the OSi historic maps. Not visible on aerial imagery of the field. Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien
Architectural heritage
- Inch House, house, 1770–1800 · Regional interest
Description
Detached five-bay two-storey over basement house, c.1785, flanked by single-bay single-storey over basement wings, and having projecting entrance porch. Farmyard complex to rear.ROOF: Double pitched concrete asbestos tiled roof with terracotta ridge tiles; nap rendered chimney stacks at gable ends with clay pots. WALLS:Nap rendered with quoins; nap rendered plinth course.OPENINGS: Square headed windows with nap rendered reveals, limestone cills, timber sash and casement windows; Round headed window in wings; round headed door opening set in porch with tongue and groove timber double door, timber fanlight approached by limestone steps within porch; probably original raised and fielded panelled door with glazed upper panels; radial timber fanlight probably original timber sash and leaded windows in farmbuildings.
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; parts are water.
- Terrain model
- No LiDAR survey of the Office of Public Works covers the centre of the townland of Inch.
- 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 Inch with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Dublin.
The townland
- Name
- Inch · Inis
- Area
- 709,283 m² (70.93 ha, 175.27 acres)
- Civil parish
- Balrothery, and its townlands
- Barony
- Balrothery East
- Electoral division
- Balbriggan Rural, the unit of the census
- Census 2022
- Balbriggan Rural electoral division: 19,347 people in 6,127 households; 60% of households own their home; 74% of homes were built since 2001; 4% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 0% were holiday homes.
- Neighbouring townlands
- Balrothery, Blackhall, Bowhill, Castleland, Cullenhill, Folkstown Little, Gardenershill, Gibbonsmoor, Glebe North, Glebe South, Hynespark, Kilsough South, Knock, Matt, Stephenstown, Turkinstown
- Placenames
- Inch 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.