Lanestown
Townland in the civil parish of Donabate, barony of Nethercross, Co. Dublin; in Irish Baile an Lóndaigh
- Area
- 193.4 ha
- 478 acres
- Land parcels
- 39
- registered freehold, median 3,766 m² (0.38 ha, 0.93 acres)
- Zoning
- G3
- GB - Green Belt
- Planning
- 25
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
39 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Lanestown, from 17 m² to 557,728 m² (55.77 ha, 137.82 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 24 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 · 19 parcels The zoning objective in the plan - P1RU - Rural (Agriculture)
The Fingal Development Plan 2023 – 2029, Fingal · 19 parcels The zoning objective in the plan - C2.1GE - General Employment (Industrial, enterprise, employment)
The Fingal Development Plan 2023 – 2029, Fingal · 13 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 - G3HA - High Amenity (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
2 Jul 2026Request additional information
The Development will consist of the inclusion of a new foul sewer pump
Permission · Fingal County Council, F26A/0577
20 May 2026Request additional information
1) RETENTION OF THE USE OF A PORTION OF THE SITE FOR THE TEMPORARY TR
Retention · Fingal County Council, F26A/0411E
10 Nov 2025Grnt and ref per.,grant and ref. retent
The development will consist / consists of: A. Permission for a new e
Permission and retention · Fingal County Council, F25A/1039E
18 Mar 2025Grant permission & refuse retention
The development will consist / consists of: A. Permission for a new E
Permission and retention · Fingal County Council, F25A/0221E
25 Oct 2024Grant permission
The proposed development will consist of: I. Installation of new 4
Permission · Fingal County Council, F24A/0946E
13 Jan 2023Refuse permission
Construction of A) a new agricultural storage building B) 2 no polytun
Permission · Fingal County Council, F23A/0014
7 Sept 2021Grant permission
A detached warehouse unit with 2 storey ancillary offices to front, fl
Permission · Fingal County Council, F21A/0086
16 Mar 2021Refuse permission
Permission is sought for a Petrol Filling Station to include: (1) fore
Permission · Fingal County Council, F21A/0151
5 Jun 2020Grant permission
Phase 1 of development. Phase 1 consists of (i) access roads, foul &
Permission · Fingal County Council, F19A/0463
20 Jun 2019Refuse permission for retention
(i) Extension of farm machinery yard and the erection of palisade secu
Retention · Fingal County Council, F19A/0263
1 Apr 2019Grant permission
Single storey rear extension to include a new kitchen/dining/family ar
Permission · Fingal County Council, F19A/0139
21 Feb 2018App. withdrawn as no c.ai recd in 6 mths
(A) construct an extension to the side of existing industrial unit (wi
Permission · Fingal County Council, F17A/0478
22 Nov 2017Grant permission
Replacement of existing septic tank with a propietary wastewater treat
Permission · Fingal County Council, F17A/0713
27 Jun 2017Grant permission
Permission for the construction of 1 no. fully serviced single storey
Permission · Fingal County Council, F17A/0232
29 Dec 2016Refuse perm. consequent to outline perm.
Full planning permission on the grant of outline permission F14A/0515
Perm.consequent on grant of outline perm · Fingal County Council, F16A/0609
12 Oct 2015Grant extension of duration of perm.
Planning persmission at their dry grocery distribution Centre located
Extension of duration of permission · Fingal County Council, F09A/0310/E1
29 Jun 2015Grant permission
Construction of 2 no. single storey blocks of 6 no. & 4 no. starter wo
Permission · Fingal County Council, F15A/0077
24 Apr 2015Grant outline permission
Construction of a detached dwelling house with proprietary waste water
Outline permission · Fingal County Council, F14A/0515
30 May 2014Grant permission
Small industrial unit for use by monumental sculptor
Permission · Fingal County Council, F14A/0107
23 May 2013Grant extension of duration of perm.
The development will consist of an industrial development comprising 8
Extension of duration of permission · Fingal County Council, F07A/1579/E1
21 Feb 2013Grant extension of duration of perm.
Site development works consisting of access roundabout forming junctio
Extension of duration of permission · Fingal County Council, F07A/1477/E1
8 Feb 2012Grant permission
Construction of a single storey double height extension to side of exi
Permission · Fingal County Council, F11A/0250
5 Oct 2011Grant permission
Temporary planning permission for a period of 3 years for casual tradi
Permission · Fingal County Council, F11A/0284
20 Jul 2011Grant permission
a) Relocate the existing vehicular entrance to the existing dwelling a
Permission · Fingal County Council, F11A/0082
30 Jun 2011Grant permission
Provision of a secure vehicle compound for 281 cars (previously approv
Permission · Fingal County Council, F11A/0251
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 Lanestown.
Recorded monuments
- DU012-006 Enclosure
Description
Situated on a slight E-W ridge which is under tillage. An aerial photograph taken in 1970 (CUCAP, BDS 46) shows a roughly circular cropmark of a single-ditched enclosure (diam. c. 50m). Possibly a levelled ringfort. Not visible at ground level. Compiled by: Geraldine Stout Updated by: Christine Baker Date of upload: 16 January 2015
- DU012-073 Enclosure
Description
A sub-rectangular enclosure visible as a crop mark on an aerial photograph (SMR file; pers. comm. T. Condit). Located in relatively flat farmland near field boundary. Under crop. No visible remains. Compiled by: David O’Connor Updated by: Christine Baker Date of upload: 18 January 2015
- DU012-074 Ring-ditch
Description
A circular ring-ditch visible as a crop mark on an aerial photograph (SMR file; pers. comm. T. Condit). Located in relatively flat farmland near field boundary. Under crop. No visible remains. Compiled by: David O’Connor Updated by: Christine Baker Date of upload: 18 January 2015
- DU012-075 Enclosure
Description
A sub-circular enclosure visible as a crop mark on an aerial photograph together with another enclosure and a field system in the same field (DU012-076---- & DU012-077---- ) (SMR file; pers. comm. T. Condit). Located towards western end of what is now a vast open field-relatively flat. No visible remains. Compiled by: David O’Connor Updated by: Christine Baker Date of upload: 18 January 2015
- DU012-076 Enclosure
Description
A sub-circular enclosure visible as a crop mark on an aerial photograph together with another enclosure and a field system in the same field (DU012-075---- & DU012-077---- ) (SMR file; pers. comm. T. Condit). Compiled by: David O’Connor Date of upload: 8 November 2013
- DU012-077 Field system
Description
A field system visible as a crop mark on Digital Globe orthoimage taken between 2011-13 together with two enclosures in the same field (DU012-075---- & DU012-076---- ) (SMR file; pers. comm. T. Condit). Located towards western end of what is now a vast open field-relatively flat. No visible remains. See attached Digital Globe orthoimage taken between 2011-13 Compiled by: David O’Connor Updated by: Christine Baker Date of upload: 18 January 2015
Architectural heritage
- Water pump, 1880–1900 · Regional interest
Description
Cast-iron water pump, c.1890, on a limestone plinth.
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 Lanestown.
- 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 Lanestown with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Dublin.
The townland
- Name
- Lanestown · Baile an Lóndaigh
- Area
- 1,934,046 m² (193.4 ha, 477.91 acres)
- Civil parish
- Donabate, and its townlands
- Barony
- Nethercross
- Electoral division
- Donabate, the unit of the census
- Census 2022
- Donabate electoral division: 11,783 people in 3,900 households; 79% of households own their home; 50% of homes were built since 2001; 3% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 2% were holiday homes.
- Neighbouring townlands
- Ballymadrough, Kilcrea, Lissenhall Great, Lissenhall Little, Newbridge Demesne, Staffordstown Turvey, Turvey, Turvey
- Placenames
- Lanestown 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.