Lissenhall Great
Townland in the civil parish of Swords, barony of Nethercross, Co. Dublin; in Irish Halla an Leasáin Mór
- Area
- 106.2 ha
- 262 acres
- Land parcels
- 42
- registered freehold, median 4,821 m² (0.48 ha, 1.19 acres)
- Zoning
- G3
- HA - High Amenity
- Planning
- 10
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
42 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Lissenhall Great, from 51 m² to 210,265 m² (21.03 ha, 51.96 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
- G3HA - High Amenity (Conservation, amenity or buffer space, corridor/belt, landscape)
The Fingal Development Plan 2023 – 2029, Fingal · 16 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 · 14 parcels The zoning objective in the plan - C3HT - High Technology (Office, business/technology park and related)
The Fingal Development Plan 2023 – 2029, Fingal · 13 parcels The zoning objective in the plan - M1MRE - Metro and Rail Economic Corridor (Mixed Use, general development, opportunity/proposal site)
The Fingal Development Plan 2023 – 2029, Fingal · 5 parcels The zoning objective in the plan - C2.1GE - General Employment (Industrial, enterprise, employment)
The Fingal Development Plan 2023 – 2029, Fingal · 2 parcels The zoning objective in the plan - P1RU - Rural (Agriculture)
The Fingal Development Plan 2023 – 2029, Fingal · 1 parcels The zoning objective in the plan - G4OS - Open Space (Active open space)
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
14 Nov 2022Grant permission
Permission to erect a 27m high lattice telecommunications structure, w
Permission · Fingal County Council, F22A/0406
26 Feb 2020Grant permission
Install 250kW of Roof Mounted Solar PV Panels and all associated works
Permission · Fingal County Council, F20A/0090
14 Feb 2019Grant permission
Permission to install 250kW of Roof Mounted Solar PV Panels and all as
Permission · Fingal County Council, F19A/0073
27 Dec 2018Grant permission
Conversion of attic space to accommodate 2 bedrooms with new waste wat
Permission · Fingal County Council, F18A/0764
19 Sept 2018Grant permission
A. Single storey agricultural shed / stables, B. All associated site w
Permission · Fingal County Council, F18A/0003
29 Jun 2015Grant permission
Construction of 2 no. single storey blocks of 6 no. & 4 no. starter wo
Permission · Fingal County Council, F15A/0077
25 May 2015Grant permission
Permission to relocate the existing bus shelter to the North of the en
Permission · Fingal County Council, F15A/0243
23 Sept 2014Grant permission for retention
Retention of a new road entrance from the existing Food Park onto the
Retention · Fingal County Council, F14A/0296
30 May 2014Grant permission
Small industrial unit for use by monumental sculptor
Permission · Fingal County Council, F14A/0107
6 Sept 2013Grant permission
Demolition of the existing single storey flat roofed ambulance buildin
Permission · Fingal County Council, F13A/0329
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
- DU012-012001 Enclosure
Description
Located in low-lying tillage N of a stream, close to the Malahide estuary. An aerial photograph (CUCAP, BDS 48) shows cropmark evidence for a sub-circular enclosure (diam. c. 60m) with two possible fields (DU0 12-012002-) attached to the E of it. Possibly of Early Christian date. Not visible at ground level. Compiled by: Geraldine Stout Date of upload: 26 August 2011
- DU012-012002 Field system
Description
Located in low-lying tillage N of a stream, close to the Malahide estuary. An aerial photograph (CUCAP, BDS 48) shows cropmark evidence for a subcircular enclosure (diam. c. 60m) with two possible fields (DU012-012002-) attached to the E of it. Possibly of Early Christian date. Not visible at ground level. Compiled by: Geraldine Stout Date of upload: 26 August 2011
- DU012-015 Enclosure
Description
Located north of the eastern limit of the estuary to the rear of Lissenhall House. Named 'site of fort' on the 1837 OS 6-inch map. Not visible at ground level. Compiled by: Geraldine Stout Updated by: Christine Baker Date of upload: 16 January 2015
- DU012-102 Enclosure
Description
A substantial ditch enclosure was initially identified in the course of geophysical survey (17R0185). Responses indicate an irregular rectilinear ditched enclosure (c.40m x 28m). Further responses suggest internal features (Leigh 2018). Compiled by: Christine Baker Date of upload: 8 November 2021
Architectural heritage
- Lissenhall Bridges, bridge, 1890–1900 · Regional interest
Description
Double-span bridge, built 1895, comprising two lintel spans. Limestone piers and cast-iron railings to road.
- Lissenhall Bridges, bridge, 1900–1905 · Regional interest
Description
Double-span road bridge, enlarged 1903, containing fabric of earlier bridge. Red brick and vitrified curved brick coping to parapet, with recessed rendered panels. Cast-iron I-beams supporting parapet.
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 Lissenhall Great.
- 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 Lissenhall Great with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Dublin.
The townland
- Name
- Lissenhall Great · Halla an Leasáin Mór
- Area
- 1,061,938 m² (106.19 ha, 262.41 acres)
- Civil parish
- Swords, 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
- Balheary Demesne, Ballymadrough, Lanestown, Lissenhall Little, Newtown, Seapoint, Seatown West
- Placenames
- Lissenhall Great 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.