# Mabestown, Co. Dublin: townland, land parcels and planning Townland in the civil parish of Kinsaley, barony of Coolock, Co. Dublin; in Irish Baile an Mhábaigh. - Area (Tailte Éireann): 178,131 m² (17.81 ha, 44.02 acres) - Land parcels (Tailte Éireann): 1 registered freehold parcel lies mostly in it, median 170,444 m² (17.04 ha, 42.12 acres) - Zoning (national zoning, MyPlan): G4 OS - Open Space, the zone with the most parcels - Planning (National Planning Applications): 20 applications since 2010 - Civil parish: Kinsaley, https://everytownland.com/dublin/parish/kinsaley.md - Barony: Coolock - Electoral division: Malahide West, the unit of the census - Census 2022 (Central Statistics Office): 6,014 people lived in 2,141 households in the Malahide West electoral division. 86% of households owned their home. 14% of homes were built since 2001. 5% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 0% were holiday homes. - County: Co. Dublin, https://everytownland.com/dublin.md - Placenames Database of Ireland: https://www.logainm.ie/en/16958 - Townland number at Tailte Éireann: 260608 - Centre: latitude 53.441577, longitude -6.172661 (WGS 84) ## Land parcels (registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann) 1 registered freehold parcel lies mostly in Mabestown, from 170,444 m² (17.04 ha, 42.12 acres) to 170,444 m² (17.04 ha, 42.12 acres); 13 neighbouring parcels touch its boundary. Largest first: - Parcel 1773672: 170,444 m² (17.04 ha, 42.12 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1773672.md ## Zoning (national zoning of development plans, MyPlan) - G4 OS - Open Space (Active open space): The Fingal Development Plan 2023 – 2029, Fingal; 2 parcels. The zoning objective in the plan: https://www.fingal.ie/development-plan ## Planning applications whose site touches the townland (National Planning Applications, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage) 20 applications, newest first. - 5 May 2026, Fingal County Council F26A/0354E: Grant permission. Permission. We, Kinwest Ltd., intend to apply for planning permission for developm. File: https://planning.agileapplications.ie/fingal/appli - 15 Apr 2026, Fingal County Council F26A/0296E: Additional information received. Permission. Greenleaf Homes Malahide Limited intend to apply for PERMISSION for de. File: https://planning.agileapplications.ie/fingal/appli - 18 Dec 2025, Fingal County Council F25A/1182E: Refuse permission. Permission. We, Kinwest Ltd., intend to apply for planning permission for developm. File: https://planning.agileapplications.ie/fingal/appli - 17 Dec 2025, Fingal County Council F25A/1171E: Grant permission. Permission. The proposed development will consist of the demolition of the existin. File: https://planning.agileapplications.ie/fingal/appli - 30 Oct 2025, Fingal County Council F25A/0999E: Refuse permission. Permission. We, Kinwest Ltd., intend to apply for planning permission for developm. File: https://planning.agileapplications.ie/fingal/appli - 16 Oct 2025, Fingal County Council F25A/0953E: Invalid application due to site notice. Permission. We, Kinwest Ltd., intend to apply for planning permission for developm. File: https://planning.agileapplications.ie/fingal/appli - 22 Sept 2025, Fingal County Council F25A/0857E: Grant permission. Permission. We, Kinwest Ltd. , intend to apply for planning permission for develop. File: https://planning.agileapplications.ie/fingal/appli - 29 Jul 2025, Fingal County Council F25A/0689E: Withdraw application. Permission. The development will comprise the demolition of an existing, detached. File: https://planning.agileapplications.ie/fingal/appli - 19 Mar 2025, Fingal County Council F25A/0226E: Grant permission. Permission. We, Kinwest Ltd., intend to apply for planning permission for developm. File: https://planning.agileapplications.ie/fingal/appli - 20 Dec 2024, Fingal County Council F24A/1179E: Grant permission. Permission. We, Kinwest Ltd., intend to apply for planning permission for developm. File: https://planning.agileapplications.ie/fingal/appli - 10 Sept 2024, Fingal County Council F24A/0811E: Grant permission. Permission. The proposed development will consist of amendments to the previously. File: https://planning.agileapplications.ie/fingal/appli - 10 Sept 2024, Fingal County Council F24A/0812E: Grant permission. Permission. The proposed development will consist of amendments to the previously. File: https://planning.agileapplications.ie/fingal/appli - 3 Feb 2023, Fingal County Council F22A/0579: Grant permission. Permission. The preservation and protection of the existing Protected Structure of. File: https://planning.agileapplications.ie/fingal/appli - 3 Feb 2023, Fingal County Council F22A/0581: Grant permission. Permission. The preservation and protection of the existing Protected Structure of. File: https://planning.agileapplications.ie/fingal/appli - 3 Feb 2023, Fingal County Council F22A/0580: Grant permission. Permission. The preservation and protection of the existing Protected Structure of. File: https://planning.agileapplications.ie/fingal/appli - 19 Apr 2022, Fingal County Council SHD/017/21: Withdraw application. Strategic housing development. The proposed development will consist of the preservation and protecti. File: https://planning.agileapplications.ie/fingal/appli - 8 Apr 2021, Fingal County Council SHD/005/21: Decision to be made by other body. Strategic housing development. The proposed development will consist of the preservation and protecti. File: https://planning.agileapplications.ie/fingal/appli - 8 Feb 2017, Fingal County Council F11A/0386/E1: Grant extension of duration of perm.. Extension of duration of permission. A residential development provides for 76 no. dwellings (54 no. two st. File: https://planning.agileapplications.ie/fingal/appli - 28 Oct 2011, Fingal County Council F11A/0386: Grant permission. Permission. A residential development provides for 76 no. dwellings (54 no. two st. File: https://planning.agileapplications.ie/fingal/appli - 4 Mar 2011, Fingal County Council F11A/0070: Withdraw application. Permission. Ten year planning permission for 94 no. dwellings (86 no. two storey a. File: https://planning.agileapplications.ie/fingal/appli Applicants are not shown. ## Designated sites (National Parks and Wildlife Service) No designated site (Special Area of Conservation, Special Protection Area, Natural Heritage Area or proposed one) touches the townland of Mabestown. ## Recorded monuments (Sites and Monuments Record, National Monuments Service) No recorded monument lies in the townland of Mabestown. ## Architectural heritage (National Inventory of Architectural Heritage) - Malahide Castle, gate lodge, 1880–1900, Regional interest, registry number 11344024, https://www.buildingsofireland.ie/niah/search.jsp?type=record&county=FI®no=11344024. Detached four-bay single-storey gate lodge, c.1890, on an L-shaped plan, with gabled end bay to west end and single-bay single-storey return to rear. Partly refenestrated, c.1970.ROOF: Double-pitched and gable fronted -hipped to return; concrete ridge tiles; red brick chimney stacks; yellow clay pots; decorative timber barge boards; cast-iron rainwater goods. WALLS: Roughcast, unpainted; red brick course to right gable end with consoles. OPENINGS: Square-headed window openings; concrete sills; timber casement windows; replacement timber casement window, c.1970, to left; round-headed door opening; timber panelled door; overlight. - Malahide Castle, demesne walls/gates/railings, 1880–1900, Regional interest, registry number 11344025, https://www.buildingsofireland.ie/niah/search.jsp?type=record&county=FI®no=11344025. Entrance gateway, c.1890, comprising four ashlar limestone piers with cast-iron secondary piers, gates and railings. ## Ground and risks (Radon Risk Map of Ireland, EPA; Landslide Susceptibility Classification and LiDAR, Geological Survey Ireland) - Radon: at the centre of the townland of Mabestown, about 1 in 20 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels. Testing a home: https://www.epa.ie/environment-and-you/radon/radon-testing/#d.en.82887 - Landslides: The 1:50,000 map rates the landslide susceptibility here as low, partly inferred. - Terrain model: no LiDAR survey of the Office of Public Works covers the centre of the townland of Mabestown. - Flooding: the flood maps of the Office of Public Works, https://www.floodinfo.ie/map/floodmaps/, linked only: their licence does not allow re-use. 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. ## Downloads - DXF, in Irish Transverse Mercator metres, with its boundary, parcels and buildings, for a drawing program: https://everytownland.com/dublin/mabestown.dxf - GeoJSON, in WGS 84, for a map: https://everytownland.com/dublin/mabestown.geojson - KML, for Google Earth: https://everytownland.com/dublin/mabestown.kml ## Homes sold (Residential Property Price Register) No address of the register names Mabestown with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Dublin: https://everytownland.com/dublin.md ## Neighbouring townlands (National Statutory Boundaries, Tailte Éireann) - Auburn: https://everytownland.com/dublin/auburn.md - Kinsaley: https://everytownland.com/dublin/kinsaley.md - Malahide: https://everytownland.com/dublin/malahide.md - Malahide Demesne: https://everytownland.com/dublin/malahide-demesne.md 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. --- Everytownland reads the registered freehold land and the statutory boundaries of Tailte Éireann, the national zoning, planning file and heritage records of the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, and the Residential Property Price Register. A parcel is the land of a title, not an address. The owner's name is in the Land Registry of Tailte Éireann: a copy of the folio can be ordered on landdirect.ie, for a fee; this site names no owner. A price is the price recorded for a past sale, not a valuation. Sources: Cadastral Parcels Freehold, Townlands, Civil Parishes, Baronies, Electoral Divisions and Buildings, Tailte Éireann, CC BY 4.0; national zoning of development plans (GZT, MyPlan) and National Planning Applications, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, CC BY 4.0, applicants not shown; designated sites, National Parks and Wildlife Service, CC BY 4.0; Sites and Monuments Record, National Monuments Service, CC BY 4.0; National Inventory of Architectural Heritage, CC BY 4.0; Residential Property Price Register, Property Services Regulatory Authority, re-used with the source acknowledged. - Page: https://everytownland.com/dublin/mabestown - In JSON: https://everytownland.com/api/townland/dublin/mabestown