Margaretstown
Townland in the civil parish of Balrothery, barony of Balrothery East, Co. Dublin; in Irish Baile Mhaighréide
- Area
- 29.7 ha
- 73 acres
- Land parcels
- 26
- registered freehold, median 1,782 m²
- Zoning
- P1
- RU - Rural
- Planning
- 14
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
26 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Margaretstown, from 381 m² to 120,817 m² (12.08 ha, 29.85 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 16 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
- P1RU - Rural (Agriculture)
The Fingal Development Plan 2023 – 2029, Fingal · 19 parcels The zoning objective in the plan - R3RC - Rural Cluster (Residential, mixed residential and other uses)
The Fingal Development Plan 2023 – 2029, Fingal · 13 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
28 Jun 2024Grant permission
Planning permission sought for a new
Permission · Fingal County Council, F24A/0019
14 May 2024Grant permission
The development will consist of; The construction of a 1 1/2 storey 5
Permission · Fingal County Council, F23A/0545
31 Aug 2021Refuse permission
Planning for the demolition of glasshouses and a single storey garage,
Permission · Fingal County Council, F21A/0324
8 Apr 2021Grant permission for retention
Retention of single storey extension with pitched roof to side of exis
Retention · Fingal County Council, F21B/0120
12 Nov 2019Grant permission
Permission is sought for a detached dormer dwelling, a detached garage
Permission · Fingal County Council, F19A/0533
3 May 2019Grant permission
For a detached dormer dwelling, a detached garage, new vehicular entra
Permission · Fingal County Council, F19A/0191
15 Oct 2018Grant permission
Permission for one and a half storey detached house and a detached dom
Permission · Fingal County Council, F18A/0408
23 May 2018Grant permission
A new one and a half storey 4-bedroom detached house with detached dom
Permission · Fingal County Council, F18A/0166
24 Apr 2017Grant permission
A. Single storey extension to rear and side, b. All associated site wo
Permission · Fingal County Council, F17B/0098
7 Nov 2014Grant permission
Storey and a half dwelling with waste water treatment system and perco
Permission · Fingal County Council, F14A/0225
12 Feb 2014Refuse permission
Storey and a half dwelling with waste water treatment system and perco
Permission · Fingal County Council, F13A/0288
13 May 2013Grant permission
Relocate existing percolation area from site 2 to site 1 and construct
Permission · Fingal County Council, F12A/0358
12 Jun 2012Refuse permission
Relocate existing percolation area from site 2 to site 1 and construct
Permission · Fingal County Council, F12A/0179
2 Mar 2012Grant extension of duration of perm.
Permission for Agri-Tourism self catering accommodation development co
Extension of duration of permission · Fingal County Council, F07A/0331/E1
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 Margaretstown.
Recorded monuments
- DU005-055 Burial
Description
In low-lying pasture close to St. Movee's burial ground. Discovered while digging foundations for a shed. The remains comprised the lower portion of an unaccompanied inhumation enclosed in a pit lined with limestone slabs. Aligned E-W narrowing at the E end (L1.7m, Wth 0.4m). Probably of Early-Christian date. Three pieces of unworked flint pebbles and a retouched piece were found at the site (Stout 1992, 17-18). Compiled by: Geraldine Stout Updated by: Christine Baker Date of upload: 15 November 2014
Architectural heritage
No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands in the townland of Margaretstown.
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 10 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 Margaretstown.
- 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 Margaretstown with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Dublin.
The townland
- Name
- Margaretstown · Baile Mhaighréide
- Area
- 297,314 m² (29.73 ha, 73.47 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
- Baltrasna, Darcystown, Grange, Killalane, Strifeland
- Placenames
- Margaretstown 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.