# Margaretstown, Co. Dublin: townland, land parcels and planning Townland in the civil parish of Balrothery, barony of Balrothery East, Co. Dublin; in Irish Baile Mhaighréide. - Area (Tailte Éireann): 297,314 m² (29.73 ha, 73.47 acres) - Land parcels (Tailte Éireann): 26 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in it, median 1,782 m² - Zoning (national zoning, MyPlan): P1 RU - Rural, the zone with the most parcels - Planning (National Planning Applications): 14 applications since 2010 - Civil parish: Balrothery, https://everytownland.com/dublin/parish/balrothery.md - Barony: Balrothery East - Electoral division: Balbriggan Rural, the unit of the census - Census 2022 (Central Statistics Office): 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. - County: Co. Dublin, https://everytownland.com/dublin.md - Placenames Database of Ireland: https://www.logainm.ie/en/16729 - Townland number at Tailte Éireann: 260619 - Centre: latitude 53.573933, longitude -6.15843 (WGS 84) ## 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); 16 neighbouring parcels touch its boundary. Largest first: - Parcel 1832729: 120,817 m² (12.08 ha, 29.85 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1832729.md - Parcel 1771993: 76,794 m² (7.68 ha, 18.98 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1771993.md - Parcel 1771991: 50,425 m² (5.04 ha, 12.46 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1771991.md - Parcel 1832731: 7,833 m² (0.78 ha, 1.94 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1832731.md - Parcel 5479386: 5,198 m² (0.52 ha, 1.28 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5479386.md - Parcel 1832727: 4,047 m² (0.4 ha, 1 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1832727.md - Parcel 1832726: 3,157 m² (0.32 ha, 0.78 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1832726.md - Parcel 1771989: 2,900 m² (0.29 ha, 0.72 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1771989.md - Parcel 1832732: 2,733 m² (0.27 ha, 0.68 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1832732.md - Parcel 3496506: 2,535 m² (0.25 ha, 0.63 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/3496506.md - Parcel 1771994: 2,316 m² (0.23 ha, 0.57 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1771994.md - Parcel 5022041: 2,228 m² (0.22 ha, 0.55 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5022041.md - Parcel 1771988: 1,940 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1771988.md - Parcel 5434529: 1,625 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/5434529.md - Parcel 1771990: 1,529 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1771990.md - Parcel 1832728: 1,414 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1832728.md - Parcel 5692266: 1,315 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/5692266.md - Parcel 5530563: 1,249 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/5530563.md - Parcel 1832730: 1,228 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1832730.md - Parcel 5480430: 1,223 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/5480430.md - Parcel 1832733: 1,030 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1832733.md - Parcel 1771992: 761 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1771992.md - Parcel 3192430: 672 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/3192430.md - Parcel 3496635: 476 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/3496635.md - Parcel 2542133: 398 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/2542133.md - Parcel 1832725: 381 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1832725.md ## Zoning (national zoning of development plans, MyPlan) - P1 RU - Rural (Agriculture): The Fingal Development Plan 2023 – 2029, Fingal; 19 parcels. The zoning objective in the plan: https://www.fingal.ie/development-plan - R3 RC - Rural Cluster (Residential, mixed residential and other uses): The Fingal Development Plan 2023 – 2029, Fingal; 13 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) 14 applications, newest first. - 28 Jun 2024, Fingal County Council F24A/0019: Grant permission. Permission. Planning permission sought for a new. File: https://planning.agileapplications.ie/fingal/appli - 14 May 2024, Fingal County Council F23A/0545: Grant permission. Permission. The development will consist of; The construction of a 1 1/2 storey 5. File: https://planning.agileapplications.ie/fingal/appli - 31 Aug 2021, Fingal County Council F21A/0324: Refuse permission. Permission. Planning for the demolition of glasshouses and a single storey garage,. File: https://planning.agileapplications.ie/fingal/appli - 8 Apr 2021, Fingal County Council F21B/0120: Grant permission for retention. Retention. Retention of single storey extension with pitched roof to side of exis. File: https://planning.agileapplications.ie/fingal/appli - 12 Nov 2019, Fingal County Council F19A/0533: Grant permission. Permission. Permission is sought for a detached dormer dwelling, a detached garage. File: https://planning.agileapplications.ie/fingal/appli - 3 May 2019, Fingal County Council F19A/0191: Grant permission. Permission. For a detached dormer dwelling, a detached garage, new vehicular entra. File: https://planning.agileapplications.ie/fingal/appli - 15 Oct 2018, Fingal County Council F18A/0408: Grant permission. Permission. Permission for one and a half storey detached house and a detached dom. File: https://planning.agileapplications.ie/fingal/appli - 23 May 2018, Fingal County Council F18A/0166: Grant permission. Permission. A new one and a half storey 4-bedroom detached house with detached dom. File: https://planning.agileapplications.ie/fingal/appli - 24 Apr 2017, Fingal County Council F17B/0098: Grant permission. Permission. A. Single storey extension to rear and side, b. All associated site wo. File: https://planning.agileapplications.ie/fingal/appli - 7 Nov 2014, Fingal County Council F14A/0225: Grant permission. Permission. Storey and a half dwelling with waste water treatment system and perco. File: https://planning.agileapplications.ie/fingal/appli - 12 Feb 2014, Fingal County Council F13A/0288: Refuse permission. Permission. Storey and a half dwelling with waste water treatment system and perco. File: https://planning.agileapplications.ie/fingal/appli - 13 May 2013, Fingal County Council F12A/0358: Grant permission. Permission. Relocate existing percolation area from site 2 to site 1 and construct. File: https://planning.agileapplications.ie/fingal/appli - 12 Jun 2012, Fingal County Council F12A/0179: Refuse permission. Permission. Relocate existing percolation area from site 2 to site 1 and construct. File: https://planning.agileapplications.ie/fingal/appli - 2 Mar 2012, Fingal County Council F07A/0331/E1: Grant extension of duration of perm.. Extension of duration of permission. Permission for Agri-Tourism self catering accommodation development co. 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 Margaretstown. ## Recorded monuments (Sites and Monuments Record, National Monuments Service) - DU005-055: Burial, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CDU005-055----. 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 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). ## Architectural heritage (National Inventory of Architectural Heritage) No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands in the townland of Margaretstown. ## Ground and risks (Radon Risk Map of Ireland, EPA; Landslide Susceptibility Classification and LiDAR, Geological Survey Ireland) - Radon: About 1 in 10 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: 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, 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/margaretstown.dxf - GeoJSON, in WGS 84, for a map: https://everytownland.com/dublin/margaretstown.geojson - KML, for Google Earth: https://everytownland.com/dublin/margaretstown.kml ## Homes sold (Residential 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: https://everytownland.com/dublin.md ## Neighbouring townlands (National Statutory Boundaries, Tailte Éireann) - Baltrasna: https://everytownland.com/dublin/baltrasna-260115.md - Darcystown: https://everytownland.com/dublin/darcystown.md - Grange: https://everytownland.com/dublin/grange-260442.md - Killalane: https://everytownland.com/dublin/killalane.md - Strifeland: https://everytownland.com/dublin/strifeland.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/margaretstown - In JSON: https://everytownland.com/api/townland/dublin/margaretstown