Nevinstown West
Townland in the civil parish of Swords, barony of Nethercross, Co. Dublin; in Irish Baile Naoimhín Thiar
- Area
- 13.8 ha
- 34 acres
- Land parcels
- 40
- registered freehold, median 1,461 m²
- Zoning
- C1.2
- RW - Retail Warehousing
- Planning
- 32
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
40 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Nevinstown West, from 3 m² to 33,079 m² (3.31 ha, 8.17 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 22 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
- C1.2RW - Retail Warehousing (Retail warehouse)
The Fingal Development Plan 2023 – 2029, Fingal · 32 parcels The zoning objective in the plan - C2.1GE - General Employment (Industrial, enterprise, employment)
The Fingal Development Plan 2023 – 2029, Fingal · 9 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 · 8 parcels The zoning objective in the plan - R2RS - Residential (Existing residential)
The Fingal Development Plan 2023 – 2029, Fingal · 4 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
12 May 2026Grant permission
Permission is sought for the erection of a short section of ARMCO barr
Permission · Fingal County Council, F26A/0371E
20 Apr 2026Invalid application
Application for the erection of a short section of ARMCO barrier syste
Permission · Fingal County Council, F26A/0313E
1 Jul 2025Grant permission
Kieran Limited intend to apply for permission for development at this
Permission · Fingal County Council, F25A/0583E
8 Dec 2023Refuse permission for retention
Retention planning permission sought for an external sheltered canopy
Retention · Fingal County Council, F23A/0765
16 Nov 2022Grant permission for retention
Retention planning permission for the following; (1) the change of use
Retention · Fingal County Council, F22A/0310
6 Sept 2022Grant permission for retention
The proposed area to be retained consists of a three bed apartment loc
Retention · Fingal County Council, F21A/0578
29 Jul 2022Grant permission
Installation of a 3.25m vent stack servicing the existing above ground
Permission · Fingal County Council, F22A/0390
1 Sept 2021Grant permission
An 879 sq.m. extension to Columba House involving extension over the e
Permission · Fingal County Council, F21A/0326
9 Jul 2021Grant permission
Site at Block A, on a 0.74 hectare site bounded by Airside Retail Park
Permission · Fingal County Council, F21A/0376
28 May 2021Grant permission & grant retention
The proposed development will consist of: (i) Solar Photovoltaic
Permission and retention · Fingal County Council, F21A/0296
26 Apr 2019Grant permission
(i) the extension and alteration of existing shop to provide an amenit
Permission · Fingal County Council, F19A/0176
24 Oct 2018Grant permission
The permanent use of a private members gym (2250 sq.m.) over three flo
Permission · Fingal County Council, F18A/0595
10 Aug 2018Grant permission & grant retention
Extension to Columba House involving extensions to existing ground
Permission and retention · Fingal County Council, F18A/0296
4 Nov 2016Refuse permission
The development will consist of (i) the construction of a single store
Permission · Fingal County Council, F16A/0493
28 Oct 2016Grant permission
The construction of a 6 storey extension to the side (north-east eleva
Permission · Fingal County Council, F16A/0479
27 Oct 2016Withdraw application
Retention planning permission for (i) a self-service laundromat kiosk
Retention · Fingal County Council, F16A/0476
14 Oct 2016Grant permission
A tempororay (five year) planning permission for modifications to prev
Permission · Fingal County Council, F16A/0455
17 Dec 2015Refuse permission
Temporary (five year) planning permission for the following: (a) Chang
Permission · Fingal County Council, F15A/0590
10 Dec 2015Grant permission
Single storey extension to the east elevation of the existing motor tr
Permission · Fingal County Council, F15A/0571
12 Jun 2015Withdraw application
Temporary (5 year) planning permission for the following: (i) change o
Permission · Fingal County Council, F14A/0434
17 Apr 2015Grant permission & grant retention
(i) The construction of a roof link from the rear of Halpenny Golf to
Permission and retention · Fingal County Council, F15A/0164
9 Jan 2015Grant permission
A single level retail warehouse (c.9.75m. high) for the sale of bulky
Permission · Fingal County Council, F14A/0337
26 Sept 2014Grant permission
Construction of a new access road, footpaths and associated services.
Permission · Fingal County Council, F14A/0280
2 May 2014Grant permission for retention
Retention of five single storey sheds to the rear with a total area of
Retention · Fingal County Council, F14A/0172
11 Sept 2013Grant permission
Temporary (5 year) planning permission for modifications to previously
Permission · Fingal County Council, F13A/0338
The 25 most recent of 32 applications.
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 Nevinstown West.
Recorded monuments
- DU011-047 Ring-ditch
Description
This is a relatively small subcircular feature (diam. c. 15m) visible as a cropmark on an aerial photograph taken in 1971 (FSI 3.489-490). Now under a car park. Not visible at ground level. Compiled by: Geraldine Stout Updated by: Christine Baker Date of upload: 09 January 2015
Architectural heritage
No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands in the townland of Nevinstown West.
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, on the 1:50,000 map.
- Terrain model
- No LiDAR survey of the Office of Public Works covers the centre of the townland of Nevinstown West.
- 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 Nevinstown West with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Dublin.
The townland
- Name
- Nevinstown West · Baile Naoimhín Thiar
- Area
- 137,560 m² (13.76 ha, 33.99 acres)
- Civil parish
- Swords, and its townlands
- Barony
- Nethercross
- Electoral division
- Kinsaley, the unit of the census
- Census 2022
- Kinsaley electoral division: 11,470 people in 3,746 households; 68% of households own their home; 69% of homes were built since 2001; 4% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 0% were holiday homes.
- Neighbouring townlands
- Cloghran, Crowscastle, Fosterstown North, Fosterstown South, Nevinstown East
- Placenames
- Nevinstown West 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.