Powerstown
Townland in the civil parish of Mulhuddart, barony of Castleknock, Co. Dublin; in Irish Baile an Phaoraigh
- Area
- 145.3 ha
- 359 acres
- Land parcels
- 33
- registered freehold, median 3,154 m² (0.32 ha, 0.78 acres)
- Zoning
- C2.1
- GE - General Employment
- Planning
- 24
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
33 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Powerstown, from 46 m² to 613,319 m² (61.33 ha, 151.55 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 23 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
- C2.1GE - General Employment (Industrial, enterprise, employment)
The Fingal Development Plan 2023 – 2029, Fingal · 23 parcels The zoning objective in the plan - P1RU - Rural (Agriculture)
The Fingal Development Plan 2023 – 2029, Fingal · 16 parcels The zoning objective in the plan - C3HT - High Technology (Office, business/technology park and related)
The Fingal Development Plan 2023 – 2029, Fingal · 5 parcels The zoning objective in the plan - P5RA - Rural Area (Mixed/general primary sector uses, including 'rural')
Meath County Development Plan 2021-2027, Meath · 3 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 · 2 parcels The zoning objective in the plan - G4OS - Open Space (Active open space)
The Fingal Development Plan 2023 – 2029, Fingal · 1 parcels The zoning objective in the plan - G3HA - High Amenity (Conservation, amenity or buffer space, corridor/belt, landscape)
The Fingal Development Plan 2023 – 2029, Fingal · 1 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
10 Aug 2026Referral
The development will consist of: The change of use of the existing bu
Permission · Fingal County Council, FW26A/0317E
26 Sept 2025Grant permission
Permission for development at Server Buildings 2, 3 and 6 at IBM Techn
Permission · Fingal County Council, FW25A/0422E
22 Sept 2025Invalid application
The development will consist of the following:
Permission · Fingal County Council, FW25A/0409E
15 Sept 2025Invalid application
The development will consist of the following:
Permission · Fingal County Council, FW25A/0395E
3 Jun 2025Grant permission
Kyndryl Ireland Limited, intend to apply for planning permission for a
Permission · Fingal County Council, FW25A/0234E
22 Nov 2024Grant permission
The proposal comprises the removal of conditions relating to previous
Permission · Fingal County Council, FW24A/0492E
13 Jul 2023Grant permission
The developments will consist of : a proposed single storey (1,060 sqm
Permission · Fingal County Council, FW23A/0211
12 Dec 2022App. withdrawn as no c.ai recd in 6 mths
A proposed single storey (1,060 sqm) of warehouse divided into 3 No st
Permission · Fingal County Council, FW22A/0188
17 Dec 2021Grant permission - decision by abp
A 10 year permission at a siste 0f 25.3 ha. The proposed development
Strategic housing development · Fingal County Council, SHDW/003/21
24 Jun 2021Grant permission
We, Glenveagh Homes Ltd, intend to apply for planning permission for d
Permission · Fingal County Council, FW21A/0042
29 Mar 2021Grant permission & grant retention
Retention and permanent continuation of use single storey prefabricate
Permission and retention · Fingal County Council, FW21A/0059
22 Dec 2020Grant permission
19,151 sqm of warehousing within 6 No. units for the storage and dist
Permission · Fingal County Council, FW20A/0083
24 Jun 2020Grant permission
Proposed single-storey Security Gate House (13.2 sq.m.) comprising of
Permission · Fingal County Council, FW20A/0095
9 Jul 2018Grant permission
The change of use 2321m2 of ground floor space of existing 5,975m2 Ser
Permission · Fingal County Council, FW18A/0098
17 Aug 2017Grant permission
The developmemt will consist the construction of a single storey offic
Permission · Fingal County Council, FW17A/0144
20 Mar 2017Grant permission for retention
Retention permission for existing 18m high telecommunications support
Retention · Fingal County Council, FW17A/0037
14 Apr 2015Grant permission
Permission for the construction of a covered external walkway from
Permission · Fingal County Council, FW15A/0045
29 Oct 2014Grant permission
Permission for continuation of use is sought for 5 year period
Permission · Fingal County Council, FW14A/0133
15 May 2014Grant permission & grant retention
Permission for the construction of 142 no. new car parking spaces
Permission and retention · Fingal County Council, FW14A/0057
14 Mar 2014Grant permission
Permission for the site infrastructural works including 850m of road,
Permission · Fingal County Council, FW13A/0117
3 Feb 2014Grant permission
Planning permission is being sought for the change of use of 1,449m²
Permission · Fingal County Council, FW14A/0010
10 Oct 2013Grant permission
Permission for change of use of 445 m
Permission · Fingal County Council, FW13A/0115
24 May 2013Grant permission
Permission for works to the change of use of 6,904m2
Permission · Fingal County Council, FW13A/0058
7 Jun 2011Grant extension of duration of perm.
Infrastructural work including 850m of road, foul and surface water pi
Extension of duration of permission · Fingal County Council, F05A/1582/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 Powerstown.
Recorded monuments
- DU013-040 Ring-ditch
Description
Aerial photograph (GB89. AF. 07) shows cropmark of a ring-ditch (adjacent to a cropmark curvilinear enclosure). Compiled by: Geraldine Stout Updated by: Christine Baker Date of upload: 21 January 2015
- DU013-041 Enclosure
Description
Aerial photograph (GB89. AF.07) shows cropmark of a curvilinear enclosure defined by a fosse. A cropmark ring-ditch is located close by. Compiled by: Geraldine Stout Date of upload: 26 August 2011
Architectural heritage
No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands in the townland of Powerstown.
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
- LiDAR of the Office of Public Works, flown in 2011, at 2 m: tile OPW_3041 (ZIP).
- 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 Powerstown with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Dublin.
The townland
- Name
- Powerstown · Baile an Phaoraigh
- Area
- 1,452,860 m² (145.29 ha, 359.01 acres)
- Civil parish
- Mulhuddart, and its townlands
- Barony
- Castleknock
- Electoral division
- The Ward, the unit of the census
- Census 2022
- The Ward electoral division: 13,289 people in 3,674 households; 63% of households own their home; 88% of homes were built since 2001; 3% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 0% were holiday homes.
- Neighbouring townlands
- Calliaghwee (Co. Meath), Damastown, Gunnocks (Co. Meath), Kilmartin, Macetown Middle, Macetown North, Mayne (Co. Meath), Tyrrelstown
- Placenames
- Powerstown 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.