Sandyhill
Townland in the civil parish of St. Margarets, barony of Coolock, Co. Dublin; in Irish Cnoc an Ghainimh
- Area
- 69.8 ha
- 172 acres
- Land parcels
- 28
- registered freehold, median 10,310 m² (1.03 ha, 2.55 acres)
- Zoning
- N1.3
- DA - Dublin Airport
- Planning
- 18
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
28 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Sandyhill, from 46 m² to 155,341 m² (15.53 ha, 38.39 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 20 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
- N1.3DA - Dublin Airport (Airport)
The Fingal Development Plan 2023 – 2029, Fingal · 25 parcels The zoning objective in the plan - P1RU - Rural (Agriculture)
The Fingal Development Plan 2023 – 2029, Fingal · 10 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 · 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
18 Dec 2025Withdraw application
Permission for a single storey extension to the side of the existing h
Permission · Fingal County Council, FW25A/0552E
2 Dec 2025Invalid application
Permission for a single storey extension to the side of the existing h
Permission · Fingal County Council, FW25A/0519E
6 Feb 2025App withdrawn as no ai recd in 6 months
: In accordance with Section 34B of the Planning and Development Act,
Permission · Fingal County Council, F25A/0094E
20 Dec 2024Invalid application
In accordance with Section 34B of the Planning and Development Act, 20
Permission · Fingal County Council, F24A/1178E
15 Dec 2023Sai consultees
The proposed development relates to the entirety of the Airport
Permission · Fingal County Council, F23A/0781
30 Jun 2023Grant permission
Planning permission for development at lands at
Permission · Fingal County Council, FW23A/0195
21 Sept 2021Grant permission
A proposed development comprising the taking of a ‘relevant action’ on
Permission · Fingal County Council, F20A/0668
16 Mar 2021Grant permission & grant retention
Retention planning permission and planning permission is sought by St.
Permission and retention · Fingal County Council, FW20A/0029
9 Aug 2019Withdraw application
Planning permission is sought by St Margaret’s Recycling & Transfer Ce
Permission and retention · Fingal County Council, FW19A/0135
9 Mar 2016App withdrawn as no ai recd in 6 months
Construction of single storey addition of 114 sq.metres to the south s
Permission · Fingal County Council, F16B/0060
5 May 2015Grant permission
The removal of outhouses (north), including potting shed, coal house,
Permission · Fingal County Council, F15B/0057
19 Jan 2015Grant permission
A new playing surface circa 1766 sq.m. woth associated perimeter fenci
Permission · Fingal County Council, F15A/0009
5 Sept 2014Grant permission
1) Replacing the existing septic tank with a new Biocycle Wastewater t
Permission · Fingal County Council, F14A/0085
25 Jun 2014Grant permission
5 year permission for the continuation of use of a facility for the bu
Permission · Fingal County Council, F13A/0409
21 Oct 2013Refuse permission
1) Replacing the existing septic tank with a new Biocycle waste water
Permission · Fingal County Council, F13A/0394
1 May 2012Grant permission
The establishment of an authorised treatment facility for the de-pollu
Permission · Fingal County Council, F11A/0443
22 Dec 2011Refuse permission
Development at this 3.10 hectare site. The development will consist o
Permission · Fingal County Council, F11A/0472
15 Jul 2011Refuse permission
Change of use of existing green waste storage building as granted unde
Permission · Fingal County Council, F11A/0272
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 Sandyhill.
Recorded monuments
- DU014-108 Enclosure
Description
A circular enclosure visible as a crop mark on an aerial photograph (SMR file; pers. comm. T. Condit). Located at low point within field with quite stark undulations. Arable. No visible remains Compiled by: David O’Connor Updated by: Christine Baker Date of upload: 23 January 2015
- DU014-109 Enclosure
Description
A sub-circular enclosure visible as a crop mark on an aerial photograph (SMR file; pers. comm. T. Condit). Located within relatively flat open field, No visible remains. Compiled by: David O’Connor Updated by: Christine Baker Date of upload: 23 January 2013
Architectural heritage
No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands in the townland of Sandyhill.
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
- LiDAR of the Office of Public Works, flown in 2011, at 2 m: tile OPW_3175 (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 Sandyhill with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Dublin.
The townland
- Name
- Sandyhill · Cnoc an Ghainimh
- Area
- 697,975 m² (69.8 ha, 172.47 acres)
- Civil parish
- St. Margarets, and its townlands
- Barony
- Coolock
- Electoral division
- Dubber, the unit of the census
- Census 2022
- Dubber electoral division: 8,931 people in 2,882 households; 47% of households own their home; 89% of homes were built since 2001; 4% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 0% were holiday homes.
- Neighbouring townlands
- Dunbro, Harristown, Millhead, Shanganhill, St. Margaret's
- Placenames
- Sandyhill 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.