Snugborough
Townland in the civil parish of Castleknock, barony of Castleknock, Co. Dublin; in Irish Snugborough
- Area
- 21.6 ha
- 53 acres
- Land parcels
- 12
- registered freehold, median 7,134 m² (0.71 ha, 1.76 acres)
- Zoning
- C3
- HT - High Technology
- Planning
- 20
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
12 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Snugborough, from 80 m² to 84,142 m² (8.41 ha, 20.79 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
- C3HT - High Technology (Office, business/technology park and related)
The Fingal Development Plan 2023 – 2029, Fingal · 21 parcels The zoning objective in the plan - S6NSC - National Sports Campus (Other community services/facilities uses)
The Fingal Development Plan 2023 – 2029, Fingal · 2 parcels The zoning objective in the plan - C2.1GE - General Employment (Industrial, enterprise, employment)
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 · 0 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
9 Dec 2025Grant permission
Planning permission is sought for: - Removal of 22 parking spaces to a
Permission · Fingal County Council, FW25A/0535E
9 Jun 2023Grant permission
Permission for the removal of Planning Condition 10 (a) (i) of
Permission · Fingal County Council, FW23A/0170
13 Jan 2023Grant permission
The construction of a 5 metre high, single storey plant room to enclos
Permission · Fingal County Council, FW23A/0005
22 Nov 2022Grant permission
Planning permission for the construction of a national velodrome and b
Permission · Fingal County Council, FW22A/0166
13 Apr 2022Grant permission
The construction of a new two storey extension of 1,360m2, to the east
Permission · Fingal County Council, FW21A/0209
24 Sept 2019Grant permission
The proposed development comprises of a container compound for the pur
Permission · Fingal County Council, FW19A/0161
1 Jul 2019Grant permission
The proposed development comprises of a container compound for the pur
Permission · Fingal County Council, FW19A/0111
6 Jun 2018Grant permission
Demolition of an existing industrial building on the subject site wit
Permission · Fingal County Council, FW18A/0078
22 Dec 2017Grant permission
1. The proposed extension of the existing 'Hexagon' data storage facil
Permission · Fingal County Council, FW17A/0237
30 Mar 2017Grant permission
The development will consist of upgrade of existing boundary railings
Permission · Fingal County Council, FW17A/0044
15 Mar 2017Grant permission
The development will consist of a single storey extension of 1,111 sq.
Permission · Fingal County Council, FW17A/0034
6 Oct 2015Grant permission
Permission for a new 2-storey building for use as electrical rooms for
Permission · Fingal County Council, FW15A/0135
19 Aug 2015Grant permission & grant retention
1. The construction of a new two storey Pharmaceutical manufacturing b
Permission and retention · Fingal County Council, FW15A/0115
21 Jun 2013Grant permission
Permission for a development that will consist of a new 2-storey build
Permission · Fingal County Council, FW13A/0067
29 Aug 2012Grant permission for retention
Planning retention appplication for minor adjustments to the 110kV
Retention · Fingal County Council, FW12A/0083
17 May 2012Grant extension of duration of perm.
Block of 6 warehouses, extension to existing unit, sub-division of exi
Extension of duration of permission · Fingal County Council, F07A/0269/E1
2 Apr 2012Grant permission
Permission for the installation of boundary fencing/ railings and acce
Permission · Fingal County Council, FW11A/0118
15 Mar 2012Grant permission
Refurbish the existing two storey Hexagon manufacturing facility.
Permission · Fingal County Council, FW12A/0024
17 Nov 2011Grant permission & grant retention
1. Retention of the existing Generator Building, fuel loading area an
Permission and retention · Fingal County Council, FW11A/0113
10 Oct 2011Grant permission
To construct a new AIS (Air Insulated Switchgear) 110kV electricity su
Permission · Fingal County Council, FW11A/0104
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 Snugborough.
Recorded monuments
No recorded monument lies in the townland of Snugborough.
Architectural heritage
No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands in the townland of Snugborough.
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_3117 (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 Snugborough with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Dublin.
The townland
- Name
- Snugborough · Snugborough
- Area
- 215,928 m² (21.59 ha, 53.36 acres)
- Civil parish
- Castleknock, and its townlands
- Barony
- Castleknock
- Electoral division
- Blanchardstown-Corduff, the unit of the census
- Census 2022
- Blanchardstown-Corduff electoral division: 3,689 people in 1,276 households; 56% of households own their home; 6% of homes were built since 2001; 5% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 0% were holiday homes.
- Neighbouring townlands
- Ballycoolen, Corduff, Deanestown
- Placenames
- Snugborough 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.