Sutton North
Townland in the civil parish of Howth, barony of Coolock, Co. Dublin; in Irish Cill Fhionntain Thuaidh
- Area
- 46.1 ha
- 114 acres
- Land parcels
- 42
- registered freehold, median 675 m²
- Zoning
- R2
- RS - Residential
- Planning
- 100
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
42 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Sutton North, from 17 m² to 2,964 m² (0.3 ha, 0.73 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 3 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
- R2RS - Residential (Existing residential)
The Fingal Development Plan 2023 – 2029, Fingal · 44 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 · 0 parcels The zoning objective in the plan - S3CI - Community Infrastructure (Community facilities)
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
2 Jul 2026Request additional information
The development will consist of: The installation of a metal clad d
Permission · Fingal County Council, F26A/0578E
20 May 2026Grant permission
The proposed development comprises of an attic conversion consisting o
Permission · Fingal County Council, F26A/0410E
19 Mar 2026Refuse permission
The development will consist of: The proposed construction of a new se
Permission · Fingal County Council, F26A/0203E
19 Dec 2025Refuse permission
The development will consist of the construction of 4 no. two-storey 4
Permission · Fingal County Council, F25A/1196E
11 Sept 2025Grant permission
Planning permission for a single storey extension to the rear, raising
Permission · Fingal County Council, F25A/0834E
5 Sept 2025Invalid application
A single storey extension to the rear, raising the roof level of exist
Permission · Fingal County Council, F25A/0813E
14 Aug 2025Grant permission
Permission is sought for work to 'Ceuta' 29
Permission · Fingal County Council, F25A/0743E
10 Jul 2025Grant permission
Planning Permission is sought for the construction of a standalone sin
Permission · Fingal County Council, F25A/0623E
10 Jul 2025Grant permission
Planning Permission is sought works to the Clubhouse comprising modifi
Permission · Fingal County Council, F25A/0622E
2 Jul 2025Invalid application
Works to the Clubhouse comprising modifications to the existing clubho
Permission · Fingal County Council, F25A/0591E
2 Jul 2025Invalid application
Planning Permission for the construction of a standalone single storey
Permission · Fingal County Council, F25A/0592E
7 Mar 2025Grant permission
The development will consist of alterations to the front façade of the
Permission · Fingal County Council, F25A/0187E
4 Mar 2025Invalid application
The development will consist of alterations to the front façade of the
Permission · Fingal County Council, F25A/0172E
14 Nov 2024Grant permission
Planning application for an elevated extension at first floor to provi
Permission · Fingal County Council, F24A/1012E
10 Oct 2024Grant permission
The development will consist /consists of first floor extension to rea
Permission · Fingal County Council, F24A/0900E
13 Sept 2024Withdraw application
Planning application for an elevated extension at first floor to provi
Permission · Fingal County Council, F24A/0828E
11 Sept 2024Grant permission
Relocation of the previously permitted vehicular entrance to Sutton St
Permission · Fingal County Council, F24A/0822E
2 Sept 2024Invalid application
Planning permission for a two storey extension to South elevation, sin
Permission · Fingal County Council, F24A/0785
22 Jul 2024Refuse permission
First floor extension to rear of property
Permission · Fingal County Council, F24A/0653
20 Jun 2024Grant permission
The development will consist of the conversion of the existing attic s
Permission · Fingal County Council, F24A/0552
23 Apr 2024Grant permission
Permission for a two storey extension to East elevation, single and t
Permission · Fingal County Council, F24A/0369
10 Apr 2024Invalid application
Planning Permission for a two-storey extension to East elevation, sing
Permission · Fingal County Council, F24A/0322
19 Mar 2024Grant permission
Planning permission for the following:
Permission · Fingal County Council, F24A/0244
24 Nov 2023Grant permission
Construction of a first floor mono pitched bedroom en-suite extension
Permission · Fingal County Council, F23B/0121
31 May 2023Grant permission & grant retention
Retention of a single storey boat storage shed/garage (57 sqm) to the
Permission and retention · Fingal County Council, F23A/0088
The 25 most recent of over 100 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
- Special Area of Conservation: Howth Head SAC 000202
- Special Area of Conservation: North Dublin Bay SAC 000206
- Special Protection Area: North Bull Island SPA 004006
- Proposed Natural Heritage Area: Howth Head 000202
- Proposed Natural Heritage Area: North Dublin Bay 000206
Recorded monuments
- DU015-031004 Cross
Description
There is a plain granite cross with short flat arms in the second graveyard S of church (dims. H 0.60m, T 0.13m) (Cochrane 1893, 386-396). Located within southwestern addition to cemetery within a sea of crosses and headstones. In danger of being encroached by vegetation from adjoining graveplots. Compiled by: Geraldine Stout Updated by: Christine Baker Date of upload: 27 January 2015
Architectural heritage
- Saint Fintan's Cemetery, graveyard/cemetery, 1905–2000 · Regional interest
Description
Cemetery, opened 1907, with various cut-stone markers. Rubble granite and limestone boundary with castellated coping.
- Aisling, house, 1935–1940 · Regional interest
Description
Detached six-bay two-storey International style house, built 1936, with flat roof, balcony and projecting end bay. Flanked by single-storey garages.
- House, 1800–1830 · Regional interest
Description
Group of five houses including pair of three-bay two-storey houses (north); pair of two-bay two-storey houses; and five-bay single-storey over raised basement house (south). ROOF: M-profile; slate; newly rendered chimney; octagonal terracotta chimney pots; terracotta ridge tiles. WALLS: Nap rendered OPENINGS: Square-headed; rendered reveals; granite cills; original Wyatt timber sash windows; segmental headed plaster door surround with console brackets; timber panelled door; carriage arch to right with timber panelled double doors. 23-25A are labelled as "Byron's Hotel" on the Ordnance Survey County Dublin Sheet 15 and adjoin an unnamed house but, following subdivision, the houses are now named Cuannamara [22]; Byron Lodge [23]; Shakespears [sic] Villa [24]; La Vista [25] and Byron House [25A].
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 moderately high, moderately low, 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_3353 (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 Sutton North with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Dublin.
The townland
- Name
- Sutton North · Cill Fhionntain Thuaidh
- Area
- 460,946 m² (46.09 ha, 113.9 acres)
- Civil parish
- Howth, and its townlands
- Barony
- Coolock
- Electoral division
- Howth, the unit of the census
- Census 2022
- Howth electoral division: 8,399 people in 3,126 households; 85% of households own their home; 13% of homes were built since 2001; 7% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 2% were holiday homes.
- Neighbouring townlands
- Burrow, Howth, Howth Demesne, Sutton South
- Placenames
- Sutton North 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.