Westmanstown
Townland in the civil parish of Leixlip, barony of Newcastle, Co. Dublin; in Irish Baile an Bhaspailigh
- Area
- 176.6 ha
- 436 acres
- Land parcels
- 76
- registered freehold, median 1,937 m²
- Zoning
- G3
- HA - High Amenity
- Planning
- 35
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
76 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Westmanstown, from 21 m² to 192,991 m² (19.3 ha, 47.69 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 16 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
- G3HA - High Amenity (Conservation, amenity or buffer space, corridor/belt, landscape)
The Fingal Development Plan 2023 – 2029, Fingal · 59 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 · 21 parcels The zoning objective in the plan - G4OS - Open Space (Active open space)
The Fingal Development Plan 2023 – 2029, Fingal · 3 parcels The zoning objective in the plan - G3HA-LV (Conservation, amenity or buffer space, corridor/belt, landscape)
South Dublin County Development Plan 2022-2028, South Dublin · 2 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
4 Sept 2026Registration
The development will consist of new concrete hard standing to the rear
Permission · Fingal County Council, FW26A/0341E
25 Aug 2026Referral
a detached, single storey ‘Positive Ageing Wellness Centre’ (floor are
Permission · Fingal County Council, FW26A/0331E
13 May 2026Grant permission
We, Vanisland Limited, intend to apply for planning permission for a c
Permission · Fingal County Council, FW26A/0196E
9 Mar 2026Grant permission & grant retention
Permission for the change of use of an existing agricultural gate to v
Permission and retention · Fingal County Council, FW26A/0091E
3 Mar 2026Invalid application
Permission for the change of use of existing agricultural gate to vehi
Permission and retention · Fingal County Council, FW26A/0076E
31 Jan 2026Grant permission
Planning Permission for a stand-alone illuminated main ID totem sign c
Permission · Fingal County Council, FW26A/0041E
17 Oct 2025Grant permission
The development will consist of alterations to an existing house inclu
Permission · Fingal County Council, FW25A/0452E
8 Oct 2025Grant permission
The development will consist of a single storey modular multifunctiona
Permission · Fingal County Council, FW25A/0445E
26 Sept 2025Grant permission
Full Planning Permission for the construction of 2 no. Padel tennis co
Permission · Fingal County Council, FW25A/0420E
1 May 2025Grant permission & grant retention
Application for planning permission for retention of a single storey s
Permission and retention · Fingal County Council, FW25A/0187E
15 Apr 2025Invalid application
The development will consist / consists of: Application for planning p
Permission and retention · Fingal County Council, FW25A/0158E
6 Nov 2023Grant permission
The developmentb will consist of the construction of a bespoke twin sl
Permission · Fingal County Council, FW23A/0335
6 Sept 2023Grant outline permission
Outline planning permission for development to consist of a two storey
Outline permission · Fingal County Council, FW23A/0265
24 Jan 2023Invalid application due to site notice
The development will consist of the erection of 10 no. pitch lights ar
Permission · Fingal County Council, FW23A/0017
24 Sept 2021Refuse outline permission
Outline permission for two storey sports clubhouse, total floor area 6
Outline permission · Fingal County Council, FW21A/0033
24 Feb 2021Grant permission
Alterations to previously approved planning permission FW19A/0206 (con
Permission · Fingal County Council, FW21A/0037
24 Dec 2020Grant permission
The development will consist of 12no. 2 bedroom semi-detached independ
Permission · Fingal County Council, FW20A/0222
9 Sept 2020Grant permission
Construction of part two storey and part single storey rear extension
Permission · Fingal County Council, FW20B/0077
27 Apr 2020Grant permission
The proposed development will consist of part demolition (c.90m2) of t
Permission · Fingal County Council, FW20A/0065
2 Apr 2020Grant permission
Construction of proposed extensions to rear and side of existing dwell
Permission · Fingal County Council, FW19A/0206
4 Sept 2019Grant permission
Erection of a 70 Kw 600 m2 ground-mounted photovoltaic array adjacent
Permission · Fingal County Council, FW19A/0073
2 Jul 2019Grant permission & grant retention
Retention for change of use from creche facility on ground floor to le
Permission and retention · Fingal County Council, FW19A/0115
17 Apr 2018Grant permission for retention
Retention of the existing 15 metre high monopole telecommunications
Retention · Fingal County Council, FW18A/0053
24 Jan 2018Grant permission
The development will consist of part two storey rear extension interna
Permission · Fingal County Council, FW18A/0014
14 Jul 2017Grant permission
The development will consist of the demolition of existing single stor
Permission · Fingal County Council, FW17A/0124
The 25 most recent of 35 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
- Proposed Natural Heritage Area: Liffey Valley 000128
- Proposed Natural Heritage Area: Royal Canal 002103
Recorded monuments
- DU013-047 Ring-ditch
Description
Situated in flat terrain, in a field directly adjacent to the Royal Canal, with views restricted to adjacent fields, is a very regular ring-ditch (overall diam. 9m). The circular interior is enclosed by a continuous ring-ditch and probably represents a levelled barrow. The monument was reported by Jean-Charles Caillère and was identified from Google Earth imagery visible on the 7 May 2019. Compiled by: Margaret Keane Uploaded on: 7 May 2019
Architectural heritage
- Anna Liffey Mills, gate lodge, 1830–1860 · Regional interest
Description
Detached three bay single-storey gate lodge, c.1850. Smooth rendered walls with segmental-headed openings, some blocked. Timber casement windows with external steel bars, timber panelled double-leaf door with architrave surround. Hipped slate roof, terracotta ridge tiles, central brick chimney stack. Painted gate piers, probably rendered, with cast-iron gates. House currently unoccupied.
- Westmanstown House, house, 1820–1850 · Regional interest
Description
Detached three-bay two-storey over basement house, c.1830, with central Ionic doorcase approached by granite steps. Two-bay single-storey extension to south-west gable, c.1980. Rubble stone coach house and outbuildings to north-west.ROOF: Concealed by granite parapet; U-plan double pitched roof; asbestos cement tiles; terracotta ridge tiles; rendered chimneys; slates to bow; slate roof to hipped canted bay; cast-iron rainwater goods. WALLS: Rough cast render; nap rendered plinth. OPENINGS: Square headed; patent reveals; granite cills; Wyatt windows to ground and first floors; timber replacement casements to basements; timber casements to rear; ionic stone doorcase with leaded side lights; original panelled doors.
- Collins' Bridge, bridge, 1900–1905 · Regional interest
Description
Single-arch limestone road bridge over canal, built 1904, with oval limestone name and date plaque above arch.
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 high, 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_3002 (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 Westmanstown with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Dublin.
The townland
- Name
- Westmanstown · Baile an Bhaspailigh
- Area
- 1,766,259 m² (176.63 ha, 436.45 acres)
- Civil parish
- Leixlip, and its townlands
- Barony
- Newcastle
- Electoral division
- Lucan North, the unit of the census
- Census 2022
- Lucan North electoral division: 1,765 people in 477 households; 84% of households own their home; 76% of homes were built since 2001; 2% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 0% were holiday homes.
- Neighbouring townlands
- Allenswood, Barberstown, Barnhill, Coldblow, Laraghcon, Passifyoucan, St. Edmondsbury, Woodlands
- Placenames
- Westmanstown 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.