Wimbletown
Townland in the civil parish of Lusk, barony of Balrothery East, Co. Dublin; in Irish Baile Uimbil
- Area
- 148.7 ha
- 367 acres
- Land parcels
- 107
- registered freehold, median 3,029 m² (0.3 ha, 0.75 acres)
- Zoning
- P1
- RU - Rural
- Planning
- 42
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
107 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Wimbletown, from 10 m² to 273,753 m² (27.38 ha, 67.65 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 37 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
- P1RU - Rural (Agriculture)
The Fingal Development Plan 2023 – 2029, Fingal · 90 parcels The zoning objective in the plan - R3RC - Rural Cluster (Residential, mixed residential and other uses)
The Fingal Development Plan 2023 – 2029, Fingal · 35 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
16 Jul 2026Recommendation review
“We, Patricia and Daniel McGill, intend to apply for Retention Permiss
Permission and retention · Fingal County Council, F26A/0633E
13 Jul 2026Invalid application
We, Patricia and Daniel McGill, intend to apply for Retention Permissi
Retention · Fingal County Council, F26A/0613E
21 May 2026Request additional information
The development will consist of a bungalow dwelling with detached gara
Permission · Fingal County Council, F26A/0416E
27 Mar 2026Refuse permission & refuse retention
1/ Retention for demolition of existing dwelling house, and constructi
Permission and retention · Fingal County Council, F26A/0250E
4 Feb 2026Refuse permission
Permission is sought for the construction of a detached 2-storey dwell
Permission · Fingal County Council, F26A/0069E
7 Nov 2025Invalid application
Planning permission is sought for: 1/ Retention for demolition of exi
Permission and retention · Fingal County Council, F25A/1029E
4 Jun 2025Refuse permission
The construction of a ground and first floor extension to an existing
Permission · Fingal County Council, F25A/0488E
9 May 2025Grant permission
The development will consist of a dormer style dwelling, advanced wast
Permission · Fingal County Council, F25A/0408E
6 Dec 2024Grant permission
The development will consist of the following: 1. The construction of
Permission · Fingal County Council, F24A/1096E
3 Dec 2024Invalid application
The development will consist of the following: 1. The construction of
Permission · Fingal County Council, F24A/1076E
7 May 2024Grant permission
The development will consist of the construction of a two-storey detac
Permission · Fingal County Council, F24A/0077
26 Apr 2024Withdraw application
The development will consist of
Permission · Fingal County Council, F24A/0388
19 Apr 2024Invalid application
The development will consist of a bungalow dwelling with detached gara
Permission · Fingal County Council, F24A/0357
21 Dec 2023Grant permission
Permission is requested for a new one and a half storey detached dwell
Permission · Fingal County Council, F23A/0538
29 Jun 2023Grant permission
The development will consist of the following; (A) the construction of
Permission · Fingal County Council, F22A/0653
29 Nov 2022Grant permission
The development of grid connection infrastructure to connect the appro
Permission · Fingal County Council, F22A/0365
16 Nov 2022Grant permission
New detached two storey house dwelling along with wastewater treatment
Permission · Fingal County Council, F22A/0314
28 Jul 2022Grant permission
Amendments to the approved solar photovoltaic ("PV")
Permission · Fingal County Council, F22A/0386
25 May 2021Grant permission
Permission for single storey extension to side & rear of existing dwel
Permission · Fingal County Council, F21B/0202
18 Dec 2020Refuse permission & refuse retention
Retention for demolition of existing dwelling house, and construction
Permission and retention · Fingal County Council, F20A/0669
19 Oct 2020Grant permission
Permission for an amendment to the previously permitted residential de
Permission · Fingal County Council, F20A/0519
21 Sept 2020Refuse permission
The development will consist of the construction of a two storey dwel
Permission · Fingal County Council, F20A/0468
24 Jun 2020Grant permission
Domestic garage
Permission · Fingal County Council, F20B/0132
25 Sept 2018Grant permission
A) The demolition of existing 8 m² conservatory extension to side of e
Permission · Fingal County Council, F18B/0082
18 Jul 2018Grant permission
Permission for detached garage subsequent to previously approved F094A
Permission · Fingal County Council, F18B/0199
The 25 most recent of 42 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
No designated site (Special Area of Conservation, Special Protection Area, Natural Heritage Area or proposed one) touches the townland of Wimbletown.
Recorded monuments
No recorded monument lies in the townland of Wimbletown.
Architectural heritage
No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands in the townland of Wimbletown.
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
- No LiDAR survey of the Office of Public Works covers the centre of the townland of Wimbletown.
- 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 Wimbletown with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Dublin.
The townland
- Name
- Wimbletown · Baile Uimbil
- Area
- 1,486,982 m² (148.7 ha, 367.44 acres)
- Civil parish
- Lusk, and its townlands
- Barony
- Balrothery East
- Electoral division
- Lusk, the unit of the census
- Census 2022
- Lusk electoral division: 10,774 people in 3,341 households; 78% of households own their home; 62% of homes were built since 2001; 4% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 0% were holiday homes.
- Neighbouring townlands
- Annsbrook, Bettyville, Broomfield, Irishtown, Johnstown, Knightstown, Mainscourt, Roscall
- Placenames
- Wimbletown 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.