Windmill Lands
Townland in the civil parish of Swords, barony of Nethercross, Co. Dublin; in Irish Fearann an Mhuilinn Ghaoithe
Parcel 1793496
- Area
- 183 m²
- Buildings
- 2 buildings touch it, 76 m² on the ground
- Zoning
- R2 RS - Residential (The Fingal Development Plan 2023 – 2029) The objective
- Townland
- Windmill Lands
Planning applications on this parcel
9 Sept 2024Grant permission
Planning permission is sought for attic conversion, raising of gable e
Permission · Fingal County Council, F24A/0808E
Source: National Planning Applications, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, CC BY 4.0. Applicants are not shown.
Designated sites
No designated site (Special Area of Conservation, Special Protection Area, Natural Heritage Area or proposed one) touches this parcel.
Recorded monuments around it
No zone of notification of a recorded monument touches this parcel.
Architectural heritage
No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands on this parcel.
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
- About 1 in 20 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels. Testing a home
- Landslides
- Susceptibility low, on the 1:50,000 map.
- Terrain model
- No LiDAR survey of the Office of Public Works covers the centre of this parcel.
- 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.
Download this parcel: DXF, in Irish Transverse Mercator metres, with its neighbours and buildings, for a drawing program; GeoJSON, in WGS 84, for a map; KML, for Google Earth.
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann, CC BY 4.0. A parcel is the land of a title, not an address. The owner's name is in the Land Registry of Tailte Éireann: a copy of the folio can be ordered on landdirect.ie, for a fee.
- Area
- 64.2 ha
- 159 acres
- Land parcels
- 705
- registered freehold, median 234 m²
- Zoning
- R2
- RS - Residential
- Planning
- 93
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
705 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Windmill Lands, from 1 m² to 69,957 m² (7 ha, 17.29 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 54 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 · 687 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 · 33 parcels The zoning objective in the plan - G4OS - Open Space (Active open space)
The Fingal Development Plan 2023 – 2029, Fingal · 7 parcels The zoning objective in the plan - S3CI - Community Infrastructure (Community facilities)
The Fingal Development Plan 2023 – 2029, Fingal · 6 parcels The zoning objective in the plan - M4MC - Major Town Centre (Built up area)
The Fingal Development Plan 2023 – 2029, Fingal · 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
28 Jun 2026Grant permission
A single-storey extension to the side of the existing dwelling and ass
Permission · Fingal County Council, F26A/0559E
15 Jun 2026Grant permission
Planning Permission for 2 Storey side extension with pitched/hipped ro
Permission · Fingal County Council, F26A/0505E
26 Mar 2026Grant permission
Extension to existing house to include (a) construction of first floor
Permission · Fingal County Council, F26A/0246E
20 Mar 2026Invalid application
Extension to existing house to include (a) construction of first floor
Permission · Fingal County Council, F26A/0211E
9 Mar 2026Invalid application
Permission for extension to existing house to include (a) construction
Permission · Fingal County Council, F26A/0166E
11 Feb 2026Grant permission
Planning Permission for the construction of a dormer window to the rea
Permission · Fingal County Council, F26A/0096E
5 Dec 2025Grant permission
Planning Permission is being sought by Graham and Gemma Morris to cons
Permission · Fingal County Council, F25A/1132E
11 Nov 2025Invalid application
Planning Permission is being sought to construct a single-storey side
Permission · Fingal County Council, F25A/1044E
13 Jan 2025Grant permission
(1) the construction of a new 4 bedroom 2 storey dormer bungalow dwell
Permission · Fingal County Council, F25A/0018E
8 Jan 2025Grant permission
Permission to demolish single storey rear extension and construct
Permission · Fingal County Council, F25A/0006
21 May 2024Grant permission
Permission sought for change
Permission · Fingal County Council, F24A/0458
19 Apr 2024Grant permission
Permission for the construction of
Permission · Fingal County Council, F24A/0113
19 Mar 2024App withdrawn as no ai recd in 6 months
Planning permission for the following: (1) Alterations to existing hou
Permission · Fingal County Council, F24A/0243
11 Jan 2024Grant permission
Full planning permission
Permission · Fingal County Council, F24A/0010
15 Aug 2023Grant permission
The development will consist of the demolition of the
Permission · Fingal County Council, F23A/0112
25 May 2023Grant permission
For permission for development at this site 28 Brackenstown Avenue, Sw
Permission · Fingal County Council, F23A/0279
25 Apr 2023Grant permission & grant retention
Retention and full permission for an existing single-storey extension
Permission and retention · Fingal County Council, F23A/0196
28 Mar 2023Refuse permission
The development will consist of the demolition of an existing single s
Permission · Fingal County Council, F23A/0116
20 Dec 2022Grant permission & grant retention
Permission and Rention Permission for development at this site no. 1
Permission and retention · Fingal County Council, F22A/0706
6 Oct 2022Grant permission
Permission sought to demolish existing porch to front, to provide new
Permission · Fingal County Council, F22A/0225
30 Sept 2022Grant permission
Single storey extension of rear garden structure to accommodate a new
Permission · Fingal County Council, F22B/0203
31 Aug 2022Grant permission
Planning permission is sought for 3 no. skylights on front (West) roof
Permission · Fingal County Council, F22B/0185
28 Jul 2022Refuse permission
(A) Change of use from glass works industrial unit to a veterinary cli
Permission · Fingal County Council, F22A/0385
5 Apr 2022Grant permission - decision by abp
Permission refused for a strategic housing development on on 28th July
Strategic housing development · Fingal County Council, SHD/013/21
2 Dec 2021Grant permission
The construction of a single storey ground floor extension to the rear
Permission · Fingal County Council, F21B/0393
The 25 most recent of 93 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 Windmill Lands.
Recorded monuments
- DU011-033 Windmill
Description
Located on raised grassland North of the Ward River.This windmill is shown on Rocques map (1760) (Ní Ghabhláin 1987, 114). It is marked as 'windmill stump' on the 1st edition OS 6-inch map. Site now built over with a housing estate. Compiled by: Geraldine Stout Updated by: Christine Baker Date of upload: 05 January 2015
- DU011-034019 Ring-ditch
Description
Identified by geophysical survey (Licence no. 13R075) and confirmed by test excavation (Licence no. 13E0267) this monument consists of a circular ditch (c. 20m) with an entrance to the east. Truncated by the widening of Church road to the south, the ditch (c. 2m wide) is associated with pits and areas of burning both internally and externally. Two ditches c. 30m to the N and E of the ring ditch may form an associated enclosing element (O’Donovan 2013, 29). Compiled by: Christine Baker Date of upload: 4 February 2015
- DU011-034020 Midden
Description
Test excavation (Licence no. 08E0058) was undertaken in advance of a proposed development on lands immediately S of Church road which forms part of St Colmcille’s ecclesiastical enclosure (DU011-034002). It revealed two shell middens associated with a fragment of worked antler which were identified and interpreted as indicative of occupation in the early medieval period (Myles 2008, 11). Compiled by: Christine Baker Date of upload: 4 February 2015
- DU011-090 Burial
Description
In 1999 a human skull was exposed in the bank of the Ward river. This lay within an extensive midden that was exposed for at least c. 40m along the riverbank. The articulated remains of six individuals were discovered associated with late 13th and early 14th century pottery (Brady, & Kelleher 2000, 94). In 2020 erosion of the riverbank exposed further skeletal material c.4m south-west. A trench measuring c.7sq m was opened, centred on an exposed skeleton which was fully excavated. This was a juvenile skeleton aged between 9-11 years at time of death. A radiocarbon date of 1045-1225calAD (UBA-43540, 883±29 BP) was returned. Another burial was partially exposed and preserved in situ. Two possible grave cuts with no associated surface bone present were also recorded and preserved in situ (McCormick 2020). Geophysical survey (20R0098) was undertaken in an attempt to define the extent of the site but did not yield any useful results. The exposed riverbank has been subject to protection works funded by the Community Monuments Fund 2021. Compiled by: Geraldine Stout Revised by: Christine Baker Date of revised upload: 8 November 2021
Architectural heritage
- House, 1810–1830 · Regional interest
Description
Detached five-bay three-storey rubble stone built house, c.1820, on a T-shaped plan with single-bay three-storey return to rear. Re-roofed and refenestrated, c.1980.ROOF: Double-pitched; replacement fibre-cement tiles; concrete ridge tiles; roughcast over red brick chimney stacks; red clay pots; cast-iron rainwater goods. WALLS: Random coursed rubble stone to front elevation; roughcast to side elevations and return; unpainted. OPENINGS: Shallow segmental-headed openings; granite sills; red brick dressings; replacement timber casement windows; replacement timber panelled door.
- Glenview House, house, 1820–1840 · Regional interest
Description
Detached three-bay two-storey over part-raised basement house, c.1830, retaining original fenestration to ground floor. Central entrance approached by flight of steps, and single-bay single-storey canted bay windows to basement level. Renovated and extended to rear, c.1960, comprising two-bay two-story flat-roofed return. Partly refenestrated, c.1990, with first floor window opening remodelled.ROOF: Hipped; slate; concrete ridge tiles; nap rendered chimney stack to centre; overhanging timber eaves consoles; cast-iron rainwater goods; flat-roof to return. WALLS: Nap rendered; painted; raised nap rendered quoins to corners. OPENINGS: Segmental headed window openings to ground floor within segmental headed relieving arches; concrete sills; vermiculated keystones; 6/6 timber sash windows; replacement timber windows, to basement level; square headed openings to first floor; remodelled, c.1990; concrete sills; replacement uPVC windows; square headed door opening with segmental-headed relieving arch; replacement timber panelled door; fanlight within rectangular frame; prostyle diastyle open gable-fronted portico, c.1990, added to front.
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
- No LiDAR survey of the Office of Public Works covers the centre of the townland of Windmill Lands.
- 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 Windmill Lands with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Dublin.
The townland
- Name
- Windmill Lands · Fearann an Mhuilinn Ghaoithe
- Area
- 641,957 m² (64.2 ha, 158.63 acres)
- Civil parish
- Swords, and its townlands
- Barony
- Nethercross
- Electoral division
- Swords-Glasmore, the unit of the census
- Census 2022
- Swords-Glasmore electoral division: 7,674 people in 2,481 households; 78% of households own their home; 12% of homes were built since 2001; 4% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 0% were holiday homes.
- Neighbouring townlands
- Brazil, Commons West, Forrestfields, Hilltown, Miltonsfields, Mooretown, Newtown, Swords Glebe, Townparks
- Placenames
- Windmill Lands 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.