Commons
Commons is a townland in the civil parish of Santry, barony of Coolock, Co. Dublin. Its name in Irish is An Coimín.
Parcel 1806762
- Area
- 55,618 m² (5.56 ha, 13.74 acres)
- Buildings
- 2 buildings touch it. Their footprint covers 28 m².
- Zoning
- N1.3 DA - Dublin Airport (The Fingal Development Plan 2023 – 2029) The objective
- Townland
- Commons
Planning applications on this parcel
6 Feb 2025App withdrawn as no ai recd in 6 months
: In accordance with Section 34B of the Planning and Development Act,
Permission · Fingal County Council, F25A/0094E
20 Dec 2024Invalid application
In accordance with Section 34B of the Planning and Development Act, 20
Permission · Fingal County Council, F24A/1178E
27 Jun 2024Grant permission
in the townlands of Pickardstown, Coultry, Huntsown, Forrest Green, Fo
Permission · Fingal County Council, F23A/0636
15 Dec 2023Sai consultees
The proposed development relates to the entirety of the Airport
Permission · Fingal County Council, F23A/0781
28 Mar 2023Grant permission
The development is a modification to a previous permission for Airsid
Permission · Fingal County Council, F23A/0121
8 Feb 2023Withdraw application
The proposed development subject of modification will consist of : i.
Permission · Fingal County Council, F23A/0039
21 Sept 2021Grant permission
A proposed development comprising the taking of a ‘relevant action’ on
Permission · Fingal County Council, F20A/0668
14 Dec 2015Grant permission
Providing a twin feeder, aviation fuel, underground, hydrant pipeline
Permission · Fingal County Council, F15A/0580
28 Jul 2015Grant permission
Permission for development of 1. Providing a hard standing area (1,289
Permission · Fingal County Council, F15A/0234
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
- At the centre of this parcel, about 1 in 20 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels. Testing a home
- Landslides
- The 1:50,000 map rates the landslide susceptibility here as low.
- Terrain model
- LiDAR of the Office of Public Works, flown in 2011, at 2 m: tile OPW_3229 (ZIP).
- Flooding
- The Office of Public Works publishes its flood maps on floodinfo.ie.
Radon Risk Map of Ireland, Environmental Protection Agency, and Landslide Susceptibility Classification, Geological Survey Ireland, both under 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 as DXF, in Irish Transverse Mercator metres, with its neighbours and buildings, for a drawing program. GeoJSON, in WGS 84, suits a map, and KML opens in 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
- 11.8 ha
- 29 acres
- Land parcels
- 4
- registered freehold, median 26,482 m² (2.65 ha, 6.54 acres)
- Zoning
- N1.3
- DA - Dublin Airport
- Planning
- 15
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
4 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Commons, from 8,705 m² (0.87 ha, 2.15 acres) to 55,618 m² (5.56 ha, 13.74 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 13 neighbouring parcels touch it.
Download the townland as DXF, in Irish Transverse Mercator metres, with its boundary, parcels and buildings, or as GeoJSON or KML.
Zoning
Development plans, national zoning
- N1.3DA - Dublin Airport (Airport)
The Fingal Development Plan 2023 – 2029, Fingal · 12 parcels The zoning objective in the plan - C2.1GE - General Employment (Industrial, enterprise, employment)
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
22 Dec 2025Grant time ext (3 months) ai
Planning Permission for lands within and to the East of Dublin Airport
Permission · Fingal County Council, F25A/1210E
6 Feb 2025App withdrawn as no ai recd in 6 months
: In accordance with Section 34B of the Planning and Development Act,
Permission · Fingal County Council, F25A/0094E
20 Dec 2024Invalid application
In accordance with Section 34B of the Planning and Development Act, 20
Permission · Fingal County Council, F24A/1178E
27 Jun 2024Grant permission
in the townlands of Pickardstown, Coultry, Huntsown, Forrest Green, Fo
Permission · Fingal County Council, F23A/0636
15 Dec 2023Sai consultees
The proposed development relates to the entirety of the Airport
Permission · Fingal County Council, F23A/0781
28 Mar 2023Grant permission
The development is a modification to a previous permission for Airsid
Permission · Fingal County Council, F23A/0121
8 Feb 2023Withdraw application
The proposed development subject of modification will consist of : i.
Permission · Fingal County Council, F23A/0039
8 Jun 2022Grant permission
The construction of two new 2.5m high draft lobbies at the entrance do
Permission · Fingal County Council, F22A/0288
21 Sept 2021Grant permission
A proposed development comprising the taking of a ‘relevant action’ on
Permission · Fingal County Council, F20A/0668
11 Sept 2019Grant permission
The development will consist of i. Animal Welfare Facility - a single
Permission · Fingal County Council, F19A/0426
23 Aug 2019Refuse permission
Demolition of all existing structures on the site which have a total g
Permission · Fingal County Council, F19A/0026
29 Mar 2018Grant permission & grant retention
Permission for the installation of 1 no. ecolation unit, associated in
Permission and retention · Fingal County Council, F17A/0244
14 Dec 2015Grant permission
Providing a twin feeder, aviation fuel, underground, hydrant pipeline
Permission · Fingal County Council, F15A/0580
28 Jul 2015Grant permission
Permission for development of 1. Providing a hard standing area (1,289
Permission · Fingal County Council, F15A/0234
17 Oct 2014Grant permission
The construction of a new crematorium consisting of a sub-divisible co
Permission · Fingal County Council, F14A/0216
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 Commons.
Recorded monuments
No recorded monument lies in the townland of Commons.
Architectural heritage
No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands in the townland of Commons.
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
- At the centre of the townland of Commons, about 1 in 20 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels. Testing a home
- Landslides
- The 1:50,000 map rates the landslide susceptibility here as low.
- Terrain model
- LiDAR of the Office of Public Works, flown in 2011, at 2 m: tile OPW_3229 (ZIP).
- Flooding
- The Office of Public Works publishes its flood maps on floodinfo.ie.
Radon Risk Map of Ireland, Environmental Protection Agency, and Landslide Susceptibility Classification, Geological Survey Ireland, both under 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 Commons with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Dublin.
The townland
- Name
- Commons · An Coimín
- Area
- 117,690 m² (11.77 ha, 29.08 acres)
- Civil parish
- Santry, and its townlands
- Barony
- Coolock
- Electoral division
- Airport, the unit of the census
- Census 2022
- 6,152 people lived in 1,939 households in the Airport electoral division. 24% of households owned their home. 94% of homes were built since 2001. 5% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 0% were holiday homes.
- Neighbouring townlands
- Cloghran, Collinstown, Corballis, Dardistown, Toberbunny
- Placenames
- Commons 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.