Kingstown
Kingstown is a townland in the civil parish of St. Margarets, barony of Coolock, Co. Dublin. Its name in Irish is Baile an Rí.
Parcel 1833528
- Area
- 187,653 m² (18.77 ha, 46.37 acres)
- Buildings
- No building touches it.
- Zoning
- C2.1 FP - Food Park (The Fingal Development Plan 2023 – 2029) The objective
G3 GB - Green Belt (The Fingal Development Plan 2023 – 2029) The objective - Townland
- Kingstown
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6 Feb 2025App withdrawn as no ai recd in 6 months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 Sept 2024Grant permission & grant retention
The development will consist of Retention permission for 1) Truck wa
Permission and retention · Fingal County Council, FW24A/0396E
15 Dec 2023Sai consultees
The proposed development relates to the entirety of the Airport
Permission · Fingal County Council, F23A/0781
31 May 2023Grant permission
The development will consist of changes to previously granted temperat
Permission · Fingal County Council, FW23A/0161
4 May 2023Invalid application due to site notice
The development will consist of
Permission · Fingal County Council, FW23A/0121
10 Oct 2022Grant permission
The development will consist of a new temperature-controlled warehouse
Permission · Fingal County Council, FW22A/0136
19 Aug 2022Grant permission & grant retention
The development subject to Retention Permission consists of amendments
Permission and retention · Fingal County Council, FW22A/0179
4 Dec 2020Grant permission & grant retention
The development will comprise the provision of a food processing wareh
Permission and retention · Fingal County Council, FW20A/0202
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
- No LiDAR survey of the Office of Public Works covers the centre of this parcel.
- 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
- 79.1 ha
- 195 acres
- Land parcels
- 12
- registered freehold, median 22,272 m² (2.23 ha, 5.5 acres)
- Zoning
- C2.1
- FP - Food Park
- Planning
- 30
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
12 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Kingstown, from 2,145 m² (0.21 ha, 0.53 acres) to 227,852 m² (22.79 ha, 56.3 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 12 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
- C2.1FP - Food Park (Industrial, enterprise, employment)
The Fingal Development Plan 2023 – 2029, Fingal · 9 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 · 8 parcels The zoning objective in the plan - N1.3DA - Dublin Airport (Airport)
The Fingal Development Plan 2023 – 2029, Fingal · 6 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
11 Aug 2026Referral
Planning Permission for alterations to development previously approved
Permission and retention · Fingal County Council, FW26A/0318E
2 Apr 2026Grant permission & grant retention
The development consists / will consist of the following:
Permission and retention · Fingal County Council, FW26A/0132
6 Nov 2025Grant permission
The development will consist of a designated EV charging hub and acces
Permission · Fingal County Council, FW25A/0474
15 Aug 2025Refuse permission & refuse retention
1. Retention permission is sought for :
Permission and retention · Fingal County Council, FW25A/0343
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 Sept 2024Grant permission & grant retention
The development will consist of Retention permission for 1) Truck wa
Permission and retention · Fingal County Council, FW24A/0396E
15 Dec 2023Sai consultees
The proposed development relates to the entirety of the Airport
Permission · Fingal County Council, F23A/0781
26 Jun 2023Grant permission
The proposed development comprises of a temporary permission (for a pe
Permission · Fingal County Council, F23A/0375
31 May 2023Grant permission
The development will consist of changes to previously granted temperat
Permission · Fingal County Council, FW23A/0161
17 May 2023Grant permission for retention
Planning permission for the retention
Retention · Fingal County Council, FW23A/0143
4 May 2023Invalid application due to site notice
The development will consist of
Permission · Fingal County Council, FW23A/0121
20 Feb 2023Grant permission for retention
Keelings UC intend to apply for planning permission for the retention
Retention · Fingal County Council, FW23A/0031
10 Oct 2022Grant permission
The development will consist of a new temperature-controlled warehouse
Permission · Fingal County Council, FW22A/0136
19 Aug 2022Grant permission & grant retention
The development subject to Retention Permission consists of amendments
Permission and retention · Fingal County Council, FW22A/0179
10 Dec 2021Grant permission
Development of 1 no. single storey CNG (compressed natural gas) compre
Permission · Fingal County Council, FW21A/0136
4 Oct 2021Grant permission
The development will comprise the construction of a warehouse
Permission · Fingal County Council, FW21A/0187
21 Sept 2021Grant permission
A proposed development comprising the taking of a ‘relevant action’ on
Permission · Fingal County Council, F20A/0668
5 Jul 2021Grant permission & grant retention
Amendments to previously approved permission FW19A/0215 &
Permission and retention · Fingal County Council, FW21A/0122
4 Dec 2020Grant permission & grant retention
The development will comprise the provision of a food processing wareh
Permission and retention · Fingal County Council, FW20A/0202
12 May 2020Grant permission
A Phase II extension to an existing single storey portal frame tempera
Permission · Fingal County Council, FW19A/0215
8 Apr 2020Grant permission
The development will consist of proposed new signage to the front of t
Permission · Fingal County Council, FW20A/0056
19 Jul 2019Grant permission
Amend the North Parallel Runway (North Runway)(permitted under FCC Reg
Permission · Fingal County Council, F19A/0023
13 Nov 2018Grant permission & refuse retention
Junction upgrades to include: addition of traffic signals; left turn a
Permission and retention · Fingal County Council, F18A/0643
25 Aug 2017Grant permission
A new food market building for the preparation, packaging, storage, sa
Permission · Fingal County Council, F17A/0513
The 25 most recent of 30 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 Kingstown.
Recorded monuments
- DU011-126 Ring-ditch
Description
A circular ring-ditch visible as a crop mark on an aerial photograph together with other features that could indicate a possible field system (DU011-127----) (SMR file; pers. comm. T. Condit). Slight rise to north-east quadrant of relatively flat field indicates where the site is located. Despite being recently ploughed there were no visible remains at ground level. Compiled by: David O’Connor Updated by: Christine Baker Date of upload: 09 January 2015
- DU011-127 Field system
Description
A field system visible as a crop mark on Digital Globe orthoimage taken between 2011-13 together with a ring-ditch (DU011-126----) (SMR file; pers. comm. T. Condit). Slight rise to north-east quadrant of relatively flat field indicates where the site is located. Despite being recently ploughed there were no visible remains at ground level. See attached Digital Globe orthoimage taken between 2011-13 Compiled by: David O’Connor Updated by: Christine Baker Date of upload: 09 January 2015
Architectural heritage
No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands in the townland of Kingstown.
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 Kingstown, 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
- No LiDAR survey of the Office of Public Works covers the centre of the townland of Kingstown.
- 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 Kingstown with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Dublin.
The townland
- Name
- Kingstown · Baile an Rí
- Area
- 790,636 m² (79.06 ha, 195.37 acres)
- Civil parish
- St. Margarets, and its townlands
- Barony
- Coolock
- Electoral division
- Dubber, the unit of the census
- Census 2022
- 8,931 people lived in 2,882 households in the Dubber electoral division. 47% of households owned their home. 89% of homes were built since 2001. 4% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 0% were holiday homes.
- Neighbouring townlands
- Ballystrahan, Barberstown, Dunbro, Killeek, Kilreesk, Millhead, Pickardstown
- Placenames
- Kingstown 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.