Oberstown
Oberstown is a townland in the civil parish of Lusk, barony of Balrothery East, Co. Dublin. Its name in Irish is Baile an Oibricigh.
Parcel 1907510
- Area
- 3,340 m² (0.33 ha, 0.83 acres)
- Buildings
- 1 building touches it. Its footprint covers 154 m².
- Zoning
- P1 RU - Rural (The Fingal Development Plan 2023 – 2029) The objective
- Townland
- Oberstown
Planning applications on this parcel
No planning application touches this parcel in the national file, which goes back to 2010.
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
- 114.7 ha
- 283 acres
- Land parcels
- 41
- registered freehold, median 4,044 m² (0.4 ha, 1 acres)
- Zoning
- P1
- RU - Rural
- Planning
- 27
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
41 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Oberstown, from 16 m² to 242,585 m² (24.26 ha, 59.94 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 43 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
- P1RU - Rural (Agriculture)
The Fingal Development Plan 2023 – 2029, Fingal · 67 parcels The zoning objective in the plan - R3RC - Rural Cluster (Residential, mixed residential and other uses)
The Fingal Development Plan 2023 – 2029, Fingal · 8 parcels The zoning objective in the plan - G4OS - Open Space (Active open space)
The Fingal Development Plan 2023 – 2029, Fingal · 1 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
1 Oct 2025Refuse permission
Planning permission is sought for Construction of new two storey det
Permission · Fingal County Council, F25A/0894E
26 Sept 2025Invalid application
Planning permission is sought for Construction of new two storey det
Permission · Fingal County Council, F25A/0875E
18 Oct 2024Grant permission
Permission to erect a detached single-storey 72m2 (12m x 6m x 3.8m hig
Permission · Fingal County Council, F24A/0919E
2 May 2024Grant permission
Permission is sought for (a) a new dormer-type dwelling,
Permission · Fingal County Council, F23A/0558
6 Dec 2023Refuse permission
The proposed development consists of the following;
Permission · Fingal County Council, F23A/0753
1 Aug 2023Grant permission
Planning permission is sought for construction of new detached storey
Permission · Fingal County Council, F23A/0181
31 Aug 2022Refuse permission
For construction of new detatched storey and a half dwelling house, wa
Permission · Fingal County Council, F22A/0459
11 May 2022Refuse permission
Permission for detached dormer dwelling, on-sitewastewater treatment u
Permission · Fingal County Council, F21A/0646
28 Jan 2022Refuse permission
Demolition of existing garage and subdivision of family landholding to
Permission · Fingal County Council, F22A/0041
21 Jan 2022Grant permission
Permission for installation of a 5.2m high wire security fence with bo
Permission · Fingal County Council, F22A/0020
18 Aug 2021Grant permission for retention
Retention planning permission is sought for velux windows (8 no. ) loc
Retention · Fingal County Council, F21B/0297
11 Aug 2021Grant permission
(a) waste water treatment system and polishing filter
Permission · Fingal County Council, F21A/0429
25 Jun 2021Refuse permission
Demolition of existing detached garage and the construction of a detac
Permission · Fingal County Council, F21A/0350
19 May 2021Grant perm. consequent to outline perm.
Planning permission consequent on the grant of outline permission (Reg
Perm.consequent on grant of outline perm · Fingal County Council, F21A/0278
29 Mar 2021Grant permission
The proposed development will consist of the removal of an existing me
Permission · Fingal County Council, F21A/0037
14 Dec 2020Withdraw application
Permission for new site access off the existing annamed private access
Permission · Fingal County Council, F20A/0646
21 Oct 2020Grant outline permission
Development consisting of the following: (i) Construction of 5 no. dor
Outline permission · Fingal County Council, F19A/0532
10 Sept 2019Grant permission & grant retention
Permission for proposed window in gable end wall of dwelling, and for
Permission and retention · Fingal County Council, F19B/0229
13 May 2019Grant permission
(a) Two storey detached farmhouse (b) Waste water treatment system (c)
Permission · Fingal County Council, F18A/0658
26 Sept 2017Grant permission
A single storey dwelling with waste water treatment system, vehicular
Permission · Fingal County Council, F16A/0420
12 May 2015Grant permission
Development of the existing first floor area into a gymnasium and game
Permission · Fingal County Council, F15A/0211
15 Apr 2015Grant permission
New roof to existing single storey bungalow with a higher ridge level
Permission · Fingal County Council, F15B/0088
20 Feb 2014Grant permission
Erect six number 18m. high floodlight masts on an existing playing pit
Permission · Fingal County Council, F14A/0078
10 Feb 2014Grant permission for retention
Retain changes to sports hall previously granted planning permission u
Retention · Fingal County Council, F14A/0052
22 Jan 2014Refuse permission
Permission for 5 no. storey and half dwellings
Permission · Fingal County Council, F14A/0020
The 25 most recent of 27 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 Oberstown.
Recorded monuments
- DU008-124 Earthwork
Description
In tillage field. Circular-shaped cropmark (diam. c. 30m) visible on Apple Maps orthoimage. Faint outline of circular-shaped area defined by a ditch visible on Google Earth orthoimage taken 24/06/2018. See attached orthoimage taken from Apple Maps and Google Earth orthoimage Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien based on details provided by Jean-Charles Caillère Date of upload: 23 December 2022
Architectural heritage
No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands in the townland of Oberstown.
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 Oberstown, 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 moderately high, moderately low, low, partly inferred.
- Terrain model
- No LiDAR survey of the Office of Public Works covers the centre of the townland of Oberstown.
- 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 Oberstown with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Dublin.
The townland
- Name
- Oberstown · Baile an Oibricigh
- Area
- 1,146,747 m² (114.67 ha, 283.37 acres)
- Civil parish
- Lusk, and its townlands
- Barony
- Balrothery East
- Electoral division
- Holmpatrick, the unit of the census
- Census 2022
- 4,147 people lived in 1,390 households in the Holmpatrick electoral division. 92% of households owned their home. 35% of homes were built since 2001. 5% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 0% were holiday homes.
- Neighbouring townlands
- Ballough, Ballystrane, Colecot, Courtlough, Jordanstown, Rathmooney, Regeens
- Placenames
- Oberstown 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.