Skerries
Townparks · Balbriggan · Fingal
Publicly owned land. Held by Fingal County Council
- Site area
- 0.52 ha (1.28 acres)
- Townland
- Townparks
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Why this site
- Publicly owned land
- Underused site
Planning on this site
- F26A/0356E · request additional information · lodged 7 May 2026
- F25A/0745E · refuse permission · lodged 14 Aug 2025
- F24A/0468E · refuse permission · lodged 23 May 2024
- F22A/0393 · refuse permission · lodged 29 Jul 2022
- F22A/0293 · withdraw application · lodged 8 Jun 2022
- F20A/0156 · grant permission · lodged 12 Nov 2020
- F19A/0199 · refuse permission · lodged 10 May 2019
- F18A/0277 · refuse permission · lodged 24 May 2018
Planning applications within 500 m (on Planning Register)
Who owns it
The registered owner is on the Land Registry folio. Search the map on landdirect.ie at 53.57859, -6.10502 and buy a copy of the folio: €5 online, and it names the owner and any charge on the land. Most Dublin land is registered; older unregistered titles are in the Registry of Deeds.
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Planning around the site, deadlines, zoning and constraints in full
Planning on and around the site
- Radius m
- 250
Near
- Years
- 5
- Total
- 44
Appeals
- Total
- 4
- Tagged
- 2
Inspector recommendations are shown only where the inspector's report has been read and tagged; "not extracted" is not the same as "no recommendation". Sources: npad, 25 Sept 2026; acp, 25 Sept 2026; bcms, 24 Sept 2026
Deadlines running
- Radius m
- 250
- Count
- 1
Clocks (1)
| Kind | Entity type | Occurred at | Deadline at | Deadline kind | Summary |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| decision | application | 7 Sept 2026 | 5 Oct 2026 | appeal | F26A/0629E: REFUSE PERMISSION & GRANT RETENTION — A) new vehicular entrance, gates, piers and dished footpath, new exter |
Deadlines are computed once, by the connector that saw the event, from the statutory rule; never estimated here. Sources: acp, 25 Sept 2026; consult, 24 Sept 2026; moderngov, 24 Sept 2026; npad, 25 Sept 2026; rzlt, 18 Sept 2026
Zoning and the RZLT map
Rzlt
- Available
- Yes
- On site
- Yes
- Note
- This land is on an RZLT map — the owner is liable for an annual 3 % tax.
Zones (3)
| Objective text | Plan id | Fetched at | Code | Label | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| RD - Road: N/A | FINGAL_DP_OWN | 11 Sept 2026 | — | — | — |
| TC - Town and District Centre: Maintain and build on the accessibility, vitality and viability of the existing Urban Centres in the County. Develop and conso… | FINGAL_DP_OWN | 11 Sept 2026 | — | — | — |
| TC - Town and District Centre: Protect and enhance the special physical and social character of town and district centres and provide and/ or improve urban f… | Fl-001:DP:the-fingal-development-plan-2023-2029 | 11 Sept 2026 | M2 | Major town centre | The main town centre — retail, offices, civic uses, apartments. |
Objective text is quoted from the development plan as published on MyPlan (GZT). The plain-English line is our gloss. Sources: zoning, 19 Sept 2026; rzlt, 18 Sept 2026
Constraints
- Available
- Yes
- Buffer m
- 50
- Opw flood extent nearby
- Yes
- Opw flood map url
- https://www.floodinfo.ie/map/floodmaps/
Kinds (3)
| Kind | Label | Count |
|---|---|---|
| aca | Architectural Conservation Area | 1 |
| radon | Radon risk area | 2 |
| spa | Special Protection Area | 1 |
Flood extents are OPW data we may not redistribute: shown as a yes/no and a link to floodinfo.ie. Sources: constraints, 11 Sept 2026; constraints.aca, 11 Sept 2026; constraints.flood_cfram, 11 Sept 2026; constraints.radon, 11 Sept 2026; constraints.spa, 11 Sept 2026
Homes planned nearby
- Radius m
- 1,000
Totals
- Sites
- 0
- Sites started
- 0
- Sites unbuilt
- 0
- Sites lapsing
- 0
- Sites lapsed
- 0
- Sites appealed
- 0
- Not started
- 0
As of
- Computed at
- 2026-09-19T06:05:22+00:00
- Sites in table
- 4,168
Grants of 10+ homes. "Unbuilt" means no commencement notice has been matched; "lapsing" expires within a year. Sources: bcms, 24 Sept 2026; npad, 25 Sept 2026
Public land nearby
- Radius m
- 1,000
On site (1)
| Code | Label | Detail | Observed at |
|---|---|---|---|
| public_land | Public land (LDA register) | Held by Fingal County Council | 1 Apr 2023 |
Council items (1)
| Council | Committee | Meeting at | Item no | Title | Kind |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DLR | September County Council Meeting | 14 Sept 2026 | 39 | 4.02. Proposed Disposal of a 15-Year Lease of 17 Woodbrook Copse, Dublin Road, Bray, Co. Dublin, A98 W2T6 to Cheshire Ireland. | s183_disposal |
Transport and schools
- Radius m
- 1,000
- Stop count
- 14
- Facility count
- 4
Stops (10)
| Agency | Stop id | Name | Distance m |
|---|---|---|---|
| nta | 8240DB003797 | Strand Street | 90.8 |
| nta | 8240DB003820 | Strand Street | 97.3 |
| nta | 8240DB003819 | Skerries | 190.2 |
| nta | 8240DB003798 | Skerries | 236.8 |
| nta | 8240B100021 | Strand Street | 240.3 |
| nta | 8240DB003822 | Brookville Lane | 359.9 |
| nta | 8240DB003818 | Church Street | 371.4 |
| nta | 8240DB003799 | Church Street | 383.6 |
| nta | 8240DB003795 | Brookville Lane | 395.9 |
| nta | 8240DB006076 | Skerries GAA Club | 491 |
Schools (4)
| Kind | Ref | Name | Council | Distance m |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| school_primary | 14180H | HOLMPATRICK N S | FINGAL | 206.8 |
| school_primary | 16333Q | ST PATRICKS JNR MIXED | FINGAL | 296.8 |
| school_primary | 16332O | ST PATRICKS SNR MIXED | FINGAL | 347.3 |
| school_postprimary | 76078Q | Skerries Community College | FINGAL | 723.5 |
Other sites nearby
- Mixed-use land at Townparks · On the RZLT map, no permission
- Mixed-use land at Townparks · On the RZLT map, no permission
- LAND AT NO 4 HACKETSTOWN COTTAGES, SKERRIES · Council selling or leasing the land
- Land at Skerries Community Centre, Thomas Hand Street, Skerries · Council selling or leasing the land
- Land at No 4 Hacketstown Cottages, Skerries · Council selling or leasing the land
- Land at Skerries Community Centre, Thomas Hand Street, Skerries · Council selling or leasing the land
Figures as of 24 Sept 2026. Sources: acp (25 Sept 2026); bcms (24 Sept 2026); constraints (11 Sept 2026); constraints.aca (11 Sept 2026); constraints.flood_cfram (11 Sept 2026); constraints.radon (11 Sept 2026); constraints.spa (11 Sept 2026); consult (24 Sept 2026); gtfs (18 Sept 2026); lda_lands (11 Sept 2026); moderngov (24 Sept 2026); npad (25 Sept 2026); parcels (11 Sept 2026); places (11 Sept 2026); rzlt (18 Sept 2026); schools (11 Sept 2026); zoning (19 Sept 2026).
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