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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
    Publicly owned land · Held by Fingal County Council · 1 Apr 2023 · source
  • Underused site
    Underused site · No buildings on 0.52 ha · 25 Sept 2026 · source

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 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)

KindEntity typeOccurred atDeadline atDeadline kindSummary
decisionapplication7 Sept 20265 Oct 2026appealF26A/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 textPlan idFetched atCodeLabelMeaning
RD - Road: N/AFINGAL_DP_OWN11 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_OWN11 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-2023-202911 Sept 2026M2Major town centreThe 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)

KindLabelCount
acaArchitectural Conservation Area1
radonRadon risk area2
spaSpecial Protection Area1

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)

CodeLabelDetailObserved at
public_landPublic land (LDA register)Held by Fingal County Council1 Apr 2023

Council items (1)

CouncilCommitteeMeeting atItem noTitleKind
DLRSeptember County Council Meeting14 Sept 2026394.02. Proposed Disposal of a 15-Year Lease of 17 Woodbrook Copse, Dublin Road, Bray, Co. Dublin, A98 W2T6 to Cheshire Ireland.s183_disposal

Sources: lda_lands, 11 Sept 2026; moderngov, 24 Sept 2026

Transport and schools

Radius m
1,000
Stop count
14
Facility count
4

Stops (10)

AgencyStop idNameDistance m
nta8240DB003797Strand Street90.8
nta8240DB003820Strand Street97.3
nta8240DB003819Skerries190.2
nta8240DB003798Skerries236.8
nta8240B100021Strand Street240.3
nta8240DB003822Brookville Lane359.9
nta8240DB003818Church Street371.4
nta8240DB003799Church Street383.6
nta8240DB003795Brookville Lane395.9
nta8240DB006076Skerries GAA Club491

Schools (4)

KindRefNameCouncilDistance m
school_primary14180HHOLMPATRICK N SFINGAL206.8
school_primary16333QST PATRICKS JNR MIXEDFINGAL296.8
school_primary16332OST PATRICKS SNR MIXEDFINGAL347.3
school_postprimary76078QSkerries Community CollegeFINGAL723.5

Sources: gtfs, 18 Sept 2026; schools, 11 Sept 2026

Other sites nearby

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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