Swords
Townparks · Swords · Fingal
Publicly owned land. Held by Fingal County Council
- Site area
- 0.41 ha (1.02 acres)
- Zoning
- M4
- Townland
- Townparks
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Why this site
- Publicly owned land
- Underused site
Planning on this site
- F25A/0577E · grant permission · lodged 27 Jun 2025
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 53.46044, -6.21960 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
- 19
Appeals
- Total
- 2
- Tagged
- 1
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, 26 Sept 2026; acp, 25 Sept 2026; bcms, 26 Sept 2026
Deadlines running
- Radius m
- 250
- Count
- 0
Deadlines are computed once, by the connector that saw the event, from the statutory rule; never estimated here. Sources: acp, 25 Sept 2026; consult, 26 Sept 2026; moderngov, 26 Sept 2026; npad, 26 Sept 2026; rzlt, 25 Sept 2026
Zoning and the RZLT map
Rzlt
- Available
- Yes
- On site
- No
Zones (5)
| Objective text | Plan id | Fetched at | Code | Label | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| RD - Road: N/A | FINGAL_DP_OWN | 11 Sept 2026 | — | — | — |
| OS - Open Space: Provide recreational and amenity resources for urban and rural populations subject to strict development controls. Only community facilities… | FINGAL_DP_OWN | 11 Sept 2026 | — | — | — |
| MC - Major Town Centre: Consolidate the existing Major Towns in the County, (Blanchardstown, Swords and Balbriggan). The aim is to further develop these cent… | FINGAL_DP_OWN | 11 Sept 2026 | — | — | — |
| OS - Open Space: Preserve and provide for open space and recreational amenities | Fl-001:DP:the-fingal-development-plan-2023-2029 | 11 Sept 2026 | G4 | Open space | Open space and recreational amenity, to be preserved as such. |
| MC - Major Town Centre: Protect, provide for and/ or improve major town centre facilities | Fl-001:DP:the-fingal-development-plan-2023-2029 | 11 Sept 2026 | M4 | 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, 26 Sept 2026; rzlt, 25 Sept 2026
Constraints
- Available
- Yes
- Buffer m
- 50
- Opw flood extent nearby
- Yes
- Opw flood map url
- https://www.floodinfo.ie/map/floodmaps/
Kinds (4)
| Kind | Label | Count |
|---|---|---|
| niah | NIAH-recorded building | 1 |
| radon | Radon risk area | 2 |
| rps | Record of Protected Structures | 2 |
| smr | Recorded monument | 2 |
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.flood_cfram, 11 Sept 2026; constraints.niah, 11 Sept 2026; constraints.radon, 11 Sept 2026; constraints.rps, 11 Sept 2026; constraints.smr, 11 Sept 2026
Homes planned nearby
- Radius m
- 1,000
Totals
- Sites
- 1
- Homes
- 146
- Started
- 146
- Sites started
- 1
- Sites unbuilt
- 0
- Sites lapsing
- 0
- Sites lapsed
- 0
- Sites appealed
- 0
- Started pct
- 100
- Not started
- 0
As of
- Computed at
- 2026-09-26T06:08:07+00:00
- Sites in table
- 4,173
Sites (1)
| Source | Council | Ref | Name | Address | Units |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| shd | FINGAL | ABP-313223 | Main Street | The Lord Mayor?s Public House, Main Street, Swords, Co. Dublin. (www.lordmayorshd.ie) | 146 |
Grants of 10+ homes. "Unbuilt" means no commencement notice has been matched; "lapsing" expires within a year. Sources: bcms, 26 Sept 2026; npad, 26 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 |
Transport and schools
- Radius m
- 1,000
- Stop count
- 39
- Facility count
- 7
Stops (10)
| Agency | Stop id | Name | Distance m |
|---|---|---|---|
| nta | 8240DB003751 | North Street | 80.6 |
| nta | 8240DB003711 | North Street | 102.5 |
| nta | 8240DB003679 | Swords Castle | 155.7 |
| nta | 8240DB003689 | Swords Castle | 170 |
| nta | 8240DB003752 | Seatown West | 239.5 |
| nta | 8240DB005078 | Saint Columbas Rise | 278.7 |
| nta | 8240DB005075 | Saint Columbas Rise | 279.1 |
| nta | 8240DB003712 | Seatown West | 390.1 |
| nta | 8240DB003690 | Swords Village | 400.3 |
| nta | 8240DB004433 | Seatown | 452.1 |
Schools (7)
| Kind | Ref | Name | Council | Distance m |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| school_postprimary | 70121H | Fingal Community College | FINGAL | 189.3 |
| school_primary | 18976W | S N CHOLMILLE B | FINGAL | 387.6 |
| school_primary | 12358M | SWORDS BOROUGH N S | FINGAL | 407.4 |
| school_primary | 18977B | S N CHOLMCILLE C | FINGAL | 464.4 |
| school_primary | 20528H | River Valley CNS | FINGAL | 620.3 |
| school_postprimary | 70120F | St Finians Community College | FINGAL | 628.2 |
| school_postprimary | 60383I | Coláiste Choilm | FINGAL | 967.1 |
Other sites nearby
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- Mixed-use land off Carnegie Court, North Street · On the RZLT map, no permission
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- Land at Balheary Road, Swords · Council selling or leasing the land
- Land adjacent to No 2 Abbeylea Avenue, Swords · Council selling or leasing the land
Figures as of 24 Sept 2026. Sources: acp (25 Sept 2026); bcms (26 Sept 2026); constraints (11 Sept 2026); constraints.flood_cfram (11 Sept 2026); constraints.niah (11 Sept 2026); constraints.radon (11 Sept 2026); constraints.rps (11 Sept 2026); constraints.smr (11 Sept 2026); consult (26 Sept 2026); gtfs (25 Sept 2026); lda_lands (11 Sept 2026); moderngov (26 Sept 2026); npad (26 Sept 2026); parcels (11 Sept 2026); places (11 Sept 2026); rzlt (25 Sept 2026); schools (11 Sept 2026); zoning (26 Sept 2026).
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