Swords
Windmill Lands · Swords · Fingal
Publicly owned land. Held by Dublin City Council
- Site area
- 0.23 ha (0.57 acres)
- Zoning
- R2
- Townland
- Windmill Lands
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Why this site
- Publicly owned land
- Underused site
Planning on this site
- F26A/0096E · grant permission · lodged 11 Feb 2026
- F13A/0055 · grant permission · lodged 18 Feb 2013
- F06A/0774/E1 · grant extension of duration of perm. · lodged 6 Jul 2011
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 53.45804, -6.23535 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
- 8
Appeals
- Total
- 0
- Tagged
- 0
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
- 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, 25 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| RS - Residential: Ensure that any new development in existing areas would have a minimal impact on and enhance existing residential amenity. | FINGAL_DP_OWN | 11 Sept 2026 | — | — | — |
| RD - Road: N/A | FINGAL_DP_OWN | 11 Sept 2026 | — | — | — |
| RS - Residential: Provide for residential development and protect and improve residential amenity | Fl-001:DP:the-fingal-development-plan-2023-2029 | 11 Sept 2026 | R2 | Existing residential | An established residential area. The objective is to protect existing residential amenity as well as to provide housing — which is the objective a neighbour'… |
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
- No
Kinds (2)
| Kind | Label | Count |
|---|---|---|
| radon | Radon risk area | 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.radon, 11 Sept 2026; constraints.smr, 11 Sept 2026
Homes planned nearby
- Radius m
- 1,000
Totals
- Sites
- 2
- Homes
- 424
- Started
- 146
- Sites started
- 1
- Sites unbuilt
- 0
- Sites lapsing
- 0
- Lapsed
- 278
- Sites lapsed
- 1
- Sites appealed
- 0
- Started pct
- 34
- Not started
- 0
As of
- Computed at
- 2026-09-19T06:05:22+00:00
- Sites in table
- 4,168
Sites (2)
| 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 |
| shd | FINGAL | ABP-308366 | Fosterstown North and Cremona | Fosterstown North and Cremona, Forest Road, Swords, Co. Dublin (www.fosterstownshd.ie) | 278 |
Applicants (1)
| Name | Sites | Homes |
|---|---|---|
| MKN Developments Limited | 1 | 278 |
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 Dublin City Council | 1 Apr 2023 |
Transport and schools
- Radius m
- 1,000
- Stop count
- 40
- Facility count
- 8
Stops (10)
| Agency | Stop id | Name | Distance m |
|---|---|---|---|
| nta | 8240000393 | St Cronan's Avenue | 472.2 |
| nta | 8240DB004914 | Valley View | 472.9 |
| nta | 8240DB004906 | St Cronan's Avenue | 490.9 |
| nta | 8240DB004913 | St Cronan's Avenue | 518.4 |
| nta | 8240DB003682 | Glasmore Pk | 520.2 |
| nta | 8240DB003686 | Glasmore Pk | 550.8 |
| nta | 8240DB003708 | River Vlly Rd | 578 |
| nta | 8240DB005076 | Brackenstown Ave | 585.3 |
| nta | 8240DB004907 | St Cronan's Lawn | 585.3 |
| nta | 8240DB003704 | River Vlly Rd | 600.6 |
Schools (8)
| Kind | Ref | Name | Council | Distance m |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| school_primary | 19535U | BRACKENSTOWN SENIOR N S | FINGAL | 95.7 |
| school_primary | 19456B | ST CRONANS JUNIOR NATIONAL SCHOOL | FINGAL | 138.1 |
| school_primary | 19721R | HOLY FAMILY JUNIOR N S | FINGAL | 765.3 |
| school_postprimary | 60810B | Loreto College | FINGAL | 797.3 |
| school_primary | 19877C | HOLY FAMILY SENIOR N S | FINGAL | 803.8 |
| school_primary | 12358M | SWORDS BOROUGH N S | FINGAL | 814.4 |
| school_postprimary | 60383I | Coláiste Choilm | FINGAL | 897.9 |
| school_primary | 20528H | River Valley CNS | FINGAL | 930.8 |
Other sites nearby
Figures as of 24 Sept 2026. Sources: acp (25 Sept 2026); bcms (24 Sept 2026); constraints (11 Sept 2026); constraints.radon (11 Sept 2026); constraints.smr (11 Sept 2026); consult (25 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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