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GB zoning in Fingal: Green Belt

GB is a zoning objective in the Fingal development plan (Green Belt). The plan's objective: "Protect and provide for a Greenbelt." 18 sites zoned GB have a public signal today.

Protect and provide for a Greenbelt

Create a rural/urban Greenbelt zone that permanently demarcates the boundary i. between the rural and urban areas, or ii. between urban and urban areas. The role of the Greenbelt is to check unrestricted sprawl of urban areas, to prevent coalescence of settlements, to prevent countryside encroachment and to protect the setting of towns and/or villages. The Greenbelt is attractive and multifunctional, serves the needs of both the urban and rural communities, and strengthens the links between urban and rural areas in a sustainable manner. The Greenbelt will provide opportunities for countryside access and for recreation, retain attractive landscapes, improve derelict land within and around towns, secure lands with a nature conservation interest, and retain land in agricultural use. The zoning objective will have the consequence of achieving the regeneration of undeveloped town areas by ensuring that urban development is directed towards these areas.

Fingal Development Plan 2023–2029, zoning objective GB

What you can build

The objective above sets the purpose of the zone. The Fingal Development Plan 2023–2029 lists, for each zone, the uses that are generally allowed and the uses the council will consider case by case. Check that table, and any local area plan, before you rely on GB (Green Belt) for a project.

Read the Fingal Development Plan 2023–2029

18 sites zoned GB with a signal

  • Publicly owned land 14
  • Council selling land 3
  • Stalled build 1

  1. Portmarnock

    4.92 ha

    Publicly owned land

  2. Malahide

    3.72 ha

    Publicly owned land

  3. Malahide

    2.16 ha

    Publicly owned land

  4. Malahide

    1.74 ha

    Publicly owned land

  5. Skerries

    1.46 ha

    Publicly owned land

  6. Fingal County Council land

    1.45 ha

    Publicly owned land

  7. Malahide

    1.44 ha

    Publicly owned land

  8. Portmarnock

    1.20 ha

    Publicly owned land

  9. Portmarnock

    1.04 ha

    Publicly owned land

  10. Bluesteel Kilshane Cross

    R135, Dunsoghly, Dublin 11 · 0.48 ha

    Stalled build

  11. Swords

    0.21 ha

    Publicly owned land

  12. Swords

    0.18 ha

    Publicly owned land

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Wording from the Department of Housing, national zoning map (GZT). Site counts are sites with a public signal whose recorded zoning is GB.