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Fingal County Council · SHD/015/20 · Strategic Housing Development

Castlelands, in the townland of Hampton Demesne, Kilsough North and Ba

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Council received 4 Apr 2022We first saw it 11 Sept 2026, 15:18 (1622 days after receipt — sources refresh weekly)

SHD/015/20 is a planning application for strategic housing development at Castlelands, in the townland of Hampton Demesne, Kilsough North and Ba, received by Fingal County Council on 4 Apr 2022 and first seen by Planning Register on 11 Sept 2026. The application describes: The proposed development consists of 817 no. residential units compris… The council granted permission on 21 Mar 2023. The five-week observation window closed on 9 May 2022. A commencement notice (SN0014127FL) was lodged on 11 May 2026, so works have started on site. The site is zoned null under the Fingal County Council development plan. Within 500 m there are 7 other decided applications in the last five years and 2 appeals.

Appeal window closes 18 Apr 2023 closed 1244 days ago
4 weeks from the council's decision (21 Mar 2023) · s.37 Planning and Development Act 2000 · €220 to An Coimisiún Pleanála (€110 observer)

Proposal

The proposed development consists of 817 no. residential units compris

The description is truncated at source (70 characters in the national feed). The full text is on the council register.

Status
Decision made
Decision
Grant permission - decision by abp on 21 Mar 2023
Site (from polygon)
25.32 ha
Location precision
site (coords_polygon)

Timeline

  • 4 Apr 2022
    New application
    Observation window closed 9 May 2022
  • 21 Mar 2023
    Decision
    Appeal window closed 18 Apr 2023

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Not appealed.

Commencement

  • Seven day notice SN0014127FL
    11 May 2026Terrace 30, Junction of Hampton Demesne Rise and Hampton Demesne Park, Hampton Demesne,, Balbriggan, Fingalmatched by spatial
  • Commencement notice CN0137200FL
    31 Dec 2025Hampton Demesne, Balbriggan, Fingalmatched by spatial
  • Short commencement notice CN0134571FL
    10 Oct 2025Castlelands, Balbriggan, Fingal, N/amatched by ref_exact

Zoning at the site

RS - Residential: Ensure that any new development in existing areas would have a minimal impact on and enhance existing residential amenity.

G3 — High amenity

HA - High Amenity: Protect and enhance high amenity areas

Protected high-amenity landscape. Development is resisted to preserve the character of the area.

G4 — Open space

OS - Open Space: Preserve and provide for open space and recreational amenities

Open space and recreational amenity, to be preserved as such.

R1 — New residential

RA - Residential Area: Provide for new residential communities subject to the provision of the necessary social and physical infrastructure

Zoned for new residential communities. This is where large housing schemes are expected to go, subject to the social and physical infrastructure arriving with them.

R2 — Existing residential

RS - Residential: Provide for residential development and protect and improve residential amenity

An established residential area. The objective is to protect existing residential amenity as well as to provide housing — which is the objective a neighbour's objection to an overbearing extension is usually argued under.

S3 — Community infrastructure

CI - Community Infrastructure: Provide for and protect civic, religious, community, education, health care and social infrastructure

Reserved for civic, religious, community, education, health-care and social infrastructure.

Designations within 250 m

OPW flood extent nearby — flag only (licence); floodinfo.ie.

  • Radon risk area · 4
    About 1 in 10 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels; About 1 in 20 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels; About 1 in 5 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels
  • Recorded monument · 4
    Enclosure; Dovecote; R172096
  • Special Protection Area · 1
    North-West Irish Sea cSPA

Provenance

Register row from the national planning applications feed (NPAD), fetched 11 Sept 2026, 15:18 (store id 58693). Deadlines were computed by the store from the received / decided dates under the Planning and Development Act 2000 and are recorded as events, not recomputed here. Council register: https://planning.agileapplications.ie/fingal/application-details/?ref=SHD/015/20.

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