Edentober
Edentober is a townland in the civil parish of Ballymascanlan, barony of Dundalk Lower, Co. Louth. Its name in Irish is Éadan an Tobair.
- Area
- 184.8 ha
- 457 acres
- Land parcels
- 79
- registered freehold, median 11,340 m² (1.13 ha, 2.8 acres)
- Zoning
- —
- not in a zoned settlement
- Planning
- 19
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
79 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Edentober, from 104 m² to 662,365 m² (66.24 ha, 163.67 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 11 neighbouring parcels touch it.
Download the townland as DXF, in Irish Transverse Mercator metres, with its boundary, parcels and buildings, or as GeoJSON or KML.
Zoning
Development plans, national zoning
No zone of a development plan covers Edentober in the national zoning. Outside zoned towns and villages, the county development plan's rural policies apply to each application.
Source: Tailte Éireann and the Department of Housing (MyPlan), national zoning, CC BY 4.0.
Planning applications
Sites that touch the townland, newest first
16 Apr 2026N/a
Retention and Permission: Retention permission for the following amendments to Planning Reference 19/660: (a). 6no. existing roller doorsets in lieu of the 3no approved roller doorsets, changes to number and position of pedestrian doorsets, (b). The addition of a 2nd site access point along the roadside boundary, (c). The addition of a storage yard behind the existing building, (d). Changes to approved underground drainage infrastructure, (e). All associated site development works. Retention permission is also sought for the following amendments to Planning Reference 20/2017: (a). Minor amendments to the approved IT Room structure including provision of a WC with underground foul water system, (b). Underground fuel storage & infrastructure in lieu of approved above ground fuel tanks, (c). Amendments of the approved roadside boundary soft landscaping and provision of c2m high chainlink fence and sliding gates, (d). All associated site development works. Planning permission is also sought for new native screen planting and trees along northern and southern boundaries treatments. As well as concrete paving along the southern perimeter of the existing building and all associated site development works
Retention · Louth County Council, 2660207
16 Apr 2026Conditional
Permission for changes to the dwelling approved under application 2560105 including a redesigned single storey extension to the existing dwelling, the demolition of the existing outbuilding, a redefined red line site boundary, a redirected driveway and the provision of a new wastewater treatment system and percolation area together with all associated site development works. All other aspects of the development to remain as previously approved under application 2560105
Permission · Louth County Council, 2660208
27 Feb 2025Conditional
Permission for the development of the refurbishment, alterations and extension to existing vernacular dwellinghouse and outbuilding, new effluent treatment system and all associated site development works.
Permission, 1 home · Louth County Council, 2560105
31 May 2023Conditional
Permission consequent on the grant of outline permission ref. no. 191051 for a dwelling house, domestic garage, waste water treatment system and associated site development works
Permission consequent, 2 homes · Louth County Council, 2360130
31 May 2023Refused
PERMISSION FOR A SINGLE STOREY SPLIT LEVEL DWELLING (5.29m high), WASTE WATER TREATMENT SYSTEM AND PERCOLATION AREA, NEW VEHICULAR ENTRANCE AND ALL ANCILLARY SITE WORKS AND SERVICES
Permission, 1 home · Louth County Council, 2360133
17 Feb 2023Conditional
Retention Permission for domestic garage and associated site development works. **Significant further information received on 22.6.23**
Retention, 1 home · Louth County Council, 2374
1 Nov 2022Conditional
Retention permission for (1) existing storage structures, (2) existing porch and (3) permission for proposed extensions and modifications to existing dwelling house including all associated and ancillary site development works. *Significant Further Information received on 02/05/2023 which includes the provision of a new wastewater treatment system and polishing filter percolation area together with new rainwater soakaways*
Retention, 4 homes · Louth County Council, 22859
15 Jun 2021Conditional
Retention permission for positioning and orientation of existing dwelling house on site and permission for upgrading of existing septic tank system to new waste water treatment system and all associated site development works
Retention, 1 home · Louth County Council, 21747
29 Jun 2020N/a
Retention permission for the repositioning and orientation of existing dwelling house on site and all associated site development works. Further Information received on 13/05/2021.
Retention, 1 home · Louth County Council, 20454
23 Mar 2020Conditional
Permission to relocate existing fuel pump island complete with lean-to as a canopy and IT room with associated ancillary works and protection measures, by means of demolition of existing fuel dispensing island and computer terminal and construction of new dispensing island with 2 no. fuel pumps, computer terminal, IT room and canopy along southern boundary in front of new approved storage facility to which the application relates
Permission · Louth County Council, 20217
19 Mar 2020N/a
Retention permission for the positioning and orientation of existing dwelling house on site and all associated site development works
Retention, 1 home · Louth County Council, 20206
18 Feb 2020N/a
Permission to relocated existing fuel pump island complete with Lean-to as a canopy and IT room with associated ancillary works and protection measures by means of demolition of existing fuel dispensing island and computer terminal and construction of new dispensing island with 2 No fuel pumps, computer terminal, IT room and canopy along Southern boundary in front of new approved storage facility to which the application relates
Permission, 1 home · Louth County Council, 20114
13 Dec 2019Conditional
Outline permission for a dwelling house, domestic garage, waste water treatment system and associated site development works. **Significant Further Information received 19/02/2020**
Outline permission, 1 home · Louth County Council, 191051
20 Aug 2019Conditional
Permission to consist of extension and upgrade to existing storage facility, demolishing existing buildings (1750 sq m) and construction of 3 no. additional new buildings (3060 sq m) including raised roof and realignment of external walls including access signage, boundary treatments and all associated ancillary works, maintaining existing buffer zones between current facility and main road. **Significant Further Information received 25/11/2019**
Permission · Louth County Council, 19660
18 Jun 2019N/a
Permission to extend existing commercial storage facility to increase bulk capacity by way of part demolition and alterations to existing storage unit including a raised roof and realignment of internal walls including access signage, boundary treatments with all associated ancillary works, maintaining existing buffer zones between current facility and main road.
Permission · Louth County Council, 19479
17 Apr 2019N/a
Permission to increase the floor area of an existing agricultural storage facility, by means of a new portal frame shed to which the application relates.
Permission · Louth County Council, 19293
5 Apr 2018Conditional
PERMISSION for development will consist of: Extension & alterations to an existing dwelling house to include for the increase in ridge height by 450mm and associated site development works.
Permission, 1 home · Louth County Council, 18245
17 Aug 2017Conditional
Permission for a development that will consist of the demolition and replacement of existing two storey dwelling with new two storey dwelling house to include the following: 1) Upgrade existing septic tank & percolation area with new wastewater treatment system & percolation area. 2) Use existing entrance onto public road and all associated site development works.
Permission, 1 home · Louth County Council, 17618
6 Mar 2017Conditional
Permission to demolish existing extension to the rear and construct a new single storey extension, waste water treatment system and associated site development works.
Permission, 1 home · Louth County Council, 17155
Source: National Planning Applications, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, CC BY 4.0. Applicants are not shown.
Nature and heritage
Designated sites and recorded monuments
Designated sites
No designated site (Special Area of Conservation, Special Protection Area, Natural Heritage Area or proposed one) touches the townland of Edentober.
Recorded monuments
No recorded monument lies in the townland of Edentober.
Architectural heritage
No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands in the townland of Edentober.
Designated sites: National Parks and Wildlife Service. Recorded monuments: Sites and Monuments Record, National Monuments Service. Buildings: National Inventory of Architectural Heritage. Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, CC BY 4.0. Works at or in relation to a recorded monument need two months' written notice to the National Monuments Service (National Monuments (Amendment) Act 1994, section 12).
Ground and risks
Radon, landslides, flooding
- Radon
- At the centre of the townland of Edentober, about 1 in 5 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels. Testing a home
- Landslides
- The 1:50,000 map rates the landslide susceptibility here as high, moderately high, moderately low, low, partly inferred.
- Terrain model
- No LiDAR survey of the Office of Public Works covers the centre of the townland of Edentober.
- Flooding
- The Office of Public Works publishes its flood maps on floodinfo.ie.
Radon Risk Map of Ireland, Environmental Protection Agency, and Landslide Susceptibility Classification, Geological Survey Ireland, both under CC BY 4.0. LiDAR: contains Irish Public Sector Data (Geological Survey Ireland & the Office of Public Works) licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) licence.
Homes sold
Property Price Register
No address of the register names Edentober with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Louth.
The townland
- Name
- Edentober · Éadan an Tobair
- Area
- 1,847,724 m² (184.77 ha, 456.58 acres)
- Civil parish
- Ballymascanlan, and its townlands
- Barony
- Dundalk Lower
- Electoral division
- Ravensdale, the unit of the census
- Census 2022
- 1,060 people lived in 362 households in the Ravensdale electoral division. 90% of households owned their home. 26% of homes were built since 2001. 8% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 3% were holiday homes.
- Neighbouring townlands
- Carrickcarnan, Ravensdale Park
- Placenames
- Edentober on logainm.ie, the Placenames Database of Ireland
Townlands, civil parishes, baronies and electoral divisions, National Statutory Boundaries, Tailte Éireann, CC BY 4.0. Census 2022, Small Area Population Statistics by electoral division, Central Statistics Office, CC BY 4.0. A townland is the smallest land division of Ireland, and the unit of a rural address. Old registers such as the 1901 and 1911 censuses file it under its civil parish and barony.