Ganderstown
Townland in the civil parish of Termonfeckin, barony of Ferrard, Co. Louth; in Irish Baile Ghandair
- Area
- 66.1 ha
- 163 acres
- Land parcels
- 62
- registered freehold, median 1,248 m²
- Zoning
- —
- not in a zoned settlement
- Planning
- 20
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
62 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Ganderstown, from 17 m² to 165,536 m² (16.55 ha, 40.9 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 11 neighbouring parcels touch it.
Download the townland: DXF, in Irish Transverse Mercator metres, with its boundary, parcels and buildings; GeoJSON or KML.
Zoning
Development plans, national zoning
No zone of a development plan covers Ganderstown 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
29 Nov 2025Conditional
Permission for the construction of a single storey dwelling house and domestic garage with connection to all existing services including a new wastewater treatment system and soil polishing filter together with all ancillary site development works. Vehicular access to the proposed dwelling house is provided off the R166 via the access point permitted under P.A. Ref. No. 19297
Permission, 2 homes · Louth County Council, 2560771
5 Nov 2025N/a
The development will consist of the construction of a single storey dwelling house and domestic garage with connection to all existing services including a new wastewater treatment system and soil polishing filter together with all ancillary site development works. Vehicular access to the proposed dwelling house is provided off the R166 via the access point permitted under P.A. Ref. No. 19297
Permission, 2 homes · Louth County Council, 2560705
11 Nov 2024Conditional
Retention & Permission: Retention permission sought for lighted walking track and full permission for the demolition of original dressing rooms and extension of existing clubhouse, demolition of existing shed and construction of replacement shed, construct all weather pitch with lighting, construct ball wall, relocate second pitch including ball stops, construct spectator stand, replace existing floodlighting bulbs with LED lighting, install LED floodlights to second pitch, upgrade existing entrance, install hardcore to existing parking area, replace existing pitch perimeter wall with fence and all associated site works
Retention · Louth County Council, 24199
10 Nov 2023Conditional
Permission for partial demolition of the existing dwelling house and permission for new 2-storey extension to the front and rear of existing house, including a full remodel of existing window fenestration and elevations, new terrace and associated site works. The height of the proposed dwelling is 6.425m *SFI received on 3.7.24 includes a reduction in footprint of the proposed first floor terrace to the South West elevation; decommissioning of existing septic tank and installation of new mechanical effluent treatment system; demolition of the existing blockwork portion of the wall to the south-east boundary and replacement with new precast reinforce concrete wall.*
Permission, 1 home · Louth County Council, 2360447
18 Aug 2023N/a
Partial demolition of the existing dwelling and 2 storey extension to the front and rear of the site with terrace and associated site works. The height of the proposed dwelling is 6.425m.
Permission, 1 home · Louth County Council, 2360287
28 Jul 2023Conditional
Permission for 1. Extension to existing sunroom and first floor balcony to front of existing dwelling, including internal alterations. 2. Alterations to existing dormer window to front of existing dwelling. 3. Alterations to existing elevations, including proposed new canopy to front of existing dwelling. 4. All associated site works
Permission, 1 home · Louth County Council, 2360253
10 Jul 2023N/a
Permission for the partial demolition of the existing dwelling and 2 storey extension to the front and rear of the site with roof terrace and associated site development works
Permission, 1 home · Louth County Council, 2360206
8 Feb 2023Conditional
Permission to change the use of existing family flat to a short stay holiday home including all associated site works. *Significant further information received on 21.7.23*
Permission · Louth County Council, 2358
17 Feb 2022Conditional
permission for the demolition of existing two storey dwelling and the construction of a new two storey replacement dwelling, an extension of site boundary resulting in increased site area and waste water treatment system and sand polishing filter together with all associated site development works **Significant further information received on 1.9.22**
Permission, 1 home · Louth County Council, 22120
25 Jan 2022N/a
permission for the demolition of existing two storey dwelling and the construction of a new two storey replacement dwelling, an extension of site boundary resulting in increased site area and waste water treatment system and sand polishing filter together with all associated site development works
Permission, 1 home · Louth County Council, 2248
22 Dec 2021N/a
permission for the demolition of existing two storey dwelling and the construction of a new two storey replacement dwelling, an extension of site boundary resulting in increased site area and waste water treatment system and sand polishing filter together with all associated site development works
Permission · Louth County Council, 211545
21 Jul 2021Conditional
Permission for development that will consist the following 1: Conversion of existing attic to attic rooms with new dormer window to the rear and new rooflights to front of existing dwelling 2. Alterations to existing elevation and alterations to window and door types along with material finishes to dwelling 3. Alterations to existing porch roof from hipped roof to flat canopy roof 4. All associated site works. *Significant Further Information received on 22/09/2021 which includes the conversion of existing attic to habitable rooms at first floor level by increasing the height of the proposed new dormer windows to the rear of the existing dwelling.*
Permission, 1 home · Louth County Council, 21925
21 May 2021N/a
Permission for the demolition of existing two storey dwelling and the construction of a new two storey replacement dwelling utilising existing connections to all services, an extension of site boundary resulting in increased site area, together with all associated site development works
Permission, 1 home · Louth County Council, 21624
3 Oct 2019Conditional
Permission for the change of use of a detached domestic garage to a family (granny) flat including upgrade works to the existing waste water treatment plant and percolation area and all associated site works.
Permission, 1 home · Louth County Council, 19809
6 Sept 2019N/a
Permission for the change of use of a detached domestic garage to a family (granny) flat, including upgrade works to the existing waste water treatment plant and percolation area and all associated site works.
Permission, 1 home · Louth County Council, 19718
19 Jul 2019Conditional
EXTENSION OF DURATION: 13/512 - Permission for the demolition of the existing habitable dwelling and the construction of a single storey replacement dwelling with associated site works ***SFI received 23/10/2014
Extension of duration, 1 home · Louth County Council, 19578
18 Apr 2019Conditional
Permission for a proposed two storey dwelling house with single storey element to the side and detached garage. The proposed development also provides for an onsite waste water treatment system and percolation area, landscaping and boundary treatment and all associated site development works. Vehicular access to the proposed dwelling house is provided off the R166 via the access point permitted under P.A Ref. No. 14/76.
Permission, 2 homes · Louth County Council, 19297
7 Feb 2019Conditional
Retention permission for an existing dormer window to front elevation (east) installed in existing roof attic space previously granted permission under Ref. 90186.
Retention, 1 home · Louth County Council, 1970
12 Jun 2018Conditional
The development will consist of a storey and a half style dwelling with detached domestic garage, a domestic effluent treatment system, new site entrance and all associated site works. * Significant Further Information Submitted on 25/01/2019*
Permission, 2 homes · Louth County Council, 18447
18 May 2018N/a
The development will consist of a storey and a half style dwelling with detached domestic garage, a domestic effluent treatment system, new site entrance and all associated site works.
Permission, 2 homes · Louth County Council, 18376
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
- Special Protection Area: North-West Irish Sea cSPA 004236
Recorded monuments
No recorded monument lies in the townland of Ganderstown.
Architectural heritage
No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands in the townland of Ganderstown.
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
- About 1 in 20 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels. Testing a home
- Landslides
- Susceptibility low, low (inferred), on the 1:50,000 map.
- Terrain model
- LiDAR of the Office of Public Works, flown in 2011, at 2 m: tile OPW_3198 (ZIP).
- Flooding
- The flood maps of the Office of Public Works: floodinfo.ie.
Radon Risk Map of Ireland, Environmental Protection Agency; Landslide Susceptibility Classification, Geological Survey Ireland; both 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 Ganderstown with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Louth.
The townland
- Name
- Ganderstown · Baile Ghandair
- Area
- 660,853 m² (66.09 ha, 163.3 acres)
- Civil parish
- Termonfeckin, and its townlands
- Barony
- Ferrard
- Electoral division
- Termonfeckin, the unit of the census
- Census 2022
- Termonfeckin electoral division: 4,003 people in 1,280 households; 83% of households own their home; 51% of homes were built since 2001; 4% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 3% were holiday homes.
- Neighbouring townlands
- Dardisrath, Glaspistol, Meaghsland
- Placenames
- Ganderstown 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.