Gibstown
Townland in the civil parish of Louth, barony of Dundalk Upper, Co. Louth; in Irish Baile Ghib
- Area
- 85.9 ha
- 212 acres
- Land parcels
- 71
- registered freehold, median 3,782 m² (0.38 ha, 0.93 acres)
- Zoning
- R2
- Existing Residential
- Planning
- 13
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
71 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Gibstown, from 11 m² to 149,589 m² (14.96 ha, 36.96 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 36 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
- R2Existing Residential (Existing residential)
Louth County Development Plan, Louth · 7 parcels The zoning objective in the plan - C3Business and Technology (Office, business/technology park and related)
Louth County Development Plan, Louth · 4 parcels The zoning objective in the plan - O1Strategic Reserve (Strategic reserve, White land)
Louth County Development Plan, Louth · 4 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
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 Jul 2026N/a
Permission for for the construction of a dependent relative accommodation unit and associated site development works.
Permission, 1 home · Louth County Council, 2693
6 Oct 2023Conditional
Permission for (A) A vehicular double garage 40m² & (B) Retention of as constructed boundaries from that previously granted under planning application Ref 201710
Retention, 1 home · Louth County Council, 2360389
8 Apr 2022Refused
Permission for the construction of a new dwelling house, new wastewater treatment system and percolation area and all associated site works.
Permission, 1 home · Louth County Council, 22279
29 Sept 2021Refused
Permission for a new single storey dwelling house, septic tank and percolation area, new site entrance and associated site development works
Permission, 1 home · Louth County Council, 211225
13 Mar 2020Conditional
Part 8: Louth County Council, Infrastructure Section hereby gives notice of its intention to carry out construction of a Park and Share Scheme at Gibstown, approximately 250m west of Junction 16 of the M1 Motorway in County Louth. The proposed works shall comprise, generally, the following: An off-road 'Park & Share' car park facility at Gibstown near Junction 16 M1 Motorway; A right turn lane on the public road to support safe access to the facility from Junction 16 M1 Motorway; A safe pick-up and drop-off area for those using the facility; Improved public lighting provision between Junction 16 M1 Motorway and the new Park and Share facility and lighting of the facility; Provision for possible future security measures (e.g. CCTV), electric vehicle (EV) charging points and public transport connection; Measures to deter use by heavy goods vehicles. All associated site development works
Permission · Louth County Council, 20185
9 Mar 2020Conditional
Permission for the demolition of an existing dwelling house. Construction of a dwelling house, waste water treatment system and associated site development works *Significant further information received 05/8/20*
Permission, 1 home · Louth County Council, 20164
19 Nov 2019N/a
Part 8: Louth County Council, Infrastructure Section hereby gives notice of its intention to carry out construction of a Park and Share Scheme at Gibstown, approximately 250m west of Junction 16 of the M1 Motorway in County Louth. The proposed works include the following: An off-road 'Park & Share' car park facility. A right turn lane on the public road to support safe access to the facility from Junction 16 M1 Motorway. A safe pick-up and drop-off area for those using the facility. Improved public lighting provision between Junction 16 M1 Motorway and the new Park and Share facility and lighting of the facility. Provision for possible future security measures (e.g. CCTV), electric vehicle (EV) charging points and public transport connection. Measures to deter use by heavy goods vehicles. All associated site development works
Permission · Louth County Council, 19961
29 Aug 2019Conditional
Retention & Permission: 1. Retention of an existing residential modular unit and all associated site development works. 2. Permission for a waste water treatment system. *Significant Further Information submitted 26/8/20*
Retention, 1 home · Louth County Council, 19697
19 Jul 2019N/a
Retention & Permission: 1. Retention of an existing residential modular unit and all associated site development works. 2. Permission for a waste water treatment system.
Retention, 1 home · Louth County Council, 19573
26 Mar 2019N/a
Retention permission for an existing residential modular unit and all associated site development works.
Retention, 1 home · Louth County Council, 19227
11 Jan 2019N/a
Permission for construction of a new dwelling house, new wastewater treatment system and percolation area and all associated site works.
Permission, 1 home · Louth County Council, 1913
4 Dec 2017Conditional
Permission for development will consist of a dwelling house, domestic garage, waste water treatment system and associated site development works.
Permission, 2 homes · Louth County Council, 17889
3 Apr 2017Conditional
Retention permission for development to consist of the retention and completion of a two storey type dwelling house which has commenced on site, a domestic garage and waste water treatment system granted under planning permission reference no. 09/827 to include all associated site develoment works.
Retention, 2 homes · Louth County Council, 17239
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 Gibstown.
Recorded monuments
- LH012-003 Souterrain
Description
The following description is derived from both the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Louth' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1986) and the 'Archaeological Survey of County Louth' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1991). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload/revision: 17 July 2007 Local tradition of a 'cave'.
Architectural heritage
No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands in the townland of Gibstown.
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 10 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels. Testing a home
- Landslides
- Susceptibility moderately high, moderately low, 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_2993 (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 Gibstown with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Louth.
The townland
- Name
- Gibstown · Baile Ghib
- Area
- 858,557 m² (85.86 ha, 212.15 acres)
- Civil parish
- Louth, and its townlands
- Barony
- Dundalk Upper
- Electoral division
- Haggardstown, the unit of the census
- Census 2022
- Haggardstown electoral division: 9,301 people in 3,293 households; 77% of households own their home; 54% of homes were built since 2001; 5% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 1% were holiday homes.
- Neighbouring townlands
- Carnanbregagh, Cavan, Dunmahon, Haynestown, Killally, Newtownbabe
- Placenames
- Gibstown 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.