Riverstown

86 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Riverstown, from 45 m² to 204,827 m² (20.48 ha, 50.61 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 27 neighbouring parcels touch it.

Download the townland: DXF, in Irish Transverse Mercator metres, with its boundary, parcels and buildings; GeoJSON or KML.

• C2.1General Employment (Industrial, enterprise, employment)
  Louth County Development Plan, Louth · 25 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• R4New Residential Phase 2 (Strategic Residential Reserve)
  Louth County Development Plan, Louth · 3 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• P1Agriculture
  Louth County Development Plan, Louth · 0 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• R2Existing Residential (Existing residential)
  Louth County Development Plan, Louth · 0 parcels The zoning objective in the plan

Source: Tailte Éireann and the Department of Housing (MyPlan), national zoning, CC BY 4.0.

• 15 Oct 2025Conditional

  proposed agricultural store extension No. 1 onto existing grain store including covered open area , proposed agricultural store extension No. 2 onto existing grain store , new soakaway and all associated site works

  Permission · Louth County Council, 2560654

• 10 Oct 2025Conditional

  Retention permission for a sun room constructed to the rear of existing dwelling together with site development works

  Retention, 1 home · Louth County Council, 2560636

• 31 Aug 2023N/a

  EirGrid PLC, with the consent and approval of the Electricity Supply Board (ESB), intends to apply to Meath County Council for permission for works associated with the proposed uprate of the existing Louth – Woodland 220 kV overhead powerline (OHL) between the existing Louth 220 kV substation in the townland of Monavallet, County Louth and the existing Woodland 220 kV substation in the townland of Woodland, County Meath. The Louth – Woodland 220 kV OHL is approximately 61.5 km long and comprises 207 no. steel lattice tower structures. The existing circuit is located within the functional area of Louth County Council and Meath County Council. Approximately 38.5 km of the existing OHL circuit is located within the functional area of Meath County Council and approximately 23 km is within the functional area of Louth County Council. A separate planning application is being lodged with Louth County Council. The Proposed Development within the functional area of Meath County Council is located in the townlands of Cardrath, Broomfield, Balrenny, Higginstown (Slane Electoral Division), Coalpits, Mooretown (Slane Electoral Division), Cashel, Crewbane, Rossnaree, Fennor (Painestown Electoral Division), Newtown (Painestown Electoral Division), Rathdrinagh, Thurstianstown, Painestown (Painestown Electoral Division), Knockharley, Weldonstown, Kentstown, Danestown, Proudstown (Skreen Electoral Division), Macetown (Skreen Electoral Division), Painestown (Macetown Electoral Division), Frankstown, Riggins (Kilbrew Electoral Division), Reask (Kilbrew Electoral Division), Cabinhill, Flemingtown (Ratoath Electoral Division), Twentypark, Lagore Little, Brownstown (Ratoath Electoral Division), Bradystown, Curkeen, Commons (Ratoath Electoral Division), Gormastown, Wilkinstown (Dunshaughlin Electoral Division), Powderlough, Raynestown, Derrockstown, Mill Land (Dunshaughlin Electoral Division), Parsonstown, Rathregan, Portan (Dunshaughlin Electoral Division), and Woodland. The Proposed Development works within the functional area of County Meath will comprise: ? the replacement (“restringing”) of the existing overhead line circuit conductor with a new higher capacity conductor; ? the strengthening of up to 25 no. tower foundations; ? the replacement of hardware and fittings, such as insulators, insulator hardware, earthwire hardware, anti-climbing guards and bird warning spheres at various9 no. locations;; ? the replacement of suspension clamps and vibration dampers

  Permission · Meath County Council, 2360249

• 2 Jun 2023N/a

  Permission for i). Demolition of the existing 1 storey bungalow and associated outbuilding on site (c. 100 sq.m) and removal of associated front boundary wall and gates fronting the R215 road. ii). Construction of a commercial development comprising 1 no. industrial unit c. 7m in height with a gross floor area of c.330sq.m. Ancillary staff facilities including a reception/ office area, tearoom, lobby, and toilet are provided within the proposed building. iii). A new vehicular and pedestrian entrance roadway along the western site boundary off the existing R215 Ardee to Dundalk Road. iv). Provision of 1 no. new parking bay comprising a total of 8 no. car parking spaces including 1 no. accessible car parking space and 2 no. EV parking spaces. 2 no. covered bicycle parking spaces are also provided. v). All associated site development works above and below ground including landscaping boundary treatments and SuDS drainage works necessary to facilitate the proposed development on this site of 1.79 ha.

  Permission · Louth County Council, 2360138

• 20 Apr 2023Conditional

  Permission for dwelling house, detached domestic garage, waste water treatment system and percolation area and all associated site works

  Permission, 2 homes · Louth County Council, 23201

• 15 Dec 2022Conditional

  Retention and Permission: The development consists of extensions to sides and rear of the dwelling, including retention of the first floor converted attic space with two dormer roof windows in part of the rear extension roof. The development also includes a proposed single storey extension to the side of the house containing a swimming pool, ancillary plant room, the installation of a new waste water treatment system, percolation area and all associated site works

  Retention, 2 homes · Louth County Council, 22973

• 15 Sept 2022Refused

  Permission for dwelling house, waste water treatment system and percolation area, detached domestic garage and all associated site works

  Permission, 2 homes · Louth County Council, 22731

• 3 Aug 2022N/a

  Retention and Permission: Retention permission sought for an existing ground and first floor extension to the rear of an existing dwelling and permission is sought for the redesign of the existing dwelling. The development shall include internal layout changes and elevational changes to all existing elevations. Permission is also sought for the construction of a domestic car garage

  Retention, 1 home · Louth County Council, 22619

• 4 Mar 2022Conditional

  permission for side extension to existing dwelling, internal alterations and external elevations, alterations to existing dwelling, new percolation area to existing waste water treatment system and all associated site works

  Permission, 1 home · Louth County Council, 22163

• 22 Feb 2021N/a

  Permission sought for side extension to existing dwelling, internal alterations and external elevation alterations to existing dwelling and all associated site works

  Permission, 1 home · Louth County Council, 21169

• 6 Oct 2020Refused

  Permission for first floor extension to existing dwelling including alterations to existing dwelling and all associated site works

  Permission, 1 home · Louth County Council, 20793

• 2 Sept 2020N/a

  Permission sought for first floor extension to existing dwelling and all associated site works

  Permission, 1 home · Louth County Council, 20677

• 11 Jun 2019Conditional

  Retention permission for the change of use of a domestic garage to residential use in a dwelling house previously granted under planning reference number 80378.

  Retention, 1 home · Louth County Council, 19453

• 26 Mar 2019Conditional

  Permission sought for a grain store and all associated site works.

  Permission · Louth County Council, 19225

• 19 Mar 2019Conditional

  Permission for the construction of a new two storey dwelling with attached domestic garage, installation of wastewater treatment system (septic tank) required percolation area and all associated site works, with access from public road via existing adjoining entrance to serve as combined site entrance.

  Permission, 2 homes · Louth County Council, 19197

• 19 Nov 2018N/a

  Permission for development to consist of construction of a new two storey dwelling with attached domestic garage, installation of wastewater treatment system (septic tank), required percolation area and all associated site works with access from public road via existing adjoinging entrance to serve as combined site entrance.

  Permission, 2 homes · Louth County Council, 18935

• 17 Nov 2017Conditional

  Permission for the construction of a single storey dwelling house, a waste water treatment system, a new entrance and all associated site works.

  Permission, 1 home · Louth County Council, 17851

• 8 Feb 2017N/a

  Permission for the construction of a single storey dwelling house, a waste water treatment system, a new entrance and all associated site works.

  Permission, 1 home · Louth County Council, 1778

Source: National Planning Applications, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, CC BY 4.0. Applicants are not shown.

Designated sites

No designated site (Special Area of Conservation, Special Protection Area, Natural Heritage Area or proposed one) touches the townland of Riverstown.

Recorded monuments

• LH014-044 Castle - motte
  Description

  Situated in low-lying ground, the site consisted of a mound similar to Castleguard Motte (Dawson's Demesne, LH017-012001-) according to Tempest (1952b, part III, 147) who said that it was levelled about one hundered years before he remarked on it. It is also referred to in the OS Letters as being a small fort called 'the Liss' about a quarter of a mile NE of Ardee (Anon. 1922, 137). The above 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: 17 July 2007

• LH014-045 Church
  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 Small flat-topped hillock known locally as 'Church Field' (CLAJ 1943, 203).

• LH014-046 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 Drystone-built souterrain, L-shaped in plan, consisting of two passages and a beehive chamber. Passage 1 (L 8m, Wth 1.2m, H 1.3m) gently curves NE-W, terminating in drop-hole which gives access to Passage 2 (L 10.5m, Wth 1.1m, H 1.4m) running E-W (5.2m) then turning N-S (5.3m). This passage terminates at N end in a beehive chamber (diam. 2.4m, H 1.4m).

Architectural heritage

No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands in the townland of Riverstown.

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).

Radon

About 1 in 10 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels. Testing a home

Landslides

Susceptibility 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_2891 (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.

• Riverstown, Ardee5 sales

Name

Riverstown · Baile na hAbhna

Area

1,580,690 m² (158.07 ha, 390.6 acres)

Civil parish

Ardee, and its townlands

Barony

Ardee

Electoral division

Ardee Rural, the unit of the census

Census 2022

Ardee Rural electoral division: 3,009 people in 1,003 households; 94% of households own their home; 27% of homes were built since 2001; 7% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 0% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Ballybailie, Broadlough, Cappocksgreen, Knockcurlan, Manistown

Placenames

Riverstown 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.