# Simonstown, Co. Louth: townland, land parcels and planning Townland in the civil parish of Drumcar, barony of Ardee, Co. Louth; in Irish Baile Shíomóin. - Area (Tailte Éireann): 694,378 m² (69.44 ha, 171.58 acres) - Land parcels (Tailte Éireann): 17 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in it, median 4,095 m² (0.41 ha, 1.01 acres) - Zoning (national zoning, MyPlan): not in a zoned settlement - Planning (National Planning Applications): 6 applications since 2010 - Civil parish: Drumcar, https://everytownland.com/louth/parish/drumcar.md - Barony: Ardee - Electoral division: Drumcar, the unit of the census - Census 2022 (Central Statistics Office): 1,415 people lived in 487 households in the Drumcar electoral division. 85% of households owned their home. 31% of homes were built since 2001. 6% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 6% were holiday homes. - County: Co. Louth, https://everytownland.com/louth.md - Placenames Database of Ireland: https://www.logainm.ie/en/33571 - Townland number at Tailte Éireann: 140603 - Centre: latitude 53.852281, longitude -6.333202 (WGS 84) ## Land parcels (registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann) 17 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Simonstown, from 1,977 m² to 262,377 m² (26.24 ha, 64.83 acres); 19 neighbouring parcels touch its boundary. Largest first: - Parcel 1121212: 262,377 m² (26.24 ha, 64.83 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1121212.md - Parcel 1114861: 168,335 m² (16.83 ha, 41.6 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1114861.md - Parcel 1091205: 67,211 m² (6.72 ha, 16.61 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1091205.md - Parcel 1128699: 43,702 m² (4.37 ha, 10.8 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1128699.md - Parcel 1125366: 43,100 m² (4.31 ha, 10.65 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1125366.md - Parcel 1092314: 40,230 m² (4.02 ha, 9.94 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1092314.md - Parcel 1106408: 24,243 m² (2.42 ha, 5.99 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1106408.md - Parcel 1125412: 18,800 m² (1.88 ha, 4.65 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1125412.md - Parcel 5609533: 4,095 m² (0.41 ha, 1.01 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5609533.md - Parcel 1093965: 4,026 m² (0.4 ha, 0.99 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1093965.md - Parcel 1117992: 3,865 m² (0.39 ha, 0.95 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1117992.md - Parcel 1125345: 2,988 m² (0.3 ha, 0.74 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1125345.md - Parcel 1130360: 2,548 m² (0.25 ha, 0.63 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1130360.md - Parcel 1092241: 2,449 m² (0.24 ha, 0.61 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1092241.md - Parcel 1094363: 2,207 m² (0.22 ha, 0.55 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1094363.md - Parcel 1103310: 2,193 m² (0.22 ha, 0.54 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1103310.md - Parcel 1102083: 1,977 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1102083.md ## Zoning (national zoning of development plans, MyPlan) No zone of a development plan covers Simonstown in the national zoning. Outside zoned towns and villages, the county development plan's rural policies apply to each application. ## Planning applications whose site touches the townland (National Planning Applications, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage) 6 applications, newest first. - 17 Jun 2026, Louth County Council 2660384: Refused. Retention, 3 homes. Retention and Permission: Retention permission is sought for the following use and works: a. Retention permission for 2no. modular structures utilised for habitable use and garden shed. The modular structures and garden shed are proposed to be retained until the proposed single storey dwelling and garage are habitable / completed. b. Retention of an existing effluent treatment system and percolation area; c. Retention of existing soakaway system. d. Retention of and alterations to the existing vehicular entrance and boundary treatments. Permission is sought for the following works: e. Permission for a new single storey dwelling house and garage; f. All additional required ancillary site development works. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/LouthCC/AppFileRefDetails/2660384/0 - 12 Jun 2026, Louth County Council 2660372: N/a. Retention, 3 homes. Retention and Permission. Retention permission is sought for the following use and works: a. Retention permission for 2no. modular structures utilised for habitable use and garden shed. The modular structures and garden shed are proposed to be retained until the proposed single storey dwelling and garage are habitable/completed. b. Retention of an existing effluent treatment system and percolation area. c. Retention of existing soakaway system. d. Retention of and alterations to the existing vehicular entrance and boundary treatments. Permission is sought for the following works: e. Permission for a new single storey dwelling house and garage. f. All additional required ancillary site development works. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/LouthCC/AppFileRefDetails/2660372/0 - 18 May 2026, Louth County Council 2660295: N/a. Permission. Permission for A) extension of existing slatted and loose bedded sheds with infill of cubicles & handling & drafting area with underground slatted slurry storage tank for a feeding area. B) Permission for construction of lean-to sheds adjacent to facilities described in paragraph A) to include a milking parlour, dairy & ancillary rooms, meal bin and water storage tank, waiting yard & feed area with underground slatted flow channels for slurry & soiled water. C) permission for construction of a silage slab. D) permission for construction of a slurry storage facility and all associated site works. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/LouthCC/AppFileRefDetails/2660295/0 - 28 Oct 2025, Louth County Council 2560687: Conditional. Outline permission, 2 homes. Outline Permission for proposed dwelling house, detached domestic garage, waste water treatment system and percolation area, roadside vehicular entrance and all associated works. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/LouthCC/AppFileRefDetails/2560687/0 - 29 Oct 2024, Louth County Council 2460662: Refused. Permission. Permission for proposed dwelling house, waste water treatment system and polishing filter percolation area, new vehicular entrance onto public road and all associated site development works. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/LouthCC/AppFileRefDetails/2460662/0 - 21 Dec 2017, Louth County Council 17957: Conditional. Permission, 2 homes. Permission for dwelling house, detached domestic garage, waster water treatment unit and percolation area.. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/LouthCC/AppFileRefDetails/17957/0 Applicants are not shown. ## Designated sites (National Parks and Wildlife Service) No designated site (Special Area of Conservation, Special Protection Area, Natural Heritage Area or proposed one) touches the townland of Simonstown. ## Recorded monuments (Sites and Monuments Record, National Monuments Service) No recorded monument lies in the townland of Simonstown. ## Architectural heritage (National Inventory of Architectural Heritage) No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands in the townland of Simonstown. ## Ground and risks (Radon Risk Map of Ireland, EPA; Landslide Susceptibility Classification and LiDAR, Geological Survey Ireland) - Radon: at the centre of the townland of Simonstown, about 1 in 20 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels. Testing a home: https://www.epa.ie/environment-and-you/radon/radon-testing/#d.en.82887 - Landslides: The 1:50,000 map rates the landslide susceptibility here as low, partly inferred. - Terrain model: LiDAR of the Office of Public Works, flown in 2011, at 2 m: tile OPW_3108, https://gsi.geodata.gov.ie/downloads/LiDAR/OPW_NASC/OPW_3108.zip (ZIP). - Flooding: the flood maps of the Office of Public Works, https://www.floodinfo.ie/map/floodmaps/, linked only: their licence does not allow re-use. 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. ## Downloads - DXF, in Irish Transverse Mercator metres, with its boundary, parcels and buildings, for a drawing program: https://everytownland.com/louth/simonstown.dxf - GeoJSON, in WGS 84, for a map: https://everytownland.com/louth/simonstown.geojson - KML, for Google Earth: https://everytownland.com/louth/simonstown.kml ## Homes sold (Residential Property Price Register) No address of the register names Simonstown with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Louth: https://everytownland.com/louth.md ## Neighbouring townlands (National Statutory Boundaries, Tailte Éireann) - Ardballan: https://everytownland.com/louth/ardballan.md - Clonmore: https://everytownland.com/louth/clonmore.md - Finvoy: https://everytownland.com/louth/finvoy.md - Mountdoyle: https://everytownland.com/louth/mountdoyle.md - Plunketsland: https://everytownland.com/louth/plunketsland-140524.md - Tullydonnell: https://everytownland.com/louth/tullydonnell.md - Verdonstown: https://everytownland.com/louth/verdonstown.md 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. --- Everytownland reads the registered freehold land and the statutory boundaries of Tailte Éireann, the national zoning, planning file and heritage records of the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, and the Residential Property Price Register. A parcel is the land of a title, not an address. The owner's name is in the Land Registry of Tailte Éireann: a copy of the folio can be ordered on landdirect.ie, for a fee; this site names no owner. A price is the price recorded for a past sale, not a valuation. Sources: Cadastral Parcels Freehold, Townlands, Civil Parishes, Baronies, Electoral Divisions and Buildings, Tailte Éireann, CC BY 4.0; national zoning of development plans (GZT, MyPlan) and National Planning Applications, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, CC BY 4.0, applicants not shown; designated sites, National Parks and Wildlife Service, CC BY 4.0; Sites and Monuments Record, National Monuments Service, CC BY 4.0; National Inventory of Architectural Heritage, CC BY 4.0; Residential Property Price Register, Property Services Regulatory Authority, re-used with the source acknowledged. - Page: https://everytownland.com/louth/simonstown - In JSON: https://everytownland.com/api/townland/louth/simonstown