Twenties

28 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Twenties, from 200 m² to 99,321 m² (9.93 ha, 24.54 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 14 neighbouring parcels touch it.

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

No zone of a development plan covers Twenties 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.

• 9 Dec 2025Conditional

  Permission for development at a site (c. 2.33ha). The proposed development comprises: 79no. dwellings (8no. 2-bed, 62no. 3- bed and 9no. 4-bed houses), and all associated and ancillary site development and infrastructural works, hard and soft landscaping and boundary treatment works, including public open space; public lighting; surface car parking; bicycle parking; ESB substation; bin stores; amendments to the attenuation associated with LCC Reg. Ref. 2460793. The proposed development is accessible for pedestrians, cyclists and vehicles via existing Ballymakenny Avenue permitted under LCC Reg. Ref. 22215, which connects to the Ballymakenny Road. The site is also accessible for pedestrians, cyclists and vehicles from the west at Twenties Lane via road infrastructure permitted under LCC Reg. Ref. 2360492, LCC Reg. Ref. 2360493, LCC Reg. Ref. 2360494 and LCC Reg. Ref. 2460391. A NIS accompanies this application

  Permission, 79 homes · Louth County Council, 2560796

• 10 Jul 2024Conditional

  Permission on this site (c. 1.8Ha) in the Townlands of Yellowbatter and Moneymore, at lands bounded generally by greenfield lands and the Twenties Lane (realigned) to the west; residential development permitted under LCC Reg. Ref. 22729 (as amended by LCC Reg. Ref. 23/327 and LCC Reg. Ref. 24/60056) & LCC Reg. Ref. 22730 (as amended by LCC Reg. Ref. 23/328 and LCC Reg. Ref. 24/60056) and greenfield lands served by Ballymakenny Road to the east; permitted residential development (LCC Reg. Refs. 2360492, 2360493 and 2360493) served by Twenties Lane to the south; and, the Port Access Northern Cross Route to the north. The proposed development comprises site enabling works, including a spine road, water and drainage infrastructure, to serve future residential development at these lands. The proposed works comprise the construction of: c. 1.0km of internal spine and spur roads, providing for pedestrian, cyclist and vehicular access, pedestrian crossings and public lighting; Watermain infrastructure, surface water drainage including SuDS, foul water drainage and foul water pumping station. Minor ancillary site works, landscaping and car parking configuration amendments to Duplex Nos. 44-45 permitted under LCC Reg. Ref. 22/729 (as amended by LCC Reg. Ref. 23/327 and LCC Reg. Ref. 24/60056). All associated hard and soft landscaping, boundary treatments, road markings and signage, ESB and Telecoms infrastructure and partial culverting of Usher Stream to provide a bridge crossing as part of the proposed internal spine road. A Natura Impact Statement (NIS) has been prepared in respect of the proposed development and accompany this application

  Permission · Louth County Council, 2460391

• 28 Apr 2017Conditional

  Permission for development to consist of amendments to a permitted residential development (Ref. 071507) to alter dwelling unit types, and to amend conditions 6(ii) and 51 (i)(a). The total permitted number of units of 1056 no. will remain unchanged. The unit types will be altered to comprise the following in total: Type A: 10 no. 4 bed detached houses, Type A1: 4 no. 4 bed detached houses, Type B: 54 no. 4 bed semi-detached houses, Type B1: 56 no. 4 bed semi-detached houses, Type C: 124 no. 3 bed semi-detached houses, Type C1: 220 no. 3 bed semi-detached houses, Type C2: 58 no. 3 bed semi-detached houses, Type C3: 14 no. 3 bed semi-detached houses; Type C4: 20 no. 3 bed terraced houses, Type C5: 12 no. 3 bed terraced houses, Type D: 16 no. 2 bed semi-detached houses, Type D2: 24 no. 2 bed terraced houses, Type E: 206 no. 3 bed duplex, Type F: 103 no. 2 bed apartment above Type E, Type J: 28 no. 2 bed semi-detached houses, Type J1: 13 no. 2 bed terraced houses, Type J2: 73 no. 2 bed terraced houses, Type K: 4 no. 3 bed apartments (unchanged from ref. 071507), Type K1: 4 no. 3 bed apartments (unchanged from ref. 071507), Type L: 2 no. 2 bed apartments (unchanged from ref. 071507); Type L1: 2 no. 2 bed apartments (unchanged from ref. 071507), 3 no. assisted living units and 6 no. older person dwellings. These house types vary between 2 and 3 storeys in height. The duplex units with apartments above are provided in 3 storey semi-detached and terraced arrangements. It is also proposed to amend conditions 6(ii) and 51 (i)(a)of ref. 071507 to revise phasing requirements relating to the Port Access Northern Cross Route (PANCR). The development also involves the provision of 4.93 ha of public open space, including part of the permitted linear park, and the provision of 2146 surface car parking spaces along with all associated infrastructure and site development works including internal roads, bin storage, bicycle storage, landscaping and boundary treatments. An Environmental Impact Statement accompanies this application.

  Permission, 1,043 homes · Louth County Council, 17310

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 Twenties.

Recorded monuments

No recorded monument lies in the townland of Twenties.

Architectural heritage

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

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 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_3111 (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.

No address of the register names Twenties with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Louth.

Name

Twenties · Na Fichidí

Area

633,419 m² (63.34 ha, 156.52 acres)

Civil parish

St. Peter's, and its townlands

Barony

Drogheda

Electoral division

St. Peter's, the unit of the census

Census 2022

St. Peter's electoral division: 10,951 people in 3,492 households; 71% of households own their home; 53% of homes were built since 2001; 4% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 0% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Bailypark, Commons, Listoke, Moneymore, Philipstown, Yellowbatter

Placenames

Twenties 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.