Abelstown

18 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Abelstown, from 663 m² to 405,754 m² (40.58 ha, 100.26 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 15 neighbouring parcels touch it.

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

• P5RA - Rural Area (Mixed/general primary sector uses, including 'rural')
  Meath County Development Plan 2021-2027 (As Varied), Meath · 33 parcels The zoning objective in the plan

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

• 30 Apr 2026N/a

  the installation of ground mounted Photovoltaic Panels on existing lands, a cabin structure, connection to existing facility electrical infrastructure, together with all ancillary site development works at Deerpark Quarry, Abelstown, Slane, Co. Meath. This planning application is accompanied by an Appropriate Assessment (AA) Screening Report

  Permission · Meath County Council, 2660499

• 22 Dec 2025N/a

  RED III APPLICATION- The development will consist of the following: the installation of ground mounted Photovoltaic Panels on existing lands, a cabin structure, connection to existing facility electrical infrastructure, together with all ancillary site development works at Deerpark Quarry, Abelstown, Slane, Co. Meath. This planning application is accompanied by an Appropriate Assessment (AA) Screening Report. This development is covered by the provisions of the Renewable Energy Directive III (Directive (EU) 2023/2413) and it is important to note that the planning application may be subject to section 34D of the Planning and Development Act 2000, as amended. When a notice issues in accordance with section 34D(b), the provisions of article 26A of the Planning and Development Regulations 2001 to 2025 shall apply. The planning application may be inspected, or purchased at a fee not exceeding the reasonable cost of making a copy, at the offices of the planning authority during its public opening hours. A submission or observation in relation to the application may be made in writing to the planning authority on payment of the prescribed fee, €20, within the period of— (a) 5 weeks, or (b) 2 weeks, in the case of a planning application for small-scale solar energy equipment development or development that is the installation of a small-scale non-ground source heat pump, beginning on the date of receipt by the authority of the application, and such submissions or observations will be considered by the planning authority in making a decision on the application. The planning authority may grant permission subject to or without conditions, or may refuse to grant permission.

  Permission · Meath County Council, 2660025

• 7 Nov 2025Conditional

  File Ref 21720 - The construction of a single storey dwelling, domestic garage, packaged wastewater treatment systwm with percolation area new entrance & all ancillary site works

  Extension of duration, 1 home · Meath County Council, 25219

• 18 Feb 2022Conditional

  single storey extensions to rear & side of house, internal renovations & all ancillary site works

  Permission, 1 home · Meath County Council, 22208

• 16 Apr 2021Conditional

  the construction of a single storey dwelling, domestic garage, packaged wastewater treatment system with percolation area, new entrance and all ancillary site works

  Permission, 1 home · Meath County Council, 21720

• 29 Jul 2019Unconditional

  EXTENSION OF DURATION OF PLANNING PERMISSION SA140370 - Development of a dust/lime storage shed which will consist of the construction of a new shed with a footprint of 662m2 on 0.1734 hectares of land within the existing quarry (Meath Quarry Reference No. QY/17). The proposed development is for the construction of a shed and all other associated site works and ancillary activities, which will permit the covered storage of crushed dust/lime which is currently produced on site

  Extension of duration · Meath County Council, LB191001

• 7 Feb 2017Conditional

  the construction of a single storey extension to the side of an existing house. Significant further information/revised plans submitted on this application

  Permission · Meath County Council, LB170110

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 Abelstown.

Recorded monuments

No recorded monument lies in the townland of Abelstown.

Architectural heritage

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

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

At the centre of the townland of Abelstown, about 1 in 20 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels. Testing a home

Landslides

The 1:50,000 map rates the landslide susceptibility here as moderately low, low, partly inferred.

Terrain model

No LiDAR survey of the Office of Public Works covers the centre of the townland of Abelstown.

Flooding

The Office of Public Works publishes its flood maps on floodinfo.ie.

Radon Risk Map of Ireland, Environmental Protection Agency, and Landslide Susceptibility Classification, Geological Survey Ireland, both under 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 Abelstown with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Meath.

Name

Abelstown

Area

820,931 m² (82.09 ha, 202.86 acres)

Civil parish

Gernonstown, and its townlands

Barony

Slane Upper

Electoral division

Stackallan, the unit of the census

Census 2022

751 people lived in 230 households in the Stackallan electoral division. 89% of households owned their home. 26% of homes were built since 2001. 9% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 1% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Carrickdexter, Gernonstown, Harlinstown, Rushwee

Placenames

Abelstown 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.