# Abelstown, Co. Meath: townland, land parcels and planning

Townland in the civil parish of Gernonstown, barony of Slane Upper, Co. Meath.

- Area (Tailte Éireann): 820,931 m² (82.09 ha, 202.86 acres)
- Land parcels (Tailte Éireann): 18 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in it, median 8,530 m² (0.85 ha, 2.11 acres)
- Zoning (national zoning, MyPlan): P5 RA - Rural Area, the zone with the most parcels
- Planning (National Planning Applications): 7 applications since 2010
- Civil parish: Gernonstown, https://everytownland.com/meath/parish/gernonstown.md
- Barony: Slane Upper
- Electoral division: Stackallan, the unit of the census
- Census 2022 (Central Statistics Office): 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.
- County: Co. Meath, https://everytownland.com/meath.md
- Placenames Database of Ireland: https://www.logainm.ie/en/38737
- Townland number at Tailte Éireann: 160004
- Centre: latitude 53.714118, longitude -6.594779 (WGS 84)

## Land parcels (registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann)

18 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Abelstown, from 663 m² to 405,754 m² (40.58 ha, 100.26 acres); 15 neighbouring parcels touch its boundary. Largest first:

- Parcel 2517681: 405,754 m² (40.58 ha, 100.26 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2517681.md
- Parcel 166308: 186,591 m² (18.66 ha, 46.11 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/166308.md
- Parcel 141828: 48,637 m² (4.86 ha, 12.02 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/141828.md
- Parcel 191393: 43,600 m² (4.36 ha, 10.77 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/191393.md
- Parcel 151082: 36,590 m² (3.66 ha, 9.04 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/151082.md
- Parcel 187334: 21,132 m² (2.11 ha, 5.22 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/187334.md
- Parcel 167644: 20,219 m² (2.02 ha, 5 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/167644.md
- Parcel 3097693: 19,129 m² (1.91 ha, 4.73 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/3097693.md
- Parcel 214528: 10,507 m² (1.05 ha, 2.6 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/214528.md
- Parcel 636719: 6,553 m² (0.66 ha, 1.62 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/636719.md
- Parcel 636740: 5,642 m² (0.56 ha, 1.39 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/636740.md
- Parcel 137484: 4,401 m² (0.44 ha, 1.09 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/137484.md
- Parcel 193804: 3,672 m² (0.37 ha, 0.91 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/193804.md
- Parcel 169230: 2,868 m² (0.29 ha, 0.71 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/169230.md
- Parcel 162919: 2,291 m² (0.23 ha, 0.57 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/162919.md
- Parcel 135341: 1,532 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/135341.md
- Parcel 204222: 1,120 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/204222.md
- Parcel 4636302: 663 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/4636302.md

## Zoning (national zoning of development plans, MyPlan)

- P5 RA - 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: https://consult.meath.ie/en/consultation/consolidated-meath-county-development-plan-2021-2027-incl-variations-1-2

## Planning applications whose site touches the townland (National Planning Applications, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage)

7 applications, newest first.

- 30 Apr 2026, Meath County Council 2660499: N/a. Permission. 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. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/MeathCC/AppFileRefDetails/2660499/0
- 22 Dec 2025, Meath County Council 2660025: N/a. Permission. 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.. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/MeathCC/AppFileRefDetails/2660025/0
- 7 Nov 2025, Meath County Council 25219: Conditional. Extension of duration, 1 home. 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. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/MeathCC/AppFileRefDetails/25219/0
- 18 Feb 2022, Meath County Council 22208: Conditional. Permission, 1 home. single storey extensions to rear & side of house, internal renovations & all ancillary site works. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/MeathCC/AppFileRefDetails/22208/0
- 16 Apr 2021, Meath County Council 21720: Conditional. Permission, 1 home. the construction of a single storey dwelling, domestic garage, packaged wastewater treatment system with percolation area, new entrance and all ancillary site works. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/MeathCC/AppFileRefDetails/21720/0
- 29 Jul 2019, Meath County Council LB191001: Unconditional. Extension of duration. 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. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/MeathCC/AppFileRefDetails/LB191001/0
- 7 Feb 2017, Meath County Council LB170110: Conditional. Permission. the construction of a single storey extension to the side of an existing house. Significant further information/revised plans submitted on this application. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/MeathCC/AppFileRefDetails/LB170110/0

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## 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 Abelstown.

## Recorded monuments (Sites and Monuments Record, National Monuments Service)

No recorded monument lies in the townland of Abelstown.

## Architectural heritage (National Inventory of Architectural Heritage)

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

## 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 Abelstown, 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 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 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/meath/abelstown.dxf
- GeoJSON, in WGS 84, for a map: https://everytownland.com/meath/abelstown.geojson
- KML, for Google Earth: https://everytownland.com/meath/abelstown.kml

## Homes sold (Residential Property Price Register)

No address of the register names Abelstown with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Meath: https://everytownland.com/meath.md

## Neighbouring townlands (National Statutory Boundaries, Tailte Éireann)

- Carrickdexter: https://everytownland.com/meath/carrickdexter.md
- Gernonstown: https://everytownland.com/meath/gernonstown.md
- Harlinstown: https://everytownland.com/meath/harlinstown.md
- Rushwee: https://everytownland.com/meath/rushwee-161449.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.

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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.

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