Ardcalf
Ardcalf is a townland in the civil parish of Slane, barony of Slane Upper, Co. Meath.
- Area
- 173.1 ha
- 428 acres
- Land parcels
- 85
- registered freehold, median 3,960 m² (0.4 ha, 0.98 acres)
- Zoning
- P5
- RA - Rural Area
- Planning
- 14
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
85 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Ardcalf, from 77 m² to 176,304 m² (17.63 ha, 43.57 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 39 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.
Zoning
Development plans, national zoning
- P5RA - Rural Area (Mixed/general primary sector uses, including 'rural')
Meath County Development Plan 2021-2027 (As Varied), Meath · 124 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
Source: Tailte Éireann and the Department of Housing (MyPlan), national zoning, CC BY 4.0.
Planning applications
Sites that touch the townland, newest first
9 Sept 2026N/a
the development will consist of the retention of : 1. Storage area and gates to north elevation. 2. Beer garden to west elevation. 3. Amendments to lobby on south elevation and all ancillary site works
Retention · Meath County Council, 2661126
21 Jan 2026Conditional
File Ref: LB201091 - Dwelling house, wastewater treatment system and percolation area, access lane to site
Extension of duration, 1 home · Meath County Council, 2621
13 Dec 2024N/a
the development will consist of the retention of the existing entrance which is in a different location along the front of the site than was granted permission under Planning Ref. No. SA40060
Retention · Meath County Council, 2461096
28 Mar 2024Conditional
Retention of conversion of detached domestic garage to family flat as constructed, together with permission for front porch & two single storey extensions to sides of existing dwelling, one comprising new living area, one forming link between dwelling and converted family flat (with revised layout proposed), alterations to existing and all associated works
Retention, 1 home · Meath County Council, 2460217
26 Aug 2022Conditional
the construction of a two storey style dwelling, detached domestic garage & farm office, a domestic wastewater disposal system, new site entrance and all associated site works. Significant Further Information/revised plans submitted on this application.
Permission, 1 home · Meath County Council, 221112
25 Aug 2020Conditional
the construction of a single storey dwelling, domestic garage, packaged wastewater treatment system with polishing filter, new entrance and all ancillary siteworks
Permission, 1 home · Meath County Council, LB201143
14 Aug 2020Conditional
permission sought for dwelling house, wastewater treatment system and percolation area including access lane to site and all associated site works
Permission, 1 home · Meath County Council, LB201091
26 May 2020Conditional
the construction of house, the widening and upgrading of the existing field entrance and the installation of BAF Sewage Treatment system with polishing filter and to carry out all other necessary ancillary works
Permission, 1 home · Meath County Council, LB200653
7 Apr 2020Conditional
an attic conversion to the existing single storey dwelling. The development includes the following: elevational changes and raised roof to the existing house and all other ancillary works
Permission, 1 home · Meath County Council, LB200479
6 Mar 2020N/a
an attic conversion to an existing dwelling. The development includes the following: elevational changes to existing house and all ancillary site works.
Permission, 1 home · Meath County Council, LB200307
14 Aug 2019Conditional
retention permission for revised location of existing dwelling, revised external windows and doors, revised roof design over bay window and main dwelling, omission of rear dormer window, including all ancillary site works
Retention · Meath County Council, LB191063
19 Feb 2019Conditional
construction of a storey & a half style dwelling with detached domestic garage, installation of a packaged wastewater treatment system and polishing filter. Proposed entrance onto main road, including all ancillary site works
Permission, 2 homes · Meath County Council, LB190157
28 Sept 2018N/a
2 No. 6 Bay Cattle Housing Units with Underground Slurry Storage Tanks, Concrete Apron and all site works
Permission · Meath County Council, LB181129
13 Jul 2018Conditional
construction of a storey & a half style dwelling with detached domestic garage, installation of a packaged wastewater treatment system and polishing filter. Proposed entrance onto main road, including all ancillary site works
Permission, 2 homes · Meath County Council, LB180784
Source: National Planning Applications, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, CC BY 4.0. Applicants are not shown.
Nature and heritage
Designated sites and recorded monuments
Designated sites
No designated site (Special Area of Conservation, Special Protection Area, Natural Heritage Area or proposed one) touches the townland of Ardcalf.
Recorded monuments
- ME019-001 Barrow - unclassified
Description
Situated at the bottom of a gentle S-facing slope. It is visible on aerial photographs (GSIAP: O 301). This is a circular grass-covered area (int. diam. 7.7m E-W; 7.6m N-S) defined by an earthen bank (Wth 2.7m; H 0.3m) and an outer fosse (Wth of base c. 1.5m; ext. D 0.2m). There is no visible entrance and the monument is truncated slightly at S by an E-W field drain. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Meath' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1987). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 10 July 2007 Amended: 27 January 2021
Architectural heritage
No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands in the townland of Ardcalf.
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).
Ground and risks
Radon, landslides, flooding
- Radon
- At the centre of the townland of Ardcalf, 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 high, moderately low, low, partly inferred.
- Terrain model
- No LiDAR survey of the Office of Public Works covers the centre of the townland of Ardcalf.
- 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.
Homes sold
Property Price Register
No address of the register names Ardcalf with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Meath.
The townland
- Name
- Ardcalf
- Area
- 1,731,423 m² (173.14 ha, 427.84 acres)
- Civil parish
- Slane, and its townlands
- Barony
- Slane Upper
- Electoral division
- Slane, the unit of the census
- Census 2022
- 1,936 people lived in 687 households in the Slane electoral division. 77% of households owned their home. 39% of homes were built since 2001. 9% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 0% were holiday homes.
- Neighbouring townlands
- Bryanstown, Creewood, Crossane, Davidstown, Grangegeeth, Knockerk, Tankardstown
- Placenames
- Ardcalf 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.