Baconstown

145 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Baconstown, from 47 m² to 255,685 m² (25.57 ha, 63.18 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 49 neighbouring parcels touch it.

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

• P5RA - Rural Area (Mixed/general primary sector uses, including 'rural')
  Meath County Development Plan 2021-2027, Meath · 194 parcels The zoning objective in the plan

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

• 7 Aug 2026N/a

  the development will consist of the renovation & alteration of an existing derelict dwelling, a new single storey extension to the side of the existing dwelling, all associated elevational changes to the house, the installation of a proprietary waste water treatment system and percolation area, a new entrance onto the public road together with connection to existing services and including all ancillary site works

  Permission · Meath County Council, 2660993

• 23 May 2025Conditional

  the development will consist of the construction of a single storey dwelling, detached domestic garage, a domestic wastewater disposal system, new site entrance and all associated site works

  Permission, 1 home · Meath County Council, 2560527

• 14 Mar 2025Conditional

  the development will consist of amendments to the design of the single-storey dwelling (under construction) as granted under Reg Ref 21604. The proposed septic tank/treatment system, percolation area and all associated site works will remain as previously permitted

  Permission · Meath County Council, 2560253

• 15 Aug 2024Conditional

  The development will consist of a change of house type from a storey and a half type dwelling with a detached domestic garage to a two storey dwelling, with an attached domestic garage, revisions to the proposed site layout and wastewater disposal & treatment system, and all associated site works as granted under Reg. Ref. TA/200626.

  Permission, 1 home · Meath County Council, 2460643

• 20 Jun 2024Conditional

  The development will consist of the construction of a new agricultural entrance and boundary fence; an equipment & produce store; a compacted gravel agricultural access road; and all associated site works. Significant Further information / revised plans submitted on this application.

  Permission · Meath County Council, 2460448

• 22 Mar 2024Conditional

  1. Calving Shed 2. Cattle Housing Unit with Underground Storage Tank 3. Covered Dug Store 4. Covered Feeding Passage and All site works. Significant further information/revised plans submitted on this application

  Permission · Meath County Council, 24132

• 25 Nov 2023Conditional

  (A) the demolition of an existing single-storey boilerhouse; (B) the construction of a single-storey extension to the rear/side of an existing single-storey cottage; (C) and all associated site works

  Permission, 1 home · Meath County Council, 2360422

• 18 Sept 2023Conditional

  the retention of an existing detached building which provides 937.63 sq. metres and which extends to a height of 8.8 metres (providing a single level of internal accommodation) and for the retention of the existing use of this structure for stone masonry purposes, comprising the washing, polishing and cutting-to-size of marble and related stone products

  Retention · Meath County Council, 23898

• 31 Mar 2021Conditional

  construction of a single storey dwelling house with garage/fuel store, wastewater treatment system and ancillary site works

  Permission, 1 home · Meath County Council, 21604

• 20 Nov 2020Conditional

  development will consist of two storey dwelling, detached domestic garage, entrance and driveway. The development also includes the installation of new proprietary waste water treatment system and polishing filter together with all associated site works.

  Permission, 1 home · Meath County Council, TA201768

• 16 Nov 2020Conditional

  a single storey extension to the side for a family flat, single storey extension to the rear and changes to window sizes on the front and rear elevations of the existing house, new proprietary waste-water treatment system to replace the existing septic tank and all associated site works

  Permission · Meath County Council, TA201721

• 29 Oct 2020N/a

  development at Baconstown, Agher, Enfield, Co. Meath. The development will consist of a single storey extension to the side for a family flat, single storey extension to the rear and changes to window sizes on the front and rear elevations of the existing house, new proprietary waste-water treatment system to replace the existing septic tank and all associate site works.

  Permission, 1 home · Meath County Council, TA201581

• 27 Apr 2020N/a

  the construction of a storey and a half type dwelling, detached domestic garage, wastewater disposal, new domestic site entrance and associated site works

  Permission, 2 homes · Meath County Council, TA200560

• 25 Mar 2020N/a

  the construction of a single storey dwelling with wastewater treatment system and ancilliary site works. Significant further information/revised plans submitted on this application

  Permission · Meath County Council, TA200405

• 17 Nov 2017Conditional

  a new single storey extension to front of existing bungalow, new window to existing north elevation, decommissioning of existing septic tank and replacement with a new septic tank and percolation area along with ancillary site works

  Permission · Meath County Council, TA171329

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 Baconstown.

Recorded monuments

No recorded monument lies in the townland of Baconstown.

Architectural heritage

• Baconstown National School, school, 1840–1845 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached seven-bay single storey former school, dated 1842, now disused. Hipped slate roof with cast-iron vents to ridge. Timber sash window to rear. Limestone date plaque to west elevation. Cast-iron boot scraps flanking entrance door. Outbuilding to site.

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 10 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

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

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 Baconstown with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Meath.

Name

Baconstown · Baile an Bhagúnaigh

Area

4,440,714 m² (444.07 ha, 1,097.32 acres)

Civil parish

Rathcore, and its townlands

Barony

Moyfenrath Lower

Electoral division

Rahinstown, the unit of the census

Census 2022

Rahinstown electoral division: 517 people in 169 households; 92% of households own their home; 28% of homes were built since 2001; 6% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 1% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Agher, Ardrums Little, Ballynaskea, Clegarrow, Rahinstown, Rathtroane

Placenames

Baconstown 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.