# Balfeddock, Co. Meath: townland, land parcels and planning Townland in the civil parish of Monknewtown, barony of Slane Upper, Co. Meath; in Irish Baile Pheadoc. - Area (Tailte Éireann): 1,317,433 m² (131.74 ha, 325.54 acres) - Land parcels (Tailte Éireann): 32 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in it, median 2,008 m² (0.2 ha, 0.5 acres) - Zoning (national zoning, MyPlan): P5 RA - Rural Area, the zone with the most parcels - Planning (National Planning Applications): 5 applications since 2010 - Civil parish: Monknewtown, https://everytownland.com/meath/parish/monknewtown.md - Barony: Slane Upper - Electoral division: Mellifont, the unit of the census - Census 2022 (Central Statistics Office): 573 people lived in 197 households in the Mellifont electoral division. 85% of households owned their home. 24% of homes were built since 2001. 7% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 2% were holiday homes. - County: Co. Meath, https://everytownland.com/meath.md - Placenames Database of Ireland: https://www.logainm.ie/en/38467 - Townland number at Tailte Éireann: 160070 - Centre: latitude 53.7091, longitude -6.477302 (WGS 84) ## Land parcels (registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann) 32 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Balfeddock, from 11 m² to 385,148 m² (38.51 ha, 95.17 acres); 27 neighbouring parcels touch its boundary. Largest first: - Parcel 167634: 385,148 m² (38.51 ha, 95.17 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/167634.md - Parcel 160442: 324,649 m² (32.46 ha, 80.22 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/160442.md - Parcel 212845: 286,647 m² (28.66 ha, 70.83 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/212845.md - Parcel 4990773: 201,625 m² (20.16 ha, 49.82 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/4990773.md - Parcel 208779: 37,524 m² (3.75 ha, 9.27 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/208779.md - Parcel 214529: 18,011 m² (1.8 ha, 4.45 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/214529.md - Parcel 201278: 9,767 m² (0.98 ha, 2.41 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/201278.md - Parcel 151092: 8,700 m² (0.87 ha, 2.15 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/151092.md - Parcel 187922: 7,551 m² (0.76 ha, 1.87 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/187922.md - Parcel 204574: 6,810 m² (0.68 ha, 1.68 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/204574.md - Parcel 5208228: 4,744 m² (0.47 ha, 1.17 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5208228.md - Parcel 214910: 3,370 m² (0.34 ha, 0.83 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/214910.md - Parcel 153239: 2,707 m² (0.27 ha, 0.67 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/153239.md - Parcel 781244: 2,635 m² (0.26 ha, 0.65 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/781244.md - Parcel 154683: 2,550 m² (0.26 ha, 0.63 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/154683.md - Parcel 207139: 2,096 m² (0.21 ha, 0.52 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/207139.md - Parcel 141832: 1,920 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/141832.md - Parcel 202787: 1,767 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/202787.md - Parcel 2517685: 1,722 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/2517685.md - Parcel 157485: 1,557 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/157485.md - Parcel 200261: 1,477 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/200261.md - Parcel 211422: 1,307 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/211422.md - Parcel 204832: 690 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/204832.md - Parcel 207387: 638 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/207387.md - Parcel 160613: 547 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/160613.md - Parcel 2591846: 535 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/2591846.md - Parcel 2517684: 306 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/2517684.md - Parcel 152066: 233 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/152066.md - Parcel 2517683: 121 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/2517683.md - Parcel 5208226: 70 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/5208226.md - Parcel 5914215: 26 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/5914215.md - Parcel 5208227: 11 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/5208227.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; 57 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) 5 applications, newest first. - 27 May 2026, Meath County Council 2660637: N/a. Permission. Proposed agricultural entrance to land and all associated works. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/MeathCC/AppFileRefDetails/2660637/0 - 11 Jan 2022, Meath County Council 2211: Conditional. Permission. the construction of a single storey extension onto the side of an existing house. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/MeathCC/AppFileRefDetails/2211/0 - 8 Oct 2021, Meath County Council 211965: Conditional. Permission, 1 home. the development will consist of: a) demolition of existing agricultural barn; b) construction of 15 number short stay self-catering accommodation units contained within 4 number single-storey blocks together with new access road; c) installation of a proprietary wastewater treatment system and soil polishing filter area; d) all associated site works. Significant further information/revised plans submitted on this application. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/MeathCC/AppFileRefDetails/211965/0 - 17 Aug 2018, Meath County Council LB180935: Conditional. Retention, 1 home. existing rear extension to dwelling house as laid out and constructed from that as granted under Reg. Ref. 85/251. Retention is also sought for existing side sun-lounge extension to dwelling house. Retention is also sought for existing septic tank and percolation area as laid out and constructed at altered location from that as from that as granted under Reg. Ref. 85/251.. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/MeathCC/AppFileRefDetails/LB180935/0 - 17 Aug 2017, Meath County Council LB170953: Conditional. Permission. the demolition of existing single storey function room/store and existing agricultural barn outbuilding. Construction of single storey 332sq.m. extension to the rear (south) of the existing public house, providing a resturant and function room facility. Construction of two storey 120sq.m extension to the side (west) of the existing public house and the incorporation of existing store room (29sq.m) within the public house, all to provide a four bedroomed apartment for short-term tourist accommodation. Alteration of existing vehicular entrance off N51 and car parking forecourt to provide new vehicular entrance off N51 with access road and car parking for 56 spaces. Removal of existing septic tank with new waste water treatment system and surface water collection and drainage systems. Hard and soft landscaping works and all associated site works. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/MeathCC/AppFileRefDetails/LB170953/0 Applicants are not shown. ## 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 Balfeddock. ## Recorded monuments (Sites and Monuments Record, National Monuments Service) No recorded monument lies in the townland of Balfeddock. ## Architectural heritage (National Inventory of Architectural Heritage) No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands in the townland of Balfeddock. ## 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 Balfeddock, 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 Balfeddock. - 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/balfeddock.dxf - GeoJSON, in WGS 84, for a map: https://everytownland.com/meath/balfeddock.geojson - KML, for Google Earth: https://everytownland.com/meath/balfeddock.kml ## Homes sold (Residential Property Price Register) No address of the register names Balfeddock 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) - Dowth: https://everytownland.com/meath/dowth.md - Knowth: https://everytownland.com/meath/knowth.md - Littlegrange (Co. Louth): https://everytownland.com/louth/littlegrange.md - Monknewtown: https://everytownland.com/meath/monknewtown.md - Newgrange: https://everytownland.com/meath/newgrange.md - Sheepgrange (Co. Louth): https://everytownland.com/louth/sheepgrange.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. --- 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. - Page: https://everytownland.com/meath/balfeddock - In JSON: https://everytownland.com/api/townland/meath/balfeddock