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

Townland in the civil parish of Cookstown, barony of Ratoath, Co. Meath.

- Area (Tailte Éireann): 2,321,872 m² (232.19 ha, 573.75 acres)
- Land parcels (Tailte Éireann): 48 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in it, median 2,476 m² (0.25 ha, 0.61 acres)
- Zoning (national zoning, MyPlan): P5 RA - Rural Area, the zone with the most parcels
- Planning (National Planning Applications): 12 applications since 2010
- Civil parish: Cookstown, https://everytownland.com/meath/parish/cookstown.md
- Barony: Ratoath
- Electoral division: Kilbrew, the unit of the census
- Census 2022 (Central Statistics Office): Kilbrew electoral division: 4,064 people in 1,253 households; 82% of households own their home; 58% of homes were built since 2001; 4% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 0% were holiday homes.
- County: Co. Meath, https://everytownland.com/meath.md
- Placenames Database of Ireland: https://www.logainm.ie/en/37853
- Townland number at Tailte Éireann: 160115
- Centre: latitude 53.512035, longitude -6.431018 (WGS 84)

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

48 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Ballybin, from 6 m² to 373,049 m² (37.3 ha, 92.18 acres); 63 neighbouring parcels touch its boundary. Largest first:

- Parcel 150679: 373,049 m² (37.3 ha, 92.18 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/150679.md
- Parcel 3311146: 279,425 m² (27.94 ha, 69.05 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/3311146.md
- Parcel 152699: 220,129 m² (22.01 ha, 54.4 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/152699.md
- Parcel 199334: 219,002 m² (21.9 ha, 54.12 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/199334.md
- Parcel 158966: 212,574 m² (21.26 ha, 52.53 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/158966.md
- Parcel 215723: 199,704 m² (19.97 ha, 49.35 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/215723.md
- Parcel 5668294: 191,357 m² (19.14 ha, 47.29 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5668294.md
- Parcel 201856: 140,184 m² (14.02 ha, 34.64 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/201856.md
- Parcel 5580083: 105,956 m² (10.6 ha, 26.18 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5580083.md
- Parcel 5580057: 94,874 m² (9.49 ha, 23.44 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5580057.md
- Parcel 5159913: 86,233 m² (8.62 ha, 21.31 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5159913.md
- Parcel 3311184: 46,616 m² (4.66 ha, 11.52 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/3311184.md
- Parcel 4977757: 46,305 m² (4.63 ha, 11.44 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/4977757.md
- Parcel 3311150: 34,769 m² (3.48 ha, 8.59 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/3311150.md
- Parcel 209435: 9,087 m² (0.91 ha, 2.25 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/209435.md
- Parcel 168732: 6,687 m² (0.67 ha, 1.65 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/168732.md
- Parcel 5580056: 5,510 m² (0.55 ha, 1.36 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5580056.md
- Parcel 168200: 5,421 m² (0.54 ha, 1.34 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/168200.md
- Parcel 151968: 4,203 m² (0.42 ha, 1.04 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/151968.md
- Parcel 201855: 4,041 m² (0.4 ha, 1 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/201855.md
- Parcel 3383443: 3,345 m² (0.33 ha, 0.83 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/3383443.md
- Parcel 5931059: 3,293 m² (0.33 ha, 0.81 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5931059.md
- Parcel 2953810: 3,016 m² (0.3 ha, 0.75 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2953810.md
- Parcel 171141: 2,490 m² (0.25 ha, 0.62 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/171141.md
- Parcel 5831267: 2,461 m² (0.25 ha, 0.61 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5831267.md
- Parcel 5901468: 2,461 m² (0.25 ha, 0.61 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5901468.md
- Parcel 152864: 2,441 m² (0.24 ha, 0.6 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/152864.md
- Parcel 153590: 2,312 m² (0.23 ha, 0.57 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/153590.md
- Parcel 4977701: 2,256 m² (0.23 ha, 0.56 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/4977701.md
- Parcel 202005: 2,223 m² (0.22 ha, 0.55 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/202005.md
- Parcel 211097: 2,214 m² (0.22 ha, 0.55 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/211097.md
- Parcel 224575: 2,162 m² (0.22 ha, 0.53 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/224575.md
- Parcel 149732: 2,140 m² (0.21 ha, 0.53 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/149732.md
- Parcel 3311180: 2,137 m² (0.21 ha, 0.53 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/3311180.md
- Parcel 161398: 1,672 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/161398.md
- Parcel 163804: 1,384 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/163804.md
- Parcel 2518123: 1,014 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/2518123.md
- Parcel 5348777: 937 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/5348777.md
- Parcel 144812: 888 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/144812.md
- Parcel 3311154: 510 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/3311154.md
- Parcel 4745741: 386 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/4745741.md
- Parcel 2633320: 185 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/2633320.md
- Parcel 637744: 160 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/637744.md
- Parcel 4628856: 97 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/4628856.md
- Parcel 5348748: 67 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/5348748.md
- Parcel 3311167: 64 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/3311167.md
- Parcel 4977753: 55 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/4977753.md
- Parcel 5710594: 6 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/5710594.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, Meath; 55 parcels. The zoning objective in the plan: https://consult.meath.ie/en/consultation/meath-adopted-county-development-plan
- R2 A1 - Existing Residential (Existing residential): Meath County Development Plan 2021-2027, Meath; 37 parcels. The zoning objective in the plan: https://consult.meath.ie/en/consultation/meath-adopted-county-development-plan
- G1 F1 - Open Space (Open space, park): Meath County Development Plan 2021-2027, Meath; 7 parcels. The zoning objective in the plan: https://consult.meath.ie/en/consultation/meath-adopted-county-development-plan
- S5 G1 - Community Infrastructure (Mixed/general community services/facilities uses): Meath County Development Plan 2021-2027, Meath; 2 parcels. The zoning objective in the plan: https://consult.meath.ie/en/consultation/meath-adopted-county-development-plan
- C2.1 E2 - General Enterprise and Employment (Industrial, enterprise, employment): Meath County Development Plan 2021-2027, Meath; 1 parcel. The zoning objective in the plan: https://consult.meath.ie/en/consultation/meath-adopted-county-development-plan

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

12 applications, newest first.

- 1 Aug 2025, Meath County Council 2560810: Conditional. Permission. the development will consist of the installation of sustainable energy compounds to host 1 no. LPG tank and 6 no. modular heat pumps, and all associated site development works. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/MeathCC/AppFileRefDetails/2560810/0
- 1 Aug 2025, Meath County Council 2560811: Conditional. Permission. the development will consist of the installation of sustainable energy compounds to host 1 no. LPG tank and 6 no. modular heat pumps, and all associated site development works. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/MeathCC/AppFileRefDetails/2560811/0
- 26 Jul 2025, Meath County Council 2560786: Conditional. Permission. The proposed development will consist of the construction of 3no. grass GAA pitches to the west of existing GAA club facilities. Included in the development will be associated pitch drainage, 18m high LED floodlighting to all pitches, 15m high ball stops to rear of each goal, 2.4m boundary fencing and all associated site and development works to facilitate construction.. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/MeathCC/AppFileRefDetails/2560786/0
- 10 Jul 2024, Meath County Council 2460514: Conditional. Permission. the development will consist of the construction of phase 2 extensions to the existing school to increase capacity from 450 to 1,000 pupils. The proposed extensions include: a 2-storey east block comprising of PE hall, gym, changing facilities, 4 specialist classrooms, 3 general classrooms, and office with sanitary and ancillary accommodation. A 2-storey west block comprising of 17 general classrooms, 4 specialist classrooms, Library, offices, Staff Room, pedestrian link with sanitary and ancillary accommodation. Existing internal renovations to coincide with the new extension to provide 1 general classroom, 1 specialist classroom and pedestrian link circulation. 23m2 Singe storey extension to the existing Boiler plant room. Total floor area of phase 2 extension C. 5045m2 Proposed site works to include the construction of new 25m2 standalone ESB sub-station, 115m x 80m grass pitch, the removal of 3 no. existing ball courts to be replaced with hard play area, 4 no. basketball courts, 48m2 external compound for Heat Pumps & Gas tank, bicycle stand for 138 bicycles, 37 no. car park spaces together with boundary treatment, ancillary infrastructure works and landscaping.. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/MeathCC/AppFileRefDetails/2460514/0
- 10 Jan 2024, Meath County Council 2460017: Conditional. Permission. Construction of a road with footpath, bicycle lane, lighting, and, all associated site works, to access and service the lands zoned E2 – General Enterprise and Employment.. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/MeathCC/AppFileRefDetails/2460017/0
- 20 Dec 2023, Meath County Council 2360494: N/a. Permission. construction of roads and services only to provide access from R125 (Ashbourne Road) into site at east side of Ratoath, lands zoned E2 General Enterprise and Employment. Works will include a new road designed per DMURS. Surface water design proposal has been developed incorporating SuDS methods. Pedestiran and cycling facilities will be provided, connecting back to existing facilities at newly constructed Ratoath Outer Relief Road. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/MeathCC/AppFileRefDetails/2360494/0
- 16 Mar 2022, Meath County Council 22330: Refused. Extension of duration. EXTENSION OF DURATION ON PLANNING REF AA170368: the development will consist of the construction of phase 2 extensions to the existing school to increase capacity from 450 to 1,000 pupils. The proposed extensions include: a 2 storey east block comprising of PE hall, gym, changing facilities, 4 specialist classrooms, 3 general classrooms, and office with sanitary and ancillary accommodation. A 2 storey west block comprising of 17 general classrooms, 4 specialist classrooms, library, offices, staff room, pedestrian link with sanitary and ancillary accommodation. Existing internal renovations to coincide with the new extension to provide 1 general classroom, 1 specialist classroom and pedestrian link cirulation. Total floor area of phase 2 extension C.5045m2 Proposed site works to include the construction of new 115m x 80m grass pitch the removal of 3 no. existing ball courts to be replaced with hard play area, 6 no. basketball courts, 1 bicycle stand, 37 no. car park spaces together with boundary treatment, ancillary infrastructure works and landscaping. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/MeathCC/AppFileRefDetails/22330/0
- 30 Sept 2021, Meath County Council 211918: Conditional. Permission. a Solar PV Energy Development with a total site area of 23.58 ha, to include solar panels mounted on steel support structures, associated cabling and ducting, 5 No. MV Power Stations, 1 No. Client Substation, 1 No. Temporary Construction Compound, access tracks, hardstanding area, boundary security fencing and security gates, CCTV, landscaping and ancillary works. Significant further information/revised plans submitted on this application. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/MeathCC/AppFileRefDetails/211918/0
- 19 Apr 2021, Meath County Council 21732: Refused. Permission. the development will consist of permission for a Solar PV Energy Development with a total site area of 23.58ha, to include solar panels mounted on steel support structures, associated cabling and ducting, 5 No. MV Power Stations, 1 No. Client Substation, 1 No. Temporary Construction Compound, access tracks, hardstanding area, boundary security fencing and security gates, CCTV, landscaping and ancillary works. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/MeathCC/AppFileRefDetails/21732/0
- 8 Oct 2018, Meath County Council AA181174: Conditional. Permission. changes to previously granted planning permission (ref. AA/170368) to provide for 72. no photovoltaics panels to the south east roof totaling 110sq. There are no other changes proposed to previously approved planning. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/MeathCC/AppFileRefDetails/AA181174/0
- 7 Apr 2017, Meath County Council AA170368: Conditional. Permission. the development will consist of the construction of phase 2 extensions to the existing school to increase capacity from 450 to 1,000 pupils. The proposed extensions include: a 2 storey east block comprising of PE hall, gym, changing facilities, 4 specialist classrooms, 3 general classrooms, and office with sanitary and ancillary accommodation. A 2 storey west block comprising of 17 general classrooms, 4 specialist classrooms, library, offices, staff room, pedestrian link with sanitary and ancillary accommodation. Existing internal renovations to coincide with the new extension to provide 1 general classroom, 1 specialist classroom and pedestrian link cirulation. Total floor area of phase 2 extension C.5045m2 Proposed site works to include the construction of new 115m x 80m grass pitch the removal of 3 no. existing ball courts to be replaced with hard play area, 6 no. basketball courts, 1 bicycle stand, 37 no. car park spaces together with boundary treatment, ancillary infrastructure works and landscaping. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/MeathCC/AppFileRefDetails/AA170368/0
- 28 Feb 2017, Meath County Council AA170199: Conditional. Permission, 1 home. the construction of private residence, installation of proposed wastewater treatment system and percolation area, including all ancillary site works. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/MeathCC/AppFileRefDetails/AA170199/0

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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 Ballybin.

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

- ME045-037: Industrial site, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CME045-037----. Located on a slight N-facing slope in a gently undulating landscape extending into a wet hollow at N. A geophysical survey (02R0051) by GBS Prospection of Area 22 ahead of a proposed N2 bypass for Ashbourne identified potential archaeological features in the vicinity of a rath (ME045-002----). Archaeological features were identified in testing (03E1327) by D. Bonner in 2003 and these were excavated from mid-April to mid-June 2004 within the road-take by L. McGowan (2009) under the same licence (excavations.ie 2004:1269). The testing and excavation revealed that many of the potential features were natural hollows but two waterholes or wells were excavated, while an industrial kiln and its associated pits was only partially excavated. An area with kilns or furnaces connected with metal production was situated c. 80m NE of rath (ME045-002----). Three furnace-bottoms extend into a closed well or waterhole from the S, W and N sides and represent three closely related phases of activity as they shared some fills. Copper and copper alloy material was recovered from the area as well as siliceous waste that might have been associated with glass production. The S feature (dims 1.82m x 0.65m; D 0.2m) had six fills and a sample from one produced a C14 date of 90 cal. BC to cal. AD 80. The second (dims c. 1.7m x 0.8m; D 0.2m) was at the W of the well and had four fills. Alder charcoal from the bottom of the third furnace (dims 1.6m x 0.75m; D 0.13m) extending NW of the well produced a C14 date of 160 cal. BC to cal. AD 70. (McGowan 2009, 17-20) The furnaces were dug into the fill of two intercut pits that may have served as a well or waterhole. The first steep-sided pit (diam. 2.2-2.3m; D 1.77m) has a small step on its E side and contained three major fills, each consisting of collapse with silting. A shallower pit (diam. 1.8-1.85m; D 1.14m) that was cut into it had four fills of sands, silts and clays. An animal bone from one of these produced a C14 date of 40 cal. BC to cal. AD 220. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 21 December 2021
- ME045-037001: Well, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CME045-037001-. Located on a slight N-facing slope in a gently undulating landscape extending into a wet hollow at N. A geophysical survey (02R0051) by GBS Prospection of Area 22 ahead of a proposed N2 bypass for Ashbourne identified potential archaeological features in the vicinity of a rath (ME045-002----). Archaeological features were identified in testing (03E1327) by D. Bonner in 2003 and these were excavated from mid-April to mid-June 2004 within the road-take by L. McGowan (2009) under the same licence (excavations.ie 2004:1269). The testing and excavation revealed that many of the potential features were natural hollows but two waterholes or wells were excavated, while an industrial kiln and its associated pits was only partially excavated. An oval waterhole (dims 2.72m; 2.1m) that had been dug down to the fractured limestone bedrock (D 1.24m) had 14 separate fills. A sloping ramp (Wth c. 0.6m) descended around the side of the well W-N-E to allow access to the water. The primary fill was a deliberate backfill, perhaps with slippage, and the upper fills were silts interleaved with episodes of collapse. No artefacts were recovered but a charcoal sample from the primary fill produced a C14 date of 1210-910 cal. BC. (McGowan 2009, 15-16) Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 21 December 2021
- ME045-037002: Well, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CME045-037002-. Located on a slight N-facing slope in a gently undulating landscape extending into a wet hollow at N. A geophysical survey (02R0051) by GBS Prospection of Area 22 ahead of a proposed N2 bypass for Ashbourne identified potential archaeological features in the vicinity of a rath (ME045-002----). Archaeological features were identified in testing (03E1327) by D. Bonner in 2003 and these were excavated from mid-April to mid-June 2004 within the road-take by L. McGowan (2009) under the same licence (excavations.ie 2004:1269). The testing and excavation revealed that many of the potential features were natural hollows but two waterholes or wells were excavated, while an industrial kiln and its associated pits was only partially excavated. This is a subcircular well or waterhole (diam. 5.6-6.1m; max. D 1m) that has a bedrock base where water strikes. It has a rounded profile, with a gentler slope at N for access to the bottom. It had two fills that were a mixture of silts and collapse with concentrations of animal bone. It produced a C14 date of 100 cal. BC - 70 cal. AD from a primary layer and it was later re-used as a rubbish pit. (McGowan 2009, 21-2) Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 21 December 2021
- ME045-038: Barrow - ditch barrow, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CME045-038----. Situated on a shelf of a gentle N-facing slope. Archaeological testing (03E1316) by L. McGowan of Area 23 in advance of the N2 bypass of Ahsbourne identified and fully excavated (excavations.ie 2004:1176) a small circular area (int. diam. 1.7m) defined by a slight fosse (Wth 0.7m; D 0.28m) that had three fills with varying qualities of silt. It is unlikely that that this small feature had a mound or bank, and its S half was cut by a modern NE-SW field drain (Wth 0.66m; D 0.26m). One small trimming flint flake was found, but the charcoal recovered was insufficient to provide a radiocarbon date. (McGowan 2008) Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 21 December 2021

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).

## Architectural heritage (National Inventory of Architectural Heritage)

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

## Ground and risks (Radon Risk Map of Ireland, EPA; Landslide Susceptibility Classification and LiDAR, Geological Survey Ireland)

- Radon: 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: 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 Ballybin.
- 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/ballybin-160115.dxf
- GeoJSON, in WGS 84, for a map: https://everytownland.com/meath/ballybin-160115.geojson
- KML, for Google Earth: https://everytownland.com/meath/ballybin-160115.kml

## Homes sold (Residential Property Price Register)

No address of the register names Ballybin 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)

- Cookstown: https://everytownland.com/meath/cookstown-160469.md
- Doghtog: https://everytownland.com/meath/doghtog.md
- Killegland: https://everytownland.com/meath/killegland.md
- Ratoath: https://everytownland.com/meath/ratoath.md
- Raystown: https://everytownland.com/meath/raystown.md
- Sutherland: https://everytownland.com/meath/sutherland.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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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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