# Ballymahon, Co. Meath: townland, land parcels and planning Townland in the civil parish of Castlerickard, barony of Moyfenrath Upper, Co. Meath; in Irish Baile Uí Mhatháin. - Area (Tailte Éireann): 952,749 m² (95.27 ha, 235.43 acres) - Land parcels (Tailte Éireann): 10 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in it, median 4,017 m² (0.4 ha, 0.99 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: Castlerickard, https://everytownland.com/meath/parish/castlerickard.md - Barony: Moyfenrath Upper - Electoral division: Castlerickard, the unit of the census - Census 2022 (Central Statistics Office): 2,247 people lived in 694 households in the Castlerickard electoral division. 85% of households owned their home. 58% of homes were built since 2001. 6% 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/38947 - Townland number at Tailte Éireann: 160143 - Centre: latitude 53.488533, longitude -6.944033 (WGS 84) ## Land parcels (registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann) 10 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Ballymahon, from 722 m² to 490,255 m² (49.03 ha, 121.14 acres); 16 neighbouring parcels touch its boundary. Largest first: - Parcel 197709: 490,255 m² (49.03 ha, 121.14 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/197709.md - Parcel 156065: 433,736 m² (43.37 ha, 107.18 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/156065.md - Parcel 161994: 7,515 m² (0.75 ha, 1.86 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/161994.md - Parcel 138635: 4,268 m² (0.43 ha, 1.05 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/138635.md - Parcel 5885348: 4,155 m² (0.42 ha, 1.03 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5885348.md - Parcel 3036918: 3,879 m² (0.39 ha, 0.96 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/3036918.md - Parcel 194946: 2,749 m² (0.27 ha, 0.68 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/194946.md - Parcel 158428: 2,099 m² (0.21 ha, 0.52 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/158428.md - Parcel 5175113: 1,743 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/5175113.md - Parcel 209669: 722 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/209669.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; 26 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. - 27 May 2026, Meath County Council 2660627: Conditional. Permission. the proposed development will consist of i) the sub-division of the existing house into two separate dwellings, ii) the addition of two dormers to the rear elevation of the main house, iii) the addition of a velux window to the front elevation of the main house, iv) the construction of a single storey extension to the east side of the main house, v) the addition of a flat roof open porch to the main house, vi) the replacement of the existing septic tank with a wastewater treatment system and percolation area to serve both houses, and vii) all associated site works. Significant further information/revised plans submitted on this application. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/MeathCC/AppFileRefDetails/2660627/0 - 28 Feb 2025, Meath County Council 2560204: Conditional. Permission, 1 home. the development will consist of extension works to the existing dwelling house and all associated site works on this site.. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/MeathCC/AppFileRefDetails/2560204/0 - 16 Mar 2022, Meath County Council 22335: Conditional. Retention, 1 home. development will consist of an amendment to recently approved planning permission planning reference number 21/1351 to include retention permission for duration of three years for an existing mobile home. Significant Further Information/revised plans submitted on this application.. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/MeathCC/AppFileRefDetails/22335/0 - 1 Oct 2021, Meath County Council 211926: Conditional. Permission, 2 homes. a detached two storey dwelling, detached domestic garage, wastewater treatment system, site entrance and all associated works. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/MeathCC/AppFileRefDetails/211926/0 - 14 Jul 2021, Meath County Council 211351: Conditional. Permission, 1 home. permission for a new 3 bedroom, two storey type dwelling, domestic garage, waste water treatment system, new entrance and all associated site works on this site. Significant Further information/Revised plans submitted on this application. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/MeathCC/AppFileRefDetails/211351/0 - 18 Jun 2021, Meath County Council 211173: N/a. Permission, 1 home. permission for a new 3 bedroom, two storey type dwelling, domestic garage, waste water treatment system, new entrance and all associated site works on this site. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/MeathCC/AppFileRefDetails/211173/0 - 25 Feb 2021, Meath County Council 21357: Conditional. Permission, 1 home. development will consist of a detached dormer bungalow type dwelling, wastewater treatment system and all associated site works. Significant Further information/Revised plans submitted on this application. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/MeathCC/AppFileRefDetails/21357/0 Applicants are not shown. ## Designated sites (National Parks and Wildlife Service) - Special Area of Conservation: River Boyne and River Blackwater SAC, site code 002299, https://www.npws.ie/protected-sites/sac/002299 - Special Protection Area: River Boyne and River Blackwater SPA, site code 004232, https://www.npws.ie/protected-sites/spa/004232 ## Recorded monuments (Sites and Monuments Record, National Monuments Service) - ME041-012: Mound, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CME041-012----. Situated on a rise in an undulating landscape. This is depicted as a D-shaped hachured feature attached to an E-W field bank at N only on the 1912 edition of the OS 6-inch map. It is a circular or D-shaped mound (diam. of base c. 20m; H c. 2m) which has many old quarries. 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 revision: 9 August 2019 - ME041-025: Ringfort - rath, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CME041-025----. Situated on a level landscape on the plain of the Rive Boyne, with a NW-SE section of the river c. 180m to the NE. A circular area (int. diam. c. 30-35m) defined by a fosse feature (Wth c. 1-3m) with an entrance break (Wth c. 4) at ENE is visible on Bing images (c. 2013). It was first identified by Katherine McCormack, and at the centre there is a triangular pit feature (dims c. 7m x c. 5m). It is also visible on Google Earth (29/06/2018) where an entrance gap at NE is also visible. See the attached view from Google Earth Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 11 July, 2016 Amended: 18 July, 2019 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 Ballymahon. ## 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 Ballymahon, about 1 in 10 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 low, partly inferred. - Terrain model: LiDAR of the Office of Public Works, flown in 2011, at 2 m: tile OPW_2439, https://gsi.geodata.gov.ie/downloads/LiDAR/OPW_NASC/OPW_2439.zip (ZIP). - 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/ballymahon.dxf - GeoJSON, in WGS 84, for a map: https://everytownland.com/meath/ballymahon.geojson - KML, for Google Earth: https://everytownland.com/meath/ballymahon.kml ## Homes sold (Residential Property Price Register) No address of the register names Ballymahon 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) - Ballyadams: https://everytownland.com/meath/ballyadams.md - Brackanrainey: https://everytownland.com/meath/brackanrainey.md - Donore: https://everytownland.com/meath/donore-160610.md - Lionsden: https://everytownland.com/meath/lionsden.md - Moyfin: https://everytownland.com/meath/moyfin.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/ballymahon - In JSON: https://everytownland.com/api/townland/meath/ballymahon