Barstown

31 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Barstown, from 69 m² to 215,080 m² (21.51 ha, 53.15 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 20 neighbouring parcels touch it.

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• P5RA - Rural Area (Mixed/general primary sector uses, including 'rural')
  Meath County Development Plan 2021-2027 (As Varied), Meath · 51 parcels The zoning objective in the plan

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

• 24 Aug 2026N/a

  the development will consist of refurbishment works to 36.3 kilometres (km) of OHL, comprising provision of fibre wrap; replacement of 4 no. steel towers; replacement of 127 no. pole-sets/poles; replacement of 6 no. pole-set cross arms only; refurbishment work to 3 no. steel towers and 19 no. wooden pole-sets; and the treatment and painting of 4 no. steel towers. These structures (No’s. 1-181) and the associated OHL lie between wherethe Blundelstown – Mullingar 110kV OHL commences at Structure 1 in the townland of Harlockstown and stretches to the border with County Westmeath in the townland of Carranstown Great, crossing the County Meath townlands of Harlockstown, Blackhall Big, Lynaghstown, Barstown, Kilclone, Collistown, Warrenstown, Jenkinstown, Mullagh, Kilmore, Knockstown, Moynalvy, Ballygortagh, Curraghdoo, Clonymeath, Derryclare, Clonmahon, Drumard, Ginnets Little, Dangan, Umberstown Little, Umberstown Great, Stokestown, Laracor, Summerstown, Newtownmoynagh, Carberrystown, Kennastown, Derrindaly, Bellewstown, Kilmurry, Woodtown (Abbott), Pubblestown, Portanab, Moyrath, Rathcormick, Rathkenna, Coolronan and Carranstown Great. The Proposed Development also includes 3 no. temporary Construction Compounds in the townlands of Barstown, Pubblestown and Rathkenna. The refurbishment works in County Meath will consist of: the replacement (‘restringing’) of the existing OHL circuit conductor wires with a new higher capacity conductor; the installation of fibre wrap; the replacement of 4 no. steel towers and 127 no. wooden pole-sets/poles with similar dimensions and heights as the existing (replacement towers will be no more than 0.5m taller than existing and replacement pole-sets/poles will be no more than 3m taller than existing); the installation of replacement parts on towers and pole-sets; foundation refurbishment strengthening and recapping / clearing of shear blocks; treatment and painting of towers to be retained; all associated site development works, including temporary works areas; vegetation maintenance works; ancillary site preparation works, site clearance and levelling at the 3 no. temporary Construction Compounds; temporary works to existing tracks and new temporary access routes to each structure; and all associated works required to facilitate the Proposed Development. A Natura Impact Statement (NIS) will be submitted to the Planning Authority with the application.

  Permission · Meath County Council, 2661061

• 2 Jul 2025N/a

  retention for construction of a commercial storage unit and all ancillary site works

  Retention · Meath County Council, 2560680

• 30 May 2025N/a

  Retention for construction of a commercial storage unit and all ancillary site works.

  Retention · Meath County Council, 2560551

• 16 May 2025N/a

  retention for construction of a commercial storage unit and all ancillary site works

  Retention · Meath County Council, 2560491

• 12 Dec 2022Conditional

  extension to and alterations of service station shop as follows:- (a) extend existing shop with the provision of new single storey stores extension to side (b) change of use of existing store incorporating into existing shop area and internal alterations (c) provide new off-licence within extended shop area, connection to existing services and associated works

  Permission · Meath County Council, 221619

• 18 Nov 2022Conditional

  a Solar PV Energy Development with a total site area of 171.34ha, to include solar panels mounted on steel support structures, associated cabling and ducting, 47 No. MV Power Stations, 3 No. Client Substations, 3 No. Temporary Construction Compounds, tracks, boundary security fencing and security gates, CCTV, landscaping and ancillary works, with a 40 year operational period. A Natura Impact Statement (NIS) had be submitted to the Planning Authority with the Application. Significant further information/revised plans submitted on this application

  Permission · Meath County Council, 221508

• 11 Nov 2022N/a

  permission for Solar PV Energy Development with a total site area of 171.34ha, to include solar panels mounted on steel support structures associated cabling and ducting, 47 No. MV Power Stations, 3 No. Client Substations, 3 No. Temporary Construction Compounds, access tracks, boundary security gates, CCTV, landscaping and ancillary works, with a 40 year operational period. A Natura Impact Statement (NIS) will be submitted to the Planning Authority with the Application

  Permission · Meath County Council, 221470

• 3 Nov 2017Conditional

  the development will consist of the construction of replacement logistic and light industrial units to replace the original 17 no. Units contained in the existing building (total area 1,583 sq.m.) destroyed by fire. The proposal will consist of two buildings (2 x 872.9 sq.m giving a total of 1,745.8 sq.m. which is a 10.28% increase on the original area destroyed by the fire) each containing 6 no. units of varying sizes. New internal access road, car & truck parking, along with all associated services, to include a new proprietary waste water treatment unit and polishing filter to serve the new buildings, service connections, site development & landscape works

  Permission · Meath County Council, RA171284

• 19 May 2017Conditional

  the development will consist of a single storey style dwelling with detached domestic garage, a domestic effluent treatment system and percolation area, a new domestic site entrance and all associated site works

  Permission, 1 home · Meath County Council, RA170565

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 Barstown.

Recorded monuments

• ME050-028 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  Located at the crest of a S-facing slope. This is visible as an enclosure on aerial images (OSI 2005; Google Earth 10/05/2009; Bing 2013) where it appears as a subcircular grass-covered area (dims 48m E-W; 44m E-W) defined by an earthen bank, with traces of two outer banks NNW-NE (max. ext. diam. c. 80m). It is not clearly discernible at ground level. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of revision: 01 August 2017, 29 October 2021

Architectural heritage

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

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

At the centre of the townland of Barstown, about 1 in 10 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 low, partly inferred.

Terrain model

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

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.

No address of the register names Barstown with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Meath.

Name

Barstown

Area

806,108 m² (80.61 ha, 199.19 acres)

Civil parish

Culmullin, and its townlands

Barony

Deece Upper

Electoral division

Culmullin, the unit of the census

Census 2022

1,283 people lived in 379 households in the Culmullin electoral division. 93% of households owned their home. 31% of homes were built since 2001. 8% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 1% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Blackhall Big, Collistown, Cullendragh, Kilclone, Lynaghstown, Warrenstown, Woodcockstown

Placenames

Barstown 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.