Belgree

72 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Belgree, from 6 m² to 894,304 m² (89.43 ha, 220.99 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 47 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 · 64 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• C2.1E2 - General Enterprise and Employment (Industrial, enterprise, employment)
  Meath County Development Plan 2021-2027, Meath · 26 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• G3GB - Green Belt (Conservation, amenity or buffer space, corridor/belt, landscape)
  The Fingal Development Plan 2023 – 2029, Fingal · 16 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• S5G1 - Community Infrastructure (Mixed/general community services/facilities uses)
  Meath County Development Plan 2021-2027, Meath · 4 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• R2A1 - Existing Residential (Existing residential)
  Meath County Development Plan 2021-2027, Meath · 2 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• N2.3TU - Transport and Utilities (Mixed/general water/wastewater uses)
  Meath County Development Plan 2021-2027, Meath · 1 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• G1F1 - Open Space (Open space, park)
  Meath County Development Plan 2021-2027, Meath · 1 parcels The zoning objective in the plan

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

• 10 Aug 2026N/a

  10-year planning permission for development at this c. 0.392ha site at the existing Kilbride Wastewater Pumping Station (WwPS), located in the townland of Priest Town, Kilbride, Co. Meath. The development will consist of the upgrade and extension of the existing Kilbride Wastewater Pumping Station: 1. Alterations to the existing Kilbride Wastewater Pumping Station (WwPS), comprising: a) Demolition of the existing odour control unit and a section of existing access road. b) Removal of existing site fencing and trees on the northern and eastern boundaries. c) Removal of existing lamp post, existing freestanding signage and existing disconnected electrical pole. d) Diversion of existing overhead ESB electricity cables to facilitate emergency storage tank installation. 2. Construction of new elements at the Kilbride Wastewater Pumping Station (WwPS), comprising: a) Construction of a new by-pass penstock screened inlet chamber adjacent to the existing wet well and associated interconnecting pipework. b) Construction of a new emergency storage tank and associated equipment including passive vent stack, facilities, vehicle and maintenance access, interconnecting pipework and manholes, and ducting to existing control room. c) Construction of a new vacuum pump kiosk with ducting to existing control room for emergency storage cleaning system. d) Construction of a new carbon filter odour control unit with vent stack for the existing wet well and dry well and a new fixed gas detection system. e) Construction of a new palisade site fencing on the northern and eastern boundaries. f) Installation of task lighting for new odour control unit, new vacuum pump kiosk and new emergency storage tank vehicle access area. g) Proposed hard and soft landscaping works to include screen planting and hedging. h) All associated ancillary works including site works and temporary working areas

  Permission · Meath County Council, 2661005

• 4 Mar 2026N/a

  Westbank Group Limited intend to apply for permission for development overall site c 1.3022ha at Park Electrical, Belgree Enterprise Park, on the Belgree Road, Kilbride, Co. Meath. The proposed development will provide for: Demolition of existing building on site (c. 14.3sqm); • The construction of 1 no. warehouse and assembly facility (approx. 3,490.2 sqm total GFA and 11.5m in height) including ancillary office space, waiting/reception room; lobby, canteen; circulation areas, WCs, shower and changing facilities; • The provision of 2 no. dock levellers and 2 no. doors on grade for loading and unloading of Heavy Goods Vehicles; • The provision of 22 no. car parking spaces (including 2 no. accessible parking spaces, and provision for 20% of spaces for EV Charging facilities); • An underground attenuation tank located at the eastern boundary of the site; • An on-site waste water treatment plant to the western boundary of the site; • 1 no. sign area on the eastern elevation of the proposed facility; • c. 328 sqm PV solar panels at roof level; • All associated site development works including lighting, landscaping and engineering works.

  Permission · Meath County Council, 2660260

• 24 Feb 2026N/a

  permission for development overall site c 1.3022ha at Park Electrical, Belgree Enterprise Park, on the Belgree Road, Kilbride, Co. Meath. The proposed development will provide for: Demolition of existing building on site (c. 14.3sqm); • The construction of 1 no. warehouse and assembly facility (approx. 3,490.2 sqm total GFA and 11.5m in height) including ancillary office space, waiting/reception room; lobby, canteen; circulation areas, WCs, shower and changing facilities; • The provision of 2 no. dock levellers and 2 no. doors on grade for loading and unloading of Heavy Goods Vehicles; • The provision of 22 no. car parking spaces (including 2 no. accessible parking spaces, and provision for 20% of spaces for EV Charging facilities); • An underground attenuation tank located at the eastern boundary of the site; • An on-site waste water treatment plant to the western boundary of the site; • 1 no. sign area on the eastern elevation of the proposed facility; • c. 328 sqm PV solar panels at roof level; • All associated site development works including lighting, landscaping and engineering works

  Permission · Meath County Council, 2660210

• 17 Dec 2025Conditional

  The development consists of the construction of 56 no. residential units, to include 52 no. houses and 4 no. apartments, creche facility, café, gym and a retail unit and all associated works on a site area of 3.4 ha. Block A includes the creche (245 sq m), café (Unit 1, 83 sq m) and 2 no. apartments in a 2 – 3 storey building and Block B includes the gym (Unit 2, 77 sq m), retail unit (Unit 3, 82 sq m) and 2 no. apartments in a 2 storey building. The 52 no. houses are 2 – 3 storey and consist of: 1 no. 3 bed detached house (Type E) 11 no. 3 bed terraced houses (Type C) 26 no. 3 bed semi-detached houses (Type B / B1) 6 no. 4 bed semi-detached houses (Type D / D1 / D2) 8 no. 5 bed detached houses (Type A / A1) The 4 no. apartments with associated balconies consist of: 3 no. 2 bed apartments 1 no. 3 bed apartment Vehicular and pedestrian access will be provided from the Kilbride Road and Priestown Road. A new segregated pedestrian / cycle way along the eastern site boundary. Car parking, bicycle parking, internal roads, services infrastructure and refuse storage. Landscaping, a new Village Plaza, open spaces, play areas, boundary treatments and public lighting. All associated site works and services.

  Permission, 56 homes · Meath County Council, 2561380

• 17 Nov 2025Refused

  the development will consist of construction of a single storey dwelling house, a domestic garage, alteration to existing entrance from public road, wastewater treatment system and percolation area, and all ancillary site works. Significant further information/revised plans submitted on this application

  Permission · Meath County Council, 2561248

• 10 Nov 2025N/a

  the development will consist of construction of a single storey dwelling house, a domestic garage, alteration to existing entrance from public road, wastewater treatment system and percolation area, and all ancillary site works

  Permission, 1 home · Meath County Council, 2561221

• 13 Sept 2024Conditional

  the proposed development will consist of an application for a 10-year planning permission for the construction of, and a 40 year operation and subsequent decommissioning of, a development consisting of a 215 hectare solar farm (red line boundary). The solar farm comprises of two separate land parcels divided by local roads. The proposed solar farm will consist of a series of ground mounted solar photovoltaic (PV) panels, mounted on steel support structures and in some areas on concrete shoes to protect possible underground archaeological features, together with 28 electrical transformation enclosures, underground cabling, 2 no. temporary construction compounds, the use of existing farm access tracks and existing site entrances, inverters, CCTV poles and cameras, deer type security/boundary fencing with some areas of boundary development on concrete shoes to further protect possible underground archaeological features, landscaping and biodiversity measures and all associated ancillary development works, for the purpose of generating renewable energy electricity and transmitting it in the townlands of Ballymacoll Little, Boolies, Nuttstown, Ballintry, Belgree, Rowan and Kinoristown, Co. Meath. A Natura Impact Statement will also be submitted to the Planning Authority with this application. Significant further information/revised plans submitted on this application

  Permission · Meath County Council, 2460742

• 14 Feb 2024Refused

  the development will consist of an application to construct a bungalow dwelling house, a domestic garage, a combined entrance from the public road, a waste water treatment system and percolation area to the EPA recommendation 2021, connection to existing water supply, together with all works ancillary to the overall development

  Permission, 2 homes · Meath County Council, 2455

• 8 Mar 2023Conditional

  retention & completion of open roof to existing yard to side, Off licence subsidiary to the main retail use (2.5sqm) and associated works

  Permission · Meath County Council, 23240

• 22 Feb 2021Conditional

  development consists of enabling work to facilitate the future development of Kilbride Metropolitan Park and will comprise the removal of part of an existing hedge to provide for a new vehicular entrance off the Hollystown Road (L-1007), Belgree, Kilbride, Co. Meath. The new entrance will consist of a new priority junction including right turning lane off Hollystown Road (L-1007), associated lane markings, road widening and road signage. The proposed development also consists of an approximately 430 metre long, 9-metre wide carriageway for the internal road layout to the future phase 1 of Kilbride Metropolitan Park and associated future industrial/commercial units (subject to separate planning application); a 1.8 metre footpath on both sides of the road (approximately 1,200 metres in length); grass verges and a 2.5 metre, 2-way cycle path (approximately 500m in length). The grass verges, cycle path and footpath will extend from within the site on the public road (L-1007). The proposed development will also consist of a rising main connection to the Meath County Council pumping station in Kilbride Village via the Hollystown Road (L-1007), widening of the existing bridge to the public road, an emergency underground storage tank and pumping station within the site; underground attenuation tank and a new boundary treatment to the public road to include a double stud fence. The proposed development will include all ancillary drainage, services, landscaping, public lighting, road signage and all site development works associated with the proposed development. Significant further information/revised plans submitted on this application

  Permission · Meath County Council, 21338

• 11 Feb 2021N/a

  development consists of enabling work to facilitate the future development of Kilbride Metropolitan Park and will comprise the removal of part of an existing hedge to provide for a new vehicular entrance off the Hollystown Road (L-1007), Belgree, Kilbride, Co. Meath. The new entrance will consist of a new priority junction including right turning lane off Hollystown Road (L-1007), associated lane markings, road widening and road signage. The proposed development also consists of an approximately 430 metre long, 9-metre wide carriageway for the internal road layout to the future phase 1 of Kilbride Metropolitan Park and associated future industrial/commercial units (subject to separate planning application); a 1.8 metre footpath on both sides of the road (approximately 1,200 metres in length); grass verges and a 2.5 metre, 2-way cycle path (approximately 500m in length). The grass verges, cycle path and footpath will extend from within the site on the public road (L-1007). The proposed development will also consist of a rising main connection to the Meath County Council pumping station in Kilbride Village via the Hollystown Road (L-1007), widening of the existing bridge to the public road, an emergency underground storage tank and pumping station within the site; underground attenuation tank and a new boundary treatment to the public road to include a double stud fence. The proposed development will include all ancillary drainage, services, landscaping, public lighting, road signage and all site development works associated with the proposed development.

  Permission · Meath County Council, 21249

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 Belgree.

Recorded monuments

• ME051-018 Ring-ditch
  Description

  Situated on a level low-lying landscape. The cropmark of a subcircular enclosure (diam. c. 30m) defined by a single fosse feature is visible on Google Earth (24/06/2018). It was first reported to the National Monuments Service by Anthony Murphy. See the attached enhanced view from Google Earth (24/06/2018) Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 21 February 2019

• ME051-047 Ring-ditch
  Description

  Situated on a gentle N-facing slope in a fairly level landscape. The cropmark of a small circular enclosure (diam. c. 14m) defined by a slight fosse is visible on Livingatlas satellite imagery from (09/07/2013). It is also faintly visible on Google Earth (01/06/2020), and was first reported by Gareth John. See the attached enhanced view from livingaltas; Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 9 May 2022

Architectural heritage

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

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 20 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

LiDAR of the Office of Public Works, flown in 2011, at 2 m: tile OPW_3080 (ZIP).

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

Name

Belgree · Baile Graí

Area

2,220,866 m² (222.09 ha, 548.79 acres)

Civil parish

Kilbride, and its townlands

Barony

Dunboyne

Electoral division

Donaghmore, the unit of the census

Census 2022

Donaghmore electoral division: 14,217 people in 4,598 households; 75% of households own their home; 56% of homes were built since 2001; 4% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 0% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Ballintry, Ballymacarney, Baytown, Belgree (Co. Dublin), Court, Kilmartin (Co. Dublin), Nuttstown, Priest Town, Yellow Walls (Co. Dublin)

Placenames

Belgree 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.