Beshellstown
Townland in the civil parish of Clonalvy, barony of Duleek Upper, Co. Meath; in Irish Baile an Bheiséalaigh
- Area
- 90.5 ha
- 224 acres
- Land parcels
- 17
- registered freehold, median 4,338 m² (0.43 ha, 1.07 acres)
- Zoning
- P5
- RA - Rural Area
- Planning
- 11
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
17 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Beshellstown, from 111 m² to 413,685 m² (41.37 ha, 102.22 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 36 neighbouring parcels touch it.
Download the townland: DXF, in Irish Transverse Mercator metres, with its boundary, parcels and buildings; GeoJSON or KML.
Zoning
Development plans, national zoning
- P5RA - Rural Area (Mixed/general primary sector uses, including 'rural')
Meath County Development Plan 2021-2027, Meath · 20 parcels The zoning objective in the plan - P1RU - Rural (Agriculture)
The Fingal Development Plan 2023 – 2029, Fingal · 15 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
Source: Tailte Éireann and the Department of Housing (MyPlan), national zoning, CC BY 4.0.
Planning applications
Sites that touch the townland, newest first
14 Feb 2025Conditional
the development will consist of two storey house, detached domestic garage, proprietary effluent treatment system & soil polishing filter area, landscaping, new vehicular entrance, & all ancillary site works
Permission, 1 home · Meath County Council, 2560143
21 Oct 2024Conditional
the development will consist of the construction of a two storey dwelling, detached domestic garage, a domestic wastewater disposal system and new entrance along with all associated site works
Permission, 1 home · Meath County Council, 2460867
5 Jul 2023Conditional
the proposed development will consist of a two storey dwelling, domestic garage, wastewater treatment system and ancillary earthworks. Significant further information/revised plans submitted on this application. Significant further information/revised plans submitted on this application. The site was described as Site No, 6
Permission, 1 home · Meath County Council, 23680
21 Jun 2023N/a
full planning permission on a site described as "Site No. 6" of the development for which Outline Planning Permission was previously granted on 22/12/2016 under Reg. Ref. No. AA/151289. This planning permission since lapsed in December 2021. The proposed development will consist of a two storey dwelling, domestic garage, wastewater treatment system and ancillary earthworks. The site was described as Site No, 6
Permission, 2 homes · Meath County Council, 23637
2 Dec 2022Refused
construction of a two storey, detached dwelling house, detached single storey garage, vehicular access via the existing entrance gateway, which is to be set back, new internal access road, new wastewater treatment unit and percolation area along with all associated services, service connections, landscape and site development works
Permission, 1 home · Meath County Council, 221574
14 Nov 2022N/a
construction of a two storey, detached dwelling house, detached single storey garage, vehicular access via the existing entrance gateway, which is to be set back, new internal access road, new wastewater treatment unit and percolation area along with all associated services, service connections, landscape and site development works
Permission, 1 home · Meath County Council, 221479
23 Nov 2020Conditional
development will consist of the modification of an existing single storey pitch roof to create a 21.5m2 covered patio to rear of existing property and the addition of a 63.7m2 single storey pitch roof extension with attic dormer window and skylight to the side and rear of existing 275m2 detached part dormer style house.
Permission, 1 home · Meath County Council, AA201774
30 May 2018Grant permission & refuse permission
Construct a new bungalow with secondary treatment plant and new barn t
Permission · Fingal County Council, F17A/0641
26 May 2015Grant permission
Alterations from that previously granted under SA140008 and F14A/0008,
Permission · Fingal County Council, F15A/0251
9 Jan 2014Grant permission
Construct a two storey extension to the side and a single storey exten
Permission · Fingal County Council, F14A/0008
15 Apr 2013App. withdrawn as no c.ai recd in 6 mths
Change of use of an existing storage shed for the storage of mushroom
Permission · Fingal County Council, F12A/0383
Source: National Planning Applications, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, CC BY 4.0. Applicants are not shown.
Nature and heritage
Designated sites and recorded monuments
Designated sites
No designated site (Special Area of Conservation, Special Protection Area, Natural Heritage Area or proposed one) touches the townland of Beshellstown.
Recorded monuments
No recorded monument lies in the townland of Beshellstown.
Architectural heritage
No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands in the townland of Beshellstown.
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).
Ground and risks
Radon, landslides, flooding
- Radon
- About 1 in 20 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels. Testing a home
- Landslides
- Susceptibility moderately low, 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 Beshellstown.
- 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.
Homes sold
Property Price Register
No address of the register names Beshellstown with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Meath.
The townland
- Name
- Beshellstown · Baile an Bheiséalaigh
- Area
- 905,482 m² (90.55 ha, 223.75 acres)
- Civil parish
- Clonalvy, and its townlands
- Barony
- Duleek Upper
- Electoral division
- Stamullin, the unit of the census
- Census 2022
- Stamullin electoral division: 5,471 people in 1,655 households; 88% of households own their home; 61% of homes were built since 2001; 4% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 0% were holiday homes.
- Neighbouring townlands
- Bodingtown, Commons Lower (Co. Dublin), Flemingtown, Mooresides, Tankardstown, Tobeen (Co. Dublin)
- Placenames
- Beshellstown 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.