Bloomsberry
Townland in the civil parish of Kells, barony of Kells Upper, Co. Meath
- Area
- 89.1 ha
- 220 acres
- Land parcels
- 17
- registered freehold, median 3,924 m² (0.39 ha, 0.97 acres)
- Zoning
- P5
- RA - Rural Area
- Planning
- 4
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
17 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Bloomsberry, from 1,139 m² to 452,201 m² (45.22 ha, 111.74 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 24 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 · 30 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
12 Jul 2026Conditional
the development consists of 1. The construction of a 1 no bedroom, art studio ground floor extension to the rear of the existing dwelling. 2. A rear ground floor extension to the existing kitchen dining room area 3. To construct a domestic garage. 4 To demolish the existing sunroom area to the rear of the dwelling 5. To reconfigure the interior of the existing dwelling with minor alterations externally which include a new location for the front door. 5 Decommissioning of the existing wastewater treatment system and installation of a new wastewater treatment system, together with all associated landscaping, site works and services
Permission · Meath County Council, 2660879
27 Jun 2026N/a
the development consists of 1. The construction of a 1 no bedroom, art studio ground floor extension to the rear of the existing dwelling. 2. A rear ground floor extension to the existing kitchen dining room area 3. To demolish the existing sunroom area to the rear of the dwelling 4. To reconfigure the interior of the existing dwelling with minor alterations externally which include a new location for the front door. 5 A new sewerage treatment system with percolation area and with all ancillary site development work
Permission, 1 home · Meath County Council, 2660805
5 Mar 2026N/a
RED III APPLICATION- A solar farm and energy storage compound with a total area of circa 137 hectares. The proposed development will consist of a solar farm comprising of c. 462,660 sq.m of solar photovoltaic panels on ground mounted frames, associated string inverters mounted to rear of panels and 41 no. single storey electrical transformer stations and 1 no. medium voltage control/switching substation. The energy storage compound will consist of 70 no. containerised energy storage modules and associated plant and equipment, 35 no. transformers and 5 no. auxiliary transformers, 2 no. spare parts containers and 1. no. medium voltage control/switching substation. The overall project will also consist of underground electrical ducting and cabling within the development site and within the R163 and R147 public roads, Horizontal Directional Drill (HDD) crossing of the Blackwater River, temporary construction compounds, security fencing, CCTV, access tracks, landscaping, drainage and all ancillary development works and apparatus necessary to facilitate the proposed development. Construction and operational access will be via 2 no. existing entrances from the R147 and R163 which will be upgraded. The operational lifespan of the solar farm will be 40 years and planning permission is requested for this duration. A Natura Impact Statement (NIS) has been prepared and will be submitted to the Planning Authority with the application. The NIS includes an assessment of the grid connection for the solar farm project comprising a 110kV electricity substation and ‘loop-in / loop-out’ grid connection cabling to the existing Arvagh/Navan 110kV overhead line which will be the subject of an application to An Coimisiún Pleanála and is situated in the townland of Kilmainham, Kells, Co. Meath. This development is covered by the provisions of the Renewable Energy Directive III (Directive (EU) 2023/2413) and it is important to note that the planning application may be subject to section 34D of the Planning and Development Act 2000, as amended. When a notice issues in accordance with section 34D(b), the provisions of article 26A of the Planning and Development Regulations 2001 to 2025 shall apply.
Permission · Meath County Council, 2660267
23 Sept 2019Conditional
construction of family flat extension to rear of existing dwelling house and decommissioning of existing septic tank system and installation of a proprietary wastewater treatment plant and soil polishing filter area and the opening of a temporary entrance for the duration of construction
Permission · Meath County Council, KA191259
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
- Special Area of Conservation: River Boyne and River Blackwater SAC 002299
- Special Protection Area: River Boyne and River Blackwater SPA 004232
Recorded monuments
- ME017-026 Enclosure
Description
Situated on a fairly level landscape with a W-E section of the River Blackwater c. 90, to the S. The cropmark of an enclosure (diam. c. 40m) defined by a single fosse feature SE-W-N is visible on aerial photograph (CUCAP: BDQ061). It is not visible on any other series of aerial images. 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: 12 April 2019
Architectural heritage
No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands in the townland of Bloomsberry.
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 10 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
- No LiDAR survey of the Office of Public Works covers the centre of the townland of Bloomsberry.
- 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 Bloomsberry with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Meath.
The townland
- Name
- Bloomsberry
- Area
- 891,435 m² (89.14 ha, 220.28 acres)
- Civil parish
- Kells, and its townlands
- Barony
- Kells Upper
- Electoral division
- Teltown, the unit of the census
- Census 2022
- Teltown electoral division: 982 people in 339 households; 90% of households own their home; 25% of homes were built since 2001; 9% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 0% were holiday homes.
- Neighbouring townlands
- Fyanstown, Hurdlestown, Kilmainham, Oristown, Teltown
- Gaeltacht
- In an Irish-speaking area
- Placenames
- Bloomsberry 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.