# Bloomsberry, Co. Meath: townland, land parcels and planning Townland in the civil parish of Kells, barony of Kells Upper, Co. Meath. - Area (Tailte Éireann): 891,435 m² (89.14 ha, 220.28 acres) - Land parcels (Tailte Éireann): 17 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in it, median 3,924 m² (0.39 ha, 0.97 acres) - Zoning (national zoning, MyPlan): P5 RA - Rural Area, the zone with the most parcels - Planning (National Planning Applications): 4 applications since 2010 - Civil parish: Kells, https://everytownland.com/meath/parish/kells.md - Barony: Kells Upper - Electoral division: Teltown, the unit of the census - Census 2022 (Central Statistics Office): 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. - County: Co. Meath, https://everytownland.com/meath.md - Gaeltacht: in an Irish-speaking area - Placenames Database of Ireland: https://www.logainm.ie/en/38316 - Townland number at Tailte Éireann: 160256 - Centre: latitude 53.715066, longitude -6.803641 (WGS 84) ## 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); 24 neighbouring parcels touch its boundary. Largest first: - Parcel 2853426: 452,201 m² (45.22 ha, 111.74 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2853426.md - Parcel 2884814: 258,208 m² (25.82 ha, 63.8 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2884814.md - Parcel 142562: 72,743 m² (7.27 ha, 17.98 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/142562.md - Parcel 144729: 51,315 m² (5.13 ha, 12.68 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/144729.md - Parcel 208594: 19,803 m² (1.98 ha, 4.89 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/208594.md - Parcel 216082: 9,538 m² (0.95 ha, 2.36 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/216082.md - Parcel 2516744: 4,588 m² (0.46 ha, 1.13 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2516744.md - Parcel 144440: 4,253 m² (0.43 ha, 1.05 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/144440.md - Parcel 135073: 3,924 m² (0.39 ha, 0.97 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/135073.md - Parcel 160511: 2,567 m² (0.26 ha, 0.63 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/160511.md - Parcel 5376442: 2,297 m² (0.23 ha, 0.57 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5376442.md - Parcel 189183: 2,100 m² (0.21 ha, 0.52 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/189183.md - Parcel 187902: 1,842 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/187902.md - Parcel 214844: 1,593 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/214844.md - Parcel 211608: 1,540 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/211608.md - Parcel 163353: 1,476 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/163353.md - Parcel 136164: 1,139 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/136164.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, Meath; 30 parcels. The zoning objective in the plan: https://consult.meath.ie/en/consultation/meath-adopted-county-development-plan ## Planning applications whose site touches the townland (National Planning Applications, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage) 4 applications, newest first. - 12 Jul 2026, Meath County Council 2660879: Conditional. Permission. 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. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/MeathCC/AppFileRefDetails/2660879/0 - 27 Jun 2026, Meath County Council 2660805: N/a. Permission, 1 home. 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. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/MeathCC/AppFileRefDetails/2660805/0 - 5 Mar 2026, Meath County Council 2660267: N/a. Permission. 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.. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/MeathCC/AppFileRefDetails/2660267/0 - 23 Sept 2019, Meath County Council KA191259: Conditional. Permission. 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. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/MeathCC/AppFileRefDetails/KA191259/0 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) - ME017-026: Enclosure, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CME017-026----. 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 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 Bloomsberry. ## Ground and risks (Radon Risk Map of Ireland, EPA; Landslide Susceptibility Classification and LiDAR, Geological Survey Ireland) - Radon: 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: 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, 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/bloomsberry.dxf - GeoJSON, in WGS 84, for a map: https://everytownland.com/meath/bloomsberry.geojson - KML, for Google Earth: https://everytownland.com/meath/bloomsberry.kml ## Homes sold (Residential 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: https://everytownland.com/meath.md ## Neighbouring townlands (National Statutory Boundaries, Tailte Éireann) - Fyanstown: https://everytownland.com/meath/fyanstown.md - Hurdlestown: https://everytownland.com/meath/hurdlestown.md - Kilmainham: https://everytownland.com/meath/kilmainham-160967.md - Oristown: https://everytownland.com/meath/oristown-161265.md - Teltown: https://everytownland.com/meath/teltown.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/bloomsberry - In JSON: https://everytownland.com/api/townland/meath/bloomsberry