Bogganstown
Townland in the civil parish of Dunboyne, barony of Dunboyne, Co. Meath
- Area
- 85.1 ha
- 210 acres
- Land parcels
- 23
- registered freehold, median 4,111 m² (0.41 ha, 1.02 acres)
- Zoning
- P5
- RA - Rural Area
- Planning
- 10
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
23 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Bogganstown, from 278 m² to 450,460 m² (45.05 ha, 111.31 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 12 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 · 33 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
5 May 2026N/a
the construction a detached two storey, farm, dwelling house, with covered patio area to the rear, detached garage, new proprietary wastewater treatment unit and polishing filter, all accessed via the shared entrance gateway granted permission under planning permission registry ref. RA170614, new access road, along with all associated services, service connections, landscape and site development works
Permission, 2 homes · Meath County Council, 26124
3 Mar 2023Conditional
retention of a fence enclosed dog training facility and kennels and planning permission for 2 no. on-site treatment facilities at Bogganstown Farm, Bogganstown, Dunboyne, Co Meath. The dog training facility and kennels operation was previously granted temporary permissions (DA/802388 & DA/110354) which have since expired and consist of (i) 2 no. dog runs, (ii) 1 no. dog kennel with kennel run, (iii) 2 no. storage containers, (iv) 1 no. portacabin with office/welfare facilities, (v) 1 no. generator enclosed by timber fencing, (vi) 6 no. floodlights and (vii) associated car parking. The proposed on-site treatment facilities for which planning permission is sought consist of (i) 1 no. effluent treatment system and soil polishing filter to serve the existing office/welfare facilities and (ii) 1 no. effluent treatment plant and soil polishing filter for canine effluent. The development is surrounded by permitted timber clad palisade fencing (noise barrier) granted permission under DA/120395
Permission, 1 home · Meath County Council, 23225
5 Aug 2021Conditional
development will consist of a proposed 30 metre high lattice telecommunications structure with antennae, dishes and associated equipment, ground equipment and all associated groundworks. Works to include a fenced compound, and access track with turning area
Permission · Meath County Council, 211510
21 Jan 2021Conditional
the re-contouring of agricultural land and all ancillary site works, over a four-week period using approvimately 15,000 tonnes of imported clean, inert, soil and stone within an area of 1.92 hectares. A Natura Impact Statement accompanies this application
Permission · Meath County Council, 21120
21 Dec 2020N/a
the re-contouring of agricultural land and all ancillary site works, over a four-week period using approvimately 15,000 tonnes of imported clean, inert, soil and stone within an area of 1.92 hectares. A Natura Impact Statement accompanies this application
Permission, 1 home · Meath County Council, RA202020
19 Oct 2020Conditional
the development will consist of amendments to the previously granted Planning Permission, Registry Reference RA/161355, with revised site boundaries and location within the landholding. The development proposed will consist of the construction of a detached two storey farm dwelling house, new proprietary waste water treatment unit and percolation area, detached agricultural/farm building, containing storage, processing and drying areas, all to be accessed via the entrance gateway granted permission under planning permission registry ref. RA170614, new access road, along with all associated services, service connections, landscape and site development works
Permission, 1 home · Meath County Council, RA201505
8 Jul 2019Conditional
STRATEGIC INFRASTRUCTURE DEVELOPMENT (ABP Decision) 220 kV Gas Insulated Switchgear substation, 2 no. 220 kV underground circuits forming a loop-in/loop-out to the existing Maynooth-Woodland 220 kV Overhead Line and 6 no. 220 kV underground circuits and associated low voltage and communication underground cabling connecting the proposed substation with electricity transformers within the Intel Ireland Facility, and all associated and ancillary site development works.
25 Jun 2019Conditional
the construction a detached two storey farm dwelling house, new proprietary waste water treatment unit and percolation area, detached garage, all to be accessed via the entrance gateway granted permission under Planning Permission Registry Ref. RA/170614, new access road, along with all associated services, service connections, landscape and site development works
Permission, 2 homes · Meath County Council, RA190832
10 Jan 2019Conditional
a two storey extension to the side of the existing dwelling house and the construction of a garage and all associated site works. Significant further information/revised plans submitted on this application
Permission, 1 home · Meath County Council, RA190006
1 Jun 2017Conditional
development will consist of the construction a new vehicular entrance and gateway from the adjoining local road to access the proposed detached farm dwelling house and farmyard granted planning permission under Planning Registry Reference RA/161355 and to replace the existing agricultural entrance on the R157, which will be closed up, realignment of the hedgerow and new internal access road, along with all associated services, service connections, landscape and site development works
Permission · Meath County Council, RA170614
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 Bogganstown.
Recorded monuments
- ME053-006 Ring-ditch
Description
Situated on a slight rise on a gentle S-facing slope. The cropmark of a small circular enclosure (int. diam. c. 10m) defined by a continuous and wide fosse feature (Wth c. 2-3m) is visible on Google Earth (28/06/2018). It was first reported by Jean-Charles Caillere. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 30 April 2019
- ME053-007 Ring-ditch
Description
Situated on what might be a slight rise on a gentle S-facing slope. The cropmark of a small circular enclosure (int. diam. c. 5m) defined by a continuous fosse feature (Wth c. 1-2m) is visible on Google Earth (24/06/2018; 28/06/2018). It was first reported by Jean-Charles Caillere. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 30 April, 2019
- ME053-008 Ring-ditch
Description
Situated on a slight rise on a gentle S-facing slope. The cropmark of a small circular enclosure (int. diam. c. 8m) defined by a continuous and wide fosse feature (Wth c. 2-3m) is visible on Google Earth (28/06/2018; 12/07/2013). It is also visible on OSI images (2018), and it was first reported by Jean-Charles Caillere. See the attached image from Google Earth (12/07/2018) Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 5 June 2019
Architectural heritage
No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands in the townland of Bogganstown.
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 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_2935 (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.
Homes sold
Property Price Register
No address of the register names Bogganstown with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Meath.
The townland
- Name
- Bogganstown
- Area
- 851,319 m² (85.13 ha, 210.37 acres)
- Civil parish
- Dunboyne, and its townlands
- Barony
- Dunboyne
- Electoral division
- Dunboyne, the unit of the census
- Census 2022
- Dunboyne electoral division: 10,698 people in 3,434 households; 78% of households own their home; 39% of homes were built since 2001; 6% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 0% were holiday homes.
- Neighbouring townlands
- Catherinestown (Co. Kildare), Grange, Knockudder, Rathleek, Ravensdale (Co. Kildare), Salestown
- Placenames
- Bogganstown 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.