# Broomfield, Co. Meath: townland, land parcels and planning Townland in the civil parish of Collon, barony of Slane Upper, Co. Meath. - Area (Tailte Éireann): 2,381,869 m² (238.19 ha, 588.57 acres) - Land parcels (Tailte Éireann): 61 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in it, median 4,858 m² (0.49 ha, 1.2 acres) - Zoning (national zoning, MyPlan): P5 RA - Rural Area, the zone with the most parcels - Planning (National Planning Applications): 21 applications since 2010 - Civil parish: Collon, https://everytownland.com/meath/parish/collon.md - Barony: Slane Upper - Electoral division: Grangegeeth, the unit of the census - Census 2022 (Central Statistics Office): 695 people lived in 225 households in the Grangegeeth electoral division. 90% of households owned their home. 37% of homes were built since 2001. 7% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 0% were holiday homes. - County: Co. Meath, https://everytownland.com/meath.md - Placenames Database of Ireland: https://www.logainm.ie/en/37642 - Townland number at Tailte Éireann: 160301 - Centre: latitude 53.758673, longitude -6.513021 (WGS 84) ## Land parcels (registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann) 61 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Broomfield, from 20 m² to 351,445 m² (35.14 ha, 86.84 acres); 20 neighbouring parcels touch its boundary. Largest first: - Parcel 198898: 351,445 m² (35.14 ha, 86.84 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/198898.md - Parcel 160399: 282,373 m² (28.24 ha, 69.78 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/160399.md - Parcel 203178: 261,935 m² (26.19 ha, 64.73 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/203178.md - Parcel 167597: 211,617 m² (21.16 ha, 52.29 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/167597.md - Parcel 156160: 177,292 m² (17.73 ha, 43.81 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/156160.md - Parcel 159074: 172,743 m² (17.27 ha, 42.69 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/159074.md - Parcel 212365: 108,605 m² (10.86 ha, 26.84 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/212365.md - Parcel 190248: 105,693 m² (10.57 ha, 26.12 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/190248.md - Parcel 4982178: 91,279 m² (9.13 ha, 22.56 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/4982178.md - Parcel 200391: 88,890 m² (8.89 ha, 21.97 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/200391.md - Parcel 190558: 57,138 m² (5.71 ha, 14.12 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/190558.md - Parcel 138339: 54,450 m² (5.45 ha, 13.45 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/138339.md - Parcel 168867: 53,917 m² (5.39 ha, 13.32 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/168867.md - Parcel 201913: 42,297 m² (4.23 ha, 10.45 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/201913.md - Parcel 2635476: 39,886 m² (3.99 ha, 9.86 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2635476.md - Parcel 198520: 34,284 m² (3.43 ha, 8.47 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/198520.md - Parcel 4982202: 32,163 m² (3.22 ha, 7.95 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/4982202.md - Parcel 153042: 20,627 m² (2.06 ha, 5.1 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/153042.md - Parcel 196183: 16,686 m² (1.67 ha, 4.12 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/196183.md - Parcel 215590: 16,548 m² (1.65 ha, 4.09 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/215590.md - Parcel 4908320: 15,869 m² (1.59 ha, 3.92 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/4908320.md - Parcel 191623: 15,816 m² (1.58 ha, 3.91 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/191623.md - Parcel 159174: 14,643 m² (1.46 ha, 3.62 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/159174.md - Parcel 160712: 13,623 m² (1.36 ha, 3.37 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/160712.md - Parcel 5175656: 11,100 m² (1.11 ha, 2.74 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5175656.md - Parcel 161728: 9,525 m² (0.95 ha, 2.35 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/161728.md - Parcel 155585: 8,928 m² (0.89 ha, 2.21 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/155585.md - Parcel 171799: 5,479 m² (0.55 ha, 1.35 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/171799.md - Parcel 4908321: 5,049 m² (0.5 ha, 1.25 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/4908321.md - Parcel 5542915: 4,924 m² (0.49 ha, 1.22 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5542915.md - Parcel 4793670: 4,858 m² (0.49 ha, 1.2 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/4793670.md - Parcel 141691: 4,668 m² (0.47 ha, 1.15 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/141691.md - Parcel 4640662: 4,279 m² (0.43 ha, 1.06 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/4640662.md - Parcel 4925111: 3,742 m² (0.37 ha, 0.92 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/4925111.md - Parcel 4925156: 3,638 m² (0.36 ha, 0.9 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/4925156.md - Parcel 5199139: 3,058 m² (0.31 ha, 0.76 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5199139.md - Parcel 153998: 2,850 m² (0.28 ha, 0.7 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/153998.md - Parcel 5238750: 2,846 m² (0.28 ha, 0.7 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5238750.md - Parcel 144396: 2,540 m² (0.25 ha, 0.63 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/144396.md - Parcel 211785: 2,347 m² (0.23 ha, 0.58 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/211785.md - Parcel 4085284: 2,264 m² (0.23 ha, 0.56 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/4085284.md - Parcel 148700: 2,127 m² (0.21 ha, 0.53 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/148700.md - Parcel 5166937: 2,106 m² (0.21 ha, 0.52 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5166937.md - Parcel 207057: 2,090 m² (0.21 ha, 0.52 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/207057.md - Parcel 184324: 2,069 m² (0.21 ha, 0.51 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/184324.md - Parcel 188155: 1,867 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/188155.md - Parcel 201529: 1,677 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/201529.md - Parcel 200837: 1,622 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/200837.md - Parcel 219334: 1,604 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/219334.md - Parcel 4793672: 1,349 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/4793672.md - Parcel 174024: 1,137 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/174024.md - Parcel 159864: 1,067 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/159864.md - Parcel 5014849: 419 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/5014849.md - Parcel 150168: 246 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/150168.md - Parcel 5287247: 211 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/5287247.md - Parcel 2635478: 188 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/2635478.md - Parcel 5287204: 186 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/5287204.md - Parcel 219348: 162 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/219348.md - Parcel 224599: 129 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/224599.md - Parcel 5287235: 82 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/5287235.md - Parcel 5166953: 20 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/5166953.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 (As Varied), Meath; 77 parcels. The zoning objective in the plan: https://consult.meath.ie/en/consultation/consolidated-meath-county-development-plan-2021-2027-incl-variations-1-2 ## Planning applications whose site touches the townland (National Planning Applications, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage) 21 applications, newest first. - 13 Sept 2025, Meath County Council 2560970: Conditional. Permission, 1 home. dwelling house , detached domestic garage , waste water treatment system and percolation area , new vehicular entrance from public road and all associated site works. Significant further information/revised plans submitted on this application. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/MeathCC/AppFileRefDetails/2560970/0 - 29 Nov 2024, Meath County Council 2461034: Conditional. Permission consequent. the development will consist of a new two-storey dwelling, the opening of a new shared vehicular entrance to the site, new private water well and septic tank and percolation area together with all associated site development works. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/MeathCC/AppFileRefDetails/2461034/0 - 26 Nov 2024, Meath County Council 2461020: N/a. Permission, 1 home. the development will consist of a new two-storey dwelling, the opening of a new shared vehicular entrance to the site, new private water well and septic tank and percolation area together with all associated site development works. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/MeathCC/AppFileRefDetails/2461020/0 - 19 Nov 2024, Meath County Council 2460981: N/a. Permission consequent. the development will consist of a new two-storey dwelling, the opening of a new shared vehicular entrance to the site, new private water well and septic tank and percolation area together with all associated site development works. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/MeathCC/AppFileRefDetails/2460981/0 - 19 Nov 2024, Meath County Council 2460982: Conditional. Permission consequent. ref 211143 the development will consist of a new two-storey dwelling, the opening of a new shared vehicular entrance to the site, new private water well and septic tank and percolation area together with all associated site development works. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/MeathCC/AppFileRefDetails/2460982/0 - 25 Sept 2024, Meath County Council 2460781: Conditional. Permission, 1 home. the development consists of permission to construct a part two-storey, part single storey dwelling house, detached garage, new wastewater treatment system and percolation area, new well, new entrance onto public road and all associated site development works. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/MeathCC/AppFileRefDetails/2460781/0 - 26 Sept 2023, Meath County Council 2360296: Conditional. Permission. EirGrid PLC, with the consent and approval of the Electricity Supply Board (ESB), intends to apply to Meath County Council for permission for works associated with the proposed uprate of the existing Louth – Woodland 220 kV overhead powerline (OHL) between the existing Louth 220 kV substation in the townland of Monavallet, County Louth and the existing Woodland 220 kV substation in the townland of Woodland, County Meath. The Louth – Woodland 220 kV OHL is approximately 61.5 km long and comprises 207 no. steel lattice tower structures. The existing circuit is located within the functional area of Louth County Council and Meath County Council. Approximately 38.5 km of the existing OHL circuit is located within the functional area of Meath County Council and approximately 23 km is within the functional area of Louth County Council. A separate planning application is being lodged with Louth County Council. The Proposed Development within the functional area of Meath County Council is located in the townlands of Cardrath, Broomfield, Balrenny, Higginstown (Slane Electoral Division), Coalpits, Mooretown (Slane Electoral Division), Cashel, Crewbane, Rossnaree, Fennor (Painestown Electoral Division), Newtown (Painestown Electoral Division), Rathdrinagh, Thurstianstown, Painestown (Painestown Electoral Division), Knockharley, Veldonstown, Kentstown, Danestown, Proudstown (Skreen Electoral Division), Macetown (Skreen Electoral Division), Painestown (Macetown Electoral Division), Frankstown, Riggins (Kilbrew Electoral Division), Reask (Kilbrew Electoral Division), Hallstown, Cabinhill, Flemingtown (Ratoath Electoral Division), Twentypark, Lagore Little, Brownstown (Ratoath Electoral Division), Bradystown, Curkeen, Commons (Ratoath Electoral Division), Gormanstown, Wilkinstown (Dunshaughlin Electoral Division), Powderlough, Raynestown, Derrockstown, Mill Land (Dunshaughlin Electoral Division), Parsonstown, Rathregan, Portan (Dunshaughlin Electoral Division), and Woodland. Five (5) temporary construction compounds and associated access routes are located in the townlands of Knockmooney, Slane, Rath, Flemingstown and Tuiterath. The Proposed Development works within the functional area of County Meath will comprise: ? the replacement (“restringing”) of the existing overhead line circuit conductor with a new higher capacity conductor; ? the strengthening of up to 25 no. tower foundations; ? the replacement of hardware and fittings, such as insulators, insulator ha. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/MeathCC/AppFileRefDetails/2360296/0 - 20 Sept 2023, Meath County Council 2360287: Conditional. Permission, 1 home. Partial demolition of farm outbuildings and construction of a new single-storey dwelling. The site works to include new surface water soakaways, wastewater treatment system, percolation area and all associated site works. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/MeathCC/AppFileRefDetails/2360287/0 - 31 Aug 2023, Meath County Council 2360249: N/a. Permission. EirGrid PLC, with the consent and approval of the Electricity Supply Board (ESB), intends to apply to Meath County Council for permission for works associated with the proposed uprate of the existing Louth – Woodland 220 kV overhead powerline (OHL) between the existing Louth 220 kV substation in the townland of Monavallet, County Louth and the existing Woodland 220 kV substation in the townland of Woodland, County Meath. The Louth – Woodland 220 kV OHL is approximately 61.5 km long and comprises 207 no. steel lattice tower structures. The existing circuit is located within the functional area of Louth County Council and Meath County Council. Approximately 38.5 km of the existing OHL circuit is located within the functional area of Meath County Council and approximately 23 km is within the functional area of Louth County Council. A separate planning application is being lodged with Louth County Council. The Proposed Development within the functional area of Meath County Council is located in the townlands of Cardrath, Broomfield, Balrenny, Higginstown (Slane Electoral Division), Coalpits, Mooretown (Slane Electoral Division), Cashel, Crewbane, Rossnaree, Fennor (Painestown Electoral Division), Newtown (Painestown Electoral Division), Rathdrinagh, Thurstianstown, Painestown (Painestown Electoral Division), Knockharley, Weldonstown, Kentstown, Danestown, Proudstown (Skreen Electoral Division), Macetown (Skreen Electoral Division), Painestown (Macetown Electoral Division), Frankstown, Riggins (Kilbrew Electoral Division), Reask (Kilbrew Electoral Division), Cabinhill, Flemingtown (Ratoath Electoral Division), Twentypark, Lagore Little, Brownstown (Ratoath Electoral Division), Bradystown, Curkeen, Commons (Ratoath Electoral Division), Gormastown, Wilkinstown (Dunshaughlin Electoral Division), Powderlough, Raynestown, Derrockstown, Mill Land (Dunshaughlin Electoral Division), Parsonstown, Rathregan, Portan (Dunshaughlin Electoral Division), and Woodland. The Proposed Development works within the functional area of County Meath will comprise: ? the replacement (“restringing”) of the existing overhead line circuit conductor with a new higher capacity conductor; ? the strengthening of up to 25 no. tower foundations; ? the replacement of hardware and fittings, such as insulators, insulator hardware, earthwire hardware, anti-climbing guards and bird warning spheres at various9 no. locations;; ? the replacement of suspension clamps and vibration dampers. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/MeathCC/AppFileRefDetails/2360249/0 - 11 Aug 2023, Meath County Council 23798: Conditional. Permission, 1 home. proposed demolition of 3No. existing agricultural buildings and the construction of a new agricultural building to replace that which is to be demolished. Proposed erection of 1No. above ground slurry storage tank (4500m3) with hard standing concrete apron, together with all other associated site works. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/MeathCC/AppFileRefDetails/23798/0 - 2 Mar 2023, Meath County Council 23218: Refused. Permission, 1 home. partial demolition of farm outbuildings and construction of a new single storey dwelling with first floor attic storage. Works to include wastewater treatment system, percolation area and all associated site works. Significant Further Information/revised plans submitted on this application. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/MeathCC/AppFileRefDetails/23218/0 - 2 Mar 2023, Meath County Council 23221: Conditional. Permission. retention of existing buildings used for the purpose of light manufaturing and assembly, storage, welfare facilities and permission for the construction of a wastewater treatment system and percolation area, soakaway and all associated site works. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/MeathCC/AppFileRefDetails/23221/0 - 22 Dec 2021, Meath County Council 212397: Refused. Permission, 1 home. the construction of a 2-storey dwelling, domestic garage, packaged wastewater treatment system with percolation area, new entrance and all ancillary site works. Significant further information/revised plans submitted on this application. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/MeathCC/AppFileRefDetails/212397/0 - 13 Aug 2021, Meath County Council 211570: Refused. Permission, 1 home. the construction of a 2-storey dwelling, domestic garage, packaged wastewater treatment system with percolation area, new entrance and all ancillary site works. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/MeathCC/AppFileRefDetails/211570/0 - 8 Jul 2021, Meath County Council 211311: Conditional. Permission, 1 home. a two-storey extension with flat roof and single storey extensions with pitched roofs to the side and rear of the existing house. The development will include a new wastewater treatment system and soakaway to service the proposed dwelling and existing granny flat with alterations to the existing house and ancillary site development works. Significant further information/revised plans submitted on this application. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/MeathCC/AppFileRefDetails/211311/0 - 14 Jun 2021, Meath County Council 211143: Conditional. Outline permission, 1 home. dwelling house, septic tank and percolation area, access to site via shared laneway and all associated site works . Significant further information / revised plans submitted on this application.. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/MeathCC/AppFileRefDetails/211143/0 - 14 Jun 2021, Meath County Council 211144: Conditional. Outline permission, 1 home. dwelling house, septic tank and percolation area, access to site via shared laneway and all associated site works . Significant further information / revised plans submitted on this application.. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/MeathCC/AppFileRefDetails/211144/0 - 15 Mar 2021, Meath County Council 21486: Conditional. Permission. planning permission to; construct 1 No. pig house and 1 No. Meal preparation store, together with all ancillary structures and all associated site works arising from the above proposed development at Broomfield, Collon, Co. Meath. This application relates to a development, which is for the purposes of an activity requiring a licence under part IV of the Environmental Protection Agency (Licensing) Regulations 1994 to 2013. Significant further information/revised plans submitted on this application. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/MeathCC/AppFileRefDetails/21486/0 - 27 Nov 2019, Meath County Council LB191591: N/a. Permission. a two storey extension with flat roof and single storey extensions with pitched roofs to the side and rear of the existing house. The development will also include alterations to the existing house along with the ancillary site development works. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/MeathCC/AppFileRefDetails/LB191591/0 - 8 Nov 2019, Meath County Council LB191483: N/a. Permission. a two storey extension with flat roof and single storey extensions with pitched roofs to the side and rear of the existing house. The development will also include alterations to the existing house along with the ancillary site development works. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/MeathCC/AppFileRefDetails/LB191483/0 - 24 Apr 2019, Meath County Council LB190501: Conditional. Permission. 3792 No. solar panels on existing agricultural roof space on his pig farm. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/MeathCC/AppFileRefDetails/LB190501/0 Applicants are not shown. ## Designated sites (National Parks and Wildlife Service) No designated site (Special Area of Conservation, Special Protection Area, Natural Heritage Area or proposed one) touches the townland of Broomfield. ## Recorded monuments (Sites and Monuments Record, National Monuments Service) No recorded monument lies in the townland of Broomfield. ## Architectural heritage (National Inventory of Architectural Heritage) No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands in the townland of Broomfield. ## Ground and risks (Radon Risk Map of Ireland, EPA; Landslide Susceptibility Classification and LiDAR, Geological Survey Ireland) - Radon: at the centre of the townland of Broomfield, about 1 in 5 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: The 1:50,000 map rates the landslide susceptibility here as moderately high, moderately low, low, partly inferred. - Terrain model: no LiDAR survey of the Office of Public Works covers the centre of the townland of Broomfield. - 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/broomfield.dxf - GeoJSON, in WGS 84, for a map: https://everytownland.com/meath/broomfield.geojson - KML, for Google Earth: https://everytownland.com/meath/broomfield.kml ## Homes sold (Residential Property Price Register) No address of the register names Broomfield 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) - Balrenny: https://everytownland.com/meath/balrenny.md - Cardrath: https://everytownland.com/meath/cardrath.md - Collon (Co. Louth): https://everytownland.com/louth/collon.md - Glassallen: https://everytownland.com/meath/glassallen.md - Kellystown: https://everytownland.com/meath/kellystown-160921.md - Starinagh: https://everytownland.com/meath/starinagh.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/broomfield - In JSON: https://everytownland.com/api/townland/meath/broomfield