Burtonstown

46 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Burtonstown, from 42 m² to 291,562 m² (29.16 ha, 72.05 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 19 neighbouring parcels touch it.

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• P5RA - Rural Area (Mixed/general primary sector uses, including 'rural')
  Meath County Development Plan 2021-2027 (As Varied), Meath · 65 parcels The zoning objective in the plan

Source: Tailte Éireann and the Department of Housing (MyPlan), national zoning, CC BY 4.0.

• 18 Feb 2026Conditional

  the development will consist of a proposed storey and half style extension to the side of existing dwelling, renovations to existing dwelling, all elevational changes, the decommissioning of existing septic tank and the upgrade to a proposed new septic tank and percolation area, the demolition of single storey shed, revisions to existing site layout and all associated site works

  Permission · Meath County Council, 2660185

• 16 Feb 2026Conditional

  retention of (1) Extension to existing agricultural feed-stuff storage shed incorporating grain storage area from that previously granted under planning reference AA140467, (2) Hardcore surfaced vehicle parking yard area to east of site, (3) Extension to existing feed-stuff storage sheds (store 2 and store 3) incorporating loading canopy area together with permission to (a) Remove lean-to type roof structure extension from existing agricultural feed-stuff storage shed (store 4), (b) Construct portal frame type extensions to side and front of existing agricultural feed-stuff storage shed (store 4) to incorporate grain storage areas and covered loading canopy area, (c) Completion of all ancillary site works and associated structures

  Retention · Meath County Council, 2660174

• 6 May 2022Conditional

  the retention of amendments to the production and cooking facilities, retention of staff canteen porta cabins, retention and completion of plant extension to rear of potato store already granted planning permission but not yet completed. Planning permission to relocate office to the front of the potato store, raise the level and re-roof section of the goods store area, relocate and extend machinery store, relocate waste water pump and tanks, relocate and roof plant area to side of potato store and extend potato store to the rear. Significant further information/revised plans submitted on this application

  Permission · Meath County Council, 22587

• 25 Feb 2022Conditional

  the construction of and ESB Sub Station

  Permission · Meath County Council, 22248

• 18 Mar 2021Conditional

  the installation of 971m2 of solar photovoltaic panels, comprising of solar arrays on a ground mounted steel frame and associated electrical infrastructure

  Permission · Meath County Council, 21503

• 15 Feb 2021N/a

  for the installation of 971m2 of solar photovoltaic panels, comprising of solar arrays on a ground mounted steel frame and associated electrical infrastructure

  Permission · Meath County Council, 21280

• 22 Nov 2019Conditional

  construction of a storey & a half style dwelling with detached domestic garage, install a septic tank & percolation area. To remove existing adjoining house septic tank and provide new septic tank for same.To close up existing entrance to public road and form new combined entrance to public road from proposed house and adjoining house with associated site works.

  Permission, 2 homes · Meath County Council, AA191562

• 21 May 2019Conditional

  permission for 1. 1126 No. solar panels on existing roof space and, 2. 472 No solar panels on roof space granted under PPN:AA161469 and yet to be completed, and all associated works

  Permission · Meath County Council, AA190632

• 23 Apr 2019N/a

  1. 1126 No. solar panels on existing roof space and, 2. 472 No solar panels on roof space granted under PPN:AA161469 and yet to be completed, and all associated works

  Permission · Meath County Council, AA190487

• 4 Apr 2018Refused

  construction of a storey & a half style dwelling with detached domestic garage, install a septic tank & percolation area and connect to existing domestic entrance to form combined entrance to public road

  Permission, 1 home · Meath County Council, AA180332

Source: National Planning Applications, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, CC BY 4.0. Applicants are not shown.

Designated sites

No designated site (Special Area of Conservation, Special Protection Area, Natural Heritage Area or proposed one) touches the townland of Burtonstown.

Recorded monuments

• ME032-063001 Ring-ditch
  Description

  Situated on a rise in an undulating landscape. The cropmarks of two small enclosures (diam. c. 10m) defined by single fosse features and placed c. 5m apart E-W. are visible on aerial images (OSAP: 1995). A third feature (ME032-063003-) is located c. 130m to the W, and a fourth (ME032-063004-) is c. 150m to the SSE. First identified by Colin Byrne. See the atached enhanced view from OSAP (1995) Date of upload: 15 September, 2017

• ME032-063002 Ring-ditch
  Description

  Situated on a rise in an undulating landscape. The cropmarks of two small enclosures (diam. c. 10m) defined by single fosse features and placed c. 5m apart E-W. are visible on aerial images (OSAP: 1995). A third feature (ME032-063003-) is located c. 110m to the W, and a fourth (ME032-063004-) is c. 160m to the SSE. First identified by Colin Byrne. Date of upload: 15 September, 2017

• ME032-063003 Ring-ditch
  Description

  Situated in a hollow in an undulating landscape. The cropmark of a small enclosure (diam. c. 8m) with a central pit is visible on aerial images (OSAP: 1995). Two other ring-ditches (ME032-063001-; ME032-063002-) are c. 130m to the E, and a fourth (ME032-064004-) is c. 225m to the SE. First identified by Colin Byrne. Date of upload: 15 September, 2017

• ME032-063004 Ring-ditch
  Description

  Located on a slight S-facing slope. The cropmark of a small enclosure (diam. c. 15m) defined by a single fosse feature is visible on OSI aerial images (1995). The ring-ditches (ME032-043001-; ME032-063002-) are c. 150m and c. 160m distant to the NNW respectively, and ring-ditch (ME032-063003-) is c. 225m to the NW. It was first identified by Stephen Kehoe. Date of upload: 25 January 2018

• ME032-064 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  Located at the tip of a slight E-W spur. The cropmark of a circular enclosure (int. diam. c. 50m) defined by a distinct fosse (Wth c. 2-5m) is visible only on an OSI aerial image (1995). A second fosse c. 5m inside the outer is visible N-E and what might be a rectangular annexe (dims c. 40m NW-SE; c. 27m E-W) defined by a single fosse is attached at SE. The enclosure was first reported by Colin Byrne. See the attached enhanced view from OSI images (1995) Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 20 April 2023

• ME032-089 Ring-ditch
  Description

  Situated on what might be a slight rise on a gentle N-facing slope. The cropmark of a small circular feature (diam. c. 6m) defined by a continuous fosse is visible on Apple Maps (2018). It is also faintly visible on Digital Globe (c. 2013), and it was first reported by Jean Charles Caillere. See the attached enhanced image from Apple Maps (2018) Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 25 June 2021

• ME032-090 Enclosure
  Description

  Located on a gentle N-facing slope. The cropmark of a D-shaped enclosure (dims c. 35m E-W; c. 15-17m N-S) defined by a single fosse (Wth c. 1-2m) W-N-E is visible only on Apple Maps (2018). The enclosure springs from an E-W ditch (Wth c. 2m) curving slightly to the N although there is no evidence of this feature S of the E-W road that is just to the S. It was first reported by Jean Charles Caillere. See the attached enhanced view from Apple Maps (2018) Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 25 June 2021

• ME032-091 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  Located on a rise on a gentle N-facing slope. The cropmark of a circular area (int. diam. c. 45m N-S; c. 40m E-W) defined by a wide fosse (Wth c. 4-5m) is visible only on Apple Maps (2018). The perimeter is slightly truncated by a N-S field bank at W and there may be an entrance (Wth c. 4m) at SW. It was first reported by Jean Charles Caillere. See the attached enhanced view from Apple Maps (2018) Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 25 June 2021

• ME032-092 Enclosure
  Description

  Situated on a slight N-facing slope. The cropmark of a circular enclosure (diam. c. 30m N-S; c. 28m E-W) defined by a single ditch (Wth c. 1-2m) is visible on Apple Maps (2018). The enclosure is cut by two ENE-WSW ditches (Wth c. 1m; c. 3m) that converge further W and are not represented on any map. However, the cropmark of a NW-SE field drain c. 5m to the SW of the enclosure is parallel with the field bank surviving c. 25m to the NE of the enclosure. These two features are the boundaries of a wood depicted on the 1836 and 1908 editions of the OS 6-inch map. The enclosure undoubtedly pre-dates the wood, and it was first reported by Jean Charles Caillere. See the attached enhanced view from Apple Maps (2018) Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 25 June 2021

• ME032-104 Enclosure - large enclosure
  Description

  Located on a level landscape. The faint cropmark of a large oval enclosure (dims c. 90m N-S; c. 50m E-W) defined by a slight fosse is only visible SE-W-N on Google Earth (21/07/2021). It was first reported by Jean Charles Caillére. See the attached enhanced view from Google Earth (21/07/2021) Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 4 January 2022

Architectural heritage

No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands in the townland of Burtonstown.

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).

Radon

At the centre of the townland of Burtonstown, about 1 in 20 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels. Testing a home

Landslides

The 1:50,000 map rates the landslide susceptibility here as moderately low, low, partly inferred.

Terrain model

No LiDAR survey of the Office of Public Works covers the centre of the townland of Burtonstown.

Flooding

The Office of Public Works publishes its flood maps on floodinfo.ie.

Radon Risk Map of Ireland, Environmental Protection Agency, and Landslide Susceptibility Classification, Geological Survey Ireland, both under 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.

No address of the register names Burtonstown with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Meath.

Name

Burtonstown

Area

1,866,154 m² (186.62 ha, 461.14 acres)

Civil parish

Ballymagarvey, and its townlands

Barony

Duleek Lower

Electoral division

Kentstown, the unit of the census

Census 2022

2,263 people lived in 700 households in the Kentstown electoral division. 88% of households owned their home. 48% of homes were built since 2001. 4% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 1% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Ballymagarvey, Bellew, Danestown, Flemingstown, Kentstown

Placenames

Burtonstown 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.