Clowanstown
Townland in the civil parish of Killeen, barony of Skreen, Co. Meath; in Irish Baile Uí Chlúmháin
- Area
- 111.7 ha
- 276 acres
- Land parcels
- 79
- registered freehold, median 2,196 m² (0.22 ha, 0.54 acres)
- Zoning
- P5
- RA - Rural Area
- Planning
- 24
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
79 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Clowanstown, from 7 m² to 139,494 m² (13.95 ha, 34.47 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 22 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 · 98 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
28 Aug 2026N/a
Planning Permission for Retention is sought for (1) The Retention of the partially constructed single storey pitched roof extension to the existing single storey pitched roof dwelling to include (a) foundations, (b) ground floor slab (c) rising walls and (d) part external walls (2) Increased depth of front elevation window openings (3) External and internal alterations to the existing dwelling. Planning Permission is sought for (4) To complete the construction of the single storey pitched roof extension to the existing single storey pitched roof dwelling. New pitched roof to tie onto existing garage roof (5) To complete external and internal alterations to the existing dwelling (6) Enlarge and improve the existing vehicular entrance off the public road (7) Decommission existing septic tank and install a new wastewater treatment system and soil polishing filter and (8) All necessary ancillary site development works to facilitate this development
Permission · Meath County Council, 2661086
24 Jul 2026N/a
the construction of an agricultural shed for cattle, hay and straw storage with underground slurry storage and a soiled water tank
Permission · Meath County Council, 2660933
3 Mar 2025Conditional
the development consists of the change of use from existing stable block to dwelling house incorporatng a new roof and changes to the existing elevations including all associated site works and new drainage connection
Permission, 1 home · Meath County Council, 2560206
29 Oct 2024Refused
the development consists of the change of use from existing stable block to dwelling house incorporating a new roof and changes to the existing elevations including all associated site works and new drainage connection
Permission · Meath County Council, 2460906
3 Sept 2024Conditional
a part two storey, part single storey dwelling house, detached storey and a half garage with home office and gym, connection to the existing Dunshaughlin sewerage scheme, new vehicular access road and entrance gateway to the existing lane, along with all associated services, service connections, landscape and site development works. Significant further information/revised plans submitted on this application
Permission, 1 home · Meath County Council, 24366
12 Jul 2024Refused
the development consists of the change of use from existing stable block to dwelling house incorporation a new roof and changes to the existing elevations including all associated site works and new drainage connection
Permission, 1 home · Meath County Council, 2460522
21 Nov 2023Conditional
the development will consist of change of house type from that previously granted planning permission under planning reference no RA200620 to include modifications to elevations and plan layout together with all associated site works. Significant further information/revised plans submitted on this application
Permission, 1 home · Meath County Council, 231069
10 Feb 2023N/a
a part two storey, part single storey, dwelling house, storey and a half garage with home office and gym, covered car port and connection to the existing Dunshaughlin Sewerage Scheme, new vehicular access road and entrance gateway to the existing lane, along with all associated services, service connections, landscape and site development works
Permission, 1 home · Meath County Council, 23128
10 Feb 2023Conditional
a part single storey, part two storey dwelling house, storey and a half garage with home office and gym, covered car port and connection to the existing Dunshaughlin Sewerage Scheme, new vehicular entrance gateway to the existing lane, along with associated services, service connections, landscape and site development works
Permission consequent, 1 home · Meath County Council, 23129
30 Sept 2022Conditional
the development will consist of: A single storey 90sqm domestic garage to the North East of the existing Dwelling
Permission, 1 home · Meath County Council, 221287
13 Sept 2022N/a
the development will consist of a single storey 90sqm domestic garage on the same site of previously approved application for extension to dwelling ref DA30323
Permission, 1 home · Meath County Council, 221200
22 Jun 2022Conditional
the development will consist of a new single storey extension to the rear and side of the existing dwelling, new front porch, conversion of existing attached garage to a habitable space, construction of a new detached garage, all associated elevational changes to the house and existing attached garage, the decommissioning of the existing septic tank and upgrade to a new wastewater treatment system and all associated site works
Permission · Meath County Council, 22824
10 Jun 2022N/a
the development will consist of a new single storey extension to the rear and side of the existing dwelling, new front porch, conversion of existing attached garage to a habitable space, construction of a new detached garage, all associated elevational changes to the house and existing attached garage, the decommissioning of the existing septic tank and upgrade to a new wastewater treatment system and all associated site works
Permission · Meath County Council, 22766
6 May 2021Unconditional
EXTENSION OF DURATION ON PLANNING APPLICATION RA160828 - the development will consist of a storey and a half style dwelling, a detached domestic garage, proprietary domestic effluent treatment system, site entrance and all associated site works
Extension of duration, 1 home · Meath County Council, 21856
8 Apr 2021Conditional
a detached part single storey, part two storey dwelling house, detached garage , connection to the existing Dunshaughlin Sewerage Scheme, new vehicular entrance gateway to the existing lane, along with all associated services, service connections, landscape and site development works. Significant further information/revised plans submitted on this application
Outline permission, 2 homes · Meath County Council, 21660
11 Jan 2021Conditional
1. New dwelling and garage. 2. Existing entrance to existing dwelling to be shared entrance for proposed dwelling and existing dwelling. Oakstown Wastewater Treatment system with Percolation area. 4. Landscaping & all associated site works. Significant Further information / Revised plans submitted on this application
Permission, 1 home · Meath County Council, 2129
6 Jul 2020Conditional
the development will consist of: 1. New dwelling and detached garage. 2. New domestic entrance 3. Oakstown Wastewater Treatment system with Percolation area. 4. Landscaping & all associated site works
Permission, 2 homes · Meath County Council, RA200865
19 Jun 2020N/a
the development will consist of: 1. New dwelling and detached garage. 2. New domestic entrance 3. Oakstown Wastewater Treatment system with Percolation area. 4. Landscaping & all associated site works
Permission, 2 homes · Meath County Council, RA200768
14 Feb 2020N/a
the development will consist of the following: proposed replacement dwelling & garage, including demolition of existing dwelling & garage, new wastewater treatment system & percolation area, landscaping and all ancillary site works
Permission, 1 home · Meath County Council, RA200174
5 Feb 2020N/a
the development will consist of the following: proposed replacement dwelling & garage, including demolition of existing dwelling & garage, New Wastewater Treatment system & Percolation area, landscaping and all ancillary site works
Permission, 1 home · Meath County Council, RA200117
29 Nov 2019Conditional
a storey and a half style dwelling, detached domestic garage, the installation of a wastewater disposal system, new site entrance and all associated site works
Permission, 2 homes · Meath County Council, RA191620
29 Nov 2019Conditional
a two storey style dwelling, detached domestic garage, the installation of a wastewater disposal system, new site entrance and all associated site works
Permission, 2 homes · Meath County Council, RA191621
7 Sept 2018Conditional
alterations and extensions to rear and side of existing bungalow, extend existing integral domestic garage and erect new entrance porch to front, replace existing septic tank with new waste water treatment system with percolation area and all ancillaries
Permission · Meath County Council, RA181038
3 Feb 2017Conditional
retention of existing domestic garage, site layout and all ancillary site works in relation to previously granted application reference number RA/150433. Significant further information/revised plans submitted on this application
Retention · Meath County Council, RA170094
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 Clowanstown.
Recorded monuments
No recorded monument lies in the townland of Clowanstown.
Architectural heritage
- Mill (water), 1780–1820 · Regional interest
Description
Detached five-bay four-storey former mill, built c.1800, now disused. Hipped slate roof. Rubble stone walls. Segmental-arched openings with dressed stone voussoirs. Some timber sash windows and timber battened doors. Circular opening between first and second floor. Former hill house and outbuildings to site.
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
- No LiDAR survey of the Office of Public Works covers the centre of the townland of Clowanstown.
- 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 Clowanstown with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Meath.
The townland
- Name
- Clowanstown · Baile Uí Chlúmháin
- Area
- 1,117,226 m² (111.72 ha, 276.07 acres)
- Civil parish
- Killeen, and its townlands
- Barony
- Skreen
- Electoral division
- Killeen, the unit of the census
- Census 2022
- Killeen electoral division: 1,283 people in 418 households; 89% of households own their home; 27% of homes were built since 2001; 6% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 0% were holiday homes.
- Neighbouring townlands
- Killeen, Knockmark, Leshemstown, Mooretown, Roestown, Smithstown
- Placenames
- Clowanstown 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.