Colvinstown
Townland in the civil parish of Skreen, barony of Skreen, Co. Meath
- Area
- 171.9 ha
- 425 acres
- Land parcels
- 31
- registered freehold, median 5,384 m² (0.54 ha, 1.33 acres)
- Zoning
- P5
- RA - Rural Area
- Planning
- 8
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
31 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Colvinstown, from 70 m² to 363,439 m² (36.34 ha, 89.81 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 31 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 · 58 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
30 May 2024Conditional
the development will consist of change of house type design for granted planning permission Ref. No. 2360039 and all associated site works
Permission, 1 home · Meath County Council, 2460394
18 Dec 2023Conditional
Single-storey extension to rear, projecting to the side. New rooflights to front and rear of existing roof, new window openings in gable walls, and associated site works
Permission, 1 home · Meath County Council, 2360483
19 Sept 2019Conditional
a change of house type from that previously granted under Pl Ref: AA160670 to a redesigned two storey dwelling & associated domestic garage, wastewater treatment system with polishing filter, open new vehicular entrance to site together with all associated site development works. All associated works remain as per previously granted under PL Ref: AA160670.
Permission, 2 homes · Meath County Council, AA191241
7 Sept 2018Conditional
the development will consist of: A) Construction of an extension to existing livestock buildings to include roofed feed area and cubicles. B) Construction of livestock cubicle shed with associated underground slatted tank. C) Construction of an agricultural building to include straw bedding area, assembly yard, milking parlour and dairy with associated underground slatted tank. D) Construction of Rainwater Harvesting Tank. E) Erection of external meal bins. F) Construction of Meal Store. G) Construction of Calf Shed. H) Construction of Silage Pit. I) Installation of Solar Panels onto proposed Milking Parlour Roof. J) Construction of Vet Store and all associated site works
Permission · Meath County Council, AA181040
27 Apr 2018Conditional
an existing earth lined slurry storage lagoon and all associated ancillaries.
Retention, 1 home · Meath County Council, AA180413
23 Feb 2018Conditional
change of use from farm manager's dwelling to domestic dwelling to include the removal of condition no. 15 from planning previously granted under planning reference nos. NA/40103 and NA/60298
Permission, 1 home · Meath County Council, AA180178
1 Jun 2017Conditional
retention permission to retain an existing 30 metre high telecommunications lattice support structure (previously granted permission under ref NA110370 & An Bord Pleanala ref. PL.17.239138 which was a temporary permission for a period of 5 years which has expired) carrying antennas and link dishes together with associated equipment units and security fence
Retention · Meath County Council, AA170622
31 May 2017Conditional
to retain an existing 30m high telecommunications lattice support structure (previously granted permission under reference NA110131) carrying antennas and link dishes together with associated equipment units and security fencing. Significant further information/revised plans submitted on this application
Retention · Meath County Council, AA170608
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 Colvinstown.
Recorded monuments
- ME038-004 Earthwork
Description
Situated at the N edge of a plateau and at the crest of a NE-facing slope. An estate map of 1826 (16 F 19 (2)) in the National Library of Ireland depicts a small embanked enclosure at this location, but it does not appear on any other map. No archaeological feature is visible at ground level. 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 upload: 10 July 2007 Amended: 13 April, 2022
Architectural heritage
No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands in the townland of Colvinstown.
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 moderately high, moderately low, 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 Colvinstown.
- 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 Colvinstown with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Meath.
The townland
- Name
- Colvinstown
- Area
- 1,719,221 m² (171.92 ha, 424.83 acres)
- Civil parish
- Skreen, and its townlands
- Barony
- Skreen
- Electoral division
- Skreen, the unit of the census
- Census 2022
- Skreen electoral division: 1,673 people in 561 households; 86% of households own their home; 27% of homes were built since 2001; 7% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 0% were holiday homes.
- Neighbouring townlands
- Branstown, Collierstown, Commons, Cookstown, Obertstown, Skreen
- Placenames
- Colvinstown 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.