# Cortown, Co. Meath: townland, land parcels and planning Townland in the civil parish of Balrathboyne, barony of Kells Upper, Co. Meath; in Irish An Baile Corr. - Area (Tailte Éireann): 1,833,108 m² (183.31 ha, 452.97 acres) - Land parcels (Tailte Éireann): 43 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in it, median 5,172 m² (0.52 ha, 1.28 acres) - Zoning (national zoning, MyPlan): P5 RA - Rural Area, the zone with the most parcels - Planning (National Planning Applications): 17 applications since 2010 - Civil parish: Balrathboyne, https://everytownland.com/meath/parish/balrathboyne.md - Barony: Kells Upper - Electoral division: Balrathboyne, the unit of the census - Census 2022 (Central Statistics Office): Balrathboyne electoral division: 643 people in 209 households; 82% of households own their home; 43% of homes were built since 2001; 3% 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/38067 - Townland number at Tailte Éireann: 160509 - Centre: latitude 53.686968, longitude -6.867233 (WGS 84) ## Land parcels (registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann) 43 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Cortown, from 104 m² to 346,655 m² (34.67 ha, 85.66 acres); 23 neighbouring parcels touch its boundary. Largest first: - Parcel 191980: 346,655 m² (34.67 ha, 85.66 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/191980.md - Parcel 5972324: 343,340 m² (34.33 ha, 84.84 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5972324.md - Parcel 191972: 296,608 m² (29.66 ha, 73.29 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/191972.md - Parcel 180698: 238,881 m² (23.89 ha, 59.03 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/180698.md - Parcel 205428: 180,368 m² (18.04 ha, 44.57 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/205428.md - Parcel 4792980: 54,400 m² (5.44 ha, 13.44 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/4792980.md - Parcel 167457: 50,415 m² (5.04 ha, 12.46 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/167457.md - Parcel 205076: 48,554 m² (4.86 ha, 12 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/205076.md - Parcel 208597: 46,945 m² (4.69 ha, 11.6 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/208597.md - Parcel 6037931: 29,957 m² (3 ha, 7.4 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/6037931.md - Parcel 172560: 22,417 m² (2.24 ha, 5.54 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/172560.md - Parcel 140113: 13,535 m² (1.35 ha, 3.34 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/140113.md - Parcel 2741926: 12,873 m² (1.29 ha, 3.18 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2741926.md - Parcel 198415: 12,391 m² (1.24 ha, 3.06 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/198415.md - Parcel 4792961: 11,990 m² (1.2 ha, 2.96 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/4792961.md - Parcel 191981: 11,458 m² (1.15 ha, 2.83 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/191981.md - Parcel 4678235: 7,286 m² (0.73 ha, 1.8 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/4678235.md - Parcel 191986: 6,945 m² (0.69 ha, 1.72 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/191986.md - Parcel 135094: 6,315 m² (0.63 ha, 1.56 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/135094.md - Parcel 4678241: 5,724 m² (0.57 ha, 1.41 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/4678241.md - Parcel 2696846: 5,331 m² (0.53 ha, 1.32 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2696846.md - Parcel 215519: 5,172 m² (0.52 ha, 1.28 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/215519.md - Parcel 187662: 5,041 m² (0.5 ha, 1.25 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/187662.md - Parcel 146621: 4,945 m² (0.49 ha, 1.22 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/146621.md - Parcel 2684726: 4,689 m² (0.47 ha, 1.16 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2684726.md - Parcel 150906: 4,504 m² (0.45 ha, 1.11 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/150906.md - Parcel 169211: 4,445 m² (0.44 ha, 1.1 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/169211.md - Parcel 137244: 4,339 m² (0.43 ha, 1.07 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/137244.md - Parcel 5663678: 3,717 m² (0.37 ha, 0.92 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5663678.md - Parcel 2684742: 3,654 m² (0.37 ha, 0.9 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2684742.md - Parcel 5663728: 3,513 m² (0.35 ha, 0.87 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5663728.md - Parcel 206798: 3,176 m² (0.32 ha, 0.78 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/206798.md - Parcel 191979: 3,134 m² (0.31 ha, 0.77 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/191979.md - Parcel 5972172: 3,077 m² (0.31 ha, 0.76 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5972172.md - Parcel 5166353: 2,699 m² (0.27 ha, 0.67 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5166353.md - Parcel 637549: 2,053 m² (0.21 ha, 0.51 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/637549.md - Parcel 2517673: 1,942 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/2517673.md - Parcel 4069400: 1,887 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/4069400.md - Parcel 191378: 1,838 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/191378.md - Parcel 5982248: 373 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/5982248.md - Parcel 5682596: 315 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/5682596.md - Parcel 5972236: 245 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/5972236.md - Parcel 5972251: 104 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/5972251.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, Meath; 53 parcels. The zoning objective in the plan: https://consult.meath.ie/en/consultation/meath-adopted-county-development-plan ## Planning applications whose site touches the townland (National Planning Applications, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage) 17 applications, newest first. - 15 Mar 2024, Meath County Council 2460194: Conditional. Permission, 1 home. permission to construct a single storey dwelling house, domestic garage, new entrance and install a sewage treatment system with percolation area together with all associated site development works on site. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/MeathCC/AppFileRefDetails/2460194/0 - 26 Feb 2024, Meath County Council 2460134: Conditional. Permission. The development will consist of: A 10-year permission for the development of a solar farm on a site of 35.81 hectares consisting of the following: 211,320 sqm of solar photovoltaic panels on ground mounted steel frames; 6 hardstanding locations for electrical skids; new internal access tracks; underground power and communications cables and ducts ; a new access from the L6835 public road; access gates; landscaping and biodiversity enhancement measures; boundary fencing and all associated ancillary development, site works and services. The solar farm will be operational for 40 years. Installation of underground electrical cabling and associated infrastructure within the public road corridor along the L6835 public road for approximately 10 metres to connect into the permitted underground cabling associated with the permitted ‘Milltown Solar Farm (Meath County Council Reg. Ref. 21396 & An Bord Pleanála Case Number: PL17.311460) which is located to the north of the site within the townland of Milltown. A Natura Impact Statement (NIS) has been prepared in respect of the proposed development and will be submitted to the planning authority with the application. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/MeathCC/AppFileRefDetails/2460134/0 - 29 Sept 2023, Meath County Council 2360305: Conditional. Permission, 1 home. to construct a single storey dwelling house, domestic garage, new entrance and install a sewage treatment system with percolation area together with all associated site development works on site at. Significant Further Information / Revised Plans received on this application.. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/MeathCC/AppFileRefDetails/2360305/0 - 9 May 2022, Meath County Council 22595: Conditional. Permission. the development will consist of laying of underground 33kV medium voltage electrical cables with associated ducting, 4 no. joint bays, with associated communication chambers and ancillary development within the Local public roads L6835, L6836, and L80021 for a distance of approximately 2,991 metres. Permission is sought for a period of 10 years. The underground cable is intended to connect the South Parcel, in Moyagher Lower townland, with the North Parcel, in Milltown townland, of Milltown Solar Farm, which was permitted by An Bord Pleanala following appeal pursuant to An Bord Pleanala Reference number PL17.311460 and Meath County Council Planning Reference number 21/396. A Strategic infrastructure Development Application for the associated 110kV Substation was also permitted by An Bord Pleanala in the North Parcel of the permitted solar farm pursuant to An Bord Pleanala Reference number VA17.310029. A Natura Impact Statement (NIS) will be submitted to the Planning Authority with the Application.. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/MeathCC/AppFileRefDetails/22595/0 - 19 Nov 2021, Meath County Council 212203: Conditional. Permission, 1 home. the construction of a two storey residence , domestic garage, proprietary waste water treatment system, new entrance and all ancillary site works. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/MeathCC/AppFileRefDetails/212203/0 - 3 Jun 2021, Meath County Council 211058: Conditional. Permission, 1 home. a new single storey extension to the rear and side of the existing dwelling and demolition of the existing outbuilding, new detached garage and office outbuilding, closure of the existing vehicular entrance and relocation of entrance to the existing agricultural entrance, opening of a new agricultural entrance, new septic tank and percolation area and new private water well together with all associated site development works. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/MeathCC/AppFileRefDetails/211058/0 - 28 May 2021, Meath County Council 211033: Conditional. Permission, 1 home. the erection of a two-storey dwelling house, detached domestic garage and proprietary wastewater treatment system and percolation area. Also to provide a new entrance and to include for all ancillary site works. If successful this application will revoke permission KA170878 previously granted to the applicant. Significant further information/revised plans submitted on this application. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/MeathCC/AppFileRefDetails/211033/0 - 28 Jan 2021, Meath County Council 21162: Unconditional. Extension of duration. EXTENSION OF DURATION OF PLANNING PERMISSION REF. NO. KA151242 - development will consist of a storey and a half style dwelling, a detached domestic garage, a septic tank and percolation area, upgrade of existing agricultural site entrance to a domestic site entrance and all associated site. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/MeathCC/AppFileRefDetails/21162/0 - 27 Nov 2020, Meath County Council KA201805: N/a. Permission, 1 home. constructing a single storied dwelling house and a detached domestic garage, installing a proprietary waste water treatment unit and percolation area and to make a new entrance onto the road along with all ancillary site development works. Significant further information/revised plans submitted on this application. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/MeathCC/AppFileRefDetails/KA201805/0 - 31 Jul 2020, Meath County Council KA201019: Conditional. Permission, 2 homes. a storey and a half residence, domestic garage, proprietary waste water treatment system, new entrance and all associated site development works. Significant further information/revised plans submitted on this application. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/MeathCC/AppFileRefDetails/KA201019/0 - 20 Mar 2020, Meath County Council KA200374: Conditional. Permission, 1 home. constructing a storey and a half type dwelling and a detached domestic garage, installing a proprietary waste water treatment unit and percolation area and to make a new entrance onto the road along with all ancillary site development works. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/MeathCC/AppFileRefDetails/KA200374/0 - 14 Feb 2020, Meath County Council KA200176: N/a. Permission, 2 homes. the construction of a storey and a half residence, domestic garage, proprietary waste water treatment system, new entrance and all associated site development works. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/MeathCC/AppFileRefDetails/KA200176/0 - 8 Nov 2019, Meath County Council KA191488: Conditional. Permission, 2 homes. to construct (1) storey and a half type dwelling (2) domestic garage (3) proprietary wastewater unit and (4) all ancillary site works. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/MeathCC/AppFileRefDetails/KA191488/0 - 4 Sept 2019, Meath County Council KA191161: Conditional. Outline permission, 1 home. the construction of a new detached residential dwelling with domestic garage, roof mounted solar heating panels, proprietary wastewater treatment system and percolation area, new site entrance from road to enter the site including any necessary pruning of existing hedgerows, landscaping and all ancillary site works. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/MeathCC/AppFileRefDetails/KA191161/0 - 28 Feb 2019, Meath County Council KA190212: N/a. Permission, 1 home. permission to construct a single storey dwelling house, domestic garage, new entrance and install a proprietary waste water treatment system and percolation area on site. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/MeathCC/AppFileRefDetails/KA190212/0 - 11 Sept 2017, Meath County Council KA171050: Conditional. Permission, 1 home. to construct proposed private residence, proposed detached domestic garage, install proposed wastewater treatment system and percolation area, entrance onto main road including all ancillary site works. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/MeathCC/AppFileRefDetails/KA171050/0 - 8 Aug 2017, Meath County Council KA170922: N/a. Permission, 1 home. to construct proposed private residence, proposed detached domestic garage, install proposed wastewater treatment system and percolation area, entrance onto main road including all ancillary site works. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/MeathCC/AppFileRefDetails/KA170922/0 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 Cortown. ## Recorded monuments (Sites and Monuments Record, National Monuments Service) - ME024-001: Church, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CME024-001----. Situated on a gentle NE-facing slope. This is an early church site. According to Dopping’s visitation (1682-5) the St. Bohin chapel at Rathboyne had a large church and chancel, but only the walls were standing then and the graveyard was not enclosed (Ellison 1973, 9). The saint is Baoithín, son of Cuana (Cogan 1862-70, 2, 262-3), who was descended from the Ceinéal Éanna branch of the Ceinéal Connaill of Inishowen, Co. Donegal. Baoithín was a close associate of St. Colum Cille. He is most connected with Taghboyne, Co. Westmeath (WM025-078001), and his feastday is on 19 February (Ó Riain 2011, 89-90). The parish church of Balrathboyne, represented by the conserved foundations (Wth 0.9-1.1m; max. H 1m) of a divided nave (int. dims 12.1m E-W; 5.45m N-S) and chancel (int. dims 6.65m E-W; 4.2m N-S) church (ext. L 23.45m), is within a subrectangular graveyard (dims c. 95m E-W; c. 55m N-S) with no defining feature. The church is featureless, as graves are impinging on the walls at the likely locations of the doorways in the nave. Two flat-rimmed, octagonal fonts are located in the church. One is a sandstone (dim. 0.54m; H 0.31m) and has a circular basin (diam. 0.44m; D 0.2m) with chamfered under-panels, the other is limestone (dims 0.56m x 0.52m; H 0.23m) with a circular, dished basin (diam. 0.42m; max. D 0.17m). The graveyard is within a larger ecclesiastical enclosure (dims c. 160m ENE-WSW; c. 105m NNW-SSE) defined by an earthen bank (at S: Wth 4.2m; int. H 1.7m; ext. H 1.2m) and hedge S-W-N-SE and a masonry wall of the graveyard elsewhere. The bank (at N: Wth of bank 7m; int. H 0.6m; ext. H 3.5m) is accompanied by an external fosse (at N: Wth of top 8.6m; Wth of base 2m; ext. D 1.3m) and outer bank or field bank (Wth 2m; ext. H 0.5m) W-N-NE. The rath (ME024-001005-) and mound (ME024-001006-) are within the ecclesiastical enclosure, N of the graveyard. 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/revision: 24 June, 2014 - ME024-001001: Graveyard, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CME024-001001-. Situated on a gentle NE-facing slope. The parish church of Balrathboyne (ME024-001----) on the site of the early church of St. Baoithín is within a subrectangular graveyard (dims c. 95m E-W; c. 55m N-S) with no feature defining its perimeter. The graveyard truncates the rath (ME024-001005-) to its N, and it is within the ecclesiastical enclosure (ME024-001004-). Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 24 June, 2014 - ME024-001002: Font, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CME024-001002-. Two flat-rimmed, octagonal fonts are located in the parish church of Balrathboyne (ME024-001----). That in the SW angle of the nave is a sandstone (dim. 0.54m; H 0.31m) and has a circular basin (diam. 0.44m; D 0.2m) with chamfered under-panels. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 24 June, 2014 - ME024-001003: Font, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CME024-001003-. Two flat-rimmed, octagonal fonts are located in the parish church of Balrathboyne (ME024-001----). That in the NW angle of the nave is limestone (dims 0.56m x 0.52m; H 0.23m) with a circular, dished basin (diam. 0.42m; max. D 0.17m) and chamfered under-panels. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 24 June, 2014 - ME024-001004: Ecclesiastical enclosure, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CME024-001004-. Situated on a gentle NE-facing slope. The parish church of Balrathboyne on the site of St. Baoithín's church (ME024-001----) and the associated graveyard (ME024-001001-) are within a larger ecclesiastical enclosure (dims c. 160m ENE-WSW; c. 105m NNW-SSE) defined by an earthen bank (at S: Wth 4.2m; int. H 1.7m; ext. H 1.2m) and hedge S-W-N-SE and a masonry wall of the graveyard elsewhere. The bank (at N: Wth of bank 7m; int. H 0.6m; ext. H 3.5m) is accompanied by an external fosse (at N: Wth of top 8.6m; Wth of base 2m; ext. D 1.3m) and outer bank or field bank (at N: Wth 2m; ext. H 0.5m) W-N-NE. The rath (ME024-001005-) and mound (ME024-001006-) are within the ecclesiastical enclosure, N of the graveyard. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 24 June, 2014 - ME024-001005: Ringfort - rath, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CME024-001005-. Located towards the top of a slight NE-facing slope. This is a D-shaped grass-covered area (dims 31.2m WNW-ESE; 20.6m NNE-SSW) defined by a scarp (H 1.3m at WNW to 2.1m at ESE) SW-N-SE that is truncated at S by the N edge of Cortown graveyard (ME024-001001-). There is no visible fosse or entrance, and the scarp incorporates a mound (ME024-001006-) on the N side (max. ext. dim. 51.3m WNW-ESE). It is within the ecclesiastical enclosure (ME024-001004-) of the early church of St. Boithín and the parish church of Balrathboyne (ME024-001----). Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 24 June, 2014 - ME024-001006: Mound, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CME024-001006-. Located towards the top of a slight NE-facing slope. This is an oval or subrectangular, grass-covered feature (dims of base: 17.5m WNW-ESE; 11.8m NNE-SSW; dims of top: c. 13m WNW-ESE; 6.6m NNE-SSW) defined by scarps (H 0.4m at W to 0.8m at N to 1.3m at E). At S it is incorporated into the defining scarp of rath (ME024-001005-) and it is probably curtailed by an E-W path on the N side. It is inside the perimeter of the ecclesiastical enclosure (ME024-001004-) at N. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 24 June, 2014 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). ## Architectural heritage (National Inventory of Architectural Heritage) No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands in the townland of Cortown. ## Ground and risks (Radon Risk Map of Ireland, EPA; Landslide Susceptibility Classification and LiDAR, Geological Survey Ireland) - Radon: About 1 in 10 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: Susceptibility 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 Cortown. - 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/cortown.dxf - GeoJSON, in WGS 84, for a map: https://everytownland.com/meath/cortown.geojson - KML, for Google Earth: https://everytownland.com/meath/cortown.kml ## Homes sold (Residential Property Price Register) - Cortown, Kells: 6 sales, https://everytownland.com/meath/cortown-kells.md ## Neighbouring townlands (National Statutory Boundaries, Tailte Éireann) - Athgaine Great: https://everytownland.com/meath/athgaine-great.md - Betaghstown: https://everytownland.com/meath/betaghstown-160235.md - Cookstown Great: https://everytownland.com/meath/cookstown-great.md - Cookstown Little: https://everytownland.com/meath/cookstown-little.md - Crannaghtown: https://everytownland.com/meath/crannaghtown.md - Milltown: https://everytownland.com/meath/milltown-161118.md - Piercetown: https://everytownland.com/meath/piercetown-161302.md - Volvenstown: https://everytownland.com/meath/volvenstown.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/cortown - In JSON: https://everytownland.com/api/townland/meath/cortown