# Creemore, Co. Meath: townland, land parcels and planning Townland in the civil parish of Rathregan, barony of Ratoath, Co. Meath. - Area (Tailte Éireann): 788,164 m² (78.82 ha, 194.76 acres) - Land parcels (Tailte Éireann): 12 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in it, median 31,318 m² (3.13 ha, 7.74 acres) - Zoning (national zoning, MyPlan): P5 RA - Rural Area, the zone with the most parcels - Planning (National Planning Applications): 2 applications since 2010 - Civil parish: Rathregan, https://everytownland.com/meath/parish/rathregan.md - Barony: Ratoath - Electoral division: Dunshaughlin, the unit of the census - Census 2022 (Central Statistics Office): 8,517 people lived in 2,904 households in the Dunshaughlin electoral division. 82% of households owned their home. 50% 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/37844 - Townland number at Tailte Éireann: 160515 - Centre: latitude 53.479309, longitude -6.571745 (WGS 84) ## Land parcels (registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann) 12 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Creemore, from 6,053 m² (0.61 ha, 1.5 acres) to 309,317 m² (30.93 ha, 76.43 acres); 14 neighbouring parcels touch its boundary. Largest first: - Parcel 139015: 309,317 m² (30.93 ha, 76.43 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/139015.md - Parcel 151771: 131,913 m² (13.19 ha, 32.6 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/151771.md - Parcel 200602: 73,132 m² (7.31 ha, 18.07 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/200602.md - Parcel 147525: 61,751 m² (6.18 ha, 15.26 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/147525.md - Parcel 138412: 57,990 m² (5.8 ha, 14.33 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/138412.md - Parcel 188484: 31,708 m² (3.17 ha, 7.84 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/188484.md - Parcel 158199: 30,928 m² (3.09 ha, 7.64 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/158199.md - Parcel 169517: 30,825 m² (3.08 ha, 7.62 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/169517.md - Parcel 194870: 26,416 m² (2.64 ha, 6.53 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/194870.md - Parcel 192105: 17,823 m² (1.78 ha, 4.4 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/192105.md - Parcel 188827: 11,590 m² (1.16 ha, 2.86 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/188827.md - Parcel 170323: 6,053 m² (0.61 ha, 1.5 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/170323.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; 26 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) 2 applications, newest first. - 13 Feb 2023, Meath County Council 23136: Conditional. Permission. permission for development at a c. 14.14 ha site, located at Creemore and Belshamstown, in Batterstown, Co. Meath, as permitted under MCC Reg. Ref. 22837 (which permitted a new battery energy facility and synchronous condenser.). The proposed development will consist of amendments to the previously permitted development (MCC Reg. Ref. 22837) including amendments to the previously approved internal access road layout; amendments to the previously approved attenuation pond to the south of the site and associated piped infrastructure, ducting and drainage arrangements. In addition, a previously permitted earthen berm to the centre of the site is to be omitted. No changes are proposed to the permitted vehicular access to the R154. Any associated amendments to changes in level and all associated site development, hard and soft landcaping and excavation works above and below ground are also included. Planning permission is sought for a period of 10 years. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/MeathCC/AppFileRefDetails/23136/0 - 27 Jun 2022, Meath County Council 22837: Conditional. Permission. the proposed development constitutes a new battery energy storage facility & synchronous condenser, with associated change of use on lands currently in agricultural use. The proposed development will comprise of rechargeable battery units with grid forming inverters contained within 253 no. 40 foot containers on site. (An associated Strategic Infrastructure Development planning application will be made to An Bord Pleanala in relation to a 220 kV Gas Insulated Substation and associated development on the adjoining lands to the east of the proposed development site, located at Creemore & Woodland, in Co. Meath, in accordance with Section 182A of the Planning and Development Act 2000, as amended). In addition, the proposed development includes a synchronous condenser within a c.983 sqm building (ranging in height from c. 11 to 13 m), with associated compound & plant; oil separator & collection pit; transformers; circuit breakers; underground cabling ducts & cable. The proposed development includes underground cable which will connect the new battery energy storage facility to the adjoining proposed 220 kV Gas Insulated Substation (the subject of the associated Strategic Infrastructure Development planning application as reference above). The proposed development will also include a battery storage control building (c. 400 sqm, 6.86 m in height); security gates & boundary treatments; hard & soft landscaping; well; bollards; plant & water storage tank; wastewater treatment system; SuDs; attenuation pond; installation of earthen berms; piped infrastructure & ducting; culverts; street lighting; lighting masts & CCTV columns; car parking; stoned access roads & the upgrading of the existing vehicular access to the R154; changes in level & all associated site development & excavation works above & below ground. Planning Permission is sought for a period of 10 years. Significant further information/revised plans submitted on this application. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/MeathCC/AppFileRefDetails/22837/0 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 Creemore. ## Recorded monuments (Sites and Monuments Record, National Monuments Service) - ME044-016: Moated site, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CME044-016----. Situated on a rise in an undulating landscape. This was described in 1969 (SMR file) as a rectangular grass-covered platform (dims of top 17m E-W; 11m N-S; H 2.3-2.6m) defined by flat-bottomed fosses or moats (Wth of top 12-16m; Wth of base 2m; int. H 2.3-2.4m; ext. D 1-1.2m). An indentation on the lip of the platform at N may indicate an entrance. 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. Date of upload: 10 July 2007 Amended: 22 November 2021 - ME044-017: Ringfort - rath, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CME044-017----. Situated on a level landscape. This is an oval grass-covered area (dims 43.5m E-W; 35.5m N-S) sloping down slightly to the centre (D 0.4-0.8m) defined by a large earthen bank (at E: Wth of base 7m; int. H 0.8m; ext. H 1.7m) that is badly defaced NNW-ESE. The outer fosse is separated from the base of the bank by a slight berm (Wth 1m) and has been largely closed (Wth of top 4m; D 0.3-0.7m) NNW-NE-ESE and deepened to form a drain (Wth of top 6m; ext. D 0.8m) ESE-W. The entrance is a gap in the bank at SE but there is no causeway. 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: 22 November 2021, 24 March 2023 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 Creemore. ## 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 Creemore, about 1 in 20 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 low, partly inferred. - Terrain model: no LiDAR survey of the Office of Public Works covers the centre of the townland of Creemore. - 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/creemore.dxf - GeoJSON, in WGS 84, for a map: https://everytownland.com/meath/creemore.geojson - KML, for Google Earth: https://everytownland.com/meath/creemore.kml ## Homes sold (Residential Property Price Register) No address of the register names Creemore 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) - Belshamstown: https://everytownland.com/meath/belshamstown.md - Cultromer: https://everytownland.com/meath/cultromer.md - Curraghtown: https://everytownland.com/meath/curraghtown-160551.md - Hayestown: https://everytownland.com/meath/hayestown.md - Pelletstown: https://everytownland.com/meath/pelletstown.md - Portan: https://everytownland.com/meath/portan-161313.md - Woodland: https://everytownland.com/meath/woodland.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/creemore - In JSON: https://everytownland.com/api/townland/meath/creemore