Culcommon
Townland in the civil parish of Culmullin, barony of Ratoath, Co. Meath
- Area
- 67.5 ha
- 167 acres
- Land parcels
- 26
- registered freehold, median 5,971 m² (0.6 ha, 1.48 acres)
- Zoning
- P5
- RA - Rural Area
- Planning
- 18
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
26 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Culcommon, from 125 m² to 131,361 m² (13.14 ha, 32.46 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 16 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 · 42 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 Jan 2026Conditional
File Ref: 2560597 - Permission on previously approved site reg. ref. 21/1602 for the construction of a 1.5 storey detached dwelling including proprietary waste water treatment system and percolation area, new entrance onto public road and all associated site works with change of house type and site layout plan from that previously approved under Reg. Ref. 21/1602
Extension of duration, 1 home · Meath County Council, 2650
19 Jul 2025Conditional
planning application for permission on previously approved site reg. ref. 22/472 for the construction of 2 storey/ single storey detached dwelling including proprietary waste water treatment system and percolation area, new entrance onto public road and all associated site works with change of house type and site layout plan from that previously approved under Reg. Ref. 22/472
Permission, 1 home · Meath County Council, 2560751
12 Jun 2025Conditional
planning application for permission on previously approved site reg. ref. 21/1602 for the construction of a 1.5 storey detached dwelling including proprietary waste water treatment system and percolation area, new entrance onto public road and all associated site works with change of house type and site layout plan from that previously approved under Reg. Ref. 21/1602
Permission, 1 home · Meath County Council, 2560597
25 Mar 2024Conditional
the development consists of changes made during the course of construction that differs from that which was previously granted under planning permission Ref RA/200400 including: external covered area to south, 2 new dormers and rooflight to living room, rooflight to ensuite to west, increases in height of garage to accommodate a home office and associated access stair, along with dormers and rooflights and increase in size of plant room area to accommodate a home gym, separate dog house and wash up area; and retention of change of layout
Retention · Meath County Council, 2460208
18 Nov 2022Conditional
a Solar PV Energy Development with a total site area of 171.34ha, to include solar panels mounted on steel support structures, associated cabling and ducting, 47 No. MV Power Stations, 3 No. Client Substations, 3 No. Temporary Construction Compounds, tracks, boundary security fencing and security gates, CCTV, landscaping and ancillary works, with a 40 year operational period. A Natura Impact Statement (NIS) had be submitted to the Planning Authority with the Application. Significant further information/revised plans submitted on this application
Permission · Meath County Council, 221508
11 Nov 2022N/a
permission for Solar PV Energy Development with a total site area of 171.34ha, to include solar panels mounted on steel support structures associated cabling and ducting, 47 No. MV Power Stations, 3 No. Client Substations, 3 No. Temporary Construction Compounds, access tracks, boundary security gates, CCTV, landscaping and ancillary works, with a 40 year operational period. A Natura Impact Statement (NIS) will be submitted to the Planning Authority with the Application
Permission · Meath County Council, 221470
11 Apr 2022Conditional
the construction of a 1.5 storey detached dwelling including proprietary waste water treatment system and percolation area, new entrance onto public road and all associated site works
Permission, 1 home · Meath County Council, 22472
19 Aug 2021Conditional
the construction of a 1.5 storey detached dwelling including proprietary waste water treatment system and percolation area, new entrance onto public road and all associated site works
Permission, 1 home · Meath County Council, 211602
19 Apr 2021Refused
for the construction of a 1.5 storey detached dwelling including proprietary waste water treatment system and percolation area, new entrance onto public road and all associated site works
Permission, 1 home · Meath County Council, 21728
9 Nov 2020Refused
the construction of a 1.5 storey detached dwelling including proprietary waste water treatment system and percolation area, new entrance onto public road and all associated site works.
Permission, 1 home · Meath County Council, RA201663
2 Oct 2020Conditional
a livestock housing unit, increase height of existing slurry storage tank, new milking parlour with services, meal storage bin, concrete apron and all site works
Permission, 1 home · Meath County Council, RA201408
7 Aug 2020Refused
the development will consist of the following: 1. New detached dwelling and garage. 2. New domestic entrance. 3. Landscaping & associated site works. 4. Oakstown Wastewater Treatment System with percolation area
Permission, 2 homes · Meath County Council, RA201068
3 Jan 2020Refused
1) new detached dwelling and garage, 2) new domestic entrance 3) landscaping & associated site works 4) Oakstown wastewater treatment system with percolation area
Permission, 1 home · Meath County Council, RA200006
30 Oct 2019N/a
1. New detached dwelling and garage. 2. New domestic entrance. 3. Landscaping & associated site works. 4 Oakstown wastewater treatment system with percolation area
Permission, 2 homes · Meath County Council, RA191436
18 Oct 2019N/a
1. New detached dwelling and garage. 2. New domestic entrance. 3. Landscaping & associated site works. 4 Oakstown wastewater treatment system with percolation area
Permission, 2 homes · Meath County Council, RA191381
13 Jun 2019N/a
1. New detached dwelling and garage. 2. New domestic entrance. 3. Landscaping & associated site works. 4 New proprietary wastewater treatment system & percolation area
Permission, 2 homes · Meath County Council, RA190756
31 May 2019N/a
1. New detached dwelling and garage. 2. new domestic entrance. 3. landscaping and associated site works.
Permission, 2 homes · Meath County Council, RA190699
18 Apr 2018N/a
construction of a new dwellinghouse with single storey entrance hall and one and a half storey and two storey structures off it, including a waste water treatment system with entrance onto existing lane and all associated site works
Permission, 1 home · Meath County Council, RA180369
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 Culcommon.
Recorded monuments
No recorded monument lies in the townland of Culcommon.
Architectural heritage
No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands in the townland of Culcommon.
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 10 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 Culcommon.
- 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 Culcommon with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Meath.
The townland
- Name
- Culcommon
- Area
- 674,784 m² (67.48 ha, 166.74 acres)
- Civil parish
- Culmullin, and its townlands
- Barony
- Ratoath
- Electoral division
- Culmullin, the unit of the census
- Census 2022
- Culmullin electoral division: 1,283 people in 379 households; 93% of households own their home; 31% of homes were built since 2001; 8% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 1% were holiday homes.
- Neighbouring townlands
- Ballymaglassan, Ballynare, Cullendragh, Gaulstown, Growtown, Ribstown, Woodland
- Placenames
- Culcommon 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.