Doolystown
Doolystown is a townland in the civil parish of Trim, barony of Moyfenrath Lower, Co. Meath. Its name in Irish is Baile Dúlaoich.
- Area
- 168.9 ha
- 417 acres
- Land parcels
- 100
- registered freehold, median 2,649 m² (0.26 ha, 0.65 acres)
- Zoning
- P5
- RA - Rural Area
- Planning
- 20
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
100 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Doolystown, from 19 m² to 454,229 m² (45.42 ha, 112.24 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 31 neighbouring parcels touch it.
Download the townland as DXF, in Irish Transverse Mercator metres, with its boundary, parcels and buildings, or as GeoJSON or KML.
Zoning
Development plans, national zoning
- P5RA - Rural Area (Mixed/general primary sector uses, including 'rural')
Meath County Development Plan 2021-2027 (As Varied), Meath · 131 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
12 Jun 2025Conditional
the development will consist of the demolition of storage shed, construction of new garage and upgrade existing waste water treatment system and all associated site works.
Permission · Meath County Council, 2560595
1 Aug 2024Conditional
the development will consist of the construction of a single storey dwelling, detached domestic garage and car port, the installation of a wastewater disposal system, new site entrance and all associated site works.
Permission, 1 home · Meath County Council, 2460589
5 Jul 2024Conditional
the development will consist of 1. Extension to existing storage shed for storage of finished steel sections 2. New storage shed for pre-finished steel sections 3. Covered storage racking structure 4. Provision to be made for future solar panels to proposed new shed roof and extension roof 5. Decommission existing septic tank and percolation area. 6. Fit new waste water treatment system and percolation area. 7. Amendments to existing entrance. 8. Revised onsite car parking 9. All associated site works
Permission · Meath County Council, 2460498
14 Aug 2023N/a
the construction of a single storey dwelling, detached domestic garage, the installation of a wastewater disposal system, new site entrance and all associated site works. Significant further information/revised plans submitted on this application
Permission, 1 home · Meath County Council, 23801
2 Sept 2022Conditional
the development will consist of detached domestic store shed/garage incorporating fuel storage area and home gym together with all associated site works
Permission · Meath County Council, 221140
29 Jun 2022Conditional
planning permission to erect 676.00 m2 or 132.300 kWp of photovoltaic panels on the roof of our existing manufacturing building, with all associates site works
Permission · Meath County Council, 22852
9 Feb 2022Refused
for 2 storey 3 bedroom house with entrance to rear of site, new treatment system and percolation area and proposed new well and all associated site works
Permission, 1 home · Meath County Council, 22163
5 Aug 2021N/a
planning permission is sought for 2 storey 3 bedroom house with new entrance to site, new treatment system and percolation area and proposed new well and all associated site works
Permission, 1 home · Meath County Council, 211506
13 Jul 2021N/a
planning permission is sought for 2 storey 3 bedroom house with new entrance to site, new treatment system and percolation area and proposed new well and all associated site works
Permission, 1 home · Meath County Council, 211337
4 Mar 2021N/a
the development will consist of a revised site entrance from that previously granted under planning ref TA161446 and all associated site works and services
Permission, 1 home · Meath County Council, 21415
12 Feb 2021Conditional
the development will consist of retention of extension to rear of house, construction of new extension to rear of house and construction of new part garden storage shed and part open side domestic garage and all associated site works
Permission · Meath County Council, 21254
1 Jul 2020Refused
planning permission to construct a dwelling house and detached garage with Treatment system and percolation area with all ancillary site works
Permission, 2 homes · Meath County Council, TA200834
4 Jun 2020N/a
construction of a single storey dwelling, detached domestic garage, the installation of a wastewater disposal system, new site entrance and all associated site works. Significant further information/revised plans submitted on this application
Permission, 1 home · Meath County Council, TA200688
20 Mar 2019Refused
planning permission is sought for a new 2 bedroom bungalow with treatment system. New entrance for access and all associated site works
Permission, 1 home · Meath County Council, TA190309
22 Nov 2018Conditional
and permission for retention of development at Dooleystown, Trim, Co. Meath. The development will consist of the retention of partially constructed domestic extension (80sqm) to the rear of existing dwelling. Permission is sought for completion of extension including internal alterations to existing dwelling. Permission is also sought for the construction of a first floor dormer extension (54sqm) comprising 2 no. bedrooms and a shower room and all associated site works. Significant further information/revised plans submitted on this application
Permission, 1 home · Meath County Council, TA181387
6 Nov 2018N/a
renovation, extension and retention of partially constructed domestic extension to the rear of existing dwelling. The extension will comprise a new kitchen and living room on ground floor (80sqm) with 2 No. Bedrooms and shower room at first floor level (54sqm) and all associated site works
Retention · Meath County Council, TA181315
20 Aug 2018Refused
a new 2 bedroom bungalow with treatment system, new entrance for access and all associated site works
Permission, 1 home · Meath County Council, TA180941
3 Jul 2018N/a
a new 2 bedroom bungalow with treatment system, new entrance for access and all associated site works
Permission, 1 home · Meath County Council, TA180730
11 May 2018Conditional
a change of house and garage type, revised site layout plan and all associated site works from that previously granted under planning ref. TA140346
Permission, 1 home · Meath County Council, TA180473
6 Apr 2017Conditional
retention permission to retain an existing 110sq.m domestic shed/fuel store
Retention · Meath County Council, TA170357
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
- Special Area of Conservation: River Boyne and River Blackwater SAC 002299
- Special Protection Area: River Boyne and River Blackwater SPA 004232
Recorded monuments
No recorded monument lies in the townland of Doolystown.
Architectural heritage
No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands in the townland of Doolystown.
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
- At the centre of the townland of Doolystown, about 1 in 10 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels. Testing a home
- 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 Doolystown.
- Flooding
- The Office of Public Works publishes its flood maps on floodinfo.ie.
Radon Risk Map of Ireland, Environmental Protection Agency, and Landslide Susceptibility Classification, Geological Survey Ireland, both under 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 Doolystown with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Meath.
The townland
- Name
- Doolystown · Baile Dúlaoich
- Area
- 1,689,458 m² (168.95 ha, 417.47 acres)
- Civil parish
- Trim, and its townlands
- Barony
- Moyfenrath Lower
- Electoral division
- Ballyconnell, the unit of the census
- Census 2022
- 810 people lived in 269 households in the Ballyconnell electoral division. 93% of households owned their home. 23% of homes were built since 2001. 4% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 1% were holiday homes.
- Neighbouring townlands
- Batterstown, Brannockstown, Derrinydaly, Fearmore, Monktown
- Placenames
- Doolystown 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.