# Dunderk, Co. Meath: townland, land parcels and planning Townland in the civil parish of Rathkenny, barony of Slane Upper, Co. Meath. - Area (Tailte Éireann): 458,937 m² (45.89 ha, 113.41 acres) - Land parcels (Tailte Éireann): 23 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in it, median 4,590 m² (0.46 ha, 1.13 acres) - Zoning (national zoning, MyPlan): P5 RA - Rural Area, the zone with the most parcels - Planning (National Planning Applications): 10 applications since 2010 - Civil parish: Rathkenny, https://everytownland.com/meath/parish/rathkenny.md - Barony: Slane Upper - Electoral division: Rathkenny, the unit of the census - Census 2022 (Central Statistics Office): 699 people lived in 234 households in the Rathkenny electoral division. 94% of households owned their home. 32% of homes were built since 2001. 5% 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/38708 - Townland number at Tailte Éireann: 160652 - Centre: latitude 53.711987, longitude -6.647582 (WGS 84) ## Land parcels (registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann) 23 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Dunderk, from 332 m² to 107,229 m² (10.72 ha, 26.5 acres); 21 neighbouring parcels touch its boundary. Largest first: - Parcel 158292: 107,229 m² (10.72 ha, 26.5 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/158292.md - Parcel 193796: 104,529 m² (10.45 ha, 25.83 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/193796.md - Parcel 163356: 94,807 m² (9.48 ha, 23.43 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/163356.md - Parcel 158291: 51,376 m² (5.14 ha, 12.7 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/158291.md - Parcel 196301: 17,184 m² (1.72 ha, 4.25 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/196301.md - Parcel 196236: 15,930 m² (1.59 ha, 3.94 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/196236.md - Parcel 160870: 13,500 m² (1.35 ha, 3.34 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/160870.md - Parcel 196302: 9,622 m² (0.96 ha, 2.38 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/196302.md - Parcel 158301: 5,777 m² (0.58 ha, 1.43 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/158301.md - Parcel 137469: 5,568 m² (0.56 ha, 1.38 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/137469.md - Parcel 144739: 5,308 m² (0.53 ha, 1.31 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/144739.md - Parcel 167630: 4,590 m² (0.46 ha, 1.13 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/167630.md - Parcel 146154: 4,249 m² (0.42 ha, 1.05 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/146154.md - Parcel 142569: 3,876 m² (0.39 ha, 0.96 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/142569.md - Parcel 158302: 3,563 m² (0.36 ha, 0.88 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/158302.md - Parcel 2759979: 3,118 m² (0.31 ha, 0.77 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2759979.md - Parcel 168789: 1,360 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/168789.md - Parcel 5079774: 1,273 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/5079774.md - Parcel 196697: 1,149 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/196697.md - Parcel 211413: 1,093 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/211413.md - Parcel 5718562: 930 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/5718562.md - Parcel 5027974: 801 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/5027974.md - Parcel 211399: 332 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/211399.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; 44 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) 10 applications, newest first. - 11 Sept 2026, Meath County Council 2661134: N/a. Permission, 1 home. the development will consist, of a single story extension to the rear of the existing dwelling 1no. rooflight to the the rear of the extension, a new domestic garage, a new septic tank and percolation area and all associated site works. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/MeathCC/AppFileRefDetails/2661134/0 - 25 Mar 2026, Meath County Council 2692: Conditional. Permission. the development will consist of proposed alterations and a dormer extension to the side of existing dwellinghouse comprising of a proposed kitchen at ground floor level with attic storage space overhead and all ancillaries. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/MeathCC/AppFileRefDetails/2692/0 - 23 Jan 2026, Meath County Council 2628: N/a. Permission. the development will consist of proposed alterations and a dormer extension to the side of existing dwellinghouse comprising of a proposed kitchen at ground floor level with attic storage space overhead abd all ancillaries. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/MeathCC/AppFileRefDetails/2628/0 - 16 Apr 2025, Meath County Council 2560387: Conditional. Permission. the development will consist of demolition of existing single storey kitchen extension to the rear of existing dwelling and construct new part two storey / part single storey extension to rear, modifications to existing elevations and internal plan layout. The development also includes de-commissioning existing septic tank and percolation area and install new proprietary waste water treatment system and polishing filter together with all associated site works. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/MeathCC/AppFileRefDetails/2560387/0 - 4 Mar 2025, Meath County Council 2560212: Conditional. Permission, 1 home. the construction of a new detached residential dwelling, 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/2560212/0 - 25 Oct 2024, Meath County Council 2460894: Conditional. Permission, 1 home. the development will consist of change of house type from that previously granted under planning ref. no.: 21/770 being; revised two storey dormer type house, proprietary effluent treatment system, soil polishing filter area, detached domestic garage, new entrance onto public road & all ancillary site works. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/MeathCC/AppFileRefDetails/2460894/0 - 27 Aug 2024, Meath County Council 24356: N/a. Permission, 1 home. proposed alterations and a dormer extension to the side of existing dwellinghouse and all ancillaries. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/MeathCC/AppFileRefDetails/24356/0 - 23 Aug 2024, Meath County Council 24349: N/a. Permission. proposed alterations and a dormer extension to the side of existing dwellinghouse and all ancillaries. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/MeathCC/AppFileRefDetails/24349/0 - 14 Jul 2023, Meath County Council 23711: Refused. Outline permission, 1 home. the construction of a new detached residential dwelling with detached domestic garage, 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/23711/0 - 21 Dec 2020, Meath County Council KA202018: Refused. Permission, 1 home. the construction of a storey and a half dwelling, domestic garage, proprietary wastewater treatment system and polishing filter, domestic entrance including all associated site works. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/MeathCC/AppFileRefDetails/KA202018/0 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 Dunderk. ## Recorded monuments (Sites and Monuments Record, National Monuments Service) - ME018-047: Ring-ditch, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CME018-047----. Located at the crest of the SE-facing slope of a broad hill. The cropmark of a circular area (diam. c. 8m) defined by a fosse (Wth c. 1-2m) is visible on Apple Maps, which utilises a survey conducted by Bluesky International conducted during June 2018. It has an entrance (Wth c. 3m) at NW. The ring-ditch was first reported by Justin Kenny, who recorded images of it from a drone-mounted camera in August 2018, but it was also noted separately by Anthony Murphy. See the attached enhanced aerial view from Apple Maps Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 27 January 2020 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 Dunderk. ## 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 Dunderk, 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: 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 Dunderk. - 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/dunderk.dxf - GeoJSON, in WGS 84, for a map: https://everytownland.com/meath/dunderk.geojson - KML, for Google Earth: https://everytownland.com/meath/dunderk.kml ## Homes sold (Residential Property Price Register) No address of the register names Dunderk 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) - Causestown: https://everytownland.com/meath/causestown-160370.md - Mullagha: https://everytownland.com/meath/mullagha.md - Rathcoon: https://everytownland.com/meath/rathcoon.md - Scottstown: https://everytownland.com/meath/scottstown.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/dunderk - In JSON: https://everytownland.com/api/townland/meath/dunderk