Edoxtown
Edoxtown is a townland in the civil parish of Rathfeigh, barony of Skreen, Co. Meath.
- Area
- 125.8 ha
- 311 acres
- Land parcels
- 103
- registered freehold, median 3,486 m² (0.35 ha, 0.86 acres)
- Zoning
- P5
- RA - Rural Area
- Planning
- 53
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
103 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Edoxtown, from 86 m² to 116,670 m² (11.67 ha, 28.83 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 33 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 · 88 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
6 May 2026Conditional
the development will consist of the retention of new entrance gateway and boundary walls, patent wastewater treatment unit and raised sand polishing filter system, and all associated siteworks.
Retention · Meath County Council, 26126
20 Apr 2026Refused
1) Change of Use of Site to Car Sales Area. 2) Demolition of Existing building to increase yard area. 3) Conversion of existing building at rear to Sales Office Area. 4) New Security Boundary fence to front of Site, with associated site works
Permission · Meath County Council, 2660439
31 Mar 2026N/a
1) Continuation of use as a Car Sales Area. 2) Demolition of Existing building to increase yard area to existing building at rear to Sales Office Area. 4) New Security Boundary fence to front of Site, with associated site works
Permission · Meath County Council, 2660363
16 Mar 2026N/a
1) Change of Use of Site to Car Sales Area. 2) Demolition of Existing building to increase yard area. 3) Conversion of existing building at rear to Sales Office Area. 4) New Security Boundary fence to front of Site, with associated site works
Permission · Meath County Council, 2660311
13 Feb 2026N/a
1) Continuation of use as a Car Sales Area. 2) Demolition of Existing building to increase yard area, 3) Sales Office Area to existing building at rear of Site, 4) New Security Boundary fence to front of Site, with associated site works
Permission · Meath County Council, 2660165
6 Feb 2026Conditional
the development will consist of a ground floor extension to the side and rear of existing dwelling incorporating kitchen/dining, living room, master bedroom with en-suite, utility room, mud room and all associated site works
Permission · Meath County Council, 2660142
27 Jan 2026Conditional
the proposed development is for revisions to a current grant of planning permission, Ref. No.: 24/136, and include the following: 1) revisions to the design of the detached domestic garage and two-storied dwelling house, 2) minor revisions to the site layout, 3) all ancillary site works
Permission, 1 home · Meath County Council, 2660100
7 Jan 2026Refused
the development consists of Permission consequent on the grant of Outline Permission (23966) for the construction of a part two-storey, part single-storey dwelling house, new wastewater treatment system and percolation area, new entrance onto public road and all associated works and Permission for development consisting of the construction of a detached domestic garage
Permission consequent, 1 home · Meath County Council, 2660041
18 Dec 2025N/a
the development consists of permission to construct a part two-storey, part single storey dwelling house, detached garage, new wastewater treatment system and percolation area, new entrance onto public road and all associated site development works, consequent to outline Planning Permission granted under Reference No. 23966
Permission consequent, 1 home · Meath County Council, 2561385
7 Sept 2025Conditional
The development will consist of the Construction of a 69sqm Single storey Storage shed in the rear garden to accommodate some work equipment, and all associated site works.
Permission · Meath County Council, 2560946
17 Apr 2025Conditional
The development will consist of the construction of a two-story dwelling with detached domestic garage, wastewater treatment system and percolation area, widening of existing agricultural gateway onto public road and all associated ancillary site works
Permission, 1 home · Meath County Council, 2560389
4 Apr 2025N/a
the development will consist of the construction of a two-story dwelling with detached domestic garage, wastewater treatment system and percolation area, widening of existing agricultural gateway onto public road and all associated ancillary site works
Permission, 1 home · Meath County Council, 2560345
7 Nov 2024Conditional
the development will consist of: a part 2 story, part single story dwelling and detached domestic garage, use existing residential entrance, driveway, septic tank and percolation area, landscaping and all associated works. Significant further information/revised plans submitted on this application
Permission, 1 home · Meath County Council, 2460934
29 Aug 2024Conditional
The development will consist of the Construction of a two Storey detached dwelling with proprietary wastewater system, percolation area, Domestic Garage, new entrance of public road and all associated site works.
Permission, 1 home · Meath County Council, 2460683
16 Aug 2024N/a
the development will consist of the construction of a two Storey detached dwelling with proprietary wastewater system, percolation area, Domestic Garage, new entrance of public road and all associated site works
Permission, 1 home · Meath County Council, 2460648
1 Aug 2024N/a
The development will consist of the Construction of a two Storey detached dwelling with proprietary wastewater system, percolation area, Domestic Garage, new entrance of public road and all associated site works.
Permission, 1 home · Meath County Council, 2460592
26 Jul 2024N/a
the development will consist of the Construction of a two Storey detached dwelling with proprietary wastewater system, percolation area, Domestic Garage, new entrance of public road and all associated site works
Permission, 1 home · Meath County Council, 2460570
15 Apr 2024Conditional
the development will consist of the following: (1) Change of house type from a storey and a half type dwelling, previously granted under planning reference 23/1011 to a two storey type dwelling to include a change in floor plans, elevations, (2) revisions to site layout, and all ancillary site works
Permission, 1 home · Meath County Council, 24162
22 Mar 2024N/a
the development will consist of the following: (1) Change of house type from a storey and a half type dwelling, previously granted under planning reference 23/1011 to a two storey type dwelling to include a change in floor plans, elevations, (2) Revisions to site layout, and all ancillary site works
Permission, 1 home · Meath County Council, 24133
22 Mar 2024Conditional
(1) to construct a two storied type dwelling house and a detached domestic garage (2) to install a proprietary waste water treatment unit and percolation area (3) to make a new entrance onto the road along with all ancillary site development works
Permission, 1 home · Meath County Council, 24136
27 Oct 2023Conditional
the following (1) To construct a one and a half storied dwelling house and a detached domestic garage (2) To install a proprietary wastewater treatment unit and percolation area (3) To make a new entrance onto the road (4) and all ancillary site development works
Permission, 2 homes · Meath County Council, 231011
10 Oct 2023Conditional
outline permission for the provision of 6 No. sites, each of approx. 0.22 Hectares and each to accommodate a dwelling house, proprietary wastewater treatment system and vehicular access to public L-5004-5 and all associated site development works. The proposed sites are located within the Rural Node of Edoxtown. Significant further information/revised plans submitted on this application
Outline permission, 1 home · Meath County Council, 23966
17 Feb 2023Conditional
retention for a Cavity block boundary wall with Concrete Wall cappings on the south east facing side of the property
Retention, 1 home · Meath County Council, 23150
21 Dec 2022Conditional
(1) to construct a two storied dwelling house and a detached domestic garage (2) to install a proprietary waste water treatmenet unit and percolation area (3) to make a new entrance onto the road along with all ancillary site development works
Permission, 1 home · Meath County Council, 221707
21 Oct 2022Conditional
the construction of a two storey detached dwelling with proprietary waste water system, percolation area, Domestic Garage, new entrance off public road and all associated works
Permission, 2 homes · Meath County Council, 221380
The 25 most recent of 53 applications.
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 Edoxtown.
Recorded monuments
- ME032-029 Promontory fort - inland
Description
The following 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/revision: 10 July 2007 Triangular promontory defined by steep scarps with bern at its foot on N and S, and cut off from high ground to W by remains of earthen bank and external fosse. No visible entrance.
Architectural heritage
No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands in the townland of Edoxtown.
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 Edoxtown, about 1 in 20 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 Edoxtown.
- 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 Edoxtown with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Meath.
The townland
- Name
- Edoxtown
- Area
- 1,257,737 m² (125.77 ha, 310.79 acres)
- Civil parish
- Rathfeigh, and its townlands
- Barony
- Skreen
- Electoral division
- Rathfeigh, the unit of the census
- Census 2022
- 1,106 people lived in 342 households in the Rathfeigh electoral division. 91% of households owned their home. 31% of homes were built since 2001. 5% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 1% were holiday homes.
- Neighbouring townlands
- Bellew, Loughanstown, Macetown, Proudstown, Rathfeigh
- Placenames
- Edoxtown 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.