# Fidorfe, Co. Meath: townland, land parcels and planning Townland in the civil parish of Ratoath, barony of Ratoath, Co. Meath. - Area (Tailte Éireann): 979,587 m² (97.96 ha, 242.06 acres) - Land parcels (Tailte Éireann): 21 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in it, median 2,781 m² (0.28 ha, 0.69 acres) - Zoning (national zoning, MyPlan): P5 RA - Rural Area, the zone with the most parcels - Planning (National Planning Applications): 6 applications since 2010 - Civil parish: Ratoath, https://everytownland.com/meath/parish/ratoath.md - Barony: Ratoath - Electoral division: Ratoath, the unit of the census - Census 2022 (Central Statistics Office): 11,894 people lived in 3,639 households in the Ratoath electoral division. 84% of households owned their home. 58% 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/37978 - Townland number at Tailte Éireann: 160693 - Centre: latitude 53.464357, longitude -6.42195 (WGS 84) ## Land parcels (registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann) 21 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Fidorfe, from 171 m² to 423,356 m² (42.34 ha, 104.61 acres); 22 neighbouring parcels touch its boundary. Largest first: - Parcel 2762847: 423,356 m² (42.34 ha, 104.61 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2762847.md - Parcel 2762895: 235,699 m² (23.57 ha, 58.24 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2762895.md - Parcel 194887: 234,379 m² (23.44 ha, 57.92 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/194887.md - Parcel 142446: 32,580 m² (3.26 ha, 8.05 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/142446.md - Parcel 2637373: 11,357 m² (1.14 ha, 2.81 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2637373.md - Parcel 639367: 11,291 m² (1.13 ha, 2.79 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/639367.md - Parcel 5236876: 4,772 m² (0.48 ha, 1.18 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5236876.md - Parcel 165580: 4,735 m² (0.47 ha, 1.17 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/165580.md - Parcel 135607: 4,001 m² (0.4 ha, 0.99 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/135607.md - Parcel 139025: 2,832 m² (0.28 ha, 0.7 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/139025.md - Parcel 190240: 2,781 m² (0.28 ha, 0.69 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/190240.md - Parcel 639377: 2,470 m² (0.25 ha, 0.61 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/639377.md - Parcel 205909: 1,987 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/205909.md - Parcel 151981: 1,760 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/151981.md - Parcel 196196: 1,419 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/196196.md - Parcel 145638: 1,209 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/145638.md - Parcel 3842922: 860 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/3842922.md - Parcel 215734: 791 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/215734.md - Parcel 3843922: 749 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/3843922.md - Parcel 180358: 389 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/180358.md - Parcel 2518124: 171 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/2518124.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; 43 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) 6 applications, newest first. - 6 Nov 2023, Meath County Council 2360392: Conditional. Permission, 1 home. a single storey family flat extension to the side of the existing dwelling. Significant further information/revised plans submitted on this application. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/MeathCC/AppFileRefDetails/2360392/0 - 19 Jan 2023, Meath County Council 2335: Conditional. Permission, 1 home. to construct a domestic garage with attic storage area to the side of the existing dwelling house and all associated site works. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/MeathCC/AppFileRefDetails/2335/0 - 6 Dec 2018, Meath County Council RA181456: Conditional. Permission, 1 home. construct a two storey style dwelling, install waste water treatment system, form new entrance from the public road, together with all associated site works. Significant further information/revised plan submitted on this application. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/MeathCC/AppFileRefDetails/RA181456/0 - 2 Nov 2018, Meath County Council RA181303: N/a. Permission, 1 home. construct a two storey style dwelling, install waste water treatment system, form new entrance from the public road, together with all associated site works. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/MeathCC/AppFileRefDetails/RA181303/0 - 28 Aug 2017, Meath County Council RA170992: Conditional. Permission, 1 home. the development will consist of the construction of a 2 storey house with a single storey barn style return level, single storey front porch, new on site waste treatment system, using existing vehicular and pedestrian access to the site, new on site access road and all associated site works. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/MeathCC/AppFileRefDetails/RA170992/0 - 9 Jun 2017, Meath County Council RA170644: Conditional. Permission, 1 home. a 10 year permission for the construction of a Solar PV Energy Development comprising Solar Photovoltaic (PV) panels on ground mounted frames/support structures within existing field boundaries; underground cabling and ducting; 24 no. inverter/transformer stations; 24 no. HV Cabins; 2 no. electricity control buildings; 1 no. communications cabin; site perimeter (stock proof) security fencing (c.85.3ha); CCTV security cameras; site access tracks; landscaping; and all associated site development works. Two temporary construction compounds will also be provided, one to each side of the site. Significant further information/revised plans submitted on this application. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/MeathCC/AppFileRefDetails/RA170644/0 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 Fidorfe. ## Recorded monuments (Sites and Monuments Record, National Monuments Service) - ME045-019: Field system, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CME045-019----. Situated on a level landscape that slopes down slightly to the N. An unmapped field system of small rectangular or square fields (dims c. 25m x c. 25m) defined by the cropmarks of ditches is visible on oblique aerial photographs (CUCAP: BGN 013-14) from 1971. They are also visible, although less distinct, on aerial photograph (LS AS 35BWN_00 059_03) taken by Leo Swan. It covers an area of about 12 ha. (c. 30 acres) with a concentrated area (dims c. 100m x c.100m) at the centre with smaller plots (dims c. 30m x c. 15m). No house sites are identifiable and the smaller plots could be associated with flax-growing. The fields are also visible on Google Earth (24/06/2018; 21/07/2021). (Feeley 2001, 40-1, No. 25) See the attached view from Google Earth (21/07/2021) 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 revision: 23 May 2016 Amended: 17 December 2021 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 Fidorfe. ## 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 Fidorfe, 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. - Terrain model: no LiDAR survey of the Office of Public Works covers the centre of the townland of Fidorfe. - 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/fidorfe.dxf - GeoJSON, in WGS 84, for a map: https://everytownland.com/meath/fidorfe.geojson - KML, for Google Earth: https://everytownland.com/meath/fidorfe.kml ## Homes sold (Residential Property Price Register) No address of the register names Fidorfe 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) - Ballymacoll Little: https://everytownland.com/meath/ballymacoll-little.md - Boolies: https://everytownland.com/meath/boolies-160270.md - Cheeverstown: https://everytownland.com/meath/cheeverstown.md - Grange: https://everytownland.com/meath/grange-160810.md - Kilrue: https://everytownland.com/meath/kilrue.md - Loughlinstown: https://everytownland.com/meath/loughlinstown-161070.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/fidorfe - In JSON: https://everytownland.com/api/townland/meath/fidorfe