Fordstown
Townland in the civil parish of Girley, barony of Kells Upper, Co. Meath; in Irish Baile Forda
- Area
- 256.2 ha
- 633 acres
- Land parcels
- 64
- registered freehold, median 2,502 m² (0.25 ha, 0.62 acres)
- Zoning
- P5
- RA - Rural Area
- Planning
- 9
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
64 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Fordstown, from 61 m² to 526,439 m² (52.64 ha, 130.09 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 28 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 · 60 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
1 Nov 2022Conditional
planning permission for construction of livestock housing shed consisting of cubicles and underground slatted tank and all associated siteworks
Permission · Meath County Council, 221423
14 Apr 2022Conditional
the reclamation of land by the importation and re-use of soil and sub-soil for the benefit of agricultural activity and all associated site works including wheel wash.
Permission · Meath County Council, 22506
21 Dec 2020Conditional
development will consist/consists of The construction of a 2-storey dwelling, domestic garage, wastewater treatment system with polishing filter, new entrance and all ancillary site works
Permission, 1 home · Meath County Council, KA202012
24 Oct 2019Conditional
constructing a single storied dwelling house and a detached domestic garage, installing a septic tank and percolation area and to make a new entrance onto the road along with all ancillary site development works. Significant further information/revised plans submitted on this application
Permission, 1 home · Meath County Council, KA191404
12 Sept 2019Conditional
1. Planning Permission for the replacement of the existing septic tank with an Oakstown concrete septic tank and percolation area and 2. Retention of minor alterations to front elevation and existing domestic garage to rear and side of existing residence and revised site boundaries from that previously granted under planning reference 96/1035 and including all associated site works
Permission · Meath County Council, KA191202
23 Jul 2019Conditional
the development will consist of A) Construction of concrete slurry storage tank B) Construction of concrete soiled water storage tank C) Construction of dungsted and all associated site works
Permission · Meath County Council, KA190984
3 Jul 2019N/a
the development will consist of A) Construction of concrete slurry storage tank B) Construction of concrete soiled water storage tank C) Construction of dungsted and all associated site works
Permission · Meath County Council, KA190868
29 Mar 2019Conditional
a storey-and-half style extension to existing single storey cottage, also renovations and alterations to existing cottage and to install a proprietary waste water treatment system and percolation area and to include for all ancillary site works
Permission · Meath County Council, KA190366
20 Feb 2017Conditional
the development consists of retention of single storey domestic garage and lean-to store and all associated site development works
Retention · Meath County Council, KA170169
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 Fordstown.
Recorded monuments
No recorded monument lies in the townland of Fordstown.
Architectural heritage
No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands in the townland of Fordstown.
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).
Homes sold
Property Price Register
No address of the register names Fordstown with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Meath.
The townland
- Name
- Fordstown · Baile Forda
- Area
- 2,561,611 m² (256.16 ha, 632.99 acres)
- Civil parish
- Girley, and its townlands
- Barony
- Kells Upper
- Electoral division
- Girley, the unit of the census
- Neighbouring townlands
- Balrathboyne Glebe, Chamberlainstown, Crannaghtown, Fordstown Or Ballaghboy, Girley, Moyagher, Newtown Girley, Piercetown, Volvenstown
- Placenames
- Fordstown on logainm.ie, the Placenames Database of Ireland
Townlands, civil parishes, baronies and electoral divisions, National Statutory Boundaries, Tailte Éireann, 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.