# Foxtown, Co. Meath: townland, land parcels and planning Townland in the civil parish of Galtrim, barony of Deece Lower, Co. Meath. - Area (Tailte Éireann): 620,599 m² (62.06 ha, 153.35 acres) - Land parcels (Tailte Éireann): 19 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in it, median 5,465 m² (0.55 ha, 1.35 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: Galtrim, https://everytownland.com/meath/parish/galtrim.md - Barony: Deece Lower - Electoral division: Galtrim, the unit of the census - Census 2022 (Central Statistics Office): 791 people lived in 251 households in the Galtrim electoral division. 87% of households owned their home. 26% of homes were built since 2001. 6% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 1% were holiday homes. - County: Co. Meath, https://everytownland.com/meath.md - Placenames Database of Ireland: https://www.logainm.ie/en/38997 - Townland number at Tailte Éireann: 160720 - Centre: latitude 53.524583, longitude -6.711855 (WGS 84) ## Land parcels (registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann) 19 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Foxtown, from 85 m² to 256,877 m² (25.69 ha, 63.48 acres); 14 neighbouring parcels touch its boundary. Largest first: - Parcel 147289: 256,877 m² (25.69 ha, 63.48 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/147289.md - Parcel 209872: 201,288 m² (20.13 ha, 49.74 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/209872.md - Parcel 139333: 32,537 m² (3.25 ha, 8.04 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/139333.md - Parcel 209963: 28,981 m² (2.9 ha, 7.16 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/209963.md - Parcel 144455: 26,986 m² (2.7 ha, 6.67 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/144455.md - Parcel 148908: 20,209 m² (2.02 ha, 4.99 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/148908.md - Parcel 152055: 12,364 m² (1.24 ha, 3.06 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/152055.md - Parcel 638764: 10,264 m² (1.03 ha, 2.54 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/638764.md - Parcel 208155: 7,617 m² (0.76 ha, 1.88 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/208155.md - Parcel 174738: 5,465 m² (0.55 ha, 1.35 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/174738.md - Parcel 151600: 4,400 m² (0.44 ha, 1.09 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/151600.md - Parcel 138171: 4,151 m² (0.42 ha, 1.03 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/138171.md - Parcel 142415: 3,903 m² (0.39 ha, 0.96 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/142415.md - Parcel 206115: 3,724 m² (0.37 ha, 0.92 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/206115.md - Parcel 150607: 1,634 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/150607.md - Parcel 163082: 1,062 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/163082.md - Parcel 211211: 250 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/211211.md - Parcel 152241: 154 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/152241.md - Parcel 201472: 85 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/201472.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; 33 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. - 15 Jun 2026, Meath County Council 2660731: N/a. Permission. the development will consist of the recontouring of agricultural land and associated site works for agricultural benefits using circa 120,000 tonnes of imported clean inert soil and stones to infill an area of circa 5.15 hectares within the townland of Milltown and Foxtown, Kiltale, Co. Meath, over a six year period to tie in with the proposed waste permit of five years. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/MeathCC/AppFileRefDetails/2660731/0 - 30 Sept 2025, Meath County Council 25186: Conditional. Extension of duration. EXTENSION OF DURATION OF PLANNING PERMISSION TA200759 - the development at a recently restored sand and gravel pit (P.A. Ref. QY/48 PL17.QC2113), Foxtown, Summerhill, Co. Meath. The development will consist of the recovery of construction and demolition waste to produce secondary aggregates. The existing site infrastructure including site offices, wheel wash, weighbridge, hard standing area with drainage to oil interceptor, semi-mobile crushing and screening plant and all other ancillaries will be utilised. A chemical toilet (portaloo) will be provided. The site has an existing EPA waste licence (W0262-01) in place with respect to recovery of soil and recycling of inorganic construction materials. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/MeathCC/AppFileRefDetails/25186/0 - 9 Feb 2024, Meath County Council 2460094: Refused. Permission, 1 home. the development will consist of construction of a single storey dwelling and domestic garage. Installation of proprietary waste water treatment system. Use existing entrance and all associated site development works. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/MeathCC/AppFileRefDetails/2460094/0 - 28 Sept 2023, Meath County Council 23932: Unconditional. Extension of duration. EXTENSION OF DURATION OF PLANNING PERMISSION TA181083 - the recontouring of agricultural land and associated site works using imported clean inert soil and stones within a farm holding of 3.821 hectares within the townland of Milltown (plus the additional access roadway serving the development of 0.553 hectares in the townland of Foxtown) for the consequential benefit to agriculture. A 5 year planning permission is requested and during this period 95,619 tonnes of inert soil and stones will be imported for the purposes of land reclamation. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/MeathCC/AppFileRefDetails/23932/0 - 18 Jun 2020, Meath County Council TA200759: Conditional. Permission. development at a recently restored sand and gravel pit (P.A. Ref. QY/48 PL17.QC2113), Foxtown, Summerhill, Co. Meath. The development will consist of the recovery of construction and demolition waste to produce secondary aggregates. The existing site infrastructure including site offices, wheel wash, weighbridge, hard standing area with drainage to oil interceptor, semi-mobile crushing and screening plant and all other ancillaries will be utilised. A chemical toilet (portaloo) will be provided. The site has an existing EPA waste licence (W0262-01) in place with respect to recovery of soil and recycling of inorganic construction materials. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/MeathCC/AppFileRefDetails/TA200759/0 - 4 Oct 2017, Meath County Council TA171165: N/a. Permission. the development will consist of the recovery of construction and demolition waste to produce secondary aggregates. The existing site infrastructure including site offices, wheel wash, weighbridge, hard standing area with drainage to oil interceptor, semi-mobile crushing and screening plant and all other ancillaries will be utilised. A chemical toilet (portaloo) will be provided. The site has an existing EPA waste licence (W0262-01) in place with respect to recovery of soil and recycling of inorganic construction materials. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/MeathCC/AppFileRefDetails/TA171165/0 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 Foxtown. ## Recorded monuments (Sites and Monuments Record, National Monuments Service) - ME037-021: Ringfort - rath, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CME037-021----. Situated in a fairly low-lying position in an undulating landscape with a NNW-SSE esker ridge c. 200m to the W and higher ground to the N and SE. This is a raised and slightly domed, grass-covered and circular platform (diam. 32.5m N-S; 29.5m E-W) defined by a scarp (Wth 7-7.2m; H 2-2.2m) and an outer fosse (Wth of top 9.5-11; ext. D 0.5m). The widened ramp entrance (Wth of base 4.2m) with a causeway (Wth of top 1.8m; H 0.4m) is at SE, but there are old quarries at E and S. 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. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of revision: 21 August 2019 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 Foxtown. ## 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 Foxtown, 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 Foxtown. - 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/foxtown.dxf - GeoJSON, in WGS 84, for a map: https://everytownland.com/meath/foxtown.geojson - KML, for Google Earth: https://everytownland.com/meath/foxtown.kml ## Homes sold (Residential Property Price Register) No address of the register names Foxtown 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) - Galtrim: https://everytownland.com/meath/galtrim.md - Milltown: https://everytownland.com/meath/milltown-161113.md - Mitchelstown: https://everytownland.com/meath/mitchelstown-161122.md - Windtown: https://everytownland.com/meath/windtown-161623.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/foxtown - In JSON: https://everytownland.com/api/townland/meath/foxtown