Freffans Great

45 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Freffans Great, from 300 m² to 348,129 m² (34.81 ha, 86.02 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 17 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.

• P5RA - Rural Area (Mixed/general primary sector uses, including 'rural')
  Meath County Development Plan 2021-2027 (As Varied), Meath · 62 parcels The zoning objective in the plan

Source: Tailte Éireann and the Department of Housing (MyPlan), national zoning, CC BY 4.0.

• 10 Apr 2026Conditional

  the development will consist of construction of a single storey dwelling. Installation of proprietary waste water system, Use existing entrance and all associated site development works

  Permission, 1 home · Meath County Council, 2660403

• 12 Feb 2025Refused

  the development will consist of alterations to the previously granted Planning Application Ref. No. 2162 to include: • the demolition of the existing dwelling house, which is in a derelict state beyond repair; • the construction of a replacement dwelling house which will adjoin the existing courtyard buildings; • alterations and renovations to the existing courtyard buildings to include a private office space and separate living accommodation; • a new wastewater treatment plant; • associated landscaping and site works

  Permission, 1 home · Meath County Council, 2560127

• 1 May 2024Conditional

  the development will consist of the erection of no. 1 polytunnel (9600 x 16000 mm), 3.8 mt high, built using standard galvanized aluminium rails on concrete pads and covered with polythene sheets

  Permission · Meath County Council, 2460302

• 23 Mar 2022Conditional

  the development consists of a domestic garage to rear of dwelling, an Avery to rear of dwelling and a storage shed to the side of dwelling along with all associated site works and services

  Retention · Meath County Council, 22368

• 5 Feb 2021Conditional

  for the construction of a two storey type dwelling, effluent treatment system and associated site works . Significant further information / Revised Plans submitted on this application.

  Permission, 1 home · Meath County Council, 21211

• 18 Jan 2021Conditional

  development will consist of; • Alterations to Freffans house. • Extension to Freffans house to adjoin existing courtyard buildings. • Alterations and renovations to existing courtyard buildings to include living accommodation and private office use. • Extension to existing courtyard buildings, including car port. • New waste water treatment plant for Freffans house. • Construction of a replacement dwelling, in lieu of Freffans lodge, which is to be demolished as per Planning application TA/200830. • New waste water treatment plant for replacement dwelling. • Associated landscaping and site works

  Permission, 1 home · Meath County Council, 2162

• 23 Dec 2020N/a

  alterations and renovations to Freffans House, extension to Freffans house to adjoin existing courtyard buildings, alterations and renovations to existing courtyard buildings to include living accommodation and private office use, extension to existing courtyard buildings including car port, new wastewater treatment plant for Freffans House, construction of a replacement dwelling in lieu of Freffans lodge which is to be demolished as per Planning application TA/200830, new wastewater treatment plant for replacement dwelling, associated landscaping and site works

  Permission, 1 home · Meath County Council, TA202067

• 29 Jun 2020Conditional

  new field entrance onto public road with sliding gates. New farm yard consisting of: Livestock housing shed, with underground slurry holding tank. General agricultural storage and machinery shed with photo voltaic solar panels on southfacing roof. Above ground manure pit. 2 No. underground water holding tanks, for storage of rainwater for irrigations purposes. New stable yards consisting of: 1 No. building incorporating 8 stables. 1 No. building incorporating 2 Stables, storage and ancillary rooms associated with the stables. 1 No. building incorporating 4 stables. Enclosed motorised horse walker. Open equestrian exercise arena. Enclosing walls and hard surfaces associated with farm yard and stable yard. General site works associated with the above. Demolition of existing dwelling house, within the site. Significant further information/revised plans submitted on this application

  Permission · Meath County Council, TA200830

Source: National Planning Applications, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, CC BY 4.0. Applicants are not shown.

Designated sites

No designated site (Special Area of Conservation, Special Protection Area, Natural Heritage Area or proposed one) touches the townland of Freffans Great.

Recorded monuments

No recorded monument lies in the townland of Freffans Great.

Architectural heritage

No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands in the townland of Freffans Great.

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).

Radon

At the centre of the townland of Freffans Great, about 1 in 10 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

LiDAR of the Office of Public Works, flown in 2011, at 2 m: tile OPW_2648 (ZIP).

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.

No address of the register names Freffans Great with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Meath.

Name

Freffans Great

Area

1,405,016 m² (140.5 ha, 347.19 acres)

Civil parish

Laracor, and its townlands

Barony

Moyfenrath Lower

Electoral division

Laracor, the unit of the census

Census 2022

696 people lived in 213 households in the Laracor electoral division. 91% of households owned their home. 37% of homes were built since 2001. 5% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 0% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Adamstown, Freffans Little, Ginnets Great, Mitchelstown, Readstown

Placenames

Freffans Great 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.