Freffans Little
Townland in the civil parish of Laracor, barony of Moyfenrath Lower, Co. Meath
- Area
- 251.4 ha
- 621 acres
- Land parcels
- 84
- registered freehold, median 5,325 m² (0.53 ha, 1.32 acres)
- Zoning
- P5
- RA - Rural Area
- Planning
- 17
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
84 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Freffans Little, from 58 m² to 274,874 m² (27.49 ha, 67.92 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 24 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 · 107 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
18 Aug 2026N/a
the development consists of retention permission for the upgrade works to the wastewater disposal system for the property. Retention permission is also sought for alterations to the attic conversion to the bungalow from that previously approved under Planning Reg. Ref. TA/100977 and all associated site works and services
Retention · Meath County Council, 2661038
25 Feb 2025Conditional
revisions to the existing dwelling including (1) conversion of attached garage to use as a bedroom and study,(2) minor revisions to the external elevations to the dwelling including the addition of 3 number additional rooflights to the rear elevation of the dwelling (3) construction of a single-storey detached shed located to the rear/side of the dwelling, (4) erection of a small metal storage shed located to the rear of the dwelling (5) erection of a wind turbine in the paddock to the rear of the dwelling, (6) revisions to the vehicle entrance/ front boundary wall and associated site works and services for this dwelling from that previously permitted under Planning Reg. Ref. 00/1026. Retention permission is also sought for (7) a second vehicle entrance to this property, and (8) a single-storey metal clad storage building located to the rear/side of the dwelling for the storage of cars and a caravan ancillary to the use of the dwelling only (9) roof mounted solar PV panels to this building (10) and all associated site works and services for this building which is erected within the site of the dwelling previously permitted under Planning Reg. Ref. 00/1026
Retention, 1 home · Meath County Council, 2560178
19 Feb 2025Conditional
the construction of a detached single-storey garage and all associated site works. Significant further information/revised plans submitted on this application
Permission, 1 home · Meath County Council, 2560156
14 Feb 2025Conditional
the development will consist of construction of an 82sq.m shelter with welfare facilities to accommodate up to 33 children at one time. The development also includes provision of an additional 4 no. parking spaces, protected playing areas to the rear, connection to existing wastewater treatment system and all ancillary site development works. Significant further information/revised plans submitted on this application
Permission · Meath County Council, 2560135
21 Apr 2024Conditional
changes to design of house currently granted permission under Ref: TA191635. Changes include (a) revised fenestration layout (b) changes to proposed wall finishes (c) change of proposed roof material and roof profile reducing the ridge height from a permitted height of 8.2m to 6.5m
Permission · Meath County Council, 2460268
16 Mar 2024N/a
changes to design of house currently granted permission under Ref: TA191635. Changes include (a) revised fenestration layout (b) changes to proposed wall finishes (c) change of proposed roof material and roof profile reducing the ridge height from a permitted height of 8.2m to 6.5m
Permission · Meath County Council, 2460195
2 Mar 2024N/a
changes to design of house currently granted permission under Ref: TA1911635. Changes include (a) revised fenestration layout (b) changes to proposed wall finishes (c) change of proposed roof material and roof profile reducing the ridge height from a permitted height of 8.2m to 6.5m
Permission, 1 home · Meath County Council, 2460148
28 Jun 2023Conditional
the construction of a two storey style dwelling, attached single storey car port & domestic garage, a domestic wastewater disposal system, new site entrance and all associated site works
Permission, 1 home · Meath County Council, 23653
12 May 2021Conditional
a single storey family flat type extension to the rear of an existing bungalow, new proprietary waste water treatment system to replace the existing septic tank and all associated site works
Permission, 1 home · Meath County Council, 21893
8 Apr 2021Conditional
change of use of part of existing ground floor living space to sessional childcare facility to accommodate a maximum of 9 children at any one time. The development also includes provision of 4 number car parking spaces and loading bay together with a protected playing area to the rear and all ancillary site development works
Permission · Meath County Council, 21655
28 Aug 2020Conditional
a two storey dwelling, attached car port & domestic garage, a new site entrance, a wastewater disposal system and all associated site works and services. Significant further information/revised plans submitted on this application
Permission, 1 home · Meath County Council, TA201166
23 Jul 2020Conditional
the erection of a 2 storey stable building to include a stable yard containing 8 stableboxs, tack room & equine store rooms, first floor 2-bed staff apartment & office; apron for the placing of containers for storing equestrian waste; proprietary waste water treatment system and polishing filter, a new access from the existing internal site driveway, and landscaping, and ancillary site works
Permission, 1 home · Meath County Council, TA200973
4 Jun 2020Conditional
single storey detached dwelling with attic storage space, detached domestic garage and driveway together with the installation of new proprietary waste water treatment system and polishing filter. The development also includes new dual entrance to incorporate separate gateway to access agricltural lands to the rear and all associated site works. Significant further information/revised plans submitted on this application
Permission, 1 home · Meath County Council, TA200696
29 Nov 2019Conditional
a new single family dwelling house, site entrance, wastewater treatment system and associated site works and services
Permission, 1 home · Meath County Council, TA191635
3 May 2019Conditional
construction of a two storey style dwelling with detached domestic garage, install a Proprietary Sewage Treatment System and form new entrance from existing private lane with access to public road
Permission, 2 homes · Meath County Council, TA190545
24 Jan 2019Conditional
a single storey dwelling using an existing road entrance, wastewater disposal system, connection to mains water supply and all associated site works
Permission, 1 home · Meath County Council, TA190062
6 Oct 2017Conditional
the development will consist of a storey and a half style dwelling, detached domestic garage, wastewater disposal system, domestic site entrance and all associated site works
Permission, 2 homes · Meath County Council, TA171166
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 Freffans Little.
Recorded monuments
No recorded monument lies in the townland of Freffans Little.
Architectural heritage
No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands in the townland of Freffans Little.
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
- About 1 in 10 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels. Testing a home
- Landslides
- Susceptibility low, low (inferred), on the 1:50,000 map.
- Terrain model
- LiDAR of the Office of Public Works, flown in 2011, at 2 m: tile OPW_2647 (ZIP).
- Flooding
- The flood maps of the Office of Public Works: floodinfo.ie.
Radon Risk Map of Ireland, Environmental Protection Agency; Landslide Susceptibility Classification, Geological Survey Ireland; both 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 Freffans Little with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Meath.
The townland
- Name
- Freffans Little
- Area
- 2,514,326 m² (251.43 ha, 621.3 acres)
- Civil parish
- Laracor, and its townlands
- Barony
- Moyfenrath Lower
- Electoral division
- Laracor, the unit of the census
- Census 2022
- Laracor electoral division: 696 people in 213 households; 91% of households own 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, Brownstown, Freffans Great, Iffernock, Knightsbrook, Laracor, Readstown, Scurlockstown, Stokestown
- Placenames
- Freffans Little 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.