Gibstown
Townland in the civil parish of Donaghpatrick, barony of Kells Upper, Co. Meath; in Irish Baile Ghib
Parcel 208317
- Area
- 14,008 m² (1.4 ha, 3.46 acres)
- Buildings
- No building touches it.
- Zoning
- P5 RA - Rural Area (Meath County Development Plan 2021-2027) The objective
- Townland
- Gibstown
Planning applications on this parcel
No planning application touches this parcel in the national file, which goes back to 2010.
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 this parcel.
Recorded monuments around it
No zone of notification of a recorded monument touches this parcel.
Architectural heritage
No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands on this parcel.
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
- About 1 in 10 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels. Testing a home
- Landslides
- Susceptibility low, on the 1:50,000 map.
- Terrain model
- LiDAR of the Office of Public Works, flown in 2011, at 2 m: tile OPW_2669 (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.
Download this parcel: DXF, in Irish Transverse Mercator metres, with its neighbours and buildings, for a drawing program; GeoJSON, in WGS 84, for a map; KML, for Google Earth.
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann, CC BY 4.0. 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.
- Area
- 129.7 ha
- 321 acres
- Land parcels
- 60
- registered freehold, median 2,820 m² (0.28 ha, 0.7 acres)
- Zoning
- P5
- RA - Rural Area
- Planning
- 10
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
60 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Gibstown, from 67 m² to 101,607 m² (10.16 ha, 25.11 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 33 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 · 83 parcels The zoning objective in the plan - C2.1E2 - General Enterprise and Employment (Industrial, enterprise, employment)
Meath County Development Plan 2021-2027, Meath · 4 parcels The zoning objective in the plan - C5D1 - Tourism (Tourism and related)
Meath County Development Plan 2021-2027, Meath · 2 parcels The zoning objective in the plan - R2A1 - Existing Residential (Existing residential)
Meath County Development Plan 2021-2027, Meath · 1 parcels The zoning objective in the plan - G1F1 - Open Space (Open space, park)
Meath County Development Plan 2021-2027, Meath · 0 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
4 Sept 2026N/a
PLANNING PERMISSION TO CONSTRUCT A REAR AND SIDE EXTENSION TO EXISTING STAND ALONE COMMERCIAL VEHICLE REPAIR GARAGE TOGETHER WITH ALL ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS ON THIS SITE AT GIBSTOWN, NAVAN. WORKS WILL ALSO INCLUDE AN UPGRADE TO THE EXISTING PERCOLATION AREA ON SITE WITH A NEW ECOFLO COCO FILTER AND SOIL POLISHING FILTER
Permission · Meath County Council, 2661115
19 Dec 2025N/a
to construct a rear and side extension to existing stand alone commercial Vehicle repair garage together with all associated site development works on their site
Permission · Meath County Council, 2660004
19 Jul 2023Conditional
construction of a building with a maximum height of 7.59 m (gross floor area: 2230 square metres) for use for industrial purposes including the manufacture of plastic profiles and the processing of end of waste redundant plastic products for use as raw materials in the manufacturing process for which a Waste Facility Permit will be applied for separately from Meath County Council; the demolition of a derelict house and shed, the upgrading of the existing vehicular access from the Kilberry Road (R163), internal roads; an attenuation pond, car parking, loading bays and an ancillary wastewater treatment system and all associated site development and landscaping works on a site of 1.04 ha.
Permission · Meath County Council, 2360167
17 Apr 2023Conditional
do dhoras nua, staighre agus rampa le oibreacha suimh coimhdeacha, ag aghaidh tosai na bhfoirgneamh ata ann cheana agus chead coinneala do athruithe ar ingearchlonna, leagan amach inmheanach agus sineadh aon stoir ar an bhfoirgneamh ata leagtha anois
Permission · Meath County Council, 23413
22 Dec 2021Conditional
the removal of existing extension to rear of dwelling and to construct new single storey extension to rear of dwelling and all ancillary site works
Permission, 1 home · Meath County Council, 212398
28 Oct 2021Conditional
retention of changes to dormer dwelling granted under planning reference KA20141. Retention of revised site boundaries and revised site layout
Retention · Meath County Council, 212060
6 Aug 2021Conditional
the construction of a light industrial unit, with an area of 3500sq.m, Subdivided into 13no. units of varying sizes. The development also includes demolition of derelict house and shed, upgrading of existing vehicular access from the Kilberry Road (R163), internal roads, attenuation pond, car parking, ancillary waste water treatment system and all associated site development and landscaping works on a site of 1.04ha. Significant further information/revised plans submitted on this application
Permission · Meath County Council, 211530
16 Jul 2021N/a
the construction of a light industrial unit, with an area of 3500sq.m, Subdivided into 13no. units of varying sizes. The development also includes upgrading of existing vehicular access from the killberry Road (R163), internal roads, attenuation pond, car parking, ancillary waste water treatment system and all associated site development and landscaping works on a site of 1.04ha
Permission · Meath County Council, 211365
15 Mar 2019Conditional
permission to decommission existing septic tank, install secondary waste water treatment unit and percolation area to service existing dwelling house, and all associated site works
Permission · Meath County Council, KA190302
5 Mar 2018Conditional
a single storey extension to facilitate additional classroom and alterations to existing building to include connection to existing services and use of existing entrance. Significant further information/revised plans submitted on this application
Permission · Meath County Council, KA180197
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 Gibstown.
Recorded monuments
No recorded monument lies in the townland of Gibstown.
Architectural heritage
No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands in the townland of Gibstown.
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_2640 (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 Gibstown with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Meath.
The townland
- Name
- Gibstown · Baile Ghib
- Area
- 1,297,454 m² (129.75 ha, 320.61 acres)
- Civil parish
- Donaghpatrick, and its townlands
- Barony
- Kells Upper
- Electoral division
- Donaghpatrick, the unit of the census
- Census 2022
- Donaghpatrick electoral division: 2,004 people in 623 households; 91% of households own their home; 31% of homes were built since 2001; 6% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 0% were holiday homes.
- Neighbouring townlands
- Balsaw, Donaghpatrick, Gibstown Demesne, Milestown, Moortown, Randalstown, Tankardrath
- Gaeltacht
- In an Irish-speaking area
- Placenames
- Gibstown 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.