# Grangend Common, Co. Meath: townland, land parcels and planning Townland in the civil parish of Dunshaughlin, barony of Ratoath, Co. Meath. - Area (Tailte Éireann): 261,242 m² (26.12 ha, 64.55 acres) - Land parcels (Tailte Éireann): 4 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in it, median 30,751 m² (3.08 ha, 7.6 acres) - Zoning (national zoning, MyPlan): P5 RA - Rural Area, the zone with the most parcels - Planning (National Planning Applications): 3 applications since 2010 - Civil parish: Dunshaughlin, https://everytownland.com/meath/parish/dunshaughlin.md - Barony: Ratoath - Electoral division: Dunshaughlin, the unit of the census - Census 2022 (Central Statistics Office): 8,517 people lived in 2,904 households in the Dunshaughlin electoral division. 82% of households owned their home. 50% of homes were built since 2001. 3% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 0% were holiday homes. - County: Co. Meath, https://everytownland.com/meath.md - Placenames Database of Ireland: https://www.logainm.ie/en/37821 - Townland number at Tailte Éireann: 160819 - Centre: latitude 53.51824, longitude -6.529243 (WGS 84) ## Land parcels (registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann) 4 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Grangend Common, from 463 m² to 199,338 m² (19.93 ha, 49.26 acres); 21 neighbouring parcels touch its boundary. Largest first: - Parcel 202183: 199,338 m² (19.93 ha, 49.26 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/202183.md - Parcel 2517745: 58,603 m² (5.86 ha, 14.48 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2517745.md - Parcel 218830: 2,899 m² (0.29 ha, 0.72 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/218830.md - Parcel 2517746: 463 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/2517746.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; 18 parcels. The zoning objective in the plan: https://consult.meath.ie/en/consultation/consolidated-meath-county-development-plan-2021-2027-incl-variations-1-2 - R2 A1 - Existing Residential (Existing residential): Meath County Development Plan 2021-2027 (As Varied), Meath; 6 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) 3 applications, newest first. - 23 Jul 2025, Meath County Council 25134: Conditional. Extension of duration, 15 homes. EXTENSION OF DURATION OF PLANNING PERMISSION 2560158 - Strategic Housing Development (Subsequently amended under MCC Reg. Ref. 25/60158) for the development of 190 no. units, creche, public open spaces and associated works. Please refer to the Planning Letter for full development description. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/MeathCC/AppFileRefDetails/25134/0 - 19 Feb 2025, Meath County Council 2560158: Conditional. Permission, 15 homes. The proposed Large Scale Residential Development (LRD) will consist of amendments to the Strategic Housing Development (SHD) permitted on site under Ref. ABP-307244-20 for 211 no. residential units (112 no. two storey houses and 99 no. apartments in 6 no. blocks), creche and associated works. This amendment application seeks to omit permitted apartment Blocks D and E (comprising 36 no. units) and replace with 15 no. 3 bed houses, resulting in a revised residential development of 190 units in total. Omission of permitted access road from the permitted Distributor Road to the east and associated amendments to residential car parking and provision of additional open spaces. All other site works including boundary treatments, landscaping and site services to facilitate development. The remainder of the development to be carried out in accordance with the parent permission Ref. ABP-307244-20. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/MeathCC/AppFileRefDetails/2560158/0 - 28 May 2020, Meath County Council SH307244: Conditional. Permission, 211 homes. Demolition of 2 no. derelict buildings (former houses) at the northern boundary of the site. Construction of 212 no. dwellings comprising: 113 no. 2 no. storey houses comprising 21 no. 4-bed and 92 no. 3-bed; 99 no. apartments in 6 no. 3-4 storey blocks comprising 6 no. 1-bed, 90 no. 2-bed and 3 no. 3-bed; All with associated private gardens/ balconies/ terraces to the north/ south/ east/ west elevations; Construction of a creche (c.396.22sq.m); Construction of a c.250m section of the Dunshaughlin (East) Main Distributor Road; Construction of a new verge, path and cycle lane along the R125 with the road realigned to create a new street; Provision of vehicular entrances from the R125, with additional vehicular access from the new distributor road to the east, and also from the existing Grange Park residential development to the south; Provision of 362 no. car parking spaces and 264 no. secure bike parking spaces; Provision of open spaces including a new civic park; All associated site development and services connections including bin stores, ESB substations, boundary treatment works, realignment of existing stream through the site, and associated site works and landscaping. The application contains a statement setting out how the proposal will be consistent with the objectives of the Meath County Council development plan 2013-2019. A Natura Impact Statement has been prepared in respect of the proposed development.. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/MeathCC/AppFileRefDetails/SH307244/0 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 Grangend Common. ## Recorded monuments (Sites and Monuments Record, National Monuments Service) No recorded monument lies in the townland of Grangend Common. ## Architectural heritage (National Inventory of Architectural Heritage) No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands in the townland of Grangend Common. ## 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 Grangend Common, about 1 in 20 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. Parts of the land are made ground. - Terrain model: no LiDAR survey of the Office of Public Works covers the centre of the townland of Grangend Common. - 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/grangend-common.dxf - GeoJSON, in WGS 84, for a map: https://everytownland.com/meath/grangend-common.geojson - KML, for Google Earth: https://everytownland.com/meath/grangend-common.kml ## Homes sold (Residential Property Price Register) No address of the register names Grangend Common 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) - Bonestown: https://everytownland.com/meath/bonestown.md - Dunshaughlin: https://everytownland.com/meath/dunshaughlin.md - Grangend: https://everytownland.com/meath/grangend.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/grangend-common - In JSON: https://everytownland.com/api/townland/meath/grangend-common