Harlinstown
Harlinstown is a townland in the civil parish of Slane, barony of Slane Upper, Co. Meath. Its name in Irish is Baile Hairlín.
- Area
- 74.7 ha
- 185 acres
- Land parcels
- 26
- registered freehold, median 1,886 m²
- Zoning
- P5
- RA - Rural Area
- Planning
- 14
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
26 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Harlinstown, from 5 m² to 258,669 m² (25.87 ha, 63.92 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 15 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.
Zoning
Development plans, national zoning
- P5RA - Rural Area (Mixed/general primary sector uses, including 'rural')
Meath County Development Plan 2021-2027 (As Varied), Meath · 41 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
1 Nov 2025Conditional
the development consists of the retention of existing bay window (7.5m2) to front elevation of existing house, existing single storey sunroom (22.8m2) to rear and right side elevation of existing house, existing pitched roof domestic garage (69.2m2) to side of existing house, existing shed (20.2m2), existing dog kennels (20.4m2) and all associated site works.
Retention, 1 home · Meath County Council, 2561171
19 Nov 2021Conditional
the proposed development will consist of; Construct a story and a half style dwelling, detached domestic garage, form new entrance from public road, install waste water treatment system and percolation area, together with all associated site works
Permission, 1 home · Meath County Council, 212198
9 Apr 2021N/a
construct a part storey and a half style dwelling and a part single storey dwelling, detached domestic garage, form new entrance from public road, install waste water treatment system and percolation area, together with all associated site works
Permission, 1 home · Meath County Council, 21671
25 Jan 2019Conditional
a roofed agricultural structure for housing dairy cows, adjacent to existing similar type structure previously approved under planning application Ref no's SA900850 and LB180737 together with all associated site works.
Permission · Meath County Council, LB190074
25 Jan 2019Conditional
a two storey dwelling, a detached domestic garage, install proprietary sewage treatment unit and percolation area, form new entrance from public road together with all associated site works
Permission, 2 homes · Meath County Council, LB190075
23 Jan 2019Conditional
demolition of an existing extension to the rear of the existing dwelling, and construction of a new two-storey extension, and a new waste water treatment system and percolation area
Permission · Meath County Council, LB190053
17 Jan 2019N/a
demolition of an existing extension to the rear of the existing dwelling, and construction of a new two-storey extension, and a new waste water treatment system and percolation area, which is located within an Architectural Heritage Area
Permission · Meath County Council, LB190029
15 Oct 2018Conditional
the proposed works consist of; (a) removal of two existing milk tanks, with approx. capacities of 14m3 and 9.8m3, previously granted under planning ref. no. LB160377, (b) installation of a new replacement milk tank, approx. capacity 55m3 (c) together with all associated site works
Permission · Meath County Council, LB181209
21 Sept 2018N/a
the proposed works consist of; (a) removal of two existing milk tanks, with approx. capacities of 14m3 and 9.8m3, previously granted under planning ref. no. LB160377, (b) installation of a new replacement milk tank, approx. capacity 55m3 (c) together with all associated site works
Permission · Meath County Council, LB181106
5 Jul 2018Conditional
planning permission is sought to construct a roof structure over existing outwintering pads previously approved under planning application Ref. No. SA/900850 together with all associated site works
Permission · Meath County Council, LB180737
5 Mar 2018Conditional
proposed works consist of: Planning permission is sought to construct (A) An agricultural - underpass linkage area under existing public road. (B) Re-instate residual road area disrupted by installation of underpass section. (C) Complete all ancillary site works. Significant further information/revised plans submitted on this application
Permission · Meath County Council, LB180195
9 Feb 2018N/a
proposed works consist of: (A) An agricultural underpass linkage area under existing public road. (B) Re-instate residual road area disrupted by installation of underpass section. (C) Complete all ancillary site works
Permission · Meath County Council, LB180120
22 Dec 2017Conditional
Construction of a new silage pit adjacent to the existing farm yard complex, together with all associated site works.
Permission, 1 home · Meath County Council, LB171512
1 Dec 2017N/a
the proposed works consist of; The construction of new silage pit adjacent to existing farm yard complex, together with all associated site works
Permission · Meath County Council, LB171401
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 Harlinstown.
Recorded monuments
- ME019-107 Mound
Description
This mound was identified on OS aerial photography (pers. comm. Dr Steve Davis, UCD). Compiled by Geraldine Stout Date of upload: 15/03/2012
Architectural heritage
No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands in the townland of Harlinstown.
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
- At the centre of the townland of Harlinstown, 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 moderately low, low, partly inferred.
- Terrain model
- No LiDAR survey of the Office of Public Works covers the centre of the townland of Harlinstown.
- 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.
Homes sold
Property Price Register
No address of the register names Harlinstown with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Meath.
The townland
- Name
- Harlinstown · Baile Hairlín
- Area
- 747,010 m² (74.7 ha, 184.59 acres)
- Civil parish
- Slane, and its townlands
- Barony
- Slane Upper
- Electoral division
- Slane, the unit of the census
- Census 2022
- 1,936 people lived in 687 households in the Slane electoral division. 77% of households owned their home. 39% of homes were built since 2001. 9% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 0% were holiday homes.
- Neighbouring townlands
- Abelstown, Carrickdexter, Castleparks, Furzyhill, Gernonstown, Newrath, Slanecastle Demesne
- Placenames
- Harlinstown 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.