Harristown
Townland in the civil parish of Moyglare, barony of Deece Upper, Co. Meath; in Irish Baile Anraí
- Area
- 88.1 ha
- 218 acres
- Land parcels
- 77
- registered freehold, median 3,367 m² (0.34 ha, 0.83 acres)
- Zoning
- P5
- RA - Rural Area
- Planning
- 43
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
77 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Harristown, from 33 m² to 101,706 m² (10.17 ha, 25.13 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 35 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 · 72 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
3 Jun 2026Refused
change of use from School to Church for religious services & School , minor internal and external alterations and all associated works. (Previous Planning ref no. 24/60827)
Permission · Meath County Council, 2660669
1 May 2026N/a
the construction of two storey detached dwelling house, with detached garage, new entrance gateway, setting back and replanting of the existing hedgerow, relocation of the existing agricultural entrance, along with all asssociated services, service connections, landscape and site developoment works. This application revokes permission 21/767 (whichwas amended under permission 25/15) previously granted to the applicant at Blackhall Little, Kilcloon, Co. Meath
Permission, 2 homes · Meath County Council, 26120
27 Feb 2026N/a
the development will consist of a new two storey dwelling and garden shed, connection to all mains services & all associated site works
Permission, 1 home · Meath County Council, 2660235
22 Jan 2026N/a
the development will consist of: 1. New single storey dwelling. 2. New domestic entrance. 3. Wastewater Treatment system with Percolation area. 4. Landscaping & all associated site works
Permission, 1 home · Meath County Council, 2660081
21 Jan 2026N/a
the development will consist of: 1. New single storey dwelling. 2. New domestic entrance. 3. Wastewater Treatment system with Percolation area. 4. Landscaping & all associated site works
Permission, 1 home · Meath County Council, 2660078
14 Nov 2025N/a
The development will consist of: 1. New single storey dwelling. 2. New domestic entrance. 3. Wastewater Treatment system with Percolation area. 4. Landscaping & all associated site works
Permission, 1 home · Meath County Council, 2561236
1 May 2025Conditional
EXTENSION OF DURATION OF PLANNING PERMISSION REF NO: RA190810 - 1. Construction of a single storey community centre incorporating an assembly hall, changing facilities, meeting rooms, youth room, entrance area, toilets, car-parking and all ancillary site development works. 2. Outline Permission for the construction of 13 single dwellings. 3. Construction of internal access road and associated services.
Extension of duration, 1 home · Meath County Council, 2578
27 Feb 2025N/a
1. New single storey dwelling. 2. Existing entrance to family home to be shared entrance for proposed dwelling and existing dwelling. 3. Wastewater Treatment system with Percolation area. 4. Landscaping & all associated site works.
Permission, 1 home · Meath County Council, 2560190
21 Feb 2025Conditional
the construction of a new two storey dwelling, connection to all mains services and all associated site works
Permission, 1 home · Meath County Council, 2560172
13 Feb 2025N/a
1. New single storey dwelling. 2. Existing entrance to family home to be shared entrance for proposed dwelling and existing dwelling. 3. Wastewater Treatment system with Percolation area. 4. Landscaping & all associated site works
Permission, 1 home · Meath County Council, 2560132
5 Oct 2024Conditional
construction of a new entrance serve the site off the L2214. Significant further information/revised plans submitted on this application
Permission · Meath County Council, 2460827
14 Aug 2024Refused
permission consequent on the grant of outline permission (Ref. No. RA190810) for the construction of (A) a new two-storey dwelling; (B) associated detached garden shed; (C) a new connection to existing mains services; and (D) all associated site development works
Permission consequent, 1 home · Meath County Council, 2460626
22 Mar 2024Conditional
the development consists of a new two story dwelling and connection to all mains services together with associated site development works
Permission, 1 home · Meath County Council, 2460201
10 Jan 2024N/a
permission consequent on the grant of outline permission (Ref. No. RA190810) and permission for development at Site K, Kilcloon Community Sites, Ballynare Cross, Harristown, Kilcloon, Co. Meath. The development consists of a new two story dwelling and connection to all mains services together with associated site development works
Permission consequent, 1 home · Meath County Council, 2460018
12 Dec 2023Conditional
renovations and extension of existing family dwelling including extensions to rear and side of existing house totalling 86 square metres and roof-lights to existing and proposed roofs. Existing 17.2 square metre modular building to be removed and all associated siteworks. Signficant further information/revised plans submitted on this application
Permission, 1 home · Meath County Council, 2360469
24 Oct 2023Conditional
a single storey extension to rear and a single storey garage to side of existing house. The development will also include the widening of the existing site vehicular access
Permission, 1 home · Meath County Council, 23998
17 May 2023Conditional
the development will consist of extension to existing dwelling at ground and first floor level, construction of new games room/plant room to rear of dwelling, retention of 4 no. rooflights to front of dwelling, retention of swimming pool to rear of dwelling and all associated site works
Retention, 1 home · Meath County Council, 23524
9 May 2023N/a
the development will consist of extension to existing dwelling at ground and first floor level, construction of new games room/plant room to rear of dwelling, retention of 4 no. rooflights to front of dwelling, retention of swimming pool to rear of dwelling and all associated site works
Retention, 1 home · Meath County Council, 23492
5 Apr 2023Conditional
Ref. No. RA190810 and permission for development. The development will consist of the construction of a new two storey dwelling. Permission is also sought for a detached garage on Site M, connection to all mains services and all associated site works
Permission consequent, 1 home · Meath County Council, 23371
3 Oct 2022Conditional
the development will consist of a new single storey dwelling and associated detached external store on site A and connection to all mains services together with all associated site development works
Permission consequent, 1 home · Meath County Council, 221298
3 Feb 2022Conditional
Planning ref RA190810 - the construction of a new part two storey part one storey dwelling and a detached storage shed on Site J, connection to all mains services and all associated site works. Significant further information/revised plans submitted on this application
Permission consequent, 1 home · Meath County Council, 22126
26 Jan 2022N/a
the construction of a new part two storey part one storey dwelling and a detached storage shed on Site J, connection to all mains services and all associated site works
Permission consequent, 2 homes · Meath County Council, 2281
29 Nov 2021Conditional
a new two-storey dwelling and associated detached single car garage on site D and connection to all mains services together with all associated site development works. Significant Further information/Revised plans submitted on this application
Permission consequent, 1 home · Meath County Council, 212253
17 Nov 2021Conditional
a proposed storey and a half style extension to an existing storey and a half style dwelling, and all associated site works
Permission · Meath County Council, 212184
4 Nov 2021N/a
a proposed storey and a half style extension to an existing storey and a half style dwelling, and all associated site works
Permission · Meath County Council, 212126
The 25 most recent of 43 applications.
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 Harristown.
Recorded monuments
- ME050-018 Field system
Description
Located on a slight S-facing slope. A limited area (max. dims c. 160m N-S; c. 145m E-W) is divided into small plots (dims c. 20-30m x c. 20-30m) by wide silted drains (Wth 3-5m; D up to 1m), with two small silted ponds at the NW edge. No house sites are present, and it may be post-medieval in date and connected with flax-growing. It can also be seen on vertical imagery. See the attached enhanced view from Google Earth (24/03/2012) The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Meath' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1987). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 10 July 2007 Amended: 29 October 2021
Architectural heritage
No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands in the townland of Harristown.
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 20 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_2862 (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 Harristown with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Meath.
The townland
- Name
- Harristown · Baile Anraí
- Area
- 880,621 m² (88.06 ha, 217.61 acres)
- Civil parish
- Moyglare, and its townlands
- Barony
- Deece Upper
- Electoral division
- Rodanstown, the unit of the census
- Census 2022
- Rodanstown electoral division: 1,865 people in 606 households; 90% of households own their home; 50% of homes were built since 2001; 8% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 0% were holiday homes.
- Neighbouring townlands
- Brownstown, Kilclone, Kilgraigue, Killeany, Kimmins, Moyglare, Porterstown
- Placenames
- Harristown 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.