Heronstown

65 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Heronstown, from 47 m² to 476,718 m² (47.67 ha, 117.8 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 37 neighbouring parcels touch it.

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• P5RA - Rural Area (Mixed/general primary sector uses, including 'rural')
  Meath County Development Plan 2021-2027 (As Varied), Meath · 102 parcels The zoning objective in the plan

Source: Tailte Éireann and the Department of Housing (MyPlan), national zoning, CC BY 4.0.

• 19 Feb 2025Conditional

  (1) Conversion of existing outbuildings to ensuite bedrooms. (2) Proposed Construction of a single storey extension beneath existing covered area (3) Change of use and infill of existing hay barn to proposed restaurant and farm shop to include kitchen and toilets (4) Construction of a canopy to side of existing barn/ proposed restaurant to provide ancillary outdoor space, (5) conversion of existing outbuilding to farm shop and ancillary seating and toilets, (6) Restoration of existing grinding house for use as tea rooms (7) Carpark (8) Signage (9) Alterations to existing entrance piers and all ancillary and associated site works at Parsonstown Estate, Parsonstown Demesne, Lobinstown, Co. Meath. The proposed development is located within the curtilage of protected structures LA RPS ID: 90397 & LA RPS ID: 90398

  Permission, 1 home · Meath County Council, 2560159

• 18 Feb 2025Conditional

  the construction of a single storey home office to rear of dwelling along with all ancillary site works.

  Permission, 1 home · Meath County Council, 2560147

• 22 Feb 2024Conditional

  alterations to existing two storey house, removal of existing entrance porch, restore and convert existing adjoining & adjacent outbuildings into living space, construction of new single storey link, new waste water treatment system and associated site works.

  Permission, 1 home · Meath County Council, 2460127

• 19 Jan 2024Conditional

  The development will consist of the continuance of operation of the existing permitted quarry and associated infrastructure (ABP Ref. 17.QD.0017; P.A. Ref. LB200106 & ABP Ref. 309109-21), deepening of the quarry extraction area by 1 no. 15 metre bench from 50m OD to 35m OD, a lateral extension to the quarry over an area of c. 4.8 ha to a depth of 35m OD, provision for aggregates and overburden storage, and restoration of the site to natural habitat after uses following completion of extraction, within an overall application area of c. 18.5 hectares. An extraction capacity of up to 300,000 tonnes per annum is sought to provide the applicant with the ability to respond to demand for aggregates in the region. Permission is sought for a period of 20 years in order to extract a known resource with a further 2 years to fully restore the site. An Environmental Impact Assessment Report (EIAR) will be submitted to the planning authority with the application. Significant further information/revised plans submitted on this application

  Permission · Meath County Council, 2460038

• 22 Sept 2023Conditional

  a) construction of a new single storey office building and associated ancillary works (c. 189 sq. m gross), b) proposed new viewing deck to the north of the office building overlooking existing quarry (c. 30 sq.m), c) installation of 9 no. car parking spaces, d) installation of sheltered bicycle parking. The development also consists of e) retention of existing wastewater treatment system and associated percolation area (c. 30 sq. m) that will serve the proposed new office building, all within an application area of c. 0.29 hectares

  Permission · Meath County Council, 23917

• 21 Nov 2022Refused

  retention of a pump house and the boring of two wells as constructed and all associated works. Significant further information/revised plans submitted on this application

  Retention · Meath County Council, 221511

• 29 Sept 2022Conditional

  the construction of a new single-storey extension to the front of the existing school and all associated site works

  Permission · Meath County Council, 221279

• 21 Jul 2022Refused

  retention of extension to rear of existing potato/vegetable storage shed (originally granted under Ref. No. SA/100855) with associated existing extended ancillary concreted yard to access/service building extension as constructed, together with permission for proposed removal of existing proprietary effluent treatment system & polishing filter & provision of replacement proprietary effluent treatment system and polishing filter and all associated works. Significant further information/revised plans submitted on this application

  Permission · Meath County Council, 22966

• 15 Mar 2022Conditional

  the installation and operation of a readymix concrete batching plant, closed circuit water management system, hardstanding area, aggregate storage bays and all ancillary works within an application area of c.0.8 hectares

  Permission · Meath County Council, 22328

• 1 Nov 2021Refused

  a two storey dwelling house, wastewater treatment system, new vehicular entrance and associated site development works

  Permission, 1 home · Meath County Council, 212104

• 14 Sept 2021Conditional

  planning permission for a prefab classroom and all associated site works

  Permission · Meath County Council, 211801

• 17 Jun 2021Conditional

  the development will consist of: 1) construction of a farm distillery and farm shop with associated retail area, café, exhibition space, associated parking, ware housing, 2) proposed storm drainage and treatment infrastructure including retention pond, 3) proposed sewerage treatment system compromising of an advanced treatment unit and associated percolation area, 4) all ancillary site development works. Significant Further information/Revised plans submitted with this application

  Permission · Meath County Council, 211166

• 7 Feb 2020N/a

  a Farm Distillery & Farm Shop with associated retail area, cafe, exhibition space, associated parking, warehousing and septic tank system

  Permission · Meath County Council, LB200130

• 24 Jan 2020N/a

  the development will consist of the continuance of operation of the existing permitted quarry (ABP 17.QD.0017), a lateral and vertical extension to the existing quarry including the deepening of the quarry extraction area by two extractive benches to 50m OD, within a total quarry extraction area of c. 4.5 ha, an increase in the permitted extraction rate to 200,000 tonnes per annum, provision of an aggregates and overburden stockpiling area and settlement lagoon system (c.2,000 m2), and restoration of the site to natural habitat after uses following completion of extraction, within an overall application area of c. 14.12 ha.. An Environmental Impact Assessment Report (EIAR) has been prepared in respect of this planning application

  Permission · Meath County Council, LB200073

• 30 Dec 2019N/a

  a Vodka Distillery & Farm Shop with associated retail area, cafe, exhibition space, associated parking, warehousing and septic tank system

  Permission · Meath County Council, LB191831

• 24 Oct 2019N/a

  a craft distillery with farm shop, cafe, exhibition space and associated parking

  Permission · Meath County Council, LB191400

• 25 Feb 2019Conditional

  proposed agricultural machinery storage shed and all associated works.

  Permission · Meath County Council, LB190191

• 16 Aug 2018Conditional

  existing dry agricultural/potato store to be retained as constructed as revised from that previously granted permission under Reg. Ref. No SA/130265 and all associated works

  Retention · Meath County Council, LB180923

• 26 Jul 2018Conditional

  the development will involve demolition of thirty-seven square meters of an existing masonry shelter and construction of a stand-alone classroom having a floor area of eighty square meters as a permanent replacement for a temporary classroom on the school site, connecting to existing services and all associated site works

  Permission · Meath County Council, LB180830

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 the townland of Heronstown.

Recorded monuments

• ME012-058 Enclosure - large enclosure
  Description

  Situated on a slight rise in a low-lying landscape, with small old lake beds just to the E (diam. c. 270m) and N (diam. c. 150m). The location is within a curve of the N foothills of the ENE-WSW Slieve Breagh ridge E-S-W. The cropmark or soilmark of a large enclosure that appears to have numerous wide enclosing banks is visible on Digital Globe (2011-13) and Google Earth (07/05/2017; 16/05/2018; 14/05/2020; 04/03/2022). It appears to consist of a platform (diam. c. 30m) separated by a fosse (Wth c. 10m) from an earthen bank (Wth c. 20m) that is surrounded by an outer fosse (Wth c. 15m) and possibly a second outer bank (Wth c. 15-20m). An entrance through the banks and fosses cannot be detected (max. ext. diam. c. 150m). It may be a large barrow and it was first reported by Rob O’Hara. See the attached images from _01 Digital Globe (2011-13), _02 Google Earth (07/05/2017); _03 MapGenie 2005-13; _05 Google Earth (04/03/2022) Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 8 May 2023

Architectural heritage

No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands in the townland of Heronstown.

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).

Radon

At the centre of the townland of Heronstown, about 1 in 20 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 high, moderately high, moderately low, low, partly inferred. Parts of the land are water.

Terrain model

No LiDAR survey of the Office of Public Works covers the centre of the townland of Heronstown.

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.

No address of the register names Heronstown with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Meath.

Name

Heronstown · Baile Uí Earáin

Area

2,428,806 m² (242.88 ha, 600.17 acres)

Civil parish

Killary, and its townlands

Barony

Slane Lower

Electoral division

Killary, the unit of the census

Census 2022

1,291 people lived in 467 households in the Killary electoral division. 89% of households owned their home. 28% of homes were built since 2001. 5% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 0% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Barnwellstown, Braystown, Brownstown, Creewood, Devinstown, Horistown, Lobinstown, Parsonstown Demesne, Rathbranchurch, Rathkenny, Tankardstown

Placenames

Heronstown 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.