# Heronstown, Co. Meath: townland, land parcels and planning

Townland in the civil parish of Killary, barony of Slane Lower, Co. Meath; in Irish Baile Uí Earáin.

- Area (Tailte Éireann): 2,428,806 m² (242.88 ha, 600.17 acres)
- Land parcels (Tailte Éireann): 65 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in it, median 6,144 m² (0.61 ha, 1.52 acres)
- Zoning (national zoning, MyPlan): P5 RA - Rural Area, the zone with the most parcels
- Planning (National Planning Applications): 19 applications since 2010
- Civil parish: Killary, https://everytownland.com/meath/parish/killary.md
- Barony: Slane Lower
- Electoral division: Killary, the unit of the census
- Census 2022 (Central Statistics Office): 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.
- County: Co. Meath, https://everytownland.com/meath.md
- Placenames Database of Ireland: https://www.logainm.ie/en/37657
- Townland number at Tailte Éireann: 160863
- Centre: latitude 53.778144, longitude -6.619881 (WGS 84)

## Land parcels (registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann)

65 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Heronstown, from 47 m² to 476,718 m² (47.67 ha, 117.8 acres); 37 neighbouring parcels touch its boundary. Largest first:

- Parcel 150017: 476,718 m² (47.67 ha, 117.8 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/150017.md
- Parcel 203171: 186,659 m² (18.67 ha, 46.12 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/203171.md
- Parcel 195287: 158,502 m² (15.85 ha, 39.17 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/195287.md
- Parcel 5213684: 152,710 m² (15.27 ha, 37.74 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5213684.md
- Parcel 146332: 135,422 m² (13.54 ha, 33.46 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/146332.md
- Parcel 189156: 132,795 m² (13.28 ha, 32.81 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/189156.md
- Parcel 165672: 130,684 m² (13.07 ha, 32.29 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/165672.md
- Parcel 204601: 117,998 m² (11.8 ha, 29.16 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/204601.md
- Parcel 5926248: 106,415 m² (10.64 ha, 26.3 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5926248.md
- Parcel 159603: 104,588 m² (10.46 ha, 25.84 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/159603.md
- Parcel 189139: 68,166 m² (6.82 ha, 16.84 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/189139.md
- Parcel 165661: 63,270 m² (6.33 ha, 15.63 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/165661.md
- Parcel 188895: 62,150 m² (6.21 ha, 15.36 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/188895.md
- Parcel 150021: 59,645 m² (5.96 ha, 14.74 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/150021.md
- Parcel 165410: 48,701 m² (4.87 ha, 12.03 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/165410.md
- Parcel 165020: 46,036 m² (4.6 ha, 11.38 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/165020.md
- Parcel 204289: 43,879 m² (4.39 ha, 10.84 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/204289.md
- Parcel 143792: 40,650 m² (4.07 ha, 10.04 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/143792.md
- Parcel 165797: 31,523 m² (3.15 ha, 7.79 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/165797.md
- Parcel 188443: 26,742 m² (2.67 ha, 6.61 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/188443.md
- Parcel 153923: 20,011 m² (2 ha, 4.94 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/153923.md
- Parcel 198295: 18,786 m² (1.88 ha, 4.64 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/198295.md
- Parcel 153362: 17,783 m² (1.78 ha, 4.39 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/153362.md
- Parcel 188653: 15,270 m² (1.53 ha, 3.77 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/188653.md
- Parcel 188913: 14,950 m² (1.49 ha, 3.69 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/188913.md
- Parcel 153403: 13,920 m² (1.39 ha, 3.44 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/153403.md
- Parcel 189149: 12,128 m² (1.21 ha, 3 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/189149.md
- Parcel 188914: 11,632 m² (1.16 ha, 2.87 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/188914.md
- Parcel 192274: 6,943 m² (0.69 ha, 1.72 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/192274.md
- Parcel 191780: 6,461 m² (0.65 ha, 1.6 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/191780.md
- Parcel 165043: 6,427 m² (0.64 ha, 1.59 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/165043.md
- Parcel 151686: 6,228 m² (0.62 ha, 1.54 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/151686.md
- Parcel 208745: 6,144 m² (0.61 ha, 1.52 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/208745.md
- Parcel 144091: 6,121 m² (0.61 ha, 1.51 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/144091.md
- Parcel 155354: 4,462 m² (0.45 ha, 1.1 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/155354.md
- Parcel 164035: 4,307 m² (0.43 ha, 1.06 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/164035.md
- Parcel 220379: 4,142 m² (0.41 ha, 1.02 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/220379.md
- Parcel 5002000: 4,024 m² (0.4 ha, 0.99 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5002000.md
- Parcel 174730: 3,503 m² (0.35 ha, 0.87 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/174730.md
- Parcel 4896326: 3,450 m² (0.35 ha, 0.85 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/4896326.md
- Parcel 190209: 3,370 m² (0.34 ha, 0.83 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/190209.md
- Parcel 165429: 3,165 m² (0.32 ha, 0.78 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/165429.md
- Parcel 160392: 3,153 m² (0.32 ha, 0.78 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/160392.md
- Parcel 5330202: 2,876 m² (0.29 ha, 0.71 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5330202.md
- Parcel 158746: 2,870 m² (0.29 ha, 0.71 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/158746.md
- Parcel 157060: 2,701 m² (0.27 ha, 0.67 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/157060.md
- Parcel 5926253: 2,539 m² (0.25 ha, 0.63 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5926253.md
- Parcel 154350: 2,482 m² (0.25 ha, 0.61 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/154350.md
- Parcel 5476626: 2,458 m² (0.25 ha, 0.61 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5476626.md
- Parcel 208854: 2,377 m² (0.24 ha, 0.59 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/208854.md
- Parcel 197536: 2,143 m² (0.21 ha, 0.53 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/197536.md
- Parcel 187720: 2,090 m² (0.21 ha, 0.52 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/187720.md
- Parcel 188217: 2,084 m² (0.21 ha, 0.52 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/188217.md
- Parcel 166504: 2,043 m² (0.2 ha, 0.5 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/166504.md
- Parcel 199312: 2,018 m² (0.2 ha, 0.5 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/199312.md
- Parcel 3626302: 2,011 m² (0.2 ha, 0.5 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/3626302.md
- Parcel 162968: 1,912 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/162968.md
- Parcel 161037: 1,895 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/161037.md
- Parcel 161812: 1,881 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/161812.md
- Parcel 196488: 1,838 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/196488.md
- Parcel 2516496: 1,511 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/2516496.md
- Parcel 147559: 1,006 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/147559.md
- Parcel 190084: 363 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/190084.md
- Parcel 181774: 201 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/181774.md
- Parcel 6077131: 47 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/6077131.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; 102 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)

19 applications, newest first.

- 19 Feb 2025, Meath County Council 2560159: Conditional. Permission, 1 home. (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. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/MeathCC/AppFileRefDetails/2560159/0
- 18 Feb 2025, Meath County Council 2560147: Conditional. Permission, 1 home. the construction of a single storey home office to rear of dwelling along with all ancillary site works.. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/MeathCC/AppFileRefDetails/2560147/0
- 22 Feb 2024, Meath County Council 2460127: Conditional. Permission, 1 home. 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.. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/MeathCC/AppFileRefDetails/2460127/0
- 19 Jan 2024, Meath County Council 2460038: Conditional. Permission. 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. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/MeathCC/AppFileRefDetails/2460038/0
- 22 Sept 2023, Meath County Council 23917: Conditional. Permission. 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. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/MeathCC/AppFileRefDetails/23917/0
- 21 Nov 2022, Meath County Council 221511: Refused. Retention. 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. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/MeathCC/AppFileRefDetails/221511/0
- 29 Sept 2022, Meath County Council 221279: Conditional. Permission. the construction of a new single-storey extension to the front of the existing school and all associated site works. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/MeathCC/AppFileRefDetails/221279/0
- 21 Jul 2022, Meath County Council 22966: Refused. Permission. 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. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/MeathCC/AppFileRefDetails/22966/0
- 15 Mar 2022, Meath County Council 22328: Conditional. Permission. 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. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/MeathCC/AppFileRefDetails/22328/0
- 1 Nov 2021, Meath County Council 212104: Refused. Permission, 1 home. a two storey dwelling house, wastewater treatment system, new vehicular entrance and associated site development works. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/MeathCC/AppFileRefDetails/212104/0
- 14 Sept 2021, Meath County Council 211801: Conditional. Permission. planning permission for a prefab classroom and all associated site works. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/MeathCC/AppFileRefDetails/211801/0
- 17 Jun 2021, Meath County Council 211166: Conditional. Permission. 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. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/MeathCC/AppFileRefDetails/211166/0
- 7 Feb 2020, Meath County Council LB200130: N/a. Permission. a Farm Distillery & Farm Shop with associated retail area, cafe, exhibition space, associated parking, warehousing and septic tank system. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/MeathCC/AppFileRefDetails/LB200130/0
- 24 Jan 2020, Meath County Council LB200073: N/a. Permission. 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. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/MeathCC/AppFileRefDetails/LB200073/0
- 30 Dec 2019, Meath County Council LB191831: N/a. Permission. a Vodka Distillery & Farm Shop with associated retail area, cafe, exhibition space, associated parking, warehousing and septic tank system. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/MeathCC/AppFileRefDetails/LB191831/0
- 24 Oct 2019, Meath County Council LB191400: N/a. Permission. a craft distillery with farm shop, cafe, exhibition space and associated parking. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/MeathCC/AppFileRefDetails/LB191400/0
- 25 Feb 2019, Meath County Council LB190191: Conditional. Permission. proposed agricultural machinery storage shed and all associated works.. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/MeathCC/AppFileRefDetails/LB190191/0
- 16 Aug 2018, Meath County Council LB180923: Conditional. Retention. 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. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/MeathCC/AppFileRefDetails/LB180923/0
- 26 Jul 2018, Meath County Council LB180830: Conditional. Permission. 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. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/MeathCC/AppFileRefDetails/LB180830/0

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## 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 Heronstown.

## Recorded monuments (Sites and Monuments Record, National Monuments Service)

- ME012-058: Enclosure - large enclosure, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CME012-058----. 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

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).

## Architectural heritage (National Inventory of Architectural Heritage)

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

## 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 Heronstown, 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 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 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/heronstown.dxf
- GeoJSON, in WGS 84, for a map: https://everytownland.com/meath/heronstown.geojson
- KML, for Google Earth: https://everytownland.com/meath/heronstown.kml

## Homes sold (Residential Property Price Register)

No address of the register names Heronstown 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)

- Barnwellstown: https://everytownland.com/meath/barnwellstown.md
- Braystown: https://everytownland.com/meath/braystown-160295.md
- Brownstown: https://everytownland.com/meath/brownstown-160303.md
- Creewood: https://everytownland.com/meath/creewood.md
- Devinstown: https://everytownland.com/meath/devinstown.md
- Horistown: https://everytownland.com/meath/horistown.md
- Lobinstown: https://everytownland.com/meath/lobinstown.md
- Parsonstown Demesne: https://everytownland.com/meath/parsonstown-demesne.md
- Rathbranchurch: https://everytownland.com/meath/rathbranchurch.md
- Rathkenny: https://everytownland.com/meath/rathkenny.md
- Tankardstown: https://everytownland.com/meath/tankardstown-161537.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.

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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.

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