# Horath, Co. Meath: townland, land parcels and planning Townland in the civil parish of Kilbeg, barony of Kells Lower, Co. Meath. - Area (Tailte Éireann): 1,648,189 m² (164.82 ha, 407.28 acres) - Land parcels (Tailte Éireann): 40 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in it, median 16,398 m² (1.64 ha, 4.05 acres) - Zoning (national zoning, MyPlan): P5 RA - Rural Area, the zone with the most parcels - Planning (National Planning Applications): 8 applications since 2010 - Civil parish: Kilbeg, https://everytownland.com/meath/parish/kilbeg.md - Barony: Kells Lower - Electoral division: Newtown, the unit of the census - Census 2022 (Central Statistics Office): 1,032 people lived in 337 households in the Newtown electoral division. 76% of households owned their home. 60% 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/38281 - Townland number at Tailte Éireann: 160874 - Centre: latitude 53.801247, longitude -6.833198 (WGS 84) ## Land parcels (registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann) 40 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Horath, from 47 m² to 225,874 m² (22.59 ha, 55.81 acres); 34 neighbouring parcels touch its boundary. Largest first: - Parcel 5073232: 225,874 m² (22.59 ha, 55.81 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5073232.md - Parcel 5013051: 221,137 m² (22.11 ha, 54.64 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5013051.md - Parcel 193891: 162,311 m² (16.23 ha, 40.11 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/193891.md - Parcel 5320933: 145,174 m² (14.52 ha, 35.87 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5320933.md - Parcel 215196: 81,939 m² (8.19 ha, 20.25 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/215196.md - Parcel 148224: 79,278 m² (7.93 ha, 19.59 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/148224.md - Parcel 146485: 70,266 m² (7.03 ha, 17.36 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/146485.md - Parcel 142534: 69,776 m² (6.98 ha, 17.24 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/142534.md - Parcel 200188: 66,654 m² (6.67 ha, 16.47 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/200188.md - Parcel 5073240: 61,443 m² (6.14 ha, 15.18 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5073240.md - Parcel 202255: 58,933 m² (5.89 ha, 14.56 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/202255.md - Parcel 155225: 52,955 m² (5.3 ha, 13.09 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/155225.md - Parcel 206702: 52,863 m² (5.29 ha, 13.06 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/206702.md - Parcel 153440: 44,477 m² (4.45 ha, 10.99 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/153440.md - Parcel 143964: 38,070 m² (3.81 ha, 9.41 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/143964.md - Parcel 139201: 33,495 m² (3.35 ha, 8.28 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/139201.md - Parcel 206843: 33,145 m² (3.31 ha, 8.19 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/206843.md - Parcel 189686: 30,199 m² (3.02 ha, 7.46 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/189686.md - Parcel 142264: 27,327 m² (2.73 ha, 6.75 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/142264.md - Parcel 141671: 24,294 m² (2.43 ha, 6 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/141671.md - Parcel 200136: 8,503 m² (0.85 ha, 2.1 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/200136.md - Parcel 2516494: 8,361 m² (0.84 ha, 2.07 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2516494.md - Parcel 199938: 4,698 m² (0.47 ha, 1.16 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/199938.md - Parcel 149587: 4,349 m² (0.43 ha, 1.07 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/149587.md - Parcel 199388: 4,278 m² (0.43 ha, 1.06 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/199388.md - Parcel 203573: 4,142 m² (0.41 ha, 1.02 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/203573.md - Parcel 150405: 3,992 m² (0.4 ha, 0.99 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/150405.md - Parcel 181433: 3,710 m² (0.37 ha, 0.92 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/181433.md - Parcel 191602: 3,303 m² (0.33 ha, 0.82 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/191602.md - Parcel 5179642: 3,218 m² (0.32 ha, 0.8 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5179642.md - Parcel 149302: 2,631 m² (0.26 ha, 0.65 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/149302.md - Parcel 149981: 2,376 m² (0.24 ha, 0.59 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/149981.md - Parcel 154083: 2,208 m² (0.22 ha, 0.55 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/154083.md - Parcel 155870: 2,203 m² (0.22 ha, 0.54 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/155870.md - Parcel 2742810: 2,157 m² (0.22 ha, 0.53 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2742810.md - Parcel 204908: 2,149 m² (0.21 ha, 0.53 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/204908.md - Parcel 154529: 2,093 m² (0.21 ha, 0.52 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/154529.md - Parcel 137657: 1,962 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/137657.md - Parcel 198513: 1,859 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/198513.md - Parcel 5179651: 47 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/5179651.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; 74 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) 8 applications, newest first. - 11 Aug 2026, Meath County Council 2661009: N/a. Permission, 1 home. (1) Constructing a single story dwelling and a detached domestic garage (2) Installing a proprietary wastewater treatment unit and percolation area (3) Forming a new entrance onto the public road (4) All ancillary site works (5) Temporary permission for the erection of a mobile home, to live onsite during construction of the proposed dwelling but not exceeding 4 years and on completion of the proposed dwelling, the removal of the mobile home. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/MeathCC/AppFileRefDetails/2661009/0 - 7 Nov 2025, Meath County Council 2561209: Refused. Permission, 1 home. (1) Constructing a story and a half dormer dwelling and a detached domestic garage (2) Installing a proprietary wastewater treatment unit and percolation area (3) Forming a new entrance onto the public road (4) All ancillary site works (5) Temporary permission for the erection of a mobile home, to live onsite during construction of the proposed dwelling but not exceeding 4 years and on completion of the proposed dwelling, the removal of the mobile home. Significant Further Information/Revised Plans submitted on this application.. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/MeathCC/AppFileRefDetails/2561209/0 - 17 Oct 2024, Meath County Council 2460862: Conditional. Permission. the development will consist of the construction of a horse walker and lunge pen to rear of agricultural yard. Significant further information/revised plans submitted on this application. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/MeathCC/AppFileRefDetails/2460862/0 - 16 Mar 2022, Meath County Council 22347: Conditional. Permission, 1 home. (1) take down existing workshop on site (2) construct a family flat extension to side of dwelling house (3) de-commission existing septic tank and install a new packaged waste water treatment unit and percolation system (4) retention permission for the temporary use of existing mobile home for a period of one year together with all works ancillary to the overall development on site. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/MeathCC/AppFileRefDetails/22347/0 - 24 Jul 2020, Meath County Council KA200994: Refused. Permission. planning permission for the following development: (1) take down part of existing shed, (2) construct a granny flat extension to side of dwelling house, (3) de-commission existing septic tank and install new packaged waste water treatment unit and percolation system together with all associated site works, (4) retention permission for the temporary use of existing mobile home for a period of two years on site. Significant further information/revised plans submitted on this application. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/MeathCC/AppFileRefDetails/KA200994/0 - 23 Dec 2019, Meath County Council KA191795: Conditional. Permission, 2 homes. planning permission to construct a two storey dwelling house, domestic garage, new entrance and install a sewage treatment system with percolation area together with all associated site development works on site. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/MeathCC/AppFileRefDetails/KA191795/0 - 8 Aug 2019, Meath County Council KA191048: Conditional. Permission, 2 homes. constructing a one and a half storied type dwelling house and a detached domestic garage, installing a proprietary waste water treatment unit and percolation area and to upgrade an existing agricultural entrance onto the road to serve the development along with all ancillary site development works. Significant further information/revised plans submitted on this application. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/MeathCC/AppFileRefDetails/KA191048/0 - 2 Jun 2017, Meath County Council KA170618: N/a. Permission, 2 homes. planning permission to construct a two-storey dwelling house, domestic garage, new entrance and install proprietary waste water treatment unit and percolation areas on site. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/MeathCC/AppFileRefDetails/KA170618/0 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 Horath. ## Recorded monuments (Sites and Monuments Record, National Monuments Service) - ME011-008: Fulacht fia, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CME011-008----. Located on level ground with a small NW-SE canalised stream c. 10m to the NE. This is a small kidney-shaped and grass-covered mound (dims 9m N-S; 7m E-W; H 0.4m) with an indentation on the W side. 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 revision: 9 April 2019 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 Horath. ## 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 Horath, about 1 in 10 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 moderately low, low, partly inferred. - Terrain model: no LiDAR survey of the Office of Public Works covers the centre of the townland of Horath. - 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/horath.dxf - GeoJSON, in WGS 84, for a map: https://everytownland.com/meath/horath.geojson - KML, for Google Earth: https://everytownland.com/meath/horath.kml ## Homes sold (Residential Property Price Register) No address of the register names Horath 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) - Ardlonan: https://everytownland.com/meath/ardlonan.md - Kilbeg Lower: https://everytownland.com/meath/kilbeg-lower.md - Moat: https://everytownland.com/meath/moat-161126.md - Newrath: https://everytownland.com/meath/newrath-161221.md - Rathmanoo: https://everytownland.com/meath/rathmanoo.md - Robertstown: https://everytownland.com/meath/robertstown-161423.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/horath - In JSON: https://everytownland.com/api/townland/meath/horath