# Howthstown, Co. Meath: townland, land parcels and planning Townland in the civil parish of Siddan, barony of Slane Lower, Co. Meath. - Area (Tailte Éireann): 1,214,293 m² (121.43 ha, 300.06 acres) - Land parcels (Tailte Éireann): 17 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in it, median 4,213 m² (0.42 ha, 1.04 acres) - Zoning (national zoning, MyPlan): P5 RA - Rural Area, the zone with the most parcels - Planning (National Planning Applications): 7 applications since 2010 - Civil parish: Siddan, https://everytownland.com/meath/parish/siddan.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/37682 - Townland number at Tailte Éireann: 160877 - Centre: latitude 53.811274, longitude -6.628076 (WGS 84) ## Land parcels (registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann) 17 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Howthstown, from 2,081 m² (0.21 ha, 0.51 acres) to 204,684 m² (20.47 ha, 50.58 acres); 16 neighbouring parcels touch its boundary. Largest first: - Parcel 152358: 204,684 m² (20.47 ha, 50.58 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/152358.md - Parcel 199641: 159,665 m² (15.97 ha, 39.45 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/199641.md - Parcel 160362: 154,900 m² (15.49 ha, 38.28 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/160362.md - Parcel 156748: 128,873 m² (12.89 ha, 31.85 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/156748.md - Parcel 200629: 85,389 m² (8.54 ha, 21.1 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/200629.md - Parcel 200444: 11,657 m² (1.17 ha, 2.88 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/200444.md - Parcel 2816861: 6,841 m² (0.68 ha, 1.69 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2816861.md - Parcel 183828: 5,181 m² (0.52 ha, 1.28 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/183828.md - Parcel 167120: 4,213 m² (0.42 ha, 1.04 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/167120.md - Parcel 206421: 2,605 m² (0.26 ha, 0.64 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/206421.md - Parcel 188118: 2,523 m² (0.25 ha, 0.62 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/188118.md - Parcel 138505: 2,402 m² (0.24 ha, 0.59 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/138505.md - Parcel 164015: 2,314 m² (0.23 ha, 0.57 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/164015.md - Parcel 144570: 2,252 m² (0.23 ha, 0.56 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/144570.md - Parcel 215551: 2,171 m² (0.22 ha, 0.54 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/215551.md - Parcel 2671225: 2,108 m² (0.21 ha, 0.52 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2671225.md - Parcel 212277: 2,081 m² (0.21 ha, 0.51 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/212277.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; 33 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) 7 applications, newest first. - 1 Jul 2026, Meath County Council 2660816: Conditional. Permission, 1 home. planning permission for a change of house design and house and garage position to that granted under Planning file ref. No. 21/2174 and all associated site development works. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/MeathCC/AppFileRefDetails/2660816/0 - 6 May 2026, Meath County Council 26125: N/a. Permission. the developmentwill consist of 1) proposed extension to existing Dry Agricultural Storage Shed (granted Ref: No. LB/190102), 2) extension incorporating part Dry Agricultural Store & part Office/Canteen to existing building (granted Ref. No. SA70406 for part & Ref. No. LB/190102 for remainder) and all associated works. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/MeathCC/AppFileRefDetails/26125/0 - 5 Nov 2025, Meath County Council 2561199: N/a. Permission, 1 home. Planning permission for a change of house design and position to that granted under Planning file ref. No. 21/2174 and all associated site development works at Polecastle, Lobinstown, Navan, County Meath.. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/MeathCC/AppFileRefDetails/2561199/0 - 2 Dec 2022, Meath County Council 221567: Conditional. Retention. the retention of a shed and dog kennel to rear of dwelling along with all ancillary site works. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/MeathCC/AppFileRefDetails/221567/0 - 16 Nov 2022, Meath County Council 221494: N/a. Retention. the retention of a shed and dog kennel to rear of dwelling along with all ancillary site works. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/MeathCC/AppFileRefDetails/221494/0 - 11 Dec 2020, Meath County Council LB201907: Conditional. Permission, 1 home. the demolition of an existing two storey house and the construction of a replacement two storey house including a waste water treatment unit and percolation area and new entrance onto the public road. Significant Further information/Revised plans submitted on this application. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/MeathCC/AppFileRefDetails/LB201907/0 - 4 Feb 2019, Meath County Council LB190102: Conditional. Permission. retention of extension to side of existing agricultural storage shed incorporating part Dry Agricultural Store & Office area as constructed, together with permission for proposed new detached Dry Agricultural Storage Shed and all associated works. Significant further information/revised plans submitted on this application. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/MeathCC/AppFileRefDetails/LB190102/0 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 Howthstown. ## Recorded monuments (Sites and Monuments Record, National Monuments Service) - ME006-045: Ringfort - rath, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CME006-045----. Situated in a relatively low-lying landscape. The cropmark of a circular enclosure (diam. c. 35m) defined by a narrow fosse feature, with portion of an inner fosse S-W is visible on aerial photograph (CUCAP: AVS, 3). It does not appear on other aerial photographic series. 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. Revised by: Michael Moore Date of revision: 26 October 2018 - ME006-070: Windmill, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CME006-070----. Situated on the summit of a small hillock. A tower windmill annotated as a ‘Windmill (in ruins)’ in italic lettering is depicted only on the 1836 edition of the OS 6-inch map. It is not extant and was first reported by Jean Charles Caillére. Compiled by: Michael Moore 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 Howthstown. ## 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 Howthstown, 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 high, moderately low, low, partly inferred. - Terrain model: no LiDAR survey of the Office of Public Works covers the centre of the townland of Howthstown. - 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/howthstown.dxf - GeoJSON, in WGS 84, for a map: https://everytownland.com/meath/howthstown.geojson - KML, for Google Earth: https://everytownland.com/meath/howthstown.kml ## Homes sold (Residential Property Price Register) No address of the register names Howthstown 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) - Batestown: https://everytownland.com/meath/batestown.md - Braysland: https://everytownland.com/meath/braysland.md - Footstown Great: https://everytownland.com/meath/footstown-great.md - Footstown Little: https://everytownland.com/meath/footstown-little.md - Polecastle: https://everytownland.com/meath/polecastle.md - Rathreynolds: https://everytownland.com/meath/rathreynolds.md - Woodtown Lower: https://everytownland.com/meath/woodtown-lower.md - Woodtown Upper: https://everytownland.com/meath/woodtown-upper.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/howthstown - In JSON: https://everytownland.com/api/townland/meath/howthstown