Kellystown
Townland in the civil parish of Drumcondra, barony of Slane Lower, Co. Meath
- Area
- 137.4 ha
- 340 acres
- Land parcels
- 36
- registered freehold, median 12,628 m² (1.26 ha, 3.12 acres)
- Zoning
- P5
- RA - Rural Area
- Planning
- 9
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
36 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Kellystown, from 227 m² to 434,477 m² (43.45 ha, 107.36 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 25 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 · 58 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
28 Mar 2025N/a
the development for retention consists of revised extended site boundary as granted under planning reference KA/190669 and all ancillary site development works
Retention · Meath County Council, 2560312
18 Nov 2024Conditional
Planning Ref 21971 for the development will consist of a new single storey dwelling, associated detached single car garage, opening of a new vehicular entrance to site, new private water well and septic tank and percolation area together with all associated site development works
Permission consequent · Meath County Council, 2460973
4 Oct 2024Conditional
demolish existing rear extension and front porch to existing dwelling, construct new rear extension , alterations to front elevation and internal layout of existing house and all associated site works
Permission · Meath County Council, 2460818
21 May 2021Conditional
a new proposed dwelling and detached garage, opening of a new vehicular entrance to site, new private water well and septic tank and percolation area together with all associated site development works. Significant further information/revised plans submitted on this application
Outline permission, 1 home · Meath County Council, 21971
28 May 2019Conditional
the filling of an area of land with inert soil and stone material for the purposes of reclamation of land for agricultural use. the development will also consist of a new vehicular entrance, access track, onsite truck wheel wash area, all associated site development works and capping off with topsoil. On completion of filling and capping off and seeding the land will be used for agricultural purposes. A waste facility permit will be required for the development.
Permission · Meath County Council, KA190669
16 Oct 2018Conditional
to construct 1 no. poultry house and 1 no. manure/general purpose store together with all ancillary structures (to include 2 no. meal storage bins and 2 no. soiled water tanks) and site works associated with the above development. Significant Further Information/ Revised plans submitted on this application
Permission · Meath County Council, KA181217
5 Oct 2018N/a
to construct 1 No. poultry house and 1 No. Manure/general Purpose Store together with all ancillary structures (to include meal storage bins and 2 No. soiled water tanks) and site works associated with the above development
Permission · Meath County Council, KA181167
8 Sept 2017N/a
the filling of an area of land with inert soil and stone material for the purposes of reclamation of land for agricultural use. The development will also consist of a new vehicular entrance, access track, onsite truck wheel wash area, all associated site development works and capping off with topsoil. On completion of filling and capping off and seeding, the land will be used for agricultural purposes. A Waste Facility Permit will be required for the development
Permission · Meath County Council, KA171039
17 Aug 2017N/a
the filling of an area of land with inert soil and stone material for the purposes of reclamation of land for agricultural use. The development will also consist of a new vehicular entrance, access track, onsite truck wheel wash area, all associated site development works and capping off with topsoil. On completion of filling and cappig off and seeding, the land will be used for agricultural purposes. A Waste Facility Permit will be required for the development
Permission · Meath County Council, KA170954
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 Kellystown.
Recorded monuments
No recorded monument lies in the townland of Kellystown.
Architectural heritage
No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands in the townland of Kellystown.
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 5 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels. Testing a home
- Landslides
- Susceptibility moderately high, moderately low, low, low (inferred), on the 1:50,000 map.
- Terrain model
- No LiDAR survey of the Office of Public Works covers the centre of the townland of Kellystown.
- 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 Kellystown with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Meath.
The townland
- Name
- Kellystown
- Area
- 1,374,454 m² (137.45 ha, 339.63 acres)
- Civil parish
- Drumcondra, and its townlands
- Barony
- Slane Lower
- Electoral division
- Drumcondra, the unit of the census
- Census 2022
- Drumcondra electoral division: 1,376 people in 491 households; 83% of households own their home; 26% of homes were built since 2001; 8% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 0% were holiday homes.
- Neighbouring townlands
- Ballyhoe, Breslanstown, Feahoe (Co. Monaghan), Greatwood (Co. Louth), Mullabane (Co. Louth), Mullaghmore
- Placenames
- Kellystown 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.