Knavinstown

14 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Knavinstown, from 177 m² to 645,315 m² (64.53 ha, 159.46 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.

• P5RA - Rural Area (Mixed/general primary sector uses, including 'rural')
  Meath County Development Plan 2021-2027, Meath · 30 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• P1RU - Rural (Agriculture)
  The Fingal Development Plan 2023 – 2029, Fingal · 7 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• C2.1GE - General Employment (Industrial, enterprise, employment)
  The Fingal Development Plan 2023 – 2029, Fingal · 1 parcels The zoning objective in the plan

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

• 20 Apr 2026Conditional

  the development will consist/consists of 1. Retention of existing shed for storage of utility water pump and filteration unit. 2. (i) The removal of Planning Condition 2 of Ref: AA/171105 to allow Knavinstown Lodge to be occupied, sold and /or leased as 2 No. Two Bedroom residential units separate from Knavinstown House, (i) Existing septic tank/percolation area to be decommissioned, (ii) Proposed installation of 2 No. proprietary wastewater treatment units/polishing filters, ancillary pipework and associated site development works for residential units 1 & 2 Knavinstown Lodge. (iv) Provision of 4 No. car parking spaces, (v) New boundary treatments, (vi) Provision of dedicated private amenity spaces

  Permission · Meath County Council, 26109

• 8 Dec 2025Conditional

  The development will consist of the construction of 1. 2-storey extension to north side of dwelling 2. Single storey extension to south side of dwelling 3. Revised front porch with internal amendments and all ancillary site works as a revision to works granted under reg. ref. 2460315

  Permission · Meath County Council, 2561341

• 17 Jul 2025Conditional

  the proposed development comprises a 10-year planning consent for a ground-mounted solar PV energy installation on a site of approximately 62.96 hectares. It will include solar panels mounted on fixed-tilt frames with associated pile-driven support structures, inverters, transformers, a client substation, internal access tracks, underground cabling, perimeter deer fencing, CCTV security poles, welfare facilities and a temporary construction compound. Site access will be provided via an existing upgraded and widened entrance onto the R155. A Natura Impact Statement (NIS) has been submitted with this application. Significant further information/revised plans submitted on this application

  Permission · Meath County Council, 2560750

• 7 May 2024Conditional

  the construction of a 2-storey extension to rear of dwelling and all ancillary site works. Significant further information/revised plans submitted on this application

  Permission, 1 home · Meath County Council, 2460315

• 22 Sept 2017Conditional

  (i) retention permission for minor alterations and change of use of 2 no. outbuildings from art studio, with storage, and 2 no. loose boxes and tack room, as previously approved under Reg. Ref. DA/40466, to residential use incidental and ancillary to the existing house on the site (Knavinstown House); and for connection of the 2 no. outbuildings to an existing proprietary wastewater treatment system as approved under Reg. Ref. DA/40466 and (ii) permission is sought for removal of old gate piers to a former entrance on the northern end of the site and alterations to the existing entrance on the southern end of the site, serving Knavinstown House, comprising a reduction in height of the outer piers and wing wall, measures to facilitate sightlines; and all ancillary works necessary to facilitale the development. Significant further information/revised plans submitted on this application

  Permission · Meath County Council, AA171105

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 Knavinstown.

Recorded monuments

• ME039-020 Enclosure
  Description

  Situated on a level landscape c. 50m from the N bank of the E-W canalized Hurley River. A circular enclosure (diam. c. 40m) enclosed by a slight grass-covered fosse is visible on Google Earth (23/09/2013, 28/01/2017). It was first reported by Jacqui Anderson. See the attached view from Google Earth Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 15 January 2020

• ME039-021 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  Situated on a level landscape on the S bank of the E-W canalized Hurley River. A circular enclosure (diam. c. 20m) enclosed by two or three grass-covered earthwork banks SE-W-N is visible on Google Earth (05/10/2009, 23/09/2013, 28/01/2017). It was first reported by Jacqui Anderson, and it is also visible on Digital Globe (2013). See the attached view from Google Earth Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 15 January 2020

Architectural heritage

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

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

About 1 in 20 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels. Testing a home

Landslides

Susceptibility 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 Knavinstown.

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.

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

Name

Knavinstown

Area

925,813 m² (92.58 ha, 228.77 acres)

Civil parish

Crickstown, and its townlands

Barony

Ratoath

Electoral division

Kilbrew, the unit of the census

Census 2022

Kilbrew electoral division: 4,064 people in 1,253 households; 82% of households own their home; 58% of homes were built since 2001; 4% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 0% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Ballymadun (Co. Dublin), Baltrasna (Co. Dublin), Borranstown (Co. Dublin), Coolfore, Crickstown, Kilbrew

Placenames

Knavinstown 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.