Lagore Little
Townland in the civil parish of Ratoath, barony of Ratoath, Co. Meath; in Irish Loch Gabhar Beag
- Area
- 209.1 ha
- 517 acres
- Land parcels
- 47
- registered freehold, median 2,445 m² (0.24 ha, 0.6 acres)
- Zoning
- P5
- RA - Rural Area
- Planning
- 13
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
47 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Lagore Little, from 170 m² to 539,345 m² (53.93 ha, 133.28 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 33 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 · 80 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
15 Jul 2026N/a
THE DEVELOPMENT WILL CONSIST OF A DWELLING AND GARAGE WITH ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS.
Permission · Meath County Council, 2660896
13 Jul 2026N/a
the development will consist of the construction of a single and two storey extension to the rear and side of the existing dwelling, the decommissioning of the existing septic tank and the installation of a new wastewater treatment system, renovations & alterations to the existing dwelling and all associated site works
Permission · Meath County Council, 2660875
2 Jul 2026N/a
THE DEVELOPMENT WILL CONSIST OF A DWELLING AND GARAGE WITH A SUITABLE WASTEWATER TREATMENT UNIT AND ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS
Permission, 1 home · Meath County Council, 2660827
17 Jun 2026N/a
The development will consist of the construction of a single and two storey extension to the rear and side of the existing dwelling, the decommissioning of the existing septic tank and the installation of a new wastewater treatment system, renovations & alterations to the existing dwelling and all associated site works.
Permission · Meath County Council, 2660754
26 Sept 2023Conditional
EirGrid PLC, with the consent and approval of the Electricity Supply Board (ESB), intends to apply to Meath County Council for permission for works associated with the proposed uprate of the existing Louth – Woodland 220 kV overhead powerline (OHL) between the existing Louth 220 kV substation in the townland of Monavallet, County Louth and the existing Woodland 220 kV substation in the townland of Woodland, County Meath. The Louth – Woodland 220 kV OHL is approximately 61.5 km long and comprises 207 no. steel lattice tower structures. The existing circuit is located within the functional area of Louth County Council and Meath County Council. Approximately 38.5 km of the existing OHL circuit is located within the functional area of Meath County Council and approximately 23 km is within the functional area of Louth County Council. A separate planning application is being lodged with Louth County Council. The Proposed Development within the functional area of Meath County Council is located in the townlands of Cardrath, Broomfield, Balrenny, Higginstown (Slane Electoral Division), Coalpits, Mooretown (Slane Electoral Division), Cashel, Crewbane, Rossnaree, Fennor (Painestown Electoral Division), Newtown (Painestown Electoral Division), Rathdrinagh, Thurstianstown, Painestown (Painestown Electoral Division), Knockharley, Veldonstown, Kentstown, Danestown, Proudstown (Skreen Electoral Division), Macetown (Skreen Electoral Division), Painestown (Macetown Electoral Division), Frankstown, Riggins (Kilbrew Electoral Division), Reask (Kilbrew Electoral Division), Hallstown, Cabinhill, Flemingtown (Ratoath Electoral Division), Twentypark, Lagore Little, Brownstown (Ratoath Electoral Division), Bradystown, Curkeen, Commons (Ratoath Electoral Division), Gormanstown, Wilkinstown (Dunshaughlin Electoral Division), Powderlough, Raynestown, Derrockstown, Mill Land (Dunshaughlin Electoral Division), Parsonstown, Rathregan, Portan (Dunshaughlin Electoral Division), and Woodland. Five (5) temporary construction compounds and associated access routes are located in the townlands of Knockmooney, Slane, Rath, Flemingstown and Tuiterath. The Proposed Development works within the functional area of County Meath will comprise: ? the replacement (“restringing”) of the existing overhead line circuit conductor with a new higher capacity conductor; ? the strengthening of up to 25 no. tower foundations; ? the replacement of hardware and fittings, such as insulators, insulator ha
Permission · Meath County Council, 2360296
31 Aug 2023N/a
EirGrid PLC, with the consent and approval of the Electricity Supply Board (ESB), intends to apply to Meath County Council for permission for works associated with the proposed uprate of the existing Louth – Woodland 220 kV overhead powerline (OHL) between the existing Louth 220 kV substation in the townland of Monavallet, County Louth and the existing Woodland 220 kV substation in the townland of Woodland, County Meath. The Louth – Woodland 220 kV OHL is approximately 61.5 km long and comprises 207 no. steel lattice tower structures. The existing circuit is located within the functional area of Louth County Council and Meath County Council. Approximately 38.5 km of the existing OHL circuit is located within the functional area of Meath County Council and approximately 23 km is within the functional area of Louth County Council. A separate planning application is being lodged with Louth County Council. The Proposed Development within the functional area of Meath County Council is located in the townlands of Cardrath, Broomfield, Balrenny, Higginstown (Slane Electoral Division), Coalpits, Mooretown (Slane Electoral Division), Cashel, Crewbane, Rossnaree, Fennor (Painestown Electoral Division), Newtown (Painestown Electoral Division), Rathdrinagh, Thurstianstown, Painestown (Painestown Electoral Division), Knockharley, Weldonstown, Kentstown, Danestown, Proudstown (Skreen Electoral Division), Macetown (Skreen Electoral Division), Painestown (Macetown Electoral Division), Frankstown, Riggins (Kilbrew Electoral Division), Reask (Kilbrew Electoral Division), Cabinhill, Flemingtown (Ratoath Electoral Division), Twentypark, Lagore Little, Brownstown (Ratoath Electoral Division), Bradystown, Curkeen, Commons (Ratoath Electoral Division), Gormastown, Wilkinstown (Dunshaughlin Electoral Division), Powderlough, Raynestown, Derrockstown, Mill Land (Dunshaughlin Electoral Division), Parsonstown, Rathregan, Portan (Dunshaughlin Electoral Division), and Woodland. The Proposed Development works within the functional area of County Meath will comprise: ? the replacement (“restringing”) of the existing overhead line circuit conductor with a new higher capacity conductor; ? the strengthening of up to 25 no. tower foundations; ? the replacement of hardware and fittings, such as insulators, insulator hardware, earthwire hardware, anti-climbing guards and bird warning spheres at various9 no. locations;; ? the replacement of suspension clamps and vibration dampers
Permission · Meath County Council, 2360249
27 Sept 2021Conditional
the construction of a two storey detached dwelling house and proprietary wastewater system and percolation area with new entrance off public road and all associated site works
Permission, 1 home · Meath County Council, 211891
14 Jan 2021Conditional
a new two storey 5 bedroom dwelling house with new vehicular entrance from the public road and closing off of existing entrance, a detached garage and a new waste water treatment system and percolation area including all associated site wroks
Permission, 1 home · Meath County Council, 2171
13 Aug 2020Refused
a new two storey 5 bedroom dwelling house with new vehicular entrance from the public road and closing off of existing entrance, a detached garage and a new waste water treatment system and percolation area including all associated site works
Permission, 1 home · Meath County Council, RA201083
13 Mar 2020N/a
the development will consist of 1. extension of existing 2 storey dwelling at ground and first floor levels, including internal modifications for a granny flat, revised window and door openings and new gable 2. new hipped roofs replacing existing mono-pitched roof 3. new flat roof extension to side and rear to include secondary entrance porch 4. new wastewater treatment system and percolation area 5. use of new driveway entrance and closing off of existing driveway entrance and associated site works
Permission, 1 home · Meath County Council, RA200347
12 Jul 2018Conditional
the development will consist of the following: 1. Construction of a new detached 2 storey dwelling. 2. Construction of a new garage & car port. 3. New proprietary wastewater treatment system & percolation area. 4. New entrance to site. 5. All associated site works
Permission, 1 home · Meath County Council, RA180777
16 Aug 2017Conditional
a single storey extension to front and rear of existing dwelling and all associated site works
Permission · Meath County Council, RA170947
21 Apr 2017Conditional
the development will consist of 1) Permission for retention of sun room at side of existing dwelling. 2) Permission to extend existing dwelling with rear extension at ground floor incorporating new livingroom, relocating existing front door to side porch, existing front door to be replaced with window and other minor internal alterations and all ancillary site works
Permission · Meath County Council, RA170435
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 Lagore Little.
Recorded monuments
- ME038-035 Fulacht fia
Description
Situated on a level landscape. Topsoil stripping (02E0194) in advance of a gas pipeline identified a burnt stone spread (BGE: 1A/16/1) that was completely excavated (02E0691). It consisted of a mound of heat-shattered material in interrupted sections (dims 16m N-S; 5.4m E-W) which overlay a two fulachta fia. At the N end small spreads of burnt material overlay an oval trough (dims 1.7m x 1.1m; max. D 1.1m) which had a small deposit of burnt stone beneath silty clay. Two small pits were associated with it. The lithic scatter (ME038-037----) is c. 40m to the W. (Tobin 2003, 4-5; 2004; Tobin 2007) Compiled by; Michael Moore Date of upload: 8 March, 2018
- ME038-035001 Fulacht fia
Description
Situated on a level landscape. Topsoil stripping (02E0194) in advance of a gas pipeline identified a burnt stone spread (BGE: 1A/16/1) that was completely excavated (02E0691). It consisted of a mound of heat-shattered material in interrupted sections (dims 16m N-S; 5.4m E-W) which overlay a two fulachta fia. At the S end a spread of burnt material (dims c. 5.5m x c. 5m) overlay an oval trough (dims 1.2m x 0.9m; max. D 0.23m) which had a small deposit of burnt stone at the bottom. The lithic scatter (ME038-037----) is c. 40m to the W. (Tobin 2003, 3-4; Tobin 2004; Tobin 2007) Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 8 March 2018
- ME038-036 Fulacht fia
Description
Situated on a level landscape. Topsoil stripping (02E0194) in advance of a gas pipeline identified a burnt stone spread (1A/16/2) that was completely excavated (02E0692). A spread of broken and burnt stone (dims 5m x 2m) overlay a subrectangular pit (dims 1.9m x 0.6m; D 0.25m) filled with a silty humus deposit beneath a redeposit of subsoil, and a subcircular pit (dims 0.87m x 0.78m; D 0.18m) filled with fired material. The fulachta fia (ME038-035----; ME038-035001-) are c. 83m to the E, and the lithic scatter (ME038-037----) is c. 50m to the E. (Tobin 2003; 2004; 2007) Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 8 March, 2018
- ME038-037 Prehistoric site - lithic scatter
Description
Situated on a level landscape between a fulacht fia (ME038-036----) c. 50m to the W and two fulachta fia (ME038-035----; ME038-035001-) c. 40m to the E. Topsoil stripping (02E0194) in advance of a gas pipeline identified a small group of flints on the surface (BGE: 1A/16/4) that was completely excavated (02E1259). A cluster of 466 pieces of knapped flint and chert concentrating in a shallow depression (dims 1.8m N-S; 0.7m E-W; max. D 7cm) were excavated in four spits. The flint was of poor quality and only one finished object, a scraper, was recovered. (Byrne, E. and A. Little 2002; 2004; Byrne 2007) Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of revised upload: 8 March 2018
- ME038-040 Burnt mound
Description
Situated on a level landscape. Topsoil stripping (02E0194) in advance of a gas pipeline identified a small burnt stone spread (1A/16/3) that was preserved in situ. It is described as a small area of burnt mound material (dims 2m x 1m). The excavated fulacht fia (ME038-036---) is c. 70m to the SE. (Tobin 2003, 8) Date of upload: 7 March, 2018
Architectural heritage
No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands in the townland of Lagore Little.
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 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 Lagore Little.
- 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 Lagore Little with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Meath.
The townland
- Name
- Lagore Little · Loch Gabhar Beag
- Area
- 2,090,686 m² (209.07 ha, 516.62 acres)
- Civil parish
- Ratoath, and its townlands
- Barony
- Ratoath
- Electoral division
- Ratoath, the unit of the census
- Census 2022
- Ratoath electoral division: 11,894 people in 3,639 households; 84% of households own their home; 58% of homes were built since 2001; 3% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 0% were holiday homes.
- Neighbouring townlands
- Ballymore, Bonestown, Bradystown, Brownstown, Dunshaughlin, Flemingtown, Gaulstown, Lagore Big, Rackenstown, Ratoath, Twentypark
- Placenames
- Lagore Little 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.