Macetown
Townland in the civil parish of Ardsallagh, barony of Navan Lower, Co. Meath
- Area
- 128.2 ha
- 317 acres
- Land parcels
- 68
- registered freehold, median 2,677 m² (0.27 ha, 0.66 acres)
- Zoning
- P5
- RA - Rural Area
- Planning
- 13
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
68 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Macetown, from 25 m² to 209,700 m² (20.97 ha, 51.82 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 24 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 · 92 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
14 Aug 2026N/a
the development will consist of the construction of (1) a storey & half extension to the south side of existing dwelling, (2) a storey & half extension to the north side of existing dwelling including a garage on the ground floor & storage on first floor,(3) and a new O’Reilly Oakstown Treatment System and all associated site works and landscaping
Permission · Meath County Council, 2661027
2 Jun 2026N/a
alterations to, and refurbishment of, an existing two storey house and associated outbuildings, the construction of a single storey link extension and change of use of an existing outbuilding to habitable accommodation including the installation of a new septic tank and percolation area and modification of existing entrance
Permission · Meath County Council, 2660661
8 Dec 2023Conditional
change of house type from that previously granted under planning ref. no. 21/1923 being, revised two storey house & revised position of detached domestic garage. All other development and all associated site works will remain as per previously granted
Permission, 1 home · Meath County Council, 231122
8 Dec 2023Conditional
change of house type from that previously granted under planning ref. no. 21/1924 being, revised two storey house & revised position of detached domestic garage. All other development and all associated site works will remain as previously granted
Permission, 1 home · Meath County Council, 231123
1 Nov 2023Refused
the development will consist of 1) the retention of a part-built storage shed to the rear of the site, 3 No. shipping containers and new site entrance off the public road, 2) the permission to complete existing part-built storage shed to the rear of the site and all associated site works and landscaping
Permission · Meath County Council, 231022
11 Oct 2023Conditional
the development seeking retention permission consists of the construction and extension of an in-line garage to habitable space as well as the construction of a single storey pitched roof extension constructed to the rear of the converted garage and attached to same. The development permission for development consists of replacing the garage flatroof with a pitched roof
Permission · Meath County Council, 23969
4 Mar 2022Conditional
construction of a new two storey dwelling, domestic garage, proprietary wastewater treatment system and percolation area with vehicular entrance off the existing cul-de-sac
Permission, 1 home · Meath County Council, 22282
1 Oct 2021Conditional
two storey dormer type house, detached domestic garage, proprietary effluent treatment system, soil polishing filter area, existing agricultural entrance & roadway to be used as domestic vehicular onto public road & all ancillary site works
Permission, 2 homes · Meath County Council, 211923
1 Oct 2021Conditional
two storey dormer type house, detached domestic garage, proprietary effluent treatment system, soil polishing filter area, existing agricultural entrance & roadway to be used as domestic vehicular entrance onto public road & all ancillary site works
Permission, 2 homes · Meath County Council, 211924
17 Sept 2021N/a
construction of a new two-storey dwelling, domestic garage, proprietary wastewater treatment system and percolation area with vehicular entrance off the existing cul-de-sac
Permission, 1 home · Meath County Council, 211834
11 Jun 2021Refused
construction of a new two-storey dwelling, domestic garage, proprietary wastewater treatment system and percolation area with vehicular entrance off the existing cul-de-sac
Permission, 1 home · Meath County Council, 211133
13 May 2021N/a
the construction of a two storey dwelling, domestic garage, new waste water treatment system and percolation area and all associated site works
Outline permission, 1 home · Meath County Council, 21909
13 May 2021N/a
the construction of a two storey dwelling, domestic garage, new waste water treatment system and percolation area and all associated site works
Outline permission, 1 home · Meath County Council, 21911
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 Macetown.
Recorded monuments
- ME031-082 Ringfort - rath
Description
Situated on a fairly level landscape. The cropmark of a circular enclosure (diam. c. 35-40m) defined by a single fosse feature is visible on Google Earth (14/07/2018). There is a wide break (Wth c. 8m) in the perimeter at E, and the interior is cut by the cropmark of an E-W drain (L c. 30m) with drain features extending N from it as far as the rath fosse. It was first reported by Anthony Murphy and also reported by Jean Charles Caillère. See the attached image from Google Earth 14/07/2018 Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 5 June 2019
- ME031-083 Ringfort - rath
Description
Located on a fairly level landscape. The cropmark of a circular enclosure (diam. c. 30m) defined by a single fosse feature is visible only on Google Earth (14/07/2018). It is cut towards the edge at S by the cropmark of an E-W drain, which is represented as a field bank only on the 1836 edition of the OS 6-inch map. It was first reported by Anthony Murphy and it was also reported by Jean Charles Caillère. Dee the attached image from Google Earth 14/07/2018 Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 5 June 2019
Architectural heritage
No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands in the townland of Macetown.
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 10 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
- The Geological Survey did not answer.
- 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 Macetown with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Meath.
The townland
- Name
- Macetown
- Area
- 1,281,998 m² (128.2 ha, 316.79 acres)
- Civil parish
- Ardsallagh, and its townlands
- Barony
- Navan Lower
- Electoral division
- Navan Rural, the unit of the census
- Census 2022
- Navan Rural electoral division: 31,940 people in 10,373 households; 70% of households own their home; 48% of homes were built since 2001; 4% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 0% were holiday homes.
- Neighbouring townlands
- Bellewstown, Clonmalevin, Gainstown, Philpotstown, Shanbo, Williamstown or Bawn
- Placenames
- Macetown 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.