Newtown Girley
Townland in the civil parish of Girley, barony of Kells Upper, Co. Meath; in Irish Baile Nua na Greallaí
- Area
- 273.1 ha
- 675 acres
- Land parcels
- 56
- registered freehold, median 2,723 m² (0.27 ha, 0.67 acres)
- Zoning
- P5
- RA - Rural Area
- Planning
- 12
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
56 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Newtown Girley, from 26 m² to 766,112 m² (76.61 ha, 189.31 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 28 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 · 84 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
20 Sept 2024Refused
the development will consist of the erection of a two-storey dwellinghouse and detached domestic garage, private entrance, proprietary wastewater treatment system and percolation area to include for all ancillary site works
Permission, 1 home · Meath County Council, 2460764
6 Sept 2024N/a
the development will consist of the erection of a two-storey dwellinghouse and detached domestic garage, private entrance, proprietary wastewater treatment system and percolation area to include for all ancillary site works
Permission, 1 home · Meath County Council, 2460711
3 Jul 2024N/a
The development will consist of: the construction of a new two-storey dwelling including the partial refurbishment of an existing two-storey outbuilding as part of the dwelling with associated landscaping and site works including a new proprietary waste water treatment system.
Permission, 1 home · Meath County Council, 2460493
26 Apr 2024Refused
the development will consist of the erection of a two-storey dwellinghouse and detached domestic garage, private entrance, proprietary wastewater treatment system and percolation area to include for all ancillary site works
Permission, 1 home · Meath County Council, 2460291
26 May 2023Conditional
a proposed single storey extension to the front of an existing house, alterations to the house plans and the site layout, decommissioning of the existing septic tank, new wastewater disposal system, and all associated site works
Permission, 1 home · Meath County Council, 23562
26 Apr 2023N/a
a proposed single storey extension to the front of an existing house, alterations to the house plans and the site layout, decommissioning of the existing septioc tank, new wastewater disposal system, and all associated site works
Permission · Meath County Council, 23453
6 Mar 2023Refused
a tank for the storage of organic fertiliser and biosolids for use as soil conditioners and improvers as part of my existing agricultural operations
Retention · Meath County Council, 23237
13 Sept 2021Refused
the construction of a bungalow dwelling, a waste water treatment system and percolation area to the EPA 2021 recommendations, a water well and construction of a joint entrance to the public road. Planning permission is being sought to revise the construction of the entrance to the existing dwelling south of the proposed site and to construct a new percolation area to service the existing septic tank on the site being the parent dwelling. The development will include all works ancillary
Permission, 1 home · Meath County Council, 211785
20 Jan 2021Conditional
the development will consist of the removal of an existing 10 metres telecommunication pole with dishes on it and replacement with a new 21 metres slimline monopole carrying antennas relocated dishes, additional dish, associated equipment, ground-based equipment cabinets and all associated site development works. The development will provide for wireless data and broadband services. Significant further information/revised plans submitted on this application
Permission · Meath County Council, 2194
9 Nov 2020Refused
development will consist of the construction of a bungalow dwelling, a waste water treatment system and percolation area to the EPA recommendations, a water well and construction of a joint entrance to the public road. Planning permission is being sought to revise the construction of the entrance to the existing dwelling south of the proposed site and to construct a new percolation area to service the existing septic tank on the site, being the parent dwelling. The development will include all works ancillary.
Permission, 1 home · Meath County Council, KA201651
19 Sept 2018Conditional
minor revisions to two-storey house design from that previously granted under KA180415 - For the erection of a two-storey dwelling house and detached domestic garage with proprietary waste water treatment system and percolation area, also private entrance
Permission, 1 home · Meath County Council, KA181092
27 Apr 2018Conditional
the erection of a two storey dwellinghouse and detached domestic garage with proprietary wastewater treatment system and percolation area, also private entrance.
Permission, 1 home · Meath County Council, KA180415
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 Newtown Girley.
Recorded monuments
- ME024-009 Barrow - stepped barrow
Description
Situated on a fairly level landscape with a small E-W canalised stream to the S. This feature is not depicted on any map but is visible on aerial photographs (ACAP: 306/ 1363, 1364), and on some later images (Digital Globe; OSAP (2017); Google Earth 18/06/2017). This consists of a low grass-covered mound (diam. 54.3m N-S; 51.3m E-W; H 1.4m) separated by a berm (Wth 4.8-6m) from a low earthen bank (at SSE: Wth of base 8m; int. H 0.4m; ext. H 1m) ESE-SSE that is largely reduced to a scarp (H 1m) (max. ext. diam. 72m). 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. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of revision: 16 April 2019
- ME024-010 Earthwork
Description
Located on a fairly level landscape. This feature is not depicted on any map but is visible as a cropmark on aerial photographs (ACAP: 306/ 1363, 1364), It consists of a slightly raised grass-covered circular area (diam. c. 30m) defined by a slight scarp (H 0.2m). 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. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of revision: 16 April 2019
Architectural heritage
No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands in the townland of Newtown Girley.
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
- LiDAR of the Office of Public Works, flown in 2011, at 2 m: tile OPW_2481 (ZIP).
- 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 Newtown Girley with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Meath.
The townland
- Name
- Newtown Girley · Baile Nua na Greallaí
- Area
- 2,730,601 m² (273.06 ha, 674.75 acres)
- Civil parish
- Girley, and its townlands
- Barony
- Kells Upper
- Electoral division
- Girley, the unit of the census
- Census 2022
- Girley electoral division: 458 people in 155 households; 86% of households own their home; 37% of homes were built since 2001; 7% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 3% were holiday homes.
- Neighbouring townlands
- Fordstown, Gillstown Little, Girley, Mooneystown, Moyagher
- Placenames
- Newtown Girley 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.