Oranstown

11 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Oranstown, from 453 m² to 563,506 m² (56.35 ha, 139.25 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 11 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 · 22 parcels The zoning objective in the plan

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

• 16 Jan 2026N/a

  permission for a 10-year approval for development at this site consisting of up to approximately 23.99 kilometres (km) of 38 kilovolts (kV) underground cable (UGC) and all associated site and development works at various locations in County Meath with a total site area of c. 25.71 ha. The proposed development consists of the following elements: •Installation of 3no. new 38 kV underground cable routes or cable route sections and all associated site and development works within the administrative area of Meath County Council (MCC) as outlined below and illustrated on the maps herein: •The proposed Coolmine cable route section in MCC is approximately 3.42 km in length crossing the townlands of Hilltown, Jarretstown and Walterstown from east to west. • The proposed Leixlip cable route section in MCC is approximately 4.08 km in length crossing the townlands of Moor of Meath, Walterstown, Rathleek, Cappaghcreen and Milestown from south to north. • The proposed Macetown cable route is wholly within MCC and is approximately 16.49 km in length crossing the townlands of Cappaghcreen, Walterstown, Milestown, Rathleek, Oranstown, Castlefarm, Dunboyne and Bennetstown from south to north. The primary purpose of the proposed underground cables is to provide electrical power to the Dart+ West Railway project as granted under the DART+ West Railway Order (ACP Ref. 314232). The proposed underground cable routes will incorporate the following elements: • Communication links and fibre optic cables between all substations in the same trench as the UGC; • Joint bays and communication chambers along the UGC alignment; • Temporary construction laydown and work areas with ancillary staff facilities and parking, temporary access tracks, passing bays and water and utility crossings; • All associated and ancillary above and below ground site development works, including works comprising or relating to permanent and temporary construction and roadworks and excavation (including HDD) and vegetation clearance. An Environmental Impact Assessment Report (EIAR) and a Natura Impact Assessment (NIS) will be submitted to the Planning Authority with the application.

  Permission · Meath County Council, 2660066

• 22 Apr 2025Conditional

  The development will consist of amendments to the previously approved permission granted under the planning registry reference 23/515 and will consist of the construction of single storey detached dwelling house, with single storey, detached garage, accessed via a new recessed entrance gate, setting back and replanting of the hedgerow to the north of the new entrance, new proprietary wastewater treatment unit and percolation area, along with all associated services, service connections, and landscape and site development works

  Permission, 1 home · Meath County Council, 2570

• 8 Dec 2023Conditional

  Retention Permission for the Temporary Storage Structure erected on the South West corner of their site at Oranstown, Dunboyne Co. Meath. The temporary structure will remain in place for three years, and covers an area of 1565m2 and has an eaves height of 6.442m. Significant Further information / revised plans submitted on this application.

  Retention, 1 home · Meath County Council, 2360462

• 8 Nov 2021Conditional

  the construction of (1) New Storage warehouse with canopy (2) Filling in of an existing fire water lagoon and replacing with a fire water tank and (3) Associated siteworks including palisade fencing and landscaping. Significant further information/revised plans submitted on this application

  Permission · Meath County Council, 212142

• 29 Oct 2021N/a

  the construction of (1) New Storage warehouse with canopy (2) Filling in of an existing fire water lagoon and replacing with a fire water tank and (3) Associated siteworks including palisade fencing and landscaping

  Permission · Meath County Council, 212094

• 2 Jun 2021Conditional

  the installation of 195 no. photo-voltaic solar panels (81.9kWp) over an area of c. 417.8 sq.m. on the roof of the existing Mid Cork Pallets and Packaging commercial building and all associated development works

  Permission · Meath County Council, 211054

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 Oranstown.

Recorded monuments

No recorded monument lies in the townland of Oranstown.

Architectural heritage

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

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

LiDAR of the Office of Public Works, flown in 2011, at 2 m: tile OPW_2967 (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.

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

Name

Oranstown

Area

633,655 m² (63.37 ha, 156.58 acres)

Civil parish

Dunboyne, and its townlands

Barony

Dunboyne

Electoral division

Dunboyne, the unit of the census

Census 2022

Dunboyne electoral division: 10,698 people in 3,434 households; 78% of households own their home; 39% of homes were built since 2001; 6% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 0% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Castlefarm, Ellickstown, Milestown, Rush

Placenames

Oranstown 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.