Paddock
Paddock is a townland in the civil parish of Ratoath, barony of Ratoath, Co. Meath.
- Area
- 66.2 ha
- 164 acres
- Land parcels
- 12
- registered freehold, median 1,655 m²
- Zoning
- P5
- RA - Rural Area
- Planning
- 8
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
12 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Paddock, from 28 m² to 647,571 m² (64.76 ha, 160.02 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 19 neighbouring parcels touch it.
Download the townland as DXF, in Irish Transverse Mercator metres, with its boundary, parcels and buildings, or as 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 · 31 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
22 Jan 2025Conditional
the development will consist of (1) construction of a single storey rear extension and a (2) single storey side front extension. (3) A new pitched roof covering the new extensions and the existing flat roof section of the building aligning with the existing pitched roof on the building. (4) partial demolition of an existing shed to the rear of the current property
Permission · Meath County Council, 2560076
5 Mar 2024Conditional
the development will consist of the renovation and extension of an existing two-storey detached dwelling, the decommissioning of the existing wastewater treatment system and installation of a new proprietary wastewater treatment system and polishing filter and all ancillary site works. Significant further information/revised plans submitted on this application
Permission, 1 home · Meath County Council, 2460160
19 Dec 2023N/a
a flat roofed, single story extension, 16m2 in area to the rear of the existing dwelling
Permission · Meath County Council, 231145
3 Nov 2023N/a
a flat roofed, single story extension, 16m2 in area to the rear of the existing dwelling
Permission · Meath County Council, 231034
16 Aug 2023N/a
a flat roofed, single story extension, 16m2 in area to the rear of the existing dwelling
Permission · Meath County Council, 23805
8 Aug 2022Conditional
retention of single-storey extensions and alterations to the existing house, retention of domestic garage to the rear of the house and all associated siteworks
Retention · Meath County Council, 221041
3 Feb 2021Conditional
the development will consist of permission for a Solar PV Energy Development with a total site area of 82.5ha, to include solar panels mounted on steel support structures, associated cabling and ducting, 21 No. MV Power Stations, 7No. Battery Storage Containers, 1 No. Temporary Construction Compound, access tracks, hardstanding area, boundary security fencing and security gates, CCTV, landscaping and ancillary works
Permission · Meath County Council, 21180
15 Dec 2020N/a
the development will consist of permission for a Solar PV Energy Development with a total site area of 82.5ha, to include solar panels mounted on steel support structures, associated cabling and ducting, 21 No. MV Power Stations, 7No, Battery Storage Containers, 1 No, Temporary Construction Compound, access tracks, hardstanding area, boundary security fencing and security gates, CCTV, landscaping and ancillary works
Permission · Meath County Council, RA201953
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 Paddock.
Recorded monuments
No recorded monument lies in the townland of Paddock.
Architectural heritage
No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands in the townland of Paddock.
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
- At the centre of the townland of Paddock, about 1 in 20 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels. Testing a home
- Landslides
- The 1:50,000 map rates the landslide susceptibility here as low, partly inferred.
- Terrain model
- No LiDAR survey of the Office of Public Works covers the centre of the townland of Paddock.
- Flooding
- The Office of Public Works publishes its flood maps on floodinfo.ie.
Radon Risk Map of Ireland, Environmental Protection Agency, and Landslide Susceptibility Classification, Geological Survey Ireland, both under 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 Paddock with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Meath.
The townland
- Name
- Paddock
- Area
- 661,932 m² (66.19 ha, 163.57 acres)
- Civil parish
- Ratoath, and its townlands
- Barony
- Ratoath
- Electoral division
- Ratoath, the unit of the census
- Census 2022
- 11,894 people lived in 3,639 households in the Ratoath electoral division. 84% of households owned their home. 58% of homes were built since 2001. 3% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 0% were holiday homes.
- Neighbouring townlands
- Ballyhack, Glascarn, Loughlinstown, Peacockstown
- Placenames
- Paddock 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.