Peacockstown
Peacockstown is a townland in the civil parish of Ratoath, barony of Ratoath, Co. Meath. Its name in Irish is Baile an Phéacógaigh.
- Area
- 102.5 ha
- 253 acres
- Land parcels
- 40
- registered freehold, median 3,466 m² (0.35 ha, 0.86 acres)
- Zoning
- P5
- RA - Rural Area
- Planning
- 10
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
40 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Peacockstown, from 111 m² to 386,696 m² (38.67 ha, 95.55 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 (As Varied), Meath · 59 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
7 Nov 2025Conditional
the development will consist of a change of house design to that previously Granted Planning Permission (Planning Ref. No. RA201788) including using same proposed shared entrance, Wastewater Treatment system and Percolation area, Landscaping & site works as contained in previous Grant of Permission
Permission, 1 home · Meath County Council, 2561210
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 Jan 2024Conditional
the development consists of permission to construct a new dual residential entrance from that previously granted under RA200880 (Ciaran Hartnett) and relocation of granted entrance from that previously granted under RA191133 (Dervla Hartnett) and all associated site development works
Permission · Meath County Council, 2417
19 May 2023N/a
to construct a new residential entrance from that previously granted under RA/200880 and all associated site development works
Permission, 1 home · Meath County Council, 23533
31 Jul 2020Conditional
permission to retain location & structure of as constructed Stables with overhead Storage Loft & Office Accommodation (previously granted under Planning Reference No. DA/40000) & all associated site development works
Permission · Meath County Council, RA201034
8 Jul 2020Conditional
a part storey and a half, part single storey dwelling house, detached garage, new wastewater treatment system and percolation area, new well and all associated site development works. Significant further information/revised plans submitted on this application
Permission, 1 home · Meath County Council, RA200880
23 Jun 2020N/a
permission to retain location & structure of as constructed Stables with overhead Storage Loft & Office Accommodation (previously granted under Planning Reference No. DA/40000) & all associated site development works
Permission · Meath County Council, RA200787
30 Aug 2019Conditional
a part two-storey, part single storey dwelling house, detached garage, new wastewater treatment system and percolation area and all associated site development works.
Permission, 2 homes · Meath County Council, RA191133
6 Mar 2019Conditional
the construction of a private dwelling, new entrance, detached domestic garage, wastewater treatment system and all associated site works
Permission, 2 homes · Meath County Council, RA190239
30 Aug 2018Conditional
construction of a proposed private dwelling, detached domestic garage, wastewater treatment system, new entrance and all associated site works
Permission, 2 homes · Meath County Council, RA180995
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 Peacockstown.
Recorded monuments
No recorded monument lies in the townland of Peacockstown.
Architectural heritage
No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands in the townland of Peacockstown.
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 Peacockstown, 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 Peacockstown.
- 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 Peacockstown with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Meath.
The townland
- Name
- Peacockstown · Baile an Phéacógaigh
- Area
- 1,025,067 m² (102.51 ha, 253.3 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
- Glascarn, Grange, Kilrue, Loughlinstown, Paddock, Rathcool, Ratoath Manor
- Placenames
- Peacockstown 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.