Pepperstown
Townland in the civil parish of Burry, barony of Kells Upper, Co. Meath; in Irish Baile an Phiobardaigh
- Area
- 42.1 ha
- 104 acres
- Land parcels
- 16
- registered freehold, median 2,767 m² (0.28 ha, 0.68 acres)
- Zoning
- P5
- RA - Rural Area
- Planning
- 7
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
16 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Pepperstown, from 249 m² to 165,319 m² (16.53 ha, 40.85 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 21 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 · 37 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
10 Jul 2025Conditional
1) to construct a single storied extension to the rear of the dwelling house, 2) to remove the flat roof on the existing rear extension and to construct a new roof over the existing and the proposed extensions, 3) to construct a detached domestic garage and fuel store, 4) all ancillary site development works
Permission · Meath County Council, 2560720
31 Mar 2023Conditional
retention permission for: (A) The conversion of the dwelling's attic storage area, previously granted under Planning ref. 95/283, to a games room, study area, and toilet area, including 3 no. roof lights to the rear of the roof. (B) An extension to the rear of the house along with a revised porch to the front and revised site layout from that previously granted under 95/283. (C) A detached domestic garage. (D) All ancillary site works. Planning Permission for: (A) The construction of a family flat extension to the rear of the dwelling. (B) To close up and decommission an existing septic tank and percolation area and the installation of a new proprietary waste water treatment unit and percolation area in accordance with the EPA 2021 Code of Practice. (C) Revised site boundaries from that granted under Planning Ref; 95/283. (D) All ancillary site works
Permission · Meath County Council, 23350
3 Jun 2021Conditional
a part two storey, 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, 211062
21 May 2021Conditional
to construct domestic garage, bungalow style dwelling house, secondary waste water treatment unit and percolation area and all associated site works. This permission if granted will supercede and result in the rescinding of planning reference of KA/201381. Significant Further information/Revised plans submitted on this application
Permission, 1 home · Meath County Council, 21980
20 Apr 2021N/a
to construct domestic garage, bungalow style dwelling house, secondary waste water treatment unit and percolation area and all associated site works
Permission, 1 home · Meath County Council, 21750
26 Mar 2021N/a
to construct domestic garage, bungalow style dwelling house, secondary waste water treatment unit and percolation area and all associated site works
Permission, 1 home · Meath County Council, 21577
10 Nov 2017Conditional
the development consists of and will consist the following: Retention Permission for: an agricultural building consisting of under-ground effluent storage tanks with slatted area over, feed passage area, feeding apron and a lean-to machinery storage shed along with ancillary site works. Permission for:a change of use of the underground effluent storage tanks from effluent storage to the storage of soiled wash water from cooking and food processing facilities. Significant further information/revised plans submitted on this application
Permission · Meath County Council, KA171313
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 Pepperstown.
Recorded monuments
No recorded monument lies in the townland of Pepperstown.
Architectural heritage
No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands in the townland of Pepperstown.
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
- No LiDAR survey of the Office of Public Works covers the centre of the townland of Pepperstown.
- 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 Pepperstown with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Meath.
The townland
- Name
- Pepperstown · Baile an Phiobardaigh
- Area
- 421,429 m² (42.14 ha, 104.14 acres)
- Civil parish
- Burry, and its townlands
- Barony
- Kells Upper
- Electoral division
- Burry, the unit of the census
- Census 2022
- Burry electoral division: 281 people in 91 households; 88% of households own their home; 31% of homes were built since 2001; 5% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 1% were holiday homes.
- Neighbouring townlands
- Barfordstown, Cannonstown, Febog, Piercetown, Rockfield, Toberultan
- Placenames
- Pepperstown 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.