# Polecastle, Co. Meath: townland, land parcels and planning Townland in the civil parish of Siddan, barony of Slane Lower, Co. Meath; in Irish Páirc an Chaisleáin. - Area (Tailte Éireann): 699,478 m² (69.95 ha, 172.84 acres) - Land parcels (Tailte Éireann): 29 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in it, median 3,396 m² (0.34 ha, 0.84 acres) - Zoning (national zoning, MyPlan): P5 RA - Rural Area, the zone with the most parcels - Planning (National Planning Applications): 8 applications since 2010 - Civil parish: Siddan, https://everytownland.com/meath/parish/siddan.md - Barony: Slane Lower - Electoral division: Killary, the unit of the census - Census 2022 (Central Statistics Office): 1,291 people lived in 467 households in the Killary electoral division. 89% of households owned their home. 28% of homes were built since 2001. 5% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 0% were holiday homes. - County: Co. Meath, https://everytownland.com/meath.md - Placenames Database of Ireland: https://www.logainm.ie/en/37688 - Townland number at Tailte Éireann: 161309 - Centre: latitude 53.810487, longitude -6.63954 (WGS 84) ## Land parcels (registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann) 29 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Polecastle, from 56 m² to 153,977 m² (15.4 ha, 38.05 acres); 19 neighbouring parcels touch its boundary. Largest first: - Parcel 153062: 153,977 m² (15.4 ha, 38.05 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/153062.md - Parcel 160361: 74,059 m² (7.41 ha, 18.3 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/160361.md - Parcel 4767782: 72,335 m² (7.23 ha, 17.87 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/4767782.md - Parcel 148334: 71,522 m² (7.15 ha, 17.67 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/148334.md - Parcel 3172184: 63,050 m² (6.31 ha, 15.58 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/3172184.md - Parcel 167119: 59,773 m² (5.98 ha, 14.77 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/167119.md - Parcel 164014: 48,513 m² (4.85 ha, 11.99 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/164014.md - Parcel 209026: 38,664 m² (3.87 ha, 9.55 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/209026.md - Parcel 224962: 36,213 m² (3.62 ha, 8.95 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/224962.md - Parcel 200494: 27,353 m² (2.74 ha, 6.76 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/200494.md - Parcel 137232: 8,622 m² (0.86 ha, 2.13 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/137232.md - Parcel 202171: 7,446 m² (0.74 ha, 1.84 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/202171.md - Parcel 4767750: 5,929 m² (0.59 ha, 1.46 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/4767750.md - Parcel 215552: 4,933 m² (0.49 ha, 1.22 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/215552.md - Parcel 4188199: 3,396 m² (0.34 ha, 0.84 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/4188199.md - Parcel 181516: 3,197 m² (0.32 ha, 0.79 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/181516.md - Parcel 155326: 2,779 m² (0.28 ha, 0.69 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/155326.md - Parcel 150588: 2,741 m² (0.27 ha, 0.68 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/150588.md - Parcel 153211: 2,733 m² (0.27 ha, 0.68 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/153211.md - Parcel 3172188: 2,009 m² (0.2 ha, 0.5 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/3172188.md - Parcel 148234: 1,801 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/148234.md - Parcel 205100: 1,672 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/205100.md - Parcel 150887: 1,406 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/150887.md - Parcel 3172189: 1,188 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/3172189.md - Parcel 199917: 1,184 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/199917.md - Parcel 211675: 1,181 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/211675.md - Parcel 208645: 704 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/208645.md - Parcel 184742: 473 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/184742.md - Parcel 3172187: 56 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/3172187.md ## Zoning (national zoning of development plans, MyPlan) - P5 RA - Rural Area (Mixed/general primary sector uses, including 'rural'): Meath County Development Plan 2021-2027 (As Varied), Meath; 48 parcels. The zoning objective in the plan: https://consult.meath.ie/en/consultation/consolidated-meath-county-development-plan-2021-2027-incl-variations-1-2 ## Planning applications whose site touches the townland (National Planning Applications, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage) 8 applications, newest first. - 1 Jul 2026, Meath County Council 2660816: Conditional. Permission, 1 home. planning permission for a change of house design and house and garage position to that granted under Planning file ref. No. 21/2174 and all associated site development works. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/MeathCC/AppFileRefDetails/2660816/0 - 5 Nov 2025, Meath County Council 2561199: N/a. Permission, 1 home. Planning permission for a change of house design and position to that granted under Planning file ref. No. 21/2174 and all associated site development works at Polecastle, Lobinstown, Navan, County Meath.. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/MeathCC/AppFileRefDetails/2561199/0 - 17 Jun 2024, Meath County Council 2460438: Conditional. Retention, 1 home. retention of front and rear extensions and alterations to dwelling house , retention of detached stables and change of use of same to domestic storage and car port , retention of site boundaries. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/MeathCC/AppFileRefDetails/2460438/0 - 29 Feb 2024, Meath County Council 2460146: Conditional. Permission, 1 home. the development will consist of the construction of a single storey extension to dwelling, replace existing septic tank with proprietary wastewater treatment system and polishing filter, remove outbuildings, amend existing domestic entrance, construct domestic garage and store, increase height of front boundary wall along with all ancillary site works. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/MeathCC/AppFileRefDetails/2460146/0 - 12 Nov 2021, Meath County Council 212174: Conditional. Permission, 1 home. Significant further information/ revised plans received on this application. planning permission for a proposed dwelling house, domestic garage, waste water treatment system and polishing filter percolation area, new vehicular entrance and all associated site development works. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/MeathCC/AppFileRefDetails/212174/0 - 5 Nov 2021, Meath County Council 212135: Conditional. Permission, 1 home. a single storey dwelling house, single storey domestic garage, wastewater treatment system, new vehicular entrance and all associated site development works. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/MeathCC/AppFileRefDetails/212135/0 - 22 Oct 2021, Meath County Council 212057: N/a. Retention, 2 homes. planning permission for a proposed dwelling house, domestic garage, waste water treatment system and polishing filter percolation area, new vehicular entrance and all associated site development works. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/MeathCC/AppFileRefDetails/212057/0 - 16 Apr 2021, Meath County Council 21711: Conditional. Permission. proposed single storey extension to side of existing single storey dwelling and all associated works. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/MeathCC/AppFileRefDetails/21711/0 Applicants are not shown. ## Designated sites (National Parks and Wildlife Service) No designated site (Special Area of Conservation, Special Protection Area, Natural Heritage Area or proposed one) touches the townland of Polecastle. ## Recorded monuments (Sites and Monuments Record, National Monuments Service) - ME006-044: Castle - unclassified, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CME006-044----. John Fleming of Siddan owned 500 acres and the Castle there in 1640 (Simington 1940, 360), and one of the two ruinous buildings that are depicted at Suddan on the Down Survey (1656-8) barony map of Slane is in roughly this location. Polecastle is included within Siddan on the Down Survey map. Taylor and Skinner's map of 1793 (Andrews 1969, 260) depicts two ruins at Suddan S of the old Ardee to Kells road, which is just to the N, and the position of one ruin with the river to the S adds validity to this position. The location is described as the ‘Site of Old Castle’ on the 1836 and 1908 eds of the OS 6-inch map. This is an irregularly-shaped, grass-covered mound (diam. c. 18m; H c. 0.6m). 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. Date of revision: 8 June 2016 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). ## Architectural heritage (National Inventory of Architectural Heritage) - Milestone/milepost, 1760–1800, Regional interest, registry number 14400604, https://www.buildingsofireland.ie/niah/search.jsp?type=record&county=ME®no=14400604. Triangular-profile granite milestone, c.1780, inscribed on two sides. ## Ground and risks (Radon Risk Map of Ireland, EPA; Landslide Susceptibility Classification and LiDAR, Geological Survey Ireland) - Radon: at the centre of the townland of Polecastle, about 1 in 5 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels. Testing a home: https://www.epa.ie/environment-and-you/radon/radon-testing/#d.en.82887 - Landslides: The 1:50,000 map rates the landslide susceptibility here as moderately high, moderately low, low, partly inferred. - Terrain model: no LiDAR survey of the Office of Public Works covers the centre of the townland of Polecastle. - Flooding: the flood maps of the Office of Public Works, https://www.floodinfo.ie/map/floodmaps/, linked only: their licence does not allow re-use. 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. ## Downloads - DXF, in Irish Transverse Mercator metres, with its boundary, parcels and buildings, for a drawing program: https://everytownland.com/meath/polecastle.dxf - GeoJSON, in WGS 84, for a map: https://everytownland.com/meath/polecastle.geojson - KML, for Google Earth: https://everytownland.com/meath/polecastle.kml ## Homes sold (Residential Property Price Register) No address of the register names Polecastle with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Meath: https://everytownland.com/meath.md ## Neighbouring townlands (National Statutory Boundaries, Tailte Éireann) - Begsreeve: https://everytownland.com/meath/begsreeve.md - Footstown Great: https://everytownland.com/meath/footstown-great.md - Howthstown: https://everytownland.com/meath/howthstown.md - Siddan: https://everytownland.com/meath/siddan.md - Woodtown Lower: https://everytownland.com/meath/woodtown-lower.md 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. --- Everytownland reads the registered freehold land and the statutory boundaries of Tailte Éireann, the national zoning, planning file and heritage records of the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, and the Residential Property Price Register. A parcel is the land of a title, not an address. The owner's name is in the Land Registry of Tailte Éireann: a copy of the folio can be ordered on landdirect.ie, for a fee; this site names no owner. A price is the price recorded for a past sale, not a valuation. Sources: Cadastral Parcels Freehold, Townlands, Civil Parishes, Baronies, Electoral Divisions and Buildings, Tailte Éireann, CC BY 4.0; national zoning of development plans (GZT, MyPlan) and National Planning Applications, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, CC BY 4.0, applicants not shown; designated sites, National Parks and Wildlife Service, CC BY 4.0; Sites and Monuments Record, National Monuments Service, CC BY 4.0; National Inventory of Architectural Heritage, CC BY 4.0; Residential Property Price Register, Property Services Regulatory Authority, re-used with the source acknowledged. - Page: https://everytownland.com/meath/polecastle - In JSON: https://everytownland.com/api/townland/meath/polecastle