Readsland

108 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Readsland, from 5 m² to 142,463 m² (14.25 ha, 35.2 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 30 neighbouring parcels touch it.

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• R2A1 - Existing Residential (Existing residential)
  Meath County Development Plan 2021-2027, Meath · 72 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• P5RA - Rural Area (Mixed/general primary sector uses, including 'rural')
  Meath County Development Plan 2021-2027, Meath · 41 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• S5G1 - Community Infrastructure (Mixed/general community services/facilities uses)
  Meath County Development Plan 2021-2027, Meath · 6 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• G1F1 - Open Space (Open space, park)
  Meath County Development Plan 2021-2027, Meath · 3 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• R1A2 - New Residential (New/proposed residential)
  Meath County Development Plan 2021-2027, Meath · 2 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• R4A2 - New Residential (Strategic Residential Reserve)
  Meath County Development Plan 2021-2027, Meath · 2 parcels The zoning objective in the plan

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

• 14 Mar 2025Conditional

  proposed amendments to consented residential development (MCC reg. ref. 23527) at a site at Drumree Road, Readsland, Dunshaughlin, Co. Meath. The site lies generally to the south of the existing Dún Ríoga housing development, and is bounded to the north by the existing Dún Ríoga residential estate; to the east by Dunshaughlin Gaelic Grounds; to the west by the R125 Dunshaughlin Link Road and to the south by lands currently in agricultural use. The proposed amendments to the consented scheme relate to the apartment building (Block 1), within that part of the site measuring c.0.34 hectares adjacent to the R125 Dunshaughlin Link Road, and comprise: • Omission of the 4th (top) floor, resulting in a reduction in building height from a permitted 5-storey to a proposed 4-storey apartment building. • Reduction from consented 35no. apartment units (14no. 1-bed, 16no. 2-bed and 5no. 3-bed units) to proposed 34no. apartment units (12no. 1-bed and 22no. 2-bed), with provision of an additional stair and lift core and building entrances, and ancillary individual balconies on all building elevations. • New standalone bin store (c.36.3 sq m) to the west of revised Block 1. • Localised adjustment to associated and ancillary site and landscape works, including: c.7 sq m reduction in public open space and c.28 sq m reduction in communal open space; omission of 1no. car parking space and addition of 1no. disabled car parking space; and, omission of 7no. bicycle parking spaces. All other consented development, including the 27no. houses, new 4-arm roundabout junction on the R125 Dunshaughlin Link Road and Dun Rioga Avenue, and wider associated and ancillary site development, landscaping and boundary treatment works, remain unchanged under MCC Reg. Ref. 23527

  Permission, 34 homes · Meath County Council, 2560259

• 21 Jun 2024Conditional

  the retention of nineteen advertisement structures fixed to car park side of existing road boundary walls either side of the existing entrance

  Retention · Meath County Council, 2460454

• 28 May 2024Conditional

  the development will consist of : The construction of a temporary primary school building, single storey with two classrooms, by way of construction of a prefabricated modular building with associated site works. Retention planning permission is also sought for two existing primary school modular buildings, single storey with two classrooms. Temporary Permission for a period no longer than 5 years is being sought

  Permission · Meath County Council, 2460388

• 6 Dec 2023Conditional

  a single storey extension to the side incorporating a day room and provision of toilets in existing day room. Significant further information/revised plans submitted on this application

  Permission · Meath County Council, 231103

• 27 Sept 2023Conditional

  the construction of an additional floor over existing ground floor footprint, new front feature glazed elevation, new single storey rear extension, new ground floor modifications and all associated works. The new first floor will consist of 4 bedrooms, WC, store and ensuite. The new works at ground floor will be new entrance area and new kitchen dining area to the rear. Works will also include raising front boundary wall and widening existing vehicular entrance. Permission is also sought for a POD structure in the back garden which will provide temporary living accommodation during the build and will be coverted to office space and family/games room when building works are complete

  Permission · Meath County Council, 23927

• 17 May 2023Conditional

  the construction of 62 no. residential units comprising: - 27no. 2-storey houses (10 no. 3-bed and 17 no. 4-bed) and 35 no. apartments (14 no. 1-bed, 16 no. 2-bed and 5 no. 3-bed units) in a part 5-storey part 4- storey apartment building situated adjacent to the R125 Dunshaughlin link Road, with balconies on all elevations. And all associated site development, landscape and boundary works, including: - a new 4-arm roundabout junction on the R125 Dunshaughlin Link Road, connecting with an extended Dun Rioga Avenue to the southeast of the existing Dun Rioga estate providing new vehicular, cycle and pedestrian access and egress from the west, without alteration to the existing estate entrances at the Drumree Road; 1. 8m high acoustic fence to the west of the proposed apartment block extending c.50m in length alongside the R125; 98 no. car parking spaces; 83 no. secure bicycle parking spaces; public open space of c. 3,660 sq.m. including new children's playground; private communal open space of c. 233 sq.m. serving the apartments; private and communal bin stores; 1no. ESB substation

  Permission, 27 homes · Meath County Council, 23527

• 21 Apr 2023N/a

  seeking planning permission for residential development at this site measuring c.2.30 ha, to the south of the existing Dun Rioga housing development, at Drumree Road, Readsland, Dunshaughlin, Co. Meath, generally bounded to the north by the existing Dun Rioga residential estate; to the east by Dunshaughlin Gaelic Grounds; to the west by the R125 Dunshaughlin Link Road and to the south by lands currently in agricultural use. The proposed development consists of the construction of 62no. residential units, comprising: - • 27no. 2-storey houses (10no. 3-bed and 17no. 4-bed) and • 35no. apartments (14no. 1-bed, 16no. 2-bed and 5no. 3-bed units) in a part 5-storey part 4- storey apartment building situated adjacent to the R125 Dunshaughlin link Road, with balconies on all elevations. And all associated site development, landscape and boundary works, including: - • a new 4-arm roundabout junction on the R125 Dunshaughlin Link Road, connecting with an extended Dun Rioga Avenue to the southeast of the existing Dun Rioga estate providing new vehicular, cycle and pedestrian access and egress from the west, without alteration to the existing estate entrances at the Drumree Road; • 1. 8m high acoustic fence to the west of the proposed apartment block extending c.50m in length alongside the R125; • 98no. car parking spaces; • 83no. secure bicycle parking spaces; • public open space of c. 3,660 sq.m. including new children's playground; • private communal open space of c. 233 sq.m. serving the apartments; • private and communal bin stores; • 1no. ESB substation

  Permission, 1 home · Meath County Council, 23436

• 18 Dec 2019N/a

  amendments to a permitted residential scheme (Reg. Ref. DA120987, An Bord Pleanala Reg. Ref. PL17.241988}, overall comprising of a 142no. residential scheme, a creche and associated site services. The development comprises amendments to 57 no. 2 storey houses and alterations to the site development and landscape works. These amendments are ) house type changes to 21 no. dwellings, and b)the provision of a new cycleway through the site southwards from the Drumree Road and the consequential repositioning of 42. no dwellings required to accommodate that cycleway; together with associated site development and landscape works. The number of permitted dwellings remains unchanged. Permission for Retention and Completion is sought for House Type changes to permitted units located to the north of the Drumree Road, comprising of: - 6no. House Type A (4-Bed semi-detached) replaced with 6no. House Type B (3-bed semi-detached), 2no. House Type D1 (3-bed semi-detached) replaced with 2no. House Type D1 (3-bed terraced), 1 no. House Type D1 (3-bed detached) replaced with 1 no. House Type Dl (3-bed terraced), lno. House type D1 (3-bed detached) replaced with lno. House Type D7 (3-bed semi-detached),1 no. House type D3 (3-bed detached) replaced with 1 no. House Type D3 (3-bed semi-detached), 2no. House Type D1 (3-bed detached) replaced with 2no. House Type D1 (3-bed terraced), 1 no. House type D3 (3 bed detached with rear extension) replaced with 1 no. House Type D8 (3-bed terraced with bay window), lno. House type D3 (3-bed detached with rear extension) replaced with lno. House Type 08 (3-bed detached with bay window). All house types are 2 storey and rear extensions are 1 storey. Permission for Retention and Completion is also sought for Layout Amendments and House Type Changes to the south of the Drumree Road comprising of:- Addition of cycleway through the site along the internal road, known as 'Dun Rioga Avenue' to create a cycle route from Drumree Road to the south-west of the development site; provision of Part M ramp access to permitted House Nos. 79 -86; repositioning of 42 no. units (Units 91-114 and Units 143 -160), which includes the change of house type of 6no. House Type A (4-Bed semi-detached) replaced with 6no. House Type B (3-bed semi-detached); rearrangement of public open space along Drumree Road to form a new boundary wall and the provision of a cycle lane along Drumree Road; all ancillary site development and landscape works

  Permission, 1 home · Meath County Council, RA191726

• 21 Feb 2019Conditional

  the provision of a temporay primary school by way of construction of 2No prefabricated buildings (c 282 Sq. Mtrs & 181 Sq. Mtrs) on a defined site area (c. 0.17 Ha) to be enclosed within a 2mtrs high welded mesh fencing and access gates with associated site works including provision of hard surface play area. Temporary Permission for a period no longer than 5 years is being sought

  Permission · Meath County Council, RA190174

• 20 Apr 2018Conditional

  an extension to existing dwelling incorporating internal layout changes including partial demolition and extension at ground floor, new first floor accommodation, new entrance to replace existing entrance and all ancillary site works. Significant further information/revised plans submitted on this application

  Permission · Meath County Council, RA180385

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 Readsland.

Recorded monuments

• ME044-051 Road - road/trackway
  Description

  Situated on a slight S-facing slope and located just S of the present Dunshaughlin - Drumree road. A WNW-ESE metaled surface (Wth 12m) was encountered during archaeological monitoring (15E0125) by S. McGlade in Phase 1 of the archaeological mitigation connected with a housing development, and a section of it (L 42m) was excavated by the same archaeologist under the same licence (excavations.ie 2018:032). It consisted of patches of rounded stones with some gravel set into the subsoil and in some places incorporated the bedrock. It was bordered at S by an open drain (Wth 1.5m; max. D 0.7m) that was rock-cut in places and filled with a grey/brown sandy silt. The road even had a pothole (dims 2.1m x 1.78m; D 0.18m) filled with compact orange silt with some stone and animal bone beneath a compact grey clayey silt. The surface was uneven but there was a general slope down to the S. The road was covered by a light silty clay that had accumulated since its abandonment and contained occasional pieces of slag, animal bone, glass and a belt buckle. The road and its boundary drain ran parallel with the present road and was undoubtedly its medieval precursor. (McGlade 2020, vol. 1, 48-50) Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 9 December 2021

• ME044-052 Field system
  Description

  Situated on a slight S-facing slope. A system of fields (dims c. 60-150m N-S; c. 40-50m E-W) defined by single ditches was encountered during archaeological monitoring (15E0125) by S. McGlade in Phase 1 of the archaeological mitigation connected with a housing development (excavations.ie 2018: 032). The drains extended S from the medieval roadway (ME038-051----) that is the precursor of the present Dunshaughlin - Drumree road. The drains (Wth 1.2-1.25m; D 0.0.36-75m to Wth 1.6m; D 0.65m) can be U or V-shaped and are filled with silty clays, often with a stone content added to facilitate drainage. Sometimes the ditches have been re-cut. The ditches were sampled at various points and the few artefacts recovered suggest that they date from the high medieval period. Collectively they form a pattern of rectangular fields laid out perpendicular to the road. Close to the road the fields are large (dims c. 150m N-S; c. 40-50m E-W) but further S the length could decrease (c. 60-70m). The mapped post-medieval field system is laid out along similar lines but these fields are thought to date to the twelfth to fourteenth century. (McGlade 2020, vol. 1, 51-61) Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 9 December 2021

• ME044-053 Fulacht fia
  Description

  Situated on a slight S-facing slope with a small wet area just to the SE. Archaeological monitoring (15E0125) by S. McGlade in Phase 1 of the archaeological mitigation connected with a housing development identified a number of pits in a confined area (excavations.ie 2018: 032). These are the remnants of a fulacht fia and all the features were excavated under the original licence by the same archaeologist as the W fulacht fia. A circular steep-sided and flat-bottomed trough (diam. 1.3m; max. D 0.33m) had three fills of silty clays with charcoal and burnt stone inclusions. It forms a line (L c. 10m WNW-ESE) with three other pits, some of which might also have served as troughs. Some small pieces of chert and flint were recovered from the pits. Two small spreads of broken and burnt stone (dims 2.46m x 1.95m; max. T 0.13m: dims 1.6m x 0.43m; T 0.03m) are all that remain of the mound. (McGlade 2020, vol. 1, 37-40) Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 9 December 2021

• ME044-054 Fulacht fia
  Description

  Situated on a slight S-facing slope with a small silted hollow, probably a silted pond, just to the SE. Archaeological monitoring (15E0125) by S. McGlade in Phase 1 of the archaeological mitigation connected with a housing development identified a number of pits in a confined area (excavations.ie 2018: 032). These are the remnants of a fulacht fia and all the features were excavated under the original licence by the same archaeologist as the W fulacht fia. A rectangular trough (dims 1.2m x 0.9m; D 0.2m) with fairly steep sides has six stakeholes and a post-hole in the base. These indicate that the base was probably lined with wood. It had two original fills that might have been partly cleared out at N where a layer of broken and burnt stone, the last remnant of the mound, survived but there were no other features. (McGlade 2020, vol. 1, 44-5) Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 9 December 2021

• ME044-055 Excavation - miscellaneous
  Description

  Situated in a fairly level area between the cremation pit (ME044-056----) to the S and the remnants of a fulacht fia (ME044-054----) to the N. Archaeological monitoring (15E0125) by S. McGlade in Phase 1 of the archaeological mitigation connected with a housing development (excavations.ie 2018: 032) identified seven pits spread over a fairly wide area (dims c. 45m N-S; c. 10-15m E-W). The pits are generally oval (dims 1m x 0.96m; D 0.38m to 3.6m x 1m; D 0.14m) and contain some amount of burnt bone. One has some scorching on its base and it is possible that they could have served as cremation pits. (McGlade 2020, vol. 1, 40-2) Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upland: 9 December 2021

• ME044-056 Cremation pit
  Description

  Archaeological monitoring (15E0125) by S. McGlade in Phase 1 of the archaeological mitigation connected with a housing development identified a prehistoric cremation pyre overlying small pits on a slight rise in a fairly level landscape with a slight S-facing slope (excavations.ie 2018: 032). All the features were completely excavated by the same archaeologist under the same licence. The spread of the pyre (dims 13.56m NNE-SSW; 4.22m WNW-ESE) was a mix of the underlying natural soil with evidence of scorching and thin patches of dark silt with inclusions of burnt and unburnt stone, flint and occasional charcoal (McGlade 2020, vol. 1, 34-6). The burning does not appear to have been intense and it was not cut into the subsoil. The pyre was clipped by a N-S ditch (Wth 0.8m; D 0.4m) which produced flint scrapers, charcoal, burnt bone, and iron slag from its upper fill. This ditch and the pyre were cut by a later E-W ditch (Wth 1.26m; D 0.36m). Only a small quantity of burnt bone, including some animal bone, was recovered from the pyre. Three small pits or spreads with some burnt bone were also in the vicinity. The remnants of a fulacht fia and other pits were also recorded in the same field. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 9 December 2021

Architectural heritage

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

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, on the 1:50,000 map; parts are made ground.

Terrain model

No LiDAR survey of the Office of Public Works covers the centre of the townland of Readsland.

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 Readsland with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Meath.

Name

Readsland

Area

500,064 m² (50.01 ha, 123.57 acres)

Civil parish

Dunshaughlin, and its townlands

Barony

Ratoath

Electoral division

Dunshaughlin, the unit of the census

Census 2022

Dunshaughlin electoral division: 8,517 people in 2,904 households; 82% of households own their home; 50% of homes were built since 2001; 3% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 0% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Dunshaughlin, Knocks, Leshemstown, Roestown

Placenames

Readsland 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.