Ribstown
Ribstown is a townland in the civil parish of Rathregan, barony of Ratoath, Co. Meath.
- Area
- 82.9 ha
- 205 acres
- Land parcels
- 24
- registered freehold, median 2,758 m² (0.28 ha, 0.68 acres)
- Zoning
- P5
- RA - Rural Area
- Planning
- 7
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
24 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Ribstown, from 1,656 m² to 357,775 m² (35.78 ha, 88.41 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 14 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 · 38 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
15 Jun 2026Conditional
the development will consist of the construction of a two-storey dwelling, a detached domestic garage, a domestic wastewater disposal system, new site entrance and all associated site works
Permission, 1 home · Meath County Council, 2660733
27 Feb 2024Conditional
the proposed development will consist of revisions to the development previously approved under planning register reference 22/232, the proposed revisions comprise (a) revisions to internal site layout including revised location for the detached garage. No other changes to the development approved under planning register reference 22/232 are proposed
Permission, 1 home · Meath County Council, 2460138
23 Feb 2022Conditional
the construction of a single storey type dwelling, detached domestic garage, wastewater disposal system, new domestic site entrance and all associated site works. Significant further information/revised plans submitted on this application
Permission, 1 home · Meath County Council, 22232
25 Nov 2019Conditional
the construction of a storey and a half style dwelling, detached domestic garage, wastewater disposal system, new domestic site entrance and all associated site works
Permission, 2 homes · Meath County Council, RA191583
23 Sept 2019Conditional
1. Demolition of existing detached 5 bedroom single storey dwelling. 2. Construction of a new 4 bedroom single storey detached dwelling with separate detached garage/carport to rear of dwelling. 3. Decommissioning of existing septic tank and replacement with new waste water treatment system and percolation area. 4. All associated site development works including new surface water drainage and reconstruction repair of existing entrance piers and walls to gated vehicular access. Significant further information/revised plans submitted on this application
Permission, 1 home · Meath County Council, RA191256
21 Nov 2018Conditional
a single storey dwelling, a detached domestic garage, wastewater disposal system, new site entrance and all associated site works. Significant further information/revised plans submitted on this application
Permission, 1 home · Meath County Council, RA181378
22 Oct 2018Conditional
construction of a storey and a half style dwelling and detached domestic garage, the installation of a proprietary domestic effluent system, new site entrance and all associated site works
Permission, 2 homes · Meath County Council, RA181245
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 Ribstown.
Recorded monuments
No recorded monument lies in the townland of Ribstown.
Architectural heritage
No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands in the townland of Ribstown.
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 Ribstown, about 1 in 10 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 Ribstown.
- 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 Ribstown with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Meath.
The townland
- Name
- Ribstown
- Area
- 829,167 m² (82.92 ha, 204.89 acres)
- Civil parish
- Rathregan, and its townlands
- Barony
- Ratoath
- Electoral division
- Dunshaughlin, the unit of the census
- Census 2022
- 8,517 people lived in 2,904 households in the Dunshaughlin electoral division. 82% of households owned their home. 50% of homes were built since 2001. 3% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 0% were holiday homes.
- Placenames
- Ribstown 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.