Robertstown
Townland in the civil parish of Donaghmore (Dunshaughlin Ra), barony of Ratoath, Co. Meath; in Irish Baile Riobaird
- Area
- 118.8 ha
- 293 acres
- Land parcels
- 55
- registered freehold, median 3,304 m² (0.33 ha, 0.82 acres)
- Zoning
- P5
- RA - Rural Area
- Planning
- 5
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
55 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Robertstown, from 2 m² to 328,129 m² (32.81 ha, 81.08 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 11 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 · 58 parcels The zoning objective in the plan - G1F1 - Open Space (Open space, park)
Meath County Development Plan 2021-2027, Meath · 4 parcels The zoning objective in the plan - P1RU - Rural (Agriculture)
The Fingal Development Plan 2023 – 2029, Fingal · 4 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
6 Jun 2025Conditional
the development will consist of retention permission for elevation and floor plan alterations previously granted under planning ref number 00/587.
Retention, 1 home · Meath County Council, 2560573
25 May 2023Conditional
to construct a single storey dwelling house, detached garage, new wastewater treatment system and percolation area, new well, a new shared vehicular entrance with that of the family home onto public road and all associated site development works. Significant further information/revised plans submitted on this application
Permission, 1 home · Meath County Council, 23555
17 Nov 2020Refused
the proposed development comprises the construction of a 2 no. storey, 3 no. bed dwelling, flanked by a single storey annexe with car port to the east. The development will also consist of the provision of a new vehicular entrance; installation of a proprietary wastewater treatment system with associated percolation area; all associated hard and soft landscaping; boundary treatments; site services and all infrastructural and site development excavation works above and below ground. Access to the proposed development will be via Robertstown Road, located off the L-5022-9
Permission, 1 home · Meath County Council, AA201733
23 Mar 2020Refused
the construction of a two-storey dwelling and single storey form to the side with a domestic garage, vehicular entrance, installation of a proprietary wastewater treatment system with percolation area and all associated ancillary site works
Permission, 1 home · Meath County Council, AA200389
28 Feb 2020N/a
the construction of a two-storey dwelling and single storey form to the side with a domestic garage, vehicular entrance, installation of a proprietary wastewater treatment system with percolation area and all associated ancillary site works
Permission, 1 home · Meath County Council, AA200258
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 Robertstown.
Recorded monuments
No recorded monument lies in the townland of Robertstown.
Architectural heritage
No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands in the townland of Robertstown.
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 20 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels. Testing a home
- Landslides
- Susceptibility low, on the 1:50,000 map.
- Terrain model
- No LiDAR survey of the Office of Public Works covers the centre of the townland of Robertstown.
- 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 Robertstown with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Meath.
The townland
- Name
- Robertstown · Baile Riobaird
- Area
- 1,187,647 m² (118.76 ha, 293.47 acres)
- Civil parish
- Donaghmore (Dunshaughlin Ra), and its townlands
- Barony
- Ratoath
- Electoral division
- Donaghmore, the unit of the census
- Census 2022
- Donaghmore electoral division: 14,217 people in 4,598 households; 75% of households own their home; 56% of homes were built since 2001; 4% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 0% were holiday homes.
- Neighbouring townlands
- Archerstown, Donaghmore, Greenoge, Johnstown, Palmerstown (Co. Dublin)
- Placenames
- Robertstown 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.