# Rodanstown, Co. Meath: townland, land parcels and planning

Townland in the civil parish of Rodanstown, barony of Deece Upper, Co. Meath; in Irish Baile Uí Rodáin.

- Area (Tailte Éireann): 860,745 m² (86.07 ha, 212.69 acres)
- Land parcels (Tailte Éireann): 19 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in it, median 2,359 m² (0.24 ha, 0.58 acres)
- Zoning (national zoning, MyPlan): P5 RA - Rural Area, the zone with the most parcels
- Planning (National Planning Applications): 11 applications since 2010
- Civil parish: Rodanstown, https://everytownland.com/meath/parish/rodanstown.md
- Barony: Deece Upper
- Electoral division: Rodanstown, the unit of the census
- Census 2022 (Central Statistics Office): 1,865 people lived in 606 households in the Rodanstown electoral division. 90% of households owned their home. 50% of homes were built since 2001. 8% 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/38024
- Townland number at Tailte Éireann: 161429
- Centre: latitude 53.419289, longitude -6.639397 (WGS 84)

## Land parcels (registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann)

19 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Rodanstown, from 255 m² to 463,373 m² (46.34 ha, 114.5 acres); 9 neighbouring parcels touch its boundary. Largest first:

- Parcel 5545704: 463,373 m² (46.34 ha, 114.5 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5545704.md
- Parcel 138627: 348,265 m² (34.83 ha, 86.06 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/138627.md
- Parcel 138628: 327,109 m² (32.71 ha, 80.83 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/138628.md
- Parcel 147734: 14,583 m² (1.46 ha, 3.6 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/147734.md
- Parcel 5585928: 4,052 m² (0.41 ha, 1 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5585928.md
- Parcel 5585955: 3,782 m² (0.38 ha, 0.93 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5585955.md
- Parcel 5949023: 3,573 m² (0.36 ha, 0.88 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5949023.md
- Parcel 188241: 2,784 m² (0.28 ha, 0.69 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/188241.md
- Parcel 5585958: 2,549 m² (0.25 ha, 0.63 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5585958.md
- Parcel 158794: 2,359 m² (0.24 ha, 0.58 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/158794.md
- Parcel 5679339: 2,176 m² (0.22 ha, 0.54 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5679339.md
- Parcel 3619458: 2,133 m² (0.21 ha, 0.53 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/3619458.md
- Parcel 4907864: 2,095 m² (0.21 ha, 0.52 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/4907864.md
- Parcel 171021: 1,958 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/171021.md
- Parcel 178863: 1,814 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/178863.md
- Parcel 162223: 1,593 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/162223.md
- Parcel 5948999: 671 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/5948999.md
- Parcel 5679350: 555 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/5679350.md
- Parcel 2516575: 255 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/2516575.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; 28 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)

11 applications, newest first.

- 27 Jun 2026, Meath County Council 2660809: Conditional. Permission. The proposed development includes a change of house type from that previously approved under planning ref no. 2560835 to construct a 4-bedroom 2 storey detached dwelling with all associated landscaping, site works and services. (Previous approved Planning Ref. 2560835 & Planning Ref. RA181438 and Extension of Duration Reg. Ref. 24205). All other aspects of the proposed development are to remain as previously approved.. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/MeathCC/AppFileRefDetails/2660809/0
- 14 Oct 2025, Meath County Council 2561103: Conditional. Permission. EirGrid PLC, with the consent and approval of the Electricity Supply Board (ESB), intends to apply for permission for works to uprate the existing Rinawade – Dunfirth Tee – Kinnegad 110kV overhead line (OHL). Within County Meath, the proposed development will take place within the following townlands: JARRETSTOWN, WALTERSTOWN, MOOR OF MEATH, RATHLEEK, GRANGE, BOGGANSTOWN, CAPPAGHCREEN, BROWNSTOWN, SALESTOWN, AFFOLLUS, KILGRAIGUE, HARRISTOWN, PORTERSTOWN, KILCLONE, KIMMINS, BARROCKSTOWN, BALLYMAGILLIN, MULHUSSEY, FERRESTOWN, RODANSTOWN, BATTERSTOWN, DOLANSTOWN, CALGATH, BALFEAGHAN, KILGLIN, FERRANS, CASTLEJORDAN, GORTNAHORNA, KILLASKILLEN, CLONGALL, KNOCKERSALLY OR COLEHILL. The Rinawade - Dunfirth Tee - Kinnegad 110 kV OHL circuit runs through County Meath, County Kildare and County Offaly. It is 54 km in length and travels from Kinnegad 110 kV substation in Killaskillen (County Meath) and traverses southeast where a short loop into Dunfirth 110 kV substation in Dunfirth (County Kildare) exists. The line then continues southeast where it terminates at Rinawade 110kV substation in Rinawade Lower (County Kildare). The OHL has a total of 249no. supporting structures. Within the functional area of Meath County Council, there is 23.16 km of the existing OHL circuit, with 107 no. structures. Within the functional area of Kildare County Council there is 30.66 km, with 140 no. structures, and within the functional area of Offaly County Council there is 0.42 km, with 2 no. structures. Separate planning applications will be lodged with Kildare County Council and Offaly County Council. The proposed development within Co. Meath will comprise: • the replacement (“restringing”) of the existing OHL circuit conductor wires with a new higher capacity conductor between structure numbers 1 - 37, 185 - 214, and 218 - 223; • the replacement of angle mast in-situ at 1no. location, with a new angle mast; • the strengthening of tower foundations at 3no. locations; • the strengthening of towers (i.e., member replacement) at 5no. locations; • the painting of towers at 7no. locations; • shear block remedial works of towers at 1no. locations; • the replacement of polesets at 38no. locations, with similar structures. There will be no change in height at 12no. poleset replacements. There will be height increases between 0.1m and 2.0m at 26no. poleset replacements. • the replumbing of polesets at 11no. locations; • the replacement of insulating and ancillary hardware at. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/MeathCC/AppFileRefDetails/2561103/0
- 10 Aug 2025, Meath County Council 2560835: Conditional. Permission, 1 home. A Material Amendment to the previously approved two-storey dwelling under Planning Reg. Ref. RA181438 and Extension of Duration Reg. Ref. 24205. The proposed amendment includes a revised layout and site strategy for the new two-storey dwelling, designed to better align with the current Development Plan. The revised dwelling will feature four bedrooms and associated bathroom facilities at first-floor level, with a living room, sitting room and dining / kitchen area, at ground-floor level. The development will also consist of: • A new covered BBQ area and storage shed to the side of the dwelling • Associated hard landscaping, including the creation of an external courtyard between the existing structure on site and the proposed new dwelling • All necessary ancillary site development works to facilitate the proposal.. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/MeathCC/AppFileRefDetails/2560835/0
- 10 May 2024, Meath County Council 24205: Unconditional. Extension of duration, 2 homes. EXTENSION OF DURATION OF PLANNING PERMISSION RA181438 - A two storey house, domestic garage, proprietary waste water treatment system, bored well, closure of existing agricultural entrance, new recessed access entrance, driveway and associated works. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/MeathCC/AppFileRefDetails/24205/0
- 19 Dec 2023, Meath County Council 231144: Conditional. Permission. the development will consist of a 10-year planning permission for the construction of, and a 40-year operation and subsequent decommissioning of, a development consisting of a 205.15-hectare solar farm (red line boundary) and underground grid connection route. The solar farm comprises of three separate land parcels divided by local roads. The proposed solar farm will consist of a series of ground mounted solar photovoltaic (PV) panels, mounted on steel support structures and in some areas on concrete shoes to protect possible underground archaeological features, together with 58 electrical transformation enclosures, underground cabling, 2no. temporary construction compounds and use of existing 1no. hardstanding, the use of existing farm access tracks, existing site entrances, widening of 3no. existing site entrance, inverters, CCTV poles and cameras, deer type security/boundary fencing with some areas of boundary development on concrete shoes to further protect possible underground archaeological features, landscaping and biodiversity measures and all associated ancillary development works, for the purpose of generating renewable energy electricity and transmitting it in the townlands of Mulhussey, Batterstown, Longtown, Mullagh & Milltown, Kilcock, Co. Meath. A Natura Impact Statement will also be submitted to the Planning Authority with this application. Significiant further information / revised plans submitted on this applicaiton.. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/MeathCC/AppFileRefDetails/231144/0
- 4 Apr 2022, Meath County Council 22426: Conditional. Permission, 1 home. the construction of a single storey house, domestic garage, proprietary waste water treatment system, bored well, recessed access entrance, driveway and associated works. Significant Further Information / Revised plans submitted on this application.. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/MeathCC/AppFileRefDetails/22426/0
- 13 Aug 2021, Meath County Council 211579: Refused. Extension of duration. EXTENSION OF DURATION OF PLANNING PERMISSION RA/161030 - the construction of a one and a half storey house, domestic garage, proprietary waste water treatment system bored well, new recessed dual access entrance, driveway and associated works. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/MeathCC/AppFileRefDetails/211579/0
- 19 Jul 2021, Meath County Council 211385: Conditional. Permission. the demolition of the existing shed (this was the original house on the site) and the construction of a single storey domestic garage and associated works. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/MeathCC/AppFileRefDetails/211385/0
- 5 Sept 2019, Meath County Council RA191169: Conditional. Permission, 1 home. change of house type from that previously granted under planning file reference RA170712 to a single storey bungalow dwelling house and subsequent revisions to the site layout and all associated site works. All other works will be as previously granted. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/MeathCC/AppFileRefDetails/RA191169/0
- 4 Dec 2018, Meath County Council RA181438: Conditional. Permission, 2 homes. a two storey house, domestic garage, proprietary waste water treatment system, bored well, closure of existing agricultural entrance, new recessed access entrance, driveway and associated works. Significant further information/revised plans submitted on this application. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/MeathCC/AppFileRefDetails/RA181438/0
- 20 Jun 2017, Meath County Council RA170712: Conditional. Permission, 1 home. construction of a one and a half storey house, domestic garage, proprietary wastewater treatment system, bored well, new recessed access entrance, driveway and associated works. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/MeathCC/AppFileRefDetails/RA170712/0

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## 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 Rodanstown.

## Recorded monuments (Sites and Monuments Record, National Monuments Service)

- ME049-019: Castle - motte, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CME049-019----. Situated on a prominent hillock in a fairly level landscape. This is a raised, flat-topped and grass-covered mound (diam. of top 41m E-W; 40.5m N-S; diam. of base 58m E-W; H 5.5m) with a fosse (Wth of base 4-5m; ext. D 1-1.4m) and an outer bank (Wth of base 7-10m; ext. H 2.9-3.5m). There is a slight fosse outside the bank and a second outer bank (Wth of base 7m; Wth of top 4m) SSW-N which connects with the inner bank at S (max. ext. diam. 90m E-W). There is a wide ramp onto the central mound at SE. The site of Rodanstown parish church (ME049-021---) is c. 550m to the SE. 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. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of revision: 27 August 2019
- ME049-021: Church, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CME049-021----. Situated on the W side of a small N-S fold in a fairly level landscape. At its suppression in 1540 the tithes of Kilclone and Balradan were amongst the possessions of St Peter’s Augustinian abbey in Newtown Trim (ME036-049003-) (White 1940, 297). Ussher (1622) describes the church at Ballruddan as repaired although the chancel was ruined (Erlington 1847-64, 1, lxxix). According to the Dopping (1682-5) and Royal (1693) visitations the parish church of of St Rodan at Balroddan or Rodanstown was in good repair but there was no chancel. A font is listed and the graveyard was enclosed (Ellison 1972, 5). The saint could be St Ruadhán of Lorrha (TN004-010----), but there is no known connection. Lewis (1837, 2, 480) describes the church as an ‘ancient plain edifice’, but the present structure is likely to be 18th century in date. The site of the medieval church is within an oval graveyard (dims c. 55m N-S; c. 45m E-W) defined by an earthen bank SE-W-NW and by a masonry wall NW-E-SE where it is skirted by a public road. The headstones date largely from c. 1750 to c. 1910 with some headstones from the 1970s. The present structure survives complete with strong masonry walls (T 0.95-1m; H c. 5m). It is rectangular with a large apse occupying the width of the E wall (ext. dims 20.2m E-W; 7.9m N-S; int. dims 18.35m E-W; 6m N-S). There are two blocked windows (Wth 1.4-1.5m) in the N and the S walls and one in the E, and there is a round-headed doorway opening (Wth 1.6m) in the W wall. The large window sills have been removed, and the tops of the windows were altered to round-heads in brick at some stage, which necessitated raising the walls by c. 1m. The gable on the W wall relates to this phase and the single belfry is additional to this. The font mentioned by Cogan (1862-70, 2, 359) is now at Milltown (ME017-036----) near Kells. It is octagonal (ext. dim. 0.6m; H 0.5m) with chamfered under- panels and has a circular, flat-bottomed basin (int. diam. 0.46m; D 0.15m). The font stands on an octagonal base with a moulding at the top (H 0.28m) (Roe 1968, 113). 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. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of revision: 10 April, 2015
- ME049-021001: Graveyard, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CME049-021001-. Situated on the W side of a small N-S fold in a level landscape. The site of the medieval parish church of Rodanstown (ME049-021----) is within an oval graveyard (dims c. 55m N-S; c. 45m E-W) defined by an earthen bank SE-W-NW and by a masonry wall NW-E-SE where it is skirted by a public road. The headstones date largely from c. 1750 to c. 1910 with some newer headstones from the 1970s. The font from this graveyard is now at Milltown (ME017-036----) near Kells. Archaeological testing (20E0681) by D. Shine c. 150m to the NW at the closest point produced no related material (excavations.ie 2020:354). Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 10 July, 2015
- ME049-021002: Font, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CME049-021002-. The font Rodanstown graveyard (ME049-021001-) mentioned by Cogan (1862-70, 2, 359) is now at Milltown (ME017-036----) near Kells. It is octagonal (ext. dim. 0.6m; H 0.5m) with chamfered under- panels and has a circular, flat-bottomed basin (int. diam. 0.46m; D 0.15m). The font stands on an octagonal base with a moulding at the top (H 0.28m) (Roe 1968, 113). Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 10 April, 2015

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)

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

## 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 Rodanstown, about 1 in 20 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 low, partly inferred.
- Terrain model: LiDAR of the Office of Public Works, flown in 2011, at 2 m: tile OPW_2795, https://gsi.geodata.gov.ie/downloads/LiDAR/OPW_NASC/OPW_2795.zip (ZIP).
- 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/rodanstown.dxf
- GeoJSON, in WGS 84, for a map: https://everytownland.com/meath/rodanstown.geojson
- KML, for Google Earth: https://everytownland.com/meath/rodanstown.kml

## Homes sold (Residential Property Price Register)

No address of the register names Rodanstown 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)

- Batterstown: https://everytownland.com/meath/batterstown-160205.md
- Calgath: https://everytownland.com/meath/calgath.md
- Dolanstown: https://everytownland.com/meath/dolanstown.md
- Ferrestown: https://everytownland.com/meath/ferrestown.md
- Longtown: https://everytownland.com/meath/longtown.md
- Mulhussey: https://everytownland.com/meath/mulhussey.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.

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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/rodanstown
- In JSON: https://everytownland.com/api/townland/meath/rodanstown