# Rowan, Co. Meath: townland, land parcels and planning Townland in the civil parish of Dunboyne, barony of Dunboyne, Co. Meath. - Area (Tailte Éireann): 732,814 m² (73.28 ha, 181.08 acres) - Land parcels (Tailte Éireann): 9 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in it, median 17,255 m² (1.73 ha, 4.26 acres) - Zoning (national zoning, MyPlan): P5 RA - Rural Area, the zone with the most parcels - Planning (National Planning Applications): 7 applications since 2010 - Civil parish: Dunboyne, https://everytownland.com/meath/parish/dunboyne.md - Barony: Dunboyne - Electoral division: Dunboyne, the unit of the census - Census 2022 (Central Statistics Office): 10,698 people lived in 3,434 households in the Dunboyne electoral division. 78% of households owned their home. 39% of homes were built since 2001. 6% 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/37802 - Townland number at Tailte Éireann: 161445 - Centre: latitude 53.439169, longitude -6.436223 (WGS 84) ## Land parcels (registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann) 9 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Rowan, from 1,997 m² to 353,934 m² (35.39 ha, 87.46 acres); 31 neighbouring parcels touch its boundary. Largest first: - Parcel 215243: 353,934 m² (35.39 ha, 87.46 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/215243.md - Parcel 135427: 144,367 m² (14.44 ha, 35.67 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/135427.md - Parcel 165607: 108,925 m² (10.89 ha, 26.92 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/165607.md - Parcel 209219: 80,651 m² (8.07 ha, 19.93 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/209219.md - Parcel 210774: 17,255 m² (1.73 ha, 4.26 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/210774.md - Parcel 141422: 17,181 m² (1.72 ha, 4.25 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/141422.md - Parcel 219041: 4,825 m² (0.48 ha, 1.19 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/219041.md - Parcel 214226: 3,675 m² (0.37 ha, 0.91 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/214226.md - Parcel 194829: 1,997 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/194829.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; 39 parcels. The zoning objective in the plan: https://consult.meath.ie/en/consultation/consolidated-meath-county-development-plan-2021-2027-incl-variations-1-2 - C2.1 E2/E3 - General Enterprise and Employment/ Warehousing and Distribution (Industrial, enterprise, employment): Meath County Development Plan 2021-2027 (As Varied), Meath; 1 parcel. 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) 7 applications, newest first. - 7 May 2026, Meath County Council 2660534: Conditional. Retention. The development will consist of retention of front porch and rear extension and construction of new rear extension to dwelling.. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/MeathCC/AppFileRefDetails/2660534/0 - 13 Sept 2024, Meath County Council 2460742: Conditional. Permission. the proposed development will consist of an application for a 10-year planning permission for the construction of, and a 40 year operation and subsequent decommissioning of, a development consisting of a 215 hectare solar farm (red line boundary). The solar farm comprises of two 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 28 electrical transformation enclosures, underground cabling, 2 no. temporary construction compounds, the use of existing farm access tracks and existing site entrances, 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 Ballymacoll Little, Boolies, Nuttstown, Ballintry, Belgree, Rowan and Kinoristown, Co. Meath. A Natura Impact Statement will also be submitted to the Planning Authority with this application. Significant further information/revised plans submitted on this application. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/MeathCC/AppFileRefDetails/2460742/0 - 21 May 2024, Meath County Council 2460359: Conditional. Permission, 1 home. the development will consist of renovations & alterations to an existing dwelling, the demolition of previous extension to the side of the existing dwelling, new single storey extensions to the front and rear of the existing dwelling, new storey and a half extension to the side of the existing dwelling, the provision of a granny/family flat within the existing dwelling, all associated elevational changes to the existing dwelling, the decommissioning of the existing septic tank and upgrade to a new wastewater disposal system in a revised location, and all associated site works. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/MeathCC/AppFileRefDetails/2460359/0 - 14 May 2024, Meath County Council 2460341: N/a. Permission. the development will consist of renovations & alterations to an existing dwelling, the demolition of previous extension to the side of the existing dwelling, new single storey extensions to the front and rear of the existing dwelling, new storey and a half extension to the side of the existing dwelling, the provision of a granny/family flat within the existing dwelling, all associated elevational changes to the existing dwelling, the decommissioning of the existing septic tank and upgrade to a new wastewater disposal system in a revised location, and all associated site works. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/MeathCC/AppFileRefDetails/2460341/0 - 7 Dec 2023, Meath County Council 231108: Refused. Permission, 1 home. renovations & alterations to an existing dwelling, the demolition of previous extensions to the side of the existing dwelling, new single storey extensions to the rear and sides of the existing dwelling including the provision of a granny flat, all associated elevational changes to the house, the decommissioning of the existing septic tank and upgrade to a new wastewater disposal system in a revised location, modification of the existing domestic site entrances and all associated site works. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/MeathCC/AppFileRefDetails/231108/0 - 9 Nov 2023, Meath County Council 231043: N/a. Permission. renovations & alterations to an existing dwelling, the demolition of previous extensions to the side of the existing dwelling, new single storey extensions to the rear and sides of the existing dwelling including the provision of a granny flat, all associated elevational changes to the house, the decommissioning of the existing septic tank and upgrade to a new wastewater disposal system in a revised location, modification of the existing domestic site entrances and all associated site works. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/MeathCC/AppFileRefDetails/231043/0 - 25 Oct 2023, Meath County Council 231003: N/a. Permission, 1 home. renovations & alterations to an existing dwelling, new single storey extensions to the rear and sides of the existing dwelling including the provision of a granny flat, all associated elevational changes to the house, the decommissioning of the existing septic tank and upgrade to a new wastewater disposal system in a revised location , modification of the existing domestic site entrances and all associated site works. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/MeathCC/AppFileRefDetails/231003/0 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 Rowan. ## Recorded monuments (Sites and Monuments Record, National Monuments Service) - ME051-003: Enclosure - large enclosure, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CME051-003----. Situated on a slight E-facing slope. The cropmark of a large subrectangular or D-shaped enclosure (ext. dims c. 90m N-S; c. 80m E-W) is visible on oblique aerial photographs (CUCAP: AYR056-057; BDH029-030; BDK005) from 1969-70. The straight sides are at W and S, and its curved edge is parallel with a mapped field bank but is not incorporated in it. The enclosure is defined by two ditches that were probably on either side of an earthen bank (Wth c. 5m plus), and the interior is quartered by drains. It is also visible on Google Earth (12/07/2013; 06/06/2016). The abive 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 upload: 10 July 2007 Amended: 5 November 2021 - ME051-016001: Ring-ditch, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CME051-016001-. The cropmark of a small circular enclosure (int. diam. c. 5m) defined by a single wide fosse feature (Wth c. 2-3m) is visible on Google Earth images (12-07-2013) and on Bing images (2013). It was first identified by Tom Condit and the ring-ditch (ME051-016002-) is c. 35m to the SSW. See the attached enhanced view from Digital Globe (2011-2013) Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 23 May 2017 - ME051-016002: Ring-ditch, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CME051-016002-. The cropmark of a circular enclosure (int. diam. c. 10-12m) defined by a single narrow fosse feature is visible on Google Earth images (12-07-2013) and on Bing images (2013). It was first identified by Tom Condit and the ring-ditch (ME051-016001-) is c. 35m to the NNE. See the attached enhanced view from Digital Globe (2011-2013) Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 23 May 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) No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands in the townland of Rowan. ## 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 Rowan, 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 moderately low, low, partly inferred. - Terrain model: LiDAR of the Office of Public Works, flown in 2011, at 2 m: tile OPW_2998, https://gsi.geodata.gov.ie/downloads/LiDAR/OPW_NASC/OPW_2998.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/rowan.dxf - GeoJSON, in WGS 84, for a map: https://everytownland.com/meath/rowan.geojson - KML, for Google Earth: https://everytownland.com/meath/rowan.kml ## Homes sold (Residential Property Price Register) No address of the register names Rowan 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) - Ballintry: https://everytownland.com/meath/ballintry.md - Gunnocks: https://everytownland.com/meath/gunnocks.md - Kinoristown: https://everytownland.com/meath/kinoristown.md - Mayne: https://everytownland.com/meath/mayne.md - Normansgrove: https://everytownland.com/meath/normansgrove.md - Nuttstown: https://everytownland.com/meath/nuttstown.md - Portmanna: https://everytownland.com/meath/portmanna.md - Stokestown: https://everytownland.com/meath/stokestown-161518.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/rowan - In JSON: https://everytownland.com/api/townland/meath/rowan