# Summerstown, Co. Meath: townland, land parcels and planning Townland in the civil parish of Laracor, barony of Moyfenrath Lower, Co. Meath. - Area (Tailte Éireann): 1,876,159 m² (187.62 ha, 463.61 acres) - Land parcels (Tailte Éireann): 13 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in it, median 4,940 m² (0.49 ha, 1.22 acres) - Zoning (national zoning, MyPlan): P5 RA - Rural Area, the zone with the most parcels - Planning (National Planning Applications): 4 applications since 2010 - Civil parish: Laracor, https://everytownland.com/meath/parish/laracor.md - Barony: Moyfenrath Lower - Electoral division: Laracor, the unit of the census - Census 2022 (Central Statistics Office): 696 people lived in 213 households in the Laracor electoral division. 91% of households owned their home. 37% of homes were built since 2001. 5% 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/39126 - Townland number at Tailte Éireann: 161530 - Centre: latitude 53.516752, longitude -6.800543 (WGS 84) ## Land parcels (registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann) 13 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Summerstown, from 415 m² to 1,592,226 m² (159.22 ha, 393.45 acres); 13 neighbouring parcels touch its boundary. Largest first: - Parcel 156728: 1,592,226 m² (159.22 ha, 393.45 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/156728.md - Parcel 160120: 124,462 m² (12.45 ha, 30.76 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/160120.md - Parcel 214137: 111,331 m² (11.13 ha, 27.51 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/214137.md - Parcel 211276: 54,101 m² (5.41 ha, 13.37 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/211276.md - Parcel 169429: 20,294 m² (2.03 ha, 5.01 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/169429.md - Parcel 136578: 13,497 m² (1.35 ha, 3.34 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/136578.md - Parcel 2517946: 4,940 m² (0.49 ha, 1.22 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2517946.md - Parcel 170916: 3,844 m² (0.38 ha, 0.95 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/170916.md - Parcel 188283: 2,914 m² (0.29 ha, 0.72 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/188283.md - Parcel 153581: 2,454 m² (0.25 ha, 0.61 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/153581.md - Parcel 158438: 1,536 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/158438.md - Parcel 214394: 737 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/214394.md - Parcel 5430634: 415 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/5430634.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; 26 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) 4 applications, newest first. - 24 Aug 2026, Meath County Council 2661061: N/a. Permission. the development will consist of refurbishment works to 36.3 kilometres (km) of OHL, comprising provision of fibre wrap; replacement of 4 no. steel towers; replacement of 127 no. pole-sets/poles; replacement of 6 no. pole-set cross arms only; refurbishment work to 3 no. steel towers and 19 no. wooden pole-sets; and the treatment and painting of 4 no. steel towers. These structures (No’s. 1-181) and the associated OHL lie between wherethe Blundelstown – Mullingar 110kV OHL commences at Structure 1 in the townland of Harlockstown and stretches to the border with County Westmeath in the townland of Carranstown Great, crossing the County Meath townlands of Harlockstown, Blackhall Big, Lynaghstown, Barstown, Kilclone, Collistown, Warrenstown, Jenkinstown, Mullagh, Kilmore, Knockstown, Moynalvy, Ballygortagh, Curraghdoo, Clonymeath, Derryclare, Clonmahon, Drumard, Ginnets Little, Dangan, Umberstown Little, Umberstown Great, Stokestown, Laracor, Summerstown, Newtownmoynagh, Carberrystown, Kennastown, Derrindaly, Bellewstown, Kilmurry, Woodtown (Abbott), Pubblestown, Portanab, Moyrath, Rathcormick, Rathkenna, Coolronan and Carranstown Great. The Proposed Development also includes 3 no. temporary Construction Compounds in the townlands of Barstown, Pubblestown and Rathkenna. The refurbishment works in County Meath will consist of: the replacement (‘restringing’) of the existing OHL circuit conductor wires with a new higher capacity conductor; the installation of fibre wrap; the replacement of 4 no. steel towers and 127 no. wooden pole-sets/poles with similar dimensions and heights as the existing (replacement towers will be no more than 0.5m taller than existing and replacement pole-sets/poles will be no more than 3m taller than existing); the installation of replacement parts on towers and pole-sets; foundation refurbishment strengthening and recapping / clearing of shear blocks; treatment and painting of towers to be retained; all associated site development works, including temporary works areas; vegetation maintenance works; ancillary site preparation works, site clearance and levelling at the 3 no. temporary Construction Compounds; temporary works to existing tracks and new temporary access routes to each structure; and all associated works required to facilitate the Proposed Development. A Natura Impact Statement (NIS) will be submitted to the Planning Authority with the application.. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/MeathCC/AppFileRefDetails/2661061/0 - 11 Jul 2018, Meath County Council TA180765: Conditional. Retention, 2 homes. retention of (1) alterations and amendments to floor plans and elevations of the existing dormer style house from that granted under TA170439 (2) domestic garage (3) revised site layout and all ancillary site works. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/MeathCC/AppFileRefDetails/TA180765/0 - 24 Apr 2017, Meath County Council TA170439: Conditional. Retention, 1 home. retention and completion of development as per previously granted planning ref. TA/800231 and for permission to install new proprietary wastewater treatment system & soil polishing filter and permission to demolish existing front porch and all associated ancillary site services. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/MeathCC/AppFileRefDetails/TA170439/0 - 5 Apr 2017, Meath County Council TA170352: N/a. Permission, 1 home. permission to complete the existing dwelling as per previously granted planning ref. TA/800231 and to install new proprietary wastewater treatment system & soil polishing filter and to demolish existing front porch and all associated ancillary site services. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/MeathCC/AppFileRefDetails/TA170352/0 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 Summerstown. ## Recorded monuments (Sites and Monuments Record, National Monuments Service) - ME042-006: Ringfort - rath, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CME042-006----. Situated on a NW-SE rise in a fairly level landscape with a canalised SE-NW section of the Knightsbrook River c. 240m to the NE. It is represented as an oval copse on the 1836 edition of the OS 6-inch map and as a hachured oval feature on the 1912 edition. This is a slightly raised oval and grass-covered area (dims c. 28m NW-SE; c. 21m NE-SW) defined by a fosse (Wth of top 9m; int. D c. 0.7m; ext. D 1m) across the ridge at NW, and a scarp (Wth c. 6m; H c. 1m) elsewhere. An original entrance is not identified. 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: 9 August 2019 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 Summerstown. ## 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 Summerstown, about 1 in 10 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_2588, https://gsi.geodata.gov.ie/downloads/LiDAR/OPW_NASC/OPW_2588.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/summerstown.dxf - GeoJSON, in WGS 84, for a map: https://everytownland.com/meath/summerstown.geojson - KML, for Google Earth: https://everytownland.com/meath/summerstown.kml ## Homes sold (Residential Property Price Register) No address of the register names Summerstown 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) - Carberrystown: https://everytownland.com/meath/carberrystown.md - Knightsbrook: https://everytownland.com/meath/knightsbrook.md - Laracor: https://everytownland.com/meath/laracor.md - Moat: https://everytownland.com/meath/moat-161124.md - Moneymore: https://everytownland.com/meath/moneymore-161136.md - Newtownmoynagh: https://everytownland.com/meath/newtownmoynagh.md - Rathflesk: https://everytownland.com/meath/rathflesk.md - Stokestown: https://everytownland.com/meath/stokestown-161519.md - Umberstown Great: https://everytownland.com/meath/umberstown-great.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/summerstown - In JSON: https://everytownland.com/api/townland/meath/summerstown