Tatestown
Townland in the civil parish of Donaghpatrick, barony of Kells Upper, Co. Meath
- Area
- 137.8 ha
- 341 acres
- Land parcels
- 41
- registered freehold, median 6,134 m² (0.61 ha, 1.52 acres)
- Zoning
- P5
- RA - Rural Area
- Planning
- 8
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
41 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Tatestown, from 605 m² to 179,010 m² (17.9 ha, 44.23 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 16 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 · 57 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
31 Aug 2026N/a
the development will consist of retention permission for two existing detached single-storey domestic outbuildings located to the rear of the existing dwelling, comprising (1) a domestic garage/storage building used for the private storage of vehicles associated with the occupants of the dwelling and (2) a private domestic hobby/craft room, together with all associated site works
Retention · Meath County Council, 2661094
2 Jun 2026Refused
the development will consist of : • 1) The removal of existing front boundary hedging and replacement with a fence boundary treatment. Replacing the existing red brick of the piers and wall of the entrance gate with a stone finish; • 2) Replacing the existing red brick finish with a stone finish of the external wall; • 3) Retention for two existing sheds located within the rear garden used for domestic storage and an art room. Together with all associated site works
Retention · Meath County Council, 2660658
5 Nov 2021Conditional
the construction of a new detached residential dwelling with domestic garage, proprietary wastewater treatment system and percolation area, new site entrance from road to enter the site including any necessary pruning of existing hedgerows, landscaping and all ancillary site works
Outline permission, 1 home · Meath County Council, 212133
4 Nov 2020Conditional
the demolition of existing farm buildings, the renovation and extension of an existing Parnellite cottage, the installation of Bal Sewage Treatment System with Polishing Filter and the change of use of the existing agricultural entrance to domestic use and to carry out all other necessary ancillary works
Permission, 1 home · Meath County Council, KA201612
15 Jun 2020Conditional
a single storey extension to existing dwelling, together with internal alterations, construction of a walled garden complete with glasshouse/stores/sheds; alterations to site layout, connected to all existing services
Permission · Meath County Council, KA200746
1 Jun 2018Conditional
demolition of an existing dwelling and the construction of a new two storey dwelling with an attached single storey garage to the rear. The proposed work will include: a new wastewater treatment system and polishing filter; a new vehicular access and associated site works. Significant further Information / Revised plans submitted on this application.
Permission, 1 home · Meath County Council, KA180569
23 May 2018N/a
demolition of an existing dwelling and the construction of a new two storey dwelling with an attached single storey garage to the rear. The proposed work will include a new wastewater treatment system and polishing filter; a new vehicular access and associated site works
Permission, 1 home · Meath County Council, KA180526
7 Apr 2017Conditional
partial demolition of existing sheds and construction of a single storey extension to the rear and side of the existing dwelling including connection to all existing services and all associated site works. Significant further information/revised plans submitted on this application
Permission · Meath County Council, KA170369
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
- Special Area of Conservation: River Boyne and River Blackwater SAC 002299
- Special Protection Area: River Boyne and River Blackwater SPA 004232
Recorded monuments
- ME025-046 Ritual site - holy well
Description
Located at the bottom of a slight S-facing slope in a fairly level, low-lying landscape. It is described in gothic lettering as Toberdoney derived from Tober Domhnaigh - Sunday's Well or Church Well - on the 1836 and 1912 editions of the OS 6-inch maps, although it had ceased to be regarded as a holy well by the 1830s (OS Name Books). it is not visible at ground level in pasture. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 30 March 2023
Architectural heritage
No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands in the townland of Tatestown.
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 10 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels. Testing a home
- Landslides
- Susceptibility low, low (inferred), on the 1:50,000 map; parts are water.
- Terrain model
- LiDAR of the Office of Public Works, flown in 2011, at 2 m: tile OPW_2641 (ZIP).
- 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
- Tatestown, Donaghpatrick5 sales
The townland
- Name
- Tatestown
- Area
- 1,378,427 m² (137.84 ha, 340.62 acres)
- Civil parish
- Donaghpatrick, and its townlands
- Barony
- Kells Upper
- Electoral division
- Donaghpatrick, the unit of the census
- Census 2022
- Donaghpatrick electoral division: 2,004 people in 623 households; 91% of households own their home; 31% of homes were built since 2001; 6% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 0% were holiday homes.
- Neighbouring townlands
- Boolies, Donaghpatrick, Liscartan, Milestown, Mullaghard, Randalstown, Scallanstown
- Gaeltacht
- In an Irish-speaking area
- Placenames
- Tatestown 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.