Drummeenagh
Drummeenagh is a townland in the civil parish of Gernonstown, barony of Ardee, Co. Louth. Its name in Irish is Droimíneach.
Parcel 1126084
- Area
- 80,841 m² (8.08 ha, 19.98 acres)
- Buildings
- No building touches it.
- Zoning
- No zone of a development plan covers it in the national zoning. Outside zoned towns and villages, the county development plan's rural policies apply.
- Townland
- Drummeenagh
Planning applications on this parcel
9 Jul 2021Conditional
Permission for (i) Works to facilitate infill and re-contouring of the subject lands to facilitate use for agricultural purposes (ii) Extension of previously approved area granted under permission reference 18/308 (iii) An increased tonnage of inert material and soils being deposited on the lands from a previously permitted limit of 100,000 tonnes under permission reference 18/308 to 150,000 tonnes (iv) All associated works and services. An Environmental Impact Assessment Report (EIAR) will be submitted with the application. The application relates to an activity requiring a Waste Facility Permit from Louth County Council which will be applied for separately
Permission · Louth County Council, 21849
30 Oct 2020Refused
Permission for: (i) works to facilitate infill and re-contouring of the subject lands to facilitate use for agricultural purposes (ii) an increased tonnage of inert material and soils being deposited on the lands from a previously permitted limit of 100,000 tonnes under permission reference 18/308 to 190,000 tonnes. (iii) All associated works and services. An Environmental Impact Assessment Report (EIAR) will be submitted with the application. The application relates to an activity requiring a Waste Facility Permit from Louth County Council which will be applied for separately
Permission · Louth County Council, 20901
27 Apr 2020N/a
Permission for development to consist of Dumping and spreading of soil & stone for the benefit of Agricultural Activity to site
Permission · Louth County Council, 20302
23 Apr 2018Conditional
Permission consists of dumping and spreading of soil and stone waste for the benefit of agricultural activity and all associated site works.
Permission · Louth County Council, 18308
Source: National Planning Applications, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, CC BY 4.0. Applicants are not shown.
Designated sites
No designated site (Special Area of Conservation, Special Protection Area, Natural Heritage Area or proposed one) touches this parcel.
Recorded monuments around it
No zone of notification of a recorded monument touches this parcel.
Architectural heritage
No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands on this parcel.
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
- At the centre of this parcel, about 1 in 10 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels. Testing a home
- 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_3033 (ZIP).
- Flooding
- The Office of Public Works publishes its flood maps on floodinfo.ie.
Radon Risk Map of Ireland, Environmental Protection Agency, and Landslide Susceptibility Classification, Geological Survey Ireland, both under 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.
Download this parcel as DXF, in Irish Transverse Mercator metres, with its neighbours and buildings, for a drawing program. GeoJSON, in WGS 84, suits a map, and KML opens in Google Earth.
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann, CC BY 4.0. 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.
- Area
- 22.6 ha
- 56 acres
- Land parcels
- 27
- registered freehold, median 1,464 m²
- Zoning
- —
- not in a zoned settlement
- Planning
- 4
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
27 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Drummeenagh, from 32 m² to 82,773 m² (8.28 ha, 20.45 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 10 neighbouring parcels touch it.
Download the townland as DXF, in Irish Transverse Mercator metres, with its boundary, parcels and buildings, or as GeoJSON or KML.
Zoning
Development plans, national zoning
No zone of a development plan covers Drummeenagh in the national zoning. Outside zoned towns and villages, the county development plan's rural policies apply to each application.
Source: Tailte Éireann and the Department of Housing (MyPlan), national zoning, CC BY 4.0.
Planning applications
Sites that touch the townland, newest first
28 Apr 2022Conditional
Retention and Permission: Retention of: (1) a mezzanine floor area within existing industrial unit (approx. 192m2); (2) modifications and extension to existing industrial unit (approx. 116m2); (3) single storey sales office building (approx. 24.6m2); (4) existing external canopy and permission for removal of same (approx. 100m2); (5) existing canvas building and permission for relocation of same (approx. 459m2). Together with Permission for (6) extension of the existing facility boundaries by approx. 3 acres; (7) a new 2400sqm storage building; (8) relocation of existing storage building (approx. 153m2); (9) demolition and removal of existing storage building (approx. 294m2); (10) alterations to existing and provision of a new surface water drainage network and boundary treatments to the site; (11) upgrade works to the existing waste water treatment system; (12) provision of an ESB substation, together with all associated site development works. *Significant Further Information received on 16/11/2022 which includes (2) Retention of modifications & extension to existing industrial unit (approx. 378.4m2 - previously described as 116 sq.m.), (3) Retention of single story office building (approx. 24.6m2 - previously described as sales office building), (5) Retention of change of use of existing canvas building (D) from storage/manufacturing use to storage use only and permission for relocation of same (approx. 459m2), (6) Retention of change of use of part of the existing industrial unit (F) from dry storage use granted under planning reference no. 05/1274 to manufacturing use (approx. 540.9 m2) . Planning Permission for proposed PV panels on the roof of new 2,400 sq.m. building (A)*
Retention · Louth County Council, 22336
14 Apr 2022N/a
Retention Permission and Permission to consist of 1. Retention of mezzanine floor area within existing industrial unit (approx192m2) 2. Modifications and extension to existing industrial unit (approx. 116m2) 3.Single storey sales office building (aprox 24.6m2) 4.Existing external canopy and permission for removal of same (approx. 100m2) 5. Existing canvas building and permission for relocation of same (approx. 459m2). Together with Permission for 1. Extension of the existing facility boundaries by approx. 3 acres. 2. A new 2400sq.m storage building. 6. Relocation of existing storage building (approx153m2). 7. Demolition and removal of existing storage building (approx. 294m2). 3. Alterations to existing and provision of a new surface water drainage network and boundary treatments to the site. 4. Upgrade works to the existing waste water treatment system. 5. Provision of an ESB substation together with all associated site development works.
Retention, 1 home · Louth County Council, 22306
9 Jul 2021Conditional
Permission for (i) Works to facilitate infill and re-contouring of the subject lands to facilitate use for agricultural purposes (ii) Extension of previously approved area granted under permission reference 18/308 (iii) An increased tonnage of inert material and soils being deposited on the lands from a previously permitted limit of 100,000 tonnes under permission reference 18/308 to 150,000 tonnes (iv) All associated works and services. An Environmental Impact Assessment Report (EIAR) will be submitted with the application. The application relates to an activity requiring a Waste Facility Permit from Louth County Council which will be applied for separately
Permission · Louth County Council, 21849
30 Oct 2020Refused
Permission for: (i) works to facilitate infill and re-contouring of the subject lands to facilitate use for agricultural purposes (ii) an increased tonnage of inert material and soils being deposited on the lands from a previously permitted limit of 100,000 tonnes under permission reference 18/308 to 190,000 tonnes. (iii) All associated works and services. An Environmental Impact Assessment Report (EIAR) will be submitted with the application. The application relates to an activity requiring a Waste Facility Permit from Louth County Council which will be applied for separately
Permission · Louth County Council, 20901
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 Drummeenagh.
Recorded monuments
No recorded monument lies in the townland of Drummeenagh.
Architectural heritage
No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands in the townland of Drummeenagh.
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
- At the centre of the townland of Drummeenagh, about 1 in 10 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels. Testing a home
- 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_3033 (ZIP).
- Flooding
- The Office of Public Works publishes its flood maps on floodinfo.ie.
Radon Risk Map of Ireland, Environmental Protection Agency, and Landslide Susceptibility Classification, Geological Survey Ireland, both under 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 Drummeenagh with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Louth.
The townland
- Name
- Drummeenagh · Droimíneach
- Area
- 226,431 m² (22.64 ha, 55.95 acres)
- Civil parish
- Gernonstown, and its townlands
- Barony
- Ardee
- Electoral division
- Castlebellingham, the unit of the census
- Census 2022
- 1,882 people lived in 704 households in the Castlebellingham electoral division. 72% of households owned their home. 37% of homes were built since 2001. 8% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 1% were holiday homes.
- Neighbouring townlands
- Castlebellingham, Dromiskin, Drumleck
- Placenames
- Drummeenagh 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.