Rathescar North
Rathescar North is a townland in the civil parish of Mosstown, barony of Ardee, Co. Louth. Its name in Irish is Ráth Eascair Thuaidh.
Parcel 1134863
- Area
- 1,028 m²
- Buildings
- 1 building touches it. Its footprint covers 122 m².
- 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
- Rathescar North
Planning applications on this parcel
No planning application touches this parcel in the national file, which goes back to 2010.
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 20 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.
- Terrain model
- No LiDAR survey of the Office of Public Works covers the centre of this parcel.
- 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
- 52.8 ha
- 130 acres
- Land parcels
- 41
- registered freehold, median 4,378 m² (0.44 ha, 1.08 acres)
- Zoning
- —
- not in a zoned settlement
- Planning
- 17
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
41 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Rathescar North, from 102 m² to 148,369 m² (14.84 ha, 36.66 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 12 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 Rathescar North 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
17 Apr 2025Conditional
The development will consist of the construction of a solar PV development and Battery Energy Storage System facility (‘BESS’) on a ca. 167ha site consisting of: Solar PV panels laid out in arrays across the Site on ground mounted frames, with string inverters attached to selected ground mounted frames; 12 No. transformer units; The battery energy storage compound consisting of 368 No. BESS modules; 1 No. transformer unit; 8 No. Power Electronic Compact Twin Skids; 1 No. Control Unit (ca. 12m2); 2m high landscaping berm and perimeter security fencing (2.4m high); Electrical and communications cabling within private lands and within the L2254, R170 and R211/R132 public roads; Pole-mounted security cameras; Perimeter security fencing (2m high) and security gates; Upgrade of 3 No. existing Site entrances; Development of 2 No. new Site entrances; 3 No. temporary construction compounds; 3 No. clear span bridges; Internal access tracks; and, All associated ancillary development, landscaping and reinstatement works. *Significant Further Information Received on 26/11/2025*
Permission · Louth County Council, 2560223
31 May 2021Refused
Permission for a dwelling house, waste water treatment system and associated site development works
Permission, 1 home · Louth County Council, 21668
31 May 2021Refused
Permission for a dwelling house, waste water treatment system and associated site development works
Permission, 1 home · Louth County Council, 21670
31 May 2021Refused
Permission for a dwelling house, domestic garage, waste water treatment system and associated site development works
Permission, 2 homes · Louth County Council, 21671
22 Jan 2021Refused
Permission for the construction of a one and a half storey dwelling house, a waste water treatment system and percolation area, and for associated site works
Permission, 1 home · Louth County Council, 2149
14 Jan 2021Refused
Permission for a dwelling house, waste water treatment system and associated site development works
Permission, 1 home · Louth County Council, 2134
14 Jan 2021Refused
Permission for a dwelling house, waste water treatment system and associated site development works
Permission, 1 home · Louth County Council, 2135
14 Jan 2021Refused
Permission for a dwelling house, domestic garage, waste water treatment system and associated site development works
Permission, 2 homes · Louth County Council, 2136
10 Dec 2020N/a
Permission for development that will consist of a dwelling house waste water treatment system and associated site development works
Permission, 1 home · Louth County Council, 201072
10 Dec 2020N/a
Permission for a development that will consist of a dwelling house, waste water treatment system and associated site development works
Permission, 1 home · Louth County Council, 201073
10 Dec 2020Conditional
Permission for development that consist of a dwelling house, waste water treatment system and associated site development works
Permission, 1 home · Louth County Council, 201074
10 Dec 2020N/a
Permission for development that will consist of a dwelling house, domestic garage, wastewater treatment system and associated site development works
Permission, 2 homes · Louth County Council, 201076
15 Mar 2019Conditional
Permission sought for side extension to existing dwelling, also, conversion of attic space to living accommodation. *Significant Further Information Received on 04/06/2019*
Permission, 1 home · Louth County Council, 19191
5 Feb 2018Conditional
PERMISSION for development will consist of the construction of a two storey dwelling house, a single storey garage, a waste water treatment system and soil polishing filter and for associated siteworks. Sig FI Received on 31 August 2018.
Permission, 2 homes · Louth County Council, 1879
11 Dec 2017N/a
Permission for development will consist of the construction of a 2 storey dwelling house, a single storey garage, a waste water treatment system and soil polishing filter and for associated site works.
Permission, 2 homes · Louth County Council, 17916
4 Oct 2017Conditional
Permission for development will consist of new part two storey/part single storey five bedroom dwelling, garage, carport, new road entrance and associated site works including landscaping strategy, new wastewater treatment system & percolation & surface water percolation system.
Permission, 3 homes · Louth County Council, 17741
5 Apr 2017Conditional
Retention permission for first floor accommodation on existing dwelling.
Retention, 1 home · Louth County Council, 17251
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 Rathescar North.
Recorded monuments
No recorded monument lies in the townland of Rathescar North.
Architectural heritage
No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands in the townland of Rathescar North.
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 Rathescar North, about 1 in 20 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.
- Terrain model
- No LiDAR survey of the Office of Public Works covers the centre of the townland of Rathescar North.
- 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 Rathescar North with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Louth.
The townland
- Name
- Rathescar North · Ráth Eascair Thuaidh
- Area
- 527,759 m² (52.78 ha, 130.41 acres)
- Civil parish
- Mosstown, and its townlands
- Barony
- Ardee
- Electoral division
- Dunleer, the unit of the census
- Census 2022
- 3,270 people lived in 1,088 households in the Dunleer electoral division. 74% of households owned their home. 50% of homes were built since 2001. 6% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 1% were holiday homes.
- Neighbouring townlands
- Cliven, Knockatober, Knockdinnin, Lismanus, Mosstown North, Rathcoole
- Placenames
- Rathescar North 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.