Arthurstown

89 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Arthurstown, from 6 m² to 130,210 m² (13.02 ha, 32.18 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 29 neighbouring parcels touch it.

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No zone of a development plan covers Arthurstown 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.

• 17 Sept 2026N/a

  Retention and Permission: Retention permission is sought for the widening of agricultural entrance gateway and associated works to include for retention of existing gates. Permission is sought for works to include for provision of visibility splays and associated works

  Retention · Louth County Council, 2660637

• 12 Sept 2024Conditional

  Retention & Permission to existing dwelling to include: Retention of part conversion of existing attic space to habitable accommodation, alterations and additions to elevations. Permission for conversion of the remainder of the existing attic space to habitable accommodation, a domestic garage and all associated site works

  Retention, 3 homes · Louth County Council, 2460536

• 12 Sept 2024N/a

  Permission for the excavation and removal of existing inert material and waste from the lands and then infilling of adjacent low-lying lands via importing of inert material, soils and waste from within the landholding for the purposes of raising of ground levels to facilitate improvement to existing agricultural lands. The use of the adjacent agricultural lands is also being changed to a temporary waste facility for a period of 12 months to facilitate the importing of waste and inert materials from within the overall landholding at this location and thereafter the subject lands are to be reinstated to agricultural use. This application relates to an activity requiring a waste facility permit from Louth County Council will be applied for separately

  Permission · Louth County Council, 2460537

• 9 Sept 2024N/a

  Permission for the excavation and removal of existing inert material and waste from the lands and then infilling of adjacent low-lying lands via importing of inert material, soils and waste from within the landholding for the purposes of raising of ground levels to facilitate improvement to existing agricultural lands. The use of the adjacent agricultural lands is also being changed to a temporary waste facility for a period of 12 months to facilitate the importing of waste and inert materials from within the overall landholding at this location and thereafter the subject lands are to be reinstated to agricultural use. This application relates to an activity requiring a waste facility permit from Louth County Council will be applied for separately

  Permission · Louth County Council, 2460526

• 8 Jul 2024Refused

  1. CONSTRUCTION OF A DWELLING HOUSE 2. EFFLUENT TREATMENT SYSTEM 3. ALL ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS 4. NEW SITE ENTRANCE 5. DOMESTIC SHED

  Permission · Louth County Council, 2460381

• 21 Dec 2021Conditional

  permission for proposed single storey/dormer design dwelling house, detached domestic garage, new vehicular access from public road, relocation of existing agricultural access to new position east of proposed site, installation of proprietary waste water treatment system/percolation area together with all associated site works

  Permission, 2 homes · Louth County Council, 211511

• 28 Jun 2021Conditional

  Permission to erect an agricultural grain storage shed, construction of associated yard area and access lane with use of existing entrance onto public road and associated site works

  Permission · Louth County Council, 21798

• 29 Oct 2019Conditional

  Permission to erect an agricultural grain storage shed, construction of associated yard area and access lane with use of existing entrance onto public road and associated site works

  Permission · Louth County Council, 19896

• 2 Oct 2019N/a

  Permission to erect an agricultural grain storage shed, construction of associated yard area and access lane with use of existing entrance onto public road and associated site works.

  Permission · Louth County Council, 19808

• 22 Nov 2018Conditional

  Permission for development to consist of a storey and half type dwelling house, new wastewater treatment unit and percolation area and new entrance onto public road and all associated site works.

  Permission, 1 home · Louth County Council, 18950

• 25 Oct 2018N/a

  The development will consist of a storey and half type dwelling house, new waste treatment unit, and percolation area & new entrance onto public road and all associated site works.

  Permission, 1 home · Louth County Council, 18864

• 30 Jul 2018Refused

  Planning permission for a chalet, located to the rear, and ancillary to the existing main dwelling, and associated site works.

  Permission, 1 home · Louth County Council, 18604

• 29 Jun 2018Conditional

  Retention permission related to the dwelling house as constructed under planning reference number 05827. Variations consist of the provision of a basement garage, elevated open decking area to rear and perimeter fencing to same.

  Retention, 1 home · Louth County Council, 18502

• 28 Mar 2018Conditional

  PERMISSION to extend the site boundaries and for the RETENTION of a single storey detached structure. **SIGNIFICANT FURTHER INFORMATION RECEIVED 17/10/2018**

  Retention, 1 home · Louth County Council, 18230

• 14 Mar 2018N/a

  PERMISSION to extend the site boundaries and for the RETENTION of a single storey detached structure.

  Retention, 1 home · Louth County Council, 18193

• 22 Jan 2018Conditional

  Permission for development will consist of a dormer style dwelling, proprietary waste water treatment system, percolation area and associated site works incorporating site boundaries and site entrance.

  Permission, 1 home · Louth County Council, 1844

• 11 Dec 2017Conditional

  Permission for development will consist of permission for a 1 and a half storey dwelling house, a domestic garage, a waste water treatment system, a new site entrance and all associated site works.

  Permission, 2 homes · Louth County Council, 17915

• 8 Dec 2017N/a

  Permission for RETENTION and change of use of an unauthorised structure and for full planning permission. The development consists of the following A) retention and change of use of an unauthorised structure (business premises) and commerical use to an agricultural goods and supplies store with office facilities. B) Full planning permission for the construction of a machinery storage and grain/straw store building for agricultural use. C) The provision of a new vehicular access and D) the erection of signage, and all ancillary and associated site works.

  Retention · Louth County Council, 17910

• 20 Nov 2017N/a

  Permission for RETENTION and change of use of an unauthorised structure and for full planning permission. Development to consist of the retention and change of the unauthorised (business premisies) and commerical use to an agricultural goods and supplies store. Permission for planning to constuct a grain/straw store building and machinery storage building.

  Retention · Louth County Council, 17857

• 21 Aug 2017Conditional

  Permission for development that will consist of new agricultural entrance.

  Permission · Louth County Council, 17626

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 the townland of Arthurstown.

Recorded monuments

• LH011-112 Enclosure
  Description

  The following description is derived from both the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Louth' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1986) and the 'Archaeological Survey of County Louth' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1991). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload/revision: 17 July 2007 Circular enclosure (max. diam. c. 30m) showing as a cropmark on aerial photograph (ACAP). No visible surface trace.

Architectural heritage

• Arthurstown House, presbytery/parochial/curate's house, 1870–1890 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached three-bay two-storey former parochial house, built c. 1880, now in private domestic use. Rectangular-plan, timber porch to south elevation. Hipped slate roof, clay ridge tiles, smooth rendered chimneystacks, projecting eaves, painted timber soffit, moulded cast-iron gutters, circular cast-iron downpipes. Smooth rendered ruled-and-lined walling, rendered chamfered plinth, projecting quoins. Square-headed window openings, tooled limestone sills, supported by brackets on ground floor south elevation, paired painted timber one-over-one sliding sash windows to ground floor south elevation separated by engaged stone colonette; two-over-two sliding sash window to west and first floor south elevation. Open gable-fronted entrance porch, pitched roof supported by painted timber Doric columns on stone plinth, segmental-headed door opening, recessed within chamfered reveals and soffit, painted timber door with six raised-and-fielded panels, plain-glazed overlight, limestone steps to entrance. Gravelled area to south. House set within own grounds, entrance to south-west comprising square profile gate piers and cast-iron gates.

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).

Radon

At the centre of the townland of Arthurstown, about 1 in 5 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 moderately high, moderately low, low, partly inferred.

Terrain model

No LiDAR survey of the Office of Public Works covers the centre of the townland of Arthurstown.

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.

• Arthurstown, Ardee5 sales

Name

Arthurstown · Baile Artúir

Area

2,024,279 m² (202.43 ha, 500.21 acres)

Civil parish

Tallanstown, and its townlands

Barony

Ardee

Electoral division

Tallanstown, the unit of the census

Census 2022

1,069 people lived in 382 households in the Tallanstown electoral division. 82% of households owned their home. 31% of homes were built since 2001. 5% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 0% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Knocklore, Louth Hall, Mullamore, Nicholastown, Rathbody, Rathory, Reaghstown, Thomastown

Placenames

Arthurstown 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.