Gafney

31 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Gafney, from 240 m² to 219,105 m² (21.91 ha, 54.14 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 19 neighbouring parcels touch it.

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• P5RA - Rural Area (Mixed/general primary sector uses, including 'rural')
  Meath County Development Plan 2021-2027 (As Varied), Meath · 50 parcels The zoning objective in the plan

Source: Tailte Éireann and the Department of Housing (MyPlan), national zoning, CC BY 4.0.

• 26 Aug 2026N/a

  the development will consist of the construction of a single-storey extension to the front, side and rear of the existing dwelling, incorporating internal alterations and modifications to the existing layout; the demolition of existing sheds and garage; the construction of a new detached domestic garage ancillary to the existing dwelling; the installation of a new wastewater treatment system and percolation area; together with all associated site development and ancillary works

  Permission · Meath County Council, 2661076

• 25 Nov 2025Conditional

  the development consists of the retention of an as-constructed rear extension, which differs from that granted under Planning Reference No. SA30361, together with the retention of existing outbuildings and domestic sheds ancillary to the main dwelling, and all associated site works

  Retention · Meath County Council, 2561280

• 18 Oct 2023Conditional

  The development consists of the construction of an agricultural storage shed and all associated site works

  Permission · Meath County Council, 2360350

• 6 Oct 2022Conditional

  the retention permission for modifications to previously approved planning permission ref no: SA100518. Namely changes to the house and the location of the house and garage including a revised site boundary and entrance gates. Permission is sought for 3 new dormer windows to the front to include all associated site works

  Permission · Meath County Council, 221312

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 Gafney.

Recorded monuments

No recorded monument lies in the townland of Gafney.

Architectural heritage

No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands in the townland of Gafney.

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 Gafney, 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

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

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.

No address of the register names Gafney with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Meath.

Name

Gafney

Area

687,229 m² (68.72 ha, 169.82 acres)

Civil parish

Duleek, and its townlands

Barony

Duleek Lower

Electoral division

Duleek, the unit of the census

Census 2022

6,250 people lived in 2,005 households in the Duleek electoral division. 74% of households owned their home. 56% of homes were built since 2001. 5% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 0% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Bellewstown, Caulstown, Gafney, Gafney Little, Platin

Placenames

Gafney 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.