Gaulstown

19 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Gaulstown, from 126 m² to 461,097 m² (46.11 ha, 113.94 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 13 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.

• P5RA - Rural Area (Mixed/general primary sector uses, including 'rural')
  Meath County Development Plan 2021-2027 (As Varied), Meath · 32 parcels The zoning objective in the plan

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

• 27 Nov 2023Conditional

  planning application for permission on previously approved site Reg. Ref. 21/319 for the construction of a 1.5 storey detached dwelling including waste water treatment system and percolation area, new entrance onto public road and all associated site works with change of house type and site layout plan from that previously approved under Reg. Ref. 21/319

  Permission, 1 home · Meath County Council, 2360432

• 23 Feb 2023N/a

  the conversion of the existing bungalow to farm management offices and a store, the construction of a slatted shed, used cattle bedding store, an animal feed and machinery shed, the construction of a replacement two storey dwelling, a new detached domestic garage, new detached stables and dungsteads, a new domestic entrance, a new wastewater disposal system and all associated site works and services

  Permission, 1 home · Meath County Council, 23178

• 18 Nov 2022Conditional

  a Solar PV Energy Development with a total site area of 171.34ha, to include solar panels mounted on steel support structures, associated cabling and ducting, 47 No. MV Power Stations, 3 No. Client Substations, 3 No. Temporary Construction Compounds, tracks, boundary security fencing and security gates, CCTV, landscaping and ancillary works, with a 40 year operational period. A Natura Impact Statement (NIS) had be submitted to the Planning Authority with the Application. Significant further information/revised plans submitted on this application

  Permission · Meath County Council, 221508

• 11 Nov 2022N/a

  permission for Solar PV Energy Development with a total site area of 171.34ha, to include solar panels mounted on steel support structures associated cabling and ducting, 47 No. MV Power Stations, 3 No. Client Substations, 3 No. Temporary Construction Compounds, access tracks, boundary security gates, CCTV, landscaping and ancillary works, with a 40 year operational period. A Natura Impact Statement (NIS) will be submitted to the Planning Authority with the Application

  Permission · Meath County Council, 221470

• 15 Jul 2021Refused

  the conversion of the existing bungalow to farm stores and the construction of a replacement two storey dwelling, a detached domestic garage, a new domestic entrance, a new wastewater disposal system and all associated site works and services

  Permission, 1 home · Meath County Council, 211359

• 30 Aug 2019Conditional

  a Farm Managers house comprising of a storey and a half dormer dwelling with new proprietary wastewater treatment system & percolation area, new domestic entrance onto public road with new access road serving new house and existing farmyard, new stables with foaling boxes, tack room and dung stead, landscaping and all ancillary site works

  Permission, 1 home · Meath County Council, RA191138

• 16 Jun 2017Conditional

  the erection of a dwelling house, waste water treatment system and percolation area, domestic garage, new entrance onto public road, landscaping and all ancillary site works to serve the dwelling. Significant further information/revised plans submitted on this application

  Permission, 1 home · Meath County Council, RA170702

• 26 May 2017N/a

  the development will consist of the erection of a dwelling house, waste water treatment system and percolation area, domestic garage, new entrance onto public road, landscaping and all ancillary site works to serve the dwelling

  Permission, 1 home · Meath County Council, RA170587

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 Gaulstown.

Recorded monuments

• ME044-026 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  Situated on a slight NW-SE ridge. This is a raised subcircular and grass-covered area (dims 41m N-S; 36m E-W) defined by an earthen bank (at NW: Wth of base 5.5m; int. H 0.5m; ext. H 1.7mn) with a hedge SW-N-SE but is reduced to a scarp (at SE: Wth 3m; H 1.2m) elsewhere. It has an external fosse (at NW: Wth of top 5m; Wth of base 2.5m; ext. D 0.2m), beyond which are slight remains of outer bank (Wth of base 2m at NW to c. 6m at SE) and an outer fosse (at NW: Wth of base 3m; ext. D 0.8m at NW) the visible profiles of which have been almost completely removed but the features are visible as vegetation marks (max. ext. diam. 74m NW-SE). The original entrance may be at SSE. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Meath' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1987). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 10 July 2007 Amended: 22 November 2021, 24 March 2023

Architectural heritage

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

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 Gaulstown, 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 Gaulstown.

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 Gaulstown with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Meath.

Name

Gaulstown

Area

1,733,895 m² (173.39 ha, 428.45 acres)

Civil parish

Culmullin, and its townlands

Barony

Deece Upper

Electoral division

Culmullin, the unit of the census

Census 2022

1,283 people lived in 379 households in the Culmullin electoral division. 93% of households owned their home. 31% of homes were built since 2001. 8% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 1% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Bogganstown, Culcommon, Cullendragh, Curraghtown, Hayestown, Woodcockstown, Woodland

Placenames

Gaulstown 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.