Primatestown

128 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Primatestown, from 15 m² to 617,558 m² (61.76 ha, 152.6 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 42 neighbouring parcels touch it.

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• P5RA - Rural Area (Mixed/general primary sector uses, including 'rural')
  Meath County Development Plan 2021-2027, Meath · 157 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• P1RU - Rural (Agriculture)
  The Fingal Development Plan 2023 – 2029, Fingal · 4 parcels The zoning objective in the plan

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

• 15 Aug 2026N/a

  the proposed development comprises the closure of the existing site entrance, removal of the boundary wall, construction of a new boundary wall, relocation of the site entrance further along the southern boundary, and all associated site development works

  Permission · Meath County Council, 2661030

• 15 May 2026Refused

  The development will consist of: Construct a storey and a half type independent living unit on the footprint of existing domestic garage previously granted under planning ref. no. DA11/1026 (which is currently built to ground floor level), connect to existing on-site sewage treatment unit and percolation area, together with all associated site works.

  Permission · Meath County Council, 2660574

• 1 May 2026Refused

  CONSTRUCTION OF NEW COMMERCIAL STORE

  Permission · Meath County Council, 2660505

• 14 Apr 2026Conditional

  planning permission for a proposed dwelling house, waste water treatment system and percolation area, new vehicular entrance onto the public road and all associated site works

  Permission, 1 home · Meath County Council, 2660417

• 25 Sept 2025Refused

  Permission is sought for proposed development of a truck park, ancillary maintenance and office facility and associated development and site works, on a site of c.2.37 ha, comprising: (a) A hardcore area of 5,829 sq.m to accommodate circulation and parking for 20 articulated and rigid body tipper trucks, 22 staff car parking spaces, and the parking and storage of ancillary plant and machinery. (b) Surface water drainage infrastructure including an attenuation pond, petrol interceptor, and associated ancillary infrastructure. (c) A 4-bay maintenance building of 284.68 sq.m for the storage and light maintenance of the trucks parked on site only, including a concrete apron of 478 sq.m on the southern side of the maintenance building. (d) The upgrade and improvement of an existing entrance to a dwelling from the R155 Regional Road, to provide for a dual entrance to the proposed parking facility and the domestic dwelling, and removal and set back of the front boundary of the adjoining property to the south to provide appropriate sightlines from the upgraded entrance. (e) The construction of an access road of 120.6 m in length within the curtilage of the existing dwelling to access the parking facility to the east, and the construction of entrance gates and 2m high walls on both sides of the proposed access road for its full length, and the demolition of the existing domestic garage to accommodate the proposed new access road. (f) The change of use of part (48.34 sq.m) of the existing dwelling for use as offices ancillary to the parking and maintenance facility, including the provision of 5 car parking spaces to the front of the dwelling for use by the ancillary office space and two spaces to the rear for use by the dwelling. 85.97 sq.m of the existing dwelling will continue as residential use. The existing septic tank and percolation area servicing the dwelling will be replaced by a proprietary wastewater treatment system and polishing filter. (g) And all landscaping within the curtilage of the existing dwelling, to the north of the proposed truck park and shed to screen from the N2 National Primary Road, and along the R155 Regional Road frontage. Retention Permission is being sought for: (h) The retention of an earthen berm of 2.1m in height and for a length of 150m, and associated landscaping, along the western boundary of the site. Natura Impact Statement (NIS) has been submitted with this application

  Permission · Meath County Council, 2561022

• 19 Aug 2025Conditional

  EXTENSION OF DURATION OF PLANNING PERMISSION AA200047 - a storey and a half dwelling with domestic garage, proprietary waste water treatment system, percolation area, new entrance and all associated site works

  Extension of duration, 1 home · Meath County Council, 25155

• 3 Jul 2025Refused

  planning permission for a proposed dwelling house, waste water treatment system and percolation area, upgrade existing agricultural entrance to a new vehicular entrance onto the public road and all associated site works. Significant Further Information/Revised Plans submitted on this application

  Permission, 1 home · Meath County Council, 2560684

• 30 Jan 2025Conditional

  the development will consist of permission for the installation of a new waste water treatment system with polishing filter and the retention permission of cross docking bay & a relocated store as granted under planning ref.24/60165

  Permission, 1 home · Meath County Council, 2560090

• 7 Mar 2024Conditional

  Construction of store for storage of escalator components

  Permission · Meath County Council, 2460165

• 3 May 2023Conditional

  the retention of an existing domestic garage and single storey Sunroom extension to side of existing dwelling

  Retention · Meath County Council, 23474

• 16 Feb 2023Refused

  permission for construction of new store for storage of escalator components

  Permission, 1 home · Meath County Council, 23146

• 15 Feb 2023N/a

  permission for construction of new store for storage of escalator components

  Permission · Meath County Council, 23141

• 20 Apr 2022Conditional

  a new single storey dwelling, associated detached single car garage, opening of a new vehicular entrance to site and wastewater treatment system and polishing filter together with all associated site development works. Significant further information/revised plans submitted on this application

  Permission, 1 home · Meath County Council, 22519

• 14 Jan 2022Conditional

  new single storey extension to rear of existing dwelling and all associated siteworks

  Permission · Meath County Council, 2228

• 9 Dec 2021N/a

  new single storey extension to rear of existing dwelling and all associated siteworks

  Permission · Meath County Council, 212301

• 23 Apr 2021N/a

  the development will consist of permission to revise the existing entrance, road improvements for sightlines on the R155 road and all associated site works. Permission for retention of development includes change of use from stables, agricultural storage and yard to lorry maintenance, storage, vehicle washing, silt and oil interceptors, site office, canteen, toilets, diesel storage tank and pump, power washing area and all associated site works

  Permission · Meath County Council, 21769

• 8 Apr 2021Conditional

  the development will consist of demolition of existing domestic garage & construction of new single storey family flat extension and all associated siteworks. Significant Further information/Revised plans submitted on this application

  Permission · Meath County Council, 21656

• 22 Sept 2020N/a

  the amendments to previously approved Planning Permission Ref. 00/831 consisting of amendments to domestic garage facility at ground floor level, bedrooms at first floor level & extension to living areas

  Retention · Meath County Council, AA201326

• 11 Oct 2019N/a

  a part two storey, part bungalow style dwelling, domestic garage, advanced waste water treatment system and percolation area, new entrance walls and piers and all ancillary site development works

  Permission, 1 home · Meath County Council, AA191341

• 12 Aug 2019Conditional

  planning permission for the construction of granny flat extension to existing dwelling, including extension of existing percolation area and relocation of existing wastewater treatment system to accommodate same, including all ancillary site works

  Permission · Meath County Council, AA191057

• 19 Jul 2019Conditional

  a double garage, utility room, WC, sun room and 1st floor sitting room with a total floor area of 179sqM

  Retention, 1 home · Meath County Council, AA190954

• 7 Jun 2018Conditional

  planning permission to construct a dwelling house and detached garage with treatment system and percolation area with all ancillary site works

  Permission, 2 homes · Meath County Council, AA180599

• 7 Jun 2018Conditional

  planning permission to change site boundaries and to decommission existing septic tank and to install a new treatment system and percolation area with all ancillary site works

  Permission · Meath County Council, AA180601

• 23 Oct 2017Conditional

  the development will consist of erection of a singly storey dwelling inclusive of domestic garage, a proprietary waste water treatment system and percolation area to EPA standards, connection to public water supply, new entrance onto public road and all associated ancillary site development works

  Permission, 1 home · Meath County Council, AA171231

• 18 Sept 2017Conditional

  a dwelling, new site access, wastewater treatment system and percolation area including all associated site works.

  Permission, 1 home · Meath County Council, AA171085

The 25 most recent of 28 applications.

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 Primatestown.

Recorded monuments

• ME039-002 Mound
  Description

  Situated on a gentle NE-facing slope. This feature is not depicted on any map. It is an oval, stony and grass-covered mound (dims 10m N-S; 4.8m E-W; H 0.5m) 13m W of a small N-S stream. It may be spoil from drainage. 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: 4 May 2022

• ME039-003 Enclosure
  Description

  Situated in a slight S-N valley, with a small S-N stream immediately to the W. It is depicted as a circular enclosure (diam. c. 35m) on the 1836 and 1908 editions of the OS 6-inch map, with a house inside the perimeter at S on the earlier map. It is a circular grass-covered area defined by a field bank with an entrance gap at S. 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: 4 May 2022

Architectural heritage

• Farm house, 1780–1820 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached five-bay two-storey farmhouse, built c.1800, now derelict. Hipped thatched roof with rendered chimneystacks. Rendered mud walls. Timber sash windows with stone sills. Outbuildings to site.

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

About 1 in 20 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels. Testing a home

Landslides

Susceptibility moderately low, low, low (inferred), on the 1:50,000 map.

Terrain model

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

Flooding

The flood maps of the Office of Public Works: floodinfo.ie.

Radon Risk Map of Ireland, Environmental Protection Agency; Landslide Susceptibility Classification, Geological Survey Ireland; both 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 Primatestown with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Meath.

Name

Primatestown · Baile an Phríomháidh

Area

2,624,434 m² (262.44 ha, 648.51 acres)

Civil parish

Kilmoon, and its townlands

Barony

Skreen

Electoral division

Kilbrew, the unit of the census

Census 2022

Kilbrew electoral division: 4,064 people in 1,253 households; 82% of households own their home; 58% of homes were built since 2001; 4% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 0% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Allcollege, Ballyhack, Borranstown (Co. Dublin), Coolfore, Curraghtown, Cushinstown, Cushinstown, Irishtown, Kilmoon, Newhaggard (Co. Dublin), Newtown (Co. Dublin), Yellowshar

Placenames

Primatestown 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.