Growtown

86 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Growtown, from 11 m² to 231,855 m² (23.19 ha, 57.29 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 44 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 · 130 parcels The zoning objective in the plan

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

• 8 Sept 2026N/a

  the development will consist of variations to previously approved (25/106 & 2660032) works as follow.,The provision, for a period of 5-years, of an on-site, drive-in/food take-away facility to cater for the congregation, site construction workers and members of the local community. The temporary structure will consist of a combination of 2 no. repurposed steel shipping containers (overall external dimensions to be, depth 4.8m x width 12.2m x 2.4m height) located to the rear NE boundary of the current car park, which will be fully fitted out internally for the preparation of hot food. The structure will have a single retractable awning facing the main road over the serving hatch and an adjacent outdoor bench seating area, all to be fully bounded by wooden planters

  Permission · Meath County Council, 2661122

• 24 Jul 2026N/a

  the Development will consist of a two storey dwelling with Office / Residential Amenity, a suitable wastewater treatment unit, an agricultural storage shed / stables and sand arena with associated site works

  Permission, 1 home · Meath County Council, 2660932

• 16 Jul 2026Conditional

  the development will consist of variations to the previously approved (25/106 and 2660032) works as follow: - Raising the ridge and parapet heights of the proposed church to match the ridge height of the existing restaurant building to facilitate tiered seating in any future internal mezzanine level development. - Minor variations to the fenestration

  Permission · Meath County Council, 2660897

• 28 Jan 2026Refused

  the Development will consist of a two storey dwelling with Office / Residential Amenity, a suitable wastewater treatment unit, an agricultural storage shed / stables and sand arena with associated site works

  Permission, 1 home · Meath County Council, 2660104

• 23 Dec 2025Conditional

  An increase in the footprint of the church entrance foyer to 4m x 8m internally with the addition a of a glazed canopy over the entrance doors. Alterations to the fenestration to accommodate the alterations to the entrance foyer. The provision of an additional set of double doors to the front ground floor elevation. The provision of PV panels to the flat roof only over the mezzanine section. The omission of the two side wings of the internal mezzanine.

  Permission · Meath County Council, 2660032

• 6 Jun 2025Conditional

  planning permission for development at this site: the former 'County Club', Growtown, Dunshaughlin, County Meath and the development will consist of a) Change-of-use of the former nightclub element of the property into a church, with the original separate bar/restaurant element continuing as an unlicenced community restaurant. b) Raising the flat roof of the current nightclub and the provision of a mezzanine level within, to become the proposed church. c) Altering the fenestration to all sides of the proposed church. d) A separate side entrance atrium to the proposed church. e) Rear ground floor extensions to the proposed church. f) A rear, steel fire-escape stairs from the proposed church mezzanine level. g) The provision of an EPA 2021compliant wastewater treatment system to cater for both the existing community restaurant and the proposed church. h) Note that the two existing vehicular entrances will remain, together with all of the existing on-site car parking spaces

  Permission · Meath County Council, 25106

• 15 Oct 2024Conditional

  the development consists of: Retention of modifications to the existing granted planning permission pl. reg. ref. no.: P.70/420 as follows: (a) As-built single-storey flat roof shed located to the south-west side of the permitted dwelling with a non-habitable floor area of 14.9 m²; (b) As-built single-storey flat roof garage attached to the north-east side of the permitted dwelling with a non-habitable floor area of 41.8 m² replacing the permitted flat roof garage with a non-habitable floor area of 15.5 m²; (c) Total as-built additional non-habitable floor area of 41.2 m² consisting of the increased areas for the as-built shed and garage at ground floor level; (d) Total as-built additional habitable floor area for the dwelling of 31.2 m² consisting of an increase in the as-built floor area of 8.7 m² at ground floor level and 22.5 m² at first floor level; (e) As-built windows and doors to include the following amendments from that permitted: • As-built gable-fronted pitched roof design for the dormer window to the front (south-east facing) elevation replacing the permitted flat roof dormer design; • As-built bay window design to the side (south-west facing) elevation replacing a standard window at ground floor level; • As-built additional full height window to the side (south-west facing) elevation at ground floor level; • As-built 4 no. rooflights installed to the roof on the rear (north-west facing) elevation; (f) Modifications to the internal layout of the permitted dwelling; (g) All associated site development works

  Retention · Meath County Council, 2460851

• 11 Aug 2023Conditional

  The development will consist of retention of extension to existing workshop comprising of stores & reception granted under previous Planning Permissions Ref. Nos. P80/207 & P81/731 and for retention of 2 no. workshops, vehicle engine wash store/storage container & vehicle engine wash and office prefab building & parts storage container. Permission is sought to retain and upgrade the existing proprietary sewage treatment system & polishing filter currently on site to serve existing warehouse building and workshops. Permission is sought to install new oil water separators on site and associated site development works.

  Permission · Meath County Council, 2360213

• 15 Feb 2023Conditional

  demolition of 2No. bay windows to front elevation and converted garage and subsequent construction of new porch and bay window to front elevation and modifications to fenestration to front and side elevation and all associated site works

  Permission · Meath County Council, 23140

• 18 May 2021Conditional

  permission to construct a part two storey, part single storey dwelling house, detached garage, new wastewater treatment system and percolation area and all associated site development works

  Permission, 2 homes · Meath County Council, 21948

• 28 Apr 2021N/a

  permission to construct a part two storey, part single storey dwelling house, detached garage, new wastewater treatment system and percolation area and all associated site development works

  Permission, 2 homes · Meath County Council, 21798

• 29 Nov 2019Conditional

  a storey and a half type dwelling house, detached garage, entrance, boundary fence/wall, suitable wastewater treatment system with percolation area and all ancillary works.

  Permission, 2 homes · Meath County Council, RA191626

• 29 Oct 2019Conditional

  retention of existing garage foundations and concrete screed and permission to complete the construction of new domestic garage to the rear of existing residential property, along with associated site works

  Permission, 1 home · Meath County Council, RA191426

• 14 Oct 2019N/a

  retention of existing Garage foundations and conrete screed and permission to complete the construction of new domestic garage to the rear of existing residential property, along with associated site works

  Permission · Meath County Council, RA191357

• 22 Jan 2019Conditional

  construction a new independent vehicular entrance gateway and access road to access the existing dwelling house, stables and farmyard granted planning permission under planning registry reference DA/70724, the original shared entrance to revert to a sole access to the existing neighbouring house. Realignment and setting back of the hedgerow to the road, along with all associated services, service connections, landscape and site development works

  Permission · Meath County Council, RA190048

• 25 Aug 2017Conditional

  to demolish the existing storage shed and to construct a single storey prefabricated building consisting of 3 no. Resource Classrooms (approx. 54sqmts in total) and all associated site works, on the hardstanding to the rear of the existing school

  Permission · Meath County Council, RA170983

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 Growtown.

Recorded monuments

No recorded monument lies in the townland of Growtown.

Architectural heritage

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

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 Growtown, 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, partly inferred.

Terrain model

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

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

Name

Growtown

Area

1,190,202 m² (119.02 ha, 294.11 acres)

Civil parish

Rathbeggan, and its townlands

Barony

Ratoath

Electoral division

Dunshaughlin, the unit of the census

Census 2022

8,517 people lived in 2,904 households in the Dunshaughlin electoral division. 82% of households owned their home. 50% of homes were built since 2001. 3% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 0% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Porterstown, Powderlough, Rathbeggan, Raynestown, Wilkinstown

Placenames

Growtown 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.