Bellewstown
Bellewstown is a townland in the civil parish of Rataine, barony of Navan Lower, Co. Meath.
Parcel 159427
- Area
- 382,115 m² (38.21 ha, 94.42 acres)
- Buildings
- 5 buildings touch it. Their footprint covers 488 m².
- Zoning
- P5 RA - Rural Area (Meath County Development Plan 2021-2027 (As Varied)) The objective
- Townland
- Bellewstown
Planning applications on this parcel
No planning application touches this parcel in the national file, which goes back to 2010.
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 this parcel.
Recorded monuments around it
This parcel is in the zone of notification of 1 recorded monument.
- ME031-044 Ritual site - holy well
Description
The Archaeological Survey of Ireland (ASI) is in the process of providing information on all monuments on The Historic Environment Viewer (HEV). Currently the information for this record has not been uploaded. To access available information for research purposes please make an appointment in advance with the Archive Unit (open Fridays 10.00 am – 5.00 pm), Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, The Custom House, Dublin 1 D01W6XO or email NMarchive@housing.gov.ie.
Architectural heritage
No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands on this parcel.
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).
Ground and risks
- Radon
- At the centre of this parcel, 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 this parcel.
- 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.
Download this parcel as DXF, in Irish Transverse Mercator metres, with its neighbours and buildings, for a drawing program. GeoJSON, in WGS 84, suits a map, and KML opens in Google Earth.
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann, CC BY 4.0. A parcel is the land of a title, not an address. The owner's name is in the Land Registry of Tailte Éireann: a copy of the folio can be ordered on landdirect.ie, for a fee.
- Area
- 115.6 ha
- 286 acres
- Land parcels
- 24
- registered freehold, median 2,810 m² (0.28 ha, 0.69 acres)
- Zoning
- P5
- RA - Rural Area
- Planning
- 9
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
24 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Bellewstown, from 266 m² to 382,115 m² (38.21 ha, 94.42 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 40 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.
Zoning
Development plans, national zoning
- P5RA - Rural Area (Mixed/general primary sector uses, including 'rural')
Meath County Development Plan 2021-2027 (As Varied), Meath · 64 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
Source: Tailte Éireann and the Department of Housing (MyPlan), national zoning, CC BY 4.0.
Planning applications
Sites that touch the townland, newest first
11 Feb 2026Conditional
the development will consist of the construction of a new detached residential dwelling with domestic garage, wastewater treatment system and percolation area, new site entrance from road to enter the site including any necessary pruning of existing hedgerows, landscaping and all ancillary site works
Permission consequent, 1 home · Meath County Council, 2660156
25 Apr 2025Conditional
the development will consist of the construction of a new detached residential dwelling with domestic garage, wastewater treatment system and percolation area, new site entrance from road to enter the site including any necessary pruning of existing hedgerows, landscaping and all ancillary site works
Outline permission, 1 home · Meath County Council, 2560420
11 Feb 2025Conditional
a) Extension to the rear of the existing dwelling house. b) Revised site boundaries from those shown in application NA/160322 (i.e. consistent with those shown in most recent application NA/180303). c)Relocation of the existing wastewater treatment system and percolation area (as approved under application number NA/160322) and d) all ancillary site works
Permission · Meath County Council, 2560123
10 Jul 2024Conditional
the development will consist of the following: Permission consequent on the grant of outline permission relates to the demolition of existing derelict buildings, the construction of new detached dwelling, the upgrade of existing entrance onto main road including any necessary pruning of existing hedgerows, landscaping and all ancillary site works. Planning Permission relates to the construction of a new detached domestic garage and the change of type of wastewater treatment system granted under the Outline Planning Application.
Permission consequent, 1 home · Meath County Council, 2460513
20 May 2024Refused
EXTENSION OF DURATION OF PLANNING PERMISSION NA190113 - a change of house type from that permitted under Reg: Ref: NA/190113 to a 1.5 storey dwelling, a detached garage, a domestic effluent treatment system, new site boundaries, revisions to the shared entrance and all associated site works
Extension of duration, 1 home · Meath County Council, 24213
14 Nov 2023Conditional
The development will consist of the following: 1. Demolition of existing dwelling and storage shed, 2. construction of new detached replacement dwelling, 3. the installation of a new wastewater treatment system and percolation area, 4. upgrade existing entrance onto main road and 5. landscaping and all ancillary site works.
Outline permission, 1 home · Meath County Council, 2360408
28 Mar 2018Conditional
extension to the rear of the existing dwellinghouse and all ancillary site works (previous dwelling planning application number NA/160322). Significant further information/revised plans submitted on this application
Permission · Meath County Council, NA180303
28 Mar 2018Conditional
development will consist of the following: (A) To demolish a habitable dwelling house and to close up and decommission an existing septic tank and soak-pit. (B) Within the same landholding and located circa. 180 metres east of the dwelling to be demolished, propose to construct a replacement single storied dwelling house and a detached domestic garage and to install a new septic tank and percolation area. (C) To make a new entrance onto the public road which will include the removal of an existing front hedge and bank to improve sightlines at the new entrance and also at the adjacent cross roads junction. (D) All ancillary site development works
Permission, 1 home · Meath County Council, KA180305
17 Oct 2017Conditional
construction of a new single storey detached residential dwelling, proprietary wastewater treatment system and percolation area, new site entrance from road to enter the site including any necessary pruning of existing hedgerows, landscaping and all ancillary site works
Permission, 1 home · Meath County Council, NA171208
Source: National Planning Applications, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, CC BY 4.0. Applicants are not shown.
Nature and heritage
Designated sites and recorded monuments
Designated sites
No designated site (Special Area of Conservation, Special Protection Area, Natural Heritage Area or proposed one) touches the townland of Bellewstown.
Recorded monuments
- ME031-005 Barrow - mound barrow
Description
The following 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. Date of upload/revision: 10 July 2007 Circular mound (diam. 9m, H 0.6m) quarried in centre.
- ME031-044 Ritual site - holy well
Description
The Archaeological Survey of Ireland (ASI) is in the process of providing information on all monuments on The Historic Environment Viewer (HEV). Currently the information for this record has not been uploaded. To access available information for research purposes please make an appointment in advance with the Archive Unit (open Fridays 10.00 am – 5.00 pm), Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, The Custom House, Dublin 1 D01W6XO or email NMarchive@housing.gov.ie.
- ME031-077 Enclosure
Description
Located on a fairly level landscape. The cropmark of a circular enclosure (diam. c. 50m) defined by a single fosse feature is visible on Google Earth (14/07/2018), but no entrance is detected. It was first reported by Ciaran McDonnell, and it was also reported by Anthony Murphy. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 3 March, 2019
Architectural heritage
No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands in the townland of Bellewstown.
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).
Ground and risks
Radon, landslides, flooding
- Radon
- At the centre of the townland of Bellewstown, 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 Bellewstown.
- 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.
Homes sold
Property Price Register
No address of the register names Bellewstown with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Meath.
The townland
- Name
- Bellewstown
- Area
- 1,156,409 m² (115.64 ha, 285.75 acres)
- Civil parish
- Rataine, and its townlands
- Barony
- Navan Lower
- Electoral division
- Bective, the unit of the census
- Census 2022
- 1,177 people lived in 387 households in the Bective electoral division. 89% of households owned their home. 36% of homes were built since 2001. 5% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 0% were holiday homes.
- Neighbouring townlands
- Balbradagh, Balgill, Clonmalevin, Gillstown, Grange, Macetown, Shanbo, Williamstown or Bawn
- Placenames
- Bellewstown 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.