Piercetown

50 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Piercetown, from 29 m² to 374,564 m² (37.46 ha, 92.56 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 27 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 · 77 parcels The zoning objective in the plan

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

• 29 Sept 2025N/a

  the development will consist of The construction of an extension at ground floor level to side of approx 46.5 sq meters, Construction of first floor storey extension incorporating 4 no bedrooms approx 114 sq meters. Play room/ exercise room at Attic level 1 no dormer and 8 no roof lights approximately 75 sq meters Overall height of propose new ridge height 9.525 meters and associated site works

  Permission · Meath County Council, 2561032

• 26 Feb 2024Conditional

  The development will consist of: A 10-year permission for the development of a solar farm on a site of 35.81 hectares consisting of the following: 211,320 sqm of solar photovoltaic panels on ground mounted steel frames; 6 hardstanding locations for electrical skids; new internal access tracks; underground power and communications cables and ducts ; a new access from the L6835 public road; access gates; landscaping and biodiversity enhancement measures; boundary fencing and all associated ancillary development, site works and services. The solar farm will be operational for 40 years. Installation of underground electrical cabling and associated infrastructure within the public road corridor along the L6835 public road for approximately 10 metres to connect into the permitted underground cabling associated with the permitted ‘Milltown Solar Farm (Meath County Council Reg. Ref. 21396 & An Bord Pleanála Case Number: PL17.311460) which is located to the north of the site within the townland of Milltown. A Natura Impact Statement (NIS) has been prepared in respect of the proposed development and will be submitted to the planning authority with the application

  Permission · Meath County Council, 2460134

• 25 Oct 2019Conditional

  planning permission to construct a two-storey dwelling house, domestic garage, new entrance, and install a waste water treatment system with percolation areas and all ancillary works on site

  Permission, 2 homes · Meath County Council, KA191421

• 15 Aug 2019Conditional

  the conversion of an existing single storey vernacular stone outbuilding to a dwelling house including construction of a single storey extension, waste water treatment unit and percolation area and relocation of existing entrance onto public road. Significant further information/revised plans submitted on this application

  Permission · Meath County Council, KA191065

• 26 Apr 2019Refused

  planning permission to construct a two-storey dwelling house, domestic garage, upgrade existing agricultural entrance to provide combined domestic and agricultural entrance and install waste water treatment unit and percolation areas and all ancillary works on site

  Permission, 1 home · Meath County Council, KA190510

• 10 Dec 2018Refused

  conversion of an existing single storey vernacular stone outbuilding to a dwelling house including construction a single storey extension, waste water treatment unit and percolation area. Significant further information/revised plans submitted on this application

  Permission, 1 home · Meath County Council, KA181469

• 19 Nov 2018N/a

  conversion of an existing single storey vernacular stone outbuilding to a dwelling house including construction a single storey extension, waste water treatment unit and percolation area.

  Permission, 1 home · Meath County Council, KA181371

• 12 Nov 2018N/a

  conversion of an existing single storey vernacular stone outbuilding to a dwelling house including construction a single storey extension, waste water treatment unit and percolation area

  Permission, 1 home · Meath County Council, KA181341

• 13 Aug 2018Conditional

  (a) demolition of flat roofed extension to rear of existing dwelling, (b) demolition of sheds to rear of existing dwelling, (c) construction of a single storey extension to rear of existing dwelling, (d) renovations to existing dwelling, (e) construction of domestic garage, (f) installation of effluent treatment system and percolation area and (g) all associated site development works. Significant Further information / Revised plans submitted on this application.

  Permission · Meath County Council, KA180905

• 12 Jul 2017N/a

  renovation and development of an agricultural building 101m/sq to a three bedroom dwelling. Adding a single storey extension to the south elevation, total new floor area 128m/sq, new septic tank and percolation area together with associated site development works. Significant further information/revised plans submitted on this application

  Permission, 1 home · Meath County Council, KA170814

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 Piercetown.

Recorded monuments

No recorded monument lies in the townland of Piercetown.

Architectural heritage

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

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 Piercetown, 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 moderately low, low, partly inferred.

Terrain model

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

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.

• Piercetown, Fordstown6 sales

Name

Piercetown

Area

2,213,185 m² (221.32 ha, 546.89 acres)

Civil parish

Balrathboyne, and its townlands

Barony

Kells Upper

Electoral division

Balrathboyne, the unit of the census

Census 2022

643 people lived in 209 households in the Balrathboyne electoral division. 82% of households owned their home. 43% of homes were built since 2001. 3% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 0% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Cortown, Crannaghtown, Febog, Fordstown, Fordstown or Ballaghboy, Irishtown, Milltown, Pepperstown, Toberultan

Placenames

Piercetown 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.