Milestown
Townland in the civil parish of Dunboyne, barony of Dunboyne, Co. Meath
Parcel 181540
- Area
- 2,533 m² (0.25 ha, 0.63 acres)
- Buildings
- 2 buildings touch it, 238 m² on the ground
- Zoning
- P5 RA - Rural Area (Meath County Development Plan 2021-2027) The objective
- Townland
- Milestown
Planning applications on this parcel
16 Jan 2026N/a
permission for a 10-year approval for development at this site consisting of up to approximately 23.99 kilometres (km) of 38 kilovolts (kV) underground cable (UGC) and all associated site and development works at various locations in County Meath with a total site area of c. 25.71 ha. The proposed development consists of the following elements: •Installation of 3no. new 38 kV underground cable routes or cable route sections and all associated site and development works within the administrative area of Meath County Council (MCC) as outlined below and illustrated on the maps herein: •The proposed Coolmine cable route section in MCC is approximately 3.42 km in length crossing the townlands of Hilltown, Jarretstown and Walterstown from east to west. • The proposed Leixlip cable route section in MCC is approximately 4.08 km in length crossing the townlands of Moor of Meath, Walterstown, Rathleek, Cappaghcreen and Milestown from south to north. • The proposed Macetown cable route is wholly within MCC and is approximately 16.49 km in length crossing the townlands of Cappaghcreen, Walterstown, Milestown, Rathleek, Oranstown, Castlefarm, Dunboyne and Bennetstown from south to north. The primary purpose of the proposed underground cables is to provide electrical power to the Dart+ West Railway project as granted under the DART+ West Railway Order (ACP Ref. 314232). The proposed underground cable routes will incorporate the following elements: • Communication links and fibre optic cables between all substations in the same trench as the UGC; • Joint bays and communication chambers along the UGC alignment; • Temporary construction laydown and work areas with ancillary staff facilities and parking, temporary access tracks, passing bays and water and utility crossings; • All associated and ancillary above and below ground site development works, including works comprising or relating to permanent and temporary construction and roadworks and excavation (including HDD) and vegetation clearance. An Environmental Impact Assessment Report (EIAR) and a Natura Impact Assessment (NIS) will be submitted to the Planning Authority with the application.
Permission · Meath County Council, 2660066
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
No zone of notification of a recorded monument touches this parcel.
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
- About 1 in 20 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels. Testing a home
- Landslides
- Susceptibility low, on the 1:50,000 map.
- Terrain model
- LiDAR of the Office of Public Works, flown in 2011, at 2 m: tile OPW_2968 (ZIP).
- 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.
Download this parcel: DXF, in Irish Transverse Mercator metres, with its neighbours and buildings, for a drawing program; GeoJSON, in WGS 84, for a map; KML, for 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
- 111.9 ha
- 276 acres
- Land parcels
- 49
- registered freehold, median 2,933 m² (0.29 ha, 0.72 acres)
- Zoning
- P5
- RA - Rural Area
- Planning
- 12
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
49 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Milestown, from 8 m² to 157,282 m² (15.73 ha, 38.87 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 31 neighbouring parcels touch it.
Download the townland: DXF, in Irish Transverse Mercator metres, with its boundary, parcels and buildings; GeoJSON or KML.
Zoning
Development plans, national zoning
- P5RA - Rural Area (Mixed/general primary sector uses, including 'rural')
Meath County Development Plan 2021-2027, Meath · 80 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
23 Jan 2026Conditional
the development will consist of part one and a half storey / part single storey type dwelling, detached domestic garage, entrance and driveway together with proprietary waste water treatment system, polishing filter and all associated site works
Permission, 1 home · Meath County Council, 2660083
16 Jan 2026N/a
permission for a 10-year approval for development at this site consisting of up to approximately 23.99 kilometres (km) of 38 kilovolts (kV) underground cable (UGC) and all associated site and development works at various locations in County Meath with a total site area of c. 25.71 ha. The proposed development consists of the following elements: •Installation of 3no. new 38 kV underground cable routes or cable route sections and all associated site and development works within the administrative area of Meath County Council (MCC) as outlined below and illustrated on the maps herein: •The proposed Coolmine cable route section in MCC is approximately 3.42 km in length crossing the townlands of Hilltown, Jarretstown and Walterstown from east to west. • The proposed Leixlip cable route section in MCC is approximately 4.08 km in length crossing the townlands of Moor of Meath, Walterstown, Rathleek, Cappaghcreen and Milestown from south to north. • The proposed Macetown cable route is wholly within MCC and is approximately 16.49 km in length crossing the townlands of Cappaghcreen, Walterstown, Milestown, Rathleek, Oranstown, Castlefarm, Dunboyne and Bennetstown from south to north. The primary purpose of the proposed underground cables is to provide electrical power to the Dart+ West Railway project as granted under the DART+ West Railway Order (ACP Ref. 314232). The proposed underground cable routes will incorporate the following elements: • Communication links and fibre optic cables between all substations in the same trench as the UGC; • Joint bays and communication chambers along the UGC alignment; • Temporary construction laydown and work areas with ancillary staff facilities and parking, temporary access tracks, passing bays and water and utility crossings; • All associated and ancillary above and below ground site development works, including works comprising or relating to permanent and temporary construction and roadworks and excavation (including HDD) and vegetation clearance. An Environmental Impact Assessment Report (EIAR) and a Natura Impact Assessment (NIS) will be submitted to the Planning Authority with the application.
Permission · Meath County Council, 2660066
22 Dec 2025Conditional
the development will consist of a new carport to the side of the dwelling
Permission, 1 home · Meath County Council, 2660020
21 Mar 2025Conditional
construction of single storey extension to the side and rear of existing dwelling comprising of Family room to the side and Bedroom extension to the rear and all associated site works
Permission · Meath County Council, 2560274
17 Feb 2025Conditional
the development will consist of alterations to front elevations including new flat roof, material finishes, fenestration, front porch and carport with amended carparking to provide safe vehicle circulation within curtilage. New rear and side extension with proposed extended paving and associated site works
Permission · Meath County Council, 2560140
27 May 2024Conditional
single-storey side extension with a hipped roof and two rooflights. New front porch with front-facing window and reoriented front door. Single storey extension with flat roof connecting main house and existing garage/store, comprising ensuite with rooflight accessed via existing bedroom and storage room with rooflight accessed via existing garage. Retention of existing carport and gym to the rear
Retention · Meath County Council, 2460385
16 May 2024Refused
Conversion of existing attic space to Bedroom c/w En-suite and Office, comprising of modification of existing roof structure, new access stairs and flat roof dormer to the front and rear.
Permission, 1 home · Meath County Council, 2460349
6 May 2024N/a
single-storey side extension with a hipped roof and two rooflights. New front porch with front-facing window and reoriented front door. Single-storey extension with flat roof connecting main house and existing garage/store, comprising ensuite with rooflight accessed via existing bedroom and storage room with rooflight accessed via existing garage. Retention of existing carport and gym to the rear
Retention · Meath County Council, 2460311
2 May 2023Conditional
permission to construct a balcony at first floor level to southern elevation with pitched roof over and all associated site development works
Permission · Meath County Council, 23471
27 May 2022Conditional
retention of alteration to existing semi detached bungalow including flat roof single storey extension with rooflights, solar thermal tubes, satellite dish, aerial antenna, motors and heat pump to rear, windows to side at ground gable, attic dormer conversion to rear with windows to rear and side, velux windows and porch to front, garden shed, front boundary wall with vehicular and pedestrian access, piers, gates and all associated work
Retention · Meath County Council, 22695
2 Feb 2022N/a
retention of alterations to existing semi detached bungalow including flat roof single storey extension with rooflights, solar thermal tubes, satellite dish, aerial antenna, motors and heat pump to rear, windows to side at ground gable, attic dormer conversion to rear with windows to rear and side, velux windows and porch to front, garden shed, front boundary wall with vehicular and pedestrian access, piers, gates and all associated works
Retention, 1 home · Meath County Council, 22124
31 Oct 2017Conditional
development will consist of a) proposed single storey pitched roof extension to the rear of existing dwelling, b) roof lights added to existing front roof slope along with associated site works
Permission · Meath County Council, RA171258
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 Milestown.
Recorded monuments
No recorded monument lies in the townland of Milestown.
Architectural heritage
No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands in the townland of Milestown.
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
- About 1 in 20 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels. Testing a home
- Landslides
- Susceptibility low, low (inferred), on the 1:50,000 map.
- Terrain model
- LiDAR of the Office of Public Works, flown in 2011, at 2 m: tile OPW_2934 (ZIP).
- 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.
Homes sold
Property Price Register
No address of the register names Milestown with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Meath.
The townland
- Name
- Milestown
- Area
- 1,118,538 m² (111.85 ha, 276.4 acres)
- Civil parish
- Dunboyne, and its townlands
- Barony
- Dunboyne
- Electoral division
- Dunboyne, the unit of the census
- Census 2022
- Dunboyne electoral division: 10,698 people in 3,434 households; 78% of households own their home; 39% of homes were built since 2001; 6% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 0% were holiday homes.
- Neighbouring townlands
- Cappaghcreen, Castlefarm, Ellickstown, Grange, Oranstown, Rathleek, Walterstown
- Placenames
- Milestown 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.