Porterstown
Porterstown is a townland in the civil parish of Rathbeggan, barony of Ratoath, Co. Meath. Its name in Irish is Baile an Phóirtéaraigh.
Parcel 183214
- Area
- 96,586 m² (9.66 ha, 23.87 acres)
- Buildings
- 2 buildings touch it. Their footprint covers 226 m².
- Zoning
- P5 RA - Rural Area (Meath County Development Plan 2021-2027 (As Varied)) The objective
- Townland
- Porterstown
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
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
- At the centre of this parcel, 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 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
- 81.9 ha
- 202 acres
- Land parcels
- 60
- registered freehold, median 2,666 m² (0.27 ha, 0.66 acres)
- Zoning
- P5
- RA - Rural Area
- Planning
- 13
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
60 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Porterstown, from 24 m² to 99,133 m² (9.91 ha, 24.5 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 22 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 · 81 parcels The zoning objective in the plan - C5D1 - Tourism (Tourism and related)
Meath County Development Plan 2021-2027 (As Varied), Meath · 1 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
17 Jul 2026N/a
the construction of a two storey, Stud Farm Manager’s residence, proprietary waste water treatment system and all ancillary site development works
Permission, 1 home · Meath County Council, 2660907
10 Oct 2025Conditional
The development will consist of the construction of a single storey extension to the front of the existing dwelling, the construction of dormer style roof extension to the rear of the existing dwelling, the construction of a single storey extension to the side of the existing detached garage for use as a home gym, along with internal and external renovations & alterations to the existing dwelling and detached garage and all associated site works.
Permission · Meath County Council, 2561093
8 Oct 2025Conditional
the development consists of permission to construct a part two-storey, part single storey dwelling house, detached garage, new wastewater treatment system and percolation area, new entrance onto public road and all associated site development works. Significant further information/revised plans submitted on this application
Permission, 1 home · Meath County Council, 2561078
8 Oct 2025Conditional
the development consists of permission to construct a part two-storey, part single storey dwelling house, detached garage, new wastewater treatment system and percolation area, new entrance onto public road and all associated site development works. Significant further information/revised plans submitted on this application
Permission, 1 home · Meath County Council, 2561079
17 Dec 2024Conditional
retention of habitable ground floor extension to the rear of the existing dwelling house and all ancillary works
Retention, 1 home · Meath County Council, 24462
15 Jul 2024Conditional
the provision of a two storey dwelling house, domestic garage, waste water treatment system together with all ancillary works. Significant further information/revised plans submitted on this application
Permission, 1 home · Meath County Council, 2460531
11 Mar 2022Conditional
the installation of 1230 m2 of solar panels on the roofs of the existing manufacturing units and all associated site works. Significant further information/revised plans submitted on this application
Permission · Meath County Council, 22316
4 Nov 2021Conditional
the development will consist of an extension to the south east of the existing premises and all associated site works
Permission · Meath County Council, 212121
29 Apr 2021N/a
to construct a part 1.5 storey, part single storey dwelling house, detached garage, new wastewater treatment system and percolation area and all associated site development works
Permission, 1 home · Meath County Council, 21817
12 Apr 2019Conditional
construction of one new single-storey house; new waste water treatment system and percolation area, new front boundary treatment including combined entrance with adjoining property and all associated site works. Significant further information/revised plans submitted on this application
Permission, 1 home · Meath County Council, RA190438
31 Jan 2019Conditional
retention permission is sought for the existing single storey extension 16.3 Msq, constructed to the side and rear of the existing dwelling
Retention · Meath County Council, RA190087
25 Sept 2018Conditional
the construction of an ESB MV Substation to the rear of the site and all associated site works.
Permission, 1 home · Meath County Council, RA181113
11 Sept 2017Conditional
the extension of the existing premises to enclose an existing yard to the south. Significant further information/revised plans submitted on this application
Permission · Meath County Council, RA171053
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 Porterstown.
Recorded monuments
No recorded monument lies in the townland of Porterstown.
Architectural heritage
No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands in the townland of Porterstown.
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 Porterstown, 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 Porterstown.
- 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 Porterstown with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Meath.
The townland
- Name
- Porterstown · Baile an Phóirtéaraigh
- Area
- 819,333 m² (81.93 ha, 202.46 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
- Ennistown, Gormanstown, Growtown, Powderlough, Rathbeggan, Warrenstown, Wilkinstown
- Placenames
- Porterstown 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.