Toor
Toor is a townland in the civil parish of Castlejordan, barony of Moyfenrath Upper, Co. Meath.
Parcel 192837
- Area
- 19,322 m² (1.93 ha, 4.77 acres)
- Buildings
- No building touches it.
- Zoning
- P5 RA - Rural Area (Meath County Development Plan 2021-2027) The objective
- Townland
- Toor
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
- 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.
- 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.
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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
- 189.5 ha
- 468 acres
- Land parcels
- 78
- registered freehold, median 7,252 m² (0.73 ha, 1.79 acres)
- Zoning
- P5
- RA - Rural Area
- Planning
- 10
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
78 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Toor, from 185 m² to 181,264 m² (18.13 ha, 44.79 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 19 neighbouring parcels touch it.
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Zoning
Development plans, national zoning
- P5RA - Rural Area (Mixed/general primary sector uses, including 'rural')
Meath County Development Plan 2021-2027, Meath · 75 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
28 May 2026Refused
the proposed development consists of the following. Permission is sought to construct a two storey dwelling and domestic garage. Permission is also sought to construct a new site entrance, to erect new site boundaries and to install a tertiary wastewater system with a coco filter and infiltration bed together with permission for all associated site works
Permission, 1 home · Meath County Council, 2660640
14 Oct 2025Conditional
EirGrid PLC, with the consent and approval of the Electricity Supply Board (ESB), intends to apply for permission for works to uprate the existing Rinawade – Dunfirth Tee – Kinnegad 110kV overhead line (OHL). Within County Meath, the proposed development will take place within the following townlands: JARRETSTOWN, WALTERSTOWN, MOOR OF MEATH, RATHLEEK, GRANGE, BOGGANSTOWN, CAPPAGHCREEN, BROWNSTOWN, SALESTOWN, AFFOLLUS, KILGRAIGUE, HARRISTOWN, PORTERSTOWN, KILCLONE, KIMMINS, BARROCKSTOWN, BALLYMAGILLIN, MULHUSSEY, FERRESTOWN, RODANSTOWN, BATTERSTOWN, DOLANSTOWN, CALGATH, BALFEAGHAN, KILGLIN, FERRANS, CASTLEJORDAN, GORTNAHORNA, KILLASKILLEN, CLONGALL, KNOCKERSALLY OR COLEHILL. The Rinawade - Dunfirth Tee - Kinnegad 110 kV OHL circuit runs through County Meath, County Kildare and County Offaly. It is 54 km in length and travels from Kinnegad 110 kV substation in Killaskillen (County Meath) and traverses southeast where a short loop into Dunfirth 110 kV substation in Dunfirth (County Kildare) exists. The line then continues southeast where it terminates at Rinawade 110kV substation in Rinawade Lower (County Kildare). The OHL has a total of 249no. supporting structures. Within the functional area of Meath County Council, there is 23.16 km of the existing OHL circuit, with 107 no. structures. Within the functional area of Kildare County Council there is 30.66 km, with 140 no. structures, and within the functional area of Offaly County Council there is 0.42 km, with 2 no. structures. Separate planning applications will be lodged with Kildare County Council and Offaly County Council. The proposed development within Co. Meath will comprise: • the replacement (“restringing”) of the existing OHL circuit conductor wires with a new higher capacity conductor between structure numbers 1 - 37, 185 - 214, and 218 - 223; • the replacement of angle mast in-situ at 1no. location, with a new angle mast; • the strengthening of tower foundations at 3no. locations; • the strengthening of towers (i.e., member replacement) at 5no. locations; • the painting of towers at 7no. locations; • shear block remedial works of towers at 1no. locations; • the replacement of polesets at 38no. locations, with similar structures. There will be no change in height at 12no. poleset replacements. There will be height increases between 0.1m and 2.0m at 26no. poleset replacements. • the replumbing of polesets at 11no. locations; • the replacement of insulating and ancillary hardware at
Permission · Meath County Council, 2561103
16 May 2025Conditional
The developments consist of a side extension to existing dwelling house and a detached domestic garage.
Retention, 1 home · Meath County Council, 2560494
28 Jan 2025Conditional
the development will consist of the construction of a single storey dwelling house, a detached domestic garage, a vehicular entrance , installation of an effluent treatment system and polishing filter and any associated site works. Significant further information/revised plans submitted on this application
Permission, 1 home · Meath County Council, 2560085
31 Jul 2024Refused
The development will consist of the construction of a single storey dwelling house, a detached domestic garage, a vehicular entrance , installation of an effluent treatment system and polishing filter and any associated site works. Significant further information/revised plans submitted on this application.
Permission, 1 home · Meath County Council, 2460584
22 Jul 2020Conditional
planning permission to construct 2No. agricultural underpasses and linkage areas under existing public roads, re-instate residual road areas disrupted by installation of underpass sections and all ancillary site works
Permission · Meath County Council, TA200968
26 Jun 2020N/a
planning permission to construct 2No. agricultural underpasses and linkage areas under existing public roads, re-instate residual road areas disrupted by installation of underpass sections and all ancillary site works
Permission, 1 home · Meath County Council, TA200811
12 Jun 2019Conditional
an agricultural entrance and any associated works
Permission · Meath County Council, TA190750
1 May 2019Conditional
planning permission to erect new silage slab and ancillary site works
Permission · Meath County Council, TA190525
22 Jun 2018Conditional
planning permission to erect new straw bedded shed with cattle handling facilities and ancillary site works
Permission · Meath County Council, TA180683
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 Toor.
Recorded monuments
- ME046-013 Tomb - chest tomb (present location)
Description
Now in the Roman Catholic church at Ballinbrackey and thought to have come from Ballyboggan Abbey (ME046-018----) (Callary 1957). Three panels of an early sixteenth century tomb chest (Hunt 1974, 203-4) are displayed on the inside of the SW wall of the transept. The figures represented include The Holy Trinity (Roe 1979, 107, 129), St John the Baptist, and a Madona. The above 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. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of revised upload: 30 March 2016
Architectural heritage
- Catholic Church of the Assumption, church/chapel, 1965–1975 · Regional interest
Description
Gable-fronted church, built c.1972, with six-bay side elevations to nave, leading to transepts and chancel to north-west. Projecting porches with timber glazed double doors to entrance gable and transepts gables. Pitched pantile roofs, red brick walls, with concrete panelling between stained glass lights. Belfry to site.
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 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, low (inferred).
- Terrain model
- No LiDAR survey of the Office of Public Works covers the centre of the townland of Toor.
- 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 Toor with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Meath.
The townland
- Name
- Toor
- Area
- 1,895,178 m² (189.52 ha, 468.31 acres)
- Civil parish
- Castlejordan, and its townlands
- Barony
- Moyfenrath Upper
- Electoral division
- Castlejordan, the unit of the census
- Census 2022
- 440 people lived in 150 households in the Castlejordan electoral division. 86% of households owned their home. 26% of homes were built since 2001. 8% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 1% were holiday homes.
- Neighbouring townlands
- Ballynagalshy, Baltinoran, Cappaboggan, Gortnahorna, Kilkeeran, Killaskillen, Toornafolla
- Placenames
- Toor 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.