Mountainpole

36 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Mountainpole, from 69 m² to 287,936 m² (28.79 ha, 71.15 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 13 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 · 48 parcels The zoning objective in the plan

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

• 10 Nov 2025Conditional

  the development will consist of the following: (1) Retention permission for single storey extension to front of existing single storey dwelling. (2) Retention permission for minor floor plan and elevations alterations from previously approved under previous planning file REF 86737. (3) Retention permission for domestic store/own use builders materials and machinery store. (4) All ancillary site development works

  Retention · Meath County Council, 25223

• 14 Mar 2025Conditional

  planning Permission and Retention Permission. The development will consist of the following: (A) Retention Permission is sought for (1) demolition of a front porch and the construction of a replacement porch (2) demolition of the ruins of a derelict outbuilding to the rear of the house and the construction of a replacement single storied extension (3) the construction of a two storied extension to the side of the existing house (4) the installation of a proprietary waste water treatment unit to replace a previously existing septic tank (5) and all ancillary site development works. (B) Planning permission is sought for: (1) to construct a single story porch and extension to the rear and sides of existing building (2) to construct part single story, part story and a half extensions to the front and sides of the existing building. (3) to construct walls to courtyard area to front of dwelling (4) to upgrade the existing waste water treatment unit and percolation area to serve dwelling (5) To install a new soakaway to serve proposed extensions (6) and all ancillary site development works. Significant further information/revised plans submitted on this application

  Permission · Meath County Council, 2560257

• 2 Sept 2022Conditional

  retention permission is sought for first floor extension to the rear of existing storey and half type dwelling along with retention for internal and external façade modifications carried out during construction from that previously approved under Planning Reference No. KA181164 and full planning permission is sought to construct domestic garage and all ancillary site works

  Permission · Meath County Council, 221144

• 12 Nov 2021Refused

  construction of a Hayshed/Agricultural Building and a Stables Building with Washing out tank and Dungstead, install a Septic tank and percolation area with associated site works and form new agricultural entrance from public road

  Permission · Meath County Council, 212166

• 9 Jul 2021Refused

  to construct (1) two storey type dwelling (2) domestic garage (3) carport (4) proprietary treatment system (5) site entrance (6) all ancillary site works

  Permission, 1 home · Meath County Council, 211326

• 4 Feb 2020N/a

  construction of a two storey style dwelling, install a septic tank and percolation area, to construct a hayshed /agricultural building and a stables building with washing out tank and dungstead with associated site works and form new entrance from public road. Significant further information/revised plans submitted on this application

  Permission, 3 homes · Meath County Council, KA200111

• 5 Oct 2018Conditional

  a story and a half type dwelling, with a wastewater treatment system & percolation area, domestic well, alterations to the existing entrance to incorporate a domestic & an agricultural entrance together with associated site works. Significant further information/revised plans submitted on this application

  Permission, 1 home · Meath County Council, KA181164

Source: National Planning Applications, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, CC BY 4.0. Applicants are not shown.

Designated sites

• Special Area of Conservation: River Boyne and River Blackwater SAC 002299
• Special Protection Area: River Boyne and River Blackwater SPA 004232

Recorded monuments

• ME016-063 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  Located on a gentle S-facing slope. The cropmark of a circular enclosure (int. diam. c. 30m NE-SW; c. 30m NW-SE) defined by a continuous and wide fosse feature (Wth c. 2-3m) is only visible on Apple Maps, which utilises a survey conducted by Bluesky International during June 2018. It was first reported by Anthony Murphy. See the attached enhanced aerial view from Apple Maps Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 27 January 2020

Architectural heritage

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

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 Mountainpole, 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 Mountainpole.

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.

No address of the register names Mountainpole with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Meath.

Name

Mountainpole

Area

1,371,104 m² (137.11 ha, 338.81 acres)

Civil parish

Dulane, and its townlands

Barony

Kells Upper

Electoral division

Loughan, the unit of the census

Census 2022

471 people lived in 160 households in the Loughan electoral division. 90% of households owned their home. 27% of homes were built since 2001. 8% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 1% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Ballynamona, Castlepole, Commons of Lloyd, Maperath, Moat, Mountainpole or Rochfortsland, Oakleypark or Laurencetown, Rathbrack, Wilmount

Placenames

Mountainpole 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.