Oldtown
Oldtown is a townland in the civil parish of Kilcarn, barony of Skreen, Co. Meath.
Parcel 201131
- Area
- 12,365 m² (1.24 ha, 3.06 acres)
- Buildings
- 1 building touches it. Its footprint covers 423 m².
- Zoning
- P5 RA - Rural Area (Meath County Development Plan 2021-2027) The objective
- Townland
- Oldtown
Planning applications on this parcel
7 Aug 2024Conditional
The development will consist of the construction of a standalone single-storey garage extending to 110m2. To include associated site works, solar panels as well as hard and soft landscaping.
Permission, 1 home · Meath County Council, 2460608
21 Jun 2022Conditional
the demolition of an existing two-story 6 bedroom 523m2 dwelling. Replacement with a two-story 6 bedroom 884m2 house with an internal swimming pool. Decommissioning of existing septic tank and replacement with a new septic tank and a new percolation area. To include associated site works, as well as hard and soft landscaping
Permission, 1 home · Meath County Council, 22817
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 5 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, low (inferred).
- Terrain model
- LiDAR of the Office of Public Works, flown in 2011, at 2 m: tile OPW_2787 (ZIP).
- 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
- 206.3 ha
- 510 acres
- Land parcels
- 55
- registered freehold, median 4,833 m² (0.48 ha, 1.19 acres)
- Zoning
- P5
- RA - Rural Area
- Planning
- 16
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
55 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Oldtown, from 69 m² to 424,342 m² (42.43 ha, 104.86 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 20 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, 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
30 May 2026N/a
planning application for permission for development comprising a) the erection of a new 35m long x c.5m high pc concrete ball wall adjacent to existing astro pitch, b) installation of new c.2m wide walkway around perimeter of sports ground (c. 850m long) with associated lighting (44 no. luminaires on c.5m high lighting poles at approx. 20m spacing), c) erection of a c.30m long x c.4.6m high pc concrete viewing stand along west side of existing main pitch and d) provision of c.2m wide walkway and c.1.3m high fencing around perimeter of secondary/ training pitch located to the south and all associated site development works. Significant further information/revised plans submitted on this application
Permission · Meath County Council, 2660656
1 Oct 2025Conditional
EXTENSION OF DURATION OF PLANNING PERMISSION 211636 - construction of a storey & a half style dwelling with detached domestic garage, install a proprietary sewage treatment system and form new entrance to public road
Extension of duration, 2 homes · Meath County Council, 25185
26 Sept 2025Conditional
EXTENSION OF DURATION OF PLANNING REFERENCE 211635; construction of a two storey style dwelling with detached domestic garage, install a proprietary sewage treatment system and form new entrance to public road
Extension of duration, 1 home · Meath County Council, 25184
7 Aug 2024Conditional
The development will consist of the construction of a standalone single-storey garage extending to 110m2. To include associated site works, solar panels as well as hard and soft landscaping.
Permission, 1 home · Meath County Council, 2460608
2 Feb 2023Refused
the development consists of land recovery operation (being) reclamation of agricultural land and all associated site works comprising of the importation of natural materials of clay, silt, sand, gravel or stone and which comes within the meaning of inert waste, throught deposition for the purpose of the improvement or development of land Class 5 of the waste management (Facility Permit and Registration) Regulations 2007-2008. A 5 year planning permission is requested and during the duration of this period 132,000 tons of inert soil and stone will be imported for the purpose of land reclamation
Permission · Meath County Council, 2394
21 Jun 2022Conditional
the demolition of an existing two-story 6 bedroom 523m2 dwelling. Replacement with a two-story 6 bedroom 884m2 house with an internal swimming pool. Decommissioning of existing septic tank and replacement with a new septic tank and a new percolation area. To include associated site works, as well as hard and soft landscaping
Permission, 1 home · Meath County Council, 22817
13 Sept 2021Conditional
retention permission for the decommissioning of septic tank, and the installation of secondary waste water treatment unit and pressurised percolation area to service existing Dwelling house, and all associated site works
Retention · Meath County Council, 211789
23 Aug 2021Conditional
construction of a two storey style dwelling with detached domestic garage, install a proprietary sewage treatment system and form new entrance to public road
Permission, 1 home · Meath County Council, 211635
23 Aug 2021Conditional
construction of a storey & a half style dwelling with detached domestic garage, install a proprietary sewage treatment system and form new entrance to public road
Permission, 1 home · Meath County Council, 211636
22 Sept 2020Conditional
the construction of a single storey detached dwelling including proprietary waste water treatment system and percolation area, new entrance onto existing lane and all associated site works
Permission, 1 home · Meath County Council, AA201325
28 Aug 2020Conditional
planning permission to contruct a two storey, pitched roof, extension to the rear of existing single storey cottage at Oldtown, Johnstown, Navan, Co. Meath C15C3K4. The extension will consist of three en-suite bedrooms, livingroom, diningroom and kitchen, utility room, laundry room; remodelling of existing cottage internally, with all external finishes to match existing cottage finishes, with all ancillary works including sewage treatment tank, together with new entrance from road with timber gates and concrete piers and front boundary wall to match existing boundary wall along the front of the existing property. Significant further information/revised plans submitted on this application
Permission, 1 home · Meath County Council, AA201169
8 Jul 2020N/a
planning permission to contruct a two storey, pitched roof, extension to the rear of my existing single storey cottage at Oldtown, Johnstown, Navan, Co. Meath C15C3K4. The extension will consist of three en-suite bedrooms, livingroom, dinningroom and kitchen, utility room, laundry room; remodelling of existing cottage internally, with all external finishes to match existing cottage finishes, with all ancillary works including sewage treatment tank, together with new entrance from road with timber gates and concrete piers and front boundary wall to match existing boundary wall along the front of the existing property
Permission · Meath County Council, AA200878
7 Aug 2019N/a
a front boundary wall to my property at Oldtown, Johnstown, Navan, Co. Meath C15C3K4 with timber gates and piers, to match existing boundary wall which is in place over portion of the boundary to my property
Permission · Meath County Council, AA191039
26 Jul 2019Conditional
to construct (1) two storey type dwelling (2) domestic garage (3) proprietary wastewater treatment system (4) all ancillary site works
Permission, 2 homes · Meath County Council, AA190996
11 Jul 2019N/a
a proposal to construct a front boundary wall to her property at Oldtown Road, Oldtown, Co. Meath C15C3K4 with timber gates and piers, to match existing boundary wall which is in place over portion of the boundary to her propoerty
Permission · Meath County Council, AA190913
14 Jun 2019N/a
the development will consist of a proposal to construct a front boundary wall to her property at Garlow Cross, Oldtown Road, Oldtown, Co. Meath C15C3K4, with timber gates and piers, to match existing boundary wall which is in place over portion of the boundary to her property
Permission · Meath County Council, AA190777
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 Oldtown.
Recorded monuments
No recorded monument lies in the townland of Oldtown.
Architectural heritage
No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands in the townland of Oldtown.
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
- The 1:50,000 map rates the landslide susceptibility here as moderately low, low, low (inferred).
- Terrain model
- LiDAR of the Office of Public Works, flown in 2011, at 2 m: tile OPW_2787 (ZIP).
- 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
- Oldtown, Johnstown5 sales
The townland
- Name
- Oldtown
- Area
- 2,062,839 m² (206.28 ha, 509.74 acres)
- Civil parish
- Kilcarn, and its townlands
- Barony
- Skreen
- Electoral division
- Ardmulchan, the unit of the census
- Census 2022
- 1,137 people lived in 370 households in the Ardmulchan electoral division. 91% of households owned their home. 31% of homes were built since 2001. 4% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 1% were holiday homes.
- Neighbouring townlands
- Corballis, Follistown, Gerrardstown, Gillstown, Kilcarn, Morrell
- Placenames
- Oldtown 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.