Summerhill Upper

38 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Summerhill Upper, from 282 m² to 471,710 m² (47.17 ha, 116.56 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 18 neighbouring parcels touch it.

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• P5RA - Rural Area (Mixed/general primary sector uses, including 'rural')
  Meath County Development Plan 2021-2027, Meath · 56 parcels The zoning objective in the plan

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

• 25 Jun 2026Conditional

  (1) Removal of existing overground walled silage pits, (2) Construction of replacement walled silage pits, (3) Installation of effluent collection tank, (4) Completion of all ancillary site works and associated site structures

  Permission · Meath County Council, 2660786

• 13 May 2026N/a

  the development will consist of the removal of an existing domestic entrance and the construction of a new domestic entrance and all ancillary site works

  Permission · Meath County Council, 2660567

• 9 Apr 2026N/a

  The development will consist of the removal of an existing domestic entrance and the construction of a new domestic entrance and all ancillary site works.

  Permission · Meath County Council, 2660395

• 4 Nov 2025N/a

  the proposed development will consist of the construction of a two storey dwellling, single storey domestic garage, installation of on-site WWTS, new entrance on to public road and all associated ancillary site works

  Permission, 1 home · Meath County Council, 2561186

• 28 Aug 2020Refused

  the construction of a single storey dwelling, associated stables, open new vehicular entrance to site, new packaged wastewater treatment system and percolation area, new private water well, together with all associated site development works

  Permission, 1 home · Meath County Council, KA201168

• 20 Feb 2020Refused

  the construction of a single storey dwelling, associated stables, open new vehicular entrance to site, new packaged wastewater treatment system and soil polishing filter, new private water well, together with all associated site development works

  Permission, 2 homes · Meath County Council, KA200204

• 21 Jun 2018Conditional

  a two storey dwelling with a single storey living and lounge area to the south east, associated domestic garage, open new vehicular entrance to site, new packaged wastewater treatment system and percolation area, new private water well, together with all associated site development works. Significant further information/revised plans submitted on this application

  Permission, 1 home · Meath County Council, KA180680

• 16 Feb 2018Conditional

  construction of slatted shed with loose shed area

  Permission · Meath County Council, KA180142

• 23 Mar 2017Conditional

  the development will consist of the retention of: 1. Extension to dwelling including conversion of attic space to bedroom and en-suite, balcony to rear and dormer windows to front. 2. Double domestic garage with loft storage, fuel store to rear and domestic store to side under lean-to room. 3. Shed for the storage of vintage cars and tractors. 4. Revised site layout and all ancillary site works

  Retention · Meath County Council, KA170293

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 the townland of Summerhill Upper.

Recorded monuments

• ME006-026 Castle - motte
  Description

  Situated on a NNW-SSE ridge. This is a flat-topped, subcircular and grass-covered mound (dims of top 22m WNW-ESE; 18m ENE-WSW; dims of base 39m WNW-ESE; 37m ENE-WSW; H 2m at W to 3.2-3.6m generally), with traces of a fosse (Wth of top c. 3m; D 0.5m) NW-N and with a causeway (Wth c. 5m; H 0.5m) across the ridge at NNW. Archaeological testing (18E0672) by P. D. Sweetman c. 80m to the E produced no related material (excavations.ie 2018:611). 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. Revised by: Michael Moore Date of revision: 26 October 2018 Amended: 5 February 2021, 15 December 2022

Architectural heritage

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

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

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, low (inferred).

Terrain model

No LiDAR survey of the Office of Public Works covers the centre of the townland of Summerhill Upper.

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 Summerhill Upper with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Meath.

Name

Summerhill Upper

Area

1,998,294 m² (199.83 ha, 493.79 acres)

Civil parish

Loughbrackan, and its townlands

Barony

Slane Lower

Electoral division

Drumcondra, the unit of the census

Census 2022

1,376 people lived in 491 households in the Drumcondra electoral division. 83% of households owned their home. 26% of homes were built since 2001. 8% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 0% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Balsitric, Druminshin, Killadden, Loughbrackan, Posseckstown, Summerhill Lower

Placenames

Summerhill Upper 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.