Moorepark
Moorepark is a townland in the civil parish of Piercetown, barony of Duleek Upper, Co. Meath.
Parcel 2817066
- Area
- 7,184 m² (0.72 ha, 1.78 acres)
- Buildings
- No building touches it.
- Zoning
- P5 RA - Rural Area (Meath County Development Plan 2021-2027 (As Varied)) The objective
- Townland
- Moorepark
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 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, 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.
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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
- 305.1 ha
- 754 acres
- Land parcels
- 75
- registered freehold, median 6,827 m² (0.68 ha, 1.69 acres)
- Zoning
- P5
- RA - Rural Area
- Planning
- 31
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
75 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Moorepark, from 33 m² to 651,411 m² (65.14 ha, 160.97 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 50 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 · 115 parcels The zoning objective in the plan - P1RU - Rural (Agriculture)
The Fingal Development Plan 2023 – 2029, Fingal · 10 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
9 Sept 2026N/a
the development for Retention consists of: 1) Alterations to previously granted Planning Ref. No. 992168 including revised rear single storey style extension, conversion of domestic garage attic (first floor) to living accommodation, internal & external dwelling alterations including additional floor area, and 2) Attached car port / awning structure. Planning Permission is sought to convert the domestic garage (ground floor) to living accommodation, internal & external alterations and all ancillary site works
Retention · Meath County Council, 2661128
21 Aug 2026N/a
a) removal of flat roof and chimney stack over part of existing dwelling and replacement with pitched roof, b) removal of flat roof over porch and replacement with pitched roof, c) modifications to fenestration, d) new gate piers and garden wall to front boundary and e) all associated site works
Permission · Meath County Council, 2661054
30 Jun 2026Refused
File Ref: 211295 - Construct dwelling & garage, new entrance, Waste treatment system & associated works
Extension of duration, 1 home · Meath County Council, 26168
22 Oct 2025Conditional
the development will consist of the construction of a single storey extension to the side and rear of the existing dwelling, renovations & alterations to the existing dwelling, the demolition of existing store and garage, and all associated site works
Permission · Meath County Council, 2561130
19 Jun 2025Conditional
1. Retention and Completion of 3 tourist accommodation buildings, Unit A; Two no.3 bedroom family units, Unit B1; Five no. single bedrooms with dining/living kitchen and shower area, also one no. self-catering 3 bedroom family unit, Unit B2; Five no. single bedrooms with dining/living, kitchen and shower area, also one no. self catering 3 bed family unit, all for short letting tourist accommodation, and a separate 3 bedroom Managers staff accommodation unit and conversion of storage area to bedrooms. 2. Retention of change of use of part of existing Puddenhill Equestrian Centre to incorporate ancillary storage and play areas, play centre, conversion of part of kitchen area to staff accommodation bed rooms including amendments to elevations. 3. Planning Permission for relocation and repositioning of the 3 bedroom Managers staff accommodation unit to form a traditional courtyard design style of tourism accommodation provision in keeping with the rural character of the area, provision of stairwell, removal and decommissioning of existing waste water treatment system and the replacement of same with a new secondary treatment system including a polishing filter and provision of a new surface water drainage system to appropriate modern operational standards and codes of practice to serve the overall development together with all ancillary site works. 4. Erection of solar panels to roof of existing centre.
Retention · Meath County Council, 2560624
17 Dec 2024Refused
the development will consist of the construction of a single storey style dwelling, detached domestic garage, new wastewater disposal system, new domestic site entrance along with all associated site development works
Permission, 1 home · Meath County Council, 2461114
7 Nov 2024Refused
the development consists of the following; 1. Retention and completion of 3 tourist accommodation buildings, Unit A; Two no. 3 bedroom family units, Unit B1; Five no. single bedrooms with dining/living kitchen and shower area, also one no. self-catering 3 bedroom family unit, Unit B2; Five no. single bedrooms with dining/living, kitchen and shower area, also one no. self-catering 3 bed family unit, all for short letting tourist accommodation, and a separate 3 bedroom Mangers staff accommodation unit, 2. Planning permission for relocation and repositioning of the 3 bedroom Managers staff accommodation unit to form a traditional courtyard design style of tourism accommodation provision in keeping with the rural character of the area, removal and decommissioning of existing waste water treatment system and the replacement of same with a new secondary treatment system including a polishing filter
Permission · Meath County Council, 24429
8 Aug 2024Refused
1. retention and completion of 3 tourist accommodation buildings, Unit A: Two no. 3 bedroom family units, Unit B1: Five no. single bedrooms with dining/living, kitchen and shower area also one no. self-catering 3 bedroom family unit, Unit B2: Five no. single bedrooms with dining/living, kitchen and shower area, also one no. self-catering 3 bed family unit, all for short term letting tourist accommodation and a separate 3 bedroom Managers staff accommodation unit. 2. Planning permission for relocation and repositioning of the 3 bedroom Managers staff accommodation unit to form a traditional courtyard design style of tourism accommodation provision in keeping with the rural character of the area, removal and decommissioning of existing waste water treatment system and the replacement of same with a new secondary treatment system including a polishing filter
Permission, 1 home · Meath County Council, 24336
26 Jul 2024N/a
retention and completion of 3 no. buildings, Unit A: Two no. 3 bed family units, Unit B1: Five no. single bedrooms with dining/living, kitchen and shower area also one no. self-catering 3 bed family unit, Unit B2: Five no. single bedrooms with dining/living, kitchen and shower area, also one no. self-catering 3 bed family unit, all for short term letting tourist accommodation. Planning permission for the repositioning of a 3 bed Managers staff accommodation unit to form a courtyard of accommodation including the removal and decommissioning of the existing waste water treatment system and the replacement of same with a new secondary treatment system including a polishing filter
Permission, 1 home · Meath County Council, 24319
12 Jul 2024N/a
retention and completion of 3 no. buildings, Unit A: Two no. 3 bed family units, Unit B1: Five no. single bedrooms with dining/living, kitchen and shower area also one no. self-catering 3 bed family unit, Unit B2: Five no. single bedrooms with dining/living, kitchen and shower area, also one no. self-catering 3 bed family unit, all for short term letting, tourist accommodation including the repositioning of a 3 bed Managers staff accommodation unit to form a courtyard of accommodation. Planning permission to remove and decommission the existing waste water treatment system and replace same with a new secondary treatment system including a polishing filter
Permission, 1 home · Meath County Council, 24299
3 Jul 2024Conditional
The development will consist of a two-storey style dwelling, domestic garage, waste water treatment system and percolation area, new entrance walls and piers and all ancillary site development works.
Permission, 1 home · Meath County Council, 2460492
22 Dec 2023N/a
a new entrance and driveway including the importation of materials for roads and change of ground levels. Conversion of ground floor restaurant area to a 5 bedroom Air B & B unit with bathroom, living, dining and kitchen area and conversion of 3 no. rooms to 2 no. staff bedrooms and linen store. Permission for the retention and completion of the conversion of the unused first floor area to 5 no. self catering, studio apartments. Retention of the amendment to 7 no. existing apartments. Retention of the removal of temporary bedrooms and the fitting of 11 no. short term stay rooms with communal kitchen, dining , toilets, shower and lounge at first floor level. Retention of the amendments to and upgrading of the elevations
Retention · Meath County Council, 231164
27 Nov 2023Refused
retention and completion of 3 no. buildings, Unit A: Two no. 3 bed family units, Unit B1: Five no. single bedrooms with dining/living kitchen and shower area also one no. self-catering 3 bed family unit, Unit B2: Five no. single bedrooms with dining/living kitchen and shower area, also one no. self catering 3 bed family unit, all for short term letting, tourist accommodation and connection to existing waste water treatment system, including also a 3 bed Managers staff accommodation unit
Retention, 1 home · Meath County Council, 231081
23 Oct 2023Conditional
dwelling house , detached domestic garage , wastewater treatment system and percolation area , vehicular entrance to site from public road and all associated site works
Permission, 1 home · Meath County Council, 2360362
20 Jul 2023Conditional
a change of house type from a two-storey dwelling to a redesigned two-storey dwelling with a single storey projection to the side, a redesigned detached domestic garage, along with revised site layout and all associated site works all further to previous planning reg ref 21/493
Permission, 1 home · Meath County Council, 23727
22 Aug 2022Conditional
first floor living accommodation and ground floor rear extension to existing dwelling including alterations to elevations and position of house on site. Revised site boundaries. Retention of change of use domestic garage to granny flat and it's position on site. All in relation to original grant of permission ref. no. NA60452
Retention, 1 home · Meath County Council, 221094
18 Jul 2022Conditional
the construction of a two storey style dwelling, detached domestic garage, a domestic wastewater disposal system, new site entrance and all associated site works. Significant Further information/Revised plans submitted on this application.
Permission, 1 home · Meath County Council, 22948
16 May 2022Conditional
permission sought for (i) retention of single storey extension to rear of existing dwelling-house and (ii) construction of new single storey extension to rear of dwelling-house, with non-habitable attic space containing window in rear elevation, and associated siteworks
Permission, 1 home · Meath County Council, 22628
27 Apr 2022N/a
permission sought for (i) retention of single storey extension to rear of existing dwelling-house and (ii) construction of new single storey extension to rear of dwelling-house, with non-habitable attic space containing window in rear elevation, and associated siteworks
Permission · Meath County Council, 22553
6 Jul 2021Conditional
to construct a single storey style dwelling and detached domestic garage, form new entrance from public road, install waste water treatment system and percolation area, together with all associated site works
Permission, 1 home · Meath County Council, 211295
18 Jun 2021N/a
to construct a single storey style dwelling and detached domestic garage, form new entrance from public road, install waste water treatment system and percolation area, together with all associated site works
Permission, 1 home · Meath County Council, 211193
3 Jun 2021Conditional
a change of house type to a two-storey dwelling with single storey living area to the south and redesigned double garage from dwelling and garage granted under application number AA/200505. All other aspects of the development to remain as previously approved
Permission, 1 home · Meath County Council, 211060
14 May 2021Conditional
the construction of a 24 metre high free standing communications structure carrying telecommunications equipment, together with associated exchange cabinets, fencing access gate and all associated site development works. The development will form part of Eircom Ltd existing telecommunications and broadband network
Permission · Meath County Council, 21936
16 Mar 2021Conditional
the development will consist of the permission to construct a part two storey, part single storey dwelling house, detached garage, new wastewater treatment system and percolation area, new well and all associated site development works
Permission, 1 home · Meath County Council, 21493
22 Dec 2020Conditional
new ground floor extension to front, conversion of existing attic area with new dormer type window to side, with rooflights to front/side & rear roof, internal modifications, and associated site works
Permission, 1 home · Meath County Council, AA202054
The 25 most recent of 31 applications.
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 Moorepark.
Recorded monuments
- ME033-021 Mound
Description
The following 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. Date of upload/revision: 10 July 2007 Marked 'moat' on 1837 OS 6" map. Circular mound (diam. 8m, H 1.6m). Truncated on NE by field drain and material from mound trails along edge of drain NW and SE. possibly result of drainage.
Architectural heritage
No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands in the townland of Moorepark.
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 Moorepark, 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 Moorepark.
- 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 Moorepark with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Meath.
The townland
- Name
- Moorepark
- Area
- 3,050,939 m² (305.09 ha, 753.9 acres)
- Civil parish
- Piercetown, and its townlands
- Barony
- Duleek Upper
- Electoral division
- Rathfeigh, the unit of the census
- Census 2022
- 1,106 people lived in 342 households in the Rathfeigh electoral division. 91% of households owned their home. 31% of homes were built since 2001. 5% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 1% were holiday homes.
- Neighbouring townlands
- Ashpark, Balgeeth, Commons Upper (Co. Dublin), Cushinstown, Hawkinstown, Piercetown, Pluckhimin or Ballymuck, Princetown, Rath, Roadmain
- Placenames
- Moorepark 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.