Masspool
Masspool is a townland in the civil parish of Greenoge, barony of Ratoath, Co. Meath.
Parcel 3778617
- Area
- 3,993 m² (0.4 ha, 0.99 acres)
- Buildings
- No building touches it.
- Zoning
- P5 RA - Rural Area (Meath County Development Plan 2021-2027 (As Varied)) The objective
- Townland
- Masspool
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 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 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
- 57.2 ha
- 141 acres
- Land parcels
- 11
- registered freehold, median 5,226 m² (0.52 ha, 1.29 acres)
- Zoning
- P5
- RA - Rural Area
- Planning
- 6
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
11 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Masspool, from 1,815 m² to 417,270 m² (41.73 ha, 103.11 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 22 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 · 33 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
15 May 2026N/a
The development will consist of the following: 1) to construct a part two-storied, part single storied dwelling house and a detached domestic garage, 2) to install a proprietary waste water treatment unit and percolation area, 3) to make a new entrance onto the road along with entrance gates, walls and piers, 4) all ancillary site development works.
Permission, 1 home · Meath County Council, 2660587
25 Sept 2025Conditional
RED III - the Proposed Development will consist of an amendment to a previously consented development (planning reference: 211436) comprising the slight relocation of the substation building 7.2m north and its replacement with a storage building, removal of the 4 no. temporary storage containers in the temporary construction compound and replacement with 3 no. permanent 40 ft storage containers, minor panel reconfiguration, realignment of access track, and adjustment to the duration period from a 5 to 10-year permission. An updated Natura Impact Statement (NIS) has been submitted with this application. This development is covered by the provisions of the Renewable Energy Directive III (Directive (EU) 2023/2413) and it is important to note that the planning application may be subject to section 34D of the Planning and Development Act 2000, as amended. When a notice issues in accordance with section 34D(b), the provisions of article 26A of the Planning and Development Regulations 2001 to 2025 shall apply
Permission · Meath County Council, 2561018
13 Sept 2024Refused
retention permission for development at this site at Masspool, The Ward. D11 AVX7. The development consists of storage facility and up-grade work to existing entrance and boundary treatment and associated works
Retention · Meath County Council, 2460747
29 Aug 2024N/a
Retention permission for development at this site at Masspool, The Ward. D11 AVX7. The development consists of storage facility and up-grade work to existing entrance and boundary treatment and associated works.
Retention · Meath County Council, 2460682
31 Oct 2019Refused
retention permission for; A 265.47sq.m existing warehouse (5.3m high x 23.77m long x 11.47m wide). Ancillary storage containers consisting 3 no. (2.59m high x 12.19m long x 2.44m wide) storage containers 3 no. (2.59m high x 6.06m long x 2.44m wide) storage containers 1 no. (2.59m high x 8.97m long x 3.09m wide) storage containers 1 no. (2.59m high x 8.3m long x 2.1m wide) storage containers 1 no. (2.4m high x 2.43m long x 1.01m wide) store. Upgrade works to an existing entrance Boundary wall treatment (2m high). And all associated site development works
Retention · Meath County Council, AA191439
30 Aug 2017Conditional
development consists of (1) Retention of the substructure including foundations and steel stanchions. (2) Planning permission to complete the construction of the building and (3) Planning permission to construct concrete apron
Permission · Meath County Council, AA171004
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 Masspool.
Recorded monuments
No recorded monument lies in the townland of Masspool.
Architectural heritage
No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands in the townland of Masspool.
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 Masspool, 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 low.
- Terrain model
- No LiDAR survey of the Office of Public Works covers the centre of the townland of Masspool.
- 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 Masspool with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Meath.
The townland
- Name
- Masspool
- Area
- 571,591 m² (57.16 ha, 141.24 acres)
- Civil parish
- Greenoge, and its townlands
- Barony
- Ratoath
- Electoral division
- Donaghmore, the unit of the census
- Census 2022
- 14,217 people lived in 4,598 households in the Donaghmore electoral division. 75% of households owned their home. 56% of homes were built since 2001. 4% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 0% were holiday homes.
- Neighbouring townlands
- Ballaghaweary, Newtown Commons, Rath, Wotton
- Placenames
- Masspool 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.