Balgeeth

75 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Balgeeth, from 19 m² to 268,505 m² (26.85 ha, 66.35 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 33 neighbouring parcels touch it.

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• P5RA - Rural Area (Mixed/general primary sector uses, including 'rural')
  Meath County Development Plan 2021-2027 (As Varied), Meath · 108 parcels The zoning objective in the plan

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

• 22 Dec 2025Conditional

  Dwelling house , detached domestic garage , waste water treatment system and percolation area , new vehcular entrance from public road and all associated site works. Significant further information/revised plans submitted on this application

  Permission · Meath County Council, 2660026

• 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

• 27 Sept 2025Conditional

  the development will consist of a redesigned and repositioned two-storey dwelling and associated garage, a repositioned vehicular entrance, a redefined site boundary and slightly repositioned wastewater treatment system and percolation area from that approved under application 212017. All other aspects of the development to remain as previously approved

  Permission, 1 home · Meath County Council, 2561027

• 22 May 2025Conditional

  The development will consist of the construction of a single storey dwelling, wastewater treatment system with polishing filter, new entrance, revised site boundaries and all ancillary site works

  Permission, 1 home · Meath County Council, 2560520

• 12 Mar 2025Conditional

  the development will consist of the retention of a domestic garage with revised site boundaries and all ancillary site works

  Retention · Meath County Council, 2560249

• 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

• 15 Jan 2024Conditional

  side extension to dwelling house and all associated site works

  Permission · Meath County Council, 2460029

• 12 Oct 2023Conditional

  Permission for dwelling house, detached domestic garage, wastewater treatment system and percolation area and all associated site works. Significant further information/revised plans submitted on this application

  Permission, 1 home · Meath County Council, 2360333

• 20 Jul 2022Refused

  EXTENSION OF DURATION OF PLANNING PERMISSION AA170669 (SA120330) - New dairy facility, cubical shed, calf shed, over ground slurry store, grain bin & silage slab. The proposed development will take place within the curtilage of a protected structure

  Extension of duration · Meath County Council, 22954

• 26 Jan 2022Conditional

  a 500,000 gallon overground circular slurry store with ancillary reception tank, 2 no. walled silage pits with concrete apron together with all associated site works. Significant further information/revised plans submitted on this application

  Permission · Meath County Council, 2287

• 18 Oct 2021Conditional

  the development will consist of; 1 No. two storey, four bedroom dwelling and adjacent garage with new access and associated site works, landscaping, boundary treatments and all associated ancillary site development works necessary to facilitate the development. Significant further information/revised plans submitted on this application

  Permission, 1 home · Meath County Council, 212017

• 13 Oct 2021N/a

  the development will consist of; 1 No. two storey, four bedroom dwelling and adjacent garage with new access and associated site works, landscaping, boundary treatments and all associated ancillary site development works necessary to facilitate the development

  Permission, 1 home · Meath County Council, 212005

• 4 Oct 2021N/a

  the development will consist of; 1 No. two storey, four bedroom dwelling and adjacent garage with new access and associated site works, landscaping, boundary treatments and all associated ancillary site development works necessary to facilitate the development

  Permission, 1 home · Meath County Council, 211933

• 23 Sept 2021N/a

  the development will consist of; 1 No. two storey, four bedroom dwelling and adjacent garage with new access and associated site works, landscaping, boundary treatments and all associated ancillary site development works necessary to facilitate the development

  Permission, 1 home · Meath County Council, 211855

• 4 Jun 2021Conditional

  the development will consist of single storey extension to front/side of existing dwelling, single storey extension rear/side of existing dwelling, single storey extension rear/side of existing dwelling. The development also includes modifications to existing internal plan layout and elevations, together with all associated site works

  Permission, 1 home · Meath County Council, 211092

• 6 May 2021N/a

  the development will consist of single storey extension to front/side of existing dwelling, single storey extension rear/side of existing dwelling, single storey extension rear/side of existing dwelling. The development also includes modifications to existing internal plan layout and elevations, together with all associated site works

  Permission · Meath County Council, 21857

• 5 Feb 2021N/a

  the construction of a storey and a half residence, proprietary waste water treatment system, domestic garage, new entrance and all associated site development works. Significant further information/revised plans submitted on this application

  Permission, 1 home · Meath County Council, 21207

• 14 Aug 2020Conditional

  a dwelling house, wastewater treatment system and percolation area and all associated site works. Significant further information/revised plans submitted on this application

  Outline permission, 1 home · Meath County Council, AA201092

• 29 Mar 2019N/a

  the construction of a storey and a half residence, domestic garage, septic tank and percolation area, new entrance and all asociated site development works

  Permission, 2 homes · Meath County Council, AA190360

• 16 Aug 2018N/a

  (1) Construction of an agricultural shed extension to incorporate storage area and (2) Completion of all ancillary site works and associated structures

  Permission · Meath County Council, AA180927

• 11 May 2018Conditional

  development will consist of: A) Demolition of existing milking parlour. B) Construction of improvements to sightlines to existing entrance. C) Construction of an agricultural building consisting of milking parlour, dairy, collecting yard, handling area and underground slatted tank. D) Construction of cubicle shed with underground slatted tank. E) Erection of a meal bin. F) Construction of Silage Pit and all associated site works

  Permission · Meath County Council, AA180478

• 27 Jun 2017Conditional

  construction of a storey and half detached dwelling house, proprietary waste water treatment unit and percolation area, new relocated vehicular entrance, access, along with all associated services, service connections, landscape and site development works

  Permission, 1 home · Meath County Council, AA170741

• 12 Jun 2017Unconditional

  EXTENSION OF DURATION OF PLANNING PERMISSION REF. NO. SA/120330 - new dairy facility, cubicle shed, calf shed, overground slurry store, grain bin and silage slab

  Extension of duration · Meath County Council, AA170669

• 26 May 2017Conditional

  the development will consist of the installation of a new waste water treatment system & associated site works

  Permission · Meath County Council, AA170607

• 3 Apr 2017N/a

  the development will consist of two storey dwelling with single storey projection to side, detached domestic garage, entrance, driveway, proprietary waste water treatment system and polishing filter and all associated site works

  Permission, 1 home · Meath County Council, AA170348

The 25 most recent of 26 applications.

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 Balgeeth.

Recorded monuments

• ME033-007 Sheela-na-gig
  Description

  A female exhibitionist figure was discovered hidden in a masonry pier at the entrance to a farmhouse ‘several years ago’ and is kept at the farm. The figure is carved in relief on a limestone block (max. dims 0.54m x 0.28m; max. T 0.24m). The legs are bent in the same direction and the hands are on the thighs indicating the pudenda. The breasts are only lightly indicated but the facial features are prominent. (Keeling 1984) 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. Date of revision: 27 January 2017

• ME033-008 Barrow - mound barrow
  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 Oval mound (dims. 12m N-S, 9m E-W, H 2.4m). (PRIA 1957, 264, No. 7).

Architectural heritage

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

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 Balgeeth, 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 high, moderately low, low, partly inferred.

Terrain model

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

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

Name

Balgeeth

Area

2,045,196 m² (204.52 ha, 505.38 acres)

Civil parish

Ardcath, and its townlands

Barony

Duleek Upper

Electoral division

Ardcath, the unit of the census

Census 2022

2,119 people lived in 721 households in the Ardcath electoral division. 86% of households owned their home. 25% of homes were built since 2001. 9% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 1% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Ardcath, Hawkinstown, Micknanstown, Moorepark, Princetown, Rath, Scatternagh

Placenames

Balgeeth 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.