Curragh

65 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Curragh, from 68 m² to 381,245 m² (38.12 ha, 94.21 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 37 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 · 79 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• R2A1 - Existing Residential (Existing residential)
  Meath County Development Plan 2021-2027 (As Varied), Meath · 6 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• M2B1 - Commercial Town or Village Centre (City/Town/village Centre, central area)
  Meath County Development Plan 2021-2027 (As Varied), Meath · 3 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• S5G1 - Community Infrastructure (Mixed/general community services/facilities uses)
  Meath County Development Plan 2021-2027 (As Varied), Meath · 2 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• C2.1E2 - General Enterprise and Employment (Industrial, enterprise, employment)
  Meath County Development Plan 2021-2027 (As Varied), Meath · 1 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• R1A2 - New Residential (New/proposed residential)
  Meath County Development Plan 2021-2027 (As Varied), Meath · 0 parcels The zoning objective in the plan

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

• 30 Apr 2026Refused

  the development will consist of the following: (1) To construct a single storied type 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 th Cul-de-Sac roadway. (4) All ancillary site development works

  Permission, 1 home · Meath County Council, 26117

• 2 May 2025Conditional

  the development is located within the curtilage of Protected Structures (LA RPS ID 90336 & NIAH Reg. No. 14307003, LA RPS ID 90337 & NIAH Reg. No. 14307002, and LA RPS ID 90338 & NIAH Reg. No. 14307001). The development will consist of the demolition of existing welfare facilities & boiler house to the rear of the existing hall, Construction of a single storey extension to the rear, internal & external alterations and all ancillary site development works

  Permission · Meath County Council, 2560443

• 11 Apr 2025N/a

  the development will consist of the demolition of existing welfare facilities & boiler house to the rear of the existing hall, Construction of a single storey extension to the rear, internal & external alterations and all ancillary site development works

  Permission · Meath County Council, 2560367

• 25 Mar 2025Conditional

  the development will consist of the provision a two-storey house a with a proprietary effluent treatment system & percolation area, a stand-alone domestic garage, a vehicular entrance to the site and associated site works

  Permission, 1 home · Meath County Council, 2560298

• 30 Aug 2024Conditional

  the development is in variation to planning previously granted under planning ref: 2360297 and includes the following: Retention permission for: (1) amended floor plan layout with reduced footprint area (2) variations to elevational design (3) an increased ridgeline with playroom, store and home office within the roof space (4) 1 no. velux window to the front elevation (5) 2no. windows to gable ends walls on the first floor level. Planning permission for: (1) to complete the building works and all site works ancillary to the development

  Permission · Meath County Council, 24362

• 26 Jul 2024N/a

  permission to remove an existing storage shed & part of a second storage shed on site, construct a single storey dwelling house, new entrance off Cul-De-Sac and to install a sewage treatment system and percolation areas together with all associated site development works at

  Permission, 1 home · Meath County Council, 2460569

• 26 Sept 2023Conditional

  The development will consist of (a) Construction of a single storey dwelling house, (b) Installation of proprietary treatment system and percolation area (c) Construction of new site entrance and (d) All associated site development works.

  Permission, 1 home · Meath County Council, 2360297

• 26 May 2023Conditional

  The development will consist of construction of a single 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, 2360063

• 10 Feb 2023Conditional

  the development will consist of the following: (1) To demolish 2 no. domestic stores on the site. (2) To construct a single storied dwelling house and a detached domestic garage. (3) To install a proprietary waste water treatment unit and percolation area. (4) To construct entrance walls gates and piers. (5) All ancillary site development works. This application will supersede an existing Grant of Permission Ref: 21780

  Permission, 1 home · Meath County Council, 23124

• 14 Dec 2022Conditional

  planning permission for the development of an Anaerobic Digestion Facility to produce renewable gas and electricity on a site of circa. 4.24 hectares at the townland of Curragh, Carnaross, Co. Meath. The development comprises storage and processing plant to accommodate agricultural manures, residues, slurries and grass silage and its conversion into a methane rich biogas that is a carbon negative alternative to natural gas, and a nutrient rich fertiliser, digestate. Carbon dioxide from the process will also be captured and converted into food grade CO2. The proposed supporting infrastructure to be developed includes inter alia, 1 no. combined primary and secondary digestion tank; 1 no. enclosed feedstock storage building; 1 no. enclosed silage clamp, 1 no. enclosed digestate separation building, (housing 1 no. screw press separator, 1 no. centrifugal separator & a digestate pit); 1 no. digestate treatment building; 1 no. digestate storage tank; 2 no. CHP units (2 x 500kW), biogas upgrading unit, gas grid entry unit, carbon dioxide capture equipment, gas flare, all other on site processing plant above and below ground, facility office and administration building, weighbridge, roof mounted solar arrays / photovoltaic panels, all associated car & vehicle parking, internal road layouts, all supporting plant, process and storage facilities will be housed on hard surfaced and bunded areas, all other above and below ground services, landscaping, palisade fencing and boundary treatments and a new access road from the R147 with an underground gas pipeline to the gas grid connection in the R147. The facility requires an Industrial Emissions License from the EPA and is accompanied by a Natura Impact Statement (NIS) and an Environmental Impact Assessment Report (EIAR)

  Permission · Meath County Council, 221632

• 8 Dec 2022N/a

  planning permission for the development of an Anaerobic Digestion Facility to produce renewable gas and electricity on a site of circa. 4.24 hectares at the townland of Curragh, Carnaross, Co. Meath. The development comprises storage and processing plant to accommodate agricultural manures, residues, slurries and grass silage and its conversion into a methane rich biogas that is a carbon negative alternative to natural gas, and a nutrient rich fertiliser, digestate. Carbon dioxide from the process will also be captured and converted into food grade CO2. The proposed supporting infrastructure to be developed includes inter alia, 1 no. combined primary and secondary digestion tank; 1 no. enclosed feedstock storage building; 1 no. enclosed silage clamp, 1 no. enclosed digestate separation building, (housing 1 no. screw press separator, 1 no. centrifugal separator & a digestate pit); 1 no. digestate treatment building; 1 no. digestate storage tank; 2 no. CHP units (2 x 500kW), biogas upgrading unit, gas grid entry unit, carbon dioxide capture equipment, gas flare, all other on site processing plant above and below ground, facility office and administration building, weighbridge, roof mounted solar arrays I photovoltaic panels, all associated car & vehicle parking, internal road layouts, all supporting plant, process and storage facilities will be housed on hard surfaced and bunded areas, all other above and below ground services, landscaping and boundary treatments and a new access road from the R147 with an underground gas pipeline to the gas grid connection in the R147. The facility requires an Industrial Emissions License from the EPA and is accompanied by a Natura Impact Statement (NIS) and an Environmental Impact Assessment Report (EIAR)

  Permission · Meath County Council, 221597

• 2 Dec 2022Refused

  to retain the following works: (1) retain fireplace showroom (2) retain two storage units (3) retain roadside sign (4) demolish marble cutting shed together with all associated site development works on site

  Retention · Meath County Council, 221564

• 13 Dec 2021Conditional

  (a) construction of a single storey dwelling house (b) installation of proprietary treatment system and percolation area (c) construction of new site entrance and (d) all associated site development works

  Permission, 1 home · Meath County Council, 212333

• 27 Aug 2021Refused

  planning permission to remove an existing storage shed & part of a second storage shed on site, construct a single storey dwelling house, new entrance off Cul-De-Sac and to install a sewage treatment system and percolation areas together with all associated site development works on site

  Permission, 1 home · Meath County Council, 211673

• 23 Apr 2021Conditional

  the development will consist of the following: To demolish a domestic store and to construct a new extension to the rear of the existing dwelling house. (2) To replace the flat roof to the rear of the existing house with a new pitched roof with slated finish. (3) To close up an existing septic tank and to install a proprietary waste water treatment unit and percolation area. (4) All ancillary site development works

  Permission · Meath County Council, 21780

• 6 Apr 2020Conditional

  a 4 bedroom 2 storey dwelling (251.5 sqm), garage (48sqm), new entrance, well and a BAF sewerage treatment system with percolation area and to remove the hedge as to accommodate the required 90m sightlines and all ancillary site works. Significant further information/revised plans submitted on this application

  Permission, 1 home · Meath County Council, KA200469

• 21 Dec 2018Conditional

  the demolition of 2 no. sheds at Carnaross Livestock Mart, Curragh, Carnaross, Kells, Co. Meath, and the construction of an extension consisting of 23 cattle pens (total roofed floor area 1309 sqm, maximum height 7.57 metres), and all ancillary works including an attenuation tank.

  Permission · Meath County Council, KA181573

• 2 Nov 2018N/a

  the demolition of 2 no. sheds at Carnaross Livestock Mart, Carnaross, County Meath and the construction of an extension consisting of 23 cattle pens (total roofed floor area 1309 m2 maximum height 7.57 metres) and all ancillary works including an attenuation tank

  Permission · Meath County Council, KA181296

• 23 Feb 2018Conditional

  demolition of existing front porch and flat roof extension to the side of existing single-storey dwelling and the erection of a new front porch and single-storey extensions to the side and rear. Also for alterations to existing dwelling and to retain connection to existing septic tank

  Permission · Meath County Council, KA180172

• 3 Jul 2017Conditional

  to construct a single storey detached dwelling with new vehicular entrance onto public road way, waste water treatment system and percolation area, landscaping and associated site works

  Permission, 1 home · Meath County Council, KA170761

• 27 Jan 2017Conditional

  the development will consist of the erection of bungalow, detached domestic garage and new entrance. Also for provision for proprietary wastewater treatment system and all ancillary site works

  Permission, 2 homes · Meath County Council, KA170071

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 Curragh.

Recorded monuments

No recorded monument lies in the townland of Curragh.

Architectural heritage

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

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 Curragh, 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 the townland of Curragh.

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.

• Curragh, Carnaross5 sales

Name

Curragh · An Currach

Area

2,336,627 m² (233.66 ha, 577.39 acres)

Civil parish

Dulane, and its townlands

Barony

Kells Upper

Electoral division

Loughan, the unit of the census

Census 2022

471 people lived in 160 households in the Loughan electoral division. 90% of households owned their home. 27% of homes were built since 2001. 8% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 1% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Ballynamona, Carnaross, Clonfinnan, Cloonagrouna, Cornasaus, Meenlagh, Rahendrick

Placenames

Curragh 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.