Friarspark (2nd Division)
Townland in the civil parish of Trim, barony of Moyfenrath Lower, Co. Meath; in Irish Páirc na mBráthar
Parcel 5933063
- Area
- 217 m²
- Buildings
- 2 buildings touch it, 154 m² on the ground
- Zoning
- R1 A2 - New Residential (Meath County Development Plan 2021-2027) The objective
- Townland
- Friarspark (2nd Division)
Planning applications on this parcel
20 Aug 2020Conditional
the application site on which permission is being sought is located within the Northern end of an overall site granted planning permission in 2017 under PL17.247489/P.A. Ref. No. TA/160093 that is currently under construction and known as "Effernock". The proposed development affects 23 no. dwellings (only) on permitted plot no.'s 108 - 130 and consists of the change of house types from 1no. 5 bedroom detached house (type D1), 12 no. 4 bedroom semi-detached houses (types C1 & C2), 1 no. 2 bedroom terraced house (type A1), 4 no. 1 bedroom terraced houses (type E1), 2 no. 3 bedroom semi-detached houses (types B1 & B2), 3 no. 3 bedroom terraced houses (types B3 & B5) previously approved to 14 no. 4 bedroom detached (house types 1LH & 1RH), 1 no. 4 bedroom dual frontage detached house (house type 1A), 2 no. 4 bedroom semi-detached houses (house type 2), 3 no. 4 bedroom semi-detached houses (house type 3), 1 no. 4 bedroom dual frontage semi-detached house (house type 3A) and 2 no. 3 bedroom semi-detached houses (house type 4). The proposed development also consists of amendments to the permitted site layout, shared surface, roads, paths, public open space and landscaping within the application site area only. The overall number of dwellings (379) originally permitted under PL17.247489/P.A. Ref. No. TA160093 is not changed by the proposed development
Permission, 23 homes · Meath County Council, TA201123
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
- About 1 in 10 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels. Testing a home
- Landslides
- Susceptibility low, on the 1:50,000 map.
- Terrain model
- LiDAR of the Office of Public Works, flown in 2011, at 2 m: tile OPW_2613 (ZIP).
- Flooding
- The flood maps of the Office of Public Works: floodinfo.ie.
Radon Risk Map of Ireland, Environmental Protection Agency; Landslide Susceptibility Classification, Geological Survey Ireland; both 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.
Download this parcel: DXF, in Irish Transverse Mercator metres, with its neighbours and buildings, for a drawing program; GeoJSON, in WGS 84, for a map; KML, for Google Earth.
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
- 2 ha
- 5 acres
- Land parcels
- 17
- registered freehold, median 288 m²
- Zoning
- R1
- A2 - New Residential
- Planning
- 5
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
17 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Friarspark (2nd Division), from 175 m² to 4,671 m² (0.47 ha, 1.15 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 10 neighbouring parcels touch it.
Download the townland: DXF, in Irish Transverse Mercator metres, with its boundary, parcels and buildings; GeoJSON or KML.
Zoning
Development plans, national zoning
- R1A2 - New Residential (New/proposed residential)
Meath County Development Plan 2021-2027, Meath · 22 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
12 Sept 2025Conditional
the proposed development consists of the installation of 10 no. tapered-side, round-top, traffic-calming ramps at locations along Effernock Crescent, Effernock Avenue and Effernock Green inclusive of associated traffic calming signage and associated site works
Permission · Meath County Council, 2560973
4 Jun 2025Conditional
Permission for a Large-Scale Residential Development - Permission for the following Large Scale Residential Development (LRD) comprising modifications to part of the Large-Scale Residential Development permitted under Meath County Council Ref. No. 23/930 (ABP Ref No. 318678). The proposed modifications consist of the change of use of the permitted Medical Centre to a Creche and all associated ancillary development works including signage and bin storage at Friarspark 2nd Division & Maudlin (townlands), Effernock, Trim, Co. Meath. The planning application red line boundary overlaps with planning Ref. No’s 23/930, (ABP Ref No. 318678), 22/612 (ABP Ref No. 314242) and TA.160093 (ABP Ref No. 247489). The application may be inspected online at the following website set up by the applicant: www.effernockamendment.ie
Permission · Meath County Council, 2560562
27 Sept 2023Conditional
The development will consist of:(i) construction of a residential development comprising 102 no. residential units, each served by private amenity space and on-curtilage/adjoining car parking bays - The breakdown of the residential units is as follows: 3 no. detached four-bedroom units (1 no. House Type C9 I 2 no. House Type C8); 40 no. semi-detached three-bedroom units (18 no. House Type D, 12 no. House Type F and 1Ono. House Type F2); 43 no. terraced two-bedroom units (43 no. House Type E); and 16 no. maisonette one-bedroom units (8 no. House Type P1 / 8 no. House Type P2) - all houses are of two-storey height and all maisonettes are contained within 4 no. two-storey blocks (4 no. maisonettes per block); (ii) construction of a two-storey commercial building (579sq.m) accommodating creche (289sq.m) & medical centre (290sq.m) uses with associated vehicular parking area (23 no. spaces), set down parking area (4 no. spaces), bicycle parking area (12 no. spaces) and external play area for creche; and, (iii) all ancillary works necessary to facilitate the development inclusive of road/footpath provisions, boundary treatment, open space, vehicular parking arrangements, bin/bicycle stores, SuDS drainage and landscaping. A Natura Impact Statement has been prepared in respect of the proposed development and accompanies this application.The proposed development is sited upon lands located within the centre of a larger residential scheme previously permitted under Meath County Council Reg. Ref. TA160093 (An Bord Pleanala Ref. No. 247489), as amended by Meath County Council Reg. Ref. Nos. TA170869, TA171414, TA181021, TA190897, TA200249, TA201123, 212161. This proposal supersedes all historical planning applications submitted in respect of the subject site.Under Reg. Ref. TA160093, the subject site was to comprise a three-storey building accommodating a medical centre at ground floor level and 6 no. apartments at first and second floor level, a two-storey creche facility with the creche and medical centre linked at ground floor level. It also included 35 no. two-storey houses and all associated road/footpath provisions, boundary treatment, open space, vehicular parking arrangements, SuDS drainage and landscaping, public lighting and boundary treatment .....
Permission, 102 homes · Meath County Council, 23930
12 May 2022Conditional
alterations to development previously approved under Reg. Ref. TA160093 (An Bord Pleanala Ref PL17.247489) comprising: (i) the replacement of the centrally located three-storey building, accommodating a medical centre at ground floor level and 6 no. apartments at first and second floor level, and connecting two-storey creche facility with 1 no. two storey building comprising creche/ medical centre uses with associated vehicular parking (20 no. spaces), bicycle parking (10 no. spaces)., set down parking areas (7 no. spaces), 8 no. single-storey one-bedroom maisonettes (3 no. House Type P1/3 No. House Type P2/1 no. House Type P3 / 1 no. House Type P4), 4 no. two-storey three-bedroom houses (3 no. House TypeC1/1 no. House Type C2) and 3 no. two-storey four-bedroom houses (3 no. House Types C8); (ii) the revised layout of the southern spur estate, previously accommodating 35 no. houses, to provide 11 no. two-storey two-bedroom houses (House Type E1) and 59 no. two-storey three-bedroom houses (1 No. House Type F2, 3 No. House Type C2, 4 No. House Type F1, 8 No. House Type D1, 8 No. House Type D2 & 35 no. House Type C1; and (iii) all ancillary works necessary to facilitate the development inclusive of road/footpath revisions, boundary treatment, open space provision, vehicular parking arrangements, SuDS drainage and landscaping. A Natura Impact Statement has been prepared in respect of the proposed development
Permission, 77 homes · Meath County Council, 22612
20 Aug 2020Conditional
the application site on which permission is being sought is located within the Northern end of an overall site granted planning permission in 2017 under PL17.247489/P.A. Ref. No. TA/160093 that is currently under construction and known as "Effernock". The proposed development affects 23 no. dwellings (only) on permitted plot no.'s 108 - 130 and consists of the change of house types from 1no. 5 bedroom detached house (type D1), 12 no. 4 bedroom semi-detached houses (types C1 & C2), 1 no. 2 bedroom terraced house (type A1), 4 no. 1 bedroom terraced houses (type E1), 2 no. 3 bedroom semi-detached houses (types B1 & B2), 3 no. 3 bedroom terraced houses (types B3 & B5) previously approved to 14 no. 4 bedroom detached (house types 1LH & 1RH), 1 no. 4 bedroom dual frontage detached house (house type 1A), 2 no. 4 bedroom semi-detached houses (house type 2), 3 no. 4 bedroom semi-detached houses (house type 3), 1 no. 4 bedroom dual frontage semi-detached house (house type 3A) and 2 no. 3 bedroom semi-detached houses (house type 4). The proposed development also consists of amendments to the permitted site layout, shared surface, roads, paths, public open space and landscaping within the application site area only. The overall number of dwellings (379) originally permitted under PL17.247489/P.A. Ref. No. TA160093 is not changed by the proposed development
Permission, 23 homes · Meath County Council, TA201123
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 Friarspark (2nd Division).
Recorded monuments
No recorded monument lies in the townland of Friarspark (2nd Division).
Architectural heritage
No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands in the townland of Friarspark (2nd Division).
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
- About 1 in 10 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels. Testing a home
- Landslides
- Susceptibility low, low (inferred), on the 1:50,000 map.
- Terrain model
- LiDAR of the Office of Public Works, flown in 2011, at 2 m: tile OPW_2613 (ZIP).
- Flooding
- The flood maps of the Office of Public Works: floodinfo.ie.
Radon Risk Map of Ireland, Environmental Protection Agency; Landslide Susceptibility Classification, Geological Survey Ireland; both 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 Friarspark (2nd Division) with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Meath.
The townland
- Name
- Friarspark (2nd Division) · Páirc na mBráthar
- Area
- 20,241 m² (2.02 ha, 5 acres)
- Civil parish
- Trim, and its townlands
- Barony
- Moyfenrath Lower
- Electoral division
- Trim Rural, the unit of the census
- Census 2022
- Trim Rural electoral division: 9,201 people in 3,063 households; 74% of households own their home; 47% of homes were built since 2001; 4% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 0% were holiday homes.
- Neighbouring townlands
- Iffernock, Maudlin, Saintjohns
- Placenames
- Friarspark (2nd Division) 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.