Planning report · Meath County Council · 2000 m around the house · the last 12 months · 2 Nov 2026, 23:23

Boyne Valley to Lakelands Greenway

53.77543, -6.71944

Homes here mostly date from the 2000s. 1 application nearby open for comments.

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Time

12 months 2 years 5 years

1open for comments nearbyclose 24 Nov

How planning works, with this area's numbers

steps can overlap · medians for home extensions within 1.5 km, 10 years

1ApplySite notice up, plans online
2Comments5 weeks, €20. Comment to keep your right to appeal
3Decision8 weeks by law
4Appeal window4 weeks after the decision
5AppealAt An Coimisiún Pleanála
6PermissionLasts 5 years
7StartStart notice to the council
8Sign-offCompletion cert, or the owner opts out

Question 1

What's the planning story of this house?

Figure 1

When it was built, and the rules since

Most homes here were built 2001–10, under planning permission and building regulations.

Each line is a rule that applies to work done after it.

MeasuredEstimatecouncil register via NPAD · build years: CSO Census 2022, small area

On this site

Zoning · Rural and agricultural

Protected or listed · on the council's list

Vacant land tax · not on the map

Zoning, protection, tax and flood: the detail

ZoningP5 · Rural and agricultural

What it says

RA - Rural Area: Rural Area

Land zoned to stay rural. New houses are restricted to demonstrated local need under the rural-housing policy of the development plan.

meath county development plan 2021 2027 · 3 Nov 2021 – 2 Nov 2027

ZoningP5 · Rural and agricultural

What it says

RA - Rural Area: Rural Area

Land zoned to stay rural. New houses are restricted to demonstrated local need under the rural-housing policy of the development plan.

meath county development plan 2021 2027 as varied · 3 Nov 2021 – 2 Nov 2027

Not on this site: protected building, heritage inventory, monument zone, conservation area, EU nature site, EU bird site, natural heritage area, tree order, landslide risk, derelict list.

Licensed industrial sites within 1.0 km: Castletown (785 m)

Vacant land taxNo not on the map

Flood riskNone mapped within 2.0 km

Within 2.0 km	Count	For example
Heritage inventory buildings	8	Saint Patrick's Catholic Church; water pump
Monuments	46	Ringfort - rath; Castle - motte and bailey

How we work this out

'On this site' means the record's own map outline touches the registered parcel (or a 12 m circle round the point where there is no parcel). Only the council's own list confirms a protected building; ask the council if in doubt. The OPW flood map's licence lets us show a yes/no only.

Sources: Development plan zoning (councils), EPA licensed facilities (LEAP), Residential Zoned Land Tax maps, Constraint layers (bundle), National Inventory of Architectural Heritage, Sites and Monuments Record · fetched 1 Nov 2026, 23:58

Source	Licence	Fetched	Link
Development plan zoning (councils)	CC BY 4.0	1 Nov 2026, 23:13	open
EPA licensed facilities (LEAP)	CC BY 4.0	26 Oct 2026, 23:21	open
Residential Zoned Land Tax maps	CC BY 4.0	1 Nov 2026, 23:58	open
Constraint layers (bundle)	CC BY 4.0, CC BY-NC-ND 4.0	27 Sept 2026, 19:37	open
National Inventory of Architectural Heritage	CC BY 4.0	27 Sept 2026, 19:35	open
Sites and Monuments Record	CC BY 4.0	27 Sept 2026, 19:29	open

How we work this out

Applications whose site outline (or map point) falls on this property. 'No sign building has started' means we found no notice to the council's building control office; small jobs don't always file one, so ask. A missing completion certificate is not proof of a problem: an owner can opt out of official sign-off for a house or extension built for themselves.

Sources: Building Control Management System (commencement notices), National Planning Application Database · fetched 2 Nov 2026, 23:00

Source	Licence	Fetched	Link
Building Control Management System (commencement notices)	CC BY 4.0	2 Nov 2026, 03:19	open
National Planning Application Database	CC BY 4.0	2 Nov 2026, 23:00	open

Question 2

Could you extend?

Nothing on this site restricts it: not protected, not in a conservation area.

Figure 2

What happened to applications like yours

A new house in a garden is harder: 91% approved, and 1 in 2 are asked for more information.

New house in a garden or site11 decided · more info asked 64%

91% · council 75%

Approved nearbyMeath overall

Decided applications within 1.5 km, received in the last 10 years. The kind of work is read from each description.

CalculatedOur classificationcouncil register via NPAD · 11 nearby, 1,651 council-wide

Figure 3

Castletown, file by file since 2021

4 of 4 decided extensions on the road were approved. New houses in side gardens or on sites: 1 of 1.

ApprovedRefusedWithdrawn or invalid

9 files with "Castletown" in the address within 600 m, other roads of the same name left out. Hover a dot for the house number and reference.

MeasuredOur classificationcouncil register via NPAD · 2021–2026

Extensions and refusals right beside you 0 within 250 m · 0 refused within 100 m

Extensions and refusals near you 0 extensions within 250 m · the last 12 months

No home extensions within 250 m in the last 12 months.

Refused within 100 m 0 in the last 12 months

Nothing refused this close in the last 12 months.

How we work this out

Home extensions are read from the application's description (extension, attic or dormer, porch, garage conversion, garden room), so a few may be missed or mislabelled. The kind is the first that fits: a dormer with a rear extension counts as a dormer. Refusal reasons come from An Coimisiún Pleanála's inspector reports, so they exist only where the refusal was appealed (Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown so far). The council's own reasons are on its planning file.

Sources: National Planning Application Database, An Coimisiún Pleanála cases (ArcGIS feed) · fetched 2 Nov 2026, 23:00

Source	Licence	Fetched	Link
National Planning Application Database	CC BY 4.0	2 Nov 2026, 23:00	open
An Coimisiún Pleanála cases (ArcGIS feed)	CC BY 4.0	30 Oct 2026, 23:01	open

Sources: An Coimisiún Pleanála cases (ArcGIS feed), Building Control Management System (commencement notices), National Planning Application Database · fetched 2 Nov 2026, 23:00

Source	Licence	Fetched	Link
An Coimisiún Pleanála cases (ArcGIS feed)	CC BY 4.0	30 Oct 2026, 23:01	open
Building Control Management System (commencement notices)	CC BY 4.0	2 Nov 2026, 03:19	open
National Planning Application Database	CC BY 4.0	2 Nov 2026, 23:00	open

Question 3

How long, and what if someone objects?

Figure 4

What appeals changed

0 of 2 appealed approvals were reversed.

Approvals appealed2 decided

0 reversed

Ended approvedEnded refusedWithdrawn, invalid or other

Every appeal decided within 1.5 km in 10 years, any kind of development.

CalculatedAn Coimisiún Pleanála cases linked to the council file

Question 4

What's changing around you?

Street map around Boyne Valley to Lakelands Greenway with 7 numbered planning items — ⌖ the houseOpen for commentsBuilding startedApproved

1Castletown\Grange, Navan 2661292No decision yet · 1.7 km
2Castletown, Navan 22822Building started · 45 m
3Williamstown, Castletown 25260Approved with conditions · 440 m
4Leggagh, Castletown 2660211Approved with conditions · 780 m
5Knock Castletown, Navan 2561225Approved with conditions · 840 m
6Painestown, Castletown Kilpatrick 2561309Approved with conditions · 850 m
7Drakestown, Castletown Navan 2561270Approved with conditions · 1.7 km

Figure 5

The next 30 days

1 deadline within 2.0 km; the first closes 24 Nov 2026.

Comments close

Comments close 24 Nov 202622 days left
12661292 · application received — the development consists of a Cattle Housing Unit with Underground Slurry Storage Tanks, Walled…
€20 to the council · 1.7 km away

Measuredcouncil registers and An Coimisiún Pleanála · deadlines worked out from the dates on file

Figure 6

Applications within 500 m, by year

Between 1 and 2 a year; busiest 2022. 100% of decisions were approvals.

ApprovedRefusedWithdrawn or invalidUndecided

2021 and 2026 are part years (*). Exemption requests and time extensions are left out.

Measuredcouncil register via NPAD

Open for comments €20 to comment

1Castletown\Grange , Navan , Co. Meath. comments close 24 Nov 2026
the development consists of a Cattle Housing Unit with Underground Slurry Storage Tanks, Walled Silage Slab…
266129220 Oct 20261.7 km

Every application within 2.0 km 6 in the last 12 months

See every application on the map

4Leggagh , Castletown , Co. Meath Approved with conditions
construction of a Bungalow Dwelling, Effluent Treatment System and Together with site access & all associated…
266021117 Jul 20261 homes780 m
3Williamstown , Castletown , Navan Approved with conditions
Retention Permission for existing disused workshop
2526017 Apr 2026440 m
6Painestown , Castletown Kilpatrick , Navan Approved with conditions
the development will consist of the demolition of existing dwelling, construction of a replacement single…
256130927 Jan 20261 homes850 m
7Drakestown , Castletown Navan , Co. Meath Approved with conditions
The development will consist of a redesigned proposed two-storey dwelling, relocation of the proposed…
256127020 Mar 20261 homes1.7 km
5Knock Castletown , Navan , Co. Meath Approved with conditions
construction of a single storey detached dwelling, detached domestic garage, new vehicular entrance onto…
256122526 Feb 20261 homes840 m

How we work this out

Descriptions are shortened by the national planning database (to 80 characters in Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown, 70 in Fingal), and it does not publish applicants' names.

Sources: National Planning Application Database, An Coimisiún Pleanála cases (ArcGIS feed), Building Control Management System (commencement notices) · fetched 2 Nov 2026, 23:00

Source	Licence	Fetched	Link
National Planning Application Database	CC BY 4.0	2 Nov 2026, 23:00	open
An Coimisiún Pleanála cases (ArcGIS feed)	CC BY 4.0	30 Oct 2026, 23:01	open
Building Control Management System (commencement notices)	CC BY 4.0	2 Nov 2026, 03:19	open

Building work nearby 11 in the last 12 months

1 not signed off10 no sign-off needed

Knock, Castletown Kilpatrick, Meath · 5 Nov 2026 · 1 homes · start notice, opted out no sign-off needed · 2560566 · 1.2 km
Drakestown, Georges Cross, Meath · 18 May 2026 · 1 homes · start notice, opted out no sign-off needed · 25/61270 · 1.7 km
Castletown, Navan, Meath · 11 May 2026 · 1 homes · start notice, opted out no sign-off needed · 21840 · 959 m
2Castletown, Navan, Meath · 7 May 2026 · 1 homes · start notice, opted out no sign-off needed · 22822 · 45 m
Ardee Road, Castletown Kilpatrick, Navan, Meath · 6 Apr 2026 · 1 homes · start notice, opted out no sign-off needed · 2561309 · 857 m
Painestown, Castletown, Navan, Meath · 18 Feb 2026 · 1 homes · start notice, opted out no sign-off needed · 25/60976 · 821 m
Leggagh, Castletown, Meath, xxxxx · 30 Jan 2026 · 7-day notice not signed off · 22/488 · 134 m
Leggagh, Castletown, Meath, C15F7K7 · 22 Dec 2025 · short notice no sign-off needed · 21/979 · 2.0 km
Castletown Td, Castletown, Meath · 5 Dec 2025 · short notice no sign-off needed · 24415 · 1.2 km
Castletown Td, Castletown, Meath, C15 PP89 · 5 Dec 2025 · 1 homes · start notice, opted out no sign-off needed · 24415 · 1.2 km
Leggagh, Castletown, Meath, C15F7K7 · 25 Nov 2025 · 1 homes · start notice, opted out no sign-off needed · 21/979 · 2.0 km

How we work this out

Each row is a notice the builder sent to the council's building control office before work started. One notice can cover many homes. 'Signed off as finished' means a completion certificate is on file; work done under an opt-out or a short notice doesn't need one.

Source: Building Control Management System (commencement notices) · fetched 2 Nov 2026, 03:19

Source	Licence	Fetched	Link
Building Control Management System (commencement notices)	CC BY 4.0	2 Nov 2026, 03:19	open

Named places nearby: estate, schemes, crèches, schools

How busy is this area About as busy as most of Meath County Council.

Homes approved

Here0

Council middle0

Homes started

Here6

Council middle2

How we work this out

Homes approved counts schemes of 10 or more homes (one-off houses are not included). Homes started counts every home in a notice that building work was starting. The council figure is the middle value across the council's built-up squares of the same area (3.1 km², about a 1 km circle), so half of them saw more and half fewer.

Sources: An Coimisiún Pleanála cases (ArcGIS feed), Building Control Management System (commencement notices), National Planning Application Database · fetched 2 Nov 2026, 23:00

Source	Licence	Fetched	Link
An Coimisiún Pleanála cases (ArcGIS feed)	CC BY 4.0	30 Oct 2026, 23:01	open
Building Control Management System (commencement notices)	CC BY 4.0	2 Nov 2026, 03:19	open
National Planning Application Database	CC BY 4.0	2 Nov 2026, 23:00	open

Question 5

What's the area like?

Figure 7

This street block against the council

45% of homes built before 1971 (council 18%). 82% owner-occupied (council 75%).

Homes built before 1971

45% · council 18%

Homes built since 2001

23% · council 45%

Owner-occupied

82% · council 75%

Rented

12% · council 20%

Children under 15

16% · council 23%

Aged 65 and over

18% · council 12%

Households with 2+ cars

65% · council 54%

Work mainly from home

6% · council 11%

This small area (227 people)Meath

MeasuredCSO Census 2022, Small Area Population Statistics (CC BY 4.0) · small area 167018004

Bus

660 m

Castletown · 107

Nearest school

374 m

Castletown NS, 102 pupils

Homes sold nearby

in 3 years (Property Price Register)

Schools, stops and the council

Schools

Castletown NS · primary · 102 pupils · 374 m

Stops 4

Castletown · 107 · 0/hour at peak · 660 m
Castletown · 107, DK02 · 1/hour at peak · 678 m

Schools growing or shrinking planning in 3 years · pupils last year

Castletown NS · 374 m0% pupils (102)

Sources: Public transport stops and routes (NTA GTFS), Department of Education school list, National Planning Application Database, Council consultation portals, Council meetings (ModernGov), Land Development Agency public land register, cso_saps_2022, National Transport Authority, Fingal County Council and Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council development plan layers (CC BY 4.0), dartplus.ie project extents over NTA GTFS rail shapes (CC BY 4.0), EPA strategic noise maps, Fingal County Council · fetched 2 Nov 2026, 23:00

Source	Licence	Fetched	Link
Public transport stops and routes (NTA GTFS)	CC BY 4.0	1 Nov 2026, 23:05	open
Department of Education school list	CC BY 4.0	27 Oct 2026, 23:04	open
National Planning Application Database	CC BY 4.0	2 Nov 2026, 23:00	open
Council consultation portals	Public	2 Nov 2026, 01:11	open
Council meetings (ModernGov)	Public	2 Nov 2026, 02:27	open
Land Development Agency public land register	CC BY 4.0	11 Sept 2026, 16:43	open
cso_saps_2022	CC BY 4.0	—	open
National Transport Authority	CC BY 4.0	—	—
Fingal County Council and Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council development plan layers (CC BY 4.0)	CC BY 4.0	—	—
dartplus.ie project extents over NTA GTFS rail shapes (CC BY 4.0)	CC BY 4.0	—	—
EPA strategic noise maps	CC BY 4.0	—	—
Fingal County Council	CC BY 4.0	—	—

Question 6

What to ask, and who

Zoned P5 (rural and agricultural), not for homes: could you extend?
Ask for: A solicitor's or planner's view.
Solicitor · planner
Application 1.7 km away open for comments until 24 Nov 2026: comment?
Ask for: The plans on the council's website (€20 to comment).
Council
Building work started 45 m away: for how long?
Ask for: The planning conditions for 22822.
Agent · council
Any work done without planning permission?
Ask for: An opinion of compliance for the whole house.
Seller · solicitor

Reference

Where this is, the terms, the sources

Townland: Castletown
Electoral division: Castletown
Electoral area: Kells
Council: Meath County Council

Everything we found, as a list 8 lines

Zoned P5 (rural and agricultural); not protected; no vacant land tax.
Nothing nearby looks set to change.
1 application open for comments nearby; nearest closes 24 Nov 2026.
No morning-peak service within 500 m; nearest is Castletown, 660 m away (4 a day).
Here (2022 census): 82% owner-occupied (council 75%); 8% of homes empty (council 6%); most built 2001–2010; 67% drive to work (council 64%); population up 4% since 2016.
The council decides in a median 55 days (about 8 weeks); 38% are asked for more information.
6 applications nearby in the last 12 months; 100% approved (council 87%).
1 building job started within 250 m in the last six months.

What the terms mean 6 terms

Vacant land tax (Residential Zoned Land Tax (RZLT)): A yearly tax of 3% of the land's value on land that is zoned for homes and serviced but left unbuilt.
Building started (Commencement notice (BCMS)): The builder must tell the council's building control office 14 to 28 days before work starts.
Signed off as finished (Certificate of Compliance on Completion): A certificate filed when a building is finished, confirming it meets the building regulations.
Approved (Grant of permission): The council said yes, usually with conditions.
Comment on an application (Observation / submission): Anyone can comment on a planning application within five weeks of it being lodged, for a €20 fee.
What the land is zoned for (Zoning objective): The council's development plan sets what each area is for: homes, shops, open space and so on.

Sources and licences 26

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EPA strategic noise maps	—	CC BY 4.0	—
Fingal County Council	—	CC BY 4.0	—
Fingal County Council and Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council development plan layers (CC BY 4.0)	—	CC BY 4.0	—
National Transport Authority	—	CC BY 4.0	—
services-eu1.arcgis.com	An Coimisiún Pleanála	CC BY 4.0	30 Oct 2026
data.nbco.gov.ie	National Building Control Office (BCMS)	CC BY 4.0	2 Nov 2026
data.gov.ie	Various (see each layer)	CC BY 4.0, CC BY-NC-ND 4.0	27 Sept 2026
services-eu1.arcgis.com	National Inventory of Architectural Heritage	CC BY 4.0	27 Sept 2026
services-eu1.arcgis.com	National Monuments Service (SMR)	CC BY 4.0	27 Sept 2026
dlrcoco.citizenspace.com	Local authorities (consultation portals)	Public	2 Nov 2026
www2.courts.ie	—	© the publisher	2 Nov 2026
cso.ie	—	CC BY 4.0	—
dartplus.ie project extents over NTA GTFS rail shapes (CC BY 4.0)	—	CC BY 4.0	—
services-eu1.arcgis.com	Local authorities (derelict sites registers)	CC BY 4.0	2 Nov 2026
data.epa.ie	Environmental Protection Agency (LEAP licence register)	CC BY 4.0	26 Oct 2026
transportforireland.ie	National Transport Authority	CC BY 4.0	1 Nov 2026
lda.ie	Land Development Agency	CC BY 4.0	11 Sept 2026
meetings.fingal.ie	Local authorities (council meetings)	Public	2 Nov 2026
services.arcgis.com	Department of Housing (National Planning Application Database)	CC BY 4.0	2 Nov 2026
services-eu1.arcgis.com	Tailte Éireann	CC BY 4.0	11 Sept 2026
services-eu1.arcgis.com	CSO, Tailte Éireann, OpenStreetMap contributors	CC BY 4.0	4 Oct 2026
propertypriceregister.ie	Property Services Regulatory Authority (PPR)	© PSRA, PSI licence	2 Nov 2026
services.arcgis.com	Local authorities (RZLT maps)	CC BY 4.0	1 Nov 2026
gov.ie	Department of Education	CC BY 4.0	27 Oct 2026
gov.ie	Department of Housing	CC BY-SA 4.0	23 Oct 2026
services.arcgis.com	Local authorities via the Department of Housing (GZT / MyPlan)	CC BY 4.0	1 Nov 2026

Measured

counted from a public register

Calculated

a rate or median we worked out from those counts

Our classification

we sorted it by reading each description

Estimate

inferred from another source (census, map data)

Rule summary

the law, simplified: check before relying on it

How we work this out

Generated 2 Nov 2026, 23:23 from the Planning Register store; nothing was fetched live. Not a legal search: the council's planning file is the record. Deadlines come from published dates under the Planning and Development Act 2000: confirm with the council before relying on them. Street map © OpenStreetMap contributors; building outlines © Overture Maps Foundation. The text version carries every figure with its source, for an AI assistant.

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