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Residential land off Ferndale, Matthews Lane

Rathmullan · Drogheda Urban · Louth

On the RZLT map, no permission. RZLT-liable and no live permission for 10+ homes on it

Site area
0.95 ha (2.35 acres)
Zoning
R2
Townland
Rathmullan
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Why this site

  • On the RZLT map, no permission· Residential Zoned Land Tax
    On the RZLT map, no permission · RZLT-liable and no live permission for 10+ homes on it · 1 Jan 2027 · source
  • On the RZLT map (3% land tax)· Residential Zoned Land Tax
    On the RZLT map (3% land tax) · On the 2027 draft RZLT map · 1 Jan 2027 · source

Planning nearby

Planning applications within 500 m (on Planning Register)

Developers active near this site

Who owns it

The registered owner is on the Land Registry folio. Search the map on landdirect.ie at 53.70140, -6.36790 and buy a copy of the folio: €5 online, and it names the owner and any charge on the land. Most land in Ireland is registered; older unregistered titles are in the Registry of Deeds.

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Planning around the site, deadlines, zoning and constraints in full

Planning on and around the site

Radius m
250

Near

Total
16
Years
5

Appeals

Total
0
Tagged
0

Inspector recommendations are shown only where the inspector's report has been read and tagged; "not extracted" is not the same as "no recommendation". Sources: npad, 12 Oct 2026; acp, 9 Oct 2026; bcms, 11 Oct 2026

Deadlines running

Count
1
Radius m
250

Clocks (1)

KindBasisSummaryDays leftDistance mDeadline at
application_receivedevent2660607: application received — Retention permission for the following works: 1. Retain alterations to elevations of existing building. 2. Retain exi0210.312 Oct 2026

Deadlines are computed once, by the connector that saw the event, from the statutory rule; never estimated here. Sources: acp, 9 Oct 2026; consult, 12 Oct 2026; moderngov, 12 Oct 2026; npad, 12 Oct 2026; rzlt, 11 Oct 2026

Zoning and the RZLT map

Rzlt

Note
The council's map for the vacant land tax shows this spot inside an area of existing homes. Homes people live in, and their gardens, don't pay the tax.
On site
No
Available
Yes

Zones (1)

CodeLabelMeaningPlan idValid toFetched at
R2Existing residentialAn established residential area. The objective is to protect existing residential amenity as well as to provide housing — which is the objective a neighbour'…LO-001:DP:louth-county-development-plan1 Jan 202727 Sept 2026

Objective text is quoted from the development plan as published on MyPlan (GZT). The plain-English line is our gloss. Sources: zoning, 11 Oct 2026; rzlt, 11 Oct 2026

Constraints

Buffer m
50
Available
Yes
Flood close m
100
Opw flood extent close
No
Opw flood extent nearby
No

Kinds (1)

KindCountLabel
radon1Radon risk area

Flood extents are OPW data we may not redistribute: shown as a yes/no and a link to floodinfo.ie. Sources: constraints, 27 Sept 2026; constraints.radon, 27 Sept 2026

Homes planned nearby

Radius m
1,000

As of

Computed at
2026-10-10T22:02:23+00:00
Sites in table
4,197

Totals

Homes
618
Sites
11
Lapsed
26
Lapsing
28
Started
564
Not started
28
Started pct
91
Sites lapsed
1
Sites lapsing
1
Sites started
9
Sites unbuilt
0
Sites appealed
0

Sites (11)

CouncilLatLEALonRefName
LOUTH53.71Drogheda Urban-6.38201165Donore Road
MEATH53.7Laytown Bettystown-Lea-7-6.36211448Phase 7a Avourwen
MEATH53.7Laytown Bettystown-Lea-7-6.37LB200484Phase #2 Kestrel Manor
MEATH53.7Laytown Bettystown-Lea-7-6.36LB201937Phase 8 Avourwen
MEATH53.7Laytown Bettystown-Lea-7-6.36211047Phase 7 Avourwen Platin/Duleek Road
MEATH53.7Laytown Bettystown-Lea-7-6.36LB200403Avourwen
MEATH53.7Laytown Bettystown-Lea-7-6.36LB190071Avourwen
MEATH53.7Laytown Bettystown-Lea-7-6.36LB180042Avourwen Platin Duleek Road
MEATH53.7Laytown Bettystown-Lea-7-6.362460832Phase 9 Avourwen Platin Road
MEATH53.7Laytown Bettystown-Lea-7-6.3623423Phase 10 Avourwen Platin/Duleek Road
MEATH53.7Laytown Bettystown-Lea-7-6.372560958Kestrel Manor

Applicants (2)

NameHomesSites
Bayview Contracts Limited281
Murlyn Investments Limited261

Grants of 10+ homes. "Unbuilt" means no commencement notice has been matched; "lapsing" expires within a year. Sources: bcms, 11 Oct 2026; npad, 12 Oct 2026

Public land nearby

Radius m
1,000

Sources: lda_lands, 11 Sept 2026; moderngov, 12 Oct 2026

Transport and schools

Radius m
1,000
Stop count
8
Facility count
0

Stops (8)

NameAgencyStop idDistance m
Tesco Droghedanta8310B126171325.8
Lidl Droghedanta8300B126331493.4
Cedarfieldnta8300B136131612.3
Cedarfieldnta8300B136141632.6
Saint Finian's Parknta8300B1262601805.6
Drogheda RPnta8310B126111822.8
Cherrymountnta8300LL12897897.1
Cherrymountnta8300LL12896903.2

Sources: gtfs, 11 Oct 2026; schools, 27 Sept 2026

Other sites nearby

Figures as of 11 Oct 2026. Sources: acp (9 Oct 2026); bcms (11 Oct 2026); constraints (27 Sept 2026); constraints.radon (27 Sept 2026); consult (12 Oct 2026); gtfs (11 Oct 2026); lda_lands (11 Sept 2026); moderngov (12 Oct 2026); npad (12 Oct 2026); parcels (11 Sept 2026); places (4 Oct 2026); rzlt (11 Oct 2026); schools (27 Sept 2026); zoning (11 Oct 2026).

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