Ratoath

Jamestown · Ratoath · Meath

Publicly owned land. Held by Meath County Council

Site area: 0.55 ha (1.35 acres)
Zoning: P5
Townland: Jamestown

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Publicly owned land
Publicly owned land · Held by Meath County Council · 1 Jul 2023 · source

Planning applications within 500 m (on Planning Register)

Developers active near this site

Kingscroft Development Limited
1 scheme 0.3 km away (62 homes) · Typical scheme 87 homes, bigger than your site
Kingscroft Developments Limited
1 scheme 0.3 km away (240 homes) · Typical scheme 90 homes, bigger than your site
Ashbourne Asset Holdings Limited
1 scheme 3.7 km away (26 homes) · Typical scheme 26 homes, close to what your site could take
Marshall Yards Development Company Limited
1 scheme 0.8 km away (130 homes) · Typical scheme 130 homes, bigger than your site
Rycroft CS Limited
1 scheme 3.5 km away (30 homes) · Typical scheme 30 homes, close to what your site could take

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Who owns it

The registered owner is on the Land Registry folio. Search the map on landdirect.ie at 53.49860, -6.45201 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 on and around the site

Radius m: 250

Near

Total: 11
Years: 5

Appeals

Total: 4
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)

Kind	Basis	Summary	Days left	Distance m	Deadline at
application_received	event	2661136: application received — Amendments to provide for change of house types and minor reconfiguration of housing development previously granted unde	4	51.2	16 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: This land is on the council's final map for the vacant land tax. Unless it is a home someone lives in (or its garden), the owner pays 3% of the land's value a year until homes are built or the zoning changes.
On site: Yes
Available: Yes

Zones (8)

Code	Label	Meaning	Plan id	Valid to	Fetched at
P5	Rural and agricultural	Land zoned to stay rural. New houses are restricted to demonstrated local need under the rural-housing policy of the development plan.	ME-002:DP:meath-county-development-plan-2021-2027	2 Nov 2027	27 Sept 2026
R1	New residential	Zoned for new residential communities. This is where large housing schemes are expected to go, subject to the social and physical infrastructure arriving wit…	ME-002:DP:meath-county-development-plan-2021-2027	2 Nov 2027	27 Sept 2026
R1	New residential	Zoned for new residential communities. This is where large housing schemes are expected to go, subject to the social and physical infrastructure arriving wit…	ME-002:DP:meath-county-development-plan-2021-2027	2 Nov 2027	27 Sept 2026
R2	Existing residential	An established residential area. The objective is to protect existing residential amenity as well as to provide housing — which is the objective a neighbour'…	ME-002:DP:meath-county-development-plan-2021-2027	2 Nov 2027	27 Sept 2026
P5	Rural and agricultural	Land zoned to stay rural. New houses are restricted to demonstrated local need under the rural-housing policy of the development plan.	ME-003:DP:meath-county-development-plan-2021-2027-as-varied	2 Nov 2027	4 Oct 2026
R1	New residential	Zoned for new residential communities. This is where large housing schemes are expected to go, subject to the social and physical infrastructure arriving wit…	ME-003:DP:meath-county-development-plan-2021-2027-as-varied	2 Nov 2027	4 Oct 2026
R1	New residential	Zoned for new residential communities. This is where large housing schemes are expected to go, subject to the social and physical infrastructure arriving wit…	ME-003:DP:meath-county-development-plan-2021-2027-as-varied	2 Nov 2027	4 Oct 2026
R2	Existing residential	An established residential area. The objective is to protect existing residential amenity as well as to provide housing — which is the objective a neighbour'…	ME-003:DP:meath-county-development-plan-2021-2027-as-varied	2 Nov 2027	4 Oct 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)

Kind	Count	Label
radon	1	Radon 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: 966
Sites: 6
Started: 192
Unbuilt: 774
Not started: 774
Started pct: 20
Sites lapsed: 0
Sites lapsing: 0
Sites started: 2
Sites unbuilt: 4
Sites appealed: 0

Sites (6)

Council	Lat	LEA	Lon	Ref	Name
MEATH	53.5	Ratoath	-6.46	2560637	Ratoath
MEATH	53.5	Ratoath	-6.46	2660045	Jamestown
MEATH	53.51	Ratoath	-6.45	2561104	Main Street R125 Ballybin Road
MEATH	53.5	Ratoath	-6.45	2660470	Glebe Manor Jamestown
MEATH	53.51	Ratoath	-6.45	2460487	Main Street & Ballybin Road
MEATH	53.5	Ratoath	-6.46	23882	Jamestown

Applicants (2)

Name	Homes	Sites
Beo Properties Limited	364	1
KINGSCROFT DEVELOPMENTS LIMITED	240	1

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

On site (1)

Code	Label	Detail	Observed at
public_land	Public land (LDA register)	Held by Meath County Council	1 Jul 2023

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

Transport and schools

Radius m: 1,000
Stop count: 2
Facility count: 5

Stops (2)

Name	Agency	Stop id	Distance m
Jamestown	nta	8310B1011901	656.7
Jamestown	nta	8310B1012301	758

Schools (3)

Council	Ref	Kind	Name	Path	Distance m
MEATH	76088T	school_postprimary	Ratoath College	/school/ratoath-college-76088t	430.8
MEATH	20215J	school_primary	ST PAULS NS	/school/st-pauls-ns-20215j	444.7
MEATH	20200T	school_primary	RATOATH SENIOR NS	/school/ratoath-senior-ns-20200t	961.1

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

Other sites nearby

Residential land off Jamestown, Bohermeen · On the RZLT map, no permission
Residential land off The Avenue, Broadmeadow Vale · On the RZLT map (3% land tax)
Residential land off The Avenue, Broadmeadow Vale · On the RZLT map, no permission
Residential land off The Avenue, Broadmeadow Vale · On the RZLT map (3% land tax)
Jamestown, Ratoath, Co Meath · Stalled build
Residential land off The Avenue, Broadmeadow Vale · On the RZLT map, no permission

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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