# Clonmacshane, Co. Carlow: townland, land parcels and planning Townland in the civil parish of Templepeter, barony of Forth, Co. Carlow; in Irish Cloch Mhic Sheoinín. - Area (Tailte Éireann): 656,991 m² (65.7 ha, 162.35 acres) - Land parcels (Tailte Éireann): 17 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in it, median 8,869 m² (0.89 ha, 2.19 acres) - Zoning (national zoning, MyPlan): not in a zoned settlement - Planning (National Planning Applications): 5 applications since 2010 - Civil parish: Templepeter, https://everytownland.com/carlow/parish/templepeter.md - Barony: Forth - Electoral division: Templepeter, the unit of the census - Census 2022 (Central Statistics Office): 470 people lived in 160 households in the Templepeter electoral division. 93% of households owned their home. 37% of homes were built since 2001. 8% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 1% were holiday homes. - County: Co. Carlow, https://everytownland.com/carlow.md - Placenames Database of Ireland: https://www.logainm.ie/en/3534 - Townland number at Tailte Éireann: 10192 - Centre: latitude 52.752799, longitude -6.850986 (WGS 84) ## Land parcels (registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann) 17 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Clonmacshane, from 306 m² to 132,707 m² (13.27 ha, 32.79 acres); 18 neighbouring parcels touch its boundary. Largest first: - Parcel 804533: 132,707 m² (13.27 ha, 32.79 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/804533.md - Parcel 804436: 117,670 m² (11.77 ha, 29.08 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/804436.md - Parcel 784310: 72,528 m² (7.25 ha, 17.92 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/784310.md - Parcel 5763202: 66,869 m² (6.69 ha, 16.52 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5763202.md - Parcel 789167: 62,540 m² (6.25 ha, 15.45 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/789167.md - Parcel 804439: 61,325 m² (6.13 ha, 15.15 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/804439.md - Parcel 804437: 58,576 m² (5.86 ha, 14.47 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/804437.md - Parcel 798470: 52,455 m² (5.25 ha, 12.96 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/798470.md - Parcel 789166: 8,869 m² (0.89 ha, 2.19 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/789166.md - Parcel 798471: 5,517 m² (0.55 ha, 1.36 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/798471.md - Parcel 804438: 5,513 m² (0.55 ha, 1.36 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/804438.md - Parcel 804532: 5,359 m² (0.54 ha, 1.32 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/804532.md - Parcel 804441: 3,825 m² (0.38 ha, 0.95 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/804441.md - Parcel 804440: 3,611 m² (0.36 ha, 0.89 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/804440.md - Parcel 5839348: 1,681 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/5839348.md - Parcel 5839309: 1,016 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/5839309.md - Parcel 5839242: 306 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/5839242.md ## Zoning (national zoning of development plans, MyPlan) No zone of a development plan covers Clonmacshane in the national zoning. Outside zoned towns and villages, the county development plan's rural policies apply to each application. ## Planning applications whose site touches the townland (National Planning Applications, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage) 5 applications, newest first. - 20 May 2022, Carlow County Council 22163: Conditional. Permission. for a 10 year planning permission for a solar farm and associated works, comprising (1) A solar farm which will connect to the national electricity grid on lands with a total area of circa 128 hectares, consisting of solar panels on ground mounted frames, 18 no. single storey electrical inverter/transformer stations, equipment container, underground cabling within the solar farm site and within the N80 and L-3046 public roads to connect solar farm field parcels, security fencing, satellite communications pole, CCTV, access tracks inclusive of 9 no. agricultural bridges (including 1 no. bridge over the river Burrin), temporary construction compounds, landscaping and all associated ancillary development works. (2) minor amendments to a neighbouring solar farm planning permission (Carlow County Council planning reference 20143 & An Bord Pleanala reference: 307891-20) to facilitate future grid connection and additional access tracks for the proposed development. These amendments will comprise of the removal of 1,837 sqm of solar panels, provision of additional access tracks and focused removal of hedgerows to accommodate same, and the laying of 1,788 metres of 33kV underground cabling for the purposes of the future grid connection. (3) Construction and operational access for the solar farm will be via entrances from the L-7111, L-3046 and L-3049. The operational lifespan of the solar farm will be 35 years. A Natura Impact Statement (NIS) has been prepared and will be submitted to the planning authority with the application.. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/CarlowCC/AppFileRefDetails/22163/0 - 28 Apr 2022, Carlow County Council 22142: N/a. Permission. for a solar farm which will connect to the national grid on lands with a total area of circa 128 hectares, consisting of solar panels on ground mounted frames, 18 no. single storey electrical inverter/transformer stations, equipment container, underground cabling within the solar farm site and within the N80 and L-3046 public roads to connect solar farm field parcels, security fencing, satellite communications pole. CCTV, access tracks inclusive of 9 no. agricultural bridges (including 1 no. bridge over the rive Buren), temporary construction compounds, landscaping and all associated ancillary development works at Ballintrane, Ballbrommell, Bensinstown, Clonmacshane, Garreenleen, Graiguealug, Tinnaclash and Templpeter, Co. Carlow. As part of the proposal, permission is also sought for minor amendments to Carlow County Council planning reference 20143 (An Bord Pleanala reference: 307891-20) comprising removal of 1837sqm of solar panels, provision of additional access tracks and focused removal of hedgerows to accommodate same, and the laying of 1,788metres of 33kV underground cabling for the purposes of future grid connection. Construction and operational access will be via entrances from the L-7111, L-3046 and L-3049. The operational lifespan of the solar farm will be 35 years. A Natura Impact Statement (NIS) has been prepared and will be submitted to the planning authority with the application.. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/CarlowCC/AppFileRefDetails/22142/0 - 14 Feb 2022, Carlow County Council 2243: Conditional. Permission. Permission for development consisting of an agricultural shed for the storage of straw. Permission is also sought to relocate a utility pole to site boundary along with all associated site. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/CarlowCC/AppFileRefDetails/2243/0 - 8 Feb 2022, Carlow County Council 2233: N/a. Permission. Permission for development at this site: Fennagh, Ballintrane, Co. Carlow. The development will consist of an agricultural shed for the storage of straw. Permission is also sought to relocate a utility pole to site boundary along with all associated site works.. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/CarlowCC/AppFileRefDetails/2233/0 - 31 Aug 2018, Carlow County Council 18349: Refused. Permission, 1 home. A) Planning permission to construct new agricultural shed, with associated holding tanks, yards and aprons. B) Permission to construct new dwelling house, domestic garage, install ETU with percolation area, and form new entrance with all associated site works. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/CarlowCC/AppFileRefDetails/18349/0 Applicants are not shown. ## Designated sites (National Parks and Wildlife Service) No designated site (Special Area of Conservation, Special Protection Area, Natural Heritage Area or proposed one) touches the townland of Clonmacshane. ## Recorded monuments (Sites and Monuments Record, National Monuments Service) No recorded monument lies in the townland of Clonmacshane. ## Architectural heritage (National Inventory of Architectural Heritage) No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands in the townland of Clonmacshane. ## Ground and risks (Radon Risk Map of Ireland, EPA; Landslide Susceptibility Classification and LiDAR, Geological Survey Ireland) - Radon: at the centre of the townland of Clonmacshane, about 1 in 5 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels. Testing a home: https://www.epa.ie/environment-and-you/radon/radon-testing/#d.en.82887 - 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 Clonmacshane. - Flooding: the flood maps of the Office of Public Works, https://www.floodinfo.ie/map/floodmaps/, linked only: their licence does not allow re-use. 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. ## Downloads - DXF, in Irish Transverse Mercator metres, with its boundary, parcels and buildings, for a drawing program: https://everytownland.com/carlow/clonmacshane.dxf - GeoJSON, in WGS 84, for a map: https://everytownland.com/carlow/clonmacshane.geojson - KML, for Google Earth: https://everytownland.com/carlow/clonmacshane.kml ## Homes sold (Residential Property Price Register) No address of the register names Clonmacshane with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Carlow: https://everytownland.com/carlow.md ## Neighbouring townlands (National Statutory Boundaries, Tailte Éireann) - Ballintrane: https://everytownland.com/carlow/ballintrane.md - Ballybrommell: https://everytownland.com/carlow/ballybrommell.md - Ballymogue: https://everytownland.com/carlow/ballymogue-10087.md - Ballytarsna: https://everytownland.com/carlow/ballytarsna.md - Graiguealug: https://everytownland.com/carlow/graiguealug.md - Templepeter: https://everytownland.com/carlow/templepeter.md 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. --- Everytownland reads the registered freehold land and the statutory boundaries of Tailte Éireann, the national zoning, planning file and heritage records of the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, and the Residential Property Price Register. 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; this site names no owner. A price is the price recorded for a past sale, not a valuation. Sources: Cadastral Parcels Freehold, Townlands, Civil Parishes, Baronies, Electoral Divisions and Buildings, Tailte Éireann, CC BY 4.0; national zoning of development plans (GZT, MyPlan) and National Planning Applications, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, CC BY 4.0, applicants not shown; designated sites, National Parks and Wildlife Service, CC BY 4.0; Sites and Monuments Record, National Monuments Service, CC BY 4.0; National Inventory of Architectural Heritage, CC BY 4.0; Residential Property Price Register, Property Services Regulatory Authority, re-used with the source acknowledged. - Page: https://everytownland.com/carlow/clonmacshane - In JSON: https://everytownland.com/api/townland/carlow/clonmacshane