Clorusk Upper

49 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Clorusk Upper, from 53 m² to 161,232 m² (16.12 ha, 39.84 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 38 neighbouring parcels touch it.

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• M3Neighbourhood Facilities / Centre (District, neighbourhood centre)
  Carlow_County_Development_Plan_2022_2028_Variation_Number_2_Muine_Bheag_Royal_Oak_District_Town_Plan_2026, Carlow · 6 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• R2Existing / Infill Residential (Existing residential)
  Carlow_County_Development_Plan_2022_2028_Variation_Number_2_Muine_Bheag_Royal_Oak_District_Town_Plan_2026, Carlow · 6 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• G1Open Space and Amenity (Open space, park)
  Carlow_County_Development_Plan_2022_2028_Variation_Number_2_Muine_Bheag_Royal_Oak_District_Town_Plan_2026, Carlow · 3 parcels The zoning objective in the plan

Source: Tailte Éireann and the Department of Housing (MyPlan), national zoning, CC BY 4.0.

• 27 Feb 2026Conditional

  PL21/444 for Construction of (a) a slatted cubicle house, (b) an unroofed slatted tank, (c) a calf house, (d) a new milking parlour, (e) a collecting yard with slatted tanks and associated site works

  Extension of duration · Carlow County Council, 2610

• 7 May 2025Conditional

  a new process outflow treatment facility, including treatment tanks and filter units together with associated cleaning equipment, support/maintenance structure and hardstanding. All at Royal Oak Distillery, Clorusk, Royal Oak, Bagenalstown, Co. Carlow, an establishment with lower tier CoMAH status to which the Major Accident Directives apply. Halloden Royal Oak is a protected structure, RPS ref. CW46 (NIAH NO. 10301620)

  Permission · Carlow County Council, 2560112

• 20 Mar 2025Conditional

  The development will consist of a new Wastewater Pumping Station, two new kiosks (kiosk one 3.6m x 0.8m and kiosk two 2m x 1.8m, each 1.8m high), a new 50m3 below-ground storage tank, ground mounted solar PV array (30m2 total), new palisade perimeter fencing and gate (each 2.4m high), all on a site of 0.04 ha; the widening of the existing access road and the existing access to the R724, associated demolition of existing boundary wall and gate; a new 100mm diameter rising main (360m) and 225mm gravity sewer (190m) on the R724 between the proposed pumping station and Royal Oak Road; and all ancillary works. A Natura Impact Statement (NIS) will be submitted to the planning authority with the application

  Permission · Carlow County Council, 2560060

• 22 Dec 2023Conditional

  a new single-storey detached laboratory and office (43sqm) and for lower tier CoMAH status on its Clorusk Lower Site. All at Royal Oak Distillery. Clorusk Lower, Royal Oak, Bagenalstown, Co. Carlow. Holloden Royal Oak is a protected structure, RPS ref. CW46 (NIAH No.10301620)

  Permission · Carlow County Council, 2360318

• 20 Dec 2023N/a

  a new single-storey detached laboratory and office (43sqm) and for lower tier CoMAH status on its Clorusk Lower site. All at Royal Oak Distillery, Clorusk Lower, Royal Oak, Bagenalstown, Co. Carlow. Holloden Royal Oak is a protected structure, RPS ref. CW46 (NIAH No.10301620).

  Permission · Carlow County Council, 2360310

• 20 Nov 2023N/a

  lower CoMAH tier status on its site. Holloden Royal Oak is a protected structure, RPS ref. CW46 (NIAH No.10301620)

  Permission · Carlow County Council, 2360271

• 15 Nov 2023N/a

  to achieve lower CoMAH tier status on its site. This application will be accompanied by EIA and screening information

  Permission · Carlow County Council, 2360265

• 16 Nov 2021Conditional

  Construction of (a) a slatted cubicle house, (b) an unroofed slatted tank, (c) a calf house, (d) a new milking parlour, (e) a collecting yard with slatted tanks and associated site works

  Permission · Carlow County Council, 21444

• 22 Mar 2021Conditional

  Permission for the change of use of existing on license lounge serving public house to a 3 bedroom residential unit for short term letting, alterations to existing entrance to provide pedestrian access, new wastewater treatment and all associated site development works

  Permission · Carlow County Council, 2195

• 17 Feb 2021N/a

  Permission for the change of use of existing on license lounge serving public house to a 3 bedroom residential unit for short term letting, alterations to existing entrance to provide pedestrian access, proposed wastewater treatment and all associated site development works

  Permission · Carlow County Council, 2146

• 5 Jun 2020Conditional

  for the construction of a domestic shed to include both vehicle storage and hobby areas for domestic use only, and all associated site works

  Permission, 1 home · Carlow County Council, 20169

• 20 Mar 2020Conditional

  the construction of a new first floor office (40m2) and sample storage and tasting room (35m2), within the existing distillery building above the existing workshops, along with extension to the existing external first floor gantry walkway, new escape stairs from the gantry walkway and new roof to cover the existing and proposed gantry walkways and all associated site development works. (Protected structure ref CW 46). The proposed development has been subject to Appropriate Assessment and a Report for AA screening has been prepared.

  Permission · Carlow County Council, 2099

• 8 Oct 2019N/a

  for the change of use of existing on license lounge serving public house to a 3 bedroom residential unit for short term letting, alterations to existing entrance to provide pedestrian access and all associated site development works

  Permission · Carlow County Council, 19399

• 30 Apr 2019Conditional

  the completion of 6 No. detached 2 storey dwelling homes, numbered 1 to 6 of previous planning application PL Ref: 05/225 together with all associated site and landscaping works at Royal Oak, Bagenalstown, Co. Carlow. Application for Extension of Duration PL Ref. 13/246

  Extension of duration, 1 home · Carlow County Council, 19170

• 28 Dec 2018Conditional

  for single storey extension to the side of premises with all associated site works

  Permission · Carlow County Council, 18512

• 28 May 2018N/a

  Planning Permission to enlarge the external door on the East elevation of the Vet and Pet building at Cloruske Upper, Royal Oak, Bagenalstown, Co. Carlow and placing a sign 60cm. by 60cm. on the entrance gate bearing the word VET. I apply for retention of two additional bedrooms and internal layout changes in the Vet and Pet building.

  Permission · Carlow County Council, 18212

Source: National Planning Applications, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, CC BY 4.0. Applicants are not shown.

Designated sites

• Special Area of Conservation: River Barrow and River Nore SAC 002162

Recorded monuments

• CW015-016 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  The following description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Carlow' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1993). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload/revision: 17 July 2007 Marked on 1908 'OS 6-inch' map (max. diam. c. 35m). Described locally as circular, with low earthen bank and external fosse. No visible surface traces.

• CW015-017 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  The following description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Carlow' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1993). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload/revision: 17 July 2007 Circular area (diam. c.43m) enclosed by substantial bank (int. H c. 2m, ext. H c. 3m) and external fosse (base Wth c. 8m). Best preserved at W. Gaps at E and S but original entrance not identifiable.

Architectural heritage

No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands in the townland of Clorusk Upper.

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).

Radon

At the centre of the townland of Clorusk Upper, about 1 in 20 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels. Testing a home

Landslides

The 1:50,000 map rates the landslide susceptibility here as moderately low, low, partly inferred.

Terrain model

LiDAR of the Office of Public Works, flown in 2011, at 2 m: tile OPW_2413 (ZIP).

Flooding

The Office of Public Works publishes its flood maps on floodinfo.ie.

Radon Risk Map of Ireland, Environmental Protection Agency, and Landslide Susceptibility Classification, Geological Survey Ireland, both under 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.

No address of the register names Clorusk Upper with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Carlow.

Name

Clorusk Upper · Cloch Rúsc Uachtarach

Area

1,000,192 m² (100.02 ha, 247.15 acres)

Civil parish

Killinane, and its townlands

Barony

Idrone West

Electoral division

Leighlinbridge, the unit of the census

Census 2022

1,679 people lived in 637 households in the Leighlinbridge electoral division. 72% of households owned their home. 35% of homes were built since 2001. 7% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 1% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Clorusk Lower, Closutton, Killinane, Moanmore, Moneybeg, Tinnagarney, Wells

Placenames

Clorusk Upper 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.