# Commons, Co. Carlow: townland, land parcels and planning Townland in the civil parish of Ballon, barony of Forth, Co. Carlow; in Irish An Coimín. - Area (Tailte Éireann): 820,666 m² (82.07 ha, 202.79 acres) - Land parcels (Tailte Éireann): 16 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in it, median 5,382 m² (0.54 ha, 1.33 acres) - Zoning (national zoning, MyPlan): not in a zoned settlement - Planning (National Planning Applications): 6 applications since 2010 - Civil parish: Ballon, https://everytownland.com/carlow/parish/ballon.md - Barony: Forth - Electoral division: Kilbride, the unit of the census - Census 2022 (Central Statistics Office): 458 people lived in 164 households in the Kilbride electoral division. 85% of households owned their home. 34% of homes were built since 2001. 6% 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/3351 - Townland number at Tailte Éireann: 10205 - Centre: latitude 52.740014, longitude -6.738175 (WGS 84) ## Land parcels (registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann) 16 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Commons, from 570 m² to 416,310 m² (41.63 ha, 102.87 acres); 23 neighbouring parcels touch its boundary. Largest first: - Parcel 803444: 416,310 m² (41.63 ha, 102.87 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/803444.md - Parcel 803445: 188,089 m² (18.81 ha, 46.48 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/803445.md - Parcel 799731: 97,693 m² (9.77 ha, 24.14 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/799731.md - Parcel 803447: 55,326 m² (5.53 ha, 13.67 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/803447.md - Parcel 789437: 13,248 m² (1.32 ha, 3.27 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/789437.md - Parcel 1918962: 11,116 m² (1.11 ha, 2.75 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1918962.md - Parcel 799733: 8,758 m² (0.88 ha, 2.16 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/799733.md - Parcel 799732: 5,727 m² (0.57 ha, 1.42 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/799732.md - Parcel 5871944: 5,037 m² (0.5 ha, 1.24 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5871944.md - Parcel 803446: 4,155 m² (0.42 ha, 1.03 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/803446.md - Parcel 803540: 3,980 m² (0.4 ha, 0.98 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/803540.md - Parcel 811409: 3,943 m² (0.39 ha, 0.97 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/811409.md - Parcel 811410: 3,277 m² (0.33 ha, 0.81 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/811410.md - Parcel 5778426: 1,170 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/5778426.md - Parcel 789436: 704 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/789436.md - Parcel 5871949: 570 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/5871949.md ## Zoning (national zoning of development plans, MyPlan) No zone of a development plan covers Commons 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) 6 applications, newest first. - 16 Dec 2024, Carlow County Council 2460410: Conditional. Permission. • the replacement (“restringing”) of the existing overhead line circuit conductor wires with a new higher capacity conductor • the strengthening of foundations at 7no. locations • shear block remedial works at 77no. locations • the strengthening of towers (i.e., member replacement) at 34no. locations • the replacement of 5.1km of earthwire • the painting of all structures • the replacement of insulating and ancillary hardware at structures • all associated works within the existing Kellis 220kV substation to accommodate the uprated 220kV OHL including uprating of the Great Island bay in Kellis 220kV substation • the installation of a temporary link between the Great Island – Kellis and Dunstown = Kellis 220kV OHLs to create a temporary circuit, which will include the erection of a temporary four-pole timber structure between the existing Angle Mast 191 on the Great Island- Kellis circuit and the existing Angle Mast 157 on the Dunstown – Kellis circuit • all associated temporary site development works to gain access to the existing structures including vegetation clearance and management, disassembly and reassembly of gate posts/piers and removal and reinstatement of existing fencing, and • other temporary associated and ancillary site development works required for the purpose of the uprate of the existing circuit, including construction compounds, silt traps, silt fences, vegetation clearance and management, stone tracks, ground protection mats, infrastructure crossing support systems (i.e., guard poles) and temporary watercourse crossings. Where required, an aerial catenary stringing system (ACSS) will be used to facilitate stringing operations over major obstacles, e.g., busy national roads, wide rivers, etc. A Natura Impact Statement will be submitted to the Planning Authority with the application. Please see Site Notice for full development description. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/CarlowCC/AppFileRefDetails/2460410/0 - 7 Oct 2024, Carlow County Council 2460319: N/a. Permission. for development consisting of works along the ca. 70.3km Great Island – Kellis 220kV OHL between the existing Great Island 220kV substation in the townland of Great Island in southwest County Wexford and the Kellis 220kV substation located in the townland of Kellistown East, central County Carlow. The OHL has a total of 216no. supporting structures. Within the functional area of Carlow County Council, there is 44.2km of the existing OHL circuit, with 135no. structures. Within the functional area of Wexford County Council there is 26.1km, with 81no. structures. A separate planning application is being lodged with Wexford County Council. The proposed development within Co. Carlow will comprise: • the replacement (“restringing”) of the existing overhead line circuit conductor wires with a new higher capacity conductor; • the strengthening of foundations at 7no. locations; • shear block remedial works at 77no. locations; • the strengthening of towers (i.e., member replacement) at 34no. locations; • the replacement of 5.1km of earthwire; • the painting of all structures; • the replacement of insulating and ancillary hardware at structures; • all associated works within the existing Kellis 220kV substation to accommodate the uprated 220kV OHL including uprating of the Great Island bay in the Kellis 220kV substation; • the installation of a temporary link between the Great Island – Kellis and Dunstown – Kellis 220kV OHLs to create a temporary circuit, which will include the erection of a temporary four-pole timber structure between the existing Angle Mast 191 on the Great Island – Kellis circuit and the existing Angle Mast 157 on the Dunstown – Kellis circuit; • all associated temporary site development works to gain access to the existing structures including vegetation clearance and management, disassembly and reassembly of gate posts / piers and removal and reinstatement of existing fencing; and • other temporary associated and ancillary site development works required for the purpose of the uprate of the existing circuit, including construction compounds, silt traps, silt fences, vegetation clearance and management, stone tracks, ground protection mats, infrastructure crossing support systems (i.e., guard poles) and temporary watercourse crossings. Where required, an aerial catenary stringing system (ACSS) will be used to facilitate stringing operations over major obstacles, e.g., busy national roads, wide rivers, etc.. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/CarlowCC/AppFileRefDetails/2460319/0 - 5 Feb 2024, Carlow County Council 2460022: Conditional. Permission, 1 home. a change of use from existing detached garage to granny flat, associated additional windows to same, proposed sunlounge to link back to existing house and all associated works. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/CarlowCC/AppFileRefDetails/2460022/0 - 16 Sept 2022, Carlow County Council 22306: Conditional. Retention, 1 home. a domestic garage as constructed and associated works. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/CarlowCC/AppFileRefDetails/22306/0 - 15 Mar 2022, Carlow County Council 2298: Conditional. Permission. the development will consist of the installation of a new 30.5 metres lattice telecommunication support structure carrying antennas, dishes, associated equipment, ground-based equipment cabinets, fencing and all associated site developments works for high-speed wireless data and broadband services. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/CarlowCC/AppFileRefDetails/2298/0 - 13 Aug 2021, Carlow County Council 21306: Conditional. Retention, 1 home. for a single storey domestic garage as constructed and all associated works. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/CarlowCC/AppFileRefDetails/21306/0 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 Commons. ## Recorded monuments (Sites and Monuments Record, National Monuments Service) - CW013-106: Enclosure, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CCW013-106----. Circular enclosure defined by cropmark of a narrow fosse visible on aerial photograph taken by Michael Moore during the summer of 1996 (MM (63) 37). Small ring-ditch (CW013-107----) c. 20m to NNE. Compiled by: Claire Breen Date of upload: 13 January 2012 - CW013-107: Ring-ditch, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CCW013-107----. Visible on aerial photograph taken by Michael Moore during the summer of 1996 (MM (63) 37). Larger enclosure (CW013-106----) c. 20m to SSW. Compiled by: Claire Breen Date of upload: 13 January 2012 - CW013-128: Enclosure, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CCW013-128----. In tillage. A roughly circular enclosure (diam. c. 42m) visible as a cropmark on Google Earth (imagery date 14 July 2018), identified and reported by Simon Dowling. See attached: CW013-128----_01 Google Earth image (imagery date 14 July 2018) CW013-128----_02 Google Earth image (imagery date 14 July 2018) with enclosure highlighted Compiled by: Jean Farrelly Date of upload: 3 February 2020 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). ## Architectural heritage (National Inventory of Architectural Heritage) No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands in the townland of Commons. ## 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 Commons, about 1 in 10 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 moderately low, low, partly inferred. - Terrain model: the Geological Survey did not answer. - 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/commons.dxf - GeoJSON, in WGS 84, for a map: https://everytownland.com/carlow/commons.geojson - KML, for Google Earth: https://everytownland.com/carlow/commons.kml ## Homes sold (Residential Property Price Register) No address of the register names Commons 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) - Ballymogue: https://everytownland.com/carlow/ballymogue-10086.md - Boggan: https://everytownland.com/carlow/boggan.md - Carrickslaney: https://everytownland.com/carlow/carrickslaney.md - Closh: https://everytownland.com/carlow/closh.md - Drisoge: https://everytownland.com/carlow/drisoge.md - Kilmurry: https://everytownland.com/carlow/kilmurry.md - Sherwoodpark: https://everytownland.com/carlow/sherwoodpark.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/commons - In JSON: https://everytownland.com/api/townland/carlow/commons