# Garreenleen, Co. Carlow: townland, land parcels and planning Townland in the civil parish of Gilbertstown, barony of Forth, Co. Carlow; in Irish Garraí an Lín. - Area (Tailte Éireann): 1,329,833 m² (132.98 ha, 328.61 acres) - Land parcels (Tailte Éireann): 10 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in it, median 70,762 m² (7.08 ha, 17.49 acres) - Zoning (national zoning, MyPlan): not in a zoned settlement - Planning (National Planning Applications): 3 applications since 2010 - Civil parish: Gilbertstown, https://everytownland.com/carlow/parish/gilbertstown.md - Barony: Forth - Electoral division: Rathrush, the unit of the census - Census 2022 (Central Statistics Office): 1,139 people lived in 350 households in the Rathrush electoral division. 92% of households owned their home. 53% of homes were built since 2001. 4% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 2% were holiday homes. - County: Co. Carlow, https://everytownland.com/carlow.md - Placenames Database of Ireland: https://www.logainm.ie/en/3476 - Townland number at Tailte Éireann: 10272 - Centre: latitude 52.761727, longitude -6.822479 (WGS 84) ## Land parcels (registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann) 10 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Garreenleen, from 456 m² to 285,392 m² (28.54 ha, 70.52 acres); 27 neighbouring parcels touch its boundary. Largest first: - Parcel 799787: 285,392 m² (28.54 ha, 70.52 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/799787.md - Parcel 803518: 258,450 m² (25.84 ha, 63.86 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/803518.md - Parcel 803520: 210,286 m² (21.03 ha, 51.96 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/803520.md - Parcel 799788: 159,870 m² (15.99 ha, 39.5 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/799788.md - Parcel 6090862: 71,913 m² (7.19 ha, 17.77 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/6090862.md - Parcel 803519: 69,610 m² (6.96 ha, 17.2 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/803519.md - Parcel 799785: 4,251 m² (0.43 ha, 1.05 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/799785.md - Parcel 799784: 3,082 m² (0.31 ha, 0.76 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/799784.md - Parcel 799783: 2,143 m² (0.21 ha, 0.53 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/799783.md - Parcel 799786: 456 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/799786.md ## Zoning (national zoning of development plans, MyPlan) No zone of a development plan covers Garreenleen 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) 3 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 - 11 May 2020, Carlow County Council 20143: Refused. Permission. A 10 year Planning Permission for a solar farm which will connect to the national grid on lands with a total area of circa 127 hectares, consisting of solar panels on ground mounted frames, 28 No. single storey electrical inverter/transformer stations and associated equipment container, security fencing, satellite communications pole, CCTV, upgrading to existing access tracks and new access tracks, temporary construction compounds, landscaping and all associated ancillary development works. Construction and operational access will be via entrances from the L-7111 and L-7112. 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/20143/0 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 Garreenleen. ## Recorded monuments (Sites and Monuments Record, National Monuments Service) No recorded monument lies in the townland of Garreenleen. ## Architectural heritage (National Inventory of Architectural Heritage) No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands in the townland of Garreenleen. ## 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 Garreenleen, 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 Garreenleen. - 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/garreenleen.dxf - GeoJSON, in WGS 84, for a map: https://everytownland.com/carlow/garreenleen.geojson - KML, for Google Earth: https://everytownland.com/carlow/garreenleen.kml ## Homes sold (Residential Property Price Register) No address of the register names Garreenleen 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 - Ballymogue: https://everytownland.com/carlow/ballymogue-10087.md - Ballynunnery: https://everytownland.com/carlow/ballynunnery.md - Bendinstown: https://everytownland.com/carlow/bendinstown.md - Gilbertstown: https://everytownland.com/carlow/gilbertstown.md - Kilknock: https://everytownland.com/carlow/kilknock.md - Tinnaclash: https://everytownland.com/carlow/tinnaclash-10535.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/garreenleen - In JSON: https://everytownland.com/api/townland/carlow/garreenleen