# Larah, Co. Carlow: townland, land parcels and planning Townland in the civil parish of Ballon, barony of Forth, Co. Carlow; in Irish An Láithreach. - Area (Tailte Éireann): 1,238,458 m² (123.85 ha, 306.03 acres) - Land parcels (Tailte Éireann): 37 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in it, median 4,788 m² (0.48 ha, 1.18 acres) - Zoning (national zoning, MyPlan): R2 Existing / Infill Residential, the zone with the most parcels - Planning (National Planning Applications): 4 applications since 2010 - Civil parish: Ballon, https://everytownland.com/carlow/parish/ballon.md - Barony: Forth - Electoral division: Ballon, the unit of the census - Census 2022 (Central Statistics Office): 788 people lived in 251 households in the Ballon electoral division. 69% of households owned their home. 55% of homes were built since 2001. 7% 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/3146 - Townland number at Tailte Éireann: 10382 - Centre: latitude 52.73219, longitude -6.764159 (WGS 84) ## Land parcels (registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann) 37 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Larah, from 55 m² to 315,325 m² (31.53 ha, 77.92 acres); 23 neighbouring parcels touch its boundary. Largest first: - Parcel 785033: 315,325 m² (31.53 ha, 77.92 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/785033.md - Parcel 793505: 205,836 m² (20.58 ha, 50.86 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/793505.md - Parcel 5916730: 157,639 m² (15.76 ha, 38.95 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5916730.md - Parcel 808283: 109,805 m² (10.98 ha, 27.13 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/808283.md - Parcel 793497: 108,175 m² (10.82 ha, 26.73 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/793497.md - Parcel 793496: 76,550 m² (7.65 ha, 18.92 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/793496.md - Parcel 808284: 76,015 m² (7.6 ha, 18.78 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/808284.md - Parcel 5520475: 52,325 m² (5.23 ha, 12.93 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5520475.md - Parcel 5520473: 28,129 m² (2.81 ha, 6.95 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5520473.md - Parcel 793590: 16,568 m² (1.66 ha, 4.09 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/793590.md - Parcel 808291: 9,179 m² (0.92 ha, 2.27 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/808291.md - Parcel 793498: 6,461 m² (0.65 ha, 1.6 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/793498.md - Parcel 793495: 5,618 m² (0.56 ha, 1.39 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/793495.md - Parcel 808282: 5,392 m² (0.54 ha, 1.33 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/808282.md - Parcel 800620: 5,359 m² (0.54 ha, 1.32 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/800620.md - Parcel 808287: 5,332 m² (0.53 ha, 1.32 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/808287.md - Parcel 808289: 5,103 m² (0.51 ha, 1.26 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/808289.md - Parcel 2115179: 5,049 m² (0.5 ha, 1.25 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2115179.md - Parcel 5676717: 4,788 m² (0.48 ha, 1.18 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5676717.md - Parcel 793500: 4,310 m² (0.43 ha, 1.07 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/793500.md - Parcel 793507: 4,179 m² (0.42 ha, 1.03 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/793507.md - Parcel 808286: 4,134 m² (0.41 ha, 1.02 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/808286.md - Parcel 793499: 4,110 m² (0.41 ha, 1.02 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/793499.md - Parcel 2721133: 3,047 m² (0.3 ha, 0.75 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2721133.md - Parcel 793501: 2,952 m² (0.3 ha, 0.73 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/793501.md - Parcel 808285: 2,493 m² (0.25 ha, 0.62 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/808285.md - Parcel 793502: 2,448 m² (0.24 ha, 0.6 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/793502.md - Parcel 793503: 2,145 m² (0.21 ha, 0.53 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/793503.md - Parcel 5791042: 2,019 m² (0.2 ha, 0.5 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5791042.md - Parcel 793506: 2,017 m² (0.2 ha, 0.5 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/793506.md - Parcel 808288: 1,859 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/808288.md - Parcel 793508: 1,531 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/793508.md - Parcel 808290: 1,504 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/808290.md - Parcel 2721113: 674 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/2721113.md - Parcel 793504: 218 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/793504.md - Parcel 6151904: 218 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/6151904.md - Parcel 793509: 55 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/793509.md ## Zoning (national zoning of development plans, MyPlan) - R2 Existing / Infill Residential (Existing residential): Carlow County Development Plan 2022 - 2028 Ballon Small Town Plan, Carlow; 13 parcels. The zoning objective in the plan: https://consult.carlow.ie/en/consultation/carlow-county-development-plan-2022-2028/chapter/chapter-16-development-management-standards - G1 Open Space and Amenity (Open space, park): Carlow County Development Plan 2022 - 2028 Ballon Small Town Plan, Carlow; 2 parcels. The zoning objective in the plan: https://consult.carlow.ie/en/consultation/carlow-county-development-plan-2022-2028/chapter/chapter-16-development-management-standards - P1 Agriculture: Carlow County Development Plan 2022 - 2028 Ballon Small Town Plan, Carlow; 0 parcels. The zoning objective in the plan: https://consult.carlow.ie/en/consultation/carlow-county-development-plan-2022-2028/chapter/chapter-16-development-management-standards ## Planning applications whose site touches the townland (National Planning Applications, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage) 4 applications, newest first. - 27 Jun 2026, Carlow County Council 2660198: Refused. Permission. change of use of the existing nursing home to a single dwelling house. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/CarlowCC/AppFileRefDetails/2660198/0 - 11 Jul 2019, Carlow County Council 19272: Conditional. Permission, 1 home. for the demolition of existing house and permission for the construction of a dwelling house, entrance, proprietary effluent treatment system, percolation area/polishing filter and site works and associated services. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/CarlowCC/AppFileRefDetails/19272/0 - 5 Nov 2018, Carlow County Council 18426: Conditional. Retention, 1 home. retention permission is sought for alterations and extensions to an existing two storey dwelling as constructed as follows: increase of height of original pitched roof to structure, removal of original single storey extension to rear and its replacement with a two storey extension comprising new kitchen, bathroom, utility/lobby to ground floor, additional 2 no. bedrooms and bathroom to first floor, associated roof lights and windows to same with finishes to match original house and associated site works. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/CarlowCC/AppFileRefDetails/18426/0 - 27 Jan 2017, Carlow County Council 1719: Conditional. Permission. Permission for the erection of a fully serviced dwelling house with garage, septic tank, percolatation area, site entrance, bored well and all other associatated site works in lieu of permission previously granted (planning No. 16/58). File: https://www.eplanning.ie/CarlowCC/AppFileRefDetails/1719/0 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 Larah. ## Recorded monuments (Sites and Monuments Record, National Monuments Service) - CW013-116: Ring-ditch, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CCW013-116----. Aerial photograph (GB89.AH.13) shows cropmark of a single ring-ditch. Compiled by: Dr Gillian Barrett for the Archaeological Survey of Ireland. Date of upload: 10 June 2009 - CW013-117: Enclosure, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CCW013-117----. Aerial photograph (GB89.AH.13) shows cropmark of an irregular curvilinear enclosure defined by a fosse with adjacent linear fosses forming an outer incomplete rectilinear enclosure. Compiled by: Dr Gillian Barrett for the Archaeological Survey of Ireland. Date of upload: 10 June 2009 - CW017-064: Concentric enclosure, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CCW017-064----. In tillage. A concentric enclosure identified as a cropmark by Faith Bailey and Simon Dowling on satellite imagery (Google Earth Pro, imagery date 14 July 2018). It consists of an inner, somewhat irregular enclosure (dims. c. 43m N-S; c. 40m E-W) and an outer roughly oval enclosure (dims. c. 85m N-S; c. 76m E-W). The space or berm between the two enclosures varies from 15m up to 23m. See attached image: CW017-064----_01 Google Earth Pro Image © 2019 CNES/Airbus CW017-064----_02 Google Earth Pro Image © 2019 CNES/Airbus with enclosure highlighted Compiled by: Jean Farrelly Date of upload: 21 October 2019 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 Larah. ## Ground and risks (Radon Risk Map of Ireland, EPA; Landslide Susceptibility Classification and LiDAR, Geological Survey Ireland) - Radon: the EPA radon map did not answer. - Landslides: The 1:50,000 map rates the landslide susceptibility here as low, partly inferred. - Terrain model: LiDAR of the Office of Public Works, flown in 2011, at 2 m: tile OPW_2664, https://gsi.geodata.gov.ie/downloads/LiDAR/OPW_NASC/OPW_2664.zip (ZIP). - 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/larah.dxf - GeoJSON, in WGS 84, for a map: https://everytownland.com/carlow/larah.geojson - KML, for Google Earth: https://everytownland.com/carlow/larah.kml ## Homes sold (Residential Property Price Register) No address of the register names Larah 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) - Ballinvally: https://everytownland.com/carlow/ballinvally-10034.md - Ballon: https://everytownland.com/carlow/ballon.md - Ballyleen: https://everytownland.com/carlow/ballyleen.md - Ballylower: https://everytownland.com/carlow/ballylower.md - Cappagh: https://everytownland.com/carlow/cappagh.md - Craanpursheen: https://everytownland.com/carlow/craanpursheen.md - Kilmurry: https://everytownland.com/carlow/kilmurry.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/larah - In JSON: https://everytownland.com/api/townland/carlow/larah