Milltown
Townland in the civil parish of Fennagh, barony of Idrone East, Co. Carlow; in Irish Baile an Mhuilinn
- Area
- 135.6 ha
- 335 acres
- Land parcels
- 108
- registered freehold, median 3,493 m² (0.35 ha, 0.86 acres)
- Zoning
- —
- not in a zoned settlement
- Planning
- 20
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
108 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Milltown, from 24 m² to 215,797 m² (21.58 ha, 53.32 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 21 neighbouring parcels touch it.
Download the townland: DXF, in Irish Transverse Mercator metres, with its boundary, parcels and buildings; GeoJSON or KML.
Zoning
Development plans, national zoning
No zone of a development plan covers Milltown in the national zoning. Outside zoned towns and villages, the county development plan's rural policies apply to each application.
Source: Tailte Éireann and the Department of Housing (MyPlan), national zoning, CC BY 4.0.
Planning applications
Sites that touch the townland, newest first
10 Jul 2026N/a
installation of an underground waste water treatment system together with all other associated site works at milltown, Garyhill, Co. Carlow
Permission · Carlow County Council, 2660210
3 Jul 2025Conditional
to install an underground waste water treatment system together with all other associated site works
Permission, 1 home · Carlow County Council, 2560190
20 May 2025N/a
the installation of a new wastewater treatment plant to serve existing dwelling. The installation includes the siting of a proprietary packaged treatment unit below ground level. A suitably sized percolation area will be constructed for the final discharge of treated effluent to ground based on site-specific percolation test results and soil conditions
Permission · Carlow County Council, 2560130
16 Dec 2024Conditional
• 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
Permission · Carlow County Council, 2460410
8 Oct 2024Conditional
to demolish existing extension and permission to erect a new extension and renovate the existing original dwelling, proposed entrance, upgrade of existing septic tank with the installation of a treatment plant and percolation area and all associated site works
Permission, 1 home · Carlow County Council, 2460323
7 Oct 2024N/a
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.
Permission · Carlow County Council, 2460319
30 Sept 2024N/a
the renovation and extension of existing dwelling, proposed entrance, upgrade of existing septic tank with the installation of a treatment plant and percolation area and all associated site works
Permission · Carlow County Council, 2460307
11 May 2024N/a
a new light industrial unit, together with all associated site and landscaping works
Permission · Carlow County Council, 2460117
2 May 2024N/a
a new light industrial unit, together with all associated site and landscaping works
Permission · Carlow County Council, 2460106
26 Aug 2022Conditional
a single-storey dwelling house, domestic garage, bored well, sewerage treatment system and soil polishing filter, and demolition of existing derelict single-storey dwelling house, together with all associated site and landscaping works
Permission, 2 homes · Carlow County Council, 22279
27 Sept 2021Conditional
Permission for the construction of a new 900 sq. m light industrial storage unit together with all associated site development works
Permission · Carlow County Council, 21363
31 May 2021Conditional
Permission for development consisting of the construction of a single-storey detached domestic garage / garden equipment store with all associated landscaping, boundary treatments and site works necessary to facilitate the development
Permission, 3 homes · Carlow County Council, 21197
2 Oct 2020Conditional
A dormer extension to existing dormer bungalow dwelling house
Permission, 1 home · Carlow County Council, 20342
23 Jun 2020Conditional
(a) for a new 900 sq. m light industrial storage unit together with all associated site and landscaping works (b) Retention permission for 2 No. precast concrete water storage tanks, together with all associated site and landscaping works
Permission · Carlow County Council, 20196
5 Jun 2020N/a
for a new 900 sq. m light industrial storage unit together with all associated site and landscaping works
Permission · Carlow County Council, 20168
15 Jan 2020Conditional
to construct a two-storey dwelling house, a detached single storey garage, a new entranceway, with the provision of a new on-site wastewater treatment system and percolation area, together with tree planting, general landscaping and all associated site works
Permission, 2 homes · Carlow County Council, 206
20 Dec 2019N/a
to construct a two-storey dwelling house, a detached single-storey garage, a new entranceway, with the provision of a new on-site wastewater treatment system and percolation area, together with tree planting, general landscaping and all associated site works
Permission · Carlow County Council, 19495
6 Jun 2019Conditional
alterations to an existing dwelling, comprising of creation of granny flat in part of existing house, internal alterations to same (conversion of sitting room to bedroom, kitchen to study, enlargement of bathroom etc.), alterations to facades, construction of a proposed extension to the side (new living room/kitchen/dining room/utility/new entrance hall) and all associated works
Permission, 1 home · Carlow County Council, 19229
21 Dec 2018Conditional
for a cover storage area together with all associated site and landscaping works, and permission for a new 900sqm light industrial storage unit together with all associated site and landscaping works.
Retention · Carlow County Council, 18511
21 Mar 2017Conditional
Permission for development consisting of single storey extensions to the sides of existing single storey dwelling and associatated site works
Permission · Carlow County Council, 1778
Source: National Planning Applications, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, CC BY 4.0. Applicants are not shown.
Nature and heritage
Designated sites and recorded monuments
Designated sites
No designated site (Special Area of Conservation, Special Protection Area, Natural Heritage Area or proposed one) touches the townland of Milltown.
Recorded monuments
No recorded monument lies in the townland of Milltown.
Architectural heritage
No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands in the townland of Milltown.
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).
Ground and risks
Radon, landslides, flooding
- Radon
- About 1 in 5 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels. Testing a home
- Landslides
- Susceptibility moderately high, moderately low, low, low (inferred), on the 1:50,000 map.
- Terrain model
- No LiDAR survey of the Office of Public Works covers the centre of the townland of Milltown.
- Flooding
- The flood maps of the Office of Public Works: floodinfo.ie.
Radon Risk Map of Ireland, Environmental Protection Agency; Landslide Susceptibility Classification, Geological Survey Ireland; both 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.
Homes sold
Property Price Register
- Milltown, Garryhill5 sales
The townland
- Name
- Milltown · Baile an Mhuilinn
- Area
- 1,355,630 m² (135.56 ha, 334.98 acres)
- Civil parish
- Fennagh, and its townlands
- Barony
- Idrone East
- Electoral division
- Garryhill, the unit of the census
- Census 2022
- Garryhill electoral division: 648 people in 217 households; 88% of households own their home; 29% of homes were built since 2001; 11% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 2% were holiday homes.
- Neighbouring townlands
- Drumfea, Garryhill, Knockclonagad, Knockdramagh, Sheean
- Placenames
- Milltown 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.