# Park, Co. Carlow: townland, land parcels and planning Townland in the civil parish of Ballinacarrig, barony of Carlow, Co. Carlow; in Irish An Pháirc. - Area (Tailte Éireann): 1,767,306 m² (176.73 ha, 436.71 acres) - Land parcels (Tailte Éireann): 39 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in it, median 3,406 m² (0.34 ha, 0.84 acres) - Zoning (national zoning, MyPlan): not in a zoned settlement - Planning (National Planning Applications): 6 applications since 2010 - Civil parish: Ballinacarrig, https://everytownland.com/carlow/parish/ballinacarrig.md - Barony: Carlow - Electoral division: Ballinacarrig, the unit of the census - Census 2022 (Central Statistics Office): 1,122 people lived in 395 households in the Ballinacarrig electoral division. 83% of households owned their home. 37% of homes were built since 2001. 2% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 0% were holiday homes. - County: Co. Carlow, https://everytownland.com/carlow.md - Placenames Database of Ireland: https://www.logainm.ie/en/3114 - Townland number at Tailte Éireann: 10443 - Centre: latitude 52.803288, longitude -6.915334 (WGS 84) ## Land parcels (registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann) 39 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Park, from 137 m² to 287,206 m² (28.72 ha, 70.97 acres); 21 neighbouring parcels touch its boundary. Largest first: - Parcel 811527: 287,206 m² (28.72 ha, 70.97 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/811527.md - Parcel 809979: 245,841 m² (24.58 ha, 60.75 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/809979.md - Parcel 809981: 219,000 m² (21.9 ha, 54.12 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/809981.md - Parcel 4976829: 204,950 m² (20.5 ha, 50.64 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/4976829.md - Parcel 791129: 203,793 m² (20.38 ha, 50.36 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/791129.md - Parcel 809982: 153,448 m² (15.34 ha, 37.92 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/809982.md - Parcel 789297: 146,390 m² (14.64 ha, 36.17 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/789297.md - Parcel 809980: 78,042 m² (7.8 ha, 19.28 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/809980.md - Parcel 789298: 68,184 m² (6.82 ha, 16.85 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/789298.md - Parcel 789302: 48,772 m² (4.88 ha, 12.05 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/789302.md - Parcel 811528: 24,665 m² (2.47 ha, 6.09 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/811528.md - Parcel 2853434: 9,335 m² (0.93 ha, 2.31 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2853434.md - Parcel 2853435: 8,658 m² (0.87 ha, 2.14 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2853435.md - Parcel 810092: 4,782 m² (0.48 ha, 1.18 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/810092.md - Parcel 789299: 4,625 m² (0.46 ha, 1.14 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/789299.md - Parcel 811529: 4,336 m² (0.43 ha, 1.07 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/811529.md - Parcel 4120449: 3,587 m² (0.36 ha, 0.89 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/4120449.md - Parcel 789292: 3,554 m² (0.36 ha, 0.88 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/789292.md - Parcel 809978: 3,542 m² (0.35 ha, 0.88 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/809978.md - Parcel 5411118: 3,406 m² (0.34 ha, 0.84 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5411118.md - Parcel 789301: 3,246 m² (0.32 ha, 0.8 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/789301.md - Parcel 4120628: 3,121 m² (0.31 ha, 0.77 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/4120628.md - Parcel 2502935: 3,064 m² (0.31 ha, 0.76 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2502935.md - Parcel 811530: 2,980 m² (0.3 ha, 0.74 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/811530.md - Parcel 811526: 2,979 m² (0.3 ha, 0.74 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/811526.md - Parcel 789294: 2,948 m² (0.29 ha, 0.73 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/789294.md - Parcel 4976809: 2,940 m² (0.29 ha, 0.73 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/4976809.md - Parcel 809977: 2,718 m² (0.27 ha, 0.67 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/809977.md - Parcel 811525: 2,582 m² (0.26 ha, 0.64 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/811525.md - Parcel 4976834: 2,527 m² (0.25 ha, 0.62 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/4976834.md - Parcel 789296: 2,387 m² (0.24 ha, 0.59 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/789296.md - Parcel 789300: 2,060 m² (0.21 ha, 0.51 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/789300.md - Parcel 789295: 1,793 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/789295.md - Parcel 791128: 1,714 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/791128.md - Parcel 789293: 1,571 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/789293.md - Parcel 2853431: 1,358 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/2853431.md - Parcel 2498451: 677 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/2498451.md - Parcel 809976: 397 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/809976.md - Parcel 803462: 137 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/803462.md ## Zoning (national zoning of development plans, MyPlan) No zone of a development plan covers Park 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. - 22 May 2025, Carlow County Council 2560137: Conditional. Permission. A 10 Year Planning Permission for a solar farm with a total area of circa 57 hectares. The solar farm will consist of solar panels on ground mounted frames, 8 no. single storey electrical inverter/transformer stations, 2 no. single storey spare parts containers, 1 no. Ring Main Unit, 3 no. weather stations, underground electrical ducting and cabling within the development site, private lands and within the L4038, L8185, R448, L3051, L3052 and L3050 public roads to connect solar farm field parcels, security fencing, CCTV, access tracks, 5 no. watercourse/drain deck crossings and 2 no. horizontal directional drill crossings (under M9 motorway and the Dublin - Waterford railway), temporary construction compounds, landscaping and all associated ancillary development and drainage works. Construction and operational access will be via 2 no. existing entrances from the R448 and L1010. Sections of the proposed underground electrical cabling will traverse the solar farms proposed under Carlow County Council References 24/60043 and 24/60205, but will not alter infrastructure proposed under these applications. The operational lifespan of the solar farm will be 40 years and planning permission is requested for this duration. 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/2560137/0 - 19 Jul 2024, Carlow County Council 2460205: Conditional. Permission. A 10 Year planning permission for a solar farm with a total area of circa 73 hectares in the townlands of Ballybar Lower, Ballybar Upper, Ballycarney, Ballyloo, Linkardstown, Park and Tinryland in County Carlow. The solar farm will consist of solar panels on ground mounted frames, 11 no. single storey electrical inverter/transformer stations, 3 no. single storey spare parts containers, 2 no. Ring Main Units, 3 no. weather stations, underground electrical ducting and cabling within the development site, private lands and within the L1010, L3051, L3052 and L3050 public roads to connect solar farm field parcels, security fencing, CCTV, access tracks, 3 no. watercourse/drain deck crossings and 2 no. horizontal directional drill crossings (under M9 motorway and L3050), temporary construction compounds, landscaping and all associated ancillary development and drainage works. Construction and operational access will be via 2 no. entrances from the L1022 and L1010. Sections of the proposed underground electrical cabling will traverse the solar farm proposed under Carlow County Council Reference 24/60043, but will not alter infrastructure proposed under that application. The operational lifespan of the solar farm will be 40 years and planning permission is requested for this duration. 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/2460205/0 - 25 Mar 2024, Carlow County Council 2460073: Conditional. Retention. Retention Permission for the as constructed storage / collection area extension to south elevation of permitted commercial unit. Planning permission is sought for the construction of (a) extension consisting of a covered loading area to the north elevation of existing commercial unit, (b) extension consisting of covered loading area to the east elevation existing commercial unit (c) all associated site development works. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/CarlowCC/AppFileRefDetails/2460073/0 - 8 Jun 2020, Carlow County Council 20178: Conditional. Extension of duration. of 14/141 - for retention for road boundary and entrance with security gates, internal road network, parking facilities, tele sales portable buildings, maintenance portable buildings, canteen portable buildings and training area portable buildings, front extensions, side extensions, rear extensions, first floor extensions and ancillary plant services to existing processing unit, storage facility, bore well, proprietary effluent treatment system and ancillary works relocation ESB sub station and ancillary services. permission sought for storage area unit (dry store and fridge/freeze areas) etc. site development works, construction of internal road network and parking facilities, footpaths, connection and installation of telecommunications, electricity supply, the erection of street/yard lighting, the erection of site boundaries/sound barriers landscaping and ancillary services. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/CarlowCC/AppFileRefDetails/20178/0 - 21 May 2020, Carlow County Council 20156: N/a. Retention. Retention for road boundary and entrance with security gates, internal road network, parking facilities, tele sales portable buildings, maintenance portable buildings, canteen portable buildings and training area portable buildings, front extensions, side extensions, rear extensions, first floor extensions and ancillary plant/services to existing processing unit, storage facility, bore well, proprietary effluent treatment system and ancillary works relocation, ESB sub station and ancillary services. Permission sought for storage area unit (dry store and fridge/freeze areas) etc. site development works, construction of internal road network and parking facilities, footpaths, connection and installation of telecommunications, electricity supply, the erection of street/yard lighting, the erection of site boundaries/sound barriers landscaping and ancillary services. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/CarlowCC/AppFileRefDetails/20156/0 - 21 Mar 2017, Carlow County Council 1780: Conditional. Retention. the retention and completion of the importation of soil for the purposes of land improvements at Park, Tinryland, Co. Carlow. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/CarlowCC/AppFileRefDetails/1780/0 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 Park. ## Recorded monuments (Sites and Monuments Record, National Monuments Service) - CW007-184: Enclosure - large enclosure, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CCW007-184----. E portion under tillage. A large bivallate curvilinear possible enclosure (overall dims. c. 190m NW-SE) visible as a cropmark on satellite imagery (Google Earth, 28 March 2019), identified and reported by Jean-Charles Caillère. The NW-N-E perimeter of a possible enclosure is defined by a two fosses, c. 5-6m apart, the inner fosse is wider and deeper than the outer fosse. If, as seems likely, the fosse continues to form a roughly circular or oval enclosure, Park House and outbuildings occupies the SW-W portion of the enclosure. See attached photograph: CW007-184----_01 Satellite image (Google Earth, 28 March 2019) Compiled by: Jean Farrelly Date of upload: 13 July 2022 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 Park. ## 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 Park, 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 low, partly inferred. - Terrain model: LiDAR of the Office of Public Works, flown in 2011, at 2 m: tile OPW_2513, https://gsi.geodata.gov.ie/downloads/LiDAR/OPW_NASC/OPW_2513.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/park.dxf - GeoJSON, in WGS 84, for a map: https://everytownland.com/carlow/park.geojson - KML, for Google Earth: https://everytownland.com/carlow/park.kml ## Homes sold (Residential Property Price Register) No address of the register names Park 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) - Ballinacarrig: https://everytownland.com/carlow/ballinacarrig.md - Ballybar Lower: https://everytownland.com/carlow/ballybar-lower.md - Ballycarney: https://everytownland.com/carlow/ballycarney.md - Kilmeany: https://everytownland.com/carlow/kilmeany.md - Quinagh: https://everytownland.com/carlow/quinagh.md - Tinriland: https://everytownland.com/carlow/tinriland.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/park - In JSON: https://everytownland.com/api/townland/carlow/park