Pollerton Little
Townland in the civil parish of Carlow, barony of Carlow, Co. Carlow; in Irish Baile Pholaird Beag
- Area
- 119.1 ha
- 294 acres
- Land parcels
- 317
- registered freehold, median 470 m²
- Zoning
- R2
- Existing / Infill Residential
- Planning
- 51
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
317 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Pollerton Little, from 5 m² to 75,339 m² (7.53 ha, 18.62 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 54 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
- R2Existing / Infill Residential (Existing residential)
Carlow - Graiguecullen Joint Urban Local Area Plan 2024 - 2030, Carlow · 191 parcels The zoning objective in the plan - C2.1Enterprise and Employment (Industrial, enterprise, employment)
Carlow - Graiguecullen Joint Urban Local Area Plan 2024 - 2030, Carlow · 55 parcels The zoning objective in the plan - G1Open Space and Amenity (Open space, park)
Carlow - Graiguecullen Joint Urban Local Area Plan 2024 - 2030, Carlow · 29 parcels The zoning objective in the plan - C2.2Industry (General industry)
Carlow - Graiguecullen Joint Urban Local Area Plan 2024 - 2030, Carlow · 12 parcels The zoning objective in the plan - P1Agriculture
Carlow - Graiguecullen Joint Urban Local Area Plan 2024 - 2030, Carlow · 8 parcels The zoning objective in the plan - R1New Residential (New/proposed residential)
Carlow - Graiguecullen Joint Urban Local Area Plan 2024 - 2030, Carlow · 6 parcels The zoning objective in the plan - O1Strategic Reserve (Strategic reserve, White land)
Carlow - Graiguecullen Joint Urban Local Area Plan 2024 - 2030, Carlow · 4 parcels The zoning objective in the plan - M3Neighbourhood Facilities / Centre (District, neighbourhood centre)
Carlow - Graiguecullen Joint Urban Local Area Plan 2024 - 2030, Carlow · 3 parcels The zoning objective in the plan - C1.2Retail Warehousing (Retail warehouse)
Carlow - Graiguecullen Joint Urban Local Area Plan 2024 - 2030, Carlow · 3 parcels The zoning objective in the plan - S5Community / Education (Mixed/general community services/facilities uses)
Carlow - Graiguecullen Joint Urban Local Area Plan 2024 - 2030, Carlow · 2 parcels The zoning objective in the plan - M4Commercial / Residential (Built up area)
Carlow - Graiguecullen Joint Urban Local Area Plan 2024 - 2030, Carlow · 2 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
Source: Tailte Éireann and the Department of Housing (MyPlan), national zoning, CC BY 4.0.
Planning applications
Sites that touch the townland, newest first
4 Aug 2026N/a
the installation of 3 no. electric vehicle (EV) chargers, ancillary equipment and all associated site development works
Permission · Carlow County Council, 2660245
30 Jul 2026N/a
development at Four Lakes Retail Park, Dublin Road, Carlow, Ireland, R93 KV96. The development consists of the installation of 3 no. electric vehicle (EV) chargers, ancillary equipment and all associated site development works
Permission · Carlow County Council, 2660241
19 Dec 2025Conditional
the change of use of first floor storage area to use as office and staff facilities. Permission for change of use at ground floor level from existing storage area to use as office and staff facilities, also change of use at ground floor level from office area to use as storage area. Permission for the construction of a new reception area to the Northeast elevation, permission for a new entrance and associated gates and fencing and all associated site works
Retention · Carlow County Council, 2560430
13 Nov 2025Conditional
development will consist of a logistics facility comprising two units (Unit 1 comprises a warehouse measuring c. 9,596 sq m gross internal area (GIA) with a height of c. 17.0 m and an ancillary two-storey office measuring c. 867 sq m GIA. Unit 2 comprises a warehouse measuring c. 5,460 sq m GIA with a height of c. 17.0 m and an ancillary two-storey office measuring c. 867 sq m) within a business campus setting. The proposed development will also consist of: associated yard areas including 30 No. trailer and truck parking bays; level access and dock levellers; 142 No. car parking spaces (including 101 No. standard parking spaces, 32 No. electric vehicle (EV) spaces and 9 No. accessible car parking spaces); electric vehicle (EV) charging infrastructure; 54 No. bicycle parking spaces; vehicular, cyclist and pedestrian access / egress from Local Road L8184 internal pedestrian, bicycle and vehicular circulation; bin storage; signage; CCTV; ESB sub-station; boundary treatments [including gates, piers and fencing]; lighting; all hard and soft landscaping; provision of sustainable urban drainage systems (SUDS); and all other associated site excavation, infrastructural and site development works above and below ground, including changes in level and associated retaining features, and associated site servicing [water and electricity supply]
Permission · Carlow County Council, 2560364
23 Oct 2025Conditional
the renovation of an existing derelict dwelling and construction of an extension to the side and rear of the dwelling and all associated site works including upgrading waste-water treatment
Permission, 1 home · Carlow County Council, 2560326
15 Oct 2025N/a
the renovation of an existing derelict cottage and construction of an extension to the side and rear of the dwelling and all associated site works including upgrading waste-water treatment
Permission · Carlow County Council, 2560313
26 Aug 2025Conditional
retention of a mobile home to be used as a domestic unit for a period not more than 2 years during the construction phase of an extension to my existing dwelling and all associated site works
Retention, 1 home · Carlow County Council, 2560253
14 May 2025Conditional
No.1 Retention permission for the construction of a single storey extension to the rear elevation of my existing dwelling, retention permission for the construction of a new roof covering my existing garage & existing rear extension & part of afore mentioned rear extension to be retained, the conversion of attic space to use as office & storage area to include 3 velux roof windows. No.2 Retention permission & permission for the completion of a front boundary wall to include new pillars & gate. No.3 Retention permission for a Pergola/Barbecue area to the rear of my existing dwelling. No.4 Permission for the construction of a domestic extension to the West elevation of my existing dwelling to include ground floor and first floor works, permission for the construction of a porch to the front (south elevation) of my existing dwelling, alterations to existing windows to all elevations and all associate site works
Retention · Carlow County Council, 2560125
12 Mar 2025N/a
the extension of the existing Vehicle Display area on site at J.A. Boland (Carlow) Ltd Car Showrooms together with all associated site works and ancillary services
Permission · Carlow County Council, 2560056
18 Feb 2025Conditional
proposed alterations to existing dwelling, erection of single and two-storey extensions to the dwelling, erection of a single storey extension to existing garage, and all associated site works
Permission, 1 home · Carlow County Council, 2560041
11 Oct 2024Conditional
to construct 2 no.2 storey dwelling houses, 2 no. garages, 2 no. entrances ( and pedestrian access), boundary landscaping and walls, connection to existing services and all associated site works
Permission, 4 homes · Carlow County Council, 2460325
4 Oct 2024N/a
to construct 2 no.2 storey dwelling houses, 2 no. garages, 2 no. entrances (and pedestrian access), boundary landscaping and walls, connection to existing services and all associated site works.
Permission · Carlow County Council, 2460316
30 Jul 2024Conditional
the construction of a domestic shed to the rear of our existing dwelling and all associated site works
Permission, 1 home · Carlow County Council, 2460221
25 Mar 2024Conditional
development at a 1.54ha site consisting of a 38kV/MV electrical substation, underground cables (UGC) & assoc. works. Development will include: 1)Construction of a substation compound of approx. 2,850m2 gross area, with 2.6m high palisade fence around entire perimeter of substation, with the following electrical plant within the substation: 1No. prefabricated 38kV GIS module & foundation (c.31m2 & c.5.2m high); 1No. prefabricated MV GIS module & foundation (c.32m2 & c.4.7m high); 1No. prefabricated Control Room module & foundation (c.32m2 & c.4.7m high); 2No. 38/20kV 10 MVA transformers & assoc. bunds (c.15m2, c.4.5m high ea.); Telecommunication SCADA pole of c.10 metres in height; assoc. & ancillary outdoor electrical equipment & other apparatus, incl. installation of UGC; Internal access road of c.40m in length & c.5m wide within proposed substation; Compound lighting, boundary treatment, assoc. drainage, landscaping & all ancillary site development works; 2)Use of a portion of existing temporary road (c.200m in length) permitted as part of recent MSD Rathgall development (Planning Ref: 21/360 & 22/110) for permanent use to facilitate access to proposed substation; 3)Construction of new stone wall, fencing & gates at existing junction of temporary road with public road; 4)Construction of internal access road (c.140m in length) to proposed substation extending from existing temporary road on MSD lands to proposed substation; 5)Site clearance works related to proposed substation compound & access road incl. removal of existing shed, store building & flat at rear of former B&B (c.376m2 & c.7.3m high), asphalt concrete yard adjacent to shed, septic tank, associated manholes & pipework, trees & hedgerow over a distance of c.8m to facilitate construction of new internal access road, 6)Installation of c.1.3km of double-circuit 38kV UGC along R448 road between proposed substation & existing Carlow–Graigue 38kV OHL; 7)Installation of c.0.7km of single circuit 38kV UGC along R448 road between proposed substation & existing Carlow–Ballylinan 38kV OHL; 8)Installation of c.0.3km of 6 circuit MV UGC along R448 road between proposed substation & existing R448 roundabout; 9)Installation of new 12m high steel lattice mast on existing Carlow–Graigue 38kV OHL; 10)Replacement of existing timber poleset (IMP1395) with new 15m high steel lattice mast on existing Carlow–Ballylinan 38kV OHL - located in Co. Kildare. Application is accompanied by a Natura Impact Statement (NIS)
Permission · Carlow County Council, 2460072
25 Mar 2024Conditional
The development will consist of a 38 kV / MV electrical substation, underground cables and associated works. The development will include the following elements - see site notice for full description due to limited characters here. 1)Construction of a substation compound of approximately 2,850 m2 gross area, with 2.6 m high palisade fence around the entire perimeter of the substation, with the following electrical plant within the substation: 1 No. prefabricated 38 kV GIS module and foundation (c.31m2 and c.5.2 m high); 1 No. prefabricated MV GIS module and foundation (c.32m2 and c.4.7 m high); 1 No. prefabricated Control Room module and foundation (c.32m2 and c.4.7 m high); 2 No. 38/20 kV 10 MVA transformers and associated bunds (c.15m2, c.4.5 m high ea.); Telecommunication SCADA pole of c.10 metres in height; Associated and ancillary outdoor electrical equipment and other apparatus, including installation of underground cables; Internal access road of c.40 m in length and c.5m wide within the proposed substation; Compound lighting, boundary treatment, associated drainage, landscaping and all ancillary site development works; 2)Use of a portion of the existing temporary road (c.200 m in length) permitted as part of the recent MSD Rathgall development (Planning Ref: 21/360 & 22/110) for permanent use to facilitate access to the proposed substation; 3)Construction of new stone wall, fencing and gates at the existing junction of the temporary road with the public road; 4)Construction of an internal access road (c.140 m in length) to the proposed substation extending from the existing temporary road on the MSD lands to the proposed substation; 5)Site clearance works related to the proposed substation compound and access road; 6)Installation of c.1.3 kilometres of double-circuit 38 kV underground cables (UGC) along the R448 road between the proposed substation and the existing Carlow – Graigue 38 kV OHL; 7)Installation of c.0.7 kilometres of single circuit 38 kV UGC along the R448 road between the proposed substation and the existing Carlow – Ballylinan 38 kV OHL; 8)Installation of c.0.3 kilometres of six circuit MV UGC along the R448 road between the proposed substation and the existing R448 roundabout; 9)Installation of a new 12 m high steel lattice mast on the existing Carlow – Graigue 38 kV OHL; 10)Replacement of an existing timber poleset (IMP 1395) with a new 15 m high steel lattice mast on the existing Carlow – Ballylinan 38 kV OHL - this applicatio
Permission · Kildare County Council, 2460253
12 Mar 2024N/a
the extension to the existing Vehicle Display area on site at J.A. Boland (Carlow) Ltd Car Showrooms together with all associated site works and ancillary services
Retention · Carlow County Council, 2460059
28 Aug 2023Conditional
a mobile home being used as a sensory room & storage area ancillary to my existing dwelling, retention permission for alterations to existing vehicular entrance to include widening of entrance & demolition of wing walls, permission for retention for the construction of a side boundary wall as constructed, permission for the completion of said side boundary wall and all associated site works
Retention, 1 home · Carlow County Council, 2360185
3 Aug 2023N/a
permission for the retention of a mobile home being used as a sensory room & storage area ancillary to my existing dwelling, retention permission for alterations to existing vehicular entrance to include widening of entrance & demolition of wing walls, retention & completion of side boundary wall, and all associated site works
Retention · Carlow County Council, 2360160
25 Aug 2022Refused
alterations to boundary treatment, previously granted under Plg Ref 16/93 and extended under Plg Ref 21/122
Retention · Carlow County Council, 22277
29 Apr 2022Conditional
proposed development will consist of the security upgrade of the two existing road entrances - entrance one and entrance two to include the following works: new traffic barriers, new 1.2 meter high railings to match existing , two new pedestrian and bicycle turnstiles with canopies at entrance one, extension of existing footpaths and all associated site development works
Permission, 1 home · Carlow County Council, 22144
25 Mar 2022Conditional
the proposed installation of Photovoltaic Panels on the roof surface of the existing building on site
Permission · Carlow County Council, 22112
25 Jan 2022Conditional
Permission for the construction of a new domestic entrance and boundary wall to the north elevation of existing dwelling, closing of existing entrance and all associated site works
Permission, 1 home · Carlow County Council, 2214
8 Dec 2021Refused
The development will consist of: (i) A proposed new double storey 140 bedroom nursing home and hospital; (ii) provision of bicycle parking facilities for 28 bicycles; (iii) completion of car parking, landscaping, internal services, yards, ESB transformer room and refuse area; (iv) all associated site development and ancillary works. The site was previously granted planning permission for a Health Park including a hospital and nursing home under planning permission 03/377 and 05/181
Permission · Carlow County Council, 21487
2 Dec 2021Conditional
Permission for development consisting of the construction of a new build two storey, four bedroom detached house; two car parking spaces and all associated site works and service connections
Permission, 2 homes · Carlow County Council, 21472
2 Dec 2021Refused
The development will consist of a new build two storey five bedroom detached house; two car parking spaces and all associated site works and service connections
Permission · Carlow County Council, 21473
The 25 most recent of 51 applications.
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 Pollerton Little.
Recorded monuments
- CW002-025 Enclosure
Description
In tillage. A sub-rectangular enclosure (dims. c. 44m N-S; c. 53m E-W) with rounded corners, defined by a fosse identified as a cropmark by Jean-Charles Caillère, Simon Dowling and Séamus Ó Murchú on satellite imagery (Google Earth Pro, imagery date 25 June 2018 and 14 July 2018). The fosse on the W side of the enclosure continues c. 30m southward beyond the enclosure. There is also a fosse (L c. 80m) running c. 5m from and parallel to the N fosse of the enclosure which appears to turn S and meet the enclosure towards the W end of its N side. See attached image: CW002-025----_01 Google Earth Pro Image © 2019 CNES/Airbus, 14 July 2018 CW002-025----_01 Google Earth Pro Image © 2019 CNES/Airbus, 25 June 2018 Compiled by: Jean Farrelly Date of upload: 25 November 2019
- CW007-004 Burial ground
Description
The following description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Carlow' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1993). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload/revision: 05 August 2011 Revised by: Claire Breen Shown on 1839 'OS 6-inch' map as subrectangular area. According to O'Donovan (OSL 1839, 25), no indications of church within graveyard.
Architectural heritage
No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands in the townland of Pollerton Little.
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 low, low, low (inferred), on the 1:50,000 map.
- Terrain model
- LiDAR of the Office of Public Works, flown in 2011, at 2 m: tile OPW_2548 (ZIP).
- 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
No address of the register names Pollerton Little with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Carlow.
The townland
- Name
- Pollerton Little · Baile Pholaird Beag
- Area
- 1,190,588 m² (119.06 ha, 294.2 acres)
- Civil parish
- Carlow, and its townlands
- Barony
- Carlow
- Electoral division
- Carlow Rural, the unit of the census
- Census 2022
- Carlow Rural electoral division: 16,203 people in 5,763 households; 59% of households own their home; 37% of homes were built since 2001; 5% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 0% were holiday homes.
- Neighbouring townlands
- Ballyvergal, Oakpark or Painestown, Pollerton Big, Rathnapish, Urglin or Rutland
- Placenames
- Pollerton Little 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.