Powerstown

71 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Powerstown, from 11 m² to 188,372 m² (18.84 ha, 46.55 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 23 neighbouring parcels touch it.

Download the townland as DXF, in Irish Transverse Mercator metres, with its boundary, parcels and buildings, or as GeoJSON or KML.

No zone of a development plan covers Powerstown 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.

• 10 Jul 2026N/a

  the construction of portal frame curing shed for pre-cast concrete products and associated site works

  Permission · Carlow County Council, 2660212

• 23 Dec 2025Conditional

  the retention of: a rock splitter and associated ancillary canopy covering an area of c. 120.1sqm with a maximum height of c. 7.2m and associated single storey cabin/site office measuring c. 4.7sqm in area; aggregate washing plant with a maximum height of c. 10.7m; welding shed measuring c. 190.2sqm in area with a maximum height of c. 8.4m; and Electricity Supply Board substation measuring c. 13.5sqm in area with a maximum height of c. 3.2m. Retention is also sought for all associated ancillary site development works, including site levelling, lighting, cabling and ducting

  Retention · Carlow County Council, 2560436

• 14 Nov 2023Conditional

  Change of use from quarry to recovery activities, over a total area of 4.84-hectares, comprising: -The infilling of lands as a soil recovery facility with inert waste consisting of suitable uncontaminated soil & stone and dredging spoil, to improve land for agricultural use (i.e., 4.792-hectare area, total net import of 199,500 tonnes over 8 years); -An Administration Area (i.e., 0.048-hectare area), to include a site hut/site office and portable chemical toilet; and -All associated site works and services required to facilitate the development. A Natura Impact Statement (NIS) has been prepared in respect of the proposed development and will be submitted with the application

  Permission · Carlow County Council, 2360263

• 24 Oct 2023N/a

  recovery activities, over a total area of 4.84-hectares comprising: a) The infilling of lands as a soil recovery facility with inert waste consisting of suitable uncontaminated soil & stone and dredging spoil, to improve land for agricultural use (i.e., 4.792-hectare area, total net import of 199,500 tonnes over 8 years), b) Administration Area, in a 0.048-hectare area, to include a site hut/site office and portable chemical toilet, and c) All other associated site works and services required to facilitate the development

  Permission · Carlow County Council, 23174

• 19 Apr 2023N/a

  recovery activities, over a total area of 4.84-hectares, comprising: - The infilling, as a soil recovery facility, of a 4.66-hectare area with uncontaminated soil and stone, for agricultural improvement purposes; - Crushing and recovery of selected construction and demolition wastes on a 0.18-hectare area; and - All associated site works and services required to facilitate the development

  Permission · Carlow County Council, 2372

• 7 Feb 2023N/a

  permission for recovery activities - the infilling, as a soil recovery facility , of a 4.68 hectare area with uncontained soil and stone, for agricultural improvement purposes; - crushing and recovery of selected construction and demolition wastes on a 0.28 hectares area, and all associated site works and services required to facilitate the development

  Permission · Carlow County Council, 2327

• 12 Dec 2022Refused

  the construction of a bungalow style dwelling, on site wastewater system, bored well, access from existing private lane and all associated site development works

  Permission · Carlow County Council, 22425

• 19 Feb 2021Conditional

  Permission for the conversion of existing outbuilding to rear of dwelling for habitable use, including renovations and raised ridge height. Permission is also sought for the construction of a single storey annex link from dwelling to converted outbuildings, upgrade the on-site wastewater treatment system and all associated ancillary works

  Permission, 1 home · Carlow County Council, 2152

Source: National Planning Applications, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, CC BY 4.0. Applicants are not shown.

Designated sites

• Special Area of Conservation: River Barrow and River Nore SAC 002162

Recorded monuments

• CW012-023 Moated site
  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: 17 July 2007 Shown on 1938-39 'OS 6-inch' map as rectangular area enclosed by bank (max. dims. c. 60m NNW-SSE, 50m ENE-WSW). Situated in small ill-drained hollow. Field drain may follow line of W fosse. No other indications. Probably a moated site.

• CW012-093 Enclosure
  Description

  Aerial photographs (GB89.O.34 and GB89.S.06) shows cropmark of a rectilinear enclosure (with entrance facing east) defined by a fosse. A short internal fosse is attached to outer fosse (Barrett 1989). Bibliography Barrett , G.F. (2002) 'Flights of discovery: archaeological air survey in Ireland, 1989-2000' in the Journal of Irish Archaeology, XI, 2002., pp. 1-30.

• CW012-128 Excavation - miscellaneous
  Description

  Excavated in advance of construction of the N9/N10 Kilcullen-Waterford Road (Excavation Licence number E2601). A number of post-medieval features were recorded. (Hackett L. 2009, 48) Reference: Hackett, L. (2009) 'Powerstown Prehistoric/post-medieval' in I. Bennett (ed.), Excavations 2006: summary accounts of archaeological excavations in Ireland, 48 (199). Bray. Wordwell Compiled by: Claire Breen Date of upload: 10 November 2010

• CW012-202 Ring-ditch
  Description

  Aerial photograph (GB96.FX.19) shows cropmark of a ring-ditch. Compiled by: Dr. Gillian Barrett for the Archaeological Survey of Ireland. Date of upload: 2 February 2012

Architectural heritage

No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands in the townland of Powerstown.

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).

Radon

At the centre of the townland of Powerstown, about 1 in 10 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels. Testing a home

Landslides

The 1:50,000 map rates the landslide susceptibility here as moderately low, low, partly inferred.

Terrain model

LiDAR of the Office of Public Works, flown in 2011, at 2 m: tile OPW_2463 (ZIP).

Flooding

The Office of Public Works publishes its flood maps on floodinfo.ie.

Radon Risk Map of Ireland, Environmental Protection Agency, and Landslide Susceptibility Classification, Geological Survey Ireland, both under 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.

• Powerstown, Milford6 sales

Name

Powerstown · Baile an Phaoraigh

Area

2,228,615 m² (222.86 ha, 550.7 acres)

Civil parish

Clonmelsh, and its townlands

Barony

Carlow

Electoral division

Nurney, the unit of the census

Census 2022

893 people lived in 294 households in the Nurney electoral division. 91% of households owned their home. 27% of homes were built since 2001. 7% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 1% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Cloghristick, Clonmelsh, Garryhundon, Oldtown, Orchard, Rathornan, Tomard Upper

Placenames

Powerstown 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.