# Rathvinden, Co. Carlow: townland, land parcels and planning Townland in the civil parish of Wells, barony of Idrone West, Co. Carlow; in Irish Ráth Bhiondain. - Area (Tailte Éireann): 741,883 m² (74.19 ha, 183.32 acres) - Land parcels (Tailte Éireann): 27 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in it, median 3,956 m² (0.4 ha, 0.98 acres) - Zoning (national zoning, MyPlan): C2.1 Enterprise & Employment, the zone with the most parcels - Planning (National Planning Applications): 2 applications since 2010 - Civil parish: Wells, https://everytownland.com/carlow/parish/wells.md - Barony: Idrone West - Electoral division: Rathornan, the unit of the census - Census 2022 (Central Statistics Office): 438 people lived in 135 households in the Rathornan electoral division. 90% of households owned their home. 26% of homes were built since 2001. 5% 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/3465 - Townland number at Tailte Éireann: 10492 - Centre: latitude 52.746191, longitude -6.976437 (WGS 84) ## Land parcels (registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann) 27 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Rathvinden, from 119 m² to 336,427 m² (33.64 ha, 83.13 acres); 14 neighbouring parcels touch its boundary. Largest first: - Parcel 799702: 336,427 m² (33.64 ha, 83.13 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/799702.md - Parcel 788378: 177,211 m² (17.72 ha, 43.79 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/788378.md - Parcel 799761: 53,859 m² (5.39 ha, 13.31 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/799761.md - Parcel 803494: 38,715 m² (3.87 ha, 9.57 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/803494.md - Parcel 803497: 24,327 m² (2.43 ha, 6.01 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/803497.md - Parcel 803495: 8,791 m² (0.88 ha, 2.17 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/803495.md - Parcel 803493: 8,632 m² (0.86 ha, 2.13 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/803493.md - Parcel 789604: 8,551 m² (0.86 ha, 2.11 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/789604.md - Parcel 799704: 5,392 m² (0.54 ha, 1.33 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/799704.md - Parcel 803589: 4,941 m² (0.49 ha, 1.22 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/803589.md - Parcel 812273: 4,868 m² (0.49 ha, 1.2 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/812273.md - Parcel 803498: 4,796 m² (0.48 ha, 1.19 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/803498.md - Parcel 803501: 4,431 m² (0.44 ha, 1.09 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/803501.md - Parcel 803496: 3,956 m² (0.4 ha, 0.98 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/803496.md - Parcel 803502: 3,637 m² (0.36 ha, 0.9 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/803502.md - Parcel 788377: 3,493 m² (0.35 ha, 0.86 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/788377.md - Parcel 3840702: 3,127 m² (0.31 ha, 0.77 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/3840702.md - Parcel 3840857: 2,692 m² (0.27 ha, 0.67 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/3840857.md - Parcel 5113896: 2,572 m² (0.26 ha, 0.64 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5113896.md - Parcel 803503: 2,529 m² (0.25 ha, 0.62 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/803503.md - Parcel 803499: 2,225 m² (0.22 ha, 0.55 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/803499.md - Parcel 2346481: 2,175 m² (0.22 ha, 0.54 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2346481.md - Parcel 811329: 1,351 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/811329.md - Parcel 2346480: 594 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/2346480.md - Parcel 803500: 387 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/803500.md - Parcel 803590: 241 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/803590.md - Parcel 789601: 119 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/789601.md ## Zoning (national zoning of development plans, MyPlan) - C2.1 Enterprise & Employment (Industrial, enterprise, employment): Carlow County Development Plan 2022 - 2028 Leighlinbridge Small Town Plan, Carlow; 4 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 - S5 Community / Education (Mixed/general community services/facilities uses): Carlow County Development Plan 2022 - 2028 Leighlinbridge Small Town Plan, Carlow; 3 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 - C5 Tourism (Tourism and related): Carlow County Development Plan 2022 - 2028 Leighlinbridge Small Town Plan, Carlow; 3 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) 2 applications, newest first. - 14 Feb 2017, Carlow County Council 1738: Conditional. Permission. Permission is being sought for the erection of a single storey free standing garage.. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/CarlowCC/AppFileRefDetails/1738/0 - 27 Jan 2017, Carlow County Council 1718: Refused. Permission. development on the Barrow Navigation (The River Barrow) through the townlands of: NEWACRE, NEWGARDEN, BESTFIELD or DUNGANSTOWN, STRAWHALL, CARLOW, GRAIGUE, CLOGRENAN, KILLEESHAL, BALLINABRANNAGH, BALLYGOWAN, PART OF TOMARD UPPER (ED Rathornan), TOMARD UPPER (ED Rathornan), PART OF TOMARD LOWER (ED Clogrenan), RATHORNAN, RATHVINDEN, BALLYKNOCKAN (Idrone West By), LEIGHLINBRIDGE, RATHELLIN, DUNLECKNY, MONEYBEG, KILREE, SLIGUFF, KILGRANEY (Idrone East By), CLOMONEY (Idrone East By), BALLYELLIN and TOMDARRAGH, BALLYTEIGELEA (Idrone East By) , BORRIS, BALLYNAGRANE, COURNELLAN, BALLYKEENAN (St. Mullin's Lower By), HARRISTOWN, TINNAHINCH, KNOCKEEN, CARRIGLEAD, BAHANA, St. MULLIN'S The proposal consists of the development of a multi-use shared leisure route (Blueway), approximately 115 Kilometres (KM) in length, on the existing navigation towpath, which is a National Waymarked Way. This will include tailored surface finishes, information, directional and safety signage, and all other associated ancillary works. The route traverses parts of counties Kildare, Laois and Carlow. The route commences in Lowtown, County Kildare, passes through County Laois and finishes in St. Mullins, County Carlow. Approximately 52KM of the route is in County Carlow, 16KM in County Laois and 47 KM in County Kildare. The proposal will involve works to or within the curtilage of the following protected structures: An Environmental Impact Statement and Natura Impact Statement have been prepared in respect of the project and are submitted with the application.. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/CarlowCC/AppFileRefDetails/1718/0 Applicants are not shown. ## Designated sites (National Parks and Wildlife Service) - Special Area of Conservation: River Barrow and River Nore SAC, site code 002162, https://www.npws.ie/protected-sites/sac/002162 ## Recorded monuments (Sites and Monuments Record, National Monuments Service) No recorded monument lies in the townland of Rathvinden. ## Architectural heritage (National Inventory of Architectural Heritage) - Rathvinden Lock, lock, 1785–1795, Regional interest, registry number 10301244, https://www.buildingsofireland.ie/niah/search.jsp?type=record&county=CW®no=10301244. Canal lock, c. 1790. Replacement gates, c. 1990. Detached lock-keeper's cottage, c. 1790. Now derelict. ## 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 Rathvinden, 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 moderately low, low, partly inferred. - Terrain model: LiDAR of the Office of Public Works, flown in 2011, at 2 m: tile OPW_2411, https://gsi.geodata.gov.ie/downloads/LiDAR/OPW_NASC/OPW_2411.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/rathvinden.dxf - GeoJSON, in WGS 84, for a map: https://everytownland.com/carlow/rathvinden.geojson - KML, for Google Earth: https://everytownland.com/carlow/rathvinden.kml ## Homes sold (Residential Property Price Register) No address of the register names Rathvinden 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) - Ballyknockan: https://everytownland.com/carlow/ballyknockan-10077.md - Ballynaboley: https://everytownland.com/carlow/ballynaboley.md - Coolnakisha: https://everytownland.com/carlow/coolnakisha.md - Glebe: https://everytownland.com/carlow/glebe-10280.md - Orchard: https://everytownland.com/carlow/orchard-10439.md - Rathornan: https://everytownland.com/carlow/rathornan.md - Tomnaslough: https://everytownland.com/carlow/tomnaslough.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/rathvinden - In JSON: https://everytownland.com/api/townland/carlow/rathvinden