Ridge

168 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Ridge, from 185 m² to 271,122 m² (27.11 ha, 67 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 71 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 Ridge 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.

• 7 Sept 2026N/a

  the placement of a mobile home on site to the side of the existing dwelling house ancillary to the use of same, to connect mobile home to existing services on site

  Permission · Carlow County Council, 2660272

• 11 Nov 2025N/a

  the change of use of original retail shop for use as a single residential unit, retention permission is sought to retain entrance as constructed, to retain velux windows as installed to the existing building roof and retention permission is sought to retain elevational alterations to same, to retain single storey extension as constructed to the rear of same, to retain modular home as constructed to the rear of the existing building, Full planning permission is sought to upgrade existing sewerage system to accommodate same, all ancillary site works and services

  Retention · Carlow County Council, 2560358

• 29 Oct 2025N/a

  the change of use of original retail shop for use as a single residential unit, retention permission is sought to retain entrance as constructed, to retain velux windows as installed to the existing building roof and retention permission is sought to retain elevational alterations to same, to retain single storey extension as constructed to the rear of same, to retain modular home as constructed to the rear of the existing building, Full planning permission is sought to upgrade existing sewerage system to accommodate same, all ancillary site works and services

  Retention · Carlow County Council, 2560333

• 15 Jul 2024N/a

  the addition of the as-built detached Log Cabin for use as a gamesroom & storage for purposes ancillary to the existing dwelling

  Retention · Carlow County Council, 2460200

• 13 May 2024Refused

  see public notices for full description of works

  Permission · Carlow County Council, 2460122

• 7 May 2024N/a

  see public notices for full description of works

  Permission · Carlow County Council, 2460114

• 20 Dec 2023Conditional

  retention planning permission is sought to retain mechanical horse exercise walker as constructed and to retain covered indoor horse exercise arena as constructed, all ancillary site works and services

  Retention · Carlow County Council, 2360306

• 4 Oct 2023Conditional

  1. The erection of a temporary 100m high lattice type meteorological mast for a period of 5 years which will be fixed to ground anchors by stay wires and will include instruments for measuring local climate conditions and services. 2. The proposed works also include a hardstanding area and all ancillary works

  Permission · Carlow County Council, 2360220

• 22 Feb 2022Conditional

  Permission for the construction of a straw shed and lean-to machinery shed and associated site works

  Permission · Carlow County Council, 2268

• 1 Dec 2021Conditional

  For the construction of a detached private dwelling, new site entrance, private well, sewage treatment and all other site and ancillary works

  Permission, 1 home · Carlow County Council, 21470

• 21 Oct 2021Conditional

  To build a new dwelling house, domestic garage, new site entrance, septic tank treatment system, percolation area and all associated site works

  Permission, 2 homes · Carlow County Council, 21401

• 14 Jun 2021Conditional

  Permission to construct a two storey dwelling, a single storey garage, new entrance, bored well, waste water treatment system and percolation area with all associated site works

  Permission, 2 homes · Carlow County Council, 21220

• 28 Jul 2020Conditional

  Retention Planning Permission is sought to retain replacement dormer style dwelling house as constructed, full planning permission is sought to upgrade existing septic tank to a proprietary treatment system and associated percolation area, all ancillary site works and services

  Retention, 1 home · Carlow County Council, 20257

• 3 Mar 2020N/a

  an extension to existing dwelling and all associated site works

  Permission · Carlow County Council, 2075

• 17 May 2017N/a

  retention planning permission is sought to retain replacement dormer style dwelling house as constructed, full planning permission is sought to upgrade existing septic tank to a proprietary treatment system and associated percolation area, all ancillary site works and services.

  Retention · Carlow County Council, 17155

• 21 Apr 2017N/a

  Permission sought to retain replacement dormer style dwelling house as constructed, full planning permission is sought to upgrade existing septic tank to a proprietary treatment system and associated percolation area and all ancillary site works and services

  Retention · Carlow County Council, 17129

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

• CW011-006 Enclosure
  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 1839 'OS 6-inch' map but not on 1908 ed. Barely discernible traces of bank enclosing circular area (diam. 16m).

Architectural heritage

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

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 Ridge, about 1 in 5 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 high, moderately high, moderately low, low, partly inferred.

Terrain model

No LiDAR survey of the Office of Public Works covers the centre of the townland of Ridge.

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.

No address of the register names Ridge with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Carlow.

Name

Ridge · An Droim

Area

6,254,377 m² (625.44 ha, 1,545.49 acres)

Civil parish

Oldleighlin, and its townlands

Barony

Idrone West

Electoral division

Ridge, the unit of the census

Census 2022

298 people lived in 92 households in the Ridge electoral division. 94% of households owned their home. 48% of homes were built since 2001. 10% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 1% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Agharue, Baunreagh, Coolcullen (Co. Kilkenny), Feamore, Knockagarry, Knocknabranagh and Knockbaun, Parknakyle, Raheen, Seskin Upper, Seskinrea

Placenames

Ridge 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.