Sheean
Townland in the civil parish of Myshall, barony of Forth, Co. Carlow; in Irish An Sián
- Area
- 106.1 ha
- 262 acres
- Land parcels
- 30
- registered freehold, median 8,834 m² (0.88 ha, 2.18 acres)
- Zoning
- —
- not in a zoned settlement
- Planning
- 11
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
30 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Sheean, from 420 m² to 172,754 m² (17.28 ha, 42.69 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 16 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
No zone of a development plan covers Sheean 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.
Planning applications
Sites that touch the townland, newest first
22 Jun 2026N/a
the as-built extension to the side of extension previously granted under PL 24/60372. Planning permission is also sought for the construction of an extension to the rear of existing industrial unit and all ancillary site development works
Retention · Carlow County Council, 2660192
28 Apr 2026Conditional
the construction of an Esb substation and associated site works
Permission · Carlow County Council, 2660121
24 Jun 2025Conditional
the demolition of existing outbuildings, alterations and construction of a single-storey extension to an existing single-storey dwelling house, a detached domestic garage, landscaping, boundary treatments and all associated works to facilitate the development
Permission · Carlow County Council, 2560183
22 Nov 2024Conditional
is sought for the construction of an industrial unit extension to the side of existing unit and all ancillary site development works
Permission · Carlow County Council, 2460372
11 Apr 2024Conditional
the demolition of the existing entrance porch to a single-storey dwelling and the construction of a new relocated entrance porch, with all associated works
Permission · Carlow County Council, 2460087
1 Dec 2022Conditional
1) existing vehicular entrance and parking area, 2) existing domestic shed, 3) patio area to rear of dwelling house all with associated site works
Retention, 2 homes · Carlow County Council, 22407
13 Aug 2021N/a
the demolition of a derelict single-storey dwelling and outbuildings and the construction of a single-storey dwelling, treatment system, raised polishing filter, surface water soakaways, private bore well, hard and soft landscaping, boundary treatments, relocation of existing vehicle entrance, and all associated works and site works to facilitate the development
Permission · Carlow County Council, 21303
25 Jun 2021Conditional
Construction of a single storey industrial unit extension to the side of existing unit and all ancillary site development works
Permission · Carlow County Council, 21241
17 Aug 2020N/a
for the construction of a single storey domestic shed and all ancillary site works
Permission · Carlow County Council, 20285
10 Apr 2019Conditional
for revisions to previously granted planning reference number 18/325. Revisions are to proposed extension only and consent of increase to granted extension floor area from 672m2 to 783m2, east elevation wall and w.c. facilities to be moved in an eastern direction to accommodate increase in floor area, minor external alterations to elevations and all associated landscaping and ancillary site works
Permission · Carlow County Council, 19136
10 Aug 2018Conditional
Retention planning permission consists of: (a) Retention for change of use of previous agricultural land (1.453 hectares) to existing industrial use, which contains existing as built entrance with gate and splayed wing walls, existing industrial unit 01(1058.5m2), existing industrial unit 02(808m2), existing industrial unit 03(83.5m2), existing portacabin office (14m2), existing portacabin canteen (17m2), existing power supply building (6m2), existing concrete hardstanding areas, existing hardcore/gravel hardstanding areas, existing mature screening/landscaping areas and all ancillary site works, and planning permission for: (b) a proposed industrial unit extension (672m2) with adjoining w.c facilities to the south elevation of existing industrial unit, (c) a proposed waste water treatment system, (d) proposed hard-core/gravel hardstanding areas, (e) all associated landscaping and all ancillary site works.
Retention · Carlow County Council, 18325
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 Sheean.
Recorded monuments
No recorded monument lies in the townland of Sheean.
Architectural heritage
No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands in the townland of Sheean.
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 10 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
- No LiDAR survey of the Office of Public Works covers the centre of the townland of Sheean.
- 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 Sheean with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Carlow.
The townland
- Name
- Sheean · An Sián
- Area
- 1,061,384 m² (106.14 ha, 262.27 acres)
- Civil parish
- Myshall, and its townlands
- Barony
- Forth
- Electoral division
- Garryhill, the unit of the census
- Census 2022
- Garryhill electoral division: 648 people in 217 households; 88% of households own their home; 29% of homes were built since 2001; 11% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 2% were holiday homes.
- Neighbouring townlands
- Booldurragh, Garryhill, Knockdramagh, Milltown, Raheenwood, Straduff
- Placenames
- Sheean 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.