Tomard Upper

67 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Tomard Upper, from 4 m² to 204,687 m² (20.47 ha, 50.58 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 66 neighbouring parcels touch it.

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No zone of a development plan covers Tomard Upper 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.

• 3 Dec 2024Conditional

  sought for the construction of a Two-Storey Dwelling, septic tank & percolation area, connection to mains water, splayed entrance and all associated site development works

  Permission, 1 home · Carlow County Council, 2460389

• 10 May 2023Conditional

  permission for a shed, the development will consist of a machinery and domestic storage facility and ancillary services

  Permission · Carlow County Council, 2360076

• 21 Dec 2022Conditional

  1) existing extensions at the rear of dwelling, 2) steel frame shed and permission for change of use of public house to domestic dwelling and all associated site works

  Retention, 1 home · Carlow County Council, 22440

• 1 Dec 2022N/a

  1) existing extensions at the rear of dwelling, 2) steel frame shed and permission for change of use of public house to domestic dwelling and all associated site works

  Retention · Carlow County Council, 22410

• 26 Oct 2022Conditional

  Retention Permission for an extension to an existing agricultural shed, the development consists of a slatted unit, Livestock lie backs, dry stock storage facilities, and ancillary services

  Retention · Carlow County Council, 22369

• 10 Oct 2022N/a

  retention of existing extensions at the rear of dwelling and retention permission for steel frame shed and all associated site works

  Retention · Carlow County Council, 22345

• 3 Feb 2021Conditional

  Permission for the reconfiguration of existing entrance and ancillary services

  Permission, 1 home · Carlow County Council, 2125

• 23 Oct 2020Conditional

  retention of existing domestic garage to rear, existing family room to side and conversion of attic to shower room, study and play room to our existing dwelling

  Retention, 2 homes · Carlow County Council, 20374

• 11 Jun 2020Conditional

  for the installation of approximately 4.6 kilometres (km) of underground cables within the Carlow County Council (CCC) boundary and approximately 2.0 km within the Laois County Council (LCC) boundary with a voltage of up to 38 kilovolts and associated works, including a new substation within LCC, for the connection of the consented Bilboa Wind Farm (Planning Register References: Carlow County Council 11/154; An Bord Pleanala PL 01.240245) to the national electricity grid; upgrading of an existing forestry track within CCC; construction of two new onsite access tracks within CCC; re-orientation and increasing in size of a crane hardstanding within CCC; and road strengthening and widening along an updated turbine delivery route, within LCC, pursuant to the consented Bilboa Wind Farm (Planning Register References; Carlow County Council 11/154; An Bord Pleanala PL 01.240245). The application is accompanied by a Planning Report, Environmental Impact Assessment Report and Natura Impact Statement.

  Permission · Carlow County Council, 20180

• 27 Feb 2020Conditional

  the erection of a slatted cattle shed, unroofed silage pit, cattle handling area, concrete yards and ancillary work.

  Permission · Carlow County Council, 2067

• 24 Jun 2019Conditional

  alteration of existing entrance gates, setback of existing hedgerow and ancillary works

  Permission · Carlow County Council, 19254

• 16 Apr 2019Conditional

  for the construction of a dewlling house, garage, entrance, septic tank, percolation area and ancillary services

  Permission, 2 homes · Carlow County Council, 19141

• 28 Aug 2018Conditional

  sought for the construction of a single storey dwelling with garage, on-site waste water treatment system, bored well, new splayed entrance and all associated site development works

  Permission, 1 home · Carlow County Council, 18345

• 9 Aug 2018N/a

  sought for the construction of a single storey dwelling with garage, on-site waste water treatment system, bored well, new splayed entrance and all associated site development works

  Permission · Carlow County Council, 18321

• 12 Feb 2018Conditional

  Planning permission is sought for the construction of a dormer style dwelling house, domestic garage, proprietary sewage treatment system and percolation area, and connection to services and associated site works.

  Permission, 1 home · Carlow County Council, 1837

• 30 Nov 2017Conditional

  Retention of a single storey extension to side of existing dwelling, two storey extension to rear of existing dwelling and alterations to existing front porch with all associated site development works

  Retention, 1 home · Carlow County Council, 17340

• 8 Nov 2017Conditional

  Retention Permission for a single storey garage as built and planning permission is sought to construct a two-storey extension to the rear of their existing dwelling, to construct a single storey extension to the side of their existing dwelling, with elevational and internal modifications and all associated site developments works

  Retention, 1 home · Carlow County Council, 17316

• 26 Sept 2017N/a

  Retention permission for a single storey garage as built and planning permission is sought to construct a two-storey extension to the rear of their existing dwelling, to construct a single storey extension to the side of their existing dwelling, with elevational and internal modifications and all associated site developments works.

  Retention · Carlow County Council, 17280

• 27 Jan 2017Refused

  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.

  Permission · Carlow County Council, 1718

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

• CW012-170 Fulacht fia
  Description

  Excavated in advance of construction of the N9/N10 Kilcullen-Waterford Road (Excavation Licence number E3731). Truncated spreads of burnt mound material were uncovered along with a number of pits and possible postholes and a sub-rectangular shaped trough (L 2.18m; Wth 1.64m; D 0.55m) with stake-holes along the edge of its base. (O' Carroll E. 2010, 24) Reference: O' Carroll E. (2010) 'AR144, Tomard Lower Burnt-mound activity' in I. Bennett (ed.), Excavations 2007: summary accounts of archaeological excavations in Ireland, 24 (114). Bray. Wordwell Compiled by: Claire Breen Date of upload: 10 November 2010

• CW012-177 Ring-ditch
  Description

  Aerial photograph (GB91.DZ.38) shows cropmark of a ring-ditch; one of three ring-ditches located in close proximity (see also CW012-178---- and CW012-179----). Compiled by: Dr Gillian Barrett for the Archaeological Survey of Ireland. Date of upload: 23 December 2010

• CW012-178 Ring-ditch
  Description

  Aerial photograph (GB91.DZ.38) shows cropmark of a ring-ditch; one of three ring-ditches located in close proximity (see also CW012-177---- and CW012-179----). Compiled by: Dr Gillian Barrett for the Archaeological Survey of Ireland. Date of upload: 23 December 2010

• CW012-179 Ring-ditch
  Description

  Aerial photograph (GB91.DZ.38) shows cropmark of a ring-ditch; one of three ring-ditches located in close proximity (see also CW012-178---- and CW012-179----). Compiled by: Dr Gillian Barrett for the Archaeological Survey of Ireland. Date of upload: 23 December 2010

Architectural heritage

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

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 Tomard Upper, 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 moderately high, moderately low, low, partly inferred.

Terrain model

LiDAR of the Office of Public Works, flown in 2011, at 2 m: tile OPW_2361 (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.

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

Name

Tomard Upper · An Tom Ard Uachtarach

Area

2,398,854 m² (239.89 ha, 592.77 acres)

Civil parish

Tullowcreen, and its townlands

Barony

Idrone West

Electoral division

Rathornan, the unit of the census

Census 2022

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.

Neighbouring townlands

Ardough or Huntspark (Co. Laois), Ballygowan, Boolyrathornan or Tomard, Cloghristick, Craanlusky, Cranavonane, Powerstown, Rathornan, Tomard Lower

Placenames

Tomard Upper 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.