Turra

28 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Turra, from 650 m² to 203,131 m² (20.31 ha, 50.19 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 17 neighbouring parcels touch it.

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

No zone of a development plan covers Turra 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.

• 14 Apr 2026N/a

  (1) the erection of extensions to dwelling house, (2) installation of External Wall Insulation with plaster finish, (3) erection of domestic garage/store and all associated site works

  Retention · Carlow County Council, 2660104

• 16 Dec 2024Conditional

  • the replacement (“restringing”) of the existing overhead line circuit conductor wires with a new higher capacity conductor • the strengthening of foundations at 7no. locations • shear block remedial works at 77no. locations • the strengthening of towers (i.e., member replacement) at 34no. locations • the replacement of 5.1km of earthwire • the painting of all structures • the replacement of insulating and ancillary hardware at structures • all associated works within the existing Kellis 220kV substation to accommodate the uprated 220kV OHL including uprating of the Great Island bay in Kellis 220kV substation • the installation of a temporary link between the Great Island – Kellis and Dunstown = Kellis 220kV OHLs to create a temporary circuit, which will include the erection of a temporary four-pole timber structure between the existing Angle Mast 191 on the Great Island- Kellis circuit and the existing Angle Mast 157 on the Dunstown – Kellis circuit • all associated temporary site development works to gain access to the existing structures including vegetation clearance and management, disassembly and reassembly of gate posts/piers and removal and reinstatement of existing fencing, and • other temporary associated and ancillary site development works required for the purpose of the uprate of the existing circuit, including construction compounds, silt traps, silt fences, vegetation clearance and management, stone tracks, ground protection mats, infrastructure crossing support systems (i.e., guard poles) and temporary watercourse crossings. Where required, an aerial catenary stringing system (ACSS) will be used to facilitate stringing operations over major obstacles, e.g., busy national roads, wide rivers, etc. A Natura Impact Statement will be submitted to the Planning Authority with the application. Please see Site Notice for full development description

  Permission · Carlow County Council, 2460410

• 7 Oct 2024N/a

  for development consisting of works along the ca. 70.3km Great Island – Kellis 220kV OHL between the existing Great Island 220kV substation in the townland of Great Island in southwest County Wexford and the Kellis 220kV substation located in the townland of Kellistown East, central County Carlow. The OHL has a total of 216no. supporting structures. Within the functional area of Carlow County Council, there is 44.2km of the existing OHL circuit, with 135no. structures. Within the functional area of Wexford County Council there is 26.1km, with 81no. structures. A separate planning application is being lodged with Wexford County Council. The proposed development within Co. Carlow will comprise: • the replacement (“restringing”) of the existing overhead line circuit conductor wires with a new higher capacity conductor; • the strengthening of foundations at 7no. locations; • shear block remedial works at 77no. locations; • the strengthening of towers (i.e., member replacement) at 34no. locations; • the replacement of 5.1km of earthwire; • the painting of all structures; • the replacement of insulating and ancillary hardware at structures; • all associated works within the existing Kellis 220kV substation to accommodate the uprated 220kV OHL including uprating of the Great Island bay in the Kellis 220kV substation; • the installation of a temporary link between the Great Island – Kellis and Dunstown – Kellis 220kV OHLs to create a temporary circuit, which will include the erection of a temporary four-pole timber structure between the existing Angle Mast 191 on the Great Island – Kellis circuit and the existing Angle Mast 157 on the Dunstown – Kellis circuit; • all associated temporary site development works to gain access to the existing structures including vegetation clearance and management, disassembly and reassembly of gate posts / piers and removal and reinstatement of existing fencing; and • other temporary associated and ancillary site development works required for the purpose of the uprate of the existing circuit, including construction compounds, silt traps, silt fences, vegetation clearance and management, stone tracks, ground protection mats, infrastructure crossing support systems (i.e., guard poles) and temporary watercourse crossings. Where required, an aerial catenary stringing system (ACSS) will be used to facilitate stringing operations over major obstacles, e.g., busy national roads, wide rivers, etc.

  Permission · Carlow County Council, 2460319

• 14 Feb 2023Conditional

  permission - Alterations to plans approved under PLREF 21413 - for (1) the erection of extensions to front and side of existing dwelling, incorporating a Granny Flat into the revised overall floor plan (2) increased roof ridge height (3) modifications to existing dwelling and retention permission for existing mobile home on site in use as temporary accommodation for the duration of construction works and all associated site work

  Permission, 1 home · Carlow County Council, 2360015

• 7 Feb 2023N/a

  permission for (1) the erection of extension to front of existing dwelling to facilitate a granny flat (2) extension to side of existing dwelling (3) increased roof ridge height (4) modifications to existing dwelling (Alterations to plans approved under PLREF 21413) and all associated site works

  Permission · Carlow County Council, 2360010

• 22 Sept 2022Conditional

  is sought for demolition of existing sunrooms and rear extension and the construction of a new single-storey extension to the south of existing dwelling and all associated works

  Permission, 1 home · Carlow County Council, 22314

• 18 Jul 2022Refused

  the change of use of an existing shed to agricultural store, to include the storage of no more than four thousand nine hundred and ninety nine tonnes per annum of grade A treated biosolids from wastewater treatment plants, for its future use as fertilizer/ soil conditioner as part of existing agricultural operations on nearby lands

  Permission · Carlow County Council, 22241

• 3 May 2022N/a

  Permission for the change of use of an existing shed to agricultural store to include the storage of agricultural machinery, organic and inorganic fertilisers such as granular artificial fertiliser, biosolids and soil conditioners as part of existing agricultural operations on lands

  Permission · Carlow County Council, 22147

• 1 Nov 2021Conditional

  Permission for (1) the erection of granny flat style extension to existing dwelling (2) increased roof ridge height and conversion of attic space to habitable area (3) upgraded entrance and new boundary walls to accommodate improved sightlines (4) upgrade of existing sewerage system to a treatment system and percolation area and all associated site works

  Permission, 1 home · Carlow County Council, 21413

• 13 Mar 2020Conditional

  Agricultural Storage Shed using existing Agricultural entrance and all associated site works

  Retention · Carlow County Council, 2090

• 15 Jul 2019Conditional

  the demolition of an original farm house and reconstruction of same with minor alterations including raised eaves and ridge height, velux widows to attic storage space and an extension of floor area to the rear over two floors. Planning permission was previously granted under (PL Ref. 17/347), for an extension the original farm house. Permission is also sought for the completion of the works on site and all associated works

  Retention, 1 home · Carlow County Council, 19278

• 9 Jul 2019N/a

  the demolition of an original farm house and reconstruction of same with minor alterations including raised eaves and ridge height, velux widows to attic storage space and an extension of floor area to the rear over two floors. Planning permission was previously granted under PL Ref. 17/347), for an extension to the original farmhouse. Permission is also sought for the completion of the works on site and all associated site works

  Retention · Carlow County Council, 19269

• 10 Jun 2019N/a

  retention permission is sought for agricultural storage shed using existing argicultural entrance & all associated site works

  Retention · Carlow County Council, 19235

• 4 Mar 2019N/a

  retention permission for alterations to previously granted planning application (PL Ref 17/347), which is currently under construction. These alterations include the demolition of the original farm house and reconstruction of the same with minor alterations including raised eaves and ridge height and an extension to the rear over two floors and all associated works

  Retention · Carlow County Council, 1982

• 11 Dec 2017Conditional

  The development will consist of the removal of porch and gable end of existing farmhouse, construction of a new two storey extension to North-West and single storey extension to South-West of existing farmhouse, new wastewater treatment plant and percolation area and all associated site works,

  Permission, 1 home · Carlow County Council, 17347

• 20 Nov 2017N/a

  The removal of porch and gable end of existing farmhouse, construction of a new two storey extension to North-West and single storey extension to South-West of existing farmhouse, new wastewater treatment plant and percolation area and all associated site works.

  Permission · Carlow County Council, 17327

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

No recorded monument lies in the townland of Turra.

Architectural heritage

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

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

About 1 in 5 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels. Testing a home

Landslides

Susceptibility moderately high, moderately low, low, on the 1:50,000 map.

Terrain model

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

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.

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

Name

Turra · Toraigh

Area

1,043,531 m² (104.35 ha, 257.86 acres)

Civil parish

St. Mullins, and its townlands

Barony

St. Mullin's Lower

Electoral division

Glynn, the unit of the census

Census 2022

Glynn electoral division: 395 people in 136 households; 91% of households own their home; 37% of homes were built since 2001; 14% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 6% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Bahana, Ballycrinnigan, Ballyknock, Ballyling, Dranagh

Placenames

Turra 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.