Aghanure

82 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Aghanure, from 58 m² to 175,633 m² (17.56 ha, 43.4 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 43 neighbouring parcels touch it.

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• G4Open Space/Amenity (Active open space)
  Laois County Development Plan 2021–2027 including Ministerial Direction (as varied) by Variation No. 1, No. 2 and No. 3, Laois · 8 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• R2Residential 1 - Existing Residential (Existing residential)
  Laois County Development Plan 2021–2027 including Ministerial Direction (as varied) by Variation No. 1, No. 2 and No. 3, Laois · 2 parcels The zoning objective in the plan

Source: Tailte Éireann and the Department of Housing (MyPlan), national zoning, CC BY 4.0.

• 29 May 2026Conditional

  - Replace (“restringing”) and uprating of c.10.2km section of the conductor along the existing Athy - Carlow 110 kV OHL circuit; - Provision of fibre communication connection on the uprated circuit; - Replacement of 14No. existing Intermediate Wooden Polesets, with similar structures. The replacement of these structures will result in standardised heights from 16m to 23m, with height increases between 1m and 2m; - Replacement of 15No. existing Intermediate Wooden Poleset crossarms; - Bar member replacements to 2No. existing steel angle masts; - Recapping works on shear blocks at 2No. existing steel angle masts; and, - All associated works/development to existing structures, including insulator/hardware replacement (strain clamps, suspension clamps and vibration dampers), replacement of step bolts, replacement of line identification and danger notices, painting of angle masts, replacement/installation of anti-climbing guards, access tracks, vegetation clearance, temporary construction compounds and all other works necessary to facilitate the development

  Permission · Laois County Council, 2660323

• 26 May 2026Conditional

  Replacement (“restringing”) and uprating of c.8.89km section of the conductor along the existing Athy - Carlow 110 kV OHL circuit; - Provision of fibre communication connection on the uprated circuit; - Replacement of 11No. existing Intermediate Wooden Polesets, with similar structures. The replacement of these structures will result in standardised heights from 16m to 24m, with height increases between 1m and 3m; - Replacement of 12No. existing intermediate Wooden Polesets crossarms; - Recapping works on shear blocks at 1No. existing steel angle mast; - Foundation strengthening of 1No. existing steel angle mast; - Bar member replacements to 8No. existing steel angle masts; - Separation of the existing double OHL circuit to provide for a new bypass OHL section measuring approximately 422m, connecting from the existing Athy 110 kV substation to the following proposed new structures on the existing Athy - Portlaoise 110 kV OHL: 2no. new single circuit angle masts (approximately 22.5m maximum height) and 1no. new wooden poleset (approximately 23.6m maximum height); and, - All associated works/development to existing structures, including hardware replacement (strain clamps, suspension clamps and vibration dampers), replacement of step bolts, replacement of line identification and danger notices, painting of angle masts, replacement/installation of anti-climbing guards, access tracks, vegetation clearance, temporary construction compounds and all other works necessary to facilitate the development

  Permission · Kildare County Council, 2660550

• 4 Feb 2025Conditional

  (i) Retention permission to retain clubhouse as constructed previously granted under PL Ref 10/234. (ii) Full Planning permission for the change of use of First Floor Storage room to a Meeting room / General-Purpose room. (iii) Permission to construct an Astroturf pitch complete with associated drainage, floodlighting and fencing. (iv) Permission for proposed floodlighting to training pitch and carparking area (v) Permission to extend the existing carparking area (vi) Permission for a new walkway track and all associated site works

  Retention · Laois County Council, 2560055

• 22 Mar 2022Conditional

  1.) erect 6 No. flood light masts to main playing field, 2.) erect 4 No. flood light masts to juvenile playing field and all other associated site works

  Permission · Laois County Council, 22163

• 1 Feb 2022Conditional

  refurbishment and extension of an existing vernacular farmhouse dwelling, the change of use and refurbishment of existing farm outbuildings to residential use; the provision of a new vehicular entrance and driveway; the provision of landscaping, including boundary treatments; and the provision of all other associated site excavation, infrastructural and site development works above and below ground, including wastewater treatment system and percolation area

  Permission, 1 home · Laois County Council, 2244

• 21 Jan 2022Conditional

  (a) retain existing topsoil and cohesive soil material deposited on-site and (b) regrade and raise (up to a max 200mm) uncultivated former forestry land for agricultural purposes with retained on-site material together with all associated site works

  Permission · Laois County Council, 2225

• 11 Feb 2021Refused

  New dwelling house, new site entrance, new septic tank with percolation area and all associated site works.

  Permission, 1 home · Laois County Council, 2174

• 4 Jun 2019Conditional

  construct a new dwelling house and garage, new site entrance, treatment system and percolation area and all associated site works

  Permission, 1 home · Laois County Council, 19317

• 4 Jan 2019Conditional

  construct a communications infrastructure comprising of a 30 metre monopole structure (with provision for floodlighting at 18 metres), associated equipment and cabinets, fencing and use of existing access

  Permission, 1 home · Laois County Council, 193

• 3 Jan 2019N/a

  construct a communications infrastructure comprising of a 30 metre monopole structure (with provision for floodlighting at 18 metres), associated equipment and cabinets, fencing and use of existing access

  Permission · Laois County Council, 192

• 20 Dec 2018N/a

  construct a communications infrastructure comprising of a 30 metre monopole structure (with provision for floodlighting at 18 metres), associated equipment and cabinets, fencing and use of existing access

  Permission · Laois County Council, 18778

• 3 Feb 2017Conditional

  construct a dwelling house, domestic garage, waste water treatment system, percolation area, new splayed entrance and associated site work

  Permission, 1 home · Laois County Council, 1757

Source: National Planning Applications, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, CC BY 4.0. Applicants are not shown.

Designated sites

• Proposed Natural Heritage Area: Ballylynan 000857

Recorded monuments

• LA026-051 Concentric enclosure
  Description

  A large curvilinear enclosure (dims. c. 63m N-S; c. 72m E-W) with an outer, roughly concentric enclosure (dims. c. 91m N-S; c. 87m E-W) visible as a faint cropmark on Google Earth (imagery date 28 June 2018), identified and reported by Simon Dowling. The outer enclosure is roughly 8-10m outside the inner enclosure, however, in the NE quadrant this gap widens to c. 18m. See attached Google Earth image taken 28 June 2018 Compiled by: Jean Farrelly Date of upload: 9 April 2019

Architectural heritage

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

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 Aghanure, 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 low, low, partly inferred.

Terrain model

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

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 Aghanure with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Laois.

Name

Aghanure · Achadh an Iúir

Area

1,619,676 m² (161.97 ha, 400.23 acres)

Civil parish

Killabban, and its townlands

Barony

Ballyadams

Electoral division

Ballylynan, the unit of the census

Census 2022

1,527 people lived in 521 households in the Ballylynan electoral division. 75% of households owned their home. 56% of homes were built since 2001. 9% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 1% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Ballycorman, Ballylynan, Graigue, Monebrock, Oldcourt, Shanganagh More, Skehanagh

Placenames

Aghanure 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.