# Avoley, Co. Laois: townland, land parcels and planning Townland in the civil parish of Rosenallis, barony of Tinnahinch, Co. Laois; in Irish An Athbhuaile. - Area (Tailte Éireann): 1,303,417 m² (130.34 ha, 322.08 acres) - Land parcels (Tailte Éireann): 37 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in it, median 12,673 m² (1.27 ha, 3.13 acres) - Zoning (national zoning, MyPlan): not in a zoned settlement - Planning (National Planning Applications): 7 applications since 2010 - Civil parish: Rosenallis, https://everytownland.com/laois/parish/rosenallis.md - Barony: Tinnahinch - Electoral division: Mountmellick Rural, the unit of the census - Census 2022 (Central Statistics Office): 1,090 people lived in 383 households in the Mountmellick Rural electoral division. 94% of households owned their home. 24% of homes were built since 2001. 7% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 0% were holiday homes. - County: Co. Laois, https://everytownland.com/laois.md - Placenames Database of Ireland: https://www.logainm.ie/en/28558 - Townland number at Tailte Éireann: 100035 - Centre: latitude 53.125672, longitude -7.360497 (WGS 84) ## Land parcels (registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann) 37 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Avoley, from 369 m² to 263,880 m² (26.39 ha, 65.21 acres); 21 neighbouring parcels touch its boundary. Largest first: - Parcel 236204: 263,880 m² (26.39 ha, 65.21 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/236204.md - Parcel 233161: 158,668 m² (15.87 ha, 39.21 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/233161.md - Parcel 241900: 152,006 m² (15.2 ha, 37.56 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/241900.md - Parcel 258202: 127,475 m² (12.75 ha, 31.5 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/258202.md - Parcel 237398: 93,007 m² (9.3 ha, 22.98 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/237398.md - Parcel 258223: 66,798 m² (6.68 ha, 16.51 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/258223.md - Parcel 257936: 51,356 m² (5.14 ha, 12.69 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/257936.md - Parcel 228590: 51,125 m² (5.11 ha, 12.63 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/228590.md - Parcel 4604273: 48,114 m² (4.81 ha, 11.89 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/4604273.md - Parcel 245616: 43,151 m² (4.32 ha, 10.66 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/245616.md - Parcel 245755: 33,334 m² (3.33 ha, 8.24 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/245755.md - Parcel 263873: 24,463 m² (2.45 ha, 6.04 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/263873.md - Parcel 4604281: 19,978 m² (2 ha, 4.94 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/4604281.md - Parcel 234265: 18,644 m² (1.86 ha, 4.61 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/234265.md - Parcel 226517: 17,524 m² (1.75 ha, 4.33 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/226517.md - Parcel 255082: 15,491 m² (1.55 ha, 3.83 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/255082.md - Parcel 256747: 12,999 m² (1.3 ha, 3.21 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/256747.md - Parcel 259102: 12,858 m² (1.29 ha, 3.18 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/259102.md - Parcel 232208: 12,673 m² (1.27 ha, 3.13 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/232208.md - Parcel 249391: 12,143 m² (1.21 ha, 3 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/249391.md - Parcel 4438719: 9,142 m² (0.91 ha, 2.26 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/4438719.md - Parcel 256079: 8,539 m² (0.85 ha, 2.11 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/256079.md - Parcel 258624: 7,462 m² (0.75 ha, 1.84 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/258624.md - Parcel 5333737: 5,527 m² (0.55 ha, 1.37 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5333737.md - Parcel 228589: 3,666 m² (0.37 ha, 0.91 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/228589.md - Parcel 5504092: 3,664 m² (0.37 ha, 0.91 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5504092.md - Parcel 227338: 3,629 m² (0.36 ha, 0.9 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/227338.md - Parcel 2448940: 3,604 m² (0.36 ha, 0.89 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2448940.md - Parcel 242001: 3,342 m² (0.33 ha, 0.83 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/242001.md - Parcel 243704: 3,191 m² (0.32 ha, 0.79 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/243704.md - Parcel 257564: 3,037 m² (0.3 ha, 0.75 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/257564.md - Parcel 232259: 2,986 m² (0.3 ha, 0.74 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/232259.md - Parcel 263354: 2,277 m² (0.23 ha, 0.56 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/263354.md - Parcel 259837: 2,224 m² (0.22 ha, 0.55 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/259837.md - Parcel 2448560: 2,207 m² (0.22 ha, 0.55 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2448560.md - Parcel 265182: 1,619 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/265182.md - Parcel 261872: 369 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/261872.md ## Zoning (national zoning of development plans, MyPlan) No zone of a development plan covers Avoley in the national zoning. Outside zoned towns and villages, the county development plan's rural policies apply to each application. ## Planning applications whose site touches the townland (National Planning Applications, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage) 7 applications, newest first. - 22 May 2025, Laois County Council 2560313: Conditional. Permission. construct a new vintage vehicle storage shed. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/LaoisCC/AppFileRefDetails/2560313/0 - 14 Apr 2025, Laois County Council 2560209: Conditional. Retention, 1 home. retain the following: 1 - existing stables and domestic shed. 2 - existing garage and associated hardstanding area. 3- hardstanding area for cars and associated roadside entrance. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/LaoisCC/AppFileRefDetails/2560209/0 - 17 Dec 2024, Laois County Council 2460773: Conditional. Permission, 1 home. (A) construct 3no. 3 bedroom short-term let wooden log cabins, including the installation of 2no. associated onsite wastewater treatment systems. (B) The enlargement and development of an existing water pond, and the provision of access laneways and pathways within the development. (C) The construction of a polytunnel, a playground area, ground mounted solar panels and 2no. bicycle storage sheds. Including all associated site works.. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/LaoisCC/AppFileRefDetails/2460773/0 - 15 Aug 2024, Laois County Council 2460475: Conditional. Permission. construct (i) Slatted shed with loose area (ii) Walled silage pit and all associated site works. Demolition of existing storage shed is also required. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/LaoisCC/AppFileRefDetails/2460475/0 - 13 Aug 2024, Laois County Council 2460469: Conditional. Permission, 2 homes. carry out internal renovations to the existing dwelling with a new 2 storey extension to the rear of the existing family home, retention of domestic garage and all associated siteworks. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/LaoisCC/AppFileRefDetails/2460469/0 - 5 Aug 2024, Laois County Council 2460458: N/a. Permission. Permission to construct (i) Slatted shed with loose area (ii) Walled silage pit and all associated site works. Demolition of existing storage shed is also required. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/LaoisCC/AppFileRefDetails/2460458/0 - 4 Dec 2019, Laois County Council 19671: Conditional. Permission, 1 home. construct dwelling house, waste water treatment system and all associated site works. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/LaoisCC/AppFileRefDetails/19671/0 Applicants are not shown. ## Designated sites (National Parks and Wildlife Service) No designated site (Special Area of Conservation, Special Protection Area, Natural Heritage Area or proposed one) touches the townland of Avoley. ## Recorded monuments (Sites and Monuments Record, National Monuments Service) No recorded monument lies in the townland of Avoley. ## Architectural heritage (National Inventory of Architectural Heritage) No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands in the townland of Avoley. ## Ground and risks (Radon Risk Map of Ireland, EPA; Landslide Susceptibility Classification and LiDAR, Geological Survey Ireland) - Radon: at the centre of the townland of Avoley, about 1 in 10 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels. Testing a home: https://www.epa.ie/environment-and-you/radon/radon-testing/#d.en.82887 - Landslides: The 1:50,000 map rates the landslide susceptibility here as low, partly inferred. - Terrain model: no LiDAR survey of the Office of Public Works covers the centre of the townland of Avoley. - Flooding: the flood maps of the Office of Public Works, https://www.floodinfo.ie/map/floodmaps/, linked only: their licence does not allow re-use. 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. ## Downloads - DXF, in Irish Transverse Mercator metres, with its boundary, parcels and buildings, for a drawing program: https://everytownland.com/laois/avoley.dxf - GeoJSON, in WGS 84, for a map: https://everytownland.com/laois/avoley.geojson - KML, for Google Earth: https://everytownland.com/laois/avoley.kml ## Homes sold (Residential Property Price Register) No address of the register names Avoley with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Laois: https://everytownland.com/laois.md ## Neighbouring townlands (National Statutory Boundaries, Tailte Éireann) - Camira Glebe: https://everytownland.com/laois/camira-glebe.md - Cloonagh: https://everytownland.com/laois/cloonagh-100379.md - Garroon or Summergrove: https://everytownland.com/laois/garroon-or-summergrove.md - Graigue: https://everytownland.com/laois/graigue-100644.md - Mullaghanard or Derreen: https://everytownland.com/laois/mullaghanard-or-derreen.md - Townparks: https://everytownland.com/laois/townparks-101097.md 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. --- Everytownland reads the registered freehold land and the statutory boundaries of Tailte Éireann, the national zoning, planning file and heritage records of the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, and the Residential Property Price Register. A parcel is the land of a title, not an address. The owner's name is in the Land Registry of Tailte Éireann: a copy of the folio can be ordered on landdirect.ie, for a fee; this site names no owner. A price is the price recorded for a past sale, not a valuation. Sources: Cadastral Parcels Freehold, Townlands, Civil Parishes, Baronies, Electoral Divisions and Buildings, Tailte Éireann, CC BY 4.0; national zoning of development plans (GZT, MyPlan) and National Planning Applications, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, CC BY 4.0, applicants not shown; designated sites, National Parks and Wildlife Service, CC BY 4.0; Sites and Monuments Record, National Monuments Service, CC BY 4.0; National Inventory of Architectural Heritage, CC BY 4.0; Residential Property Price Register, Property Services Regulatory Authority, re-used with the source acknowledged. - Page: https://everytownland.com/laois/avoley - In JSON: https://everytownland.com/api/townland/laois/avoley