# Ballyfarrell, Co. Laois: townland, land parcels and planning Townland in the civil parish of Kilmanman, barony of Tinnahinch, Co. Laois; in Irish Baile Uí Fhearaíl. - Area (Tailte Éireann): 437,905 m² (43.79 ha, 108.21 acres) - Land parcels (Tailte Éireann): 60 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in it, median 372 m² - Zoning (national zoning, MyPlan): R2 Residential 1 - Existing Residential, the zone with the most parcels - Planning (National Planning Applications): 3 applications since 2010 - Civil parish: Kilmanman, https://everytownland.com/laois/parish/kilmanman.md - Barony: Tinnahinch - Electoral division: Clonaslee, the unit of the census - Census 2022 (Central Statistics Office): 954 people lived in 347 households in the Clonaslee electoral division. 74% of households owned their home. 25% of homes were built since 2001. 11% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 1% were holiday homes. - County: Co. Laois, https://everytownland.com/laois.md - Placenames Database of Ireland: https://www.logainm.ie/en/28384 - Townland number at Tailte Éireann: 100093 - Centre: latitude 53.141837, longitude -7.520851 (WGS 84) ## Land parcels (registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann) 60 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Ballyfarrell, from 9 m² to 141,514 m² (14.15 ha, 34.97 acres); 24 neighbouring parcels touch its boundary. Largest first: - Parcel 258081: 141,514 m² (14.15 ha, 34.97 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/258081.md - Parcel 245809: 110,851 m² (11.09 ha, 27.39 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/245809.md - Parcel 227746: 73,729 m² (7.37 ha, 18.22 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/227746.md - Parcel 233932: 52,837 m² (5.28 ha, 13.06 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/233932.md - Parcel 227465: 41,192 m² (4.12 ha, 10.18 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/227465.md - Parcel 227462: 16,080 m² (1.61 ha, 3.97 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/227462.md - Parcel 258007: 9,118 m² (0.91 ha, 2.25 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/258007.md - Parcel 238819: 4,603 m² (0.46 ha, 1.14 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/238819.md - Parcel 2387875: 4,264 m² (0.43 ha, 1.05 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2387875.md - Parcel 228499: 3,857 m² (0.39 ha, 0.95 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/228499.md - Parcel 258285: 2,865 m² (0.29 ha, 0.71 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/258285.md - Parcel 260270: 1,587 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/260270.md - Parcel 246892: 1,432 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/246892.md - Parcel 267287: 927 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/267287.md - Parcel 259408: 743 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/259408.md - Parcel 5619598: 685 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/5619598.md - Parcel 5619578: 674 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/5619578.md - Parcel 263053: 592 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/263053.md - Parcel 262783: 581 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/262783.md - Parcel 5915415: 520 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/5915415.md - Parcel 256066: 487 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/256066.md - Parcel 357852: 477 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/357852.md - Parcel 232802: 472 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/232802.md - Parcel 253263: 457 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/253263.md - Parcel 254290: 422 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/254290.md - Parcel 244723: 419 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/244723.md - Parcel 4981243: 415 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/4981243.md - Parcel 4332859: 411 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/4332859.md - Parcel 2437799: 387 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/2437799.md - Parcel 228263: 372 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/228263.md - Parcel 230907: 372 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/230907.md - Parcel 234511: 369 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/234511.md - Parcel 233555: 363 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/233555.md - Parcel 251581: 361 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/251581.md - Parcel 262579: 359 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/262579.md - Parcel 251532: 357 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/251532.md - Parcel 244722: 354 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/244722.md - Parcel 4948030: 354 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/4948030.md - Parcel 231375: 345 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/231375.md - Parcel 257925: 341 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/257925.md - Parcel 242887: 340 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/242887.md - Parcel 242886: 321 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/242886.md - Parcel 253496: 311 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/253496.md - Parcel 232110: 301 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/232110.md - Parcel 3624478: 258 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/3624478.md - Parcel 5915411: 222 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/5915411.md - Parcel 250160: 162 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/250160.md - Parcel 232524: 129 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/232524.md - Parcel 5915413: 102 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/5915413.md - Parcel 2428920: 85 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/2428920.md - Parcel 2387213: 81 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/2387213.md - Parcel 253860: 77 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/253860.md - Parcel 251628: 70 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/251628.md - Parcel 232273: 27 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/232273.md - Parcel 254725: 25 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/254725.md - Parcel 3624538: 21 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/3624538.md - Parcel 235426: 15 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/235426.md - Parcel 255245: 13 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/255245.md - Parcel 263360: 13 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/263360.md - Parcel 258605: 9 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/258605.md ## Zoning (national zoning of development plans, MyPlan) - R2 Residential 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; 51 parcels. The zoning objective in the plan: https://laois.ie/planning-and-building/laois-county-council-plans/development-plan-consultation - S5 Community-Educational-Institutional (Mixed/general community services/facilities uses): 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: https://laois.ie/planning-and-building/laois-county-council-plans/development-plan-consultation - R1 Residential 2 (New/proposed residential): Laois County Development Plan 2021–2027 including Ministerial Direction (as varied) by Variation No. 1, No. 2 and No. 3, Laois; 0 parcels. The zoning objective in the plan: https://laois.ie/planning-and-building/laois-county-council-plans/development-plan-consultation - G4 Open 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; 0 parcels. The zoning objective in the plan: https://laois.ie/planning-and-building/laois-county-council-plans/development-plan-consultation ## Planning applications whose site touches the townland (National Planning Applications, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage) 3 applications, newest first. - 27 Feb 2020, Laois County Council 20105: Conditional. Retention, 3 homes. retain 1] changes to houses numbers 3 & 4 to include an extra bedroom and two first floor gable windows, 2] a gable landing window to houses numbers 1 & 2 all of which are part of the four two-storey semi-detached houses to the rear of the site, 3] a gable landing window to houses numbers 5 & 7 which are part of the terraced houses along the cut road, which are part of the development previously granted planning with reference no. 18755 and are within the curtilage of Clonaslee vocational school, a protected structure, reference number RPS 345 and including all ancillary and necessary works. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/LaoisCC/AppFileRefDetails/20105/0 - 17 Sept 2019, Laois County Council 19521: Conditional. Permission, 1 home. change design from that granted with planning ref. 18/755 of the two semi detached single storey houses in the former Clonaslee vocational school, a protected structure, reference number RPS 345, to two dormer type houses including velux windows in the roofs and all ancillary site works and services. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/LaoisCC/AppFileRefDetails/19521/0 - 17 Dec 2018, Laois County Council 18755: Conditional. Permission, 9 homes. extend, modify and partially demolish the former Clonaslee vocational school, a protected structure, reference number RPS 345, to provide two semi detached single storey houses, also, a change of use from education (school) to residential, also demolition of the scout hall to provide three two storey terraced houses along cut road and four two storey semi-detached houses to the rear of the site using a new access onto Hillside View estate including all ancillary site works and services. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/LaoisCC/AppFileRefDetails/18755/0 Applicants are not shown. ## Designated sites (National Parks and Wildlife Service) - Special Protection Area: Slieve Bloom Mountains SPA, site code 004160, https://www.npws.ie/protected-sites/spa/004160 ## Recorded monuments (Sites and Monuments Record, National Monuments Service) No recorded monument lies in the townland of Ballyfarrell. ## Architectural heritage (National Inventory of Architectural Heritage) No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands in the townland of Ballyfarrell. ## 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 Ballyfarrell, 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 moderately high, moderately low, low, partly inferred. - Terrain model: LiDAR of the Office of Public Works, flown in 2011, at 2 m: tile OPW_1971, https://gsi.geodata.gov.ie/downloads/LiDAR/OPW_NASC/OPW_1971.zip (ZIP). - 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/ballyfarrell.dxf - GeoJSON, in WGS 84, for a map: https://everytownland.com/laois/ballyfarrell.geojson - KML, for Google Earth: https://everytownland.com/laois/ballyfarrell.kml ## Homes sold (Residential Property Price Register) No address of the register names Ballyfarrell 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) - Ballynakill: https://everytownland.com/laois/ballynakill-100149.md - Bellair or Cappanapinion: https://everytownland.com/laois/bellair-or-cappanapinion.md - Bunastick: https://everytownland.com/laois/bunastick.md - Corbally: https://everytownland.com/laois/corbally-100439.md - Gorragh Lower: https://everytownland.com/laois/gorragh-lower.md - Graigue: https://everytownland.com/laois/graigue-100643.md - Ross: https://everytownland.com/laois/ross-100993.md - Srahcullen: https://everytownland.com/laois/srahcullen.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/ballyfarrell - In JSON: https://everytownland.com/api/townland/laois/ballyfarrell