Bawn

10 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Bawn, from 568 m² to 775,512 m² (77.55 ha, 191.63 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 13 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 Bawn 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.

• 12 Jun 2024Conditional

  extend and modify an existing 1514.7m2 agricultural building to include; (a) permission for the construction of an 88.9m2 single story extension, (b) permission for elevational changes including the removal of all existing cladding (including asbestos cladding) to the façade of the building to be replaced with single skin metal sheeting and the provision of two new loading bay doors. This element of the works includes the disposal of asbestos from the roof and walls (hazardous waste No. 17 06 05 of the European Waste Catalogue), (c) permission for the alteration of the existing ground levels to provide a new dock leveler to facilitate convenient loading and un-loading of goods, (d) permission for the provision of a new internal access roadway to include 10 additional parking spaces and approx. 1080sqm of additional hard standing area. (e) all associated fencing, foul and surface water drainage including a new effluent holding tank and all associated site works. A Natura Impact Assessment (NIS) has been prepared in respect of the proposed development. Ballymanus House, beside this site, comprises entry 604 on the Record of Protected Structures forming part of the Laois County Development Plan.

  Permission · Laois County Council, 2460339

• 7 Jun 2024N/a

  construct an extension and modify an existing 1514.7m2 agricultural building to include; (a) permission for the construction of an 88.9m2 single story extension, (b) permission for elevational changes including the removal of all existing cladding (including asbestos cladding) to the façade of the building to be replaced with single skin metal sheeting and the provision of two new loading bay doors. This element of the works includes the disposal of asbestos from the roof and walls (hazardous waste No. 17 06 05 of the European Waste Catalogue), (c) permission for the alteration of the existing ground levels to provide a new dock leveler to facilitate convenient loading and un-loading of goods, (d) permission for the provision of a new internal access roadway to include 10 additional parking spaces and approx. 1080sqm of additional hard standing area. (e) all associated fencing, foul and surface water drainage including a new effluent holding tank and all associated site works. A Natura Impact Assessment (NIS) has been prepared in respect of the proposed development. Ballymanus House, beside this site, comprises entry 604 on the Record of Protected Structures forming part of the Laois County Development Plan.

  Permission · Laois County Council, 2460326

• 28 May 2024Conditional

  (a) permission for the demolition of an existing 558.6 sqm mink processing building (this building was previously granted permission for modification and re-purposing under planning reg. no. 23/60152) The demolition of this building includes the disposal of asbestos from the roof (hazardous waste No. 17 06 05 of the European Waste Catalogue), (b) permission for the demolition of an existing 278.3 sqm mink equipment storage shed (this building was previously granted permission for modification and re-purposing under planning reg. no. 23/60152), (c) permission for the construction of a new 630.8 sqm portal frame cattle shed which will include the re-purposing of an existing surface water attenuation tank for the purposes of storage of clean surface water & bovine effluent separately (the surface water attenuation tank was previously granted permission for removal under planning reg. no. 23/60152), (d) permission for the construction of a new 348.9 sqm portal frame feed store, (e) permission for the construction of a 1235.3 sqm three bay silage pit, (f) permission for the construction of 374.5 sqm dungstead, (g) all associated drainage and site works. A Natura Impact Assessment (NIS) has been prepared in respect of the proposed development. Ballymanus House, beside this site, comprises entry 604 on the Record of Protected Structures forming part of the Laois County Development Plan.

  Permission · Laois County Council, 2460296

• 22 May 2024N/a

  (a) demolish an existing 558.6 sqm mink processing building (this building was previously granted permission for modification and re-purposing under planning reg. no. 23/60152) The demolition of this building includes the disposal of asbestos from the roof (hazardous waste No. 17 06 05 of the European Waste Catalogue), (b) demolish an existing 278.3 sqm mink equipment storage shed (this building was previously granted permission for modification and re-purposing under planning reg. no. 23/60152), (c) construct a new 630.8 sqm portal frame cattle shed which will include the re-purposing of an existing surface water attenuation tank for the purposes of storage of clean surface water & bovine effluent separately (the surface water attenuation tank was previously granted permission for removal under planning reg. no. 23/60152), (d) construct a new 348.9 sqm portal frame feed store, (e) construct a 1235.3 sqm three bay silage pit, (f) construct 374.5 sqm dungstead, (g) all associated drainage and site works. Ballymanus House, beside this site, comprises entry 604 on the Record of Protected Structures forming part of the Laois County Development Plan

  Permission · Laois County Council, 2460279

• 26 Apr 2023Conditional

  develop as follows: (a) the demolition & removal of 74 no. existing mink farm related buildings including all associated foul & surface water facilities comprising of: -30 number Type A Mink House structures, each of which vary in length between 25.6m & 119.8m & which each measure 3.6m in width & 2.5m in height, providing a total floor space of 12,494 sqm. -24 number Type B Mink House structures, each of which vary in length between 34.8m & 68.9m & which each measure 3.6m in width & 2.5m in height providing a total floor space of 6831.5 sqm -6 number Type C Mink House structures, each of which vary in length between 106.6m & 113.8m & which each measure 4.25m in width & 2.8m in height providing a total floor space of 3415.8 sqm -7 number Type D Mink House structures, each of which vary in length between 108.2m & 120.5m & which each measure 8.3m in width & 3.2m in height providing a total floor space of 7746.2 sqm -4 number Type E Mink House structures, each of which are 120.4m long & which each measure 3.6m in width & 2.6m in height providing a total floor space of 2408 sqm -1 no. staff facilities building providing a floor area of 22.7 sqm -2 no. existing storage buildings providing a total floor area of 118.4 sqm All of these existing buildings contain a total floorspace of 33,036.6 sqm. The demolition element of this development includes the disposal of asbestos from the roof of the existing buildings (hazardous waste No. 17 06 05 of the European Waste Catalogue) (b) the removal of structures ancillary to the mink farm comprising of: - 1 no 40ft shipping container - 4 no. animal feed silos with an overall capacity of approx. 1008 m3 (c) the modification & re-purposing of 3 no. existing mink farm related buildings comprising of: -An existing 558.6 sqm mink processing facility which will have its roof raised by 3m & be re-purposed for the housing of cattle -An existing 278.3 sqm storage shed which will have its roof raised by 1.2m & be re-clad with fiber cement cladding & be re-purposed for the storage of farm machinery -An existing 1403.2 fridge building & attached loading bay which will have it’s existing asbestos cladding removed & be re-clad with fiber cement cladding (d) importation of inert topsoil to restore the original ground level of the site following removal of the aforementioned buildings & all associated site works. Ballymanus House, beside this site comprises entry 604 on the Record of Protected Structures

  Permission · Laois County Council, 2360152

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: Grand Canal 002104

Recorded monuments

No recorded monument lies in the townland of Bawn.

Architectural heritage

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

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, low (inferred), on the 1:50,000 map.

Terrain model

LiDAR of the Office of Public Works, flown in 2011, at 2 m: tile OPW_2266 (ZIP).

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

Name

Bawn · An Bábhún

Area

1,369,884 m² (136.99 ha, 338.51 acres)

Civil parish

Curraclone, and its townlands

Barony

Stradbally

Electoral division

Curraclone, the unit of the census

Census 2022

Curraclone electoral division: 269 people in 85 households; 93% of households own their home; 31% of homes were built since 2001; 9% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 1% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Ballymanus, Ballyroe (Co. Kildare), Blackford (Co. Kildare), Blackford, Crohanree (Co. Kildare), Monaferrick, Sheean (Co. Kildare)

Placenames

Bawn 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.