# Belan, Co. Laois: townland, land parcels and planning Townland in the civil parish of Lea, barony of Portnahinch, Co. Laois; in Irish Béilinn. - Area (Tailte Éireann): 1,048,002 m² (104.8 ha, 258.97 acres) - Land parcels (Tailte Éireann): 15 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in it, median 2,774 m² (0.28 ha, 0.69 acres) - Zoning (national zoning, MyPlan): not in a zoned settlement - Planning (National Planning Applications): 3 applications since 2010 - Civil parish: Lea, https://everytownland.com/laois/parish/lea.md - Barony: Portnahinch - Electoral division: Sallyford, the unit of the census - Census 2022 (Central Statistics Office): Sallyford electoral division: 604 people in 199 households; 93% of households own their home; 36% of homes were built since 2001; 5% 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/28650 - Townland number at Tailte Éireann: 100192 - Centre: latitude 53.099897, longitude -7.061576 (WGS 84) ## Land parcels (registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann) 15 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Belan, from 126 m² to 758,414 m² (75.84 ha, 187.41 acres); 14 neighbouring parcels touch its boundary. Largest first: - Parcel 228786: 758,414 m² (75.84 ha, 187.41 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/228786.md - Parcel 227610: 253,453 m² (25.35 ha, 62.63 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/227610.md - Parcel 4980921: 144,835 m² (14.48 ha, 35.79 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/4980921.md - Parcel 226045: 9,559 m² (0.96 ha, 2.36 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/226045.md - Parcel 258844: 7,924 m² (0.79 ha, 1.96 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/258844.md - Parcel 4634718: 3,275 m² (0.33 ha, 0.81 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/4634718.md - Parcel 258415: 3,238 m² (0.32 ha, 0.8 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/258415.md - Parcel 228889: 2,774 m² (0.28 ha, 0.69 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/228889.md - Parcel 4265935: 2,740 m² (0.27 ha, 0.68 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/4265935.md - Parcel 227380: 2,273 m² (0.23 ha, 0.56 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/227380.md - Parcel 264606: 2,047 m² (0.2 ha, 0.51 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/264606.md - Parcel 4997638: 916 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/4997638.md - Parcel 4997644: 846 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/4997644.md - Parcel 4265926: 456 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/4265926.md - Parcel 4265933: 126 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/4265933.md ## Zoning (national zoning of development plans, MyPlan) No zone of a development plan covers Belan 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) 3 applications, newest first. - 28 May 2021, Kildare County Council 21747: N/a. Permission. a new tennis court within the curtilage of the house, enclosed by a 2.4m high fence on two sides and a 3.6m high fence to south boundary. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/KildareCC/AppFileRefDetails/21747/0 - 2 Jun 2020, Kildare County Council 20553: Conditional. Permission. amendments and additions to previous planning permission application ref:18/1456 including demolition of existing non-historic two-storey extension and replacement with new single-storey extension; three new windows to historic detail, two in historic openings and one new opening; alterations to historic internal layout and fabric including new lowered first floor in north of east wing pavilion and two new en-suite bathrooms (a Protected Structure). File: https://www.eplanning.ie/KildareCC/AppFileRefDetails/20553/0 - 4 Dec 2018, Kildare County Council 181456: Conditional. Permission. New single storey extension to rear, landscaping works, refurbishment works to existing house consisting of reinstatement of windows to historic detail, three new window openings, three new roof lights to rear, reinstatement of former arched opening to rear, renewal of external lime render, alterations to historic internal layout and fabric, new staircase, secondary glazing, internal breathable insulation, limecrete ground floor, renewal of mechanical and electrical services. Revised by significant further information consisting of; provision of a new wastewater treatment system. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/KildareCC/AppFileRefDetails/181456/0 Applicants are not shown. ## Designated sites (National Parks and Wildlife Service) - Special Area of Conservation: River Barrow and River Nore SAC, site code 002162, https://www.npws.ie/protected-sites/sac/002162 - Proposed Natural Heritage Area: Grand Canal, site code 002104 ## Recorded monuments (Sites and Monuments Record, National Monuments Service) No recorded monument lies in the townland of Belan. ## Architectural heritage (National Inventory of Architectural Heritage) - Belan House, house, 1740–1760, Regional interest, registry number 12800903, https://www.buildingsofireland.ie/niah/search.jsp?type=record&county=LA®no=12800903. Three-bay two-storey house with dormer attic, c. 1750, with pedimented central breakfront. Three-bay two-storey Georgian house, c. 1790, attached to rear. Now derelict. ## Ground and risks (Radon Risk Map of Ireland, EPA; Landslide Susceptibility Classification and LiDAR, Geological Survey Ireland) - Radon: 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: Susceptibility low, low (inferred), on the 1:50,000 map. - Terrain model: no LiDAR survey of the Office of Public Works covers the centre of the townland of Belan. - 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/belan.dxf - GeoJSON, in WGS 84, for a map: https://everytownland.com/laois/belan.geojson - KML, for Google Earth: https://everytownland.com/laois/belan.kml ## Homes sold (Residential Property Price Register) No address of the register names Belan 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) - Fisherstown: https://everytownland.com/laois/fisherstown.md - Grangecoor (Co. Kildare): https://everytownland.com/kildare/grangecoor.md - Riverstown (Co. Kildare): https://everytownland.com/kildare/riverstown.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/belan - In JSON: https://everytownland.com/api/townland/laois/belan