# Brandra, Co. Laois: townland, land parcels and planning Townland in the civil parish of Abbeyleix, barony of Cullenagh, Co. Laois; in Irish Branra. - Area (Tailte Éireann): 767,343 m² (76.73 ha, 189.61 acres) - Land parcels (Tailte Éireann): 31 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in it, median 7,818 m² (0.78 ha, 1.93 acres) - Zoning (national zoning, MyPlan): not in a zoned settlement - Planning (National Planning Applications): 9 applications since 2010 - Civil parish: Abbeyleix, https://everytownland.com/laois/parish/abbeyleix.md - Barony: Cullenagh - Electoral division: Abbeyleix, the unit of the census - Census 2022 (Central Statistics Office): 2,979 people lived in 1,145 households in the Abbeyleix electoral division. 74% of households owned their home. 33% of homes were built since 2001. 8% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 2% were holiday homes. - County: Co. Laois, https://everytownland.com/laois.md - Placenames Database of Ireland: https://www.logainm.ie/en/27736 - Townland number at Tailte Éireann: 100223 - Centre: latitude 52.86889, longitude -7.353706 (WGS 84) ## Land parcels (registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann) 31 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Brandra, from 324 m² to 131,626 m² (13.16 ha, 32.53 acres); 24 neighbouring parcels touch its boundary. Largest first: - Parcel 246446: 131,626 m² (13.16 ha, 32.53 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/246446.md - Parcel 247150: 124,921 m² (12.49 ha, 30.87 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/247150.md - Parcel 247585: 113,703 m² (11.37 ha, 28.1 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/247585.md - Parcel 4898746: 107,387 m² (10.74 ha, 26.54 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/4898746.md - Parcel 235498: 37,220 m² (3.72 ha, 9.2 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/235498.md - Parcel 240249: 35,771 m² (3.58 ha, 8.84 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/240249.md - Parcel 246913: 25,823 m² (2.58 ha, 6.38 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/246913.md - Parcel 260294: 22,111 m² (2.21 ha, 5.46 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/260294.md - Parcel 256671: 21,438 m² (2.14 ha, 5.3 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/256671.md - Parcel 239187: 18,670 m² (1.87 ha, 4.61 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/239187.md - Parcel 254795: 14,841 m² (1.48 ha, 3.67 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/254795.md - Parcel 238831: 11,314 m² (1.13 ha, 2.8 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/238831.md - Parcel 260885: 10,615 m² (1.06 ha, 2.62 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/260885.md - Parcel 6135187: 10,578 m² (1.06 ha, 2.61 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/6135187.md - Parcel 6062530: 8,975 m² (0.9 ha, 2.22 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/6062530.md - Parcel 2459835: 7,818 m² (0.78 ha, 1.93 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2459835.md - Parcel 265094: 7,675 m² (0.77 ha, 1.9 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/265094.md - Parcel 239674: 7,206 m² (0.72 ha, 1.78 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/239674.md - Parcel 266699: 6,152 m² (0.62 ha, 1.52 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/266699.md - Parcel 261627: 5,852 m² (0.59 ha, 1.45 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/261627.md - Parcel 228025: 5,622 m² (0.56 ha, 1.39 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/228025.md - Parcel 226467: 5,287 m² (0.53 ha, 1.31 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/226467.md - Parcel 5186365: 4,252 m² (0.43 ha, 1.05 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5186365.md - Parcel 264417: 4,139 m² (0.41 ha, 1.02 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/264417.md - Parcel 255901: 3,656 m² (0.37 ha, 0.9 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/255901.md - Parcel 6135185: 3,092 m² (0.31 ha, 0.76 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/6135185.md - Parcel 5477215: 2,100 m² (0.21 ha, 0.52 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5477215.md - Parcel 241036: 1,832 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/241036.md - Parcel 258601: 1,492 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/258601.md - Parcel 232884: 1,432 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/232884.md - Parcel 4443486: 324 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/4443486.md ## Zoning (national zoning of development plans, MyPlan) No zone of a development plan covers Brandra 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) 9 applications, newest first. - 28 Nov 2023, Laois County Council 23282: Conditional. Permission, 3 homes. alter roof design from that granted planning ref no. 21/914 and all associated and necessary site works. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/LaoisCC/AppFileRefDetails/23282/0 - 4 Oct 2023, Laois County Council 2360413: Conditional. Permission, 1 home. erect a new dwelling house, septic tank treatment system, new site entrance and all associated site works.. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/LaoisCC/AppFileRefDetails/2360413/0 - 8 Jul 2022, Laois County Council 22416: Conditional. Permission, 2 homes. retain concrete floor slab and apron to proposed extension to existing joinery shed and full planning permission to renovate and extend same joinery shed to include altering portion of roof and installing office, canteen and toilet, to include an extension to side, installing air filtration system, connecting to existing services, car parking and all associated and necessary site works using existing entrance. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/LaoisCC/AppFileRefDetails/22416/0 - 6 May 2022, Laois County Council 22277: N/a. Permission, 1 home. renovate and extend existing joinery shed to include altering portion of roof and installing office, canteen and toilet, also constructing an extension to side, installing air filteration system, connecting to existing services, car parking and all associated and necessary site works using existing entrance. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/LaoisCC/AppFileRefDetails/22277/0 - 4 Feb 2022, Laois County Council 2252: Conditional. Permission, 3 homes. construct a cubicle house with silage wall, as part of an extension to existing cubicle house, and the construction of an uncovered slatted tank and feed area, and all associated ancillary facilities, works and services. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/LaoisCC/AppFileRefDetails/2252/0 - 22 Dec 2021, Laois County Council 21914: Conditional. Permission, 3 homes. construct a two storey dwelling house, car port, domestic garage, septic tank , percolation area , new entrance and all associated and necessary site works. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/LaoisCC/AppFileRefDetails/21914/0 - 18 Oct 2021, Laois County Council 21712: Conditional. Retention, 2 homes. revise site boundaries and all associated works. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/LaoisCC/AppFileRefDetails/21712/0 - 15 Feb 2018, Laois County Council 1878: Conditional. Permission, 1 home. construct a loose house with silage wall, uncovered slatted tank and feed area, all as an extension to existing loose house, uncovered slatted tank and feed area and all associated works and services. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/LaoisCC/AppFileRefDetails/1878/0 - 13 Feb 2018, Laois County Council 1871: N/a. Permission. construct a loose house with silage wall, uncovered slatted tank and feed area, all as an extension to existing loose house, uncovered slatted tank and feed area and all associated works and services. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/LaoisCC/AppFileRefDetails/1871/0 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 Brandra. ## Recorded monuments (Sites and Monuments Record, National Monuments Service) No recorded monument lies in the townland of Brandra. ## Architectural heritage (National Inventory of Architectural Heritage) No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands in the townland of Brandra. ## 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 Brandra, about 1 in 5 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. - Terrain model: no LiDAR survey of the Office of Public Works covers the centre of the townland of Brandra. - 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/brandra.dxf - GeoJSON, in WGS 84, for a map: https://everytownland.com/laois/brandra.geojson - KML, for Google Earth: https://everytownland.com/laois/brandra.kml ## Homes sold (Residential Property Price Register) No address of the register names Brandra 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) - Clonkeen: https://everytownland.com/laois/clonkeen-100354.md - Curraghacronacon: https://everytownland.com/laois/curraghacronacon.md - Fermoyle: https://everytownland.com/laois/fermoyle.md - Granafallow: https://everytownland.com/laois/granafallow.md - Watercastle: https://everytownland.com/laois/watercastle.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/brandra - In JSON: https://everytownland.com/api/townland/laois/brandra