Camross

45 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Camross, from 30 m² to 188,373 m² (18.84 ha, 46.55 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 24 neighbouring parcels touch it.

Download the townland: DXF, in Irish Transverse Mercator metres, with its boundary, parcels and buildings; GeoJSON or KML.

• R2Residential 1 - Existing Residential (Existing residential)
  LAOIS COUNTY DEVELOPMENT PLAN 2021-2027, Laois · 12 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• S5Community Educational and Institutional (Mixed/general community services/facilities uses)
  LAOIS COUNTY DEVELOPMENT PLAN 2021-2027, Laois · 5 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• M2Village Centre (City/Town/village Centre, central area)
  LAOIS COUNTY DEVELOPMENT PLAN 2021-2027, Laois · 4 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• G4Open Space and Amenity (Active open space)
  LAOIS COUNTY DEVELOPMENT PLAN 2021-2027, Laois · 2 parcels The zoning objective in the plan

Source: Tailte Éireann and the Department of Housing (MyPlan), national zoning, CC BY 4.0.

• 17 Jun 2026N/a

  retain permission for existing container used for storage and new planning permission for additional container for storage and maintenance crew facility and all associated works

  Permission · Laois County Council, 2643

• 9 Jun 2026N/a

  Retention permission for existing container used for storage at townlands of Camross and Longford, Co Laois and new planning permission for additional container for storage and maintenance crew facility and all associated works at townlands of Camross and Longford, Co Laois at Camross Co Laois.

  Permission · Laois County Council, 2638

• 4 Apr 2025Conditional

  construct an animal house with loose and slatted areas, including an underground slurry storage tank, feed and handling facilities, manure pit, and all other associated ancillary facilities, works and services

  Permission · Laois County Council, 2527

• 4 Mar 2025N/a

  Construct an animal house with loose and slatted areas, including an underground slurry storage tank, feed and handling facilities, manure pit, and all other associated ancillary facilities, works and services.

  Permission · Laois County Council, 2519

• 17 Jan 2025Conditional

  Retain as-built position of existing Front door and adjacent window 2) Planning permission for change of use application from an existing heritage office to a community café, works will include demolition of existing fabric and internal alterations, new external doors and windows, new external awnings, external landscaping work and all associated site development works.

  Permission · Laois County Council, 2560025

• 30 Jun 2023Conditional

  demolish single storey extension to the rear of the existing dwelling, detached shed and pump house. 2.Change of use of the existing ground floor front room (23m2) from previous childcare facility granted under application ref (96-179) to habitable accommodation, 3. Construction of a new two storey extension to the rear of the existing dwelling including alterations to the south and east elevations. 4.Construction of a new domestic shed. 5.Installation of a new wastewater treatment system including all associated site works.

  Permission, 2 homes · Laois County Council, 2360249

• 27 Jun 2023N/a

  1. Demolition of a single storey extension to the rear of the existing dwelling, detached shed and pump house. 2.Change of use of the existing ground floor front room (23m2) from previous childcare facility granted under application ref (96-179) to habitable accommodation, 3.Construction of a new two storey extension to the rear of the existing dwelling including alterations to the south and east elevations. 4.Construction of a new domestic shed. 5.Installation of a new wastewater treatment system including all associated site works.

  Permission · Laois County Council, 2360243

• 15 Jul 2021Conditional

  retain amendment as previously granted under planning ref. no. 17/162 to include extension to dwelling, new roof and front porch

  Retention, 1 home · Laois County Council, 21509

• 25 May 2021N/a

  retain amendment as previously granted under planning ref. no. 17/162 to include extension, new roof and front porch

  Retention, 1 home · Laois County Council, 21368

• 13 May 2021N/a

  retain extension to dwelling house as constructed, with new roof and front porch. Premission previously granted for this development (Ref. No. 17/162)

  Retention · Laois County Council, 21325

• 18 Dec 2020Conditional

  erect 18 no. 5m high public lighting columns to illuminate an existing pedestrian walkway with all associated site works

  Permission · Laois County Council, 20690

• 22 Jul 2020Conditional

  construct dwelling house, domestic garage, septic tank with percolation area and entrance

  Permission, 1 home · Laois County Council, 20378

• 30 Jun 2020Conditional

  erect 2 no. ball stop nets to GAA pitch with all associated site works

  Permission · Laois County Council, 20324

• 12 Mar 2020Conditional

  construct a single storey extension to the rear of an existing creche

  Permission, 1 home · Laois County Council, 20139

• 10 Mar 2020N/a

  erect 2 no. ball-stop nets to GAA pitch with all associated site works

  Permission · Laois County Council, 20130

• 4 Feb 2020N/a

  construct a single storey extension to the rear of an existing creche

  Permission, 1 home · Laois County Council, 2058

• 16 Oct 2019Conditional

  retain a single storey extension to an existing creche

  Retention · Laois County Council, 19573

• 30 Apr 2018Conditional

  provision of new sheep housing shed and any associated and ancillary site works

  Permission · Laois County Council, 18266

• 5 Apr 2017Conditional

  construct dwelling house extension. Remove front porch and rear extension. Relocate front door. Remove windows in east elevation. Enlarge windows in north and south elevations. Add window to north elevation. Reconstruction roof. Open new entrance from roadway into site

  Permission, 1 home · Laois County Council, 17162

Source: National Planning Applications, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, CC BY 4.0. Applicants are not shown.

Designated sites

• Special Area of Conservation: River Barrow and River Nore SAC 002162

Recorded monuments

• LA016-003 Settlement cluster
  Description

  Reference to 17th century village here (J. Feehan, 1983, 382). Not marked on the 1841 or 1909 editions of the OS 6-inch maps. No visible surface remains. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Laois' (Dublin Stationery Office, 1995) compiled by P. David Sweetman, Olive Alcock and Bernie Moran. In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload: 17 December 2007

Architectural heritage

• Saint Kevin's Catholic Church, church/chapel, 1810–1815 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached Georgian Gothic style Catholic church, dated 1813, on a T-shaped plan with tower. Now in ruins.

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 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 Camross.

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

Name

Camross · Camros

Area

1,536,375 m² (153.64 ha, 379.65 acres)

Civil parish

Offerlane, and its townlands

Barony

Upperwoods

Electoral division

Marymount, the unit of the census

Census 2022

Marymount electoral division: 148 people in 49 households; 93% of households own their home; 32% of homes were built since 2001; 14% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 0% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Annagh, Derrycarrow, Longford, Marymount, Monnagh, Rossnadough, Tinnakill

Placenames

Camross 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.