Clonbrock
Clonbrock is a townland in the civil parish of Killabban, barony of Slievemargy, Co. Laois. Its name in Irish is Cluain Broc.
- Area
- 370.4 ha
- 915 acres
- Land parcels
- 155
- registered freehold, median 4,006 m² (0.4 ha, 0.99 acres)
- Zoning
- R1
- Residential 2
- Planning
- 15
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
155 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Clonbrock, from 42 m² to 372,203 m² (37.22 ha, 91.97 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 30 neighbouring parcels touch it.
Download the townland as DXF, in Irish Transverse Mercator metres, with its boundary, parcels and buildings, or as GeoJSON or KML.
Zoning
Development plans, national zoning
- R1Residential 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 · 1 parcels The zoning objective in the plan - R2Residential 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 · 1 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
Source: Tailte Éireann and the Department of Housing (MyPlan), national zoning, CC BY 4.0.
Planning applications
Sites that touch the townland, newest first
1 Jul 2026N/a
construct a new dormer style dwelling, the installation of a tertiary treatment system and infiltration / treatment area, upgrading of existing entrance, a bored well and all associated site works.
Permission, 1 home · Laois County Council, 2660424
21 Nov 2025Conditional
construct an agricultural shed at Clonbrock, Crettyard, Co.Laois
Permission · Laois County Council, 2560774
30 Apr 2025Conditional
construct a dwelling house, domestic garage, proposed wastewater treatment system and percolation area, connection to public water main, new splayed entrance and associated site work at Doonane, Crettyard, Co Laois.
Permission, 1 home · Laois County Council, 2560258
3 Oct 2023Conditional
construct a two storey dwelling house, attached car port & domestic garage, septic tank & percolation area, new entrance and all necessary and associated site works
Permission, 1 home · Laois County Council, 23256
29 Sept 2023N/a
construct a two storey dwelling house, attached car port & domestic garage, septic tank & percolation area, new entrance and all necessary and associated site works
Permission · Laois County Council, 23255
9 Jun 2022Conditional
construction of a two storey dwelling, a new entrance, alteration of site boundaries as granted PL.no 06/1220, connection to services, a soil polishing filter & percolation area, and all associated site works at Clonbrock, Crettyard, Carlow, Co. Laois
Permission, 1 home · Laois County Council, 22359
16 Feb 2022Conditional
to retain alterations to previously granted planning application ref. no. 0452, to include the installation of an additional velux window to the rear elevation, change of layout to first floor to include a bedroom, bathroom and office. Apply for permission for alterations to an existing velux window to the rear elevation and all associated site works
Permission, 1 home · Laois County Council, 2268
22 Dec 2021Refused
construct a two storey dwelling, upgrading to existing entrance, connection to services, a soil polishing filter & percolation area, and all associated site works
Permission, 1 home · Laois County Council, 21909
29 Nov 2021N/a
construct a two storey dwelling, upgrading to existing entrance, connection to services, a soil polishing filter & percolation area, and all associated site works
Permission · Laois County Council, 21814
5 Jul 2021Conditional
retain the bungalow dwelling, proprietary treatment system, site layout and boundaries with all ancillary site works as constructed
Retention, 1 home · Laois County Council, 21480
1 Nov 2019Conditional
demolish the fire damaged remains of the existing dwelling, construct a new two storey dwelling and all ancillary site works & upgrade the existing septic tank system with a new wastewater treatment unit and polishing filter
Permission, 1 home · Laois County Council, 19601
14 Jun 2018Conditional
(a) demolish existing domestic shed, (b) construct new domestic shed, (c) widen existing vehicular entrance and all ancillary site development works
Permission, 1 home · Laois County Council, 18349
30 Nov 2017Conditional
construct a single storey extension (121.4m2) to the rear of existing single storey dwelling, connection to existing septic tank, use of existing public water supply and all associated site works
Permission, 1 home · Laois County Council, 17643
21 Aug 2017Conditional
construct a proposed two storey dwelling, proposed single storey domestic garage, proposed new waste water treatment system with associated percolation area, connection to existing water mains, proposed new entrance and associated wing walls and all ancillary site works
Permission, 1 home · Laois County Council, 17452
6 Mar 2017Refused
construct a proposed two storey dwelling, proposed single storey domestic garage, proposed new waste water treatment system with associated percolation area, connection to existing water mains, proposed new entrance and associated wing walls and all ancillary site works
Permission, 1 home · Laois County Council, 17122
Source: National Planning Applications, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, CC BY 4.0. Applicants are not shown.
Nature and heritage
Designated sites and recorded monuments
Designated sites
- Special Area of Conservation: River Barrow and River Nore SAC 002162
Recorded monuments
- LA031-007 Enclosure
Description
A small circular enclosure (max. diam. c. 15m) is hachured from N-SW on the 1906 edition of the OS 6-inch map. 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
No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands in the townland of Clonbrock.
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).
Ground and risks
Radon, landslides, flooding
- Radon
- At the centre of the townland of Clonbrock, about 1 in 5 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels. Testing a home
- Landslides
- The 1:50,000 map rates the landslide susceptibility here as moderately high, moderately low, low, partly inferred.
- Terrain model
- No LiDAR survey of the Office of Public Works covers the centre of the townland of Clonbrock.
- Flooding
- The Office of Public Works publishes its flood maps on floodinfo.ie.
Radon Risk Map of Ireland, Environmental Protection Agency, and Landslide Susceptibility Classification, Geological Survey Ireland, both under 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.
Homes sold
Property Price Register
No address of the register names Clonbrock with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Laois.
The townland
- Name
- Clonbrock · Cluain Broc
- Area
- 3,704,212 m² (370.42 ha, 915.33 acres)
- Civil parish
- Killabban, and its townlands
- Barony
- Slievemargy
- Electoral division
- Newtown, the unit of the census
- Census 2022
- 330 people lived in 117 households in the Newtown electoral division. 90% of households owned their home. 28% of homes were built since 2001. 5% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 0% were holiday homes.
- Neighbouring townlands
- Cloneen (Co. Kilkenny), Crettyard, Doonane, Drumagh, Garrendenny
- Placenames
- Clonbrock 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.