Clonygowan
Townland in the civil parish of Clonenagh and Clonagheen, barony of Maryborough West, Co. Laois; in Irish Cluain na nGamhan
- Area
- 517.1 ha
- 1,278 acres
- Land parcels
- 67
- registered freehold, median 7,180 m² (0.72 ha, 1.77 acres)
- Zoning
- —
- not in a zoned settlement
- Planning
- 16
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
67 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Clonygowan, from 197 m² to 1,057,415 m² (105.74 ha, 261.29 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 34 neighbouring parcels touch it.
Download the townland: DXF, in Irish Transverse Mercator metres, with its boundary, parcels and buildings; GeoJSON or KML.
Zoning
Development plans, national zoning
No zone of a development plan covers Clonygowan 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.
Planning applications
Sites that touch the townland, newest first
27 Jul 2026N/a
construct a dwelling house, wastewater treatment area, bored well, new splayed entrance and all associated site works
Permission, 1 home · Laois County Council, 2660512
14 Jul 2026N/a
construct a dwelling house, wastewater treatment area, bored well, new splayed entrance and all associated site works.
Permission · Laois County Council, 2660478
12 Feb 2026N/a
amend previously granted Planning Permission Ref 24/60575, The amendments include demolition of the existing dwelling and the erection of a replacement dwelling and all ancillary site works
Permission, 1 home · Laois County Council, 2660075
2 Apr 2025Conditional
to demolish existing dwelling. Full planning permission to construct a new replacement dwelling, new wastewater treatment system and associated site works at Clonygowan, Ballyfin, Co Laois R32 K252. This permission is in lieu of previously granted planning Ref 23/60487.
Permission, 1 home · Laois County Council, 2560171
1 Oct 2024Conditional
Alter and extend existing dwelling consisting of single storey extension to include kitchen, living and bedroom accommodation. The works include partial demolition, internal and external alterations to existing dwelling, decomissioning of existing septic tank and replacement with new waste water treatment system and tertiary system, adjustment to existing site entrance and all associated site works
Permission, 1 home · Laois County Council, 2460575
15 Nov 2023Conditional
construct an extension to dwelling house, renovations and alterations to same house, new wastewater treatment system and associated site works
Permission, 1 home · Laois County Council, 2360487
26 Oct 2022Conditional
construct a storey and a half type dwelling house, domestic garage and car port, new vehicular entrance, well, septic tank, percolation area and all ancillary site services
Permission, 2 homes · Laois County Council, 22667
17 Oct 2022N/a
construct a storey and a half type dwelling house, domestic garage and car port, new vehicular entrance, well, septic tank, percolation area and all ancillary site services
Permission · Laois County Council, 22649
22 Dec 2021Refused
extension of duration on planning Ref 16/332
Extension of duration, 1 home · Laois County Council, 21911
20 Jul 2021Conditional
construct dwelling house, detached garage, wastewater treatment system and all associated site works
Permission, 2 homes · Laois County Council, 21523
25 May 2021Refused
construct a pig finishing unit, 2 no. meal bins and associated site works
Permission · Laois County Council, 2024
17 Jan 2020N/a
construct a pig finishing unit, 2 no. meal bins and associated site works
Permission · Laois County Council, 2023
30 Oct 2019Conditional
change house and garage design from previously granted permission 19/55
Permission, 2 homes · Laois County Council, 19598
1 Feb 2019Conditional
construct a proposed new dwelling house, domestic garage, new site entrance, septic tank treatment system, percolation area and all associated site works
Permission, 1 home · Laois County Council, 1955
30 Oct 2018Conditional
construct a two storey dwelling house, packaged waste water treatment system and polishing filter, upgrade existing agricultural entrance to vehicular entrance, garage, landscaping and all associated site works
Permission, 1 home · Laois County Council, 18652
25 Oct 2018N/a
construct a two storey dwelling house, parkaged wastewater treatment system and polishing filter, upgrade existing agricultural entrance to vehicular entrance, landscaping and all associated site works
Permission · Laois County Council, 18647
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
No designated site (Special Area of Conservation, Special Protection Area, Natural Heritage Area or proposed one) touches the townland of Clonygowan.
Recorded monuments
No recorded monument lies in the townland of Clonygowan.
Architectural heritage
No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands in the townland of Clonygowan.
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
- About 1 in 10 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 Clonygowan.
- 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.
Homes sold
Property Price Register
No address of the register names Clonygowan with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Laois.
The townland
- Name
- Clonygowan · Cluain na nGamhan
- Area
- 5,171,183 m² (517.12 ha, 1,277.83 acres)
- Civil parish
- Clonenagh and Clonagheen, and its townlands
- Barony
- Maryborough West
- Electoral division
- O'Moresforest, the unit of the census
- Census 2022
- O'Moresforest electoral division: 513 people in 167 households; 93% of households own their home; 30% of homes were built since 2001; 7% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 1% were holiday homes.
- Neighbouring townlands
- Barkmill, Camcloon, Cappanrush, Clonagh, Clontyglass, Esker, Knocknakearn, Omoresforest
- Placenames
- Clonygowan 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.