Coolrain

55 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Coolrain, from 59 m² to 280,659 m² (28.07 ha, 69.35 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 26 neighbouring parcels touch it.

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• R2Residential 1 - Existing Residential (Existing residential)
  LAOIS COUNTY DEVELOPMENT PLAN 2021-2027, Laois · 16 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 · 1 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• C5Tourism (Tourism and related)
  LAOIS COUNTY DEVELOPMENT PLAN 2021-2027, Laois · 0 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• R3Residential 2 (Residential, mixed residential and other uses)
  LAOIS COUNTY DEVELOPMENT PLAN 2021-2027, Laois · 0 parcels The zoning objective in the plan

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

• 7 May 2025Conditional

  development at this site situated at: Laurel Hill, Coolrain, Co. Laois. The development will consist of: - permission for the importation of Inert soil & stone (EWC 17.05.14) into the subject site of 1.655 hectares in order that the site can be rendered suitable for agricultural grassland, it is proposed to improve the 1.655 hectares and is estimated that this will require approximately 33,100 cubic metres of Greenfield inert soil and stone. The applicant also proposes to widen existing entrance and dry wheel wash and all associated site works. An Appropriate Assessment Screening and Ecological Impact Assessment has been submitted with this application. .

  Permission · Laois County Council, 2560274

• 10 Nov 2021Conditional

  alter previously granted planning file no. 18/576 to include a new dwelling house to end of terrace, new entrance to carparking area and all associated site works

  Permission, 4 homes · Laois County Council, 21758

• 18 Oct 2021N/a

  alter previously granted planning file no. 18/576 to include a new dwelling house to end of terrace, new entrance to carparking area and all associated site works

  Permission, 1 home · Laois County Council, 21711

• 7 May 2021Conditional

  a single storey dwelling, a garage, a septic tank and percolation area, a site entrance and associated site works

  Permission consequent, 1 home · Laois County Council, 21300

• 18 Dec 2020Conditional

  extend and renovate existing cottage, new septic tank with percolation area and all associated site works

  Permission, 1 home · Laois County Council, 20687

• 13 Dec 2019N/a

  provision of a storage building and toilet facilities at the playground development

  Permission · Laois County Council, 19709

• 9 Dec 2019Conditional

  construct 2 no. dwellings with wastewater treatment systems and percolation areas, new entrances and all associated and ancillary works

  Outline permission, 1 home · Laois County Council, 19677

• 31 May 2019Refused

  construct four 3 bedroomed dwelling houses to include, a terrace of three, one dwelling house adjoined to previously granted block of semi-detached houses, additional car parking spaces, upgrade previously granted septic tank treatment system to 7 house system (plg ref no. 18/576), permission is also sought to demolish sheds onsite and all associated site works

  Permission, 4 homes · Laois County Council, 19313

• 17 May 2019N/a

  construct four 3 bedroomed dwelling houses to include, a terrace of three, one dwelling house adjoined to previously granted block of semi-detached houses, additional car parking spaces, upgrade previously granted septic tank treatment system to 7 house system (plg ref no. 18/576), and all associated site works

  Permission · Laois County Council, 19260

• 8 Feb 2019Conditional

  retain existing extension to rear of dwelling

  Retention, 1 home · Laois County Council, 1981

• 16 Jan 2019Conditional

  remove existing storage units to rear of the existing public house and thereafter to provide a cold storage unit within a new metal clad enclosure with a pitched roof to adjoin the rear of the public house together with all ancillary site services and associated site works. Please note that the proposed works are within the curtilage of a protected structure RPS 346 (NIAH reg no.12801616)

  Permission · Laois County Council, 1917

• 14 Dec 2018N/a

  remove existing storage units to rear of the existing public house and thereafter to provide a cold storage unit within a new metal clad enclosure with a piched roof to adjoin the rear of the public house together with all ancillary site services and associated site works. Please note that the proposed works are within the curtilage of a protected structure RPS 346 (NIAH reg no.12801616)

  Permission · Laois County Council, 18748

• 19 Sept 2018Conditional

  demolish existing dwelling houses and former Post Office, to retain existing extension to dwelling number 1, to build two new 3 bed semi-detached town houses, install new septic tank treatment system to service 3 dwelling houses to replace connection to neighbouring septic tank and all associated site works

  Permission, 3 homes · Laois County Council, 18576

• 9 Aug 2018N/a

  (a) permission to demolish existing dwelling houses and former post Office, (b) permission to retain existing extension to dwelling no. 1 (c) permission to build two no 3-bed semi-detache town houses, (d) to install new septic tank treatment system to service 3 x dwelling houses to replace connection to neighbouring septic tank and all associated site works

  Retention, 3 homes · Laois County Council, 18489

• 2 Aug 2018N/a

  9a0 permission to demolish existing dwelling houses and former post Office, (b) permission to retain existing extension to dwelling no. 1 (c) permission to build two no 3-bed semi-detache town houses, (d) to install new septic tank treatment system to service 3 x dwelling houses to replace connection to neighbouring septic tank and all associated site works

  Retention · Laois County Council, 18472

• 27 Sept 2017Conditional

  demolish an existing single-storey garage attached to dwelling house, a single storey extension to the dwelling house and a new domestic garage/fuel shed

  Permission, 1 home · Laois County Council, 17525

• 28 Jun 2017Conditional

  construct a single storey domestic dwelling together with septic tank, percolation area, new site entrance and associated works

  Permission, 1 home · Laois County Council, 17337

• 20 Jun 2017N/a

  construct a single storey domestic dwelling together with septic tank

  Permission · Laois County Council, 17317

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
• Special Area of Conservation: Coolrain Bog SAC 002332
• Special Protection Area: River Nore SPA 004233
• Proposed Natural Heritage Area: Coolrain Bog 000415

Recorded monuments

No recorded monument lies in the townland of Coolrain.

Architectural heritage

• House, 1820–1840 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached three-bay single-storey lobby entry thatched house, c.1830.

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 10 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels. Testing a home

Landslides

Susceptibility moderately low, 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 Coolrain.

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

Name

Coolrain · Cúil Ruáin

Area

1,413,994 m² (141.4 ha, 349.41 acres)

Civil parish

Offerlane, and its townlands

Barony

Upperwoods

Electoral division

Coolrain, the unit of the census

Census 2022

Coolrain electoral division: 328 people in 119 households; 88% of households own their home; 34% of homes were built since 2001; 9% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 2% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Caher (Custodia), Coldmanscurragh, Coolnagour, Glebe, Laurel Hill, Rossnaclonagh Inside, Rossnaclonagh Outside, Shanderry, The Derries, Windsor or Cappaghnahoran

Placenames

Coolrain 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.