Derrycloney
Townland in the civil parish of Ardea, barony of Portnahinch, Co. Laois; in Irish Doire Cluana
- Area
- 253.1 ha
- 625 acres
- Land parcels
- 157
- registered freehold, median 6,613 m² (0.66 ha, 1.63 acres)
- Zoning
- G4
- Open Space and Amenity
- Planning
- 15
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
157 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Derrycloney, from 98 m² to 129,041 m² (12.9 ha, 31.89 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 41 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
- G4Open Space and Amenity (Active open space)
LAOIS COUNTY DEVELOPMENT PLAN 2021-2027, Laois · 9 parcels The zoning objective in the plan - R2Residential 1 - Existing Residential (Existing residential)
LAOIS COUNTY DEVELOPMENT PLAN 2021-2027, Laois · 9 parcels The zoning objective in the plan - C6Industrial and Warehousing (Mixed/general commercial/industrial/enterprise uses)
LAOIS COUNTY DEVELOPMENT PLAN 2021-2027, Laois · 9 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
14 Oct 2024N/a
Construct a new dwelling house, garage, proprietary wastewater treatment unit and percolation area together with new site entrance, ancillary site services and associated site works
Permission · Laois County Council, 2460614
7 Oct 2024N/a
Construct a new dwelling house, garage, proprietary wastewater treatment unit and percolation area together with new site entrance, ancillary site services and associated site works
Permission · Laois County Council, 2460585
7 Aug 2024Conditional
construct a single storey extension to include a living room/lounge area and new porch on the ground floor to the side of the property and all associated site works. The works will involve the demolition of the existing porch
Permission, 1 home · Laois County Council, 24111
21 Jun 2024N/a
construct a single storey extension to include a living room/lounge area on the ground floor to the side of the property. This also requires an extension to the porch area.
Permission · Laois County Council, 2486
21 Jul 2023Refused
extend time on planning reg. ref. 18/312
Extension of duration, 1 home · Laois County Council, 23216
13 Jun 2023Conditional
retain alterations made to the existing dwelling to include retention of first floor area. 2 no. dormer windows and raised roof section, (2). Retain existing garage and storage shed. (3). Retain relocated entrance
Retention, 2 homes · Laois County Council, 23172
1 Jun 2023N/a
retain the following: 1) alterations made to the existing dwelling to include retention of first floor area, 2 no. dormer windows and raised roof section, 2) retention of existing garage and workshop, 3) retention of relocated entrance
Retention · Laois County Council, 23163
13 Oct 2021Conditional
construct an extension and alterations to the rear of the existing dwelling house, which will also include alterations to an existing detached garage/shed and all associated site works.
Permission, 2 homes · Laois County Council, 21701
20 Aug 2021Conditional
construct one two storey private dwelling, detached single storey domestic garage, new entrance onto public road, wastewater treatment system, percolation area and bored well together with all associated site works
Permission, 2 homes · Laois County Council, 21585
27 Apr 2020N/a
deposit C12,000 cubic meres of topsoil. The proposed development works include the importation of topsoil a by-product from another site and depositing the imported topsoil on areas that are outside the existing flood plain. The site will be accessed from the existing entrance gates along the Derryguile Road (just off the N80) and the soil will be transported along existing internal access roads to the proposed deposition locations as indicated on lands at Derrycloney, Mountmellick, Portlaoise, Co. Laois. A separate application for an Article 27 will be applied for.
Permission · Laois County Council, 20202
12 Mar 2020N/a
place topsoil on Baran lands:- The area in question rests above the floodplain, and currently is not suitable for agriculture. When the topsoil is in place, the land will be improved and can be highly productive as agricultural land. This proposed planning permission will facilitate an application for an Article 27, because it is intended to import the topsoil material from another site. It is proposed to use the existing internal access routes to deposit the topsoil, and to use the existing access entrance at the Derryguile Road for site access.
Permission · Laois County Council, 20141
27 Feb 2020N/a
deposit c. 12,000 cubic metres of organic topsoil on existing barren lands located at Derrycloney, Mountmellick, Co. Laois. The area in question rests above the floodplain, and currently is not suitable for agriculture. When the 30cm deep topsoil is in place, the land will be improved and can be highly productive as agricultural land. This proposed planning permission will facilitate an application for an Article 27 because it is intended to import the topsoil material from another site. It is proposed to use the existing internal access routes to deposit the topsoil, and to use existing access entrance at the Derryguile Road for site access
Permission · Laois County Council, 20103
22 May 2018Conditional
construct dwelling house, garage, new site entrance, septic tank and all associated site works
Permission, 1 home · Laois County Council, 18312
8 Aug 2017N/a
construct dwellinghouse, garage, new site entrance, septic tank and all associated site works
Permission, 1 home · Laois County Council, 17424
4 Aug 2017N/a
construct dwellinghouse, garage, new site entrance, septic tank and all associated site works
Permission · Laois County Council, 17421
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
No recorded monument lies in the townland of Derrycloney.
Architectural heritage
- Bridge, 1880–1890 · Regional interest
Description
Single-arch former railway bridge, c. 1885.
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 Derrycloney.
- 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
- Derrycloney, Mountmellick6 sales
The townland
- Name
- Derrycloney · Doire Cluana
- Area
- 2,530,537 m² (253.05 ha, 625.31 acres)
- Civil parish
- Ardea, and its townlands
- Barony
- Portnahinch
- Electoral division
- Mountmellick Rural, the unit of the census
- Census 2022
- Mountmellick Rural electoral division: 1,090 people in 383 households; 94% of households own their home; 24% of homes were built since 2001; 7% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 0% were holiday homes.
- Neighbouring townlands
- Ballycullenbeg, Clonsoghey, Derrygile, Drinagh, Omoresforest, Townparks
- Placenames
- Derrycloney 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.