# Doolough, Co. Laois: townland, land parcels and planning Townland in the civil parish of Lea, barony of Portnahinch, Co. Laois; in Irish An Dúleacht. - Area (Tailte Éireann): 836,819 m² (83.68 ha, 206.78 acres) - Land parcels (Tailte Éireann): 28 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in it, median 3,285 m² (0.33 ha, 0.81 acres) - Zoning (national zoning, MyPlan): not in a zoned settlement - Planning (National Planning Applications): 12 applications since 2010 - Civil parish: Lea, https://everytownland.com/laois/parish/lea.md - Barony: Portnahinch - Electoral division: Ballybrittas, the unit of the census - Census 2022 (Central Statistics Office): 1,520 people lived in 452 households in the Ballybrittas electoral division. 89% of households owned their home. 56% of homes were built since 2001. 5% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 1% were holiday homes. - County: Co. Laois, https://everytownland.com/laois.md - Placenames Database of Ireland: https://www.logainm.ie/en/28288 - Townland number at Tailte Éireann: 100528 - Centre: latitude 53.132307, longitude -7.18858 (WGS 84) ## Land parcels (registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann) 28 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Doolough, from 207 m² to 494,575 m² (49.46 ha, 122.21 acres); 22 neighbouring parcels touch its boundary. Largest first: - Parcel 237844: 494,575 m² (49.46 ha, 122.21 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/237844.md - Parcel 2459887: 167,958 m² (16.8 ha, 41.5 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2459887.md - Parcel 4291289: 56,363 m² (5.64 ha, 13.93 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/4291289.md - Parcel 262683: 34,508 m² (3.45 ha, 8.53 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/262683.md - Parcel 245666: 28,163 m² (2.82 ha, 6.96 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/245666.md - Parcel 255081: 14,767 m² (1.48 ha, 3.65 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/255081.md - Parcel 4343240: 11,598 m² (1.16 ha, 2.87 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/4343240.md - Parcel 254520: 8,121 m² (0.81 ha, 2.01 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/254520.md - Parcel 263694: 6,198 m² (0.62 ha, 1.53 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/263694.md - Parcel 2608569: 4,867 m² (0.49 ha, 1.2 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2608569.md - Parcel 243710: 4,187 m² (0.42 ha, 1.03 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/243710.md - Parcel 5537081: 3,611 m² (0.36 ha, 0.89 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5537081.md - Parcel 266275: 3,552 m² (0.36 ha, 0.88 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/266275.md - Parcel 264666: 3,390 m² (0.34 ha, 0.84 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/264666.md - Parcel 5537076: 3,180 m² (0.32 ha, 0.79 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5537076.md - Parcel 5680906: 3,104 m² (0.31 ha, 0.77 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5680906.md - Parcel 240284: 3,021 m² (0.3 ha, 0.75 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/240284.md - Parcel 4343230: 2,875 m² (0.29 ha, 0.71 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/4343230.md - Parcel 225428: 2,675 m² (0.27 ha, 0.66 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/225428.md - Parcel 257561: 2,582 m² (0.26 ha, 0.64 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/257561.md - Parcel 231009: 2,277 m² (0.23 ha, 0.56 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/231009.md - Parcel 2608570: 2,183 m² (0.22 ha, 0.54 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2608570.md - Parcel 261958: 1,886 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/261958.md - Parcel 259267: 1,839 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/259267.md - Parcel 256388: 1,834 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/256388.md - Parcel 262027: 1,244 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/262027.md - Parcel 261538: 894 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/261538.md - Parcel 2608577: 207 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/2608577.md ## Zoning (national zoning of development plans, MyPlan) No zone of a development plan covers Doolough in the national zoning. Outside zoned towns and villages, the county development plan's rural policies apply to each application. ## Planning applications whose site touches the townland (National Planning Applications, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage) 12 applications, newest first. - 23 Oct 2025, Laois County Council 2560692: Conditional. Permission, 1 home. construct new dwelling house, domestic garage, waste water treatment system and polishing filter, new site entrance and all associated works. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/LaoisCC/AppFileRefDetails/2560692/0 - 17 Oct 2025, Laois County Council 2560673: Conditional. Permission. construct (i) Cubicle shed extension with slatted tank and loose area (ii) milking parlour building with plant room, Dairy, office, storage, slatted tank, flow channel, crush, meal bin, water tank and collecting yard and all associated site works. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/LaoisCC/AppFileRefDetails/2560673/0 - 17 Feb 2023, Laois County Council 2350: Conditional. Permission, 1 home. change previously approved permission; Laois Co. Co. Ref. 21719. Changes include the omission of the single storey extension, alteration of internal room layout and retain derelict outbuildings previously approved for demolition. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/LaoisCC/AppFileRefDetails/2350/0 - 30 Jan 2023, Laois County Council 2328: N/a. Permission. change previously approved permission; Laois Co. Co. Ref. 21719. Changes include the omission of the single storey extension, alteration of internal room layout and retain derelict outbuildings previously approved for demolition. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/LaoisCC/AppFileRefDetails/2328/0 - 26 Jan 2023, Laois County Council 2323: N/a. Permission. change previously approved permission; Laois Co. Co. Ref. 21719. Changes include the omission of the single storey extension, alteration of internal room layout and retain derelict outbuildings previously approved for demolition. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/LaoisCC/AppFileRefDetails/2323/0 - 22 Dec 2021, Laois County Council 21915: Conditional. Permission, 1 home. single storey extension to dwelling and all associated site works. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/LaoisCC/AppFileRefDetails/21915/0 - 19 Oct 2021, Laois County Council 21719: Conditional. Permission, 1 home. demolish existing elements to the west of the existing dwelling, a single storey extension to the south of the existing dwelling, associated internal and external refurbishment works to the existing dwelling and septic tank and percolation area together with all associated site development works. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/LaoisCC/AppFileRefDetails/21719/0 - 9 Dec 2019, Laois County Council 19681: Conditional. Permission, 1 home. extend and alter existing bungalow type dwelling to include for (a) new front & side extensions (b) window & door alterations( & (c)new roof alignment all using existing effluent treatment system and percolation area using existing vehicular entrance and all associated site works.. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/LaoisCC/AppFileRefDetails/19681/0 - 23 Apr 2019, Laois County Council 19227: Conditional. Permission. relocate and alter entrance and alterations to site boundary from that granted permission under file reg 18/694. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/LaoisCC/AppFileRefDetails/19227/0 - 16 Nov 2018, Laois County Council 18694: Conditional. Permission, 1 home. construct a single storey dwelling house, garage, entrance, septic tank and percolation area and all associated site works. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/LaoisCC/AppFileRefDetails/18694/0 - 1 Oct 2018, Laois County Council 18589: Conditional. Permission. construct cubicles shed with slatted tanks and all associated site works. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/LaoisCC/AppFileRefDetails/18589/0 - 17 Sept 2018, Laois County Council 18563: N/a. Permission, 1 home. construct a single storey dwelling house, garage, entrance, septic tank and percolation area and all associated site works. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/LaoisCC/AppFileRefDetails/18563/0 Applicants are not shown. ## Designated sites (National Parks and Wildlife Service) No designated site (Special Area of Conservation, Special Protection Area, Natural Heritage Area or proposed one) touches the townland of Doolough. ## Recorded monuments (Sites and Monuments Record, National Monuments Service) No recorded monument lies in the townland of Doolough. ## Architectural heritage (National Inventory of Architectural Heritage) No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands in the townland of Doolough. ## Ground and risks (Radon Risk Map of Ireland, EPA; Landslide Susceptibility Classification and LiDAR, Geological Survey Ireland) - Radon: at the centre of the townland of Doolough, about 1 in 10 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels. Testing a home: https://www.epa.ie/environment-and-you/radon/radon-testing/#d.en.82887 - 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 Doolough. - Flooding: the flood maps of the Office of Public Works, https://www.floodinfo.ie/map/floodmaps/, linked only: their licence does not allow re-use. 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. ## Downloads - DXF, in Irish Transverse Mercator metres, with its boundary, parcels and buildings, for a drawing program: https://everytownland.com/laois/doolough.dxf - GeoJSON, in WGS 84, for a map: https://everytownland.com/laois/doolough.geojson - KML, for Google Earth: https://everytownland.com/laois/doolough.kml ## Homes sold (Residential Property Price Register) No address of the register names Doolough with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Laois: https://everytownland.com/laois.md ## Neighbouring townlands (National Statutory Boundaries, Tailte Éireann) - Ballymorris: https://everytownland.com/laois/ballymorris.md - Kilbride: https://everytownland.com/laois/kilbride.md - Lough: https://everytownland.com/laois/lough.md - Rathleash: https://everytownland.com/laois/rathleash.md 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. --- Everytownland reads the registered freehold land and the statutory boundaries of Tailte Éireann, the national zoning, planning file and heritage records of the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, and the Residential Property Price Register. A parcel is the land of a title, not an address. The owner's name is in the Land Registry of Tailte Éireann: a copy of the folio can be ordered on landdirect.ie, for a fee; this site names no owner. A price is the price recorded for a past sale, not a valuation. Sources: Cadastral Parcels Freehold, Townlands, Civil Parishes, Baronies, Electoral Divisions and Buildings, Tailte Éireann, CC BY 4.0; national zoning of development plans (GZT, MyPlan) and National Planning Applications, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, CC BY 4.0, applicants not shown; designated sites, National Parks and Wildlife Service, CC BY 4.0; Sites and Monuments Record, National Monuments Service, CC BY 4.0; National Inventory of Architectural Heritage, CC BY 4.0; Residential Property Price Register, Property Services Regulatory Authority, re-used with the source acknowledged. - Page: https://everytownland.com/laois/doolough - In JSON: https://everytownland.com/api/townland/laois/doolough