# Fossy Upper, Co. Laois: townland, land parcels and planning Townland in the civil parish of Fossy or Timahoe, barony of Cullenagh, Co. Laois; in Irish An Fosadh Uachtarach. - Area (Tailte Éireann): 3,818,877 m² (381.89 ha, 943.67 acres) - Land parcels (Tailte Éireann): 70 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in it, median 26,796 m² (2.68 ha, 6.62 acres) - Zoning (national zoning, MyPlan): not in a zoned settlement - Planning (National Planning Applications): 8 applications since 2010 - Civil parish: Fossy or Timahoe, https://everytownland.com/laois/parish/fossy-or-timahoe.md - Barony: Cullenagh - Electoral division: Fossy, the unit of the census - Census 2022 (Central Statistics Office): 183 people lived in 59 households in the Fossy electoral division. 91% of households owned their home. 40% of homes were built since 2001. 8% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 2% were holiday homes. - County: Co. Laois, https://everytownland.com/laois.md - Placenames Database of Ireland: https://www.logainm.ie/en/27984 - Townland number at Tailte Éireann: 100577 - Centre: latitude 52.94451, longitude -7.180749 (WGS 84) ## Land parcels (registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann) 70 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Fossy Upper, from 28 m² to 483,202 m² (48.32 ha, 119.4 acres); 27 neighbouring parcels touch its boundary. Largest first: - Parcel 231288: 483,202 m² (48.32 ha, 119.4 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/231288.md - Parcel 233215: 428,072 m² (42.81 ha, 105.78 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/233215.md - Parcel 264498: 218,050 m² (21.81 ha, 53.88 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/264498.md - Parcel 231843: 186,073 m² (18.61 ha, 45.98 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/231843.md - Parcel 263447: 159,150 m² (15.91 ha, 39.33 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/263447.md - Parcel 233605: 153,428 m² (15.34 ha, 37.91 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/233605.md - Parcel 251783: 152,872 m² (15.29 ha, 37.78 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/251783.md - Parcel 229616: 133,945 m² (13.39 ha, 33.1 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/229616.md - Parcel 251444: 120,338 m² (12.03 ha, 29.74 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/251444.md - Parcel 255843: 101,193 m² (10.12 ha, 25.01 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/255843.md - Parcel 263120: 99,377 m² (9.94 ha, 24.56 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/263120.md - Parcel 250281: 98,032 m² (9.8 ha, 24.22 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/250281.md - Parcel 5296704: 87,931 m² (8.79 ha, 21.73 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5296704.md - Parcel 240834: 84,608 m² (8.46 ha, 20.91 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/240834.md - Parcel 249218: 83,429 m² (8.34 ha, 20.62 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/249218.md - Parcel 230434: 80,332 m² (8.03 ha, 19.85 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/230434.md - Parcel 254745: 72,938 m² (7.29 ha, 18.02 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/254745.md - Parcel 225632: 69,118 m² (6.91 ha, 17.08 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/225632.md - Parcel 257525: 68,402 m² (6.84 ha, 16.9 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/257525.md - Parcel 228475: 61,909 m² (6.19 ha, 15.3 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/228475.md - Parcel 266892: 60,556 m² (6.06 ha, 14.96 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/266892.md - Parcel 259050: 57,975 m² (5.8 ha, 14.33 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/259050.md - Parcel 261257: 53,789 m² (5.38 ha, 13.29 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/261257.md - Parcel 260783: 51,978 m² (5.2 ha, 12.84 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/260783.md - Parcel 259251: 50,543 m² (5.05 ha, 12.49 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/259251.md - Parcel 239008: 48,862 m² (4.89 ha, 12.07 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/239008.md - Parcel 258560: 48,264 m² (4.83 ha, 11.93 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/258560.md - Parcel 266693: 47,312 m² (4.73 ha, 11.69 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/266693.md - Parcel 229238: 45,560 m² (4.56 ha, 11.26 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/229238.md - Parcel 226482: 42,860 m² (4.29 ha, 10.59 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/226482.md - Parcel 234719: 34,337 m² (3.43 ha, 8.48 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/234719.md - Parcel 251136: 32,269 m² (3.23 ha, 7.97 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/251136.md - Parcel 233654: 31,744 m² (3.17 ha, 7.84 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/233654.md - Parcel 229035: 31,535 m² (3.15 ha, 7.79 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/229035.md - Parcel 229055: 28,756 m² (2.88 ha, 7.11 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/229055.md - Parcel 2451501: 24,836 m² (2.48 ha, 6.14 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2451501.md - Parcel 253072: 22,119 m² (2.21 ha, 5.47 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/253072.md - Parcel 251417: 17,184 m² (1.72 ha, 4.25 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/251417.md - Parcel 5170089: 14,629 m² (1.46 ha, 3.61 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5170089.md - Parcel 243996: 12,706 m² (1.27 ha, 3.14 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/243996.md - Parcel 359230: 11,688 m² (1.17 ha, 2.89 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/359230.md - Parcel 2528032: 11,528 m² (1.15 ha, 2.85 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2528032.md - Parcel 4676090: 10,035 m² (1 ha, 2.48 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/4676090.md - Parcel 4795401: 8,447 m² (0.84 ha, 2.09 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/4795401.md - Parcel 244277: 5,371 m² (0.54 ha, 1.33 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/244277.md - Parcel 253328: 4,458 m² (0.45 ha, 1.1 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/253328.md - Parcel 244750: 4,116 m² (0.41 ha, 1.02 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/244750.md - Parcel 5170224: 3,966 m² (0.4 ha, 0.98 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5170224.md - Parcel 237618: 3,851 m² (0.39 ha, 0.95 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/237618.md - Parcel 256120: 3,311 m² (0.33 ha, 0.82 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/256120.md - Parcel 257355: 3,191 m² (0.32 ha, 0.79 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/257355.md - Parcel 228605: 2,193 m² (0.22 ha, 0.54 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/228605.md - Parcel 234059: 1,384 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/234059.md - Parcel 227826: 1,114 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/227826.md - Parcel 5063468: 765 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/5063468.md - Parcel 4392813: 726 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/4392813.md - Parcel 259131: 677 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/259131.md - Parcel 230547: 540 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/230547.md - Parcel 235632: 540 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/235632.md - Parcel 229056: 476 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/229056.md - Parcel 5170090: 439 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/5170090.md - Parcel 4392810: 418 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/4392810.md - Parcel 5501638: 402 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/5501638.md - Parcel 239593: 378 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/239593.md - Parcel 4183294: 343 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/4183294.md - Parcel 4676079: 342 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/4676079.md - Parcel 3935796: 218 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/3935796.md - Parcel 4392815: 87 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/4392815.md - Parcel 4392804: 86 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/4392804.md - Parcel 229048: 28 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/229048.md ## Zoning (national zoning of development plans, MyPlan) No zone of a development plan covers Fossy Upper 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) 8 applications, newest first. - 10 Dec 2024, Laois County Council 2460748: Conditional. Permission, 1 home. construct dwelling house, site access, effluent treatment system , proposed new well & all associated site works. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/LaoisCC/AppFileRefDetails/2460748/0 - 6 Nov 2024, Laois County Council 2460668: N/a. Permission, 1 home. Develop 1. SITE ACCESS 2. CONSTRUCTION OF A DWELLING HOUSE 3. EFFLUENT TREATMENT SYSTEM 4. ALL ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS 5.PROPOSED NEW WELL. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/LaoisCC/AppFileRefDetails/2460668/0 - 14 Oct 2024, Laois County Council 2460612: N/a. Permission. Develop the following 1. SITE ACCESS 2. CONSTRUCTION OF A DWELLING HOUSE 3. EFFLUENT TREATMENT SYSTEM 4. ALL ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS 5. PROPOSED NEW WELL. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/LaoisCC/AppFileRefDetails/2460612/0 - 29 Aug 2022, Laois County Council 22534: Conditional. Permission, 1 home. construct new dwelling house, waste water treatment unit and polishing filter, bored well and all associated works using entrance. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/LaoisCC/AppFileRefDetails/22534/0 - 24 Aug 2022, Laois County Council 22524: Conditional. Permission, 1 home. construct new dwelling house, waste water treatment unit and polishing filter, bored well and all associated works using entrance. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/LaoisCC/AppFileRefDetails/22524/0 - 24 Aug 2022, Laois County Council 22525: N/a. Permission. construct new dwelling house, waste water treatment unit and polishing filter, bored well and all associated works using entrance. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/LaoisCC/AppFileRefDetails/22525/0 - 23 Aug 2022, Laois County Council 22517: Conditional. Retention, 1 home. retain mobile homes and septic tank. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/LaoisCC/AppFileRefDetails/22517/0 - 26 Mar 2019, Laois County Council 19170: N/a. Permission. construct an agricultural entrance and all associated site works. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/LaoisCC/AppFileRefDetails/19170/0 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 Fossy Upper. ## Recorded monuments (Sites and Monuments Record, National Monuments Service) No recorded monument lies in the townland of Fossy Upper. ## Architectural heritage (National Inventory of Architectural Heritage) No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands in the townland of Fossy Upper. ## 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 Fossy Upper, 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 high, 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 Fossy Upper. - 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/fossy-upper.dxf - GeoJSON, in WGS 84, for a map: https://everytownland.com/laois/fossy-upper.geojson - KML, for Google Earth: https://everytownland.com/laois/fossy-upper.kml ## Homes sold (Residential Property Price Register) No address of the register names Fossy Upper 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) - Aghoney: https://everytownland.com/laois/aghoney.md - Ballintlea Lower: https://everytownland.com/laois/ballintlea-lower.md - Ballintlea Upper: https://everytownland.com/laois/ballintlea-upper.md - Clashboy: https://everytownland.com/laois/clashboy.md - Fallowbeg Upper: https://everytownland.com/laois/fallowbeg-upper.md - Fossy Lower: https://everytownland.com/laois/fossy-lower.md - Knocklead: https://everytownland.com/laois/knocklead.md - Orchard Upper: https://everytownland.com/laois/orchard-upper.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/fossy-upper - In JSON: https://everytownland.com/api/townland/laois/fossy-upper