Grange Upper

71 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Grange Upper, from 182 m² to 289,871 m² (28.99 ha, 71.63 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 23 neighbouring parcels touch it.

Download the townland: DXF, in Irish Transverse Mercator metres, with its boundary, parcels and buildings; GeoJSON or KML.

No zone of a development plan covers Grange Upper 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.

• 23 Jul 2026Refused

  (1) permission of sub-division of site; (2) permission for a domestic shed (3) permission for domestic arts/music/studio pavilion building and all associated site works. Retention permission is sought to (1) retain change of use from garage to 1 bedroom dwellinghouse; (2) retain septic tank treatment system; (3) and all associated site works.

  Retention, 1 home · Laois County Council, 2660505

• 17 Apr 2025Conditional

  Retain realigned gateway, hard standing and farm access laneway to the east side of dwelling together with all associated site development works

  Retention, 1 home · Laois County Council, 2560224

• 12 Mar 2025N/a

  retain hard standing and farm access laneway to the East side of dwelling together with all associated site development works

  Retention · Laois County Council, 2560118

• 7 Nov 2023Conditional

  construct proposed dwelling house, domestic garage, septic tank treatment system, percolation area, new site entrance and all associated site works.

  Permission, 1 home · Laois County Council, 2360475

• 3 Nov 2023N/a

  construct proposed dwelling house, domestic garage, septic tank treatment system, percolation area, new site entrance and all associated site works.

  Permission · Laois County Council, 2360468

• 3 Jun 2022Conditional

  alter design of dwelling house, to alter site boundaries and to change location of dwelling house and domestic garage on site from that which was granted planning permission with 21/899 and all associated and necessary site works

  Permission, 2 homes · Laois County Council, 22343

• 20 Dec 2021Conditional

  construct a dwelling house, domestic garage, septic tank & percolation area, new entrance and all associated and necessary site works

  Permission, 2 homes · Laois County Council, 21899

Source: National Planning Applications, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, CC BY 4.0. Applicants are not shown.

Designated sites

No designated site (Special Area of Conservation, Special Protection Area, Natural Heritage Area or proposed one) touches the townland of Grange Upper.

Recorded monuments

• LA013-064 Field system
  Description

  Not marked on the 1841 or 1909 editions of the OS 6-inch maps. Visible on aerial photographs (GSI, S 223-4). A series of low earthen banks (H c. 0.9m). Date unknown. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Laois' (Dublin Stationery Office, 1995) compiled by P. David Sweetman, Olive Alcock and Bernie Moran. In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload: 17 December 2007

• LA013-066 Enclosure
  Description

  Marked on the 1841 edition of the OS 6-inch map; a subcircular enclosure (max. diam. c. 60m NE-SW). Defined by a low bank (Wth c. 1.9m, int. H c. 0.9m, ext. H c. 0.5m) at W, N and E. Slight evidence of fosse. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Laois' (Dublin Stationery Office, 1995) compiled by P. David Sweetman, Olive Alcock and Bernie Moran. In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload: 17 December 2007

• LA013-067 Inscribed stone
  Description

  There is a reference to an 'ogham stone' located in the Clais Pond in this area (J. O'Dooley, 43; SMR file). While it is possible that were markings on the stone which the author interpreted as ogham the evidence is not sufficient to warrant accepting it a genuine example of this class. The area was inspected in 1990 but there was no visible surface remains. The field is locally known as the Clais Field or Hollow Field (SMR file). The location provided here can only be considered as approximate. Compiled by: Paul Walsh Date of upload: 15 December 2016

• LA013-131 Enclosure
  Description

  Cropmark of circular-shaped enclosure (diam. c. 33m) visible on Google earth aerial imagery. See attached Google Earth orthoimage taken 02/07/2018 Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien based on details provided by Seán Murray Date of upload: 22 April 2021

• LA014-038 Castle - unclassified
  Description

  Marked on the 1563 map of Leix and Offaly (Hore 1863, f.p. 345). Situated in undulating countryside. No visible surface remains. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Laois' (Dublin Stationery Office, 1995) compiled by P. David Sweetman, Olive Alcock and Bernie Moran. In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload: 17 December 2007

• LA014-106 Enclosure
  Description

  Partial cropmark of circular-shaped enclosure (approx. diam. 62m) visible on Google earth aerial imagery. See attached image taken from Google Earth aerial photographs taken 02/07/2018 Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien based on details provided by Jean-Charles Caillère Date of upload: 6 March 2020

Architectural heritage

No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands in the townland of Grange Upper.

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

Landslides

Susceptibility high, moderately high, 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 Grange Upper.

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

Name

Grange Upper · An Ghráinseach Uachtarach

Area

1,692,482 m² (169.25 ha, 418.22 acres)

Civil parish

Dysartenos, and its townlands

Barony

Stradbally

Electoral division

Stradbally, the unit of the census

Census 2022

Stradbally electoral division: 1,912 people in 725 households; 71% of households own their home; 35% of homes were built since 2001; 6% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 0% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Aghnahily, Ballycarroll, Grange Lower, Killalooghan, Loughakeo, Park Upper, Raheenanisky, Raheenduff

Placenames

Grange Upper 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.