# Longford, Co. Laois: townland, land parcels and planning Townland in the civil parish of Offerlane, barony of Upperwoods, Co. Laois; in Irish An Longfort. - Area (Tailte Éireann): 1,092,073 m² (109.21 ha, 269.86 acres) - Land parcels (Tailte Éireann): 38 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in it, median 4,057 m² (0.41 ha, 1 acres) - Zoning (national zoning, MyPlan): R2 Residential 1 - Existing Residential, the zone with the most parcels - Planning (National Planning Applications): 5 applications since 2010 - Civil parish: Offerlane, https://everytownland.com/laois/parish/offerlane.md - Barony: Upperwoods - Electoral division: Arderin, the unit of the census - Census 2022 (Central Statistics Office): Arderin electoral division: 292 people in 89 households; 80% of households own their home; 40% of homes were built since 2001; 9% 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/28282 - Townland number at Tailte Éireann: 100817 - Centre: latitude 53.010208, longitude -7.58548 (WGS 84) ## Land parcels (registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann) 38 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Longford, from 29 m² to 386,210 m² (38.62 ha, 95.43 acres); 20 neighbouring parcels touch its boundary. Largest first: - Parcel 4278759: 386,210 m² (38.62 ha, 95.43 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/4278759.md - Parcel 232225: 170,848 m² (17.08 ha, 42.22 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/232225.md - Parcel 246952: 117,208 m² (11.72 ha, 28.96 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/246952.md - Parcel 261474: 104,670 m² (10.47 ha, 25.86 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/261474.md - Parcel 4982435: 73,910 m² (7.39 ha, 18.26 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/4982435.md - Parcel 5032530: 67,853 m² (6.79 ha, 16.77 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5032530.md - Parcel 256445: 63,592 m² (6.36 ha, 15.71 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/256445.md - Parcel 5058989: 41,402 m² (4.14 ha, 10.23 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5058989.md - Parcel 2454055: 24,095 m² (2.41 ha, 5.95 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2454055.md - Parcel 5121791: 20,924 m² (2.09 ha, 5.17 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5121791.md - Parcel 258032: 12,323 m² (1.23 ha, 3.05 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/258032.md - Parcel 242713: 8,493 m² (0.85 ha, 2.1 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/242713.md - Parcel 2473205: 7,623 m² (0.76 ha, 1.88 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2473205.md - Parcel 255012: 6,634 m² (0.66 ha, 1.64 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/255012.md - Parcel 5121797: 5,090 m² (0.51 ha, 1.26 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5121797.md - Parcel 236481: 5,023 m² (0.5 ha, 1.24 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/236481.md - Parcel 5929305: 4,386 m² (0.44 ha, 1.08 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5929305.md - Parcel 252744: 4,295 m² (0.43 ha, 1.06 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/252744.md - Parcel 4278721: 4,125 m² (0.41 ha, 1.02 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/4278721.md - Parcel 243305: 3,988 m² (0.4 ha, 0.99 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/243305.md - Parcel 266625: 3,790 m² (0.38 ha, 0.94 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/266625.md - Parcel 2454053: 3,394 m² (0.34 ha, 0.84 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2454053.md - Parcel 225065: 3,141 m² (0.31 ha, 0.78 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/225065.md - Parcel 2454057: 2,727 m² (0.27 ha, 0.67 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2454057.md - Parcel 4557020: 2,241 m² (0.22 ha, 0.55 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/4557020.md - Parcel 266579: 2,143 m² (0.21 ha, 0.53 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/266579.md - Parcel 265598: 2,131 m² (0.21 ha, 0.53 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/265598.md - Parcel 237479: 1,543 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/237479.md - Parcel 258433: 1,482 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/258433.md - Parcel 248029: 1,135 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/248029.md - Parcel 235721: 1,080 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/235721.md - Parcel 4692902: 1,043 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/4692902.md - Parcel 2473207: 590 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/2473207.md - Parcel 4631105: 498 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/4631105.md - Parcel 4631155: 476 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/4631155.md - Parcel 5121799: 400 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/5121799.md - Parcel 2473209: 116 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/2473209.md - Parcel 2473334: 29 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/2473334.md ## Zoning (national zoning of development plans, MyPlan) - R2 Residential 1 - Existing Residential (Existing residential): LAOIS COUNTY DEVELOPMENT PLAN 2021-2027, Laois; 5 parcels. The zoning objective in the plan: https://laois.ie/planning-and-building/laois-county-council-plans/development-plan-consultation - G4 Open Space and Amenity (Active open space): LAOIS COUNTY DEVELOPMENT PLAN 2021-2027, Laois; 2 parcels. The zoning objective in the plan: https://laois.ie/planning-and-building/laois-county-council-plans/development-plan-consultation - M2 Village Centre (City/Town/village Centre, central area): LAOIS COUNTY DEVELOPMENT PLAN 2021-2027, Laois; 1 parcel. The zoning objective in the plan: https://laois.ie/planning-and-building/laois-county-council-plans/development-plan-consultation - S5 Community Educational and Institutional (Mixed/general community services/facilities uses): LAOIS COUNTY DEVELOPMENT PLAN 2021-2027, Laois; 1 parcel. The zoning objective in the plan: https://laois.ie/planning-and-building/laois-county-council-plans/development-plan-consultation ## Planning applications whose site touches the townland (National Planning Applications, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage) 5 applications, newest first. - 25 Aug 2026, Laois County Council 2660570: N/a. Retention, 1 home. retain dwellinghouse as constructed and retain septic tank and percolation area as installed and all associated site works. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/LaoisCC/AppFileRefDetails/2660570/0 - 3 Jul 2025, Laois County Council 2560400: Conditional. Permission, 1 home. erect a two-storey extension to the rear of existing single storey dwelling and all associated site works. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/LaoisCC/AppFileRefDetails/2560400/0 - 22 Jan 2024, Laois County Council 2416: Conditional. Permission, 1 home. construct extension to side of existing dwelling house and all associated site works. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/LaoisCC/AppFileRefDetails/2416/0 - 20 Dec 2021, Laois County Council 21892: Conditional. Permission, 1 home. construct a dwelling house, septic tank and percolation area, new entrance and all associated site works. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/LaoisCC/AppFileRefDetails/21892/0 - 31 May 2017, Laois County Council 17275: Unconditional. Extension of duration. change of use of existing barn to self catering accommodation use and for permission to upgrade capacity of existing septic tank and all associated works. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/LaoisCC/AppFileRefDetails/17275/0 Applicants are not shown. ## Designated sites (National Parks and Wildlife Service) - Special Area of Conservation: River Barrow and River Nore SAC, site code 002162, https://www.npws.ie/protected-sites/sac/002162 ## Recorded monuments (Sites and Monuments Record, National Monuments Service) - LA016-004: Ringfort - rath, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CLA016-004----. Situated on a ridge with excellent view of countryside. A circular area (diam. c. 32.6m) defined by an earthen bank (Wth c. 3.5m) and external fosse (Wth c. 3.2m). No evidence of original entrance. 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 - LA016-005: Enclosure, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CLA016-005----. Marked on the 1909 edition of the OS 6-inch map; a subcircular enclosure (max. diam. c. 40m NE-SW). 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 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). ## Architectural heritage (National Inventory of Architectural Heritage) No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands in the townland of Longford. ## Ground and risks (Radon Risk Map of Ireland, EPA; Landslide Susceptibility Classification and LiDAR, Geological Survey Ireland) - Radon: 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: 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 Longford. - 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/longford.dxf - GeoJSON, in WGS 84, for a map: https://everytownland.com/laois/longford.geojson - KML, for Google Earth: https://everytownland.com/laois/longford.kml ## Homes sold (Residential Property Price Register) No address of the register names Longford 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) - Camross: https://everytownland.com/laois/camross.md - Cappanarrow: https://everytownland.com/laois/cappanarrow.md - Derrycarrow: https://everytownland.com/laois/derrycarrow.md - Garrafin: https://everytownland.com/laois/garrafin.md - Killeen: https://everytownland.com/laois/killeen-100721.md - Tinnakill: https://everytownland.com/laois/tinnakill-101079.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/longford - In JSON: https://everytownland.com/api/townland/laois/longford