# Maidenhead, Co. Laois: townland, land parcels and planning Townland in the civil parish of Killabban, barony of Slievemargy, Co. Laois; in Irish Na Garráin. - Area (Tailte Éireann): 1,309,904 m² (130.99 ha, 323.68 acres) - Land parcels (Tailte Éireann): 46 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in it, median 9,126 m² (0.91 ha, 2.26 acres) - Zoning (national zoning, MyPlan): not in a zoned settlement - Planning (National Planning Applications): 1 application since 2010 - Civil parish: Killabban, https://everytownland.com/laois/parish/killabban.md - Barony: Slievemargy - Electoral division: Farnans, the unit of the census - Census 2022 (Central Statistics Office): 208 people lived in 70 households in the Farnans electoral division. 89% of households owned their home. 33% of homes were built since 2001. 15% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 4% were holiday homes. - County: Co. Laois, https://everytownland.com/laois.md - Placenames Database of Ireland: https://www.logainm.ie/en/28848 - Townland number at Tailte Éireann: 100828 - Centre: latitude 52.904583, longitude -7.043462 (WGS 84) ## Land parcels (registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann) 46 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Maidenhead, from 73 m² to 619,192 m² (61.92 ha, 153.01 acres); 21 neighbouring parcels touch its boundary. Largest first: - Parcel 226491: 619,192 m² (61.92 ha, 153.01 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/226491.md - Parcel 227500: 102,299 m² (10.23 ha, 25.28 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/227500.md - Parcel 249015: 61,800 m² (6.18 ha, 15.27 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/249015.md - Parcel 231606: 61,791 m² (6.18 ha, 15.27 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/231606.md - Parcel 267025: 51,585 m² (5.16 ha, 12.75 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/267025.md - Parcel 231293: 47,837 m² (4.78 ha, 11.82 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/231293.md - Parcel 260541: 44,756 m² (4.48 ha, 11.06 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/260541.md - Parcel 256053: 27,955 m² (2.8 ha, 6.91 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/256053.md - Parcel 225398: 22,321 m² (2.23 ha, 5.52 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/225398.md - Parcel 240311: 21,022 m² (2.1 ha, 5.19 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/240311.md - Parcel 265109: 20,191 m² (2.02 ha, 4.99 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/265109.md - Parcel 261263: 19,836 m² (1.98 ha, 4.9 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/261263.md - Parcel 239279: 15,163 m² (1.52 ha, 3.75 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/239279.md - Parcel 241236: 14,853 m² (1.49 ha, 3.67 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/241236.md - Parcel 267627: 13,741 m² (1.37 ha, 3.4 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/267627.md - Parcel 233104: 13,166 m² (1.32 ha, 3.25 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/233104.md - Parcel 265193: 13,055 m² (1.31 ha, 3.23 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/265193.md - Parcel 225525: 12,962 m² (1.3 ha, 3.2 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/225525.md - Parcel 250645: 12,879 m² (1.29 ha, 3.18 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/250645.md - Parcel 5696900: 12,849 m² (1.28 ha, 3.18 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5696900.md - Parcel 5696876: 12,488 m² (1.25 ha, 3.09 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5696876.md - Parcel 5605667: 11,216 m² (1.12 ha, 2.77 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5605667.md - Parcel 232548: 10,031 m² (1 ha, 2.48 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/232548.md - Parcel 243120: 8,221 m² (0.82 ha, 2.03 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/243120.md - Parcel 5696923: 8,041 m² (0.8 ha, 1.99 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5696923.md - Parcel 2989839: 7,874 m² (0.79 ha, 1.95 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2989839.md - Parcel 232410: 7,871 m² (0.79 ha, 1.94 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/232410.md - Parcel 234787: 6,070 m² (0.61 ha, 1.5 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/234787.md - Parcel 226636: 4,157 m² (0.42 ha, 1.03 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/226636.md - Parcel 4950112: 3,997 m² (0.4 ha, 0.99 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/4950112.md - Parcel 2989828: 3,639 m² (0.36 ha, 0.9 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2989828.md - Parcel 232072: 3,639 m² (0.36 ha, 0.9 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/232072.md - Parcel 252147: 3,542 m² (0.35 ha, 0.88 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/252147.md - Parcel 253075: 3,401 m² (0.34 ha, 0.84 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/253075.md - Parcel 233032: 1,950 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/233032.md - Parcel 256499: 1,819 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/256499.md - Parcel 262872: 1,032 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/262872.md - Parcel 5605652: 738 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/5605652.md - Parcel 5594551: 288 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/5594551.md - Parcel 5520504: 259 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/5520504.md - Parcel 5695734: 166 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/5695734.md - Parcel 5605674: 146 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/5605674.md - Parcel 5793565: 144 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/5793565.md - Parcel 5598123: 90 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/5598123.md - Parcel 5836880: 90 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/5836880.md - Parcel 5836892: 73 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/5836892.md ## Zoning (national zoning of development plans, MyPlan) No zone of a development plan covers Maidenhead 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) 1 application, newest first. - 19 Aug 2026, Laois County Council 2660562: N/a. Permission, 1 home. erect a new bungalow dwelling, proprietary treatment system and all ancillary site works. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/LaoisCC/AppFileRefDetails/2660562/0 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 Maidenhead. ## Recorded monuments (Sites and Monuments Record, National Monuments Service) - LA026-016: Enclosure, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CLA026-016----. Situated on a hillside in a very prominent position with excellent views to W, N and E. A subcircular area (diam. 19.8m N-S) defined by low earthen bank (Wth c. 2.2m; ext. H c. 1.05m, int. H c. 0.2m W c. 2.2m) best preserved at W. 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 - LA026-056: Enclosure, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CLA026-056----. Cropmark of circular enclosure (approx. diam. 48m) visible on Google earth aerial imagery. See attached image taken from Google Earth aerial photographs taken 14/07/2018 Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien based on details provided by Jean-Charles Caillère Date of upload: 19 September 2019 - LA032-047: Hilltop enclosure, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CLA032-047----. Cropmark of possible hilltop enclosure (approx. diam. 93m; overall diam. 160m) visible on Google earth aerial imagery. Cropmark of outer enclosing element follows contour line depicted on OS 6-inch map See attached image taken from Google Earth aerial photographs taken 14/07/2018 Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien based on details provided by Jean-Charles Caillère Date of upload: 19 September 2019 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 Maidenhead. ## 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 Maidenhead, 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 Maidenhead. - 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/maidenhead.dxf - GeoJSON, in WGS 84, for a map: https://everytownland.com/laois/maidenhead.geojson - KML, for Google Earth: https://everytownland.com/laois/maidenhead.kml ## Homes sold (Residential Property Price Register) No address of the register names Maidenhead 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) - Ashfield: https://everytownland.com/laois/ashfield.md - Ballynagall: https://everytownland.com/laois/ballynagall.md - Castletown: https://everytownland.com/laois/castletown-100295.md - Coolanowle: https://everytownland.com/laois/coolanowle.md - Farnans: https://everytownland.com/laois/farnans.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/maidenhead - In JSON: https://everytownland.com/api/townland/laois/maidenhead