Oldborris

56 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Oldborris, from 101 m² to 122,589 m² (12.26 ha, 30.29 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 31 neighbouring parcels touch it.

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

• R2Residential 1 - Existing Residential (Existing residential)
  Laois County Development Plan 2021–2027 including Ministerial Direction (as varied) by Variation No. 1, No. 2 and No. 3, Laois · 19 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• M2Village Centre (City/Town/village Centre, central area)
  Laois County Development Plan 2021–2027 including Ministerial Direction (as varied) by Variation No. 1, No. 2 and No. 3, Laois · 11 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• G4Open Space/Amenity (Active open space)
  Laois County Development Plan 2021–2027 including Ministerial Direction (as varied) by Variation No. 1, No. 2 and No. 3, Laois · 1 parcels The zoning objective in the plan

Source: Tailte Éireann and the Department of Housing (MyPlan), national zoning, CC BY 4.0.

• 8 Jul 2024Conditional

  retain existing extensions, to include front porch and rear extension, to existing dwelling and all associated site works

  Retention, 1 home · Laois County Council, 2493

• 27 May 2024N/a

  retain existing extensions, to include front porch and rear extension, to existing dwelling and all associated site works

  Retention · Laois County Council, 2474

• 20 Sept 2021Conditional

  construct extension to the rear of dwelling house

  Permission, 1 home · Laois County Council, 21654

• 21 Nov 2019Conditional

  retain alterations to an existing shed. Thereafter planning permission is sought for internal alterations and the provision of a new door to the front elevation of this shed. Planning permission is also sought to construct a new front boundary wall along with all ancillary services and associated site works

  Permission · Laois County Council, 19638

• 29 Oct 2019N/a

  retain an existing commercial shed. Complete works to the commercial shed and construct a new front boundary wall along with all ancillary site services and works

  Permission · Laois County Council, 19593

• 17 Jul 2019Conditional

  change house type as previously granted under Planning Ref: 16/189, 05/1429 and 11/323 along with all ancillary site services

  Permission, 1 home · Laois County Council, 19410

• 18 Dec 2017N/a

  The development will consist of planning permission for change of use from Domestic garage/shed to House/Breed dogs using existing vehicular entrance and all associated site works

  Permission · Laois County Council, 17688

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

Designated sites

• Special Area of Conservation: River Barrow and River Nore SAC 002162
• Special Protection Area: River Nore SPA 004233

Recorded monuments

No recorded monument lies in the townland of Oldborris.

Architectural heritage

• Bianconi House, 1780–1830 · Regional interest
  Description

  Terraced six-bay two-storey house with dormer attic, c. 1800, with integral carriageway.

• , 1750–1800 · Regional interest
  Description

  End-of-terrace five-bay three-storey house, c. 1790.

• House, 1750–1800 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached three-bay two-storey Georgian house, c. 1760.

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

At the centre of the townland of Oldborris, about 1 in 10 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels. Testing a home

Landslides

The 1:50,000 map rates the landslide susceptibility here as moderately low, low, partly inferred.

Terrain model

No LiDAR survey of the Office of Public Works covers the centre of the townland of Oldborris.

Flooding

The Office of Public Works publishes its flood maps on floodinfo.ie.

Radon Risk Map of Ireland, Environmental Protection Agency, and Landslide Susceptibility Classification, Geological Survey Ireland, both under 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 Oldborris with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Laois.

Name

Oldborris · An tSeanbhuiríos

Area

460,716 m² (46.07 ha, 113.85 acres)

Civil parish

Offerlane, and its townlands

Barony

Upperwoods

Electoral division

Castletown, the unit of the census

Census 2022

835 people lived in 287 households in the Castletown electoral division. 80% of households owned their home. 36% of homes were built since 2001. 9% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 1% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Badgerhill, Bohernaghty, Churchfield, Danganroe, Dysartbeagh, Elderfield, Gash, Knockanina

Placenames

Oldborris 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.