Olderrig

17 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Olderrig, from 1,798 m² to 305,566 m² (30.56 ha, 75.51 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 42 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 Olderrig 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.

• 30 Oct 2025Unconditional

  extend duration of Planning Reference(s) 20/495 & 21/922

  Extension of duration · Laois County Council, 25102

• 30 Oct 2025Unconditional

  extend duration on planning permission 20/379

  Extension of duration · Laois County Council, 25103

• 25 Nov 2024Refused

  construct a four bedroom detached, two storey dwelling, treatment system, percolation area and all associated site works

  Permission, 1 home · Laois County Council, 24152

• 21 Nov 2024N/a

  construct 4 bedroom detached two storey dwelling, treatment system, percolation area and all associated site works

  Permission · Laois County Council, 24151

• 25 Mar 2024N/a

  construct a new business park namely “ West Link Business Park “ comprising of 14 new buildings and one existing, for light industry, manufacturing, light engineering, bulky retail, storage and office facilities. The proposed development will be accessed via the existing service road off the Killeshin road with a new internal road network and connection to all services with all ancillary works

  Permission · Laois County Council, 2460158

• 13 Mar 2024N/a

  to construct a new business park namely “ West Link Business Park “ comprising of 14 new buildings and one existing, for light industry, manufacturing, light engineering, bulky retail, storage and office facilities. The proposed development will be accessed via the existing service road off the Killeshin road with a new internal road network and connection to all services with all ancillary works.

  Permission · Laois County Council, 2460130

• 17 Nov 2023Conditional

  refurbish an existing dwelling (which was proposed to be demolished in a previous planning application granted under PL. No.17/329) to include the demolition of an existing single storey extension to the rear elevation & the proposed construction of a new single storey extension to the rear elevation, internal works, repositioning of windows to front elevation, a two storey extension to the northern elevation, alteration of site boundaries as granted under PL.no. 17/329, upgrading of existing entrance, bored well, secondary treatment system & soil polishing filter, demolition of existing sheds, the construction of a new shed and all associated site works at, Olderrig, Killeshin, Co. Laois

  Permission, 2 homes · Laois County Council, 2360492

• 6 Apr 2023Refused

  construct a two storey dwelling, a single storey domestic garage, use of existing entrance, a bored well, septic tank & percolation area, boundary treatments, all associated site works.

  Permission, 1 home · Laois County Council, 2360134

• 5 Apr 2023N/a

  construct a two storey dwelling, a single storey domestic garage, use of existing entrance, a bored well, septic tank & percolation area, boundary treatments, all associated site works

  Permission · Laois County Council, 2360130

• 27 Jun 2022Refused

  construct a two storey dwelling, a domestic garage, use of existing entrance, a bored well, septic tank & percolation area, boundary treatments, all associated site works

  Permission, 1 home · Laois County Council, 22389

• 30 Dec 2021Conditional

  carry out revisions to dwelling design and revised location of dwelling and garage, previously permitted on foot of Planning Reference No. 20/495

  Permission, 1 home · Laois County Council, 21922

• 10 May 2021Conditional

  1. retain the construction of a concrete base and filling on site, 2. construct an agricultural shed, upgrading of existing entrance and all associated site works

  Permission · Laois County Council, 21306

• 28 Sept 2020Conditional

  construct a two storey dwelling with connecting carport to a single storey garage, waste water treatment system and percolation area, bored well, new entrance and all associated site works

  Permission, 2 homes · Laois County Council, 20495

• 9 Jul 2020Refused

  1. Retention permission for the construction of a concrete base and filling on site. 2. Permission for the construction of an agricultural shed, alterations to the existing entrance and all associated site works at Ballykillen, Killeshin Road, Carlow Co. Laois

  Retention · Laois County Council, 20337

• 11 Sept 2019Conditional

  retain agricultural shed as constructed, extend same shed c/w an under slatted effluent storage tank, construct a dungstead and associated site works

  Permission · Laois County Council, 19510

• 23 Jun 2017Conditional

  construct a new two storey four bedroom dwelling, demolition of existing dwelling house & various out buildings (in ruins), re-roofing of existing stable block, new site entrance, waste water treatment system and all associated site works

  Permission, 1 home · Laois County Council, 17329

• 6 Jun 2017Conditional

  a new business park namely West Link Business Park comprising of 14 new buildings & 1 ex. building. Development will be accessed via the existing service road to the filling station off the Killeshin road and a new internal road network provided . new development will be used to provide facilities for light industry manufacturing, light engineering, bulky retail, storage & office facilities. it is proposed to connect to existing services on site & provide all ancillary site services

  Permission · Laois County Council, 17290

• 1 Jun 2017N/a

  a new business park namely "West Link Business Park" comprising of 14 new buildings & 1 ex. building. Development will be accessed via the existing service road to the filling station off the Killeshin road and a new internal road network provided . new development will be used to provide facilities for light industry manufacturing, light engineering, bulky retail, storage & office facilities. it is proposed to connect to existing services on site & provide all ancillary site services

  Permission · Laois County Council, 17284

• 29 May 2017Refused

  construct an agricultural shed

  Permission · Laois County Council, 17267

• 26 May 2017N/a

  construct an agricultural shed

  Permission · Laois County Council, 17252

• 22 May 2017N/a

  construct an agricultural shed and all associated site works

  Permission · Laois County Council, 17239

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

Recorded monuments

• LA037-016 Earthwork
  Description

  Aerial photograph (GB89.Y.02) shows a sub-circular earthwork with raised interior and steep bank. Covered in bracken.

Architectural heritage

• Everton House, house, 1790–1825 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached five-bay two-storey Georgian house, c. 1800, on an L-shaped plan with entrance bay having full-height flanking bows and bowed ends. Extended comprising three-bay two-storey wing.

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 low, low (inferred), on the 1:50,000 map.

Terrain model

LiDAR of the Office of Public Works, flown in 2011, at 2 m: tile OPW_2406 (ZIP).

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

Name

Olderrig · Seandaróg

Area

1,442,992 m² (144.3 ha, 356.57 acres)

Civil parish

Killeshin, and its townlands

Barony

Slievemargy

Electoral division

Graigue Rural, the unit of the census

Census 2022

Graigue Rural electoral division: 5,330 people in 1,774 households; 63% of households own their home; 67% of homes were built since 2001; 5% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 0% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Ballyhide, Ballykillen, Clonmore, Graigue, Monure, Springhill

Placenames

Olderrig 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.