Oldmill
Oldmill is a townland in the civil parish of Dysartenos, barony of Stradbally, Co. Laois. Its name in Irish is An Seanmhuileann.
- Area
- 131.1 ha
- 324 acres
- Land parcels
- 13
- registered freehold, median 7,016 m² (0.7 ha, 1.73 acres)
- Zoning
- —
- not in a zoned settlement
- Planning
- 13
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
13 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Oldmill, from 1,320 m² to 253,514 m² (25.35 ha, 62.64 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 26 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.
Zoning
Development plans, national zoning
No zone of a development plan covers Oldmill 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.
Planning applications
Sites that touch the townland, newest first
31 Oct 2024Conditional
construct a bridge over the Bauteogue River (Stradbally River) to link up the existing forestry roads (Bridle Paths) and access for the Electric Picnic and access to the rest of my farmland which is within the curtilage of a protected structure, Stradbally Hall, RPS No. 414 and NIAH no 12900432 also included is a Natura Impact statement (NIS) and all necessary and associated site works
Permission · Laois County Council, 2460658
22 Aug 2024N/a
construct a bridge 190m from the southern boundary of the property over the Stradbally River (Bauteogue River) and all necessary and associated site works and a Natura Impact Statement (N.I.S), will be submitted to the Planning Authority in connection with the application
Permission · Laois County Council, 2460488
9 Aug 2024N/a
construct a bridge 190m from the southern boundary of the property over the Stradbally River (Bauteogue River) and all necessary and associated site works and a Natura Impact Statement (N.I.S), will be submitted to the Planning Authority in connection with the application
Permission · Laois County Council, 2460465
13 Jun 2024N/a
a bridge over the Stradbally River and a new internal access road from the bridge to the existing entrance on the Timahoe Road and from the bridge to lands within the curtilage of a protected structure, Stradbally Hall, RPS No. 414 and NIAH no 12900432 and all necessary and associated site works and a Natura Impact Statement (N.I.S), will be submitted to the Planning Authority in connection with the application
Permission · Laois County Council, 2460343
7 Jun 2024N/a
construct bridge of the Bauteogue River and access road from property within the curtilage of a protected structure, Stradbally Hall, RPS No. 414 and NIAH No. 12900432 to an existing entrance on the Timahoe Road and all necessary and associated site works
Permission · Laois County Council, 2460324
5 Jun 2024N/a
Construct bridge of the Bauteogue River and access road from property within the curtilage of a protected structure, Stradbally Hall, RPS No. 414 and NIAH No. 12900432 to an existing entrance on the Timahoe Road and all necessary and associated site works
Permission · Laois County Council, 2460312
2 Aug 2023Conditional
ground floor addition, and raised roof with bedroom accommodation to my dwelling house and garage as built
Retention, 2 homes · Laois County Council, 2360309
31 Jul 2023N/a
retain ground floor addition, and raised roof with bedroom accommodation to my dwelling house and garage as built
Retention · Laois County Council, 2360298
28 Jul 2023N/a
retain ground floor addition, and raised roof with bedroom accommodation to my dwelling house and garage as built
Retention · Laois County Council, 2360296
31 Aug 2022Conditional
construct new entrance to farmyard including constructing bridge over the Crooked river and all associated and necessary site works
Permission, 1 home · Laois County Council, 2228
10 Sept 2021Conditional
change house type previously granted under file ref 21/77
Permission, 1 home · Laois County Council, 21635
2 Jun 2021Conditional
permission to change use of existing 1930's commercial building to residential. The works will include the renovation and extension of existing shed to 3 bedroom residence with a mezzanine floor and open plan living space and all associated site works
Permission, 1 home · Laois County Council, 21402
12 Feb 2021Conditional
construct a new dwelling house, waste water treatment system and polishing filter, new site entrance and associated works
Permission, 1 home · Laois County Council, 2177
Source: National Planning Applications, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, CC BY 4.0. Applicants are not shown.
Nature and heritage
Designated sites and recorded monuments
Designated sites
No designated site (Special Area of Conservation, Special Protection Area, Natural Heritage Area or proposed one) touches the townland of Oldmill.
Recorded monuments
No recorded monument lies in the townland of Oldmill.
Architectural heritage
- Pole's Bridge, bridge, 1700–1750 · Regional interest
Description
Two-arch rubble limestone road bridge over the Timogue river, c. 1710, with castellations and triangular cut-waters.
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).
Ground and risks
Radon, landslides, flooding
- Radon
- At the centre of the townland of Oldmill, about 1 in 5 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 Oldmill.
- 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.
Homes sold
Property Price Register
No address of the register names Oldmill with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Laois.
The townland
- Name
- Oldmill · An Seanmhuileann
- Area
- 1,311,364 m² (131.14 ha, 324.05 acres)
- Civil parish
- Dysartenos, and its townlands
- Barony
- Stradbally
- Electoral division
- Stradbally, the unit of the census
- Census 2022
- 1,912 people lived in 725 households in the Stradbally electoral division. 71% of households owned their home. 35% of homes were built since 2001. 6% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 0% were holiday homes.
- Neighbouring townlands
- Aghamaddock, Ballinteskin, Killalooghan, Killavally, Raheenduff, Stradbally, Timogue
- Placenames
- Oldmill 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.