# Rossadown, Co. Laois: townland, land parcels and planning

Townland in the civil parish of Offerlane, barony of Upperwoods, Co. Laois; in Irish Ros an Dúin.

- Area (Tailte Éireann): 1,272,654 m² (127.27 ha, 314.48 acres)
- Land parcels (Tailte Éireann): 88 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in it, median 3,713 m² (0.37 ha, 0.92 acres)
- Zoning (national zoning, MyPlan): not in a zoned settlement
- Planning (National Planning Applications): 3 applications since 2010
- Civil parish: Offerlane, https://everytownland.com/laois/parish/offerlane.md
- Barony: Upperwoods
- Electoral division: Lacka, the unit of the census
- Census 2022 (Central Statistics Office): Lacka electoral division: 309 people in 96 households; 96% of households own their home; 26% of homes were built since 2001; 5% 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/28525
- Townland number at Tailte Éireann: 100995
- Centre: latitude 53.025123, longitude -7.54839 (WGS 84)

## Land parcels (registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann)

88 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Rossadown, from 399 m² to 178,633 m² (17.86 ha, 44.14 acres); 27 neighbouring parcels touch its boundary. Largest first:

- Parcel 250882: 178,633 m² (17.86 ha, 44.14 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/250882.md
- Parcel 257071: 157,244 m² (15.72 ha, 38.86 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/257071.md
- Parcel 358407: 130,720 m² (13.07 ha, 32.3 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/358407.md
- Parcel 234999: 90,835 m² (9.08 ha, 22.45 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/234999.md
- Parcel 264718: 76,008 m² (7.6 ha, 18.78 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/264718.md
- Parcel 239553: 58,761 m² (5.88 ha, 14.52 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/239553.md
- Parcel 237462: 51,867 m² (5.19 ha, 12.82 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/237462.md
- Parcel 247896: 44,223 m² (4.42 ha, 10.93 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/247896.md
- Parcel 234233: 42,770 m² (4.28 ha, 10.57 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/234233.md
- Parcel 247375: 35,753 m² (3.58 ha, 8.83 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/247375.md
- Parcel 251713: 27,376 m² (2.74 ha, 6.76 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/251713.md
- Parcel 247634: 23,520 m² (2.35 ha, 5.81 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/247634.md
- Parcel 5809370: 20,021 m² (2 ha, 4.95 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5809370.md
- Parcel 246127: 11,622 m² (1.16 ha, 2.87 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/246127.md
- Parcel 230626: 11,350 m² (1.14 ha, 2.8 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/230626.md
- Parcel 248299: 10,363 m² (1.04 ha, 2.56 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/248299.md
- Parcel 239813: 6,481 m² (0.65 ha, 1.6 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/239813.md
- Parcel 5600225: 6,365 m² (0.64 ha, 1.57 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5600225.md
- Parcel 230522: 6,282 m² (0.63 ha, 1.55 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/230522.md
- Parcel 250292: 5,961 m² (0.6 ha, 1.47 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/250292.md
- Parcel 233353: 5,839 m² (0.58 ha, 1.44 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/233353.md
- Parcel 234338: 5,704 m² (0.57 ha, 1.41 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/234338.md
- Parcel 5809362: 5,510 m² (0.55 ha, 1.36 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5809362.md
- Parcel 242159: 5,321 m² (0.53 ha, 1.31 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/242159.md
- Parcel 231129: 5,168 m² (0.52 ha, 1.28 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/231129.md
- Parcel 236586: 5,094 m² (0.51 ha, 1.26 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/236586.md
- Parcel 259855: 5,047 m² (0.5 ha, 1.25 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/259855.md
- Parcel 253559: 4,851 m² (0.49 ha, 1.2 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/253559.md
- Parcel 246287: 4,698 m² (0.47 ha, 1.16 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/246287.md
- Parcel 232829: 4,684 m² (0.47 ha, 1.16 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/232829.md
- Parcel 233575: 4,626 m² (0.46 ha, 1.14 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/233575.md
- Parcel 245930: 4,565 m² (0.46 ha, 1.13 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/245930.md
- Parcel 234431: 4,530 m² (0.45 ha, 1.12 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/234431.md
- Parcel 4521493: 4,504 m² (0.45 ha, 1.11 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/4521493.md
- Parcel 239226: 4,455 m² (0.45 ha, 1.1 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/239226.md
- Parcel 235539: 4,290 m² (0.43 ha, 1.06 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/235539.md
- Parcel 5658979: 4,174 m² (0.42 ha, 1.03 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5658979.md
- Parcel 254018: 4,053 m² (0.41 ha, 1 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/254018.md
- Parcel 266213: 3,972 m² (0.4 ha, 0.98 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/266213.md
- Parcel 230480: 3,969 m² (0.4 ha, 0.98 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/230480.md
- Parcel 238424: 3,958 m² (0.4 ha, 0.98 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/238424.md
- Parcel 253587: 3,956 m² (0.4 ha, 0.98 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/253587.md
- Parcel 264754: 3,929 m² (0.39 ha, 0.97 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/264754.md
- Parcel 263611: 3,790 m² (0.38 ha, 0.94 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/263611.md
- Parcel 229400: 3,636 m² (0.36 ha, 0.9 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/229400.md
- Parcel 266560: 3,628 m² (0.36 ha, 0.9 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/266560.md
- Parcel 235063: 3,603 m² (0.36 ha, 0.89 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/235063.md
- Parcel 4466474: 3,538 m² (0.35 ha, 0.87 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/4466474.md
- Parcel 252653: 3,513 m² (0.35 ha, 0.87 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/252653.md
- Parcel 259820: 3,437 m² (0.34 ha, 0.85 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/259820.md
- Parcel 225575: 3,415 m² (0.34 ha, 0.84 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/225575.md
- Parcel 3935089: 3,393 m² (0.34 ha, 0.84 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/3935089.md
- Parcel 241485: 3,392 m² (0.34 ha, 0.84 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/241485.md
- Parcel 252136: 3,388 m² (0.34 ha, 0.84 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/252136.md
- Parcel 224977: 3,370 m² (0.34 ha, 0.83 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/224977.md
- Parcel 258238: 3,352 m² (0.34 ha, 0.83 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/258238.md
- Parcel 261737: 3,306 m² (0.33 ha, 0.82 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/261737.md
- Parcel 227295: 3,291 m² (0.33 ha, 0.81 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/227295.md
- Parcel 237020: 3,289 m² (0.33 ha, 0.81 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/237020.md
- Parcel 262104: 3,279 m² (0.33 ha, 0.81 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/262104.md
- Parcel 242641: 3,252 m² (0.33 ha, 0.8 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/242641.md
- Parcel 246796: 3,202 m² (0.32 ha, 0.79 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/246796.md
- Parcel 241725: 3,170 m² (0.32 ha, 0.78 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/241725.md
- Parcel 258218: 3,161 m² (0.32 ha, 0.78 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/258218.md
- Parcel 260868: 3,114 m² (0.31 ha, 0.77 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/260868.md
- Parcel 236107: 3,071 m² (0.31 ha, 0.76 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/236107.md
- Parcel 254865: 2,972 m² (0.3 ha, 0.73 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/254865.md
- Parcel 229482: 2,779 m² (0.28 ha, 0.69 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/229482.md
- Parcel 2455839: 2,690 m² (0.27 ha, 0.66 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2455839.md
- Parcel 258881: 2,655 m² (0.27 ha, 0.66 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/258881.md
- Parcel 238591: 2,569 m² (0.26 ha, 0.63 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/238591.md
- Parcel 229531: 2,134 m² (0.21 ha, 0.53 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/229531.md
- Parcel 242131: 2,119 m² (0.21 ha, 0.52 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/242131.md
- Parcel 252236: 2,079 m² (0.21 ha, 0.51 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/252236.md
- Parcel 249684: 2,054 m² (0.21 ha, 0.51 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/249684.md
- Parcel 236930: 2,030 m² (0.2 ha, 0.5 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/236930.md
- Parcel 250890: 1,954 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/250890.md
- Parcel 233495: 1,926 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/233495.md
- Parcel 238411: 1,924 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/238411.md
- Parcel 248071: 1,905 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/248071.md
- Parcel 239712: 1,845 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/239712.md
- Parcel 245409: 1,824 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/245409.md
- Parcel 237704: 1,792 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/237704.md
- Parcel 5222557: 1,378 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/5222557.md
- Parcel 5809431: 949 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/5809431.md
- Parcel 256761: 878 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/256761.md
- Parcel 239979: 769 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/239979.md
- Parcel 255033: 399 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/255033.md

## Zoning (national zoning of development plans, MyPlan)

No zone of a development plan covers Rossadown 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)

3 applications, newest first.

- 16 Aug 2021, Laois County Council 21573: N/a. Retention. retain a hard standing area and all associated site works. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/LaoisCC/AppFileRefDetails/21573/0
- 27 Jun 2018, Laois County Council 18383: Conditional. Permission, 1 home. construct a new agricultural shed and dungsted together with all ancillary services and associated site works. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/LaoisCC/AppFileRefDetails/18383/0
- 25 Aug 2017, Laois County Council 17465: Conditional. Permission, 1 home. construct a dwelling house, effluent treatment system percolation area together with site entrance and all ancillary site services and associated site services and associated site works. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/LaoisCC/AppFileRefDetails/17465/0

Applicants are not shown.

## Designated sites (National Parks and Wildlife Service)

- Special Protection Area: Slieve Bloom Mountains SPA, site code 004160, https://www.npws.ie/protected-sites/spa/004160

## Recorded monuments (Sites and Monuments Record, National Monuments Service)

No recorded monument lies in the townland of Rossadown.

## Architectural heritage (National Inventory of Architectural Heritage)

No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands in the townland of Rossadown.

## Ground and risks (Radon Risk Map of Ireland, EPA; Landslide Susceptibility Classification and LiDAR, Geological Survey Ireland)

- Radon: About 1 in 5 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 Rossadown.
- 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/rossadown.dxf
- GeoJSON, in WGS 84, for a map: https://everytownland.com/laois/rossadown.geojson
- KML, for Google Earth: https://everytownland.com/laois/rossadown.kml

## Homes sold (Residential Property Price Register)

No address of the register names Rossadown 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)

- Bughorn: https://everytownland.com/laois/bughorn.md
- Clonin: https://everytownland.com/laois/clonin.md
- Glenbower: https://everytownland.com/laois/glenbower.md
- Killinure: https://everytownland.com/laois/killinure-100730.md
- Lacka: https://everytownland.com/laois/lacka.md
- Roundwood: https://everytownland.com/laois/roundwood.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.

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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.

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