# Rushes, Co. Laois: townland, land parcels and planning Townland in the civil parish of Killabban, barony of Slievemargy, Co. Laois; in Irish Na Rosa. - Area (Tailte Éireann): 1,595,354 m² (159.54 ha, 394.22 acres) - Land parcels (Tailte Éireann): 32 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in it, median 34,196 m² (3.42 ha, 8.45 acres) - Zoning (national zoning, MyPlan): not in a zoned settlement - Planning (National Planning Applications): 10 applications since 2010 - Civil parish: Killabban, https://everytownland.com/laois/parish/killabban.md - Barony: Slievemargy - Electoral division: Turra, the unit of the census - Census 2022 (Central Statistics Office): 392 people lived in 130 households in the Turra electoral division. 93% of households owned their home. 35% of homes were built since 2001. 7% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 0% were holiday homes. - County: Co. Laois, https://everytownland.com/laois.md - Placenames Database of Ireland: https://www.logainm.ie/en/28894 - Townland number at Tailte Éireann: 101016 - Centre: latitude 52.878596, longitude -7.078373 (WGS 84) ## Land parcels (registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann) 32 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Rushes, from 83 m² to 565,227 m² (56.52 ha, 139.67 acres); 38 neighbouring parcels touch its boundary. Largest first: - Parcel 250647: 565,227 m² (56.52 ha, 139.67 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/250647.md - Parcel 247421: 93,030 m² (9.3 ha, 22.99 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/247421.md - Parcel 5199458: 73,831 m² (7.38 ha, 18.24 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5199458.md - Parcel 239536: 69,656 m² (6.97 ha, 17.21 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/239536.md - Parcel 265092: 62,502 m² (6.25 ha, 15.44 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/265092.md - Parcel 255917: 60,737 m² (6.07 ha, 15.01 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/255917.md - Parcel 229981: 60,719 m² (6.07 ha, 15 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/229981.md - Parcel 261637: 60,607 m² (6.06 ha, 14.98 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/261637.md - Parcel 267012: 55,963 m² (5.6 ha, 13.83 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/267012.md - Parcel 247715: 53,308 m² (5.33 ha, 13.17 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/247715.md - Parcel 230890: 43,995 m² (4.4 ha, 10.87 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/230890.md - Parcel 267256: 40,111 m² (4.01 ha, 9.91 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/267256.md - Parcel 261348: 38,296 m² (3.83 ha, 9.46 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/261348.md - Parcel 268172: 37,865 m² (3.79 ha, 9.36 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/268172.md - Parcel 262180: 36,804 m² (3.68 ha, 9.09 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/262180.md - Parcel 241960: 34,288 m² (3.43 ha, 8.47 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/241960.md - Parcel 4539889: 34,104 m² (3.41 ha, 8.43 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/4539889.md - Parcel 255752: 32,930 m² (3.29 ha, 8.14 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/255752.md - Parcel 252969: 21,205 m² (2.12 ha, 5.24 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/252969.md - Parcel 257260: 17,779 m² (1.78 ha, 4.39 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/257260.md - Parcel 265857: 16,567 m² (1.66 ha, 4.09 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/265857.md - Parcel 225962: 14,714 m² (1.47 ha, 3.64 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/225962.md - Parcel 225311: 12,959 m² (1.3 ha, 3.2 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/225311.md - Parcel 258397: 10,845 m² (1.08 ha, 2.68 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/258397.md - Parcel 263826: 10,430 m² (1.04 ha, 2.58 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/263826.md - Parcel 230849: 10,295 m² (1.03 ha, 2.54 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/230849.md - Parcel 256677: 6,641 m² (0.66 ha, 1.64 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/256677.md - Parcel 4542946: 4,842 m² (0.48 ha, 1.2 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/4542946.md - Parcel 259399: 4,640 m² (0.46 ha, 1.15 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/259399.md - Parcel 5743713: 4,183 m² (0.42 ha, 1.03 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5743713.md - Parcel 228452: 3,002 m² (0.3 ha, 0.74 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/228452.md - Parcel 266845: 83 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/266845.md ## Zoning (national zoning of development plans, MyPlan) No zone of a development plan covers Rushes 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) 10 applications, newest first. - 8 Aug 2023, Laois County Council 2360317: Refused. Permission, 1 home. alter existing dwelling to include, the construction of a one & half storey type extension to the north west elevation, internal & external alterations, permission for a bored well, tertiary treatment system & infiltration/treatment area, upgrading of existing entrance, and all associated site works. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/LaoisCC/AppFileRefDetails/2360317/0 - 21 Mar 2022, Laois County Council 22156: Conditional. Permission, 2 homes. construct a single storey dwelling, domestic garage, bored well, secondary effluent treatment system and soil polishing filter, connection to services and associated boundary treatments, new entrance and all associated site works. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/LaoisCC/AppFileRefDetails/22156/0 - 16 Jul 2021, Laois County Council 21515: Conditional. Retention. retain the modifications to the existing roadside entrance as constructed. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/LaoisCC/AppFileRefDetails/21515/0 - 9 Apr 2021, Laois County Council 21214: Conditional. Permission. erection of a milking parlour and collecting yard with slatted tank, cattle holding area, dairy, machine room, farm office, storeroom, roof mounted solar panels and meal bin along with concrete yards and all ancillary works. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/LaoisCC/AppFileRefDetails/21214/0 - 23 Aug 2018, Laois County Council 18527: Refused. Permission. construct a forest entrance and all associated site works. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/LaoisCC/AppFileRefDetails/18527/0 - 29 Sept 2017, Laois County Council 17526: Conditional. Permission, 1 home. renovate and refurfishment of existing cottage with new singlestorey extensions to side, minor alteratins to existing elevations, installation of a new wastewater treatment system, percolation area and bored private well; revised layout to existing single vehicular entrance and all ancillary works. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/LaoisCC/AppFileRefDetails/17526/0 - 11 Sept 2017, Laois County Council 17492: Refused. Permission, 1 home. construct a one and a half-storey extension and alterations to existing cottage, upgrading of existing wastewater treatment system, upgrading of existing site entrance and associated site works. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/LaoisCC/AppFileRefDetails/17492/0 - 8 Sept 2017, Laois County Council 17487: N/a. Permission. renovate and refurfishment of existing cottage with new single storey extensions to side, minor alteratins to existing elevations, installation of a new wastewater treatment system, percolation area and bored private well; revised layout to existing single vehicular entrance and all ancillary works. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/LaoisCC/AppFileRefDetails/17487/0 - 6 Sept 2017, Laois County Council 17482: N/a. Permission. renovate and refurfishment of existing cottage with new singlestorey extensions to side, minor alteratins to existing elevations, installation of a new wastewater treatment system, percolation area and bored privte well; revised layout to existing single vehicular entrance and all ancillary works. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/LaoisCC/AppFileRefDetails/17482/0 - 25 Aug 2017, Laois County Council 17463: N/a. Permission. renovate and refurfishment of existing cottage with new singlestorey extensions to side, minor alteratins to existing elevations, installation of a new wastewater treatment system, percolation area and bored privte well; revised layout to existing single vehicular entrance and all ancillary works. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/LaoisCC/AppFileRefDetails/17463/0 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 Rushes. ## Recorded monuments (Sites and Monuments Record, National Monuments Service) No recorded monument lies in the townland of Rushes. ## Architectural heritage (National Inventory of Architectural Heritage) No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands in the townland of Rushes. ## 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 Rushes, about 1 in 20 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 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 Rushes. - 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/rushes.dxf - GeoJSON, in WGS 84, for a map: https://everytownland.com/laois/rushes.geojson - KML, for Google Earth: https://everytownland.com/laois/rushes.kml ## Homes sold (Residential Property Price Register) No address of the register names Rushes 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) - Aghaterry: https://everytownland.com/laois/aghaterry.md - Ballynakill: https://everytownland.com/laois/ballynakill-100147.md - Farnans: https://everytownland.com/laois/farnans.md - Turra: https://everytownland.com/laois/turra.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/rushes - In JSON: https://everytownland.com/api/townland/laois/rushes