Slatt Lower
Slatt Lower is a townland in the civil parish of Rathaspick, barony of Slievemargy, Co. Laois. Its name in Irish is Barr na Slaite Íochtarach.
- Area
- 362 ha
- 895 acres
- Land parcels
- 220
- registered freehold, median 1,851 m²
- Zoning
- R2
- Residential 1 - Existing Residential
- Planning
- 35
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
220 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Slatt Lower, from 8 m² to 645,011 m² (64.5 ha, 159.39 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 32 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
- 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 · 98 parcels The zoning objective in the plan - C6Industrial (Mixed/general commercial/industrial/enterprise uses)
Laois County Development Plan 2021–2027 including Ministerial Direction (as varied) by Variation No. 1, No. 2 and No. 3, Laois · 5 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 · 3 parcels The zoning objective in the plan - C3General Business (Office, business/technology park and related)
Laois County Development Plan 2021–2027 including Ministerial Direction (as varied) by Variation No. 1, No. 2 and No. 3, Laois · 2 parcels The zoning objective in the plan - S5Community-Educational-Institutional (Mixed/general community services/facilities uses)
Laois County Development Plan 2021–2027 including Ministerial Direction (as varied) by Variation No. 1, No. 2 and No. 3, Laois · 2 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 · 2 parcels The zoning objective in the plan - R1Residential 2 (New/proposed residential)
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.
Planning applications
Sites that touch the townland, newest first
25 Sept 2026N/a
Outline permission to construct a dwelling house
Outline permission · Laois County Council, 2660680
13 Aug 2026N/a
construct a single-storey dwelling house, domestic garage, a new wastewater treatment system, connection to the public water main, a new splayed entrance and all associated site works
Permission, 1 home · Laois County Council, 2660549
3 Jun 2026Refused
Extension of duration PL ref 22/114. To construct a single story dwelling house, foul effluent treatment system, domestic garage
Extension of duration · Laois County Council, 2635
27 Aug 2025N/a
develop new dwelling house, new septic tank, percolation area and filter system, new garage and all associated site work
Outline permission · Laois County Council, 2560534
27 Aug 2025N/a
develop new dwelling house, new septic tank, percolation area and filter system, new garage and all associated site work
Outline permission · Laois County Council, 2560535
25 Aug 2025N/a
seek outline permission for dwelling house, new septic tank, percolation area and filter system, new garage and all associated site work
Outline permission · Laois County Council, 2560521
25 Aug 2025N/a
construct a new dwelling house, new septic tank, percolation area and filter system, new garage and all associated site work
Outline permission · Laois County Council, 2560522
21 Aug 2025N/a
construct new dwelling house, new septic tank, percolation area and filter system, new garage and all associated site work
Outline permission · Laois County Council, 2560511
21 Aug 2025N/a
construct new dwelling house, new septic tank, percolation area and filter system, new garage and all associated site work
Outline permission · Laois County Council, 2560513
27 May 2025Conditional
construct a detached single-storey log cabin structure for use as a home office, gym, games room, storage, and all associated site works and services.
Permission, 1 home · Laois County Council, 2560319
12 Feb 2025Conditional
construct a single storey dwelling, domestic garage, bored well, secondary treatment system & soil polishing filter, new boundary treatments, new entrance, and all associated site works
Permission, 2 homes · Laois County Council, 2560070
7 Jan 2025N/a
construct a single storey dwelling, bored well, septic tank & percolation area, domestic garage, new boundary treatments, new entrance, and all associated site works
Permission · Laois County Council, 2560006
28 Apr 2024Conditional
construct a new dwelling house and garage, new site entrance, connection to public water mains and public sewerage system and all associated site works
Permission, 2 homes · Laois County Council, 2460231
16 Jan 2024Conditional
retain a single storey extension to the rear of dwelling house and retain two outbuildings in the back garden & all associated site works
Retention, 1 home · Laois County Council, 2410
18 Aug 2023Conditional
carry out phase 2 of the development consisting of 6 semi-detached two storey 3 bedroom houses and associated site works on serviced sites
Permission, 6 homes · Laois County Council, 23237
18 Apr 2023Conditional
construct new dwelling house and garage, new septic tank, foul water treatment system and filters and removal of old stone building and all associated site works
Permission, 2 homes · Laois County Council, 23124
8 Sept 2022Conditional
construct a new dwelling house, alteration of existing site entrance, a new wastewater treatment system with polishing filters and all associated site works
Permission, 1 home · Laois County Council, 22555
23 Jun 2022Conditional
construct new 2 storey terraced dwelling house to the side of existing house and all associated site works
Permission, 1 home · Laois County Council, 22384
7 Mar 2022Conditional
construct single storey dwelling house, foul effluent treatment system with percolation area, bored well, new entrance, domestic garage and all associated site works
Permission, 1 home · Laois County Council, 22114
27 Aug 2021Conditional
construct a new bovine slatted shed, slurry storage and all associated site works
Permission · Laois County Council, 21600
26 Jul 2021Refused
dormer type dwelling house, foul treatment system with percolation area, bored well, new entrance, domestic garage and all associated site works
Permission, 2 homes · Laois County Council, 21532
15 Jul 2021Conditional
construct new dwelling house and garage, new treatment system with polishing filter, re-position existing lane junction with public road and all associated site works
Permission, 2 homes · Laois County Council, 21512
29 Apr 2021Conditional
complete a partially constructed dormer type dwelling house (original planning application ref:07/2180) and all associated site works
Permission, 1 home · Laois County Council, 21267
16 Mar 2021Conditional
construct two semi-detached 2-storey houses and all associated and necessary site works
Permission, 2 homes · Laois County Council, 21159
12 Mar 2021N/a
complete a partially constructed dormer type dwelling house ( original planning application ref :07/2180) and all associated site works
Permission, 1 home · Laois County Council, 21146
The 25 most recent of 35 applications.
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 Slatt Lower.
Recorded monuments
- LA031-002 Fulacht fia
Description
Traces of a fulacht fiadh evident in 1956, (NMI file). No visible surface remains. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Laois' (Dublin Stationery Office, 1995) compiled by P. David Sweetman, Olive Alcock and Bernie Moran. In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload: 17 December 2007
- LA031-003 Fulacht fia
Description
Discovered while excavating for fireclay for fire-clay in 1956. An oblong pit, orientated N-S, with the remains of a wooden trough dating to 3500 + - 35 BP (OPW file; JIA 1989-90, 27). The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Laois' (Dublin Stationery Office, 1995) compiled by P. David Sweetman, Olive Alcock and Bernie Moran. In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload: 17 December 2007
- LA031-019 Barrow - unclassified
Description
Not marked on the 1841 or 1906 editions of the OS 6-inch maps. A circular area (diam. c. 14m) defined by a low bank with twenty-two stones protruding slightly above the ground except at the E. From N-E the stones touch each other. There is a slight rise in the centre of enclosure. Large erratic boulder to the S, possible outlier. Situated in an upland area on wet ,marshy land with nearby ring-barrow (LA031-020) to NE. A slightly concave circular area (diam. 14) enclosed by an earth and stone bank witn stone facing visible in bank face. Not a stone circle but more like a small embanked enclosure or pond barrow. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Laois' (Dublin Stationery Office, 1995) compiled by P. David Sweetman, Olive Alcock and Bernie Moran. In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload: 17 December 2007
- LA031-020 Barrow - ring-barrow
Description
A sub-circular area (dims. c. 15.9m N-S, c. 14.2m E-W) with dome-shaped rise in the centre. Slight evidence of internal fosse and external bank. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Laois' (Dublin Stationery Office, 1995) compiled by P. David Sweetman, Olive Alcock and Bernie Moran. In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload: 17 December 2007
- LA031-021 Enclosure
Description
Situated in upland area on wet marshy land. Not marked on any edition of the OS 6-inch maps. An oval area (dims. c. 21.6m N-S, 18.4m E-W) with slight evidence of bank from NW-E. No other visible surface remains. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Laois' (Dublin Stationery Office, 1995) compiled by P. David Sweetman, Olive Alcock and Bernie Moran. In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload: 17 December 2007
- LA031-023 Fulacht fia
Description
A ploughed out fulacht fiadh noted during fieldwork. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Laois' (Dublin Stationery Office, 1995) compiled by P. David Sweetman, Olive Alcock and Bernie Moran. In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload: 17 December 2007
- LA031-024 Fulacht fia
Description
A low mound with burnt stone, now destroyed (Local information). The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Laois' (Dublin Stationery Office, 1995) compiled by P. David Sweetman, Olive Alcock and Bernie Moran. In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload: 17 December 2007
- LA031-025 Fulacht fia
Description
A slightly raised subcircular area (dims. c. 9.3m N-S, c. 7m E-W) containing burnt stone.. Site noted during fieldwork. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Laois' (Dublin Stationery Office, 1995) compiled by P. David Sweetman, Olive Alcock and Bernie Moran. In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload: 17 December 2007
- LA031-026 Fulacht fia
Description
According to local information, burnt stone was discovered here. No visible surface remains. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Laois' (Dublin Stationery Office, 1995) compiled by P. David Sweetman, Olive Alcock and Bernie Moran. In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload: 17 December 2007
- LA031-027 Standing stone
Description
Not marked on the 1841 or 1906 editions of the OS 6-inch maps. Irregular green stone flag (H c. 1.2m, Wth c. 43-0.63m, T c. 0.4m-0.11m) orientated N-S. Another stone (H c. 1.1m, Wth c. 0.22-0.55m) immediately to SW, may have broken off the standing stone. This does not appear to be a standing stone, it is the wrong shape and size and form more like something that was erected in the nineteenth century. This could be the standing stone referred to in H. Roe's unpublished report. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Laois' (Dublin Stationery Office, 1995) compiled by P. David Sweetman, Olive Alcock and Bernie Moran. In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload: 17 December 2007
Architectural heritage
- Fleming's Fireclays, kiln, 1930–1940 · Regional interest
Description
Pair of freestanding brick firing beehive kilns, c. 1935, on hemispherical plans. Pair of freestanding chimneys, dated 1948 and 1953, to site.
- Fleming's Fireclays, worker's house, 1935–1950 · Regional interest
Description
Detached four-bay single-storey brick factory manager's house with dormer attic, c. 1940, on an L-shaped plan with half-hipped gabled bay to left. Plaque on west wall commemorates Patrick Joseph Fleming, Patron of Works and Patriot.
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 Slatt Lower, 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 high, moderately low, low, partly inferred.
- Terrain model
- No LiDAR survey of the Office of Public Works covers the centre of the townland of Slatt Lower.
- 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 Slatt Lower with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Laois.
The townland
- Name
- Slatt Lower · Barr na Slaite Íochtarach
- Area
- 3,619,941 m² (361.99 ha, 894.51 acres)
- Civil parish
- Rathaspick, and its townlands
- Barony
- Slievemargy
- Electoral division
- Doonane, the unit of the census
- Census 2022
- 844 people lived in 297 households in the Doonane electoral division. 78% of households owned their home. 42% of homes were built since 2001. 5% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 1% were holiday homes.
- Neighbouring townlands
- Aughatubbrid or Chatsworth (Co. Kilkenny), Ballylehane Upper, Kylenabehy, Moyadd, Slatt Upper, Wolfhill
- Placenames
- Slatt Lower 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.