Strahard

126 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Strahard, from 10 m² to 285,220 m² (28.52 ha, 70.48 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 47 neighbouring parcels touch it.

Download the townland: DXF, in Irish Transverse Mercator metres, with its boundary, parcels and buildings; GeoJSON or KML.

• R2Residential 1 - Existing Residential (Existing residential)
  LAOIS COUNTY DEVELOPMENT PLAN 2021-2027, Laois · 2 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• G4Open Space and Amenity (Active open space)
  LAOIS COUNTY DEVELOPMENT PLAN 2021-2027, Laois · 0 parcels The zoning objective in the plan

Source: Tailte Éireann and the Department of Housing (MyPlan), national zoning, CC BY 4.0.

• 22 Apr 2026N/a

  Retain attic/storage space to include velux and dormer windows. Retention of living/dining rooms space.

  Retention · Laois County Council, 2660223

• 22 Apr 2026Conditional

  retain attic/storage space to include velux and dormer windows & retention of living/dining rooms space.

  Retention, 1 home · Laois County Council, 2660226

• 18 Apr 2026N/a

  Retain attic/storage space to include velux and dormer windows. Retention of living/dining rooms space.

  Retention · Laois County Council, 2660215

• 27 Aug 2025Conditional

  1. construct an extension to the front of the existing clubhouse to accommodate a new gym area, 2. alterations to the external and internal arrangements of the building to accommodate the new gym, 3. construct a training ball wall with a fenced enclosure with flood lighting, together with all ancillary services and associated site works

  Permission · Laois County Council, 2573

• 21 Aug 2025N/a

  1. construct an extension to the front of the existing clubhouse to accommodate a new gym area, 2. alterations to the external and internal arrangements of the building to accommodate the new gym, 3. construct a training ball wall with a fenced enclosure with flood lighting, together with all ancillary services and associated site works

  Permission · Laois County Council, 2568

• 24 Sept 2024Conditional

  erect a mobile home on the site during the construction phase of the dwelling house granted planning permission on plg file no. 22/55.

  Permission, 1 home · Laois County Council, 2460553

• 11 Aug 2024Conditional

  Demolish rear extension and Garage and a Proposed Renovation of Existing Dwelling House to include a Two Storey Extension to the side/west of the main house along with a Single Storey Extension and a Two Storey Extension over the main house, New Garage, New location of Site Entrance along with new Entrance Walls & Piers, Wastewater Treatment System & Percolation area and to include all associated site works

  Permission, 2 homes · Laois County Council, 2460466

• 2 Mar 2024Refused

  Construct a new dwelling house & garage, septic tank with percolation area, change existing agricultural entrance to private dwelling entrance and all associated site works.

  Permission, 2 homes · Laois County Council, 2460103

• 23 Feb 2024N/a

  New dwelling house, domestic garage, septic tank treatment system, percolation area, new site entrance and all associated site works.

  Permission, 1 home · Laois County Council, 2460084

• 19 Jul 2023Refused

  change house type from that previously granted under planning file 18/532. Permission is also sought for domestic garage and all associated site works

  Permission, 2 homes · Laois County Council, 2360274

• 24 May 2022Conditional

  erect a mobile home on site during the construction phase of the dwelling house granted under plg file no. 22/55

  Permission, 1 home · Laois County Council, 22324

• 14 Feb 2022Conditional

  construct dwelling house, domestic garage, septic tank treatment system, percolation area, new site entrance and all associated site works

  Permission, 2 homes · Laois County Council, 2265

• 8 Feb 2022Conditional

  construct a proposed dwelling house, domestic garage, septic tank treatment system, percolation area, new site entrance and all associated site works

  Permission, 1 home · Laois County Council, 2255

• 8 Oct 2021Refused

  develop site 1 as follows: construct proposed dwelling house, domestic garage, septic tank treatment system, percolation area, new site entrance and all associated site works; develop site 2 as follows: outline planning permission for dwelling house, domestic garage, septic tank treatment system, percolation area, new site entrance and associated site works

  Permission, 1 home · Laois County Council, 21693

• 30 Jun 2021Conditional

  construct dwelling house, detached garage, detached shed, wastewater treatment system and all associated site works

  Permission, 3 homes · Laois County Council, 21471

• 28 Aug 2018Conditional

  construct a new storey and a half style dwelling , septic tank, percolation area, new site entrance and all associated site works

  Permission, 1 home · Laois County Council, 18532

• 28 Aug 2018Conditional

  construct a new storey and a half style dwelling, septic tank, percolation area, new site entrance and all associated site works.

  Permission, 1 home · Laois County Council, 18533

• 1 Feb 2017Conditional

  (1) demolish existing dwelling house (2) construction of new dwelling house, septic tank, percolation area, and all associated site works

  Permission, 1 home · Laois County Council, 1744

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

No recorded monument lies in the townland of Strahard.

Architectural heritage

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

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 10 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_2142 (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 Strahard with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Laois.

Name

Strahard · An tSraith Ard

Area

2,548,478 m² (254.85 ha, 629.74 acres)

Civil parish

Ardea, and its townlands

Barony

Portnahinch

Electoral division

Dangans, the unit of the census

Census 2022

Dangans electoral division: 1,524 people in 461 households; 53% of households own their home; 64% of homes were built since 2001; 4% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 0% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Acragar, Ballycullenbeg, Barranaghs (Co. Offaly), Brittas, Clonterry, Debicot, Forest Lower, Kilmainham, Kilnacash, Townparks

Placenames

Strahard 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.