Tullaghan
Townland in the civil parish of Lea, barony of Portnahinch, Co. Laois; in Irish An Tulachán
- Area
- 45.5 ha
- 112 acres
- Land parcels
- 144
- registered freehold, median 471 m²
- Zoning
- R2
- Residential 1 - Existing Residential
- Planning
- 16
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
144 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Tullaghan, from 14 m² to 90,100 m² (9.01 ha, 22.26 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 24 neighbouring parcels touch it.
Download the townland: DXF, in Irish Transverse Mercator metres, with its boundary, parcels and buildings; GeoJSON or KML.
Zoning
Development plans, national zoning
- R2Residential 1 - Existing Residential (Existing residential)
LAOIS COUNTY DEVELOPMENT PLAN 2021-2027, Laois · 106 parcels The zoning objective in the plan - C1.1General Business (Commercial, retail)
LAOIS COUNTY DEVELOPMENT PLAN 2021-2027, Laois · 3 parcels The zoning objective in the plan - M2Village Centre (City/Town/village Centre, central area)
LAOIS COUNTY DEVELOPMENT PLAN 2021-2027, Laois · 3 parcels The zoning objective in the plan - C2.1Enterprise and Employment (Industrial, enterprise, employment)
LAOIS COUNTY DEVELOPMENT PLAN 2021-2027, Laois · 2 parcels The zoning objective in the plan - R3Residential 2 (Residential, mixed residential and other uses)
LAOIS COUNTY DEVELOPMENT PLAN 2021-2027, Laois · 1 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.
Planning applications
Sites that touch the townland, newest first
15 Jul 2026Conditional
renovate dwelling, consisting of: change of roof finish; 3 no. new bay windows; new support pillars to front elevation; new patio door; internal garage conversion to living space; and all associated site works
Permission, 1 home · Laois County Council, 2660480
7 Jul 2026Conditional
construct new single storey extension to our existing dwelling
Permission, 1 home · Laois County Council, 2660447
6 Jul 2026N/a
carry out renovations to dwelling consisting of: change of roof finish; 3 no. new bay windows; new support pillars to front elevation; new patio door; internal garage conversion to living space; and all associated site works
Permission · Laois County Council, 2660444
29 Jan 2026N/a
change of use from Creche to two 2-bed apartments and associated site works.
Permission · Laois County Council, 2660043
26 Sept 2024Conditional
construct a bungalow type dwelling with effluent treatment system & percolation area with new vehicular entrance and all associated site works
Permission, 1 home · Laois County Council, 2460561
25 Sept 2024N/a
1) Retain concrete hardstanding area and Groundworks 2) Construct four new single skin metal clad portal frame structures, new hardstanding yard with surface water drainage and all associated site works. The site is the subject of an existing integrated pollution license from the EPA.
Permission · Laois County Council, 2460560
24 Sept 2024N/a
construct a Bungalow Type Dwelling with Effluent Treatment System & Percolation Area With New Vehicular Entrance and all associated site works.
Permission · Laois County Council, 2460556
10 Mar 2023N/a
develop a Business Campus to include 2 blocks of two storey, commercial, retail and office units as follows: Building A - Ground floor commercial/retail(total floor 265sq metres). First Floor commercial office, units (total floor area 245 sq. metres). Building B - Ground floor commercial/retail units (total floor area 265 sq. metres). First floor commercial office units (total floor area 245 sq. metres). Upgraded entrance, access roads, car parking spaces, utility bin storage area and all other associated site development works and also demolition of existing workshop/office area.
Permission, 1 home · Laois County Council, 2383
26 Apr 2021Unconditional
extension of planning permission Ref: 16/128
Extension of duration · Laois County Council, 21258
9 Mar 2020Conditional
construct a new dwelling house, domestic garage, new site entrance, septic tank and percolation area and all associated site works.
Permission, 2 homes · Laois County Council, 20122
27 Nov 2019Conditional
retain (a) Domestic Garage & (b) unused side entrance & wall using Existing Vehicular Entrance and all associated site works.
Permission · Laois County Council, 19655
23 Jul 2019Conditional
change the use of premises from sit down and take away restaurant to use as Pre-School & After School childcare facility and to include minor internal works, provision of an outdoor play area and all associated site works at Collins Hill Café (a protected structure RPS 313)
Permission · Laois County Council, 19421
15 Jul 2019N/a
change the use of premises from sit down and take away restaurant to use as Pre-School & After School childcare facility and to include minor internal works, provision of an outdoor play area and all associated site works
Permission · Laois County Council, 19400
20 Feb 2019Refused
(a) demolish existing shed & office & (b) erect 27 no. residential dwellings (3397.5sqm,gross floor area), comprising 12 no. 3 storey semi-detached dwellings, 10 no. 2 storey semi-detached dwellings, 5 no. 2 storey terrace dwellings, public open spaces, 54 no. car park spaces, new vehicular entrance, pedestrian access & footpaths, boundary treatments, hard & soft landscaping treatments, lighting, drainage works (surface & foul water) and all associated site development works above & below ground
Permission, 27 homes · Laois County Council, 19104
9 Nov 2018Conditional
construct a first floor extension and renovations to existing dwelling house and all associated site works
Permission, 1 home · Laois County Council, 18683
9 Jun 2017Conditional
construct a dwelling house, domestic garage, wastewater treatment system, percolation area, new splayed entrance and associated site works at Tullaghan, Ballybrittas, Co.Laois
Permission, 1 home · Laois County Council, 17298
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 Tullaghan.
Recorded monuments
No recorded monument lies in the townland of Tullaghan.
Architectural heritage
No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands in the townland of Tullaghan.
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
- 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
- No LiDAR survey of the Office of Public Works covers the centre of the townland of Tullaghan.
- 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.
Homes sold
Property Price Register
No address of the register names Tullaghan with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Laois.
The townland
- Name
- Tullaghan · An Tulachán
- Area
- 454,847 m² (45.48 ha, 112.4 acres)
- Civil parish
- Lea, and its townlands
- Barony
- Portnahinch
- Electoral division
- Ballybrittas, the unit of the census
- Census 2022
- Ballybrittas electoral division: 1,520 people in 452 households; 89% of households own their home; 56% of homes were built since 2001; 5% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 1% were holiday homes.
- Neighbouring townlands
- Ballyadding, Ballybrittas, Ballyshaneduff or The Derries, Bellegrove, Graigavern
- Placenames
- Tullaghan 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.