# Portane, Co. Limerick: townland, land parcels and planning Townland in the civil parish of Oola, barony of Coonagh, Co. Limerick; in Irish An Portán. - Area (Tailte Éireann): 552,494 m² (55.25 ha, 136.52 acres) - Land parcels (Tailte Éireann): 19 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in it, median 2,823 m² (0.28 ha, 0.7 acres) - Zoning (national zoning, MyPlan): not in a zoned settlement - Planning (National Planning Applications): 7 applications since 2010 - Civil parish: Oola, https://everytownland.com/limerick/parish/oola.md - Barony: Coonagh - Electoral division: Oola, the unit of the census - Census 2022 (Central Statistics Office): 1,119 people lived in 427 households in the Oola electoral division. 82% of households owned their home. 21% of homes were built since 2001. 7% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 1% were holiday homes. - County: Co. Limerick, https://everytownland.com/limerick.md - Placenames Database of Ireland: https://www.logainm.ie/en/32429 - Townland number at Tailte Éireann: 121692 - Centre: latitude 52.562264, longitude -8.258455 (WGS 84) ## Land parcels (registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann) 19 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Portane, from 61 m² to 228,195 m² (22.82 ha, 56.39 acres); 17 neighbouring parcels touch its boundary. Largest first: - Parcel 1673645: 228,195 m² (22.82 ha, 56.39 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1673645.md - Parcel 4990427: 99,484 m² (9.95 ha, 24.58 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/4990427.md - Parcel 5300203: 72,348 m² (7.23 ha, 17.88 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5300203.md - Parcel 5300189: 53,439 m² (5.34 ha, 13.2 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5300189.md - Parcel 1645129: 27,096 m² (2.71 ha, 6.7 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1645129.md - Parcel 1658129: 22,823 m² (2.28 ha, 5.64 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1658129.md - Parcel 1592332: 22,339 m² (2.23 ha, 5.52 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1592332.md - Parcel 1602023: 5,367 m² (0.54 ha, 1.33 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1602023.md - Parcel 1674643: 3,917 m² (0.39 ha, 0.97 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1674643.md - Parcel 1595488: 2,823 m² (0.28 ha, 0.7 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1595488.md - Parcel 5672054: 2,609 m² (0.26 ha, 0.64 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5672054.md - Parcel 1650566: 2,562 m² (0.26 ha, 0.63 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1650566.md - Parcel 1653915: 2,471 m² (0.25 ha, 0.61 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1653915.md - Parcel 4990423: 2,253 m² (0.23 ha, 0.56 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/4990423.md - Parcel 6145295: 2,162 m² (0.22 ha, 0.53 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/6145295.md - Parcel 1642966: 1,425 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1642966.md - Parcel 1593992: 1,172 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1593992.md - Parcel 3470103: 72 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/3470103.md - Parcel 3470058: 61 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/3470058.md ## Zoning (national zoning of development plans, MyPlan) No zone of a development plan covers Portane 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) 7 applications, newest first. - 30 Jun 2023, Limerick County Council 2360467: Conditional. Permission, 2 homes. the construction of a dwelling house, waste water treatment system and percolation area, entrance, garage and all ancillary site works. File: https://eplanning.ie/LimerickCCC/AppFileRefDetails/2360467/0 - 12 Nov 2021, Limerick County Council 211565: Refused. Permission. a 10-year permission and 35 year operation for a solar farm on four land parcels as described herein; North Parcel(Gortnakistin townland) approximately 23.78 hectares, Central Parcel(Ballyvalode & Keeloges townlands) approximately 43.49 hectares, South Central Parcel(Gortyvahane and Moanroe townlands) approximately 34.7 hectares, South Parcel(Garryduff, Moanroe, Moanoola and Kilmacogue townland) approximately 39.27 hectares. The Central Parcel, South Central Parcel and South Parcel are collectively referred to as the Main Solar Farm; a route corridor of 0.58 hectares for an underground internal network cable along the R507 and L5040 public roads for approximately 600 metres and within the solar farm lands for approximately 1,260 metres. The total site area for the proposed development is approximately 141.8 hectares. The proposed development on these parcels comprises of 755,000sqm of solar photovoltaic panels on ground mounted steel frames; inverter/transformer stations; underground power and communication cables and ducts; boundary security fencing; new internal access tracks; associated drainage infrastructure; site entrances to the R507 public road(site entrance to main solar farm) and the L5040 public local road(North Parcel); CCTV cameras and all associated site services and works. Works for the internal network cable comprise trenching for an underground medium voltage electrical cable and associated joint bays and infrastructure, for a distance of approximately 560 metres on the R507 Regional Road, approximately 100 metres on the L5040 Local Road and approximately 1,260m within the solar farm lands. As part of a separate Strategic Infrastructure Development(SID) planning application provision of a 110kV electrical substation with electrical control building, associated compound with palisade fence and 2no. overhead line masts, which is to be located within the main solar farm, will be lodged with An Bord Pleanála in due course. A Natura Impact Statement (NIS) will be submitted to the Planning Authority with the application. File: https://eplanning.ie/LimerickCCC/AppFileRefDetails/211565/0 - 16 Apr 2021, Limerick County Council 21496: Conditional. Permission. construction of a domestic garage and ancillary works. File: https://eplanning.ie/LimerickCCC/AppFileRefDetails/21496/0 - 18 Sept 2020, Limerick County Council 20941: Conditional. Permission, 1 home. the construction of an entrance, dwelling house, garage, domestic waste water treatment system with polishing filter together with all associated site works. File: https://eplanning.ie/LimerickCCC/AppFileRefDetails/20941/0 - 19 Dec 2018, Limerick County Council 181246: Conditional. Permission, 1 home. construction of a dwelling house, site entrance, and install a packaged waste water treatment system with polishing filter and all associated site works. File: https://eplanning.ie/LimerickCCC/AppFileRefDetails/181246/0 - 3 Aug 2018, Limerick County Council 18787: Conditional. Retention. the construction of an extension to the side and front of the original dwelling and Planning Permission is sought for a new wastewater treatment system and all associated site works. File: https://eplanning.ie/LimerickCCC/AppFileRefDetails/18787/0 - 21 Apr 2017, Limerick County Council 17356: N/a. Retention. a side extension which extends out past the front building line of the original dwelling house and all associated ancillary works. File: https://eplanning.ie/LimerickCCC/AppFileRefDetails/17356/0 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 Portane. ## Recorded monuments (Sites and Monuments Record, National Monuments Service) - LI025-028: Barrow - ring-barrow, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CLI025-028----. In gently undulating pasture, with excellent views from the NW to SW to SE and restricted view to the NE. The townland boundary with Keeloges lies 115m to E with an earthwork (LI025-037----) 500m to SE. The site is depicted as a circular enclosure on the 1840 ed. OSi 6-inch map and is not depicted on the 1897 ed. OSi 25-inch map. The ring-barrow (ext. dims. 31m N-S; 33m E-W) is visible as a circular-shaped area with an external fosse on the OSi orthoimage taken 2005-12 and on the Digital Globe orthoimages taken 2011-2013. Inspected by the ASI in 1999 and described as a raised circular-shaped area (int. diam. 20m) defined by a scarped edge with a shallow and wide external fosse (Wth 5.3m; int. H 0.8m; ext. H 0.3m). The interior is level, dry and clear of overgrowth. The fosse is less obvious from the SE to SW to NW. No entrance present. The ring-barrow is visible on Google Earth orthoimages taken 05/05/2002 and 18/11/2018. See attached sketch plan surveyed and drawn by the ASI and Google Earth orthoimages Compiled by: Edmond O’Donovan Date of upload: 2 October 2020 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). ## Architectural heritage (National Inventory of Architectural Heritage) No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands in the townland of Portane. ## 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 Portane, 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: The 1:50,000 map rates the landslide susceptibility here as low, partly inferred. - Terrain model: no LiDAR survey of the Office of Public Works covers the centre of the townland of Portane. - 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/limerick/portane.dxf - GeoJSON, in WGS 84, for a map: https://everytownland.com/limerick/portane.geojson - KML, for Google Earth: https://everytownland.com/limerick/portane.kml ## Homes sold (Residential Property Price Register) No address of the register names Portane with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Limerick: https://everytownland.com/limerick.md ## Neighbouring townlands (National Statutory Boundaries, Tailte Éireann) - Ballyvalode: https://everytownland.com/limerick/ballyvalode.md - Carrig Beg: https://everytownland.com/limerick/carrig-beg.md - Carrig More: https://everytownland.com/limerick/carrig-more.md - Gortnakistin: https://everytownland.com/limerick/gortnakistin.md - Keeloges: https://everytownland.com/limerick/keeloges-121246.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/limerick/portane - In JSON: https://everytownland.com/api/townland/limerick/portane