Cartronbrack
Cartronbrack is a townland in the civil parish of Kilcommock, barony of Rathcline, Co. Longford. Its name in Irish is An Cartrún Breac.
- Area
- 109.4 ha
- 270 acres
- Land parcels
- 33
- registered freehold, median 3,224 m² (0.32 ha, 0.8 acres)
- Zoning
- —
- not in a zoned settlement
- Planning
- 16
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
33 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Cartronbrack, from 338 m² to 214,277 m² (21.43 ha, 52.95 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 28 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
No zone of a development plan covers Cartronbrack in the national zoning. Outside zoned towns and villages, the county development plan's rural policies apply to each application.
Source: Tailte Éireann and the Department of Housing (MyPlan), national zoning, CC BY 4.0.
Planning applications
Sites that touch the townland, newest first
13 Mar 2026Conditional
the proposed retention and completion of existing partially constructed attached garage servicing existing dwelling house all ancillary works
Permission · Longford County Council, 2660081
14 Nov 2025Conditional
a RED III Application for a 10 year planning permission with an operational lifespan of 40 years. The development applied for consisted of a solar farm and energy storage compound with a total area of circa 111.1ha. The proposed solar farm development spans a total site area measuring circa 94.18ha. The export capacity to the grid is estimated to be up to 80 MW. The development will consist of a solar farm comprising of: · Installation of approximately 700,000 sqm solar PV panel arrays, to include approximately 355,000 sqm of ground mounted panels supported by steel frame structures, and the remaining area as solar array row spacing. · Installation of approximately 18 MV stations. · An energy storage compound consisting of 56 no. containerised energy storage modules and associated plant and equipment. · Installation of underground cabling and ducting, comprising approximately 1.8 km along the R397 and L5527 public roads. · Provision of temporary site compounds, welfare facilities, and secure materials storage areas. · Construction of circa 3,800m internal access tracks throughout the site. · Erection of approximately 550 m of security fencing around the BESS compound and pole-mounted CCTV cameras for site monitoring. · Construction and operational access via two existing entrances on the R397 and L5527 roads. · Landscaping and biodiversity enhancement measures. The proposed development will also include drainage and all ancillary development works and apparatus necessary to facilitate the proposed development. A Natura Impact Statement (NIS) has been submitted to the Planning Authority with the application. The application may also be viewed/downloaded on the following website; https://www.bnrgballymahon.com/
Permission · Longford County Council, 2560265
16 Jan 2025Conditional
& completion of existing partially constructed two storey type dwelling house situated on a site that was previously granted full planning permission for a storey and a half type dwelling house under planning reference number PL06/978 & further granted an extension of duration of planning permission under planning reference number PL12/168 and all ancillary works
Retention, 1 home · Longford County Council, 2560004
8 Oct 2024Conditional
construct a domestic garage/storage shed for private use
Permission · Longford County Council, 2460221
5 Apr 2024Refused
the proposed construction of a detached single storey dwelling inclusive of access entrance, boundary fence as per the enclosed site layout plan, proprietary treatment system and percolation area as per manufacturer, EPA and local authority requirements outlined as per submitted drawings and all ancillary site works
Permission, 1 home · Longford County Council, 2460063
29 Oct 2021Conditional
the proposed construction of a two storey type dwelling house, detached garage, entrance, boundary fence/wall, suitable sewerage system with percolation area & ancillary site works
Permission, 1 home · Longford County Council, 21312
8 Sept 2021Conditional
the proposed construction of a storey and a half type dwelling house, detached garage, entrance, boundary fence/wall, onsite suitable treatment system with percolation area and ancillary site works
Permission, 1 home · Longford County Council, 21264
8 Sept 2021Conditional
construction of a storey and a half type dwelling house, detached garage, entrance, boundary fence/wall, onsite suitable treatment system with percolation area & ancillary site works
Permission, 1 home · Longford County Council, 21265
20 Aug 2021N/a
the proposed construction of a storey and a half type dwelling house, detached garage, entrance, boundary fence/wall, onsite suitable treatment system with percolation area & ancillary site works
Permission, 1 home · Longford County Council, 21247
23 Jul 2021Conditional
of 17/31 proposed storey and a half type dwelling house, detached garage, entrance, boundary wall/fence, suitable on site wastewater treatment system with percolation area and all ancillary site works
Extension of duration · Longford County Council, 21223
20 Mar 2019Conditional
and continuation of alterations to plans and site plan of previously approved planning application Ref. No. 17/282 and all associated site works
Retention · Longford County Council, 1976
31 Jan 2019N/a
and continuation of alterations to plans and site plan of previously approved planning application Ref. No. 17/282 and all associated site works
Retention · Longford County Council, 1921
30 Nov 2017Conditional
for proposed slatted and bedded shed and all ancillary site works
Permission · Longford County Council, 17299
31 Oct 2017Conditional
for the proposed construction of a Two Storey Dwelling House, Detached Garage, Entrance, Boundary Fence/Wall, Proprietary Wastewater Treatment System with Percolation area and all site works
Permission · Longford County Council, 17282
4 Aug 2017Conditional
proposed retention and completion of existing partially constructed two storey type dwelling house situated on a site that was previously granted full planning permission for a storey and a half type dwelling under planning reference number PL06/978 and further granted an Extension of Duration of planning permission under planning reference number PL12/168 and all ancillary site works
Retention · Longford County Council, 17208
3 Feb 2017Conditional
for proposed storey and a half type dwelling house, detached garage, entrance, boundary wall/fence, suitable on site wastewater treatment system with percolation area and all ancillary site works
Permission · Longford County Council, 1731
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 Cartronbrack.
Recorded monuments
- LF022-051 Standing stone
Description
In undulating pasture. This large, irregularly shaped, limestone upright (H 2.7m; Wth 2.1m; T 0.3m) tapers to a point and is aligned NNE-SSW. At its base are several packing-stones. (ITA Survey 1944) Compiled by: Patrick F. O'Donovan Date of upload: 1st March 2012
- LF023-049 Enclosure
Description
In moderately drained, level pasture. Depicted as a circular enclosure on the 1914 ed. of the OS 6-inch map. The monument is not visible at ground level. Compiled by: Patrick F. O'Donovan Date of upload: 23 January 2012
Architectural heritage
No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands in the townland of Cartronbrack.
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 Cartronbrack, about 1 in 5 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 low, partly inferred.
- Terrain model
- LiDAR of the Office of Public Works, flown in 2011, at 2 m: tile OPW_1736 (ZIP).
- 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 Cartronbrack with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Longford.
The townland
- Name
- Cartronbrack · An Cartrún Breac
- Area
- 1,094,064 m² (109.41 ha, 270.35 acres)
- Civil parish
- Kilcommock, and its townlands
- Barony
- Rathcline
- Electoral division
- Kilcommock, the unit of the census
- Census 2022
- 1,161 people lived in 410 households in the Kilcommock electoral division. 62% of households owned their home. 56% of homes were built since 2001. 9% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 1% were holiday homes.
- Neighbouring townlands
- Barry, Clogh, Corryena, Glenmore, Lisglassock, Lislea, Lislom, Lismacmurrogh
- Placenames
- Cartronbrack 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.