Cloonbalt
Cloonbalt is a townland in the civil parish of Templemichael, barony of Longford, Co. Longford. Its name in Irish is Cluain Bailt.
- Area
- 109.5 ha
- 271 acres
- Land parcels
- 330
- registered freehold, median 650 m²
- Zoning
- R2
- Residential
- Planning
- 10
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
330 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Cloonbalt, from 9 m² to 213,068 m² (21.31 ha, 52.65 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 25 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 (Existing residential)
LONGFORD COUNTY DEVELOPMENT PLAN 2021-2027, Longford · 293 parcels The zoning objective in the plan - R4Strategic Residential Reserve
LONGFORD COUNTY DEVELOPMENT PLAN 2021-2027, Longford · 5 parcels The zoning objective in the plan - R1New Residential (New/proposed residential)
LONGFORD COUNTY DEVELOPMENT PLAN 2021-2027, Longford · 2 parcels The zoning objective in the plan - G1Recreation/Amenity/Green Space (Open space, park)
LONGFORD COUNTY DEVELOPMENT PLAN 2021-2027, Longford · 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
18 Dec 2025Conditional
of existing annex building which is used as a storage room and a utility room to service existing bungalow type dwelling house
Retention · Longford County Council, 2560307
15 Sept 2025Conditional
the proposed construction of 2 no. single storey semi-detached type dwelling houses, boundary fences/walls, vehicular entrances, connections to the existing water, wastewater and surface water networks and all associated site development works
Permission, 2 homes · Longford County Council, 2560197
19 Dec 2024Conditional
the demolition of existing garage, for construction of new single storey extension to rear/side (East) of dwelling for new bay window to rear of dwelling, for new carport to side (South East) of dwelling, for new bay window to front of dwelling, for changes to existing dwelling elevations and all associated site works. Permission for retention is being sought for single storey extension to side/rear (North) of dwelling, for detached garage to East of dwelling, for changes to dwelling elevations and all ancillary site works
Permission · Longford County Council, 2460320
30 Apr 2024Conditional
to carry out internal refurbishment works, to construct a two-storey extension at the rear of their existing detached two-storey house, to replace the existing windows, to install PV roof panels to the rear, to retain the previously converted attached garage, and to carry out necessary ancillary site works
Permission, 1 home · Longford County Council, 2460084
16 Mar 2023Conditional
the installation of an onsite sewerage treatment system with polishing filter to service existing dwelling house together with construction of boundary fence/walls to service the existing dwelling house and all ancillary works
Permission · Longford County Council, 2355
23 Feb 2022Conditional
the installation of an LPG Safety Installation in a caged enclosure 1.8m x 1.2m x 1.2m (LxWxH) servicing the existing LPG storage installation with all ancillary services and associated site works
Permission · Longford County Council, 2240
23 Feb 2022Conditional
the installation of an LPG Safety Installation in a caged enclosure 1.8m x 1.2m x 1.2m (LxWxH) servicing the existing LPG storage installation with all ancillary services and associated site works
Permission · Longford County Council, 2241
13 Jan 2022Conditional
the proposed retention of existing storage shed with canopy that connects to the rear of existing dwelling house and all ancillary works
Permission · Longford County Council, 223
22 Dec 2021Conditional
the proposed retention of an existing single storey extension to an existing single storey dwelling house as constructed which was previously granted full planning permission under planning reference PL06/279 together with also seeking retention of an existing bay window which services the existing single storey type dwelling house and all ancillary works
Permission · Longford County Council, 21365
6 May 2020Conditional
proposed erection of a horse walker and all ancillary works
Permission · Longford County Council, 20103
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 Cloonbalt.
Recorded monuments
- LF008-034 Ringfort - rath
Description
On a rise in otherwise low-lying pasture. Depicted as a circular enclosure on the 1837 ed. of the OS 6-inch map. The monument is occupied by a dwelling-house and garden and is not visible at ground level. Compiled by: Patrick F. O'Donovan Date of upload: 29 November 2011
Architectural heritage
No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands in the townland of Cloonbalt.
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 Cloonbalt, 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_1715 (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 Cloonbalt with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Longford.
The townland
- Name
- Cloonbalt · Cluain Bailt
- Area
- 1,095,064 m² (109.51 ha, 270.6 acres)
- Civil parish
- Templemichael, and its townlands
- Barony
- Longford
- Electoral division
- Caldragh, the unit of the census
- Census 2022
- 2,690 people lived in 937 households in the Caldragh electoral division. 73% of households owned their home. 55% of homes were built since 2001. 7% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 1% were holiday homes.
- Neighbouring townlands
- Abbeycartron, Aghadegnan, Clooncoose, Cloonrallagh, Knockmartin, Lisnamuck, Minard
- Placenames
- Cloonbalt 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.