# Cornacarta, Co. Longford: townland, land parcels and planning Townland in the civil parish of Kilcommock, barony of Rathcline, Co. Longford; in Irish Corr na Ceárta. - Area (Tailte Éireann): 662,605 m² (66.26 ha, 163.73 acres) - Land parcels (Tailte Éireann): 14 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in it, median 1,984 m² - Zoning (national zoning, MyPlan): not in a zoned settlement - Planning (National Planning Applications): 2 applications since 2010 - Civil parish: Kilcommock, https://everytownland.com/longford/parish/kilcommock.md - Barony: Rathcline - Electoral division: Ballymahon, the unit of the census - Census 2022 (Central Statistics Office): 2,970 people lived in 1,076 households in the Ballymahon electoral division. 52% of households owned their home. 50% of homes were built since 2001. 13% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 1% were holiday homes. - County: Co. Longford, https://everytownland.com/longford.md - Placenames Database of Ireland: https://www.logainm.ie/en/32515 - Townland number at Tailte Éireann: 130355 - Centre: latitude 53.585698, longitude -7.82042 (WGS 84) ## Land parcels (registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann) 14 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Cornacarta, from 55 m² to 409,843 m² (40.98 ha, 101.27 acres); 16 neighbouring parcels touch its boundary. Largest first: - Parcel 5390742: 409,843 m² (40.98 ha, 101.27 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5390742.md - Parcel 54830: 234,517 m² (23.45 ha, 57.95 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/54830.md - Parcel 55888: 2,573 m² (0.26 ha, 0.64 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/55888.md - Parcel 67779: 2,496 m² (0.25 ha, 0.62 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/67779.md - Parcel 66945: 2,223 m² (0.22 ha, 0.55 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/66945.md - Parcel 2592043: 2,189 m² (0.22 ha, 0.54 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2592043.md - Parcel 66944: 2,146 m² (0.21 ha, 0.53 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/66944.md - Parcel 74027: 1,822 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/74027.md - Parcel 51959: 1,770 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/51959.md - Parcel 70402: 1,399 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/70402.md - Parcel 63311: 1,103 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/63311.md - Parcel 79224: 872 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/79224.md - Parcel 64770: 715 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/64770.md - Parcel 5390740: 55 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/5390740.md ## Zoning (national zoning of development plans, MyPlan) No zone of a development plan covers Cornacarta 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) 2 applications, newest first. - 20 Dec 2024, Longford County Council 2460325: Conditional. Permission. a 10 Year Planning Permission for a solar farm and energy storage compound with a total area of circa 130 hectares. The proposed development will consist of a solar farm comprising of c. 661,500 sq.m of solar photovoltaic panels on ground mounted frames, associated string inverters mounted to rear of panels and 42 no. single storey electrical transformer stations. The proposed development includes an energy storage compound consisting of 38 no. containerised energy storage modules and associated plant and equipment, 10 no. transformers, 2 no. auxiliary transformers, 1 no. medium voltage control / switching substation and 1 no. spare parts container. The proposed development will also include underground electrical ducting and cabling within the development site and within the L1139, L1137, L1135, R392 and L1132 public roads, and crossing of the Royal Canal (either by open trench or horizontal directional drill), temporary construction compounds, security fencing, CCTV, access tracks (including clear span bridge over Donacurry River), landscaping, drainage and all ancillary development works and apparatus necessary to facilitate the proposed development. Construction and operational access will be via 5 no. existing entrances from the L1139, L1137, L1135 and L1132 which will be upgraded and 2 no. new entrances from the L11351. The operational lifespan of the solar farm will be 40 years and planning permission is requested for this duration. A Natura Impact Statement (NIS) has been prepared and will be submitted to the Planning Authority with the application. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/LongfordCC/AppFileRefDetails/2460325/0 - 24 Jul 2017, Longford County Council 17198: Conditional. Permission. (a) Enabling works comprising: (i) the decommissioning and removal of plant and equipment from the existing substation; (ii) the removal of 2 no. MV poles on the southern site boundary; (iii) removal of the existing boundary fence and the demolition of an existing store room (c.21.5 sq. m) (b) the construction of: (i) a c.31 sq. m. control room module [c.4.3 m high]; (ii) a c.31 sq.m. MV module [c. 4.3 m high] containing GIS 10kV switchgear; (iii) a c.28 sq.m 38 kV module [c.4.8 m high] containing 38 kV switch gear; (iv) 2 no. 38 kV/MV transformers in bunded bays; (v) 2 no. 100 kVA house transformers; (vi) an 18.5m high SCADA POLE; (vii) the construction of a wall [c. 3m high] on the western and southern site boundaries and a double boundary fence [comprising a 1.4m high concrete post and rail fence outside a 2.6m high palisade fence] on the western and northern site boundaries; (c) improvements to the existing vehicular entrance including provision of a new 4.9m wide, 1.4m high double palisade entrance gate with an adjoining 2.6m high palisade fence; (d) relocation of the existing 38 kV poles on the southern boundary to incorporate these inside the substation compound; (e) all ancillary works within the site including the provision of additional areas of hard-standing, internal accessways, associated site drainage works (including discharge of surface water to the existing drain to the northeast of the site), and all works associated with the removal, relocation, replacement and installation of electrical plant and switchgear on the site and the relocation of underground cables at the existing Ballymahon 38 kV electrical substation and adjoining lands in the townland of. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/LongfordCC/AppFileRefDetails/17198/0 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 Cornacarta. ## Recorded monuments (Sites and Monuments Record, National Monuments Service) No recorded monument lies in the townland of Cornacarta. ## Architectural heritage (National Inventory of Architectural Heritage) - Ballymahon Substation, electricity substation, 1940–1960, Regional interest, registry number 13402216, https://www.buildingsofireland.ie/niah/search.jsp?type=record&county=LF®no=13402216. Detached multiple-bay single and two-storey substation, built c.1950, comprising multiple-bay two-storey block to the west with eight-bay single-storey block abutting to the east. Flat roofs with cast-iron rainwater goods. Smooth rendered walls with rendered "bolt-and-wave" logo. Square-headed window openings with glass block window fittings. Square-headed door openings with metal fittings. Set in own grounds with electrical transformers and machinery. ## 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 Cornacarta, about 1 in 10 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 Cornacarta. - 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/longford/cornacarta.dxf - GeoJSON, in WGS 84, for a map: https://everytownland.com/longford/cornacarta.geojson - KML, for Google Earth: https://everytownland.com/longford/cornacarta.kml ## Homes sold (Residential Property Price Register) No address of the register names Cornacarta with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Longford: https://everytownland.com/longford.md ## Neighbouring townlands (National Statutory Boundaries, Tailte Éireann) - Doonacurry: https://everytownland.com/longford/doonacurry.md - Foygh: https://everytownland.com/longford/foygh.md - Ledwithstown: https://everytownland.com/longford/ledwithstown.md - Mullawornia: https://everytownland.com/longford/mullawornia.md - Tirlickeen: https://everytownland.com/longford/tirlickeen.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/longford/cornacarta - In JSON: https://everytownland.com/api/townland/longford/cornacarta