Ledwithstown

89 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Ledwithstown, from 124 m² to 1,062,594 m² (106.26 ha, 262.57 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 22 neighbouring parcels touch it.

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No zone of a development plan covers Ledwithstown 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.

• 20 Dec 2024Conditional

  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

  Permission · Longford County Council, 2460325

• 17 Dec 2021Conditional

  construction of two bedroom A-frame dormer type dwelling house with detached garage, entrance, boundary fence/wall, suitable on-site wastewater treatment system with associated percolation area together with seeking full planning permission for the proposed erection of a food production facility unit to the rear of the proposed dwelling house and all ancillary site works

  Permission, 1 home · Longford County Council, 21357

• 31 May 2021Refused

  proposed construction of two bedroom A-Frame dormer type dwelling house with detached garage, entrance, boundary fence/wall, suitable on-site wastewater treatment system with associated percolation area together with seeking full planning permission for the proposed erection of a food production facility unit to the rear of the proposed dwelling house and all ancillary site works

  Permission, 1 home · Longford County Council, 21162

• 5 Dec 2019Conditional

  proposed slatted shed and creep area, new entrance and all ancillary site works

  Permission · Longford County Council, 19316

• 21 Mar 2019Conditional

  to construct a bungalow type dwelling, detached garage, entrance, boundary fence, septic tank with percolation area and all ancillary site works

  Permission · Longford County Council, 1981

• 26 May 2017Conditional

  construction of a dormer type dwelling house, detached domestic garage, entrance, boundary fence/wall, proprietary wastewater treatment system, percolation area & all ancillary site works

  Permission · Longford County Council, 17151

Source: National Planning Applications, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, CC BY 4.0. Applicants are not shown.

Designated sites

• Proposed Natural Heritage Area: Derry Lough 001444

Recorded monuments

• LF022-043 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  In low-lying pasture. A raised circular area (diam. c. 50m) enclosed by a substantial bank of earth and stone (Wth 5.5m; H 0.45m). A report in 1995 (SMR file) recorded an external fosse (Wth 4.2m; D 0.4m). From SE-S-NE both the bank and fosse have been incorporated into a field boundary. From NE-E-SE the fosse is not visible. The original entrance is not recognisable. The rath is densely overgrown with mature deciduous trees and scrub. Compiled by: Patrick F. O'Donovan Date of upload: 26 August 2011

• LF022-044 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  On a gentle SE-facing slope in pasture. Depicted as a circular enclosure with the designation 'Fort' on the 1837 ed. of the OS 6-inch map. A circular area (diam. c. 34m) enclosed by fragmentary remains of a very low bank of earth and stone (Wth c. 3m; H 0.2m). From W-NW-N the circuit and morphology of the bank have been altered where it has been incorporated into a NE-SW field boundary. There is no trace of a fosse. The monument has been planted with beech and elm trees. Possibly a rath that was adapted and reused as a tree-ring. Compiled by: Patrick F. O'Donovan Date of upload: 16 January 2012

Architectural heritage

• Ledwithstown House, house, 1745–1750 · National interest
  Description

  Detached three-bay two-storey over raised basement house, built 1746. Hipped natural slate roof hidden behind parapet wall with pronounced moulded cut stone eaves course and with cut stone coping over. Pair of tall dressed ashlar limestone chimneystacks, aligned along with roof ridge, having moulded cut stone coping over. Sections of cast-iron rainwater goods remain, cast-iron hopper dated 1857. Roughcast rendered walls over rubble stone construction; cut stone block-and-start quoins to the corners and chamfered cut stone string course above basement level. Square-headed window openings with replacement nine-over-six pane timber sliding sash windows having cut limestone surrounds with architraves and prominent keystone, and with tooled limestone sills. Central cut stone tripartite Tuscan doorcase to main elevation (south) comprising tetrastyle limestone pilasters resting on rusticated ashlar limestone base section and surmounted by carved pediment. Timber panelled door with overlight and having flanking six-over-four pane timber sliding sidelights. Doorway accessed by flight of moulded cut stone steps flanked to either side (east and west) by splayed rendered walls with cut stone coping over and having terminating cut stone piers (on square-plan) to base with moulded capstones over. Square-headed door opening to the east elevation having cut limestone block-and-start surround with prominent keystone, replacement timber door and a plain overlight. Set back from road in extensive mature grounds to the rural landscape to the south of Keenagh and to the northwest of Ballymahon. Long straight approach avenue to house from the south. Gateway to the south comprising a pair of dressed ashlar limestone gate piers (on square-plan) having moulded plinths and stepped capstones with moulded cornice detail. Single-bay single-storey outbuilding to the southeast of house having rubble stone walls and pitched corrugated-metal roof. Rubbles stone boundary walls to road-frontage and to site.

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).

Radon

At the centre of the townland of Ledwithstown, about 1 in 10 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. Parts of the land are water.

Terrain model

No LiDAR survey of the Office of Public Works covers the centre of the townland of Ledwithstown.

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.

No address of the register names Ledwithstown with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Longford.

Name

Ledwithstown · Baile an Léadúsaigh

Area

2,742,618 m² (274.26 ha, 677.72 acres)

Civil parish

Kilcommock, and its townlands

Barony

Rathcline

Electoral division

Ledwithstown, the unit of the census

Census 2022

379 people lived in 142 households in the Ledwithstown electoral division. 83% of households owned their home. 41% of homes were built since 2001. 10% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 4% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Ardoghil, Cornacarta, Derrycolumb, Derrylough, Derryveagh, Doonacurry, Edera, Foygh

Placenames

Ledwithstown 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.