# Lislom, Co. Longford: townland, land parcels and planning Townland in the civil parish of Kilcommock, barony of Shrule, Co. Longford; in Irish An Lios Lom. - Area (Tailte Éireann): 759,827 m² (75.98 ha, 187.76 acres) - Land parcels (Tailte Éireann): 15 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in it, median 46,768 m² (4.68 ha, 11.56 acres) - Zoning (national zoning, MyPlan): not in a zoned settlement - Planning (National Planning Applications): 4 applications since 2010 - Civil parish: Kilcommock, https://everytownland.com/longford/parish/kilcommock.md - Barony: Shrule - 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/32536 - Townland number at Tailte Éireann: 130689 - Centre: latitude 53.592113, longitude -7.779126 (WGS 84) ## Land parcels (registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann) 15 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Lislom, from 240 m² to 147,063 m² (14.71 ha, 36.34 acres); 17 neighbouring parcels touch its boundary. Largest first: - Parcel 57115: 147,063 m² (14.71 ha, 36.34 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/57115.md - Parcel 51954: 130,510 m² (13.05 ha, 32.25 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/51954.md - Parcel 76142: 97,203 m² (9.72 ha, 24.02 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/76142.md - Parcel 53608: 78,429 m² (7.84 ha, 19.38 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/53608.md - Parcel 57518: 76,974 m² (7.7 ha, 19.02 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/57518.md - Parcel 60195: 74,901 m² (7.49 ha, 18.51 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/60195.md - Parcel 76461: 56,704 m² (5.67 ha, 14.01 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/76461.md - Parcel 56297: 46,768 m² (4.68 ha, 11.56 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/56297.md - Parcel 57517: 16,060 m² (1.61 ha, 3.97 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/57517.md - Parcel 77061: 15,709 m² (1.57 ha, 3.88 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/77061.md - Parcel 5008199: 8,136 m² (0.81 ha, 2.01 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5008199.md - Parcel 64511: 5,439 m² (0.54 ha, 1.34 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/64511.md - Parcel 5878763: 3,390 m² (0.34 ha, 0.84 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5878763.md - Parcel 61843: 2,731 m² (0.27 ha, 0.67 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/61843.md - Parcel 5110131: 240 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/5110131.md ## Zoning (national zoning of development plans, MyPlan) No zone of a development plan covers Lislom 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) 4 applications, newest first. - 27 Apr 2026, Longford County Council 2660136: Refused. Permission. to retain the existing use and the proposed change of use permission of existing agricultural shed to a commercial premises for automotive electrics and diagnostics inclusive of all ancillary site works as per submitted drawings. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/LongfordCC/AppFileRefDetails/2660136/0 - 14 Nov 2025, Longford County Council 2560265: Conditional. Permission. 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/. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/LongfordCC/AppFileRefDetails/2560265/0 - 1 Oct 2020, Longford County Council 20217: Conditional. Permission, 1 home. construction of a bungalow type dwelling house with access to be provided from an existing entrance and access that service an adjoining dwelling house, boundary fence/wall, septic tank with percolation area & ancillary site works. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/LongfordCC/AppFileRefDetails/20217/0 - 30 Nov 2017, Longford County Council 17299: Conditional. Permission. for proposed slatted and bedded shed and all ancillary site works. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/LongfordCC/AppFileRefDetails/17299/0 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 Lislom. ## Recorded monuments (Sites and Monuments Record, National Monuments Service) - LF023-082001: Ringfort - rath, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CLF023-082001-. On a low, narrow N-S ridge in pasture. A raised circular area (diam. c. 42m) enclosed by a low bank of earth and stone (Wth 4.6m; H 0.3m). A report in 1976 (SMR file) recorded a shallow external fosse with a low outer bank. It also noted a house site (LF023-082001-) inside the bank at NE. All of these features have since been levelled. A break (Wth 2m) in the bank at SE probably marks the original entrance. Compiled by: Patrick F. O'Donovan Date of upload: 20 June 2012 - LF023-082002: House - indeterminate date, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CLF023-082002-. Within the NE quadrant of the interior of a rath (LF023-082001-). A report in 1976 (SMR file) recorded a small rectangular house site that has since been levelled. Compiled by: Patrick F. O'Donovan Date of upload: 20 June 2012 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 Lislom. ## 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 Lislom, 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. - Terrain model: LiDAR of the Office of Public Works, flown in 2011, at 2 m: tile OPW_1736, https://gsi.geodata.gov.ie/downloads/LiDAR/OPW_NASC/OPW_1736.zip (ZIP). - 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/lislom.dxf - GeoJSON, in WGS 84, for a map: https://everytownland.com/longford/lislom.geojson - KML, for Google Earth: https://everytownland.com/longford/lislom.kml ## Homes sold (Residential Property Price Register) No address of the register names Lislom 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) - Barry: https://everytownland.com/longford/barry-130150.md - Cartronbrack: https://everytownland.com/longford/cartronbrack.md - Knappoge: https://everytownland.com/longford/knappoge-130634.md - Lismacmurrogh: https://everytownland.com/longford/lismacmurrogh.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/lislom - In JSON: https://everytownland.com/api/townland/longford/lislom