# School Land, Co. Longford: townland, land parcels and planning Townland in the civil parish of Clonbroney, barony of Granard, Co. Longford; in Irish Fearann na Scoile. - Area (Tailte Éireann): 390,420 m² (39.04 ha, 96.47 acres) - Land parcels (Tailte Éireann): 11 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in it, median 3,639 m² (0.36 ha, 0.9 acres) - Zoning (national zoning, MyPlan): S1 Social/Community/Education/Public Utility, the zone with the most parcels - Planning (National Planning Applications): 6 applications since 2010 - Civil parish: Clonbroney, https://everytownland.com/longford/parish/clonbroney.md - Barony: Granard - Electoral division: Ballinalee, the unit of the census - Census 2022 (Central Statistics Office): Ballinalee electoral division: 648 people in 253 households; 67% of households own their home; 45% of homes were built since 2001; 10% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 2% were holiday homes. - County: Co. Longford, https://everytownland.com/longford.md - Placenames Database of Ireland: https://www.logainm.ie/en/32808 - Townland number at Tailte Éireann: 130820 - Centre: latitude 53.773835, longitude -7.645481 (WGS 84) ## Land parcels (registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann) 11 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in School Land, from 535 m² to 157,637 m² (15.76 ha, 38.95 acres); 13 neighbouring parcels touch its boundary. Largest first: - Parcel 67238: 157,637 m² (15.76 ha, 38.95 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/67238.md - Parcel 73070: 6,033 m² (0.6 ha, 1.49 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/73070.md - Parcel 78510: 4,649 m² (0.46 ha, 1.15 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/78510.md - Parcel 63064: 4,415 m² (0.44 ha, 1.09 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/63064.md - Parcel 51798: 3,915 m² (0.39 ha, 0.97 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/51798.md - Parcel 70761: 3,639 m² (0.36 ha, 0.9 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/70761.md - Parcel 60475: 3,273 m² (0.33 ha, 0.81 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/60475.md - Parcel 5421786: 2,959 m² (0.3 ha, 0.73 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5421786.md - Parcel 52052: 2,175 m² (0.22 ha, 0.54 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/52052.md - Parcel 69247: 569 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/69247.md - Parcel 57849: 535 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/57849.md ## Zoning (national zoning of development plans, MyPlan) - S1 Social/Community/Education/Public Utility (Education): LONGFORD COUNTY DEVELOPMENT PLAN 2021-2027, Longford; 4 parcels. The zoning objective in the plan: https://www.longfordcoco.ie/services/planning/longford-county-development-plan-2021-2027/volume-2-appendices-compressed.pdf - R2 Residential (Existing residential): LONGFORD COUNTY DEVELOPMENT PLAN 2021-2027, Longford; 2 parcels. The zoning objective in the plan: https://www.longfordcoco.ie/services/planning/longford-county-development-plan-2021-2027/volume-2-appendices-compressed.pdf - R4 Strategic Residential Reserve: LONGFORD COUNTY DEVELOPMENT PLAN 2021-2027, Longford; 1 parcel. The zoning objective in the plan: https://www.longfordcoco.ie/services/planning/longford-county-development-plan-2021-2027/volume-2-appendices-compressed.pdf - C1.1 Light Industrial/Commercial/Servicing (Commercial, retail): LONGFORD COUNTY DEVELOPMENT PLAN 2021-2027, Longford; 1 parcel. The zoning objective in the plan: https://www.longfordcoco.ie/services/planning/longford-county-development-plan-2021-2027/volume-2-appendices-compressed.pdf ## Planning applications whose site touches the townland (National Planning Applications, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage) 6 applications, newest first. - 8 May 2026, Longford County Council 2660155: Conditional. Permission. to remove the existing front boundary wall servicing an existing dwelling house together with relocating same together with forming a vehicular entrance into the existing dwelling house and all ancillary site works. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/LongfordCC/AppFileRefDetails/2660155/0 - 15 Sept 2023, Longford County Council 2360134: Conditional. Permission. erect a 24m high lattice tower together with antennas, dishes and associated telecommunications equipment, all enclosed by security fencing and extending the existing access track. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/LongfordCC/AppFileRefDetails/2360134/0 - 13 May 2022, Longford County Council 22111: Conditional. Permission. the proposed construction of an astro turf playing pitch together with perimeter fencing, erection of lighting poles with lighting and all ancillary site works. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/LongfordCC/AppFileRefDetails/22111/0 - 28 Oct 2021, Longford County Council 21311: Conditional. Permission, 1 home. proposed storey and a half type dwelling, upgrade and formation of new entrance, new wastewater treatment system, polishing filter area and all ancillary site works. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/LongfordCC/AppFileRefDetails/21311/0 - 7 Jul 2020, Longford County Council 20145: Conditional. Permission. for the erection of adequate lighting to service the existing carpark to the west side of the Thomas Ashe Hall and the astro turf pitch with play area which are situated to the rear of the school. In addition we also seek permission to install solar PV panels on the roof of the existing school with associated ancillary items for the provision of internal battery storage and all ancillary site works. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/LongfordCC/AppFileRefDetails/20145/0 - 29 Jun 2020, Longford County Council 20137: Conditional. Permission. to install roof mounted 11Kw solar PV panels on the roof of existing Thomas Ashe Hall, with associated ancillary items for the provision of internal battery storage and all ancillary site works. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/LongfordCC/AppFileRefDetails/20137/0 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 School Land. ## Recorded monuments (Sites and Monuments Record, National Monuments Service) No recorded monument lies in the townland of School Land. ## Architectural heritage (National Inventory of Architectural Heritage) - Water pump, 1880–1920, Regional interest, registry number 13304011, https://www.buildingsofireland.ie/niah/search.jsp?type=record&county=LF®no=13304011. Freestanding cast-iron water hydrant, erected c. 1900, comprising fluted shaft on moulded base, cast-iron shelf/platform to base and having fluted domed capping over. Finial and spout now missing. Now disused. Located adjacent to road to the east of Ballinalee. ## Ground and risks (Radon Risk Map of Ireland, EPA; Landslide Susceptibility Classification and LiDAR, Geological Survey Ireland) - Radon: 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: Susceptibility low, low (inferred), on the 1:50,000 map. - Terrain model: no LiDAR survey of the Office of Public Works covers the centre of the townland of School Land. - 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/school-land.dxf - GeoJSON, in WGS 84, for a map: https://everytownland.com/longford/school-land.geojson - KML, for Google Earth: https://everytownland.com/longford/school-land.kml ## Homes sold (Residential Property Price Register) No address of the register names School Land 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) - Ballinalee or Saintjohnstown: https://everytownland.com/longford/ballinalee-or-saintjohnstown.md - Clooncoose: https://everytownland.com/longford/clooncoose-130288.md - Ederland: https://everytownland.com/longford/ederland.md - Leitrim: https://everytownland.com/longford/leitrim-130667.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/school-land - In JSON: https://everytownland.com/api/townland/longford/school-land