Skibbolmore
Townland in the civil parish of Dunleer, barony of Ferrard, Co. Louth; in Irish An Scioból Mór
- Area
- 30 ha
- 74 acres
- Land parcels
- 52
- registered freehold, median 1,582 m²
- Zoning
- R2
- Existing Residential
- Planning
- 14
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
52 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Skibbolmore, from 29 m² to 64,294 m² (6.43 ha, 15.89 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 24 neighbouring parcels touch it.
Download the townland: DXF, in Irish Transverse Mercator metres, with its boundary, parcels and buildings; GeoJSON or KML.
Zoning
Development plans, national zoning
- R2Existing Residential (Existing residential)
Louth County Development Plan, Louth · 47 parcels The zoning objective in the plan - S5Community Facilities (Mixed/general community services/facilities uses)
Louth County Development Plan, Louth · 9 parcels The zoning objective in the plan - C2.1General Employment (Industrial, enterprise, employment)
Louth County Development Plan, Louth · 6 parcels The zoning objective in the plan - G1Open Space (Open space, park)
Louth County Development Plan, Louth · 2 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
7 Oct 2024Conditional
Retention of a single storey extension to rear of dwelling, retention of roof over front entrance to dwelling and retention of extension to detached domestic garage incorporating new roof over same
Retention · Louth County Council, 24170
3 Jul 2023Conditional
Dwelling House, Connection to Public Sewer and all associated site works
Outline permission, 1 home · Louth County Council, 23315
6 Apr 2023Conditional
Retention permission for an existing two storey extension and a single storey extension both located to the rear of the existing dwelling house inclusive of all assocaited site development works
Retention, 1 home · Louth County Council, 23177
1 Mar 2022Conditional
retention permission sought for a single storey glazed PVC conservatory to the rear of existing dwelling
Retention, 1 home · Louth County Council, 22157
21 Jun 2021Conditional
Permission for development that will consist of demolition of part existing single storey semi detached dwelling house proposed alterations and extension to side and rear of dwelling house incorporating living accommodation at first floor level together with associated site works
Permission, 1 home · Louth County Council, 21772
4 Mar 2021Conditional
Permission development that will consist of 1) to demolish existing single storey flat roof extension to front of existing dwelling and flat porch to rear of existing dwelling, 2) to apply new pitched roof to existing flat roofs to side of existing dwelling, 3) to convert existing garage into utility accommodation, 4) to construct new single storey flat roof extension to front of existing dwelling, 5) to construct new single storey pitched roof extension to rear of existing dwelling, 6) to carry out minor interior alterations and renovations to existing dwelling and 7) to decommission existing septic tank and connect all foul water drainage to existing public main sewer together with all associated site works
Permission, 2 homes · Louth County Council, 21218
30 Oct 2020Conditional
Retention permission for existing single storey extensions to side and rear of existing semi detached single storey dwelling and retention of existing bay window and window to existing storage area to front elevation (south) of existing dwelling house *Significant Further Information submitted 03/03/21*
Retention, 1 home · Louth County Council, 20896
16 Mar 2020Refused
Permission for the change of use of a detached domestic garage to a 2 bedroom dwelling house, alterations to the elevations of the building to include new windows and doors, and for associated site works
Permission, 1 home · Louth County Council, 20189
20 Jan 2020N/a
Permission for the change of use of a detached domestic garage to a 2 bedroom dwelling house, alterations to elevations of the building to include new windows and doors, and for associated site works
Permission, 1 home · Louth County Council, 2023
7 Feb 2019N/a
Permission for a septic tank and all associated site works.
Permission, 1 home · Louth County Council, 1973
20 Dec 2018N/a
Permission for septic tank and all associated site works.
Permission, 1 home · Louth County Council, 181067
29 Nov 2018N/a
Permission for septic tank and all associated site works.
Permission, 1 home · Louth County Council, 18968
13 Nov 2017Conditional
Permission for development to consist of the change of use of a 3 storey mill building to a 2 storey residence with attic storage, new roof to part of the building, alterations to the facade of the building, improvement of road entrance and for associated site works. *SIGNIFICANT FURTHER INFORMATION RECEIVED 27/08/2018**
Permission, 1 home · Louth County Council, 17842
29 Aug 2017Conditional
Permission sought for signage pylon to front of existing premises, dimensions 1.6m wide x 6.24m high x 0.25m thickness.
Permission · Louth County Council, 17644
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 Skibbolmore.
Recorded monuments
No recorded monument lies in the townland of Skibbolmore.
Architectural heritage
- Bridge, 1840–1860 · Regional interest
Description
Single-span road-over-bridge, built c. 1850. Random rubble stone spandrels and parapets, tooled ashlar copings to parapets. Segmental-headed arch, rusticated stone voussoirs. Gabled cap stones to piers and centre parapet. Piers not visible due to vegetation. Tarmac double carriageway, concrete pedestrian footpath to north. Spans the River White.
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
- About 1 in 20 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels. Testing a home
- Landslides
- Susceptibility moderately low, 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 Skibbolmore.
- Flooding
- The flood maps of the Office of Public Works: floodinfo.ie.
Radon Risk Map of Ireland, Environmental Protection Agency; Landslide Susceptibility Classification, Geological Survey Ireland; both 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 Skibbolmore with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Louth.
The townland
- Name
- Skibbolmore · An Scioból Mór
- Area
- 300,410 m² (30.04 ha, 74.23 acres)
- Civil parish
- Dunleer, and its townlands
- Barony
- Ferrard
- Electoral division
- Dunleer, the unit of the census
- Census 2022
- Dunleer electoral division: 3,270 people in 1,088 households; 74% of households own their home; 50% of homes were built since 2001; 6% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 1% were holiday homes.
- Placenames
- Skibbolmore 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.