Stonylane
Townland in the civil parish of Ardee, barony of Ardee, Co. Louth; in Irish Bóthar na gCloch
- Area
- 73.5 ha
- 182 acres
- Land parcels
- 670
- registered freehold, median 296 m²
- Zoning
- R2
- Existing Residential
- Planning
- 52
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
670 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Stonylane, from 5 m² to 117,046 m² (11.7 ha, 28.92 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 63 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 · 641 parcels The zoning objective in the plan - O1Strategic Reserve (Strategic reserve, White land)
Louth County Development Plan, Louth · 15 parcels The zoning objective in the plan - R1New Residential Phase 1 (New/proposed residential)
Louth County Development Plan, Louth · 12 parcels The zoning objective in the plan - S5Community Facilities (Mixed/general community services/facilities uses)
Louth County Development Plan, Louth · 6 parcels The zoning objective in the plan - G1Open Space (Open space, park)
Louth County Development Plan, Louth · 1 parcels The zoning objective in the plan - R4New Residential Phase 2 (Strategic Residential Reserve)
Louth County Development Plan, Louth · 1 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
5 Aug 2026N/a
Retention permission for a detached single storey family flat structure to rear garden of existing dwelling connected to existing services & all associated works
Retention, 1 home · Louth County Council, 2660540
29 Jul 2026Conditional
Permission for the construction of a two storey extension to the side of existing semi-detached two storey dwelling, demolition of attached domestic garage to side of dwelling and all associated and ancillary site works
Permission, 1 home · Louth County Council, 2660515
27 Jul 2026Refused
EXTENSION OF DURATION OF 21/682 - Permission for the construction of a single storey dwelling house, a vehicular entrance and for associated site works
Extension of duration · Louth County Council, 2696
12 Feb 2026Refused
Permission for a single storey house, domestic garage, waste water treatment system/percolation area, vehicular access from the public road along with all ancillary site development works
Permission, 2 homes · Louth County Council, 2620
10 Nov 2025Refused
Retention permission for an unauthorised residential structure in the rear garden with all associated site works
Retention, 1 home · Louth County Council, 25165
3 Nov 2025Conditional
Retention permission for the following: 1. Retention of a 40sq.m building to be used for valeting purposes and vehicle/ stock photography. 2. Minor alterations to the vehicle display area along the Drogheda Road frontage. 3 Modifications to the boundary wall treatment along the Drogheda Road area inclusive of all associated site development works
Retention · Louth County Council, 2560701
10 Sept 2025Conditional
Permission to construct a single storey dwelling with site development works including new front boundary wall with entrance and new entrance in to adjacent property, new public footpath & grass verge, and connection to all utilities incl. new soakaway
Permission, 1 home · Louth County Council, 2560572
28 Aug 2025Refused
The construction of a two storey dwellinghouse and for associated siteworks.
Permission, 1 home · Louth County Council, 2560535
24 Jun 2025Conditional
The construction of a single storey extension to the rear and side of an end-of-terrace dwellinghouse, for a new ground floor window in the gable end wall of the dwellinghouse, for the replacement of the existing Upvc fencing with new boundary walls to front and side of the property, for a new side access gate to the rear garden, and for associated siteworks.
Permission, 1 home · Louth County Council, 2560390
16 May 2025Conditional
Extension of Duration for Reg Ref 19/353 for the construction of total of 52.no residential houses (replacing previously permitted dwellings at the location) comprising of the following-11 no. 2 bed terrace two storey dwellings (Type 1); 26 no. 3 bed semi-detached two storey dwellings (Type 2);7 no. 3 bed detached and semi detached two storey dwellings (Type 3); 8 no. 4 bed semi-detached two storey dwellings (Type 4)
Extension of duration · Louth County Council, 2564
12 May 2025Conditional
Extension of duration for planning reference 19/336. Construction of a total 65 no. residential houses (replacing the previously permitted dwellings at the location); comprising of the following; 18 no. 2 bed terrace two storey dwellings (Type 10;23 no.3 bed detached and semi detached two storey dwellings (type 2); 12 no.3 bed detached and semi detached two storey dwellings(Type 3); 4 no. 4 bed semi-detached two storey (Type 4); 2 no 4 detached two storey dwellings (Type 5); 6 no. 3 bed semi detached two storey dwellings (Type 6).
Extension of duration · Louth County Council, 2560
4 Mar 2025Conditional
Retention permission for an attic conversion in an existing dwelling house and change of use of an existing domestic garage to a kitchen and w/c.
Retention, 1 home · Louth County Council, 2521
3 Jul 2024Conditional
Proposed single storey front porch and part single/part two storey rear extension to existing two storey mid terrace dwelling, alterations to existing and all associated works. *Further Information received on 20/09/2024*.
Permission · Louth County Council, 2460370
25 Jun 2024Refused
Retention of a domestic outbuilding comprising of a games room/home office and store with all associated site works
Retention · Louth County Council, 24107
20 Mar 2024N/a
Permission to remove existing front boundary wall & hedgerow and to replace same with a concrete/brick wall panel system complete with piers, and both a sliding gate and double gate set
Permission, 1 home · Louth County Council, 2460147
9 Oct 2023Conditional
Planning permission sought for A) Internal alterations and single storey extension to the rear of the existing dwelling currently in use as a residence for 4No persons (to be increased to 6No persons) with an intellectual or physical disability or mental illness and persons providing care for such persons (2 No). (B) Convert and form a single storey extension to the side of the existing detached domestic garage to form a self-contained habitable space to be used in conjunction with the dwelling as described in (A) above. Retention planning permission is also sought for (C) Conversion of attached garage to residential accommodation and (D) Alterations to the windows on front elevation of the dwelling. Permission is also sought to connect to existing drainage and services and all ancillary site works associated with (A), (B), (C) & (D) above
Retention, 1 home · Louth County Council, 2360395
6 Oct 2023Conditional
Permission to construct a single storey extension to the rear of the property currently in use as a residence for 4No persons (to be increased to 5No persons) with an intellectual or physical disability or mental illness and persons providing care for such persons (2No) together with all site development works, and for retention of conversion of garage to residential accommodation including alterations to the front elevation of the dwelling
Retention, 1 home · Louth County Council, 2360391
11 Aug 2023N/a
Permission to construct a single storey extension to the rear of dwelling including all necessary site development works
Permission, 1 home · Louth County Council, 2360276
11 Aug 2023N/a
Planning permission is sought for proposal comprising of (A) internal alterations and single storey extension to the rear of the existing dwelling. Planning permission is also sought to (B) convert and form a single storey extension to the side of the existing detached domestic garage to form a self-contained habitable space to be used in conjunction with the dwelling. Retention planning permission is sought for (C) alterations to windows on front elevation. Permission is also sought to connect to existing drainage and services and all ancillary site works associated with (A) & (B) above
Permission, 2 homes · Louth County Council, 2360279
4 May 2023Refused
Permission to construct an additional off street parking bay and for ancillary site development works
Permission, 1 home · Louth County Council, 23226
7 Feb 2023Conditional
Permission for a proposed domestic shed/garage to the rear of the property and associated site development works **Significant further information received on 9.6.23 includes alteration to shed/gargae position, BRE surface water details and other associated items**
Permission, 1 home · Louth County Council, 2357
1 Sept 2022Conditional
Permission for the construction of a new single storey garden room and garage to the rear of the site and for the demolition of an existing garage and associated site works
Permission, 2 homes · Louth County Council, 22699
23 Mar 2022Conditional
SHD Stage 3 Decision made by ABP (ABP-313083-22) Stage 2 Ref. No. 20/759 - See www.bridgegateshd.ie for details. The Ardee Partnership, intend to apply to An Bord Pleanála for permission. development will consist of:A) construction of 272 no. residential units comprising 206 houses 66 no. duplex units (3 storeys), with private open space, B) A part 1, part 2 no. storey crèche and playground and a single storey community building adjacent at a community hubaccessed from Bridgegate Avenue served by car parking on Bridgegate Green and Bridgegate Avenue;C) A Park located in the northof the site extending to accessed from community hub and between duplex B & C at Bridgegate Avenue, with 2 no. pedestrian links to public park adjoining to the west and 1 no. pedestrian footpathextending to the north perimeter at Hale Street, with reservation for a future link road to the east facilitated in the north section of park;D) Works to the Rathgory Tributary comprising realignment of the channel and regrading and reprofiling of land, implementation of 2 vehicular crossings and provision of a riparian corridor based around the open watercourse comprising landscaping and planting with access to the watercourse provided for maintenance purposes and 1 no. pedestrian and cyclist crossing; E) A series of public open spaces; open spaces will provide a mix of hard and soft landscaping, pedestrian and cycle access and a range of activities F) Provision of shared surfaces, landscaped streetscapes including planting and landscaping at two neighbourhood streets in the southern part of the site, with roads provided to site boundaries to the east, south and west to facilitate possible future connections; G) All landscaping and boundary treatments;H) Roads and access infrastructure taken from Bridgegate Avenue (permitted Ref: 10/174; ABP Ref: PL15.238053, provision of a bus stop on the south side of Bridgegate Avenue adjacent to community hub and provision of cycle lanes at thislocation (continued through Public Open Space 01); a total of 480 no. car parking spaces (362 no. serving houses, 84 no. serving duplexes, 23 no. serving crèche and community building and 11 no. visitor and public open spaces), a total of 296 no. bicycle parking spaces ;I) Provision of 2 ESB substations, drainage and services infrastructure, lighting, SUDS drainage. An EIAR and a NIS have been prepared
Permission, 207 homes · Louth County Council, 22228
21 Jul 2021Conditional
Retention permission that consists of the retention of entrance to dwelling
Retention, 1 home · Louth County Council, 21920
8 Jun 2021Conditional
Permission for development that will consist of a dwelling house and all associated site works
Permission, 1 home · Louth County Council, 21715
The 25 most recent of 52 applications.
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 Stonylane.
Recorded monuments
- LH017-010 Ringfort - rath
Description
The following description is derived from both the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Louth' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1986) and the 'Archaeological Survey of County Louth' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1991). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload/revision: 17 July 2007 Situated on top of a small natural rise. Circular area (int. diam. 30m) enclosed by earthen bank from SE-S-W. Bank survives as scarp (H 2m) on other sides, except on W where it rises 0.3m above the interior.
- LH017-129 Enclosure
Description
Situated on a fairly level landscape. The faint cropmark of a circular enclosure (diam. c. 30m) defined by a single fosse is visible on Google Earth (12/07/2013). It is also visible on OSI images (2000) and Digital Globe (c. 2013). It was first reported by Jean Charles Caillere. See the attached enhanced aerial view from Google Earth (2013) Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 3 June 2020
- LH017-130 Enclosure
Description
Situated on a rise in a fairly level landscape. The faint cropmark of a circular area (diam. c. 25m) defined by a single fosse is visible on Google Earth (12/07/2013). It is also visible on Digital Globe (c. 2013) SW-N-SE. It was first reported by Jean Charles Caillere. See the attached enhanced view from Google Earth (2013) Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 3 June 2020
Architectural heritage
No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands in the townland of Stonylane.
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 10 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; parts are made ground and water.
- Terrain model
- LiDAR of the Office of Public Works, flown in 2011, at 2 m: tile OPW_2860 (ZIP).
- 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 Stonylane with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Louth.
The townland
- Name
- Stonylane · Bóthar na gCloch
- Area
- 734,638 m² (73.46 ha, 181.53 acres)
- Civil parish
- Ardee, and its townlands
- Barony
- Ardee
- Electoral division
- Ardee Urban, the unit of the census
- Census 2022
- Ardee Urban electoral division: 5,478 people in 2,034 households; 59% of households own their home; 45% of homes were built since 2001; 8% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 0% were holiday homes.
- Neighbouring townlands
- Ardee, Blackstick, Blakestown, Curraghbeg, Mulladrillen, Mullameelan, Rathgory, Townparks
- Placenames
- Stonylane 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.