# Whitecross, Co. Louth: townland, land parcels and planning Townland in the civil parish of Louth, barony of Louth, Co. Louth; in Irish An Chrois Bhán. - Area (Tailte Éireann): 537,220 m² (53.72 ha, 132.75 acres) - Land parcels (Tailte Éireann): 21 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in it, median 3,944 m² (0.39 ha, 0.97 acres) - Zoning (national zoning, MyPlan): not in a zoned settlement - Planning (National Planning Applications): 3 applications since 2010 - Civil parish: Louth, https://everytownland.com/louth/parish/louth.md - Barony: Louth - Electoral division: Louth, the unit of the census - Census 2022 (Central Statistics Office): 1,635 people lived in 574 households in the Louth electoral division. 79% of households owned their home. 41% of homes were built since 2001. 8% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 0% were holiday homes. - County: Co. Louth, https://everytownland.com/louth.md - Placenames Database of Ireland: https://www.logainm.ie/en/33905 - Townland number at Tailte Éireann: 140671 - Centre: latitude 53.955925, longitude -6.520616 (WGS 84) ## Land parcels (registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann) 21 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Whitecross, from 501 m² to 149,208 m² (14.92 ha, 36.87 acres); 15 neighbouring parcels touch its boundary. Largest first: - Parcel 1126208: 149,208 m² (14.92 ha, 36.87 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1126208.md - Parcel 1094564: 131,068 m² (13.11 ha, 32.39 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1094564.md - Parcel 1127743: 103,828 m² (10.38 ha, 25.66 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1127743.md - Parcel 4900929: 69,342 m² (6.93 ha, 17.13 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/4900929.md - Parcel 1136554: 33,368 m² (3.34 ha, 8.25 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1136554.md - Parcel 1113177: 10,714 m² (1.07 ha, 2.65 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1113177.md - Parcel 1131384: 5,635 m² (0.56 ha, 1.39 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1131384.md - Parcel 4764031: 5,535 m² (0.55 ha, 1.37 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/4764031.md - Parcel 1112871: 4,469 m² (0.45 ha, 1.1 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1112871.md - Parcel 3036310: 4,110 m² (0.41 ha, 1.02 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/3036310.md - Parcel 1100881: 3,944 m² (0.39 ha, 0.97 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1100881.md - Parcel 1102043: 2,800 m² (0.28 ha, 0.69 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1102043.md - Parcel 1127744: 2,185 m² (0.22 ha, 0.54 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1127744.md - Parcel 4856514: 2,156 m² (0.22 ha, 0.53 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/4856514.md - Parcel 1121285: 2,048 m² (0.2 ha, 0.51 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1121285.md - Parcel 5561112: 1,967 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/5561112.md - Parcel 2762162: 1,941 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/2762162.md - Parcel 4939733: 924 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/4939733.md - Parcel 1135030: 804 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1135030.md - Parcel 1115063: 670 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1115063.md - Parcel 4939687: 501 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/4939687.md ## Zoning (national zoning of development plans, MyPlan) No zone of a development plan covers Whitecross 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) 3 applications, newest first. - 22 Jul 2021, Louth County Council 21927: Conditional. Retention, 2 homes. Retention and Permission: 1. Retention of the existing log cabin to the rear (west) of site which is to be removed on completion of dwelling. 2. Permission to construct a storey and a half style dwelling house with a detached domestic garage, new vehicular site entrance, waste water treatment system and percolation area and all associated site development works and services. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/LouthCC/AppFileRefDetails/21927/0 - 11 May 2021, Louth County Council 21565: N/a. Retention, 3 homes. Retention permission and permission for development that will consist of 1. Retention to the existing log cabin to the rear (west) of site which is to be removed on the completion of dwelling. 2. Permission to construct a storey and a half style dwelling house with a detached domestic garage, new vehicular site entrance, wastewater treatment system and percolation area and all associated site development works and services. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/LouthCC/AppFileRefDetails/21565/0 - 7 Apr 2017, Louth County Council 17259: N/a. Permission, 2 homes. Permission to construct a two storey detached dwelling, detached domestic garage, new vehicular entrance onto public roadway, waste water treatment system and percolation area, landscaping and associated site works.. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/LouthCC/AppFileRefDetails/17259/0 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 Whitecross. ## Recorded monuments (Sites and Monuments Record, National Monuments Service) - LH011-045: Enclosure, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CLH011-045----. 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 Cropmarks possibly representing an oval enclosure with an annexe at W on aerial photograph (CUCAP, BDG 43). - LH011-046001: Enclosure, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CLH011-046001-. 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 Cropmarks indicating sub-circular enclosure (max. dims. c. 47m N-S, c. 45m E-W) on aerial photograph (CUCAP, BDP 43). The enclosure is surrounded by two roughly concentric ditches and situated within the SE corner of an oval enclosure (max. dims. c. 138m E-W, c. 82m N-S). - LH011-046002: Enclosure, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CLH011-046002-. The Archaeological Survey of Ireland (ASI) is in the process of providing information on all monuments on The Historic Environment Viewer (HEV). Currently the information for this record has not been uploaded. To access available information for research purposes please make an appointment in advance with the Archive Unit (open Fridays 10.00 am – 5.00 pm), Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, The Custom House, Dublin 1 D01W6XO or email NMarchive@housing.gov.ie. 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 Whitecross. ## 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 Whitecross, 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: The 1:50,000 map rates the landslide susceptibility here as low, partly inferred. - Terrain model: no LiDAR survey of the Office of Public Works covers the centre of the townland of Whitecross. - 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/louth/whitecross.dxf - GeoJSON, in WGS 84, for a map: https://everytownland.com/louth/whitecross.geojson - KML, for Google Earth: https://everytownland.com/louth/whitecross.kml ## Homes sold (Residential Property Price Register) No address of the register names Whitecross with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Louth: https://everytownland.com/louth.md ## Neighbouring townlands (National Statutory Boundaries, Tailte Éireann) - Ballyoran: https://everytownland.com/louth/ballyoran.md - Mullavally: https://everytownland.com/louth/mullavally.md - Summerhill: https://everytownland.com/louth/summerhill.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/louth/whitecross - In JSON: https://everytownland.com/api/townland/louth/whitecross