Lislongfield
Townland in the civil parish of Aghabog, barony of Dartree, Co. Monaghan; in Irish Lios Leamhchoille
- Area
- 68.2 ha
- 168 acres
- Land parcels
- 12
- registered freehold, median 44,176 m² (4.42 ha, 10.92 acres)
- Zoning
- —
- not in a zoned settlement
- Planning
- 3
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
12 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Lislongfield, from 1,733 m² to 210,023 m² (21 ha, 51.9 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 18 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
No zone of a development plan covers Lislongfield in the national zoning. Outside zoned towns and villages, the county development plan's rural policies apply to each application.
Source: Tailte Éireann and the Department of Housing (MyPlan), national zoning, CC BY 4.0.
Planning applications
Sites that touch the townland, newest first
24 Mar 2021Conditional
Permission to consist of a minor amendment to the development permitted under Monaghan County Council Planning Register Reference 19/486 to revise the alignment of the permitted access track between wind turbines T2 and T3. Significant further information received 30/07/2021.
Permission · Monaghan County Council, 21136
24 Aug 2020Conditional
Permission to construct 1 no poultry house together with all ancillary structures (to include meal storage bin(s) and soiled water tank(s)) and site works (including upgraded site entrance) associated with the above development
Permission · Monaghan County Council, 20336
25 Oct 2019Conditional
A ten year permission for the development of 8 no. wind turbines, each with a maximum tip height of up to 180 metres; and all associated site development, reinstatement, temporary and ancillary works including turbine foundations, crane hardstands, approximately 5.5 kilometres of site access tracks, permanent upgrade works to the L62012 and L62013 local roads, 11 no. site entrances, underground electricity and communications cabling, site drainage works, a temporary construction compound and a permanent meteorological mast with a maximum height of up to 101 metres. The proposed development will have a 30-year operational life from the date of commissioning of the entire development. The proposed development also includes permanent upgrade works along the R188, R183 and R189 regional roads in the townlands of Rakean, Lismagonway, Aghadrumkeen and Newbliss to accommodate the delivery of wind turbine components. Upgrade works will include the removal of roadside banks and vegetation, re-profiling of a vertical crest, the removal of 1 no. tree and the temporary lowering of a bridge parapet wall, and all associated site development and reinstatement works. This planning application is accompanied by an Environmental Impact Assessment Report which includes an assessment of the likely impacts of the proposed development, as a whole and in combination with the relevant off-site or secondary developments which will occur as a direct result of the proposed development, including connection to the national electricity grid, upgrade works to turbine component delivery routes and the importation and use of construction materials. The planning application is also accompanied by a Natura Impact Statement. Significant further information relates to revised plans. (NOTE 1ST AND 3RD PARTY APPEAL ON THIS FILE)
Permission · Monaghan County Council, 19486
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 Lislongfield.
Recorded monuments
- MO017-055 Ringfort - rath
Description
Located on top of a drumlin. This is a circular grass-covered area (diam. 39m NE-SW; 37m NW-SE) defined by an earthen bank (at E: Wth of base 3.1m; int. H 0.5m; ext. H 1.9m) incorporated into a field bank and hedge, with traces of an outer fosse visible as a band of lush vegetation (Wth 3.1m) ENE-ESE. There is no identifiable original entrance, but the hedge has been removed and the scarp lowered SE-SW. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Monaghan' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1986). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Revised by: Michael Moore Date of revision: 8 May 2018
Architectural heritage
No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands in the townland of Lislongfield.
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 Lislongfield.
- 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 Lislongfield with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Monaghan.
The townland
- Name
- Lislongfield · Lios Leamhchoille
- Area
- 681,863 m² (68.19 ha, 168.49 acres)
- Civil parish
- Aghabog, and its townlands
- Barony
- Dartree
- Electoral division
- Drum, the unit of the census
- Census 2022
- Drum electoral division: 190 people in 69 households; 94% of households own their home; 28% of homes were built since 2001; 15% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 5% were holiday homes.
- Placenames
- Lislongfield 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.