# Bun, Co. Offaly: townland, land parcels and planning Townland in the civil parish of Gallen, barony of Garrycastle, Co. Offaly; in Irish An Bun. - Area (Tailte Éireann): 1,295,742 m² (129.57 ha, 320.18 acres) - Land parcels (Tailte Éireann): 13 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in it, median 49,593 m² (4.96 ha, 12.25 acres) - Zoning (national zoning, MyPlan): not in a zoned settlement - Planning (National Planning Applications): 5 applications since 2010 - Civil parish: Gallen, https://everytownland.com/offaly/parish/gallen.md - Barony: Garrycastle - Electoral division: Gallen, the unit of the census - Census 2022 (Central Statistics Office): Gallen electoral division: 588 people in 203 households; 78% of households own their home; 22% of homes were built since 2001; 8% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 0% were holiday homes. - County: Co. Offaly, https://everytownland.com/offaly.md - Placenames Database of Ireland: https://www.logainm.ie/en/41342 - Townland number at Tailte Éireann: 180283 - Centre: latitude 53.234392, longitude -7.775737 (WGS 84) ## Land parcels (registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann) 13 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Bun, from 813 m² to 459,461 m² (45.95 ha, 113.54 acres); 11 neighbouring parcels touch its boundary. Largest first: - Parcel 5436784: 459,461 m² (45.95 ha, 113.54 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5436784.md - Parcel 294192: 264,687 m² (26.47 ha, 65.41 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/294192.md - Parcel 4989638: 207,628 m² (20.76 ha, 51.31 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/4989638.md - Parcel 4989656: 125,156 m² (12.52 ha, 30.93 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/4989656.md - Parcel 307897: 93,785 m² (9.38 ha, 23.17 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/307897.md - Parcel 277526: 76,132 m² (7.61 ha, 18.81 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/277526.md - Parcel 299846: 49,593 m² (4.96 ha, 12.25 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/299846.md - Parcel 275805: 4,845 m² (0.48 ha, 1.2 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/275805.md - Parcel 308929: 3,541 m² (0.35 ha, 0.87 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/308929.md - Parcel 291525: 2,792 m² (0.28 ha, 0.69 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/291525.md - Parcel 287446: 2,456 m² (0.25 ha, 0.61 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/287446.md - Parcel 287452: 1,381 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/287452.md - Parcel 2474007: 813 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/2474007.md ## Zoning (national zoning of development plans, MyPlan) No zone of a development plan covers Bun 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) 5 applications, newest first. - 17 Aug 2023, Offaly County Council 2360071: Conditional. Permission. The installation of a solar photovoltaic (PV) farm, including a Battery Energy Storage System (BESS) consisting of 48no. units and provision of a bridge crossing the Silver River, on 87.96Ha./217.37 acres of lands comprising 18no. agricultural fields on two separate land parcels within the townlands of Lumcloon and Falsk, Gallen Co. Offaly (E: 613500; N: 720000 – centre of site). The solar farm will consist of a series solar photovoltaic (PV) panels mounted on steel support structures to a height not greater than 3.00m. Development ancillary to the siting of solar PV panels includes 19no. transformers; pole-mounted CCTV cameras; underground cabling; deer fenceline measuring 2.00m high; a proposed 5.00m wide graded track between an existing site entrance and BESS; internal access tracks; widening of 2no. existing field entrances and all associated development. Two temporary compounds, measuring 5250sqm approx. in overall area, will be established during the construction phase of the solar farm. The planning permission will have a duration of 10-years, with a subsequent operational lifetime of 40- years, after which it will be decommissioned with all associated lands returned to their original use excluding the Silver River bridge crossing, which shall be retained. A Natura Impact Statement (NIS) has been prepared and submitted in support of this planning application.. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/OffalyCC/AppFileRefDetails/2360071/0 - 3 Aug 2023, Offaly County Council 2360050: N/a. Permission. The installation of a solar photovoltaic (PV) farm, including a Battery Energy Storage System (BESS) consisting of 48no. units and provision of a bridge crossing the Silver River, on 87.96Ha./217.37 acres of lands comprising 18no. agricultural fields on two separate land parcels within the townlands of Lumcloon and Falsk, Gallen Co. Offaly (E: 613500; N: 720000 – centre of site). The solar farm will consist of a series solar photovoltaic (PV) panels mounted on steel support structures to a height not greater than 3.00m. Development ancillary to the siting of solar PV panels includes 19no. transformers; pole-mounted CCTV cameras; underground cabling; deer fenceline measuring 2.00m high; a proposed 5.00m wide graded track between an existing site entrance and BESS; internal access tracks; widening of 2no. existing field entrances and all associated development. Two temporary compounds, measuring 5250sqm approx. in overall area, will be established during the construction phase of the solar farm. The planning permission will have a duration of 10-years, with a subsequent operational lifetime of 40- years, after which it will be decommissioned with all associated lands returned to their original use excluding the Silver River bridge crossing, which shall be retained. A Natura Impact Statement (NIS) has been prepared and submitted in support of this planning application.. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/OffalyCC/AppFileRefDetails/2360050/0 - 13 Jul 2023, Offaly County Council 2360021: N/a. Permission. The installation of a solar photovoltaic (PV) farm, including a Battery Energy Storage System (BESS) consisting of 48no. units and provision of a bridge crossing the Silver River, on 87.96Ha./217.37 acres of lands comprising 18no. agricultural fields on two separate land parcels within the townlands of Lumcloon and Falsk, Gallen Co. Offaly (E: 613500; N: 720000 – centre of site). The solar farm will consist of a series solar photovoltaic (PV) panels mounted on steel support structures to a height not greater than 3.00m. Development ancillary to the siting of solar PV panels includes 19no. transformers; pole-mounted CCTV cameras; underground cabling; deer fenceline measuring 2.00m high; a proposed 5.00m wide graded track between an existing site entrance and BESS; internal access tracks; widening of 2no. existing field entrances and all associated development. Two temporary compounds, measuring 5250sqm approx. in overall area, will be established during the construction phase of the solar farm. The planning permission will have a duration of 10-years, with a subsequent operational lifetime of 40- years, after which it will be decommissioned with all associated lands returned to their original use excluding the Silver River bridge crossing, which shall be retained. A Natura Impact Statement (NIS) has been prepared and submitted in support of this planning application.. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/OffalyCC/AppFileRefDetails/2360021/0 - 26 Jan 2023, Offaly County Council 2320: Refused. Permission. DEVELOPMENT OF A SOLAR PHOTOVOLTAIC (PV) ENERGY DEVELOPMENT.THE PROPOSED SOLAR PV ENERGY DEVELOPMENT IS CONTAINED WITHIN TWO DISTINCT PARCELS OF LAND, REFERRED TO AS ZONE 1 AND ZONE 2. THE OVERALL DEVELOPMENT SITE OF C. 247 HECTARES WILL CONTAIN: (I) SOLAR PV PANELS ON GROUND MOUNTED FRAMES /SUPPORT STRUCTURES WITHIN EXISTING FIELD BOUNDARIES, (IÎ) 30 NO. MEDIUM VOLTAGE POWER STATION (MVPS) ENCLOSURES (6.058M LONG X 2.348M WIDE X 2.896M HIGH), (III) 6 NO. WEATHER MONITORING STATIONS, (IV) 2 NO, TEMPORARY CONSTRUCTION COMPOUNDS (50M LONG X 35M WIDE), (V) INTERNAL SITE ACCESS TRACKS AND UNDERGROUND CABLES (UGC), (VI) UGC IN THE PUBLIC ROAD NETWORK (L70095, L70099, L70208-3 & R357), WHICH WILL ELECTRICALLY CONNECT THE DEVELOPMENT TO THE DERRYCARNEY 110KV SUBSTATION LOCATED WITHIN THE TOWNLAND OF LUMCLOON, AND (VII) ALL ANCILLARY DEVELOPMENT, INCLUDING; PERIMETER FENCING WITH ACCESS GATES AT VEHICLE SITE ENTRANCES ALONG PUBLIC ROADS (L70095 AND THE R357), CCTV SECURITY CAMERAS, LANDSCAPING, AND ALL ASSOCIATED CIVIL ENGINEERING WORKS, PLANNING PERMISSION IS BEING SOUGHT FOR A PERIOD OF 10 YEARS. A NATURA IMPACT STATEMENT (NIS) HAS BEEN PREPARED AND ACCOMPANIES THIS PLANNING APPLICATION. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/OffalyCC/AppFileRefDetails/2320/0 - 4 Jan 2023, Offaly County Council 231: N/a. Permission. DEVELOPMENT OF A SOLAR PHOTOVOLTAIC (PV) ENERGY DEVELOPMENT.THE DEVELOPMENT SITE OF C. 247 HECTARES WILL CONTAIN: (I) SOLAR PV PANELS ON GROUND MOUNTED FRAMES /SUPPORT STRUCTURES WITHIN EXISTING FIELD BOUNDARIES, (IÎ) 30 NO. MEDIUM VOLTAGE POWER STATION (MVPS) ENCLOSURES (6.058M LONG X 2.348M WIDE X 2.896M HIGH), (III) 6 NO. WEATHER MONITORING STATIONS, (IV) 2 NO, TEMPORARY CONSTRUCTION COMPOUNDS (50M LONG X 35M WIDE), (V) INTERNAL SITE ACCESS TRACKS AND UNDERGROUND CABLES (UGC), (VI) UGC IN THE PUBLIC ROAD NETWORK (L70095, L.70099, L.70208-3 & R357), WHICH WILL ELECTRICALLY CONNECT THE DEVELOPMENT TO THE DERRYCARNEY 110KV SUBSTATION LOCATED WITHIN THE TOWNLAND OF LUMCLOON, AND (VII) ALL ANCILLARY DEVELOPMENT, INCLUDING; PERIMETER FENCING WITH ACCESS GATES AT VEHICLE SITE ENTRANCES ALONG PUBLIC ROADS (L.70095 AND THE R357), CCTV SECURITY CAMERAS, LANDSCAPING, AND ALL ASSOCIATED CIVIL ENGINEERING WORKS, PLANNING PERMISSION IS BEING SOUGHT FOR A PERIOD OF 10 YEARS. A NATURA IMPACT STATEMENT (NIS) HAS BEEN PREPARED AND ACCOMPANIES THIS PLANNING APPLICATION. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/OffalyCC/AppFileRefDetails/231/0 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 Bun. ## Recorded monuments (Sites and Monuments Record, National Monuments Service) No recorded monument lies in the townland of Bun. ## Architectural heritage (National Inventory of Architectural Heritage) No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands in the townland of Bun. ## 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, on the 1:50,000 map. - Terrain model: no LiDAR survey of the Office of Public Works covers the centre of the townland of Bun. - 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/offaly/bun.dxf - GeoJSON, in WGS 84, for a map: https://everytownland.com/offaly/bun.geojson - KML, for Google Earth: https://everytownland.com/offaly/bun.kml ## Homes sold (Residential Property Price Register) No address of the register names Bun with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Offaly: https://everytownland.com/offaly.md ## Neighbouring townlands (National Statutory Boundaries, Tailte Éireann) - Derries: https://everytownland.com/offaly/derries-180568.md - Derrycarney: https://everytownland.com/offaly/derrycarney.md - Lea Beg: https://everytownland.com/offaly/lea-beg.md - Lumcloon: https://everytownland.com/offaly/lumcloon.md - Rin: https://everytownland.com/offaly/rin.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/offaly/bun - In JSON: https://everytownland.com/api/townland/offaly/bun