# Cushaling, Co. Offaly: townland, land parcels and planning Townland in the civil parish of Monasteroris, barony of Coolestown, Co. Offaly; in Irish Cois Loinge. - Area (Tailte Éireann): 5,220,243 m² (522.02 ha, 1,289.95 acres) - Land parcels (Tailte Éireann): 37 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in it, median 24,489 m² (2.45 ha, 6.05 acres) - Zoning (national zoning, MyPlan): not in a zoned settlement - Planning (National Planning Applications): 7 applications since 2010 - Civil parish: Monasteroris, https://everytownland.com/offaly/parish/monasteroris.md - Barony: Coolestown - Electoral division: Edenderry Rural, the unit of the census - Census 2022 (Central Statistics Office): Edenderry Rural electoral division: 890 people in 288 households; 94% of households own their home; 26% of homes were built since 2001; 6% 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/41691 - Townland number at Tailte Éireann: 180550 - Centre: latitude 53.289322, longitude -7.025573 (WGS 84) ## Land parcels (registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann) 37 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Cushaling, from 1,023 m² to 1,786,076 m² (178.61 ha, 441.35 acres); 28 neighbouring parcels touch its boundary. Largest first: - Parcel 301145: 1,786,076 m² (178.61 ha, 441.35 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/301145.md - Parcel 309892: 790,981 m² (79.1 ha, 195.46 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/309892.md - Parcel 4644027: 438,633 m² (43.86 ha, 108.39 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/4644027.md - Parcel 4644030: 415,364 m² (41.54 ha, 102.64 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/4644030.md - Parcel 288607: 204,720 m² (20.47 ha, 50.59 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/288607.md - Parcel 282851: 166,402 m² (16.64 ha, 41.12 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/282851.md - Parcel 281667: 154,432 m² (15.44 ha, 38.16 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/281667.md - Parcel 305842: 133,417 m² (13.34 ha, 32.97 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/305842.md - Parcel 298142: 119,756 m² (11.98 ha, 29.59 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/298142.md - Parcel 311462: 102,454 m² (10.25 ha, 25.32 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/311462.md - Parcel 295873: 77,357 m² (7.74 ha, 19.12 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/295873.md - Parcel 269736: 63,620 m² (6.36 ha, 15.72 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/269736.md - Parcel 307478: 61,869 m² (6.19 ha, 15.29 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/307478.md - Parcel 305264: 37,990 m² (3.8 ha, 9.39 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/305264.md - Parcel 360714: 37,479 m² (3.75 ha, 9.26 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/360714.md - Parcel 311853: 33,341 m² (3.33 ha, 8.24 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/311853.md - Parcel 279668: 27,263 m² (2.73 ha, 6.74 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/279668.md - Parcel 284059: 26,381 m² (2.64 ha, 6.52 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/284059.md - Parcel 5184711: 24,489 m² (2.45 ha, 6.05 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5184711.md - Parcel 273550: 23,818 m² (2.38 ha, 5.89 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/273550.md - Parcel 2388850: 19,372 m² (1.94 ha, 4.79 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2388850.md - Parcel 303197: 15,812 m² (1.58 ha, 3.91 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/303197.md - Parcel 299250: 15,208 m² (1.52 ha, 3.76 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/299250.md - Parcel 5664369: 13,291 m² (1.33 ha, 3.28 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5664369.md - Parcel 4918463: 10,518 m² (1.05 ha, 2.6 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/4918463.md - Parcel 360248: 9,082 m² (0.91 ha, 2.24 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/360248.md - Parcel 287200: 6,097 m² (0.61 ha, 1.51 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/287200.md - Parcel 5686553: 4,756 m² (0.48 ha, 1.18 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5686553.md - Parcel 273050: 4,468 m² (0.45 ha, 1.1 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/273050.md - Parcel 302284: 4,320 m² (0.43 ha, 1.07 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/302284.md - Parcel 290250: 3,926 m² (0.39 ha, 0.97 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/290250.md - Parcel 272030: 3,532 m² (0.35 ha, 0.87 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/272030.md - Parcel 306599: 3,490 m² (0.35 ha, 0.86 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/306599.md - Parcel 308768: 3,112 m² (0.31 ha, 0.77 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/308768.md - Parcel 283924: 2,744 m² (0.27 ha, 0.68 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/283924.md - Parcel 300980: 1,557 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/300980.md - Parcel 2388195: 1,023 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/2388195.md ## Zoning (national zoning of development plans, MyPlan) No zone of a development plan covers Cushaling 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) 7 applications, newest first. - 30 Sept 2021, Offaly County Council 21598: Conditional. Permission. A PERIOD OF 10 YEARS TO CONSTRUCT AND COMPLETE A SOLAR PV DEVELOPMENT WITH A TOTAL SITE AREA OF CIRCA 117.47 HECTARES, TO INCLUDE PV PANELS MOUNTED ON METAL FRAMES, NEW ACCESS TRACKS, UNDERGROUND CABLING, PERIMETER FENCING WITH CCTV CAMERAS, 22 NO. MV POWER STATIONS, TEMPORARY CONSTRUCTION COMPOUNDS AND ALL ANCILLARY GRID INFRASTRUCTURE AND ASSOCIATED WORKS. THE SOLAR FARM WOULD BE OPERATIONAL FOR 40 YEARS. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/OffalyCC/AppFileRefDetails/21598/0 - 2 Jun 2020, Kildare County Council 20307279: N/a. N/a. (ABP Decision http://www.pleanala.ie/casenum/307279.htm Case is due to be decided by 05/10/2020 by ABP) Application to An Bord Pleanála for Substitute Consent to regularise the status of historic peat extraction (and ancillary works) on the milled peat production bogs of the Allen Bog Group located in counties Offaly, Westmeath, Laois and Kildare. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/KildareCC/AppFileRefDetails/20307279/0 - 19 Dec 2019, Offaly County Council 19606: Refused. Permission. A 10-YEAR PLANNING PERMISSION WITH A 30-YEAR OPERATIONAL LIFE FOR DEVELOPMENT ON A SITE AREA OF 60.674 HECTARES. THE DEVELOPMENT WILL CONSIST OF UP TO 8 (EIGHT) WIND TURBINES WITH A TIP HEIGHT OF UP TO 187 METRES, AND ALL ASSOCIATED FOUNDATIONS AND HARDSTANDING AREAS; APPROXIMATELY 4,750 METRES OF NEW INTERNAL ACCESS ROADS, ASSOCIATED DRAINAGE AND TURNING AREAS; UPGRADE OF APPROXIMATELY 3,500 METRES OF THE EXISTING L50062 PUBLIC ROAD INCLUDING UPGRADE OF THE EXISTING BRIDGE; A NEW BRIDGE CROSSING OF THE FIGILE RIVER TO PROVIDE ACCESS BETWEEN TURBINE 3 AND TURBINE 4; A 2,950-METRE RECREATION TRAIL AND ALL ASSOCIATED DEVELOPMENT TO INCLUDE GRAVEL PATHWAYS, A FOOTBRIDGE ACROSS THE FIGILE RIVER, A PARKING AREA, SIGNAGE, INFORMATION BOARDS AND OUTDOOR FITNESS EQUIPMENT; AN OFF-SITE ELECTRICAL SUBSTATION AND A BATTERY ENERGY STORAGE FACILITY; ALL ASSOCIATED UNDERGROUND ELECTRICAL AND COMMUNICATIONS CABLING TO CONNECT THE TURBINES TO THE SUBSTATION INCLUDING APPROXIMATELY 1,550M ALONG THE R401 REGIONAL ROAD; A SPOIL STORAGE AREA; A PERMANENT METEOROLOGICAL MAST UP TO 110.5 METRES HIGH; 2 NO. TEMPORARY CONSTRUCTION COMPOUNDS; 2 NO. TEMPORARY BLADE ADAPTER SET-DOWN AREAS WITHIN THE WIND FARM SITE AND AT THE JUNCTION OF THE R402 AND R401 AT RATHMORE, EDENDERRY, CO. OFFALY; TURBINE DELIVERY ROUTE WORKS INCLUDING WIDENING OF THE JUNCTION OF THE R420 AND R402 AT BALLINA, GEASHILL, CO. OFFALY AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS. THE OVERALL DEVELOPMENT IS FOR A NINE (9) TURBINE WIND FARM, WITH A SEPARATE PLANNING APPLICATION BEING SUBMITTED TO KILDARE COUNTY COUNCIL FOR ONE (1) TURBINE LOCATED IN THE TOWNLAND OF TICKNEVIN, CARBURY, CO. KILDARE. AN ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT REPORT (EIAR) AND A NATURA IMPACT STATEMENT (NIS) HAS BEEN PREPARED IN RESPECT OF THE APPLICATION. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/OffalyCC/AppFileRefDetails/19606/0 - 28 Nov 2019, Kildare County Council 191323: Refused. Permission. A 10-year planning permission with a 30-year operational life for development on a site area of 3.23 hectares in the townland of Ticknevin, Carbury, Co. Kildare. The development will consist of up to 1 (one) wind turbine with a tip height of up to 187 metres, and all associated foundations and hardstanding areas, 20 metres of new wind farm road, and all associated underground electrical and communications cabling. This single turbine application forms part of a larger wind farm development located within County Offaly and Kildare with a separate planning application being submitted to Offaly County Council concurrently. The overall development will consist of up to 9 turbines (8 in Offaly and 1 in Kildare) with a tip height of up to 187 metres, and all associated foundations and hardstanding areas, approximately 4,750 metres of new internal access roads, associated drainage and turning areas; upgrade of approximately 3,500 metres of the existing L50062 public road including upgrade of the existing bridge; a new bridge crossing of the Figile River to provide access between Turbine 3 and Turbine 4; a 2,950-metre recreation trail and all associated development to include gravel pathways, a footbridge across the Figile River, a parking area, signage, information boards and outdoor fitness equipment; an off-site electrical substation and a battery energy storage facility; all associated underground electrical and communications cabling to connect the turbines to the substation including approximately 1,550 metres along the R401 Regional Road, a spoil storage area; a permanent meteorological mast up to 110.5 metres high; 2 No. temporary construction compounds; 2 No. temporary blade adapter set-down areas within the wind farm site and at the junction of the R402 and R401 at Rathmore, Edenderry, Co. Offaly; turbine delivery route works including widening of the junction of the R420 and R402 at Ballina, Geashill, Co. Offaly and all associated site development works. This application is accompanied by an Environmental Impact Assessment Report and a Natura Impact Statement,. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/KildareCC/AppFileRefDetails/191323/0 - 28 Nov 2019, Offaly County Council 19568: N/a. Permission. A 10-YEAR PLANNING PERMISSION WITH A 30-YEAR OPERATIONAL LIFE FOR DEVELOPMENT ON A SITE AREA OF 60.674 HECTARES. THE DEVELOPMENT WILL CONSIST OF UP TO 8 ( EIGHT) WIND TURBINES WITH A TIP HEIGHT OF UP TO 187 METRES, AND ALL ASSOCIATED FOUNDATIONS AND HARDSTANDING AREAS; APPROXIMATELY 4,750 METRES OF NEW INTERNAL ACCESS ROADS, ASSOCIATED DRAINAGE AND TURNING AREAS; UPGRADE OF APPROXIMATELY 3,500 METRES OF THE EXISTING L50062 PUBLIC ROAD INCLUDING UPGRADE OF THE EXISTING BRIDGE; A NEW BRIDGE CROSSING OF THE FIGILE RIVER TO PROVIDE ACCESS BETWEEN TURBINE 3 AND TURBINE 4; A 2,950-METRE RECREATION TRAIL AND ALL ASSOCIATED DEVELOPMENT TO INCLUDE GRAVEL PATHWAYS, A FOOTBRIDGE ACROSS THE FIGILE RIVER, A PARKING AREA, SIGNAGE, INFORMATION BOARDS AND OUTDOOR FITNESS EQUIPMENT; AN OFF-SITE ELECTRICAL SUBSTATION AND A BATTERY ENERGY STORAGE FACILITY; ALL ASSOCIATED UNDERGROUND ELECTRICAL AND COMMUNICATIONS CABLING TO CONNECT THE TURBINES TO THE SUBSTATION INCLUDING APPROXIMATELY 1,550M ALONG THE R401 REGIONAL ROAD; A SPOIL STORAGE AREA; A PERMANENT METEOROLOGICAL MAST UP TO 110.5 METRES HIGH; 2 NO. TEMPORARY CONSTRUCTION COMPOUNDS; 2 NO. TEMPORARY BLADE ADAPTER SET-DOWN AREAS WITHIN THE WIND FARM SITE AND AT THE JUNCTION OF THE R402 AND R401 AT RATHMORE, EDENDERRY, CO. OFFALY; TURBINE DELIVERY ROUTE WORKS INCLUDING WIDENING OF THE JUNCTION OF THE R420 AND R402 AT BALLINA, GEASHILL, CO. OFFALY AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS. THE OVERALL DEVELOPMENT IS FOR A NINE (9) TURBINE WIND FARM, WITH A SEPARATE PLANNING APPLICATION BEING SUBMITTED TO KILDARE COUNTY COUNCIL FOR ONE (1) TURBINE LOCATED IN THE TOWNLAND OF TICKNEVIN, CARBURY, CO. KILDARE. AN ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT REPORT (EIAR) AND A NATURA IMPACT STATEMENT (NIS) HAS BEEN PREPARED IN RESPECT OF THE APPLICATION. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/OffalyCC/AppFileRefDetails/19568/0 - 8 Nov 2019, Kildare County Council 191255: N/a. Permission. A 10-year planning permission with a 30-year operational life for development on a total site area of approximately 63.9 hectares in the townlands of Ballykilleen, Shean, Kilcumber, Cloncant, Cushaling and Rathmore, Edenderry, Ballina, Geashill, Co. Offaly and Ticknevin, Carbury, Co. Kildare. The development will consist of up to 9 No. wind turbines (8 in Co. Offaly, 1 in Co. Kildare), with a tip height of up to 187 metres, and all associated foundations and hardstanding areas; approximately 4,750 metres of new internal access roads associated drainage and turning areas; upgrade of approximately 3,500 metres of the existing L50062 public road including upgrade of the existing bridge; a new bridge crossing of the Figile River to provide access between Turbine 3 and Turbine 4; a 2,950 metre recreation trail and all associated development to include gravel pathways, a footbridge across the Figile River, a parking area, signage, information boards and outdoor fitness equipment; and off-site electrical substation and a battery energy storage facility; all associated underground electrical and communications cabling to connect the turbines to the substation including approximately 1,550m along the R401 Regional Road; a spoil storage area; a permanent meteorological mast up to 110.5 metres high; 2 No. temporary construction compounds; 2 No. temporary blade adapter set-down areas, turbine delivery route works and all associated site development works. An Environmental Impact Assessment Report and a Natura Impact Statement has been prepared in respect of the application.. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/KildareCC/AppFileRefDetails/191255/0 - 8 Nov 2019, Offaly County Council 19524: N/a. Permission. A 10-YEAR PLANNING PERMISSION WITH A 30-YEAR OPERATIONAL LIFE FOR DEVELOPMENT ON A TOTAL SITE AREA OF 63.9 HECTARES . THE DEVELOPMENT WILL CONSIST OF UP TO 9 NO. WIND TURBINES (8 IN CO. OFFALY, 1 IN CO. KILDARE), WITH A TIP HEIGHT OF UP TO 187 METRES, AND ALL ASSOCIATED FOUNDATIONS AND HARDSTANDING AREAS; APPROXIMATELY 4,750 METRES OF NEW INTERNAL ACCESS ROADS, ASSOCIATED DRAINAGE AND TURNING AREAS; UPGRADE OF APPROXIMATELY 3,500 METRES OF THE EXISTING L50062 PUBLIC ROAD INCLUDING UPGRADE OF THE EXISTING BRIDGE; A NEW BRIDGE CROSSING OF THE FIGILE RIVER TO PROVIDE ACCESS BETWEEN TURBINE 3 AND TURBINE 4; A 2,950-METRE RECREATION TRAIL AND ALL ASSOCIATED DEVELOPMENT TO INCLUDE GRAVEL PATHWAYS, A FOOTBRIDGE ACROSS THE FIGILE RIVER, A PARKING AREA, SIGNAGE, INFORMATION BOARDS AND OUTDOOR FITNESS EQUIPMENT; AN OFF-SITE ELECTRICAL SUBSTATION AND A BATTERY ENERGY STORAGE FACILITY; ALL ASSOCIATED UNDERGROUND ELECTRICAL AND COMMUNICATIONS CABLING TO CONNECT THE TURBINES TO THE SUBSTATION INCLUDING APPROXIMATELY 1,550M ALONG THE R401 REGIONAL ROAD; A SPOIL STORAGE AREA; A PERMANENT METEOROLOGICAL MAST UP TO 110.5 METRES HIGH; 2 NO. TEMPORARY CONSTRUCTION COMPOUNDS; 2 NO TEMPORARY BLADE ADAPTER SET-DOWN AREAS, TURBINE DELIVERY ROUTE WORKS AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS. AN ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT REPORT (EIAR) AND A NATURA IMPACT STATEMENT (NIS) HAS BEEN PREPARED IN RESPECT OF THE APPLICATION. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/OffalyCC/AppFileRefDetails/19524/0 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 Cushaling. ## Recorded monuments (Sites and Monuments Record, National Monuments Service) No recorded monument lies in the townland of Cushaling. ## Architectural heritage (National Inventory of Architectural Heritage) No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands in the townland of Cushaling. ## Ground and risks (Radon Risk Map of Ireland, EPA; Landslide Susceptibility Classification and LiDAR, Geological Survey Ireland) - Radon: About 1 in 20 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 Cushaling. - 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/cushaling.dxf - GeoJSON, in WGS 84, for a map: https://everytownland.com/offaly/cushaling.geojson - KML, for Google Earth: https://everytownland.com/offaly/cushaling.kml ## Homes sold (Residential Property Price Register) No address of the register names Cushaling 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) - Cloncant: https://everytownland.com/offaly/cloncant.md - Codd: https://everytownland.com/offaly/codd.md - Cushaling (Co. Kildare): https://everytownland.com/kildare/cushaling.md - Derries: https://everytownland.com/offaly/derries-180567.md - Kilcumber: https://everytownland.com/offaly/kilcumber.md - Lullybeg (Co. Kildare): https://everytownland.com/kildare/lullybeg.md - Shean: https://everytownland.com/offaly/shean.md - Ticknevin (Co. Kildare): https://everytownland.com/kildare/ticknevin.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/cushaling - In JSON: https://everytownland.com/api/townland/offaly/cushaling