# Derry Lower, Co. Offaly: townland, land parcels and planning

Townland in the civil parish of Drumcullen, barony of Eglish, Co. Offaly; in Irish Doire Íochtarach.

- Area (Tailte Éireann): 745,306 m² (74.53 ha, 184.17 acres)
- Land parcels (Tailte Éireann): 5 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in it, median 74,432 m² (7.44 ha, 18.39 acres)
- Zoning (national zoning, MyPlan): not in a zoned settlement
- Planning (National Planning Applications): 2 applications since 2010
- Civil parish: Drumcullen, https://everytownland.com/offaly/parish/drumcullen.md
- Barony: Eglish
- Electoral division: Drumcullen, the unit of the census
- Census 2022 (Central Statistics Office): 454 people lived in 152 households in the Drumcullen electoral division. 89% of households owned their home. 41% of homes were built since 2001. 11% 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/41287
- Townland number at Tailte Éireann: 180576
- Centre: latitude 53.151928, longitude -7.791685 (WGS 84)

## Land parcels (registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann)

5 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Derry Lower, from 6,762 m² (0.68 ha, 1.67 acres) to 402,153 m² (40.22 ha, 99.37 acres); 12 neighbouring parcels touch its boundary. Largest first:

- Parcel 272225: 402,153 m² (40.22 ha, 99.37 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/272225.md
- Parcel 273115: 229,684 m² (22.97 ha, 56.76 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/273115.md
- Parcel 270119: 74,432 m² (7.44 ha, 18.39 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/270119.md
- Parcel 269997: 33,258 m² (3.33 ha, 8.22 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/269997.md
- Parcel 270328: 6,762 m² (0.68 ha, 1.67 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/270328.md

## Zoning (national zoning of development plans, MyPlan)

No zone of a development plan covers Derry Lower 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)

2 applications, newest first.

- 5 Dec 2022, Offaly County Council 22622: N/a. Permission. A 10-YEAR PERMISSION AND 40 YEAR OPERATION FOR A SOLAR FARM ON 3 NO. LAND PARCELS AS DESCRIBED HEREIN: WEST PARCEL (DOVEHILL TOWNLAND) C. 119.25 HECTARES, CENTRAL PARCEL (GORTNAMUCK & CURRAGHMORE (EGLISH BY) TOWNLANDS) C. 42.2 HECTARES AND EAST PARCEL (GORTNAMUCK & FREAGH TOWNLANDS) C. 16.07 HECTARES; A ROUTE CORRIDOR OF 3.5 HECTARES FOR AN UNDERGROUND INTERNAL ELECTRICAL CABLE CONNECTING THE WEST AND CENTRAL PARCELS TO THE EAST PARCEL CONSISTING OF C. 3,859M UNDERGROUND CABLING WITHIN THE CORRIDOR OF THE L6042 'RATH ROAD' PUBLIC ROAD. THE TOTAL SITE AREA FOR THE PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT IS C. 181.02 HECTARES AND CONSISTS OF THE FOLLOWING;1,070,756 SQ. METRES OF SOLAR PHOTOVOLTAIC PANELS ON GROUND MOUNTED STEEL FRAMES; INVERTER / TRANSFORMER STATIONS; UNDERGROUND POWER AND COMMUNICATION CABLES AND DUCTS; BOUNDARY SECURITY FENCING; 2 NO. MEDIUM VOLTAGE (MV) CONTROL BUILDINGS; NEW INTERNAL ACCESS TRACKS ASSOCIATED DRAINAGE INFRASTRUCTURE; SITE ENTRANCES TO THE L6042 'RATH ROAD' PUBLIC ROAD; 54 NO. CCTV/ LIGHTING POSTS AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE SERVICES AND WORKS. INSTALLATIONS OF INTERNAL NETWORK CABLE COMPRISE TRENCHING FOR AN UNDERGROUND MEDIUM VOLTAGE ELECTRICAL CABLE AND ASSOCIATED JOINT BAYS AND INFRASTRUCTURE, FOR A DISTANCE OF APPROXIMATELY 3,859 METRES IN LENGTH ALONG THE L6042 'RATH ROAD' PUBLIC ROAD AND APPROXIMATELY 661.5 METRES WITHIN THE SOLAR FARM LANDS. THE PROPOSED SOLAR FARM WILL BE BROKEN INTO 2 NO. SEPARATE PHASES. 'PHASE 1' WILL CONSIST OF THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE SOLAR PV ARRAYS LOCATED IN THE EAST PARCEL (C. 16.07 HA), CENTRAL PARCEL (C. 42.2 HA) AND THE WEST PARCEL (C. 52.67 HA). 'PHASE 2' OF THE SOLAR FARM WILL CONSIST OF THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE REMAINDER OF THE SOLAR PV ARRAYS IN THE WEST PARCEL COVERING A SITE AREA OF C. 66.58 HA. AS PART OF A SEPARATE STRATEGIC INFRASTRUCTURE DEVELOPMENT (SID) PLANNING APPLICATION, PROVISION OF A 110KV ELECTRICAL SUBSTATION WITH ELECTRICAL CONTROL BUILDING, ASSOCIATED COMPOUND WITH PALISADE FENCE AND 2 NO. OVERHEAD LINE MASTS, WHICH IS TO BE LOCATED IN THE EAST PARCEL, WILL BE LODGED WITH AN BORD PLEANÁLA IN DUE COURSE. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/OffalyCC/AppFileRefDetails/22622/0
- 11 Nov 2022, Offaly County Council 22586: N/a. Permission. A 10-YEAR PERMISSION AND 40 YEAR OPERATION FOR A SOLAR FARM ON 3 NO. LAND PARCELS AS DESCRIBED HEREIN: WEST PARCEL (DOVEHILL TOWNLAND) C. 119.25 HECTARES, CENTRAL PARCEL (GORTAMUCK & CURRAGHMORE (EGLISH BY) TOWNLANDS) C. 42.2 HECTARES AND EAST PARCEL (GORTAMUCK & FREAGH TOWNLANDS) C. 16.07 HECTARES; A ROUTE CORRIDOR OF 3.5 HECTARES FOR AN UNDERGROUND INTERNAL ELECTRICAL CABLE CONNECTING THE WEST AND CENTRAL PARCELS TO THE EAST PARCEL CONSISTING OF C. 3,859M UNDERGROUND CABLING WITHIN THE CORRIDOR OF THE L6042 'RATH ROAD' PUBLIC ROAD. THE TOTAL SITE AREA FOR THE PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT IS C. 181.02 HECTARES AND CONSISTS OF THE FOLLOWING;1,070,756 SQ. METRES OF SOLAR PHOTOVOLTAIC PANELS ON GROUND MOUNTED STEEL FRAMES; INVERTER / TRANSFORMER STATIONS; UNDERGROUND POWER AND COMMUNICATION CABLES AND DUCTS; BOUNDARY SECURITY FENCING; 2 NO. MEDIUM VOLTAGE (MV) CONTROL BUILDINGS; NEW INTERNAL ACCESS TRACKS ASSOCIATED DRAINAGE INFRASTRUCTURE; SITE ENTRANCES TO THE L6042 'RATH ROAD' PUBLIC ROAD; 54 NO. CCTV/ LIGHTING POSTS AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE SERVICES AND WORKS. INSTALLATIONS OF INTERNAL NETWORK CABLE COMPRISE TRENCHING FOR AN UNDERGROUND MEDIUM VOLTAGE ELECTRICAL CABLE AND ASSOCIATED JOINT BAYS AND INFRASTRUCTURE, FOR A DISTANCE OF APPROXIMATELY 3,859 METRES IN LENGTH ALONG THE L6042 'RATH ROAD' PUBLIC ROAD AND APPROXIMATELY 661.5 METRES WITHIN THE SOLAR FARM LANDS. THE PROPOSED SOLAR FARM WILL BE BROKEN INTO 2 NO. SEPARATE PHASES. 'PHASE 1' WILL CONSIST OF THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE SOLAR PV ARRAYS LOCATED IN THE EAST PARCEL (C. 16.07 HA), CENTRAL PARCEL (C. 42.2 HA) AND THE WEST PARCEL (C. 52.67 HA). 'PHASE 2' OF THE SOLAR FARM WILL CONSIST OF THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE REMAINDER OF THE SOLAR PV ARRAYS IN THE WEST PARCEL COVERING A SITE AREA OFC. 66.58 HA. AS PART OF A SEPARATE STRATEGIC INFRASTRUCTURE DEVELOPMENT (SID) PLANNING APPLICATION, PROVISION OF A 1 10KV ELECTRICAL SUBSTATION WITH ELECTRICAL CONTROL BUILDING, ASSOCIATED COMPOUND WITH PALISADE FENCE AND 2 NO. OVERHEAD LINE MASTS, WHICH IS TO BE LOCATED IN THE EAST PARCEL, WILL BE LODGED WITH AN BORD PLEANÁLA IN DUE COURSE. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/OffalyCC/AppFileRefDetails/22586/0

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## 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 Derry Lower.

## Recorded monuments (Sites and Monuments Record, National Monuments Service)

No recorded monument lies in the townland of Derry Lower.

## Architectural heritage (National Inventory of Architectural Heritage)

No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands in the townland of Derry Lower.

## Ground and risks (Radon Risk Map of Ireland, EPA; Landslide Susceptibility Classification and LiDAR, Geological Survey Ireland)

- Radon: About 1 in 5 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, low (inferred).
- Terrain model: no LiDAR survey of the Office of Public Works covers the centre of the townland of Derry Lower.
- 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/derry-lower.dxf
- GeoJSON, in WGS 84, for a map: https://everytownland.com/offaly/derry-lower.geojson
- KML, for Google Earth: https://everytownland.com/offaly/derry-lower.kml

## Homes sold (Residential Property Price Register)

No address of the register names Derry Lower 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)

- Ballynacard: https://everytownland.com/offaly/ballynacard.md
- Ballynacurra: https://everytownland.com/offaly/ballynacurra.md
- Derry Upper: https://everytownland.com/offaly/derry-upper.md
- Dovehill: https://everytownland.com/offaly/dovehill.md
- Glenamony Glebe: https://everytownland.com/offaly/glenamony-glebe.md
- Moneenderg: https://everytownland.com/offaly/moneenderg.md
- Thomastown Demesne: https://everytownland.com/offaly/thomastown-demesne.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.

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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/derry-lower
- In JSON: https://everytownland.com/api/townland/offaly/derry-lower