# Falsk, Co. Offaly: townland, land parcels and planning Townland in the civil parish of Gallen, barony of Garrycastle, Co. Offaly; in Irish Failsce. - Area (Tailte Éireann): 4,472,968 m² (447.3 ha, 1,105.29 acres) - Land parcels (Tailte Éireann): 60 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in it, median 16,835 m² (1.68 ha, 4.16 acres) - Zoning (national zoning, MyPlan): not in a zoned settlement - Planning (National Planning Applications): 7 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/41346 - Townland number at Tailte Éireann: 180653 - Centre: latitude 53.244957, longitude -7.809214 (WGS 84) ## Land parcels (registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann) 60 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Falsk, from 1,311 m² to 1,604,119 m² (160.41 ha, 396.39 acres); 39 neighbouring parcels touch its boundary. Largest first: - Parcel 4815715: 1,604,119 m² (160.41 ha, 396.39 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/4815715.md - Parcel 307998: 684,740 m² (68.47 ha, 169.2 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/307998.md - Parcel 284471: 363,021 m² (36.3 ha, 89.7 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/284471.md - Parcel 5632136: 174,965 m² (17.5 ha, 43.23 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5632136.md - Parcel 5632138: 129,309 m² (12.93 ha, 31.95 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5632138.md - Parcel 295184: 114,632 m² (11.46 ha, 28.33 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/295184.md - Parcel 270159: 107,396 m² (10.74 ha, 26.54 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/270159.md - Parcel 276494: 104,402 m² (10.44 ha, 25.8 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/276494.md - Parcel 294939: 71,064 m² (7.11 ha, 17.56 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/294939.md - Parcel 294951: 69,002 m² (6.9 ha, 17.05 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/294951.md - Parcel 300077: 68,799 m² (6.88 ha, 17 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/300077.md - Parcel 270038: 67,537 m² (6.75 ha, 16.69 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/270038.md - Parcel 5632120: 64,831 m² (6.48 ha, 16.02 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5632120.md - Parcel 298858: 57,657 m² (5.77 ha, 14.25 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/298858.md - Parcel 284736: 56,908 m² (5.69 ha, 14.06 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/284736.md - Parcel 288619: 54,851 m² (5.49 ha, 13.55 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/288619.md - Parcel 282873: 53,559 m² (5.36 ha, 13.23 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/282873.md - Parcel 305689: 40,111 m² (4.01 ha, 9.91 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/305689.md - Parcel 5632121: 37,096 m² (3.71 ha, 9.17 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5632121.md - Parcel 301244: 35,241 m² (3.52 ha, 8.71 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/301244.md - Parcel 290093: 34,187 m² (3.42 ha, 8.45 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/290093.md - Parcel 291524: 30,440 m² (3.04 ha, 7.52 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/291524.md - Parcel 305446: 30,162 m² (3.02 ha, 7.45 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/305446.md - Parcel 299727: 27,656 m² (2.77 ha, 6.83 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/299727.md - Parcel 296762: 26,959 m² (2.7 ha, 6.66 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/296762.md - Parcel 301123: 25,627 m² (2.56 ha, 6.33 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/301123.md - Parcel 276608: 21,684 m² (2.17 ha, 5.36 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/276608.md - Parcel 311842: 21,234 m² (2.12 ha, 5.25 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/311842.md - Parcel 270446: 19,464 m² (1.95 ha, 4.81 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/270446.md - Parcel 298049: 17,851 m² (1.79 ha, 4.41 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/298049.md - Parcel 283249: 15,818 m² (1.58 ha, 3.91 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/283249.md - Parcel 298185: 15,326 m² (1.53 ha, 3.79 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/298185.md - Parcel 298973: 15,249 m² (1.52 ha, 3.77 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/298973.md - Parcel 303457: 14,102 m² (1.41 ha, 3.48 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/303457.md - Parcel 273475: 13,890 m² (1.39 ha, 3.43 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/273475.md - Parcel 302867: 13,811 m² (1.38 ha, 3.41 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/302867.md - Parcel 283250: 13,734 m² (1.37 ha, 3.39 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/283250.md - Parcel 277049: 13,518 m² (1.35 ha, 3.34 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/277049.md - Parcel 279688: 13,006 m² (1.3 ha, 3.21 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/279688.md - Parcel 272406: 12,410 m² (1.24 ha, 3.07 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/272406.md - Parcel 312928: 11,533 m² (1.15 ha, 2.85 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/312928.md - Parcel 269585: 10,920 m² (1.09 ha, 2.7 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/269585.md - Parcel 275881: 9,762 m² (0.98 ha, 2.41 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/275881.md - Parcel 313706: 9,363 m² (0.94 ha, 2.31 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/313706.md - Parcel 308667: 8,399 m² (0.84 ha, 2.08 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/308667.md - Parcel 297083: 8,179 m² (0.82 ha, 2.02 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/297083.md - Parcel 300047: 7,806 m² (0.78 ha, 1.93 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/300047.md - Parcel 290092: 7,438 m² (0.74 ha, 1.84 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/290092.md - Parcel 277524: 7,336 m² (0.73 ha, 1.81 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/277524.md - Parcel 294230: 6,617 m² (0.66 ha, 1.64 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/294230.md - Parcel 269040: 5,946 m² (0.59 ha, 1.47 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/269040.md - Parcel 2440649: 5,573 m² (0.56 ha, 1.38 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2440649.md - Parcel 310367: 3,819 m² (0.38 ha, 0.94 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/310367.md - Parcel 295322: 3,140 m² (0.31 ha, 0.78 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/295322.md - Parcel 297847: 3,025 m² (0.3 ha, 0.75 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/297847.md - Parcel 304627: 3,025 m² (0.3 ha, 0.75 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/304627.md - Parcel 2473175: 1,985 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/2473175.md - Parcel 287673: 1,982 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/287673.md - Parcel 278132: 1,977 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/278132.md - Parcel 4631409: 1,311 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/4631409.md ## Zoning (national zoning of development plans, MyPlan) No zone of a development plan covers Falsk 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. - 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 - 5 May 2021, Offaly County Council 21276: Conditional. Retention, 1 home. AN EXISTING SINGLE STOREY EXTENSION TO THE EXISTING DWELLING AND FOR AN EXISTING DOMESTIC GARAGE. PERMISSION FOR THE ERECTION OF A NEW SINGLE STOREY EXTENSION TO EXISTING DWELLING AND CONNECTION TO A NEW EFFLUENT WASTE WATER TREATMENT SYSTEM AND PERCOLATION AREA. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/OffalyCC/AppFileRefDetails/21276/0 - 7 Apr 2021, Offaly County Council 21183: N/a. Retention. AN EXISTING SINGLE STOREY EXTENSION TO THE EXISTING DWELLING AND FOR AN EXISTING DOMESTIC GARAGE. FULL PLANNING PERMISSION FOR THE ERECTION OF A NEW SINGLE STOREY EXTENSION TO EXISTING DWELLING AND CONNECTION TO A NEW EFFLUENT WASTE WATER TREATMENT SYSTEM AND PERCOLATION AREA.. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/OffalyCC/AppFileRefDetails/21183/0 Applicants are not shown. ## Designated sites (National Parks and Wildlife Service) - Proposed Natural Heritage Area: Grand Canal, site code 002104 ## Recorded monuments (Sites and Monuments Record, National Monuments Service) No recorded monument lies in the townland of Falsk. ## Architectural heritage (National Inventory of Architectural Heritage) No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands in the townland of Falsk. ## 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 moderately low, low, low (inferred), on the 1:50,000 map; parts are water. - Terrain model: no LiDAR survey of the Office of Public Works covers the centre of the townland of Falsk. - 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/falsk.dxf - GeoJSON, in WGS 84, for a map: https://everytownland.com/offaly/falsk.geojson - KML, for Google Earth: https://everytownland.com/offaly/falsk.kml ## Homes sold (Residential Property Price Register) No address of the register names Falsk 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) - Coole: https://everytownland.com/offaly/coole-180479.md - Derries: https://everytownland.com/offaly/derries-180568.md - Derrycarney: https://everytownland.com/offaly/derrycarney.md - Gallen: https://everytownland.com/offaly/gallen.md - Kincora: https://everytownland.com/offaly/kincora.md - Lumcloon: https://everytownland.com/offaly/lumcloon.md - Wheery: https://everytownland.com/offaly/wheery.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/falsk - In JSON: https://everytownland.com/api/townland/offaly/falsk