# Loughroe, Co. Offaly: townland, land parcels and planning

Townland in the civil parish of Rahan, barony of Ballycowan, Co. Offaly; in Irish An Loch Rua.

- Area (Tailte Éireann): 903,425 m² (90.34 ha, 223.24 acres)
- Land parcels (Tailte Éireann): 55 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in it, median 9,614 m² (0.96 ha, 2.38 acres)
- Zoning (national zoning, MyPlan): G5 Open Space, Amenity and Recreation, the zone with the most parcels
- Planning (National Planning Applications): 19 applications since 2010
- Civil parish: Rahan, https://everytownland.com/offaly/parish/rahan.md
- Barony: Ballycowan
- Electoral division: Rahan, the unit of the census
- Census 2022 (Central Statistics Office): 753 people lived in 243 households in the Rahan electoral division. 88% of households owned their home. 25% 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/42217
- Townland number at Tailte Éireann: 180920
- Centre: latitude 53.271801, longitude -7.608558 (WGS 84)

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

55 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Loughroe, from 7 m² to 151,553 m² (15.16 ha, 37.45 acres); 15 neighbouring parcels touch its boundary. Largest first:

- Parcel 282514: 151,553 m² (15.16 ha, 37.45 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/282514.md
- Parcel 280188: 84,982 m² (8.5 ha, 21 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/280188.md
- Parcel 292874: 54,138 m² (5.41 ha, 13.38 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/292874.md
- Parcel 279968: 42,162 m² (4.22 ha, 10.42 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/279968.md
- Parcel 287167: 40,012 m² (4 ha, 9.89 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/287167.md
- Parcel 302354: 38,402 m² (3.84 ha, 9.49 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/302354.md
- Parcel 294271: 33,300 m² (3.33 ha, 8.23 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/294271.md
- Parcel 279352: 29,840 m² (2.98 ha, 7.37 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/279352.md
- Parcel 359658: 25,573 m² (2.56 ha, 6.32 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/359658.md
- Parcel 279959: 23,108 m² (2.31 ha, 5.71 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/279959.md
- Parcel 271138: 22,914 m² (2.29 ha, 5.66 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/271138.md
- Parcel 309815: 22,671 m² (2.27 ha, 5.6 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/309815.md
- Parcel 299342: 21,962 m² (2.2 ha, 5.43 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/299342.md
- Parcel 4222488: 21,131 m² (2.11 ha, 5.22 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/4222488.md
- Parcel 298083: 19,331 m² (1.93 ha, 4.78 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/298083.md
- Parcel 293012: 19,149 m² (1.91 ha, 4.73 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/293012.md
- Parcel 292999: 18,563 m² (1.86 ha, 4.59 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/292999.md
- Parcel 288889: 18,057 m² (1.81 ha, 4.46 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/288889.md
- Parcel 5785067: 16,888 m² (1.69 ha, 4.17 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5785067.md
- Parcel 279960: 16,726 m² (1.67 ha, 4.13 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/279960.md
- Parcel 294265: 15,626 m² (1.56 ha, 3.86 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/294265.md
- Parcel 298084: 13,952 m² (1.4 ha, 3.45 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/298084.md
- Parcel 279969: 13,266 m² (1.33 ha, 3.28 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/279969.md
- Parcel 298082: 12,882 m² (1.29 ha, 3.18 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/298082.md
- Parcel 299885: 11,255 m² (1.13 ha, 2.78 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/299885.md
- Parcel 304634: 10,454 m² (1.05 ha, 2.58 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/304634.md
- Parcel 273932: 10,087 m² (1.01 ha, 2.49 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/273932.md
- Parcel 280328: 9,614 m² (0.96 ha, 2.38 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/280328.md
- Parcel 268890: 9,498 m² (0.95 ha, 2.35 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/268890.md
- Parcel 298085: 8,036 m² (0.8 ha, 1.99 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/298085.md
- Parcel 275847: 7,070 m² (0.71 ha, 1.75 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/275847.md
- Parcel 306586: 6,503 m² (0.65 ha, 1.61 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/306586.md
- Parcel 293005: 6,286 m² (0.63 ha, 1.55 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/293005.md
- Parcel 279980: 5,739 m² (0.57 ha, 1.42 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/279980.md
- Parcel 2389047: 4,477 m² (0.45 ha, 1.11 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2389047.md
- Parcel 305124: 4,312 m² (0.43 ha, 1.07 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/305124.md
- Parcel 302269: 3,995 m² (0.4 ha, 0.99 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/302269.md
- Parcel 270225: 3,725 m² (0.37 ha, 0.92 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/270225.md
- Parcel 2477040: 3,336 m² (0.33 ha, 0.82 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2477040.md
- Parcel 314477: 3,023 m² (0.3 ha, 0.75 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/314477.md
- Parcel 3004094: 2,985 m² (0.3 ha, 0.74 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/3004094.md
- Parcel 2474432: 2,536 m² (0.25 ha, 0.63 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2474432.md
- Parcel 2388164: 2,417 m² (0.24 ha, 0.6 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2388164.md
- Parcel 4982605: 2,288 m² (0.23 ha, 0.57 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/4982605.md
- Parcel 272138: 2,275 m² (0.23 ha, 0.56 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/272138.md
- Parcel 272010: 1,422 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/272010.md
- Parcel 308684: 993 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/308684.md
- Parcel 270521: 851 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/270521.md
- Parcel 275846: 723 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/275846.md
- Parcel 307616: 676 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/307616.md
- Parcel 5459843: 502 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/5459843.md
- Parcel 5568431: 401 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/5568431.md
- Parcel 285755: 329 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/285755.md
- Parcel 303498: 259 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/303498.md
- Parcel 5459857: 7 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/5459857.md

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

- G5 Open Space, Amenity and Recreation (Mixed/general 'green'/recreation/conservation, other): Offaly County Development Plan 2021-2027, Offaly; 0 parcels. The zoning objective in the plan: https://www.offaly.ie/app/uploads/Council/Council_Services_A-Z/Planning_Building/Chapter-12-Land-Use-Zoning-Objectives.pdf#page=6

## Planning applications whose site touches the townland (National Planning Applications, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage)

19 applications, newest first.

- 28 Nov 2025, Offaly County Council 2560605: Conditional. Permission, 1 home. the construction of a new dwelling house, double garage, car port, wastewater treatment system, stormwater soakaways, new vehicular entrance and all associated site works. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/OffalyCC/AppFileRefDetails/2560605/0
- 18 Nov 2025, Offaly County Council 2560568: Conditional. Retention, 1 home. an existing glazed porch to the front (north) elevation of the existing dwelling house, retention of an existing glazed porch to the rear (south) elevation of the existing dwelling house, retention of existing standalone metal clad ancillary and fuel storage shed and retention of all associated site development works.. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/OffalyCC/AppFileRefDetails/2560568/0
- 5 Nov 2025, Offaly County Council 2560534: N/a. Retention. an existing glazed porch to the front (north) elevation of the existing dwelling house, retention of an existing glazed porch to the rear (south) elevation of the existing dwelling house, retention of existing standalone metal clad ancillary and fuel storage shed and retention of all associated site development works. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/OffalyCC/AppFileRefDetails/2560534/0
- 10 Sept 2025, Offaly County Council 2560415: N/a. Permission consequent. the grant of outline permission (Ref. No. PL2/22/270 outline permission) for development at Ballindrinan, Rahan, Tullamore, Co. Offaly. The development will consist of construction of a new dwelling house, double garage, car port, wastewater treatment system, stormwater soakaways, new vehicular entrance and all associated site works.. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/OffalyCC/AppFileRefDetails/2560415/0
- 23 Jun 2025, Offaly County Council 2560257: Conditional. Permission, 1 home. a new dwelling house and garage with treatment plant, percolation area and all associated site works. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/OffalyCC/AppFileRefDetails/2560257/0
- 6 Jun 2025, Offaly County Council 2560220: N/a. Permission. Planning permission for a new dwelling house and garage with treatment plant, percolation area and all associated site works. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/OffalyCC/AppFileRefDetails/2560220/0
- 16 Dec 2024, Offaly County Council 2460511: N/a. Permission. a) construction of 1 No. ancillary storage shed together with all ancillary structures and associated site works, and, b) amend/modify/remove Condition No. 16 (relating to a Special Development Contribution) attached to planning permission ref: 13/71 previously granted to this farm. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/OffalyCC/AppFileRefDetails/2460511/0
- 13 Dec 2024, Offaly County Council 2460510: Conditional. Permission, 1 home. the construction of a new dwelling house, new garage, new effluent treatment system and all associated site development works. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/OffalyCC/AppFileRefDetails/2460510/0
- 8 Jul 2024, Offaly County Council 2460258: Refused. Permission, 1 home. the construction of a new dwelling house, new garage, new effluent treatment system and all associated site development works. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/OffalyCC/AppFileRefDetails/2460258/0
- 5 Jun 2024, Offaly County Council 2470: Conditional. Retention. AN EXISTING SEPTIC TANK ON THE PROPOSED REVISED & REDUCED SITE WHICH SERVES THE EXISTING TWO STOREY DWELLING HOUSE. PERMISSION TO REVISE SITE BOUNDARIES, REDUCE SITE AREA & ALTER SITE ENTRANCE TO PROVIDE FOR A SHARED ENTRANCE WITH ADJACENT SITE TO THE WEST, WHICH PROPOSED REVISIONS ALL DIFFER FROM THAT PREVIOUSLY APPROVED ON FOOT OF PLANNING FILE REFERENCE PL2/00/672 & PL2/01/1224 & TOGETHER WITH ALL ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS REQUIRED TO FACILITATE DEVELOPMENT. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/OffalyCC/AppFileRefDetails/2470/0
- 30 May 2024, Offaly County Council 2467: N/a. Retention. AN EXISTING EFFLUENT TREATMENT SYSTEM ON THE PROPOSED REVISED & REDUCED SITE WHICH SERVES THE EXISTING DWELLING HOUSE. PERMISSION TO REVISE SITE BOUNDARIES, REDUCE SITE AREA & ALTER SITE ENTRANCE TO PROVIDE FOR A SHARED ENTRANCE WITH ADJACENT SITE TO THE WEST, WHICH PROPOSED REVISIONS ALL DIFFER FROM THAT PREVIOUSLY APPROVED ON FOOT OF PLANNING FILE REFERENCE PL2/00/672 & PL2/01/1224 & TOGETHER WITH ALL ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS REQUIRED TO FACILITATE DEVELOPMENT. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/OffalyCC/AppFileRefDetails/2467/0
- 28 Jun 2023, Offaly County Council 23306: Conditional. Retention, 1 home. A CHANGE OF USE FROM A DOMESTIC GARAGE TO A DWELLING HOUSE SERVICED BY AN EXISTING ON SITE EFFLUENT TREATMENT SYSTEM PREVIOUSLY APPROVED ON FOOT OF PLANNING FILE REFERENCE PL2/00/672 AND PL2/01/1224. PERMISSION FOR A USE OF AN EXISTING VEHICULAR ENTRANCE PREVIOUSLY APPROVED ON FOOT OF PLANNING REFERENCE PL2/00/672 AND PL2/01/1224 WHICH IS PROPOSED TO BE USED AS A SHARED ENTRANCE WITH ADJACENT HOUSE TO THE EAST AND TOGETHER WITH ALL ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS CARRIED OUT TO FACILITATE DEVELOPMENT. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/OffalyCC/AppFileRefDetails/23306/0
- 28 Jun 2023, Offaly County Council 23307: N/a. Retention. AN EXISTING EFFLUENT TREATMENT SYSTEM ON THE PROPOSED REVISED & REDUCED SITE WHICH SERVES THE EXISTING DWELLING HOUSE. PERMISSION TO REVISE SITE BOUNDARIES, REDUCE SITE AREA & ALTER SITE ENTRANCE TO PROVIDE FOR A SHARED ENTRANCE WITH ADJACENT SITE TO THE WEST, WHCH PROPOSED REVISIONS ALL DIFFER FROM PREVIOUSLY APPROVED ON FOOT OF PLANNING REFERENCE PL2/00/672 & PL2/01/1224 & TOGETHER WITH ALL ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS REQUIRED TO FACILITATE DEVELOPMENT. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/OffalyCC/AppFileRefDetails/23307/0
- 27 May 2022, Offaly County Council 22270: Conditional. Outline permission. CONSTRUCTION OF A NEW DWELLING HOUSE, WASTEWATER TREATMENT SYSTEM, NEW VEHICULAR ENTRANCE AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/OffalyCC/AppFileRefDetails/22270/0
- 10 Sept 2021, Offaly County Council 21553: N/a. Retention. EXISTING EFFLUENT TREATMENT SYSTEM ON THE PROPOSED REVISED & REDUCED SITE WHICH SERVES THE EXISTING DWELLING HOUSE. PERMISSION TO REVISE SITE BOUNDARIES, REDUCE SITE AREA & ALTER SITE ENTRANCE TO PROVIDE FOR A SHARED ENTRANCE WITH ADJACENT SITE TO THE WEST, WHICH PROPOSED REVISIONS ALL DIFFER FROM THAT PREVIOUSLY APPROVED ON FOOT OF PLANNING FILE REFERENCE PL2/00/672 & PL2/01/1224 & TOGETHER WITH ALL ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS REQUIRED TO FACILITATE DEVELOPMENT. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/OffalyCC/AppFileRefDetails/21553/0
- 10 Sept 2021, Offaly County Council 21554: N/a. Retention, 1 home. CHANGE OF USE FROM A DOMESTIC GARAGE TO A DWELLING HOUSE SERVICED BY AN EXISTING ON-SITE EFFLUENT TREATMENT SYSTEM PREVIOUSLY APPROVED ON FOOT OF PLANNING FILE REFERENCE PL2/00/672 & PL2/01/1224. PERMISSION FOR USE OF AN EXISTING VEHICULAR ENTRANCE PREVIOUSLY APPROVED ON FOOT OF PLANNING FILE REFERENCE PL2/00/672 & PL2/01/1224 WHICH IS PROPOSED TO BE USED AS A SHARED ENTRANCE WITH ADJACENT HOUSE TO THE EAST & TOGETHER WITH ALL ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS CARRIED OUT TO FACILITATE DEVELOPMENT. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/OffalyCC/AppFileRefDetails/21554/0
- 14 Apr 2021, Offaly County Council 21210: Conditional. Permission, 1 home. CONSTRUCTION OF A NEW DWELLING HOUSE DOMESTIC GARAGE SEPTIC TANK/ETS PERCOLATION AREA AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/OffalyCC/AppFileRefDetails/21210/0
- 26 Mar 2021, Offaly County Council 21158: N/a. Retention. CHANGE OF USE FROM DOMESTIC GARAGE TO DWELLING HOUSE AND RETENTION OF CONNECTION TO EXISTING EFFLUENT TREATMENT SYSTEM AUTHORISED UNDER PLANNING PERMISSION REFERENCE NOS. 00/672 AND 01/1224 AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS. PLANNING PERMISSION IS ALSO SOUGHT FOR PROPOSED SHARED RESIDENTIAL ENTRANCE AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/OffalyCC/AppFileRefDetails/21158/0
- 10 Feb 2021, Offaly County Council 2154: N/a. Retention. EXISTING DWELLING HOUSE AND EFFLUENT TREATMENT SYSTEM AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS. PLANNING PERMISSION IS ALSO SOUGHT FOR PROPOSED SHARED RESIDENTIAL ENTRANCE AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/OffalyCC/AppFileRefDetails/2154/0

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## 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 Loughroe.

## Architectural heritage (National Inventory of Architectural Heritage)

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

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

- Radon: at the centre of the townland of Loughroe, 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, partly inferred.
- Terrain model: LiDAR of the Office of Public Works, flown in 2011, at 2 m: tile OPW_1880, https://gsi.geodata.gov.ie/downloads/LiDAR/OPW_NASC/OPW_1880.zip (ZIP).
- 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/loughroe.dxf
- GeoJSON, in WGS 84, for a map: https://everytownland.com/offaly/loughroe.geojson
- KML, for Google Earth: https://everytownland.com/offaly/loughroe.kml

## Homes sold (Residential Property Price Register)

No address of the register names Loughroe 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)

- Ballindrinan: https://everytownland.com/offaly/ballindrinan.md
- Killina: https://everytownland.com/offaly/killina.md
- Murragh: https://everytownland.com/offaly/murragh.md
- Rahan Demesne: https://everytownland.com/offaly/rahan-demesne.md
- Roscore Demesne: https://everytownland.com/offaly/roscore-demesne.md
- Tullybeg: https://everytownland.com/offaly/tullybeg.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/loughroe
- In JSON: https://everytownland.com/api/townland/offaly/loughroe