# Lowerton Beg, Co. Offaly: townland, land parcels and planning Townland in the civil parish of Killoughy, barony of Ballyboy, Co. Offaly; in Irish Lúghortán Beag. - Area (Tailte Éireann): 1,523,795 m² (152.38 ha, 376.54 acres) - Land parcels (Tailte Éireann): 39 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in it, median 4,011 m² (0.4 ha, 0.99 acres) - Zoning (national zoning, MyPlan): not in a zoned settlement - Planning (National Planning Applications): 15 applications since 2010 - Civil parish: Killoughy, https://everytownland.com/offaly/parish/killoughy.md - Barony: Ballyboy - Electoral division: Killoughy, the unit of the census - Census 2022 (Central Statistics Office): 771 people lived in 261 households in the Killoughy electoral division. 82% of households owned their home. 32% of homes were built since 2001. 8% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 1% were holiday homes. - County: Co. Offaly, https://everytownland.com/offaly.md - Placenames Database of Ireland: https://www.logainm.ie/en/42172 - Townland number at Tailte Éireann: 180923 - Centre: latitude 53.205677, longitude -7.634853 (WGS 84) ## Land parcels (registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann) 39 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Lowerton Beg, from 378 m² to 303,373 m² (30.34 ha, 74.97 acres); 30 neighbouring parcels touch its boundary. Largest first: - Parcel 4662305: 303,373 m² (30.34 ha, 74.97 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/4662305.md - Parcel 298233: 249,282 m² (24.93 ha, 61.6 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/298233.md - Parcel 288533: 209,507 m² (20.95 ha, 51.77 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/288533.md - Parcel 292223: 170,767 m² (17.08 ha, 42.2 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/292223.md - Parcel 288654: 122,264 m² (12.23 ha, 30.21 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/288654.md - Parcel 306342: 78,206 m² (7.82 ha, 19.33 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/306342.md - Parcel 278345: 78,039 m² (7.8 ha, 19.28 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/278345.md - Parcel 280425: 76,283 m² (7.63 ha, 18.85 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/280425.md - Parcel 270279: 52,158 m² (5.22 ha, 12.89 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/270279.md - Parcel 312058: 39,146 m² (3.91 ha, 9.67 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/312058.md - Parcel 291195: 25,698 m² (2.57 ha, 6.35 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/291195.md - Parcel 274157: 19,698 m² (1.97 ha, 4.87 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/274157.md - Parcel 270993: 15,759 m² (1.58 ha, 3.89 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/270993.md - Parcel 359824: 8,070 m² (0.81 ha, 1.99 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/359824.md - Parcel 299663: 5,724 m² (0.57 ha, 1.41 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/299663.md - Parcel 4662422: 5,278 m² (0.53 ha, 1.3 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/4662422.md - Parcel 293414: 4,375 m² (0.44 ha, 1.08 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/293414.md - Parcel 5076386: 4,090 m² (0.41 ha, 1.01 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5076386.md - Parcel 272079: 4,024 m² (0.4 ha, 0.99 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/272079.md - Parcel 6164362: 4,011 m² (0.4 ha, 0.99 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/6164362.md - Parcel 3086165: 3,976 m² (0.4 ha, 0.98 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/3086165.md - Parcel 5688488: 3,969 m² (0.4 ha, 0.98 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5688488.md - Parcel 273500: 3,845 m² (0.38 ha, 0.95 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/273500.md - Parcel 4662286: 3,685 m² (0.37 ha, 0.91 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/4662286.md - Parcel 284796: 3,481 m² (0.35 ha, 0.86 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/284796.md - Parcel 272484: 3,238 m² (0.32 ha, 0.8 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/272484.md - Parcel 2532016: 3,107 m² (0.31 ha, 0.77 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2532016.md - Parcel 2531977: 3,092 m² (0.31 ha, 0.76 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2531977.md - Parcel 308783: 3,045 m² (0.3 ha, 0.75 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/308783.md - Parcel 4662432: 2,956 m² (0.3 ha, 0.73 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/4662432.md - Parcel 299858: 2,795 m² (0.28 ha, 0.69 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/299858.md - Parcel 4662405: 2,773 m² (0.28 ha, 0.69 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/4662405.md - Parcel 286970: 2,642 m² (0.26 ha, 0.65 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/286970.md - Parcel 4662416: 1,991 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/4662416.md - Parcel 299272: 1,838 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/299272.md - Parcel 307911: 1,788 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/307911.md - Parcel 2532021: 947 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/2532021.md - Parcel 4662414: 506 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/4662414.md - Parcel 5627833: 378 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/5627833.md ## Zoning (national zoning of development plans, MyPlan) No zone of a development plan covers Lowerton Beg 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) 15 applications, newest first. - 6 Aug 2026, Offaly County Council EX26011: Conditional. Extension of duration. FOR 21/233 FOR A NEW DWELLING HOUSE, DETACHED GARAGE, NEW SITE ENTRANCE, SEPTIC TANK AND PERCOLATION AREA AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/OffalyCC/AppFileRefDetails/EX26011/0 - 1 May 2026, Offaly County Council 2640: Conditional. Retention, 2 homes. (A) DOMESTIC GARAGE, AS CONSTRUCTED TO DATE, AND PREVIOUSLY GRANTED PLANNING PERMISSION UNDER PLANNING REFERENCE NO. 25/56 AND FOR PLANNING PERMISSION TO COMPLETE SAME. (B) RETENTION PERMISSION OF MOBILE HOME/TEMPORARY ACCOMMODATION TOGETHER WITH SURROUNDING SCREEN FENCING, CONCRETE GROUND SLAB AND ASSOCIATED WORKS (C) RETENTION PERMISSION OF CONCRETE FOUNDATION AND BLOCK WALL, AS CONSTRUCTED TO DATE, WHICH ARE LOCATED ON THE INNER SIDE OF PROPOSED FRONT BOUNDARY HEDGE PREVIOUSLY GRANTED PLANNING PERMISSION UNDER PLANNING REFERENCE NO.25/56, CONDITION 6(B) AND FOR PLANNING PERMISSION TO COMPLETE SAME AND (D) RETENTION PERMISSION OF AS FORMED WINDOW AND VELUX CONFIGURATION IN EXISTING DWELLING HOUSE, AS CONSTRUCTED TO DATE, AND PREVIOUSLY GRANTED PLANNING PERMISSION UNDER PLANNING REFERENCE NO. 25/56 AND ALL ANCILLARY WORKS. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/OffalyCC/AppFileRefDetails/2640/0 - 13 Apr 2026, Offaly County Council 2634: N/a. Retention. (A) DOMESTIC GARAGE, AS CONSTRUCTED TO DATE, AND PREVIOUSLY GRANTED PLANNING PERMISSION UNDER PLANNING REFERENCE NO. 25/56 AND FOR PLANNING PERMISSION TO COMPLETE SAME. (B) RETENTION PERMISSION OF MOBILE HOME/ TEMPORARY ACCOMMODATION TOGETHER WITH SURROUNDING SCREEN FENCING, CONCRETE GROUND SLAB AND ASSOCIATED WORKS (C) RETENTION PERMISSION OF CONCRETE FOUNDATION AND BLOCK WALL, AS CONSTRUCTED TO DATE, WHICH ARE LOCATED ON THE INNER SIDE OF PROPOSED FRONT BOUNDARY HEDGE PREVIOUSLY GRANTED PLANNING PERMISSION UNDER PLANNING REFERENCE NO. 25/56, CONDITION 6(B) AND FOR PLANNING PERMISSION TO COMPLETE SAME AND (D) RETENTION PERMISSION OF AS FORMED WINDOW AND VELUX CONFIGURATION IN EXISTING DWELLING HOUSE, AS CONSTRUCTED TO DATE, AND PREVIOUSLY GRANTED PLANNING PERMISSION UNDER PLANNING REFERENCE NO. 25/56 AND ALL ANCILLARY SITE WORKS. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/OffalyCC/AppFileRefDetails/2634/0 - 28 Nov 2025, Offaly County Council 25122: Conditional. Permission, 1 home. DEMOLITION OF EXISTING DWELLING AND DOMESTIC GARAGE AND BUILD NEW REPLACEMENT DWELLING HOUSE, DOMETIC GARAGE/FUEL SHED, INSTALL SEPTIC TANK WITH PERCOLATION AREA AND ALL ANCILLARY SITE WORKS. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/OffalyCC/AppFileRefDetails/25122/0 - 17 Nov 2025, Offaly County Council 25116: N/a. Permission. THE DEMOLITION OF EXISTING DWELLING AND BUILD NEW REPLACEMENT DWELLING HOUSE, DOMESTIC GARAGE/ FUEL SHED, INSTALL SEPTIC TANK WITH PERCOLATION AREA AND ALL ANCILLARY SITE WORKS. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/OffalyCC/AppFileRefDetails/25116/0 - 29 May 2025, Offaly County Council 2556: Conditional. Permission, 1 home. THE ERECTION OF A NEW DORMER STYLE DWELLING, CONNECTION TO A NEW EFFLUENT WASTE WATER TREATMENT SYSTEM AND PERCOLATION AREA, THE ERECTION OF A NEW DOMESTIC GARGAGE AND ALL ANCILLARY SITE WORKS. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/OffalyCC/AppFileRefDetails/2556/0 - 22 Jul 2024, Offaly County Council 2460275: N/a. Permission, 1 home. Construction of a Bungalow Dwelling with Garage, Effluent Treatment System and together with site access & all associated site works.. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/OffalyCC/AppFileRefDetails/2460275/0 - 11 Jul 2024, Offaly County Council 2460270: N/a. Permission. Construction of a Bungalow Dwelling with Garage, Effluent Treatment System and together with site access & all associated site works.. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/OffalyCC/AppFileRefDetails/2460270/0 - 31 Jan 2024, Offaly County Council 2460029: Conditional. Retention, 1 home. (A) CHANGE OF USE FROM GARAGE TO FAMILY APARTMENT, AND (B) CONSTRUCTION OF A DOMESTIC SHED TO THE REAR OF THE DWELLING. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/OffalyCC/AppFileRefDetails/2460029/0 - 12 Apr 2023, Offaly County Council 23161: N/a. Retention. (A) CHANGE OF USE FROM GARAGE TO FAMILY APARTMENT, AND (B) CONSTRUCTION OF A DOMESTIC SHED TO THE REAR OF THE DWELLING. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/OffalyCC/AppFileRefDetails/23161/0 - 21 Apr 2021, Offaly County Council 21233: Conditional. Permission, 1 home. A NEW DWELLING HOUSE, DETACHED GARAGE, NEW SITE ENTRANCE, SEPTIC TANK AND PERCOLATION AREA AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/OffalyCC/AppFileRefDetails/21233/0 - 2 Dec 2020, Offaly County Council 20603: Conditional. Retention, 4 homes. CONSTRUCTED DOMESTIC SHED AND SEPERATE FUEL STORE TO REAR OF EXISTING DWELLING. PERMISSION TO ERECT A NEW MACHINERY SHED TO REAR OF EXISTING DWELLING, FOR ATTIC CONVERSION INCORPORATING THE ADDITION OF 3 NO. DORMER WINDOWS TO THE FRONT OF EXISTING DWELLING AND REMOVAL OF EXISTING TEMPORARY STORAGE SHED. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/OffalyCC/AppFileRefDetails/20603/0 - 24 Apr 2020, Offaly County Council 20152: Conditional. Permission, 1 home. THE CONSTRUCTION OF A SINGLE STOREY EXTENTION TO THE REAR OF THE EXISTING DWELLING HOUSE, RELOCATION OF THE SEPTIC TANK AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/OffalyCC/AppFileRefDetails/20152/0 - 17 Jun 2019, Offaly County Council 19286: Conditional. Permission, 1 home. THE CONSTRUCTION OF A TWO STOREY DWELLING HOUSE, GARAGE, SEPTIC TANK WITH PERCOLATION AREA, NEW ENTRANCE, NEW DOMESTIC WELL AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/OffalyCC/AppFileRefDetails/19286/0 - 1 May 2019, Offaly County Council 19197: Conditional. Retention, 2 homes. DOMESTIC GARAGE AS CONSTRUCTED CONTRARY TO PLANNING PERMISSION REF 13/147 AND PERMISSION FOR EXTENSION TO SAME TO INCLUDE HOME OFFICE/GYM AND ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/OffalyCC/AppFileRefDetails/19197/0 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 Lowerton Beg. ## Recorded monuments (Sites and Monuments Record, National Monuments Service) - OF024-039: Ringfort - rath, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2COF024-039----. Situated on S facing slope of a hill just below the summit. Circular area (diam c. 55m ) enclosed by two banks with intervening fosse and external fosse. Inner bank (Wth 1m; int. H 2m; ext. H 4m), fosse (Wth 2.5m, int. D 4m), outer bank (Wth 2m, ext. H 3m , int. H 4m) and outer fosse (Wth 3m). Causewayed entrance gap (Wth 3m) at E. The inner bank gently slopes into the interior giving the interior an amphitheatre effect. The interior of the site slopes from N to S. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Offaly' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1997). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload: 23 May 2011 Works at or in relation to a recorded monument need two months' written notice to the National Monuments Service (National Monuments (Amendment) Act 1994, section 12). ## Architectural heritage (National Inventory of Architectural Heritage) No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands in the townland of Lowerton Beg. ## 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 Lowerton Beg, 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: The 1:50,000 map rates the landslide susceptibility here as low, partly inferred. - Terrain model: no LiDAR survey of the Office of Public Works covers the centre of the townland of Lowerton Beg. - 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/lowerton-beg.dxf - GeoJSON, in WGS 84, for a map: https://everytownland.com/offaly/lowerton-beg.geojson - KML, for Google Earth: https://everytownland.com/offaly/lowerton-beg.kml ## Homes sold (Residential Property Price Register) No address of the register names Lowerton Beg 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) - Ballyealan: https://everytownland.com/offaly/ballyealan.md - Curraghmeelagh: https://everytownland.com/offaly/curraghmeelagh.md - Lowerton More: https://everytownland.com/offaly/lowerton-more.md - Mullaghcrohy: https://everytownland.com/offaly/mullaghcrohy.md - Rathkeeragan: https://everytownland.com/offaly/rathkeeragan.md - Rathlihen: https://everytownland.com/offaly/rathlihen.md - Rathmurragh: https://everytownland.com/offaly/rathmurragh.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/lowerton-beg - In JSON: https://everytownland.com/api/townland/offaly/lowerton-beg