Oughter

113 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Oughter, from 14 m² to 799,992 m² (80 ha, 197.68 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 38 neighbouring parcels touch it.

Download the townland: DXF, in Irish Transverse Mercator metres, with its boundary, parcels and buildings; GeoJSON or KML.

No zone of a development plan covers Oughter in the national zoning. Outside zoned towns and villages, the county development plan's rural policies apply to each application.

Source: Tailte Éireann and the Department of Housing (MyPlan), national zoning, CC BY 4.0.

• 20 Apr 2026N/a

  a domestic garage, single storey conservatory to the rear right-hand side of the existing dwelling, a front open porch and a first-floor dormer conversion used for office space. The external leaf also comprises of a sandstone façade, and all associated site works

  Retention, 1 home · Offaly County Council, 2660204

• 20 Mar 2026N/a

  a domestic garage, single storey conservatory to the rear right-hand side of the existing dwelling, a front open porch and a first-floor dormer conversion used for office space. The external leaf also comprises of a sandstone façade, and all associated site works

  Retention · Offaly County Council, 2660149

• 27 Feb 2026N/a

  a domestic garage, single storey conservatory to the rear right-hand side of the existing dwelling, a front open porch and a first-floor dormer conversion used for office space. The external leaf also comprises of a sandstone façade.

  Retention · Offaly County Council, 2660098

• 12 Feb 2026N/a

  a domestic garage, single storey conservatory to the rear right-hand side of the existing dwelling, a front open porch and a first-floor dormer conversion used for office space. The external leaf also comprises of a sandstone façade

  Retention · Offaly County Council, 2660072

• 25 Jan 2026N/a

  a domestic garage, single storey conservatory to the rear right-hand side of the existing dwelling, a front open porch and a first-floor dormer conversion used for office space. The external leaf also comprises of a sandstone façade

  Retention · Offaly County Council, 2660030

• 4 Sept 2025Conditional

  (1) the construction of a new dwelling, Garage, Effluent Treatment System with polishing filter, new entrance and all associated site works (2) retention permission for an existing front boundary wall and entrance, and (3) permission for alterations to existing front boundary wall and entrance to provide a splayed entrance

  Permission, 1 home · Offaly County Council, 2560406

• 28 Aug 2025N/a

  (1) the construction of a new dwelling, Garage, Effluent Treatment System with polishing filter, new entrance and all associated site works (2) retention permission for an existing front boundary wall and entrance, and (3) permission for alterations to existing front boundary wall and entrance to provide a splayed entrance

  Permission · Offaly County Council, 2560392

• 2 Jul 2025Conditional

  Demolition of existing house and construction of new house with revised site layout from previously approved permission granted under ref. 21/812, construction of garage, effluent treatment system, percolation area and all associated works and services

  Permission, 1 home · Offaly County Council, 2560280

• 30 Jun 2025N/a

  the construction of a dwelling, garage, instillation of a secondary treatment system and polishing filter, entrance, and all associated site works.

  Permission, 1 home · Offaly County Council, 2560275

• 26 Jun 2025N/a

  the construction of a dwelling, Garage, installation of a secondary treatment system and polishing filter, entrance, and all associated site works

  Permission · Offaly County Council, 2560266

• 26 Jun 2025N/a

  the demolition of existing house and construction of new house with revised site layout from previously approved under reference 21/812, construction of garage, effluent treatment system, percolation area and all associated works and services

  Permission · Offaly County Council, 2560269

• 20 Jan 2025Conditional

  the development of a recreational shared cycle and walkway located on Bord Na Móna lands within the townlands of Cloncraff or Bloomhill, Clonascra, Ballyduff, Clonaderg, Doon Demesne, Lackagh Beg, Lackagh More, Cormore and Corbeg, Corbane, Ballydaly, Kilcolgan Beg, Turraun, Leabeg, Leamore, Oughter, Derrymore, Bunakeeran, Lumcloon and Broughal in County Offaly. The development proposes the following; a) The delivery of a shared cycle and walkway on Bord na Móna lands. This will include the repurposing of 16,919 meters of existing former rail bed and 8,960 meters along existing bog headlands / former high fields. b) The proposed shared cycle and walkway will connect into the existing Grand Canal Greenway, The Offaly Way, and the Lough Boora Discovery Park. c) The construction of car and / or bicycle parking facilities at a number of gateway locations along the proposed route and the provision of EV Charging spaces at the Gateway locations. This will include; i. 5 no. Type 2 Gateways (including 2 no. upgrades to existing parking and 3 no. proposed parking facilities) ii. 6 no. Type 3 Gateways iii. 1 no. Type 4 Gateways iv. 2 no. Major Rest Points v. 2 no. Minor Rest Points d) Upgrade works to Brosna Bridge (Ref 15-100). e) The construction of a new pedestrian and cycle bridge spanning the Grand Canal within the Turraun townland. f) Upgrade works to 10 no. local access road crossings, and 8 no. agricultural crossings. g) The erection of wayfinding and interpretative signage at Gateway locations along the route. h) The implementation of Sustainable Drainage Systems (SuDS) nature-based drainage proposals at the Gateway locations to cater for surface water drainage at car park locations. i) Fencing and screening will be erected where required for health and safety and biodiversity reasons which will include 14,909 meters of ecological screening. j) All other ancillary and associated site work. This Planning Application is accompanied by a Natura Impact Statement (NIS)

  Permission · Offaly County Council, 2560014

• 9 Dec 2024N/a

  he development of a recreational shared cycle and walkway. The development proposes the following; The delivery of a shared cycle and walkway on Bord na Móna lands. This will include the repurposing of 16,919 meters of existing former rail bed and 8,960 meters along existing bog headlands / former high fields. The proposed shared cycle and walkway will connect into the existing Grand Canal Greenway, The Offaly Way, and the Lough Boora Discovery Park. The construction of car and / or bicycle parking facilities at a number of gateway locations along the proposed route and the provision of EV Charging spaces at the Gateway locations. This will include; 5 no. Type 2 Gateways (including 2 no. upgrades to existing parking and 3 no. proposed parking facilities) 6 no. Type 3 Gateways, 1 no. Type 4 Gateways, 2 no. Major Rest Points, 2 no. Minor Rest Points. Upgrade works to Brosna Bridge (Ref 15-100). The construction of a new pedestrian and cycle bridge spanning the Grand Canal within the Turraun townland. Upgrade works to 10 no. local access road crossings, and 8 no. agricultural crossings. The erection of wayfinding and interpretative signage at Gateway locations along the route. The implementation of Sustainable Drainage Systems (SuDS) nature-based drainage proposals at the Gateway locations to cater for surface water drainage at car park locations. Fencing and screening will be erected where required for health and safety and biodiversity reasons which will include 14,909 meters of ecological screening. All other ancillary and associated site work. This Planning Application is accompanied by a Natura Impact Statement (NIS)

  Permission · Offaly County Council, 2460492

• 30 Oct 2024N/a

  the existing apartments in the existing basement of the dwelling house. Permission is also sought to retain and complete for the existing outbuilding to the south boundary of the site and all associated site works

  Retention · Offaly County Council, 2460427

• 1 Dec 2022Conditional

  (A) LOCATION OF DWELLING HOUSE AS BUILT FROM PREVIOUSLY GRANTED PERMISSION PL08875, (B) RETENTION PERMISSION FOR CHANGES TO HOUSE DESIGN INCLUDING TWO NUMBER GABLE WINDOWS TO FIRST FLOOR, 5 NUMBER VELUX WINDOWS AND ATTIC CONVERSION. (C) RETENTION PERMISSION OF ONE NUMBER DOMESTIC FUEL STORAGE SHED, ONE NUMBER DOMESTIC GARAGE AND ONE NUMBER DOMESTIC WORKSHOP

  Retention, 2 homes · Offaly County Council, 22620

• 15 Mar 2022Refused

  CONSTRUCTION OF A SINGLE STOREY DWELLING, DOMESTIC GARAGE WITH PROPRIETARY EFFLUENT TREATMENT SYSTEM AND PERCOLATION AREA AND ALL ASSOCIATED WORKS

  Permission, 1 home · Offaly County Council, 22121

• 23 Dec 2021Conditional

  THE DEMOLITION OF EXISTING HOUSE AND CONSTRUCTION OF NEW HOUSE, GARAGE, EFFLUENT TREATMENT SYSTEM, PERCOLATION AREA AND ALL ASSOCIATED WORKS AND SERVICES

  Permission, 1 home · Offaly County Council, 21812

• 22 Feb 2019N/a

  WORKS DONE TO DATE AND PERMISSION TO COMPLETE DWELLING HOUSE, DOMESTIC GARAGE AND SEPTIC TANK/EFFLUENT TREATMENT SYSTEM ALL PREVIOUSLY GRANTED UNDER PL2/08/338

  Retention · Offaly County Council, 1969

• 9 Jan 2019Conditional

  THE CONSTRUCTION OF A NEW DWELLING, DOMESTIC GARAGE, SEPTIC TANK, PROPRIETARY TREATMENT SYSTEM AND PERCOLATION AREA

  Permission, 1 home · Offaly County Council, 195

Source: National Planning Applications, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, CC BY 4.0. Applicants are not shown.

Designated sites

No designated site (Special Area of Conservation, Special Protection Area, Natural Heritage Area or proposed one) touches the townland of Oughter.

Recorded monuments

No recorded monument lies in the townland of Oughter.

Architectural heritage

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

Designated sites: National Parks and Wildlife Service. Recorded monuments: Sites and Monuments Record, National Monuments Service. Buildings: National Inventory of Architectural Heritage. Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, CC BY 4.0. 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).

Radon

About 1 in 20 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels. Testing a home

Landslides

Susceptibility low, low (inferred), on the 1:50,000 map.

Terrain model

LiDAR of the Office of Public Works, flown in 2011, at 2 m: tile OPW_1802 (ZIP).

Flooding

The flood maps of the Office of Public Works: floodinfo.ie.

Radon Risk Map of Ireland, Environmental Protection Agency; Landslide Susceptibility Classification, Geological Survey Ireland; both CC BY 4.0. 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.

No address of the register names Oughter with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Offaly.

Name

Oughter · Uachtar

Area

2,008,792 m² (200.88 ha, 496.38 acres)

Civil parish

Lemanaghan, and its townlands

Barony

Garrycastle

Electoral division

Lea, the unit of the census

Census 2022

Lea electoral division: 356 people in 126 households; 95% of households own their home; 30% of homes were built since 2001; 9% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 1% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Derrinvullig, Derrooly, Derrycooly, Derrymore, Lea More, Pollagh

Placenames

Oughter on logainm.ie, the Placenames Database of Ireland

Townlands, civil parishes, baronies and electoral divisions, National Statutory Boundaries, Tailte Éireann, CC BY 4.0. Census 2022, Small Area Population Statistics by electoral division, Central Statistics Office, CC BY 4.0. 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.