Ash Little

28 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Ash Little, from 75 m² to 175,510 m² (17.55 ha, 43.37 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 17 neighbouring parcels touch it.

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No zone of a development plan covers Ash Little 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.

• 11 Feb 2026N/a

  Retention of the relocation and extension to an agricultural fridge storage unit previously approved planning under planning ref. no. 22107 and associated site development works. Permission for: 1 The relocation and extension to a proposed agricultural fridge storage unit previously approved planning under planning ref. no. 22107. 2. A new agricultural shed for the storage of bulky goods, 3.And associated site development works

  Retention · Louth County Council, 2660061

• 22 Nov 2024N/a

  Permission for extension to existing agricultural shed and all associated siteworks

  Permission · Louth County Council, 2460723

• 20 Nov 2024N/a

  Permission for extension to existing agricultural shed and all associated siteworks

  Permission · Louth County Council, 2460718

• 10 Sept 2024Conditional

  Permission for the demolition of the outhouse store, the demolition of elements of the existing dwelling along with the construction of a proposed single storey extension to the rear, the construction of a covered porch area to the front of the dwelling, internal and external alterations to the existing dwelling, new wastewater treatment system and percolation area, together with all associated site development works

  Permission · Louth County Council, 2460531

• 18 Aug 2023Conditional

  Permission for development to construct a two storey dwelling house, ancillary garage, waste water treatment system, polishing filter, new entrance onto public road and all associated works *Significant further information received on 31.10.23**

  Permission, 2 homes · Louth County Council, 2360292

• 2 Nov 2022Refused

  Permission to construct a two storey dwelling house, ancillary garage, waste water treatment system, polishing filter, new entrance onto public road and all associated works

  Permission, 2 homes · Louth County Council, 22861

• 11 Feb 2022Conditional

  retention and permission: Retention of an agricultural machine store and associated site development works. Permission for: 1. an extension to an agricultural machine store; 2. extension to quality control office with an external stairs; 3. 2 no. agricultural fridge storage units; 4. a new waste water treatment system and 5. associated site development works **Significant Further information received 25/08/2022 provided for, inter alia, Retention of 6 no. Polytunnels**

  Retention, 1 home · Louth County Council, 22107

• 10 May 2019N/a

  Retention & Permission: Retention of an agricultural machine store and associated site development works. Permission for 1. An extension to an agricultural machine store. 2. Extension to 2 no. agricultural fridge storage units. 3. Extension to quality control office with an external stairs. 4. And associated site development works.

  Retention · Louth County Council, 19350

• 8 Jan 2018N/a

  Permission for development will consist of the partial demolition & alterations of existing single storey dwelling to include the following: 1) New single storey porch to replace existing at front of dwelling. 2) New single storey extension at rear of dwelling and partial demolition of dwelling. 3) Replacement of existing roof of dwelling with elevational changes to existing dwelling. 4) Proposed replacement of existing single storey outbuilding with new single storey domestic garage. 5) Use of existing entrance onto public road and all associated site development works.

  Permission, 2 homes · Louth County Council, 188

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 Ash Little.

Recorded monuments

• LH006-071001 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  The following description is derived from both the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Louth' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1986) and the 'Archaeological Survey of County Louth' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1991). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload/revision: 17 July 2007 Sub-circular area (int. dims. 31m N-S, 28m E-W) enclosed by earthen bank (Wth c. 6.5m, H 1m internally, 2.6m externally) with external U-shaped fosse (Wth 5m, D 0.9m) and earthen counterscarp bank (Wth 3m, H 1.7m internally, 0.9m externally). Gaps in both banks at SE owing to modern disturbance. No visible trace of original entrance or of the 'subterranean passage' (LH006-071002-) referred to by Stubbs. (CLAJ 1908, 32)

• LH006-071002 Souterrain
  Description

  The following description is derived from both the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Louth' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1986) and the 'Archaeological Survey of County Louth' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1991). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload/revision: 17 July 2007 Local tradition of a tunnel in ringfort (LH006-071001-).

• LH006-075 Standing stone
  Description

  The following description is derived from both the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Louth' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1986) and the 'Archaeological Survey of County Louth' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1991). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload/revision: 17 July 2007 MacIvor (CLAJ 1962, 166) records a standing stone in middle of field, on Andrew O'Connor's land (H 1.1m, 0.9m square in section).

Architectural heritage

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

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

At the centre of the townland of Ash Little, about 1 in 10 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels. Testing a home

Landslides

The 1:50,000 map rates the landslide susceptibility here as moderately high, moderately low, low, partly inferred.

Terrain model

No LiDAR survey of the Office of Public Works covers the centre of the townland of Ash Little.

Flooding

The Office of Public Works publishes its flood maps on floodinfo.ie.

Radon Risk Map of Ireland, Environmental Protection Agency, and Landslide Susceptibility Classification, Geological Survey Ireland, both under 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 Ash Little with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Louth.

Name

Ash Little · Ais Bheag

Area

769,865 m² (76.99 ha, 190.24 acres)

Civil parish

Louth, and its townlands

Barony

Louth

Electoral division

Castlering, the unit of the census

Census 2022

1,092 people lived in 352 households in the Castlering electoral division. 91% of households owned their home. 33% of homes were built since 2001. 4% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 0% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Ash Big, Ballinloughan, Carrickleagh, Carrickmullan, Castlering, Drumgonnelly

Placenames

Ash Little 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.