Toomes

21 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Toomes, from 78 m² to 762,449 m² (76.24 ha, 188.41 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 31 neighbouring parcels touch it.

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No zone of a development plan covers Toomes 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.

• 3 Sept 2026N/a

  Retention of timber cladding to front & sides of shop & toilets. Also for retention of mobile home to rear of shop/toilets

  Retention · Louth County Council, 2660601

• 23 Jul 2025Conditional

  The development will consist of the renovation and extension of existing single storey dwelling, new site entrance gate and piers, the installation of new wastewater treatment plant, along with all associated site works. *Significant Further Information Received on 03/04/2026*

  Permission, 1 home · Louth County Council, 2560470

• 1 Jul 2025N/a

  The development will consist of the renovation and extension of existing single storey dwelling, new site entrance gate and piers, the installation of new wastewater treatment plant, along with all associated site works.

  Permission · Louth County Council, 2560416

• 11 Apr 2022Conditional

  Permission for an extension to the rear of existing slatted shed. The new extension will be for a cubicle shed for livestock and use for existing entrance on public road and all associated site works.

  Permission · Louth County Council, 22281

• 13 Dec 2021Conditional

  ten year permission sought for alterations and extension to the solar PV and battery energy storage system development permitted under planning ref. no. 21/631 on a site comprising two distinct parcels of land either side of L5141 with a total area of c.41.60ha comprising: 1. Omission of permitted solar panels over an area of c.1.19ha to facilitate the provision of an extension to the permitted battery storage development involving a further 54 battery storage units (each with associated containerised step-up transformer) and an associated external screen bund. 2. Increase in the area to be developed with solar panels and associated works by c.32.93ha to the east and northeast of the permitted panels. 3. The primary access to the site will be via the new entrance permitted under the granted solar farm and battery storage development (planning application ref. 21/631 refers) on the L5141. A further access will be provided at the southern end of the proposed solar farm extension on the north side of the L5141 for ongoing maintenance access purposes during operation solely to facilitate temporary construction traffic between the two land parcels, an existing field entrance on the south side of the L5141 will be upgraded and a new temporary entrance directly opposite on the L5141 will be constructed that will be decommissioned upon completion of the construction works. 4. 11 no. additional single storey electrical inverter/transformer units, additional security fencing, extension to permitted CCTV system with pole mounted cameras and landscaping. 5. The provision of two areas of agricultural land enhancement and management for increased biodiversity over c.7.48ha and 6. All associated ancillary development works. The operational lifespan of the solar PV and battery energy storage system development will be 35 years. A Natura Impact Statement will accompany this application

  Permission · Louth County Council, 211478

• 24 May 2021Conditional

  Permission for a 10 year planning permission for the construction of a solar PV and battery energy storage system development on a c.42.23ha site consisting of: (1) New site entrance, internal accesses and entrances and associated site works. (2) Solar panels on ground-mounted frames over an area of c.39.98ha, 15 no. single storey electrical inverter/transformer units, security fencing, CCTV system with pole mounted cameras and landscaping. (3) An enclosed battery energy storage system compound on c. 0.758ha consisting of 48 no. battery storage units (each with associated containerised step-up transformer). 1 no. containerised control room, 1 no. containerised switch room and 1 no. containerised switch gear unit. (4) 2 no. 37kv sub-stations each with an IPP building on c.1.4887ha, one serving the solar PV development, the other serving the battery energy storage system development. (5) 2 no. grid connections to Louth (Monvallet) 275kv substation. (6) A temporary construction compound and (7) All associated ancillary development works. The operational lifespan of the solar PV and battery energy storage system development will be 35 years. A Natura Impact Statement will accompany this application

  Permission · Louth County Council, 21631

• 16 Apr 2021N/a

  Permission for a 10 year planning permission for the construction of: A solar PV and battery energy storage system development on a c.42.23ha site, consisting of: 1. New site entrance, internal access and entrances and associated works; 2. Solar panels on ground-mounted frames over an area of c.39.98ha, 15 no. single storey electrical inverter/transformer units, security fencing, CCTV system with pole mounted cameras and landscaping; 3. An enclosed batter energy storage compound on c0.758ha consisting of 48 no. battery storage units (each with associated containerised step-up transformer); 1 no. containerised control room, 1 no. containerised switch room and 1 no. containerised switch gear unit. 4. 2 no. 37kv sub-stations each with an IPP building on c.1.4887ha; one serving the solar PV development, the other serving the battery storage system development. 5. 2 no. grid connections to Louth (Monvallet) 275kv substation; 6. A temporary construction compound; and 7. All associated ancillary development works. The operational lifespan of the solar PV and battery energy storage system development will be 35 years. A Natura Impact Statement will accompany the application

  Permission · Louth County Council, 21421

• 18 May 2017Conditional

  Permission for a two storey dwelling house, domestic garage, new vehicular entrance, waste water treatment sytem and associated site development works.

  Permission, 2 homes · Louth County Council, 17374

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 Toomes.

Recorded monuments

No recorded monument lies in the townland of Toomes.

Architectural heritage

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

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 Toomes, 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 Toomes.

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 Toomes with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Louth.

Name

Toomes · Na Toim

Area

1,391,783 m² (139.18 ha, 343.92 acres)

Civil parish

Louth, and its townlands

Barony

Louth

Electoral division

Louth, the unit of the census

Census 2022

1,635 people lived in 574 households in the Louth electoral division. 79% of households owned their home. 41% of homes were built since 2001. 8% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 0% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Ballakelly (Co. Monaghan), Carnalughoge, Cornagarvoge (Co. Monaghan), Drumgoolan, Monavallet, Oaktate, Ravanny, Rosslough, Tullycahan

Placenames

Toomes 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.