Paddock
Paddock is a townland in the civil parish of Offerlane, barony of Upperwoods, Co. Laois. Its name in Irish is An Paideac.
Parcel 251711
- Area
- 148,676 m² (14.87 ha, 36.74 acres)
- Buildings
- 6 buildings touch it. Their footprint covers 1,480 m².
- Zoning
- No zone of a development plan covers it in the national zoning. Outside zoned towns and villages, the county development plan's rural policies apply.
- Townland
- Paddock
Planning applications on this parcel
26 Oct 2023Conditional
construct a dormer bungalow, septic tank and percolation area, entrance driveway and all associated site works
Permission, 1 home · Laois County Council, 23268
25 Oct 2023N/a
construct a dormer bungalow, septic tank and percolation area, entrance driveway and all associated site works
Permission · Laois County Council, 23266
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 this parcel.
Recorded monuments around it
No zone of notification of a recorded monument touches this parcel.
Architectural heritage
No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands on this parcel.
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).
Ground and risks
- Radon
- At the centre of this parcel, about 1 in 5 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 low, partly inferred.
- Terrain model
- LiDAR of the Office of Public Works, flown in 2011, at 2 m: tile OPW_1973 (ZIP).
- 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.
Download this parcel as DXF, in Irish Transverse Mercator metres, with its neighbours and buildings, for a drawing program. GeoJSON, in WGS 84, suits a map, and KML opens in Google Earth.
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann, CC BY 4.0. 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.
- Area
- 230.2 ha
- 569 acres
- Land parcels
- 72
- registered freehold, median 4,426 m² (0.44 ha, 1.09 acres)
- Zoning
- —
- not in a zoned settlement
- Planning
- 12
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
72 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Paddock, from 48 m² to 373,633 m² (37.36 ha, 92.33 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 30 neighbouring parcels touch it.
Download the townland as DXF, in Irish Transverse Mercator metres, with its boundary, parcels and buildings, or as GeoJSON or KML.
Zoning
Development plans, national zoning
No zone of a development plan covers Paddock 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.
Planning applications
Sites that touch the townland, newest first
4 Feb 2026Conditional
retain a domestic extension containing play room, family room and utility, together with all ancillary services at this site
Retention, 1 home · Laois County Council, 2660057
29 May 2025Conditional
provide astro turf playing surface, associated lighting and fencing and all associated site works
Permission · Laois County Council, 2560325
14 Jun 2024Conditional
for (a) completion of an agricultural cubicle shed as granted under Pl. Ref: 20/660 with extra underground slatted slurry storage tanks. (b) demolition of old round roof and walls over existing slatted tank and construction of new roof and extended shed to form a straw bedded calving area. (c) construction of 2 no. new silage pits and all associated site works
Permission, 1 home · Laois County Council, 2460348
10 Jun 2024N/a
develop the following: (a) completion of an agricultural cubicle shed as granted under Pl. Ref: 20/660 with extra underground slatted slurry storage tanks. (b) demolition of old round roof and walls over existing slatted tank and construction of new roof and extended shed to form a straw bedded calving area. (c) construction of 2 no. new silage pits and all associated site works
Permission · Laois County Council, 2460328
26 May 2024Conditional
CONSTRUCT A SINGLE-STORY SIDE SUNROOM EXTENSION TO EXISTING DETACHED DORMER BUNGALOW, RETENTION OF EXISTING SINGLE STORY DOMESTIC GARAGE AS CONSTRUCTED AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS.
Permission, 2 homes · Laois County Council, 2460286
16 May 2024Conditional
retain house as originally built, existing location on site and existing boundaries at this site
Retention, 1 home · Laois County Council, 2471
2 Jan 2024Conditional
retain house as originally built, existing location on site and existing site boundaries
Retention, 1 home · Laois County Council, 241
20 Dec 2023N/a
retain house as originally built, existing location on site and existing site boundaries
Retention · Laois County Council, 23295
26 Oct 2023Conditional
construct a dormer bungalow, septic tank and percolation area, entrance driveway and all associated site works
Permission, 1 home · Laois County Council, 23268
25 Oct 2023N/a
construct a dormer bungalow, septic tank and percolation area, entrance driveway and all associated site works
Permission · Laois County Council, 23266
30 Mar 2021Conditional
(a) construct an agricultural cubicle shed with associated underground slatted tanks, (b) construct a milking parlour, dairy and ancillary rooms, livestock waiting yard and handling facilities with associated underground soiled water tank and (c) erect a meal bin and water storage tank and all associated site works
Permission · Laois County Council, 20660
19 Jun 2018Conditional
alter existing site boundaries to to allow for the provision of new car parking facilities and site entrance together with all ancillary services and associated site works
Permission, 1 home · Laois County Council, 18358
Source: National Planning Applications, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, CC BY 4.0. Applicants are not shown.
Nature and heritage
Designated sites and recorded monuments
Designated sites
- Special Area of Conservation: River Barrow and River Nore SAC 002162
- Special Protection Area: Slieve Bloom Mountains SPA 004160
Recorded monuments
No recorded monument lies in the townland of Paddock.
Architectural heritage
No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands in the townland of Paddock.
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).
Ground and risks
Radon, landslides, flooding
- Radon
- At the centre of the townland of Paddock, about 1 in 5 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 low, low, partly inferred.
- Terrain model
- LiDAR of the Office of Public Works, flown in 2011, at 2 m: tile OPW_1973 (ZIP).
- 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.
Homes sold
Property Price Register
No address of the register names Paddock with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Laois.
The townland
- Name
- Paddock · An Paideac
- Area
- 2,302,132 m² (230.21 ha, 568.87 acres)
- Civil parish
- Offerlane, and its townlands
- Barony
- Upperwoods
- Electoral division
- Brisha, the unit of the census
- Placenames
- Paddock 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.