Park
Park is a townland in the civil parish of Aghaboe, barony of Clarmallagh, Co. Laois. Its name in Irish is An Pháirc.
Parcel 253488
- Area
- 3,190 m² (0.32 ha, 0.79 acres)
- Buildings
- No building touches it.
- 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
- Park
Planning applications on this parcel
No planning application touches this parcel in the national file, which goes back to 2010.
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 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 low.
- Terrain model
- No LiDAR survey of the Office of Public Works covers the centre of this parcel.
- 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
- 56 ha
- 138 acres
- Land parcels
- 94
- registered freehold, median 725 m²
- Zoning
- M2
- Village Centre
- Planning
- 9
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
94 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Park, from 27 m² to 134,613 m² (13.46 ha, 33.26 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 18 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
- M2Village Centre (City/Town/village Centre, central area)
Laois County Development Plan 2021–2027 including Ministerial Direction (as varied) by Variation No. 1, No. 2 and No. 3, Laois · 33 parcels The zoning objective in the plan - R2Residential 1 - Existing Residential (Existing residential)
Laois County Development Plan 2021–2027 including Ministerial Direction (as varied) by Variation No. 1, No. 2 and No. 3, Laois · 16 parcels The zoning objective in the plan - C3General Business (Office, business/technology park and related)
Laois County Development Plan 2021–2027 including Ministerial Direction (as varied) by Variation No. 1, No. 2 and No. 3, Laois · 2 parcels The zoning objective in the plan - S5Community-Educational-Institutional (Mixed/general community services/facilities uses)
Laois County Development Plan 2021–2027 including Ministerial Direction (as varied) by Variation No. 1, No. 2 and No. 3, Laois · 1 parcels The zoning objective in the plan - G4Open Space/Amenity (Active open space)
Laois County Development Plan 2021–2027 including Ministerial Direction (as varied) by Variation No. 1, No. 2 and No. 3, Laois · 1 parcels The zoning objective in the plan - R1Residential 2 (New/proposed residential)
Laois County Development Plan 2021–2027 including Ministerial Direction (as varied) by Variation No. 1, No. 2 and No. 3, Laois · 0 parcels The zoning objective in the plan - C2.1Enterprise and Employment (Industrial, enterprise, employment)
Laois County Development Plan 2021–2027 including Ministerial Direction (as varied) by Variation No. 1, No. 2 and No. 3, Laois · 0 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
Source: Tailte Éireann and the Department of Housing (MyPlan), national zoning, CC BY 4.0.
Planning applications
Sites that touch the townland, newest first
10 Dec 2025Conditional
change of housetype from a 2 storey dwelling as permitted under P.24/60117 to a single storey bungalow to incl revised elevations. All other elements as permitted under P.24/60117 to remain incl., a new secondary treatment system & soil polishing filter (percolation area), new entrance gates and assoc siteworks to incl for garage and carport.
Permission · Laois County Council, 2560836
22 Aug 2024Conditional
construct new dwelling house, domestic garage, septic tank and percolation area, new site entrance and all associated works
Permission, 2 homes · Laois County Council, 2460487
20 Aug 2024N/a
construct new dwelling house, domestic garage, septic tank and percolation area, new site entrance and all associated works
Permission · Laois County Council, 2460481
7 Mar 2024Conditional
construct a new 2 storey dwelling, revised elevations, a new secondary treatment system & soil polishing filter (percolation area), new entrance gates and assoc siteworks
Permission, 1 home · Laois County Council, 2460117
5 Mar 2024N/a
Renovate/change use of an existing single storey commercial structure to provide a new 2 storey dwelling, revised elevations, a new secondary treatment system & soil polishing filter (percolation area), new entrance gates and assoc siteworks.
Permission · Laois County Council, 2460112
12 Aug 2021Conditional
demolish rear extension and existing sheds and proposed to renovate existing dwelling house and single storey extension to the rear of the existing dwelling house, new garage, septic tank & percolation area and to include all associated site works
Permission, 2 homes · Laois County Council, 21569
6 Jul 2021Conditional
construct dwelling house, entrance, septic tank and all associated site works
Outline permission, 1 home · Laois County Council, 21482
18 Dec 2018Conditional
construct kitchen extension to rear of existing dwelling and all associated site works
Permission, 1 home · Laois County Council, 18759
21 Nov 2018N/a
construct a kitchen extension to rear of existing dwelling and all associated site works
Permission, 1 home · Laois County Council, 18701
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
No designated site (Special Area of Conservation, Special Protection Area, Natural Heritage Area or proposed one) touches the townland of Park.
Recorded monuments
No recorded monument lies in the townland of Park.
Architectural heritage
- Ballacolla National School, school, 1880–1890 · Regional interest
Description
Detached single-storey school, dated 1889, with gabled projecting porch. Extended to rear, c. 1975.
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 Park, 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 low, partly inferred.
- Terrain model
- No LiDAR survey of the Office of Public Works covers the centre of the townland of Park.
- 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 Park with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Laois.
The townland
- Name
- Park · An Pháirc
- Area
- 559,514 m² (55.95 ha, 138.26 acres)
- Civil parish
- Aghaboe, and its townlands
- Barony
- Clarmallagh
- Electoral division
- Killermogh, the unit of the census
- Census 2022
- 358 people lived in 134 households in the Killermogh electoral division. 84% of households owned their home. 8% of homes were built since 2001. 7% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 0% were holiday homes.
- Neighbouring townlands
- Ballycolla, Ballycolla Heath, Cool, Coolderry, Fearagh, Tinnaraheen
- Placenames
- Park 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.