Capparogan
Capparogan is a townland in the civil parish of Kilmanman, barony of Tinnahinch, Co. Laois. Its name in Irish is Ceapach Bhrógáin.
Parcel 256065
- Area
- 1,761 m²
- 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
- Capparogan
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
- LiDAR of the Office of Public Works, flown in 2011, at 2 m: tile OPW_1942 (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
- 28.9 ha
- 71 acres
- Land parcels
- 28
- registered freehold, median 1,533 m²
- Zoning
- G4
- Open Space/Amenity
- Planning
- 8
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
28 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Capparogan, from 80 m² to 149,472 m² (14.95 ha, 36.94 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 24 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
- 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 · 10 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 · 4 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 · 2 parcels The zoning objective in the plan - 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 · 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
Source: Tailte Éireann and the Department of Housing (MyPlan), national zoning, CC BY 4.0.
Planning applications
Sites that touch the townland, newest first
29 Jul 2026N/a
1) Demolish existing single storey clubhouse. 2) Erect a new replacement two-storey clubhouse building consisting of changing facilities, toilets, gym and a club shop. and all associated site works.
Permission · Laois County Council, 2660523
21 Jul 2026N/a
1) Demolition of existing single storey clubhouse. 2) Erect a new replacement two-storey clubhouse building consisting of changing facilities, toilets, gym and a club shop. and all associated site works.
Permission · Laois County Council, 2660496
14 Feb 2023Conditional
1. Erect 6 no. 20m high lighting columns with 48 no 1.5KW LED Floodlights to main playing pitch; 2. 25m long x 4.9m high concrete hurling wall with 1.2m high sports fencing to the top of the wall, 3m long x 4.9m high wing walls to include 25m x 25m AstroTurf playing surface, 2.4m high surround sports fencing and 2 no 12m high lighting columns with 2 no 1.5KW LED Floodlights; 3. 6 no 15m high lighting columns to training pitch with 18 no 1.5KW LED floodlights; 4. 24 no 6m high octagonal public lighting columns to existing walking track with 24 no Axia LED Lanterns; Construction of extension to existing car park, onto our own lands, to allow for increased parking spaces and all associated site works
Permission, 1 home · Laois County Council, 2348
12 Jan 2023N/a
1) erect 6 no. 20m high lighting columns with 48 no. 1.5KW LED floodlights to main playing pitch, 2) 25m long X 4.9m high concrete hurling wall with 1.2m high sports fencing to the top of the wall, 3m long X 4.9m high wing walls to include 25m X 25m AstroTurf playing surface, 2.4m high surround sports fencing and 2no. 12m high lighting columns with 2 no1.5KW LED floodlights, 3) 6 no 15m high lighting columns to training pitch with 18 no. 1.5KW LED floodlights, 4) 24 no. 6m high octagonal public lighting columns to existing walking track with 24 no. Axia LED Lanterns, 5) construction of extension to existing car park, onto our own lands, to allow for increased parking spaces and all associated site works
Permission · Laois County Council, 234
19 Dec 2022N/a
1) erect 6 no. 20m high lighting columns with 48 no. 1.5KW LED floodlights to main playing pitch, 2) 25m long X 4.9m high concrete hurling wall with 1.2m high sports fencing to the top of the wall, 2m long X 4.9m high wing walls to include 25m X 25m AstroTurf playing surface, 2.4m high surround sports fencing and 2no. 12m high lighting columns with 2 no1.5KW LED floodlights, 3) 6 no 15m high lighting columns to training pitch with 18 no. 1.5KW LED floodlights, 4) 24 no. 6m high octagonal public lighting columns to existing walking track with 24 no. Axia LED Lanterns, 5) construction of an extension to existing car park, onto our own lands, to allow for increased parking spaces and all associated site works
Permission · Laois County Council, 22755
16 Feb 2021Conditional
construct a single storey extension to the side and rear of the existing house, internal alterations and conversion of the existing attic into a playroom and hotpress with the addition of a rooflight and two dormer style window to the rear and all associated site works
Permission, 1 home · Laois County Council, 2193
5 Apr 2019Conditional
retain a split level detached domestic garage and storage outbuilding with lofted storage space
Retention · Laois County Council, 19196
22 Jun 2018Conditional
(1) demolish existing extension to side of dwelling house (2) build new extension to side and rear of dwelling house including modifications to existing dwelling house and (3) build new domestic garage/garden shed
Permission, 1 home · Laois County Council, 18372
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 Capparogan.
Recorded monuments
No recorded monument lies in the townland of Capparogan.
Architectural heritage
No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands in the townland of Capparogan.
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 Capparogan, 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
- LiDAR of the Office of Public Works, flown in 2011, at 2 m: tile OPW_1942 (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 Capparogan with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Laois.
The townland
- Name
- Capparogan · Ceapach Bhrógáin
- Area
- 289,223 m² (28.92 ha, 71.47 acres)
- Civil parish
- Kilmanman, and its townlands
- Barony
- Tinnahinch
- Electoral division
- Clonaslee, the unit of the census
- Census 2022
- 954 people lived in 347 households in the Clonaslee electoral division. 74% of households owned their home. 25% of homes were built since 2001. 11% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 1% were holiday homes.
- Neighbouring townlands
- Brittas, Brockagh, Cappusteen, Clonaslee, Coolnabanch
- Placenames
- Capparogan 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.