Bellair or Cappanapinion
Bellair or Cappanapinion is a townland in the civil parish of Kilmanman, barony of Tinnahinch, Co. Laois. Its name in Irish is Ceapach na Pingine.
Parcel 263073
- Area
- 113,810 m² (11.38 ha, 28.12 acres)
- Buildings
- 2 buildings touch it. Their footprint covers 141 m².
- Zoning
- S5 Community-Educational-Institutional (Laois County Development Plan 2021–2027 including Ministerial Direction (as varied) by Variation No. 1, No. 2 and No. 3) The objective
- Townland
- Bellair or Cappanapinion
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, partly inferred.
- Terrain model
- LiDAR of the Office of Public Works, flown in 2011, at 2 m: tile OPW_1971 (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
- 34.4 ha
- 85 acres
- Land parcels
- 36
- registered freehold, median 1,394 m²
- Zoning
- C3
- General Business
- Planning
- 15
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
36 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Bellair or Cappanapinion, from 9 m² to 113,810 m² (11.38 ha, 28.12 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 22 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
- 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 · 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 · 3 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
27 Jul 2026Conditional
retain (1) amendments to front and side elevations, (2) attic conversion (3) the domestic garage and (4) all associated site works
Retention, 1 home · Laois County Council, 2660515
24 Jul 2026N/a
retain (1) amendments to front and side elevations, (2) attic conversion (3) the domestic garage and (4) all associated site works.
Retention · Laois County Council, 2660508
27 Apr 2026Conditional
Install three heat pumps under a Renewable Energy Directive III (RED III) Development.
Permission · Laois County Council, 2660236
23 Apr 2026N/a
install three heat pumps located to the north of the site at Clonaslee College, Hillside View, Bellair or Cappanapinion, Clonaslee, Co Laois, R32 R972, under a Renewable Energy Directive III (RED III) Development.
Permission · Laois County Council, 2660229
22 Apr 2026N/a
install three heat pumps located to the north of the site under a Renewable Energy Directive III (RED III) Development
Permission · Laois County Council, 2660224
24 Mar 2026N/a
install three heat pumps located to the north of the site. The works are proposed to decarbonise the schools heating by supplementing the schools existing boilers.
Permission · Laois County Council, 2660158
18 Mar 2026N/a
install three heat pumps located to the north of the site. The works are proposed to decarbonise the schools heating by supplementing the schools existing boilers.
Permission · Laois County Council, 2660145
12 Mar 2026Conditional
change of use of part of existing shop/hardware store to sit down deli on ground floor, with office accommodation to first floor and retention of existing extension to rear
Permission · Laois County Council, 2660134
10 Mar 2026N/a
install three heat pumps located to the north of the site. The works are proposed to decarbonise the schools heating by supplementing the schools existing boilers.
Permission · Laois County Council, 2660130
9 Feb 2026N/a
install three heat pumps located to the north of the site. The works are proposed to decarbonise the schools heating by supplementing the schools existing boilers.
Permission · Laois County Council, 2660065
14 Mar 2023Conditional
to construct new extension and all associated site works
Permission, 1 home · Laois County Council, 2386
30 Jan 2023N/a
construct extension and all associated works to existing dwelling
Permission, 1 home · Laois County Council, 2327
25 Jan 2023N/a
construct extension and all associated works to existing dwelling
Permission · Laois County Council, 2321
10 Jun 2022Conditional
for retention/permission for rear extension to my existing shop/hardware store, also to retain change of use of adjoining dwelling structure to use as part of above mentioned shop/hardware store. Application also for full permission to construct new building comprising sit down delicatessen, as well as changing rooms, shower rooms and sauna for bicycle tourists and all associated works.
Permission, 2 homes · Laois County Council, 22361
23 Oct 2019Conditional
construct a General Classroom with 2 no. WC's (73m2) and a new Science Lab with Preparation area (125m2), external access works and associated ancillary site works
Permission · Laois County Council, 19583
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 Bellair or Cappanapinion.
Recorded monuments
No recorded monument lies in the townland of Bellair or Cappanapinion.
Architectural heritage
No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands in the townland of Bellair or Cappanapinion.
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 Bellair or Cappanapinion, 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_1971 (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 Bellair or Cappanapinion with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Laois.
The townland
- Name
- Bellair or Cappanapinion · Ceapach na Pingine
- Area
- 343,895 m² (34.39 ha, 84.98 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
- Ashbrook or Aghamore, Ballyfarrell, Clarahill, Corbally, Srahcullen
- Placenames
- Bellair or Cappanapinion 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.