Cushina
Cushina is a townland in the civil parish of Ballykean, barony of Philipstown Upper, Co. Offaly. Its name in Irish is Cois Eidhní.
Parcel 300445
- Area
- 5,988 m² (0.6 ha, 1.48 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
- Cushina
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 20 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
- 725.1 ha
- 1,792 acres
- Land parcels
- 186
- registered freehold, median 4,792 m² (0.48 ha, 1.18 acres)
- Zoning
- —
- not in a zoned settlement
- Planning
- 12
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
186 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Cushina, from 36 m² to 1,015,651 m² (101.57 ha, 250.97 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 38 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 Cushina 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
26 Jan 2026Refused
a STOREY AND A HALF DWELLING, ENTRANCE, GARAGE, WASTE WATER TREATMENT SYSTEM WITH POLISHING FILTER; AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS
Permission, 1 home · Offaly County Council, 2660036
22 Dec 2025N/a
‘STOREY AND A HALF’ DWELLING, ENTRANCE, GARAGE, WASTE WATER TREATMENT SYSTEM WITH POLISHING FILTER; AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS
Permission · Offaly County Council, 2560682
13 Jan 2023Conditional
RENOVATION AND EXTENSION TO THE REAR OF EXISTING DWELLING TO ACCOMMODATE A GRANNY FLAT AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS
Permission, 1 home · Offaly County Council, 236
7 Dec 2022Conditional
AN ATTIC CONVERSION WITH DORMER WINDOWS TO THE REAR OF EXISTING DWELLING, DOMESTIC SHED AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS
Retention, 2 homes · Offaly County Council, 22626
22 Jun 2022Conditional
THE DEPOSITION OF SOIL AND STONE OVER AN AREA OF C. 5.88HA FOR THE PURPOSES OF LAND IMPROVEMENT WITH AN AGRICULTURAL END USE. A NATURA IMPACT STATEMENT (NIS) WILL BE SUBMITTED TO THE PLANNING AUTHORITY WITH THE APPLICATION
Permission · Offaly County Council, 22309
27 May 2022N/a
THE DEPOSITION OF SOIL AND STONE OVER AN AREA OF C. 5.88HA FOR THE PURPOSES OF LAND IMPROVEMENT WITH AN AGRICULTURAL END USE. A NATURA IMPACT STATEMENT (NIS) WILL BE SUBMITTED TO THE PLANNING AUTHORITY WITH THE APPLICATION
Permission · Offaly County Council, 22269
16 May 2022N/a
DEPOSITION OF SOIL AND STONE OVER AN AREA OF C. 5.88HA FOR THE PURPOSES OF LAND IMPROVEMENT WITH AN AGRICULTURAL END USE
Permission · Offaly County Council, 22247
7 Dec 2021Conditional
3 NO. "CONNEX" CONTAINER UNITS TO REPLACE FOOT BRIDGES, 9 NO. PLINTHS FOR ARTWORK / SCULPTURES, 1 NEW STEEL CONTAINER STORAGE UNIT AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS
Permission · Offaly County Council, 21755
15 Nov 2021Conditional
DOMESTIC GARAGE/SHED AND ALL ASSOCIATED WORKS
Retention · Offaly County Council, 21709
4 Oct 2021N/a
3 NO. "CONNEX" CONTAINER UNITS TO REPLACE FOOT BRIDGES, 9 NO. PLINTHS FOR ARTWORK / SCULPTURES, 1 NEW STEEL CONTAINER STORAGE UNIT AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS
Permission · Offaly County Council, 21611
3 Feb 2021Conditional
ROAD / JUNCTION ACCOMMODATION WORKS TO FACILITATE TURBINE DELIVERIES ASSOCIATED WITH A PROPOSED WIND FARM DEVELOPMENT IN CO. KILDARE. A CONCURRENT PLANNING APPLICATION IS BEING LODGED TO KILDARE COUNTY COUNCIL IN RELATION TO A 10 YEAR PLANNING PERMISSION FOR A WIND FARM DEVELOPMENT WHICH CONSISTS OF 5 NO. WIND TURBINES WITH A TIP HEIGHT OF UP TO 169M AND ALL ASSOCIATED FOUNDATIONS AND HARDSTANDING AREAS; 1 NO. ON-SITE ELECTRICAL SUBSTATION; 1 NO. TEMPORARY CONSTRUCTION COMPOUND; ALL ASSOCIATED UNDERGROUND ELECTRICAL AND COMMUNICATIONS CABLING CONNECTING THE TURBINES TO THE PROPOSED ON-SITE ELECTRICAL SUBSTATION; PROVISION OF NEW SITE ACCESS TRACKS AND ASSOCIATED DRAINAGE; ERECTION OF 1 NO. PERMANENT METEOROLOGICAL MAST OF UP TO 100M IN HEIGHT; AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS, ANCILLARY WORKS AND EQUIPMENT. AN ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT REPORT (EIAR) AND A NATURA IMPACT STATEMENT (NIS) HAVE BEEN PREPARED IN RESPECT OF THE PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT
Permission · Offaly County Council, 2138
23 Aug 2017Conditional
SINGLE STOREY EXTENSION TO SIDE OF DWELLING AND NEW ROOFLIGHTS TO FRONT OF EXISTING DWELLING
Permission, 1 home · Offaly County Council, 17309
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 Cushina.
Recorded monuments
No recorded monument lies in the townland of Cushina.
Architectural heritage
No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands in the townland of Cushina.
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 Cushina, 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. Parts of the land are water.
- Terrain model
- No LiDAR survey of the Office of Public Works covers the centre of the townland of Cushina.
- 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 Cushina with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Offaly.
The townland
- Name
- Cushina · Cois Eidhní
- Area
- 7,250,574 m² (725.06 ha, 1,791.66 acres)
- Civil parish
- Ballykean, and its townlands
- Barony
- Philipstown Upper
- Electoral division
- Ballyshear, the unit of the census
- Census 2022
- 407 people lived in 134 households in the Ballyshear electoral division. 93% of households owned their home. 33% of homes were built since 2001. 4% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 1% were holiday homes.
- Neighbouring townlands
- Aughrim (Co. Kildare), Clonsast Lower, Clonsast Upper, Cushina, Derryounce, Derryvilla, Enaghan, Moanvane, Raheenakeeran
- Placenames
- Cushina 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.