Coolelan

72 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Coolelan, from 95 m² to 191,319 m² (19.13 ha, 47.28 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 37 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.

No zone of a development plan covers Coolelan 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.

• 24 Mar 2025Conditional

  for works associated with the proposed uprate of the existing 110 kV Overhead Line (OHL) between the existing Cushaling 110 kV substation in the townland of Ballykilleen, Co. Offaly and the existing Portlaoise 110 kV substation in the townlands of Clonminam and Kylekiproe, Co. Laois. The Cushaling – Portlaoise 110 kV OHL is approximately 41.6 km long and comprises 17 no. steel lattice tower structures and 193 no. wooden pole structures. The existing circuit is located across the functional areas of Offaly County Council (OCC), Kildare County Council (KCC) and Laois County Council (LCC). Approximately 10 km of the existing OHL circuit is located within the functional area of OCC, approximately 9 km is within the functional area of KCC and approximately 22.6 km is located within the functional area of LCC. Separate planning applications are being lodged with each respective County Council. The Proposed Development across the functional area of Co. Kildare is located in the townlands of Coolelan, Kiltaghan North, Kiltaghan South, Clonmoyle West, Ummeras More, Mountrice, Mullaghroe Upper, Mullaghroe Lower, Coolatogher, Coolsickin or Quinsborough and Coolnafearagh. The Proposed Development works across the functional area of Co. Kildare will comprise: 1. The replacement (“restringing”) of the existing overhead line circuit conductor with a new higher capacity conductor including installation of a new fibre communication connection; 2. The replacement of 2 no. steel towers and their foundations; 3. The replacement of steel members at 1 no. tower; 4. Full tower painting required at 1 no. location; 5. Shear block remedial works (raise and cap) at 1 no. tower location; 6. The replacement of wooden poles only at 8 no. locations; 7. The replacement of wooden poles and crossarm at 3 no. locations; 8. The replacement of crossarm only at 4 no. locations; 9. The replacement of existing danger notices at various locations, as required; 10. The replacement of hardware and fittings, such as insulators, insulator hardware, earthwire hardware and anti-climbing guards at various locations, as required; 11. The replacement of suspension clamps, vibration dampers and compression assemblies at all locations, as required; 12. All associated temporary site development works to gain access to the existing structures including clearance of vegetation, disassembly and reassembly of gate posts/piers and removal and reinstatement of existing fencing; and 13. Other temporary associated

  Permission · Kildare County Council, 2560302

• 24 Mar 2025Conditional

  EirGrid plc, with the consent and approval of the Electricity Supply Board (ESB) is applying to Offaly County Council for permission for works associated with the proposed uprate of the existing 110 kV Overhead Line (OHL) between the existing Cushaling 110 kV substation in the townland of Ballykilleen, Co. Offaly and the existing Portlaoise 110 kV substation in the townlands of Clonminam and Kylekiproe, Co. Laois. The Proposed Development works across the functional area of Co.Offaly will comprise: Replacement (“restringing”) of the existing overhead line circuit conductor with a new higher capacity conductor including installation of a new fibre communication connection; replacement of the existing earthwire with new earthwire between structures 1 and 8; replacement of steel members at 3 no. towers; Full tower painting required at 3 no. locations; replacement of wooden poles only at 7 no. locations; replacement of wooden poles and crossarm at 2 no. locations; replacement of crossarm only at 3 no. locations; replacement of existing danger notices at various locations, as required; replacement of hardware and fittings, such as insulators, insulator hardware, earthwire hardware and anti-climbing guards at various locations, as required; replacement of suspension clamps, vibration dampers & compression assemblies at all locations, as required; All associated temporary site development works to gain access to the existing structures & other temporary associated & ancillary development works required for the purpose of the uprate of the existing circuit. No additional structures are proposed along the existing circuit. Structure 203 will be relocated approx. 101m back towards structure 202 due to its existing position on top of a gravel mound & the potential for subsidence of gravel in the long term. No alteration to the nature, extent, alignment, character or voltage of existing electricity infrastructure is proposed. A Natura Impact Statement (NIS) has been submitted with this application. Full description of all works within Site Notice.

  Permission · Offaly County Council, 2560087

• 18 Sept 2024Refused

  for Two-Storey Dwelling with effluent treatment system & percolation area with new vehicular entrance and all associated site works

  Outline permission, 1 home · Kildare County Council, 2460926

• 9 Sept 2024N/a

  for Two-Storey Dwelling with Effluent Treatment System & Percolation Area With New Vehicular Entrance and all associated site works

  Outline permission, 1 home · Kildare County Council, 2460887

• 9 Sept 2024Refused

  for Two-Storey Dwelling with Effluent Treatment System & Percolation Area With New Vehicular Entrance and all associated site works. Revised by Significant Further Information which consists of: The site location has changed

  Outline permission, 1 home · Kildare County Council, 2460888

• 19 Jul 2021Conditional

  works to existing dwelling on site, comprising of removal of existing septic tank and provision of new wastewater treatment system, to facilitate the construction of dormer style dwelling, domestic garage, wastewater treatment system, upgrading of existing agricultural entrance to combined agricultural/domestic recessed entrance and all associated site works

  Permission, 1 home · Kildare County Council, 211057

• 21 Sept 2020Refused

  dormer style dwelling, domestic shed for storage purposes, recessed entrance, wastewater treatment system and all associated site works,

  Permission, 1 home · Kildare County Council, 201075

• 3 May 2019Conditional

  (a) To remove sterilisation imposed under Planning Reg Ref 85/868 & (b) Construct Two-Storey Type Dwelling & Domestic Garage with Effluent Treatment System & Percolation Area with New Vehicular Entrance and all associated site works.

  Permission, 1 home · Kildare County Council, 19492

• 13 Dec 2018Refused

  two storey type dwelling and domestic garage with effluent treatment system and percolation area with new vehicular entrance and all associated site works

  Permission, 1 home · Kildare County Council, 181499

• 28 Jul 2017Conditional

  a two bedroom dormer bungalow dwelling, domestic detached garage, secondary wastewater treatment system, private well and all associated site development works including demolition of dilapidated out sheds on site

  Permission, 1 home · Kildare County Council, 17863

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 the townland of Coolelan.

Recorded monuments

• KD016-001 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  Visible on an aerial photograph (GSI N 442-3) as the cropmark of a circular area truncated at NE by a later field boundary. At the top of a gentle SSW-facing pasture slope. The monument is not visible at ground level, but its siting suggests a possible rath site. Compiled by: Gearóid Conroy Date of upload: 10 June 2011

• KD016-002 Enclosure
  Description

  Visible on an aerial photograph (GSI N 443) as the cropmark of a rectangular enclosure. On level pasture. The monument is not visible at ground level. Compiled by: Gearóid Conroy Date of upload: 10 June 2011

Architectural heritage

No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands in the townland of Coolelan.

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).

Radon

At the centre of the townland of Coolelan, 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 Coolelan.

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.

No address of the register names Coolelan with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Kildare.

Name

Coolelan

Area

1,171,107 m² (117.11 ha, 289.39 acres)

Civil parish

Rathangan, and its townlands

Barony

Offaly East

Electoral division

Rathangan, the unit of the census

Census 2022

3,122 people lived in 1,093 households in the Rathangan electoral division. 71% of households owned their home. 56% of homes were built since 2001. 6% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 0% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Ballinure, Ballygaddy, Clonbrock Upper (Co. Offaly), Coolygagan (Co. Offaly), Derrygarran (Co. Offaly), Fanbeg (Co. Offaly), Kilcloncorkry (Co. Offaly), Kilnabooley

Placenames

Coolelan 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.