Magherareagh
Magherareagh is a townland in the civil parish of Tubbrid, barony of Iffa and Offa West, Co. Tipperary. Its name in Irish is An Machaire Riabhach.
Parcel 4754268
- Area
- 325 m²
- Buildings
- 1 building touches it. Its footprint covers 55 m².
- Zoning
- R2 Existing Residential (Tipperary County Development Plan 2022_2028 Settlement Plans) The objective
- Townland
- Magherareagh
Planning applications on this parcel
3 Nov 2017Conditional
67 houses complete with external works. The proposed development will comprise: 4 no. semi-detached single storey 2 bedroom houses; 11 no. semi-detached single storey 3 bedroom houses (3 no. with garages); 1 no. detached single-storey house; 39 no. semi-detached two-storey 3 bedroom houses (2 no. with garages); 8 no. detached two-storey 3 bedroom houses, 1 no. detached two storey 4 bedroom house with garage; 3 no. detached two-storey 5 bedroom house with garage under clause A 42 (1A)(a)(V)
Extension of duration, 67 homes · Tipperary County Council, 17601210
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 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 low, partly inferred.
- 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
- 157 ha
- 388 acres
- Land parcels
- 79
- registered freehold, median 492 m²
- Zoning
- R2
- Existing Residential
- Planning
- 16
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
79 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Magherareagh, from 8 m² to 605,816 m² (60.58 ha, 149.7 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
- R2Existing Residential (Existing residential)
Tipperary County Development Plan 2022_2028 Settlement Plans, Tipperary · 43 parcels The zoning objective in the plan - M2Town / Village Centre (City/Town/village Centre, central area)
Tipperary County Development Plan 2022_2028 Settlement Plans, Tipperary · 7 parcels The zoning objective in the plan - G1Amenity (Open space, park)
Tipperary County Development Plan 2022_2028 Settlement Plans, Tipperary · 2 parcels The zoning objective in the plan - C2.1Employment and Enterprise (Industrial, enterprise, employment)
Tipperary County Development Plan 2022_2028 Settlement Plans, Tipperary · 2 parcels The zoning objective in the plan - P1Agriculture
Tipperary County Development Plan 2022_2028 Settlement Plans, Tipperary · 1 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
30 Sept 2026N/a
RED III construction of a photovoltaic solar farm development - the proposed development seeks a 10-year planning permission for the proposed photovoltaic solar farm development and all associated site works. The development will consist of linear arrays of solar photovoltaic panels on ground mounted frames of ca. 9.40 hectares overall area, including: associated cabling & ducting and hybrid inverters; a 20kV electrical customer control building; ESB modular hub and transformers; site entrance and access track; perimeter fencing up to 2.5 metres high; pole mounted CCTV cameras up to 3 metres high; temporary access track, temporary contractor’s compound & temporary storage area; and all associated site development and ancillary works. A Natura Impact Statement (NIS) will be submitted to the Planning Authority in connection with the application. The proposed development will have a 40-year operational life from the date of commissioning
Permission · Tipperary County Council, 2660960
17 Jul 2024Conditional
construction of a two-storey extension for stairwell and lift (to north east)
Permission · Tipperary County Council, 2460580
1 Dec 2023Conditional
The development will consist of works to protect and stabilise the banks of the existing by-pass channel of the River Suir, and will comprise: (1) construction of rock armour along a linear stretch of 2.5m on both the eastern and western banks of the channel, adjacent to the abutments of the existing footbridge; (2) construction of rock armour along a linear stretch of 30m on the eastern bank of the channel (to the rear of the existing tennis courts); (3) construction of rock armour along a linear stretch of 30m on the western bank of the channel (immediately before the channel meets the River Suir); and, (4) all ancillary and temporary works including the provision of temporary accessways. A Natura Impact Statement (NIS) will be submitted with this Planning Application.
Permission · Tipperary County Council, 2360958
28 Jul 2023Conditional
a) change of use of existing commercial premises (hair dressers) to domestic use (dwelling), and b) associated site works
Permission · Tipperary County Council, 2360572
23 Jul 2023N/a
a) the change of use of existing commercial premises (hair dressers) to domestic use (dwelling) and b) associated site works
Permission · Tipperary County Council, 2360543
12 Jan 2023Conditional
the construction of a new boundary fence and associated site works in lieu of the blockwork boundary wall granted under Planning Permission reference number 18/601370
Permission · Tipperary County Council, 2360013
16 Dec 2022N/a
the construction of a new boundary fence and associated site works in lieu of the blockwork boundary wall granted under Planning Permission reference number 18/601360
Permission · Tipperary County Council, 2260707
9 Apr 2021Conditional
the extension of a permitted solar photovoltaic panel array (PI Ref. 16/600642). The proposed development comprises the provision of up to 30,000 m2 of solar panels on ground mounted steel frames, a 20kv substation (55sq.m), inverter and transformer units, underground cable ducts, boundary fencing, CCTV and all associated site services and works
Permission · Tipperary County Council, 21473
3 Mar 2021Conditional
existing detached domestic garage/art studio and to retain fuel storage shed, all with associated site works
Retention · Tipperary County Council, 21263
20 Dec 2018Conditional
the proposed development consisting of the following, change of use of existing restaurant to retail (pharmacy) use, omitting the first floor residential unit, the proposed erection of a single storey rear extension, minor external & internal alterations, the erection of a new shopfront & associated signage, the erection of a projecting illuminated LED green cross sign together with all associated site works
Permission · Tipperary County Council, 18601512
20 Nov 2018Conditional
demolition of existing building comprising of a single dwelling house, storage buildings and part of existing commercial building and the construction of 14 no. new dwelling houses which comprise of 6 no. terraces and 8 no. semi detached houses, together with all roads, footpaths, underground services, connections to an existing foul sewer, additions to the existing surface water drainage network and all boundary treatments with all associated site development works
Permission, 14 homes · Tipperary County Council, 18601370
3 Nov 2017Conditional
67 houses complete with external works. The proposed development will comprise: 4 no. semi-detached single storey 2 bedroom houses; 11 no. semi-detached single storey 3 bedroom houses (3 no. with garages); 1 no. detached single-storey house; 39 no. semi-detached two-storey 3 bedroom houses (2 no. with garages); 8 no. detached two-storey 3 bedroom houses, 1 no. detached two storey 4 bedroom house with garage; 3 no. detached two-storey 5 bedroom house with garage under clause A 42 (1A)(a)(V)
Extension of duration, 67 homes · Tipperary County Council, 17601210
14 Sept 2017Conditional
change of house type and repositioned driveway at house no. 48 from that approved under Permission No. 05/1228, the house has been changed from 5 bedroom type 5a to 4 bedroom type 4a and the driveway has been altered and repositioned so that it is accessed from the estate road opposite house no. 8
Retention, 1 home · Tipperary County Council, 17601014
22 May 2017Refused
the development will consist of a solar farm comprising of approximately 9.4 hectares of solar panels on ground mounted steel frames, 1 no. single storey delivery substation, 2 no. single storey inverter/transformer units, drainage swales, underground cable ducts on site, temporary construction compound (including site offices, portable toilets and parking area), boundary security fence, site entrance, access tracks, CCTV and all associated site works
Permission · Tipperary County Council, 17600582
14 Mar 2017Conditional
the demolition of existing toilet and back hall attached to side of existing dwelling house and the construction of a new wet room, bathroom and utility and all associated site works including access ramps
Permission · Tipperary County Council, 17600249
31 Jan 2017N/a
the demolition of an outside toilet and construction of a toilet and wet room
Permission · Tipperary County Council, 17600065
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
- Special Area of Conservation: Lower River Suir SAC 002137
Recorded monuments
- TS081-089 Enclosure
Description
In tillage. An irregular pentagon (overall diam. c. 60m NW-SE and NE-SW), defined by a fosse which is visible as a cropmark on satellite imagery (Apple Maps; Google Earth satellite image, imagery date 14 July 2019), identified and reported by Jean-Charles Caillère. Compiled by: Jean Farrelly
- TS087-011001 Enclosure
Description
On a natural rise in hilly terrain, in an area of rock outcrop. A large, roughly oval enclosure (dims. c. 130m N-S; c. 110m E-W) indicated on both the 1st (1840) and 2nd (1907) ed. OS 6-inch map. The N-E-SE perimeter is defined by a field boundary and the S-W-N is overgrown with scrub. A smaller enclosure (TS087-011002-) is located immediately S. Compiled by: Jean Farrelly Date of upload: 20 November 2013
- TS087-011002 Enclosure
Description
On natural rise in hilly terrain. Monument not accessible due to dense, impenetrable scrub. It is depicted on the 1st (1840) and 2nd (1907) ed. OS 6-inch map as a small, circular area. The 25-inch OS map depicts an irregular-shaped enclosure (dims. c. 30m N-S; c. 25m E-W), defined from W-N-SE by scarp which may have been quarried into in the E quadrant and by a bank from SE-S-W. Quite a wide fosse is indicated on the W side, from SW-W-NW. It is located immedately S of a large enclosure (TS087-011001-). Compiled by: Jean Farrelly Date of upload: 20 November 2013
Architectural heritage
No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands in the townland of Magherareagh.
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 Magherareagh, 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 high, moderately low, low, partly inferred.
- Terrain model
- No LiDAR survey of the Office of Public Works covers the centre of the townland of Magherareagh.
- 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 Magherareagh with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Tipperary.
The townland
- Name
- Magherareagh · An Machaire Riabhach
- Area
- 1,569,512 m² (156.95 ha, 387.83 acres)
- Civil parish
- Tubbrid, and its townlands
- Barony
- Iffa and Offa West
- Electoral division
- Ardfinnan, the unit of the census
- Census 2022
- 1,178 people lived in 453 households in the Ardfinnan electoral division. 81% of households owned their home. 31% of homes were built since 2001. 7% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 2% were holiday homes.
- Neighbouring townlands
- Ardfinnan, Ballydrinan, Ballylaffin, Commons, Kilballygorman, Reechestown, Shortcastle
- Placenames
- Magherareagh 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.