Mullincross
Mullincross is a townland in the civil parish of Kilsaran, barony of Ardee, Co. Louth. Its name in Irish is Muileann Cros.
Parcel 5507334
- Area
- 2,815 m² (0.28 ha, 0.7 acres)
- Buildings
- 2 buildings touch it. Their footprint covers 154 m².
- 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
- Mullincross
Planning applications on this parcel
28 Sept 2018Conditional
Permission for a new dellinghouse, septic tank and percolation area and all associated siteworks.*Significant Further Information submitted 04/12/2018*
Permission, 1 home · Louth County Council, 18785
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
- 204.7 ha
- 506 acres
- Land parcels
- 113
- registered freehold, median 2,927 m² (0.29 ha, 0.72 acres)
- Zoning
- —
- not in a zoned settlement
- Planning
- 23
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
113 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Mullincross, from 6 m² to 160,764 m² (16.08 ha, 39.73 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 34 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 Mullincross 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
21 Jul 2026Conditional
Permission for: 1) Construction of 1no. two storey detached dwelling house; 2) Construction of 1no. domestic garage; 3) Formation of new site entrance to service proposed dwelling house; 4) Installation of new wastewater treatment system and all associated site development works
Permission, 2 homes · Louth County Council, 2660482
7 May 2026Refused
Permission to construct a dry bedded shed for the housing of livestock, incorporating a cattle handling facility & slatted tank along with roofed silage base, grain store, machinery store & manure pit, together with new site entrance & other associated ancillary site works
Permission · Louth County Council, 2660268
23 Apr 2026Conditional
Permission for a new agricultural shed to rear of dwelling house and all associated site works *Significant Further Information received on 29/09/2026 - Revised Site boundary to include surface water soakaway & Revised Notices received 06/10/2026*
Permission · Louth County Council, 2660230
15 Apr 2026N/a
Permission to construct a dry bedded shed for the housing of livestock, incorporating a cattle handling facility & slatted tank along with roofed silage base, grain store, machinery store & manure pit, together with new site entrance & other associated ancillary site works
Permission · Louth County Council, 2660203
10 Apr 2026N/a
Permission for a new agricultural shed to rear of dwelling house and all associated site works
Permission · Louth County Council, 2660183
19 Sept 2024Refused
Retention permission for the change of use of an existing agricultural garage/workshop to commercial use (currently being used as an exercise and recreational facility, since the year 2018) and all associated works
Retention · Louth County Council, 2460559
30 Jun 2023Conditional
The development will consist of retention permission for alterations to existing warehouse extension approved under planning ref: 19939, including 30m² office extension, additional circulation and open storage areas, boundary walls and surface water soakaways, together with permission for a new 2225.5m² warehouse building and all associated site development works at Mullins Cross, Dunleer. Co. Louth.`*SFI received on 3.5.24 includes The development will consist of retention permission for alterations to existing warehouse extension approved under planning ref: 19939, including 30m² office extension, increased site area, additional circulation and open storage areas, boundary walls and surface water soakaways and external lighting, together with permission for a new 2225.5m² warehouse building, alterations and a further increase of the site area and all associated site development works*
Retention · Louth County Council, 2360189
19 Jun 2023N/a
Permission for the construction of a road underpass on the public road for the movement of dairy cattle, approach roads on each side of same, for an underground drainage tank and for associated siteworks
Permission, 1 home · Louth County Council, 2360169
11 May 2023N/a
Permission for the construction of a road underpass on the public road for the movement of dairy cattle, approach roads on each side of same, for an underground drainage tank and for associated siteworks
Permission · Louth County Council, 2360100
13 Sept 2022Conditional
Permission Consequent on the Grant of Outline Permission - Ref. No. 21/385 - for the construction of a new two storey dwelling house, garage, new vehicular entrance, waste water treatment system, percolation area and all ancillary site works
Permission consequent, 2 homes · Louth County Council, 22726
16 Nov 2021Refused
permission for proposed dwelling house, domestic garage, waste water treatment system and polishing filter percolation area, use of existing vehicular entrance and all associated site development works
Permission, 2 homes · Louth County Council, 211378
21 Jul 2021Refused
Permission for development that will consist of proposed dwelling house, domestic garage, waste water treatment system and polishing filter percolation area, new vehicular entrance and all associated sit development works
Permission, 2 homes · Louth County Council, 21921
8 Jul 2021Conditional
Permission for development that will consist of dwelling house including attached domestic garage, septic tank and percolation area, access to site via existing laneway and all associated site works
Permission, 1 home · Louth County Council, 21843
1 Jul 2021Conditional
Permission for a dwelling house, detached domestic garage, waste water treatment system and percolation area, access to site via existing laneway and all associated site works
Permission, 2 homes · Louth County Council, 21815
20 May 2021N/a
Outline permission for development that will consist of a dwellinghouse with attached garage, septic tank and percolation area, access to site via existing laneway and all associated site works
Outline permission · Louth County Council, 21618
9 Apr 2021Conditional
Outline permission sought to construct a dwelling house, garage, vehicular entrance, waste water treatment plant, percolation area and ancillary site works
Outline permission, 1 home · Louth County Council, 21385
12 Nov 2019Conditional
Permission for a warehouse extension together with additional hard stand area, minor alterations to previously approved parking arrangements and all associated site development works
Permission · Louth County Council, 19939
22 Oct 2019N/a
Permission a warehouse extension together with additional hard stand area, minor alterations to previously approved parking arrangements and all associated site development works.
Permission · Louth County Council, 19872
5 Dec 2018Conditional
Permission for a proposed single storey dwelling house, domestic garage, septic tank and percolation area, proposed dwelling to share existing vehicular entrance, at present serving an existing dwelling house, forming a shared vehicular entrance and all associated site development works.
Permission, 2 homes · Louth County Council, 18990
14 Nov 2018Conditional
Permission for development to consist of permission to demolish an existing uninhabitable derelict out-building, erect a single storey and two storey extension to existing single storey dwelling. Modifications to existing dwelling, upgrade existing septic tank to that of a waste water treatment system and percolation area. Construct a new vehicular entrance to site, new boundary treatments and all associated site development works and services.
Permission, 1 home · Louth County Council, 18923
28 Sept 2018Conditional
Permission for a new dellinghouse, septic tank and percolation area and all associated siteworks.*Significant Further Information submitted 04/12/2018*
Permission, 1 home · Louth County Council, 18785
19 Dec 2017Conditional
Permission for development will consist of permission for a dwelling house, waste water treatment system and associated site development works. **SIGNIFICANT FURTHER INFORMATION RECEIVED 30/05/2018**
Permission, 1 home · Louth County Council, 17942
4 Dec 2017Conditional
Permission for alterations to an existing commercial premises including demolition of part of the building and reconstruction on the same footprint that will result in a gross floor area increase of 408.7 sq.m The proposed development will result in an increase in office space of 116.35 sq.m, an increase in the shop floor area of 192.3 sq.m and an increase in the storage area of 100.05 sq.m. The proposed development also includes for new signage, new shop front, upgrading of the on-site waste water treatment syste, revised parking layout and all associated site development works. **SIGNIFICANT FURTHER INFORMATION RECEIVED 15/02/2018 to allow for new signage, new shop front, revised parking layout, revised site boundaries from that granted under PA ref: 07/1989 to allow for upgrading of the on site waste water treatment system and landscaping, and all associated site development works.
Permission · Louth County Council, 17897
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 Mullincross.
Recorded monuments
- LH018-072001 Enclosure
Description
Situated on a fairly level landscape above the valley of the W-E Dee River, with the stream c. 300m to the S. The cropmarks of two circular features are visible on Google Earth (21/07/2021). This feature (int. diam. c. 15m) is defined by a continuous fosse (Wth c. 3-4m). The enclosure (LH018-072002-) is c. 2m to the ESE. This feature is also visible on OSI aerial images (1995) while its neighbour is not but both features can be distinguished on Aerial Premium (2013-18). The features were first reported by Jean Charles Caillére. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 22 October 2021
- LH018-072002 Enclosure
Description
Situated on a fairly level landscape above the valley of the W-E Dee River, with the stream c. 300m to the S. The cropmarks of two circular features are visible on Google Earth (21/07/2021). This feature (int. diam. c. 25m) is defined by a slight fosse (Wth c. 1m). The ring-ditch (LH018-072001-) is c. 2m to the WNW. This enclosure can also be identified on Aerial Premium (2013-18), and the features were first reported by Jean Charles Caillére. See the attached enhanced aerial view from Google Earth (21/07/2021) Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 22 October 2021
- LH018-073 Enclosure
Description
Situated on a gentle E-facing slope. The cropmark of a circular area (int. diam. c. 20m) defined by a single continuous fosse (Wth c. 2-4m) is visible on Google Earth (12/07/2013; 21/07/2021). It was first reported by Jean Charles Caillére. See the attached enhanced aerial view from Google Earth (21/07/2021) Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 21 October 2021
Architectural heritage
No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands in the townland of Mullincross.
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 Mullincross, 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 moderately low, low, partly inferred.
- Terrain model
- No LiDAR survey of the Office of Public Works covers the centre of the townland of Mullincross.
- 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 Mullincross with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Louth.
The townland
- Name
- Mullincross · Muileann Cros
- Area
- 2,046,715 m² (204.67 ha, 505.75 acres)
- Civil parish
- Kilsaran, and its townlands
- Barony
- Ardee
- Electoral division
- Castlebellingham, the unit of the census
- Census 2022
- 1,882 people lived in 704 households in the Castlebellingham electoral division. 72% of households owned their home. 37% of homes were built since 2001. 8% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 1% were holiday homes.
- Neighbouring townlands
- Bolies, Cappoge, Charleville, Drumcar, Greenmount, Williamstown
- Placenames
- Mullincross 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.