Chapelhill
Chapelhill is a townland in the civil parish of Bordwell, barony of Clarmallagh, Co. Laois. Its name in Irish is Cnoc an tSéipéil.
Parcel 5961312
- Area
- 1,482 m²
- Buildings
- No building touches it.
- Zoning
- R1 Residential 2 (Laois County Development Plan 2021–2027 including Ministerial Direction (as varied) by Variation No. 1, No. 2 and No. 3) The objective
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
- Chapelhill
Planning applications on this parcel
23 Apr 2021Conditional
construct a two storey dwellinghouse, domestic garage and all necessary and ancillary site works on a services site
Permission, 2 homes · Laois County Council, 21254
16 Apr 2021Conditional
to construct a two storey dwelling house, domestic garage and all necessary and ancillary site works on a serviced site
Permission, 2 homes · Laois County Council, 21229
14 Jan 2021Conditional
alter boundaries of site which was previously granted planning with 20/226 and all associated site works
Permission, 2 homes · Laois County Council, 2110
14 May 2020Conditional
construct a dormer dwelling house with incorporated garage and all necessary and ancillary site works on a serviced site
Permission, 2 homes · Laois County Council, 20226
10 Mar 2020N/a
construct a split level community recreational building comprising a main hall space with bleacher seating, meeting rooms, service spaces and associated site works
Permission · Laois County Council, 20131
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
- 50.4 ha
- 124 acres
- Land parcels
- 49
- registered freehold, median 922 m²
- Zoning
- R2
- Residential 1 - Existing Residential
- Planning
- 18
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
49 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Chapelhill, from 5 m² to 106,545 m² (10.65 ha, 26.33 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 20 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
- R2Residential 1 - Existing Residential (Existing residential)
Laois County Development Plan 2021–2027 including Ministerial Direction (as varied) by Variation No. 1, No. 2 and No. 3, Laois · 26 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 · 7 parcels The zoning objective in the plan - R1Residential 2 (New/proposed residential)
Laois County Development Plan 2021–2027 including Ministerial Direction (as varied) by Variation No. 1, No. 2 and No. 3, Laois · 1 parcels The zoning objective in the plan - M2Village Centre (City/Town/village Centre, central area)
Laois County Development Plan 2021–2027 including Ministerial Direction (as varied) by Variation No. 1, No. 2 and No. 3, Laois · 1 parcels The zoning objective in the plan - G4Open Space/Amenity (Active open space)
Laois County Development Plan 2021–2027 including Ministerial Direction (as varied) by Variation No. 1, No. 2 and No. 3, Laois · 0 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
11 Jun 2026Conditional
develop an extension to the existing graveyard area, a pedestrian opening in the existing boundary wall to access the proposed graveyard area from the existing graveyard area and associated site works
Permission · Laois County Council, 2660364
9 Jun 2026N/a
develop an extension to the existing graveyard area, a pedestrian opening in the existing boundary wall to access the proposed graveyard area from the existing graveyard area and associated site works
Permission · Laois County Council, 2660355
4 Oct 2024Conditional
erect a two storey dwelling, a garage, a septic tank and percolation area, a site entrance and associated site works
Outline permission, 2 homes · Laois County Council, 2460581
16 May 2023Conditional
construct dressing rooms, ball wall with all weather surface and lighting, dugouts, scoreboard, signage, car park lighting, waster water treatment system and associated site works
Permission · Laois County Council, 2360169
15 May 2023N/a
construct dressing rooms, ball wall with all weather surface and lighting, dugouts, scoreboard, signage, car park lighting, waster water treatment system and associated site works
Permission · Laois County Council, 2360167
11 Apr 2023Conditional
construct a single storey community recreational building, comprising a main multi-purpose hall space, meeting rooms, kitchen, tea room, service spaces, waste water treatment system and associated site works.
Permission · Laois County Council, 2360138
28 Mar 2023Conditional
construct a single storey dwelling house, domestic garage and all necessary and ancillary site works on a serviced site
Permission, 2 homes · Laois County Council, 23104
17 Jun 2022N/a
retain shed and all associated site works
Retention · Laois County Council, 22373
17 Jun 2022Conditional
retain 2 No. agricultural sheds and all associated site works
Retention · Laois County Council, 22374
29 Oct 2021Conditional
construct a new dwelling house, connection to foul sewer, new site entrance and all associated site works
Permission, 2 homes · Laois County Council, 21737
23 Apr 2021Conditional
construct a two storey dwellinghouse, domestic garage and all necessary and ancillary site works on a services site
Permission, 2 homes · Laois County Council, 21254
16 Apr 2021Conditional
to construct a two storey dwelling house, domestic garage and all necessary and ancillary site works on a serviced site
Permission, 2 homes · Laois County Council, 21229
14 Jan 2021Conditional
alter boundaries of site which was previously granted planning with 20/226 and all associated site works
Permission, 2 homes · Laois County Council, 2110
11 Dec 2020Conditional
construct a full size GAA pitch, juvenile GAA pitch, new entrance, access road and parking area
Permission · Laois County Council, 20662
9 Dec 2020N/a
construct a full size GAA pitch, juvenile GAA pitch, new entrance, access road and car parking area
Permission · Laois County Council, 20654
14 May 2020Conditional
construct a dormer dwelling house with incorporated garage and all necessary and ancillary site works on a serviced site
Permission, 2 homes · Laois County Council, 20226
11 Mar 2020Refused
construct a split level, community recreational building, comprising a main hall space with bleacher seating, meeting rooms, related service spaces, car parking, and associates site works
Permission · Laois County Council, 20132
10 Mar 2020N/a
construct a split level community recreational building comprising a main hall space with bleacher seating, meeting rooms, service spaces and associated site works
Permission · Laois County Council, 20131
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 Chapelhill.
Recorded monuments
No recorded monument lies in the townland of Chapelhill.
Architectural heritage
No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands in the townland of Chapelhill.
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 Chapelhill, 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 Chapelhill.
- 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 Chapelhill with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Laois.
The townland
- Name
- Chapelhill · Cnoc an tSéipéil
- Area
- 503,533 m² (50.35 ha, 124.43 acres)
- Civil parish
- Bordwell, and its townlands
- Barony
- Clarmallagh
- Electoral division
- Cuffsborough, the unit of the census
- Census 2022
- 360 people lived in 119 households in the Cuffsborough electoral division. 90% of households owned their home. 44% of homes were built since 2001. 2% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 1% were holiday homes.
- Neighbouring townlands
- Ballygowdan, Ballyhinode, Bordwell Little, Court, Garryniska, Rahandrick Lower, Shanvaghey, Tinnaragh
- Placenames
- Chapelhill 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.