Gorteenorna

37 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Gorteenorna, from 160 m² to 141,892 m² (14.19 ha, 35.06 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 21 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 Gorteenorna 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.

• 11 Dec 2024Refused

  a ten-year permission for development on lands measuring 17.28ha. The proposed development will consist of the following: (i) Demolition of a single-storey derelict shed structure (c. 93 sqm GFA) to facilitate the turbine haul route (ii) Construction of two E175 EP5 wind energy converters, each with an electrical rating of 7MW, an overall ground-to-blade tip height of 199.9 metres, a rotor blade diameter of 175 metres, hub height of 112.4 metres, associated foundations and hard-standing areas; (iii) Construction of an 800m permanent internal site access road which will run from the L50462 to the wind energy converter hardstanding areas including a 9.1m clear span bridge crossing a local stream; (iv) Construction of 1 No. meteorological mast with a height of 32 metres, associated foundation and hardstanding area; (v) Construction of 1 No. 20kV Substation Compound comprising 2 No. Modular Buildings each measuring 13.5 sqm in area and 3.5m in height, a Battery Energy Storage System (BESS) comprising 3 storage modules on reinforced concrete plinths, with a height of 2.8 metres and associated electrical works, foundation and hardstanding area; (vi) Temporary alterations to the L5046 and L50462 public roads and temporary access roads to facilitate the turbine component haul route, including temporary widening of sections of the L5046 and L50462. (vii) Installation of underground collector circuit and communications cabling in underground cable trenches, from the proposed wind energy converter to the proposed on-site substation; (viii) All associated and ancillary site development, excavation, construction, and reinstatement works, including the provision of a temporary construction compound, site drainage, spoil management, fencing, lighting, hedge and tree trimming and cutting and operational maintenance; (ix) This application is seeking a 35- year operational life from the date of commissioning of the entire wind farm. An Environmental Impact Assessment Report (EIAR) has been prepared in respect of the proposed development

  Permission · Longford County Council, 2460300

• 5 Sept 2024Conditional

  dormer type dwelling, detached garage, formation of new entrance, wastewater treatment system, polishing filter area and all ancillary site works

  Permission, 1 home · Longford County Council, 2460197

• 26 Oct 2023N/a

  (i) retention of existing stoned yard as constructed. (ii) retention of an existing gated entrance onto public road as constructed. (iii) retention of existing boundary fence as constructed. (iv) proposed landscaping along the existing boundary of the above mentioned yard & the adjacent public road and all ancillary works

  Permission · Longford County Council, 2360188

• 11 Jul 2022Conditional

  of 17/236 - the proposed construction of a dormer type dwelling house with attached Sun Lounge, Detached Garage, Entrance, Boundary Fence/Wall, Proprietary Wastewater Treatment System with Percolation Area and all ancillary works

  Extension of duration · Longford County Council, 22167

• 22 Dec 2021N/a

  for (i) the retention of existing stoned yard as constructed (ii) retention of an existing gated entrance onto public road as constructed (iii) retention of existing boundary fence as constructed (iv) proposed landscaping along the existing boundary of the above mentioned yard and the adjacent public road and all ancillary works

  Permission · Longford County Council, 21364

• 1 Apr 2021Conditional

  proposed two storey dwelling, detached garage, formation of new entrance, wastewater treatment system, polishing filter area and all ancillary site works

  Permission, 1 home · Longford County Council, 2188

• 2 Feb 2021Refused

  storey and half type dwelling, detached garage, formation of new entrance, wastewater treatment system, polishing filter area and all ancillary site works

  Permission, 1 home · Longford County Council, 2122

• 12 Mar 2018Conditional

  to construct a two-storey extension to the rear of existing two-storey dwelling and to carry out ancillary site works

  Permission · Longford County Council, 1849

• 12 Sept 2017Conditional

  the proposed construction of a dormer type dwelling house with attached Sun Lounge, Detached Garage, Entrance, Boundary Fence/Wall, Proprietary Wastewater Treatment System with Percolation Area and all ancillary works

  Permission · Longford County Council, 17236

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 Gorteenorna.

Recorded monuments

No recorded monument lies in the townland of Gorteenorna.

Architectural heritage

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

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 Gorteenorna, 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

LiDAR of the Office of Public Works, flown in 2011, at 2 m: tile OPW_1732 (ZIP).

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 Gorteenorna with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Longford.

Name

Gorteenorna · Goirtín Eorna

Area

1,117,414 m² (111.74 ha, 276.12 acres)

Civil parish

Clongesh, and its townlands

Barony

Longford

Electoral division

Caldragh, the unit of the census

Census 2022

2,690 people lived in 937 households in the Caldragh electoral division. 73% of households owned their home. 55% of homes were built since 2001. 7% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 1% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Carrowbeg, Creenagh, Derryharrow, Drumure, Garrowhill, Kiltybegs, Knockloughlin

Placenames

Gorteenorna 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.