Farranyoogan

83 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Farranyoogan, from 6 m² to 316,889 m² (31.69 ha, 78.31 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 55 neighbouring parcels touch it.

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• C6Industrial/Commercial/Warehousing (Mixed/general commercial/industrial/enterprise uses)
  LONGFORD COUNTY DEVELOPMENT PLAN 2021-2027, Longford · 47 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• R2Residential (Existing residential)
  LONGFORD COUNTY DEVELOPMENT PLAN 2021-2027, Longford · 21 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• G5Recreation/Amenity/Green Space (Mixed/general 'green'/recreation/conservation, other)
  LONGFORD COUNTY DEVELOPMENT PLAN 2021-2027, Longford · 13 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• S2Social/Community/Education/Public Utility (Health and related)
  LONGFORD COUNTY DEVELOPMENT PLAN 2021-2027, Longford · 9 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• C1.1Industrial/Commercial/Warehousing (Commercial, retail)
  LONGFORD COUNTY DEVELOPMENT PLAN 2021-2027, Longford · 8 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• S6Social/Community/Education/Public Utility (Other community services/facilities uses)
  LONGFORD COUNTY DEVELOPMENT PLAN 2021-2027, Longford · 4 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• C2.1Industrial/Commercial/Warehousing (Industrial, enterprise, employment)
  LONGFORD COUNTY DEVELOPMENT PLAN 2021-2027, Longford · 1 parcels The zoning objective in the plan

Source: Tailte Éireann and the Department of Housing (MyPlan), national zoning, CC BY 4.0.

• 2 Jul 2026N/a

  skills area, ball wall and all ancillary site works

  Permission · Longford County Council, 2660209

• 5 Mar 2024Conditional

  change of use from industrial/warehouse granted under P04/946 to retail, retail warehouse. The construction of an ancillary garden centre. The establishment of a rear yard area incorporating 3 no. meal silos and 3 M racking. The establishment of the rear yard will necessitate the reduction of the rear yard area to the current tool hire business premises. The provision of associated parking. The provision of ancillary site works and services throughout the proposed development

  Permission · Longford County Council, 2410

• 20 Oct 2023Refused

  proposed change of use of part of the ground floor level of an existing GP medical practice into a pharmacy together with associated signage, proposed alterations to existing front façade and all ancillary site works

  Permission · Longford County Council, 2360175

• 9 Aug 2023Conditional

  proposed construction of 2 no. storage/warehousing units which will both be accessed from the existing onsite access road, car parking, boundary fences/walls, proposed onsite wastewater treatment system with polishing filter and all ancillary works

  Permission · Longford County Council, 2360101

• 19 Jan 2023Conditional

  proposed new Tool and Plant hire building with relevant storage, office, access road, parking and hard surface area with equipment service and wash area, boundary treatments, ancillary drainage connections and all ancillary site works

  Permission · Longford County Council, 238

• 8 Sept 2022Conditional

  change of use from emergency covid hub to medical consulting offices

  Permission · Longford County Council, 22212

• 7 Jan 2021Conditional

  the construction of ancillary trade counters (for the sale of building related products principally to trade) within the permitted warehouse unit. The unit has permission as a warehouse by virtue of the permission granted under PA Ref: 04/946. Minor external works include: (a) west elevation: new ramp and railing to front door; (b) north elevation: replacement doors and security bollards; (c) east elevation: mechanical plant; new barrier across shuttered loading doors and replacement doors. Marking out of car parking spaces and one van space for loading; and all other ancillary works required to complete the development

  Permission · Longford County Council, 213

• 2 Jul 2020Conditional

  new storage building to the side of existing hire centre to include all relevant drainage and site works, proposed new illuminated sign to front and all ancillary site works

  Permission · Longford County Council, 20139

• 29 Apr 2020Conditional

  the development of new signage and ancillary built facilities at the Primary Care Centre, Ballyminion/Faranyoogan, Longford, Co. Longford. The development comprises the erection of a freestanding double sided totem sign (9.72 sqm surface area) on entrance to the Primary Care Centre, a free standing single sided monolith sign (2.295 sqm surface area) on entrance to the GP Surgery building, the erection of a new occupational health equipment store building with a total floor area of 42.1 sqm and a maximum height of 2.7 metres, and 15.57 sqm extension to the existing waste/refuse storage facility with a maximum height of 2.7 metres - Covid 19(b)

  Permission · Longford County Council, 20100

• 12 Jun 2019Conditional

  of a mezzanine floor for ancillary plant, storage and staff welfare facilities totalling a floor area of 236 sqm within the existing permitted GP Surgery of 579 sqm and retention of an associated window opening on the northern elevation of the building at first floor level

  Retention · Longford County Council, 19157

• 30 May 2019Conditional

  permission for change of use of GRD floor retail area to use as sports facility to include changes to existing floor layouts, changes to relevant elevations and access, signage and all associated site development works

  Permission · Longford County Council, 19142

• 4 Feb 2019Conditional

  communications infrastructure comprising of a 24 metre monopole structure, associated equipment and cabinets, fencing, access through existing access and permission for track

  Permission · Longford County Council, 1925

• 7 Sept 2018Conditional

  do sheomra réamhdhéanta aonstór le seomra ranga, pasáiste agus leithreas agus na hoibrithe a ghabhann leo don taobh thiar

  Retention · Longford County Council, 18188

• 1 Mar 2017Conditional

  proposed alterations to the previously permitted seven bay double slatted shed granted full planning permission under PL14/72, whereby it is not now proposed to demolish the existing lean-to dry storage shed and whereby it is now proposed to construct a ten bay single slatted shed with underground effluent storage tank at a new location than what was originally granted full planning permission and all ancillary works

  Permission · Longford County Council, 1765

• 23 Feb 2017Conditional

  the proposed construction of a hurling training wall and all ancillary site works

  Permission · Longford County Council, 1755

• 15 Feb 2017N/a

  proposed alterations to the previously permitted seven bay double slatted shed granted full planning permission under PL14/72, whereby it is not now proposed to demolish the existing lean-to dry storage shed and whereby it is now proposed to construct a ten bay single slatted shed with underground effluent storage tank at a new location than what was originally granted full planning permission and all ancillary works

  Permission · Longford County Council, 1739

Source: National Planning Applications, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, CC BY 4.0. Applicants are not shown.

Designated sites

• Proposed Natural Heritage Area: Royal Canal 002103

Recorded monuments

• LF013-033 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  On a NW-facing slope in pasture. A slightly raised circular area (diam. 38.2m) enclosed by a much-denuded, wide, low bank of earth and stone (Wth 4.9m; H 0.2-0.6m). It has been destroyed from NNE-E-ESE due to the construction of modern field boundaries and sheds. From W-NW-N it has been levelled but its outline is still identifiable. There is no trace of a fosse and the original entrance is not recognisable. Compiled by: Patrick F. O'Donovan Date of upload: 26 August 2011

Architectural heritage

• Farranyoogan Bridge, bridge, 1825–1830 · Regional interest
  Description

  Single-arch humpbacked canal accommodation bridge carrying road over Royal Canal (Longford Branch), built c. 1829. Round/elliptical-headed arch with dressed ashlar limestone voussoirs and dressed ashlar limestone masonry to barrel. Dressed ashlar limestone spandrel walls with cut limestone string course at road/deck level. Dressed ashlar limestone parapets with curving ends terminated in dressed ashlar limestone piers (on square-plan). Dressed limestone coping over parapet walls. Rubble stone construction to inner faces of parapet walls. Towpath to south bank of canal. Dressed limestone retaining walls to canal banks (east and west). Located to the southwest of Longford Town.

• House, 1860–1900 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached three-bay two-storey house, built c. 1880, with projecting single-bay gable-fronted porch to the centre of the front elevation (northeast) and lean-to extension to rear (southwest). Hipped natural slate roof with a central pair of rendered chimneystacks and cast-iron rainwater goods. Cement rendered walls. Square-headed window openings with one-over-one pane timber sliding sash windows and tooled limestone sills. Square-headed door opening to front face of porch with timber battened door and plain overlight. Cut stone plinth blocks to doorway. Farmyard to rear, c. 1830 and c. 1880, comprising multiple-bay single-storey outbuildings with pitched natural slate and corrugated-metal roofs, rubble stone walls, and square-headed openings with timber fittings. Set back from road in own grounds. Main entrance to the south comprising a pair of rendered gate piers (on square-plan), gates now missing. Wrought-iron gates and rendered boundary walls to site. Located to the south of Longford Town.

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 Farranyoogan, 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.

Terrain model

LiDAR of the Office of Public Works, flown in 2011, at 2 m: tile OPW_1716 (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 Farranyoogan with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Longford.

Name

Farranyoogan · Fearann Uí Dhúgáin

Area

805,218 m² (80.52 ha, 198.97 acres)

Civil parish

Ballymacormick, and its townlands

Barony

Ardagh

Electoral division

Longford Rural, the unit of the census

Census 2022

5,685 people lived in 1,964 households in the Longford Rural electoral division. 51% of households owned their home. 37% of homes were built since 2001. 11% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 0% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Aghafad, Ballyminion, Cartronageeragh, Glebe, Mullaghavorneen, Townparks

Placenames

Farranyoogan 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.