Templepeter

23 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Templepeter, from 42 m² to 172,264 m² (17.23 ha, 42.57 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 Templepeter 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.

• 20 May 2022Conditional

  for a 10 year planning permission for a solar farm and associated works, comprising (1) A solar farm which will connect to the national electricity grid on lands with a total area of circa 128 hectares, consisting of solar panels on ground mounted frames, 18 no. single storey electrical inverter/transformer stations, equipment container, underground cabling within the solar farm site and within the N80 and L-3046 public roads to connect solar farm field parcels, security fencing, satellite communications pole, CCTV, access tracks inclusive of 9 no. agricultural bridges (including 1 no. bridge over the river Burrin), temporary construction compounds, landscaping and all associated ancillary development works. (2) minor amendments to a neighbouring solar farm planning permission (Carlow County Council planning reference 20143 & An Bord Pleanala reference: 307891-20) to facilitate future grid connection and additional access tracks for the proposed development. These amendments will comprise of the removal of 1,837 sqm of solar panels, provision of additional access tracks and focused removal of hedgerows to accommodate same, and the laying of 1,788 metres of 33kV underground cabling for the purposes of the future grid connection. (3) Construction and operational access for the solar farm will be via entrances from the L-7111, L-3046 and L-3049. The operational lifespan of the solar farm will be 35 years. A Natura Impact Statement (NIS) has been prepared and will be submitted to the planning authority with the application.

  Permission · Carlow County Council, 22163

• 28 Apr 2022N/a

  for a solar farm which will connect to the national grid on lands with a total area of circa 128 hectares, consisting of solar panels on ground mounted frames, 18 no. single storey electrical inverter/transformer stations, equipment container, underground cabling within the solar farm site and within the N80 and L-3046 public roads to connect solar farm field parcels, security fencing, satellite communications pole. CCTV, access tracks inclusive of 9 no. agricultural bridges (including 1 no. bridge over the rive Buren), temporary construction compounds, landscaping and all associated ancillary development works at Ballintrane, Ballbrommell, Bensinstown, Clonmacshane, Garreenleen, Graiguealug, Tinnaclash and Templpeter, Co. Carlow. As part of the proposal, permission is also sought for minor amendments to Carlow County Council planning reference 20143 (An Bord Pleanala reference: 307891-20) comprising removal of 1837sqm of solar panels, provision of additional access tracks and focused removal of hedgerows to accommodate same, and the laying of 1,788metres of 33kV underground cabling for the purposes of future grid connection. Construction and operational access will be via entrances from the L-7111, L-3046 and L-3049. The operational lifespan of the solar farm will be 35 years. A Natura Impact Statement (NIS) has been prepared and will be submitted to the planning authority with the application.

  Permission · Carlow County Council, 22142

• 2 Oct 2019Conditional

  Permission for the construction of a four-bedroom, single storey residential dwelling, including roof lights; and a detached single storey domestic garage. Other works as part of the development include: EN certified wastewater treatment system and associated EPA compliant soil polishing filter; soakways; bore well; new vehicular entrance; landscaping; boundary treatment; and all associated works to facilitate the development.

  Permission, 2 homes · Carlow County Council, 19392

• 30 Oct 2018Conditional

  for the indefinite retention of a 48m2 extension to the rear of my existing dwelling and indefinite retention of a 23m2 detached single storey home-office

  Retention, 2 homes · Carlow County Council, 18419

• 27 Sept 2018N/a

  for indefinite retention of a 48msq extension to rear of existing dwelling and indefinite retention of a 10msq detached single storey home office

  Retention · Carlow County Council, 18373

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 Templepeter.

Recorded monuments

• CW012-057001 Church
  Description

  The following description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Carlow' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1993). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of revision: 22 December 2009 Within a graveyard (CW012-057004-) a simple rectangular structure (13.2m x 7m) aligned E-W, of uncoursed mortared large granite boulders, now represented by W gable and portions of S wall (mainly rebuilt). Plain octagonal font (CW012-057002-) of fifteenth-century type and grave-slab (CW012-057003-) with cross and circle in nave.

• CW012-057002 Font
  Description

  Plain octagonal font of fifteenth-century type and grave-slab (CW012-057003-) located in nave of church (CW012-057001-). Compiled by: Claire Breen Date of upload: 19 August 2011

• CW012-057003 Graveslab
  Description

  Grave-slab with cross and circle together with font (CW012-057002-) located in nave of church (CW012-057001-). Compiled by: Claire Breen Date of upload: 19 August 2011

• CW012-057004 Graveyard
  Description

  An irregularly shaped graveyard (map dims. c. 42m NE-SW; c. 62m NW-SE) with a church (CW012-057001-) aligned E-W roughly N of centre. A road runs NW-SE along the SW boundary of the graveyard. Compiled by: Jean Farrelly Date of upload: 19 August 2011

Architectural heritage

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

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 Templepeter, 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 the townland of Templepeter.

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 Templepeter with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Carlow.

Name

Templepeter · Teampall Pheadair

Area

689,189 m² (68.92 ha, 170.3 acres)

Civil parish

Templepeter, and its townlands

Barony

Forth

Electoral division

Templepeter, the unit of the census

Census 2022

470 people lived in 160 households in the Templepeter electoral division. 93% 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

Ballymogue, Clonmacshane, Graiguealug, Graiguenaspiddoge, Kilcoole

Placenames

Templepeter 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.