Grangeford Old

61 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Grangeford Old, from 117 m² to 282,197 m² (28.22 ha, 69.73 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 26 neighbouring parcels touch it.

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No zone of a development plan covers Grangeford Old 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.

• 12 Nov 2025N/a

  amendments to previously granted permission Pl.No. 22/448 to include changes to house design and position on site. Also retention permission for the construction of a domestic shed currently being used as a habitable dwelling during construction phase and to revert back to domestic shed after completion of construction on site, and all associated site works

  Retention · Carlow County Council, 2560361

• 14 Dec 2023Conditional

  10-year permission. The development will consist of the construction of (i) a Solar PV development comprising photovoltaic panels laid out in arrays over a total development site area of ca. 91.2ha, (ii) the construction of a 38kV substation building ((6.1m (h) x 20.9 (l) and 7.3 (w)) and associated compound area, a transformer unit (ca. 6m x ca. 3.6m) and associated bund, (iii) 352 number Battery Energy Storage System units comprising 22 modules (ca. 21.9m x ca.5.2m) each with 16 number cabinet units within each module and (iv) all ancillary development including 15 number transformer integrated units (ca. 10.5m x ca.2.7m), 12 number inverter units (ca. 6.0m x ca.2.4m), 7 number CCTV cameras mounted on 4m high poles, a 3m high acoustic barrier, with berm and fencing, perimeter security fencing, site access, site egress and all ancillary works and services. The development will have a 40-year operational lifetime. Permission currently exists for a PV development on ca/65.6ha of the site (Planning Permission Ref No. 21/23) that will be superseded by this application if approved

  Permission · Carlow County Council, 2360297

• 11 Dec 2023N/a

  10-year permission. The development will consist of the construction of (i) a Solar PV development comprising photovoltaic panels laid out in arrays over a total development site area of ca. 91.2ha, (ii) the construction of a 38kV substation building ((6.1m (h) x 20.9 (l) and 7.3 (w)) and associated compound area, a transformer unit (ca. 6m x ca. 3.6m) and associated bund, (iii) 352 number Battery Energy Storage System units comprising 22 modules (ca. 21.9m x ca.5.2m) each with 16 number cabinet units within each module and (iv) all ancillary development including 15 number transformer integrated units (ca. 10.5m x ca.2.7m), 12 number inverter units (ca. 6.0m x ca.2.4m), 7 number CCTV cameras mounted on 4m high poles, a 3m high acoustic barrier, with berm and fencing, perimeter security fencing, site access, site egress and all ancillary works and services. The development will have a 40-year operational lifetime. Permission currently exists for a PV development on ca/65.6ha of the site (Planning Permission Ref No. 21/23) that will be superseded by this application if approved

  Permission · Carlow County Council, 2360290

• 4 Oct 2023N/a

  change of use of an existing shed from an agricultural store, to include the storage of treated biosolids for its future use as fertilizer/soil conditioner as part of existing agricultural operations

  Permission · Carlow County Council, 23168

• 30 May 2023Conditional

  a ten-year planning permission for a solar energy development with a total site area of 77 hectares comprising (i) photovoltaic solar panels on steel mounting frames; (ii) electrical inverters; (iii) electrical power stations; (iv) underground electrical and communications cabling; (v) containerised battery energy storage facility; (vi) the upgrade of 2 no. disused site entrances, decommissioning of 2 no. existing site entrances and development of 1 no. new site entrance; (vii) on-site access tracks; (viii) a temporary construction compound; (ix) security fencing and security gates; (x) pole-mounted security cameras; and (xi) all associated site and ancillary site development, landscaping and reinstatement works. The operational lifetime of the proposed development is 35-years. The planning application is accompanied by an Environmental Impact Assessment Screening Report and an Appropriate Assessment Screening Report

  Permission · Carlow County Council, 2392

• 22 Dec 2022Conditional

  No 1. Retention Permission for a mobile home used as a dwelling for a period not exceeding 3 years, No. 2 . Permission for demolition of an existing single storey dwelling in ruins, permission for the construction of a replacement single storey dwelling, connection to services, septic tank, & percolation area and all associated site works

  Retention, 3 homes · Carlow County Council, 22448

• 12 Oct 2022Conditional

  1. retention permission for a domestic shed as constructed, 2. permission for completion of same and all associated site works

  Retention, 1 home · Carlow County Council, 22350

• 22 Sept 2022N/a

  for 1. retention permission for a domestic shed as constructed, 2. permission for completion of same and all associated site works

  Retention · Carlow County Council, 22317

• 11 Mar 2022Refused

  for an unauthorised mobile home used as a dwelling, connection to services and all associated works

  Retention · Carlow County Council, 2292

• 14 Jan 2022N/a

  Retention Permission for an unauthorized mobile home used as a dwelling, connection to services and all associated works

  Retention · Carlow County Council, 225

• 23 Nov 2021N/a

  Retention Permission for an unauthorized mobile home used as a dwelling, connection to services and all associated works

  Retention · Carlow County Council, 21457

• 29 Jan 2021Refused

  10 Year permission for development consisting of the construction of a Solar PV development comprising photovoltaic panels laid out in arrays over a total development site area will be ca. 65.6 ha, the construction of a 38kV substation (ca 114.4m2 x 4.75 tall) a transformer unit (ca. 18m2 x 4m tall) and associated bund (ca. 55m2), along with ancillary development including; 24 no. Power Hubs (ca. 15.25m2 x 2.4m) which incorporate an inverter and a transformer, 1 no. single storey communications building (11.1m2 x 2.5m), 1 no. single storey client side sub-station building (15.25m2 x 2.9m), 1 no. single storey equipment storage building (7.5m2 x 2.7m), 10 no. CCTV cameras mounted on 4m high poles, perimeter security fencing, site access, site egress and all ancillary works. Permission currently exists for a PV development on part of the site (Planning Permission Ref No. 16325). An Natura Impact Statement will accompany the planning application.

  Permission, 1 home · Carlow County Council, 2123

• 24 Jun 2019Refused

  the construction of an agricultural shed for the keeping of horses, use of existing entrance and all associated site works

  Permission · Carlow County Council, 19250

• 22 May 2018N/a

  the construction of a Pig Finishing Unit, Two Meal Bins, Two Water Tanks, Roof Mounted Solar Panels and all associated works

  Permission · Carlow County Council, 18206

• 30 Apr 2018N/a

  Construction of a Pig Finishing Unit, two meal bins, two water tanks, roof mounted solar panels and all associated site works

  Permission · Carlow County Council, 18164

• 19 Feb 2018Refused

  Permission for the construction of a single storey dwelling, use of existing septic tank and percolation area and all associated site works.

  Permission, 1 home · Carlow County Council, 1848

• 3 Feb 2017Conditional

  Permission for the construction of a 4 span Lean-To type Hay Shed and all associated site works

  Permission · Carlow County Council, 1725

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 Grangeford Old.

Recorded monuments

• CW008-020 Burial ground
  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 upload/revision: 17 July 2007 Circular area (D c. 40m) enclosed by fence and planted with trees. No visible trace of any structure. According to local information, burials from Grangeford Old (CW008-022----) were moved here.

• CW008-022 Burial ground
  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 upload/revision: 17 July 2007 Marked 'Site of Graveyard' on 1839 'OS 6-inch' map and shown as rectangular enclosed area. No visible surface trace, but site remembered locally. See also (CW008-020----).

Architectural heritage

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

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 Grangeford Old, 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 low, low, partly inferred.

Terrain model

No LiDAR survey of the Office of Public Works covers the centre of the townland of Grangeford Old.

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

Name

Grangeford Old · An tSeanghráinseach

Area

1,948,253 m² (194.83 ha, 481.42 acres)

Civil parish

Grangeford, and its townlands

Barony

Carlow

Electoral division

Grangeford, the unit of the census

Census 2022

589 people lived in 193 households in the Grangeford electoral division. 69% of households owned their home. 49% of homes were built since 2001. 7% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 0% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Aghwater, Ardnehue, Baunogephlure, Farranaphlure, Friarstown, Grangeford, Moanalow, Moanamanagh, Rathbaun

Placenames

Grangeford Old 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.