# Commons, Co. Tipperary: townland, land parcels and planning Townland in the civil parish of Ardfinnan, barony of Iffa and Offa West, Co. Tipperary; in Irish An Coimín. - Area (Tailte Éireann): 69,757 m² (6.98 ha, 17.24 acres) - Land parcels (Tailte Éireann): 7 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in it, median 1,764 m² - Zoning (national zoning, MyPlan): G1 Amenity, the zone with the most parcels - Planning (National Planning Applications): 10 applications since 2010 - Civil parish: Ardfinnan, https://everytownland.com/tipperary/parish/ardfinnan.md - Barony: Iffa and Offa West - Electoral division: Ardfinnan, the unit of the census - Census 2022 (Central Statistics Office): Ardfinnan electoral division: 1,178 people in 453 households; 81% of households own their home; 31% of homes were built since 2001; 7% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 2% were holiday homes. - County: Co. Tipperary, https://everytownland.com/tipperary.md - Placenames Database of Ireland: https://www.logainm.ie/en/47918 - Townland number at Tailte Éireann: 210944 - Centre: latitude 52.309399, longitude -7.881618 (WGS 84) ## Land parcels (registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann) 7 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Commons, from 512 m² to 6,729 m² (0.67 ha, 1.66 acres); 9 neighbouring parcels touch its boundary. Largest first: - Parcel 542436: 6,729 m² (0.67 ha, 1.66 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/542436.md - Parcel 527085: 4,680 m² (0.47 ha, 1.16 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/527085.md - Parcel 5562428: 2,191 m² (0.22 ha, 0.54 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5562428.md - Parcel 5562452: 1,764 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/5562452.md - Parcel 587684: 1,720 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/587684.md - Parcel 4314926: 669 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/4314926.md - Parcel 5148237: 512 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/5148237.md ## Zoning (national zoning of development plans, MyPlan) - G1 Amenity (Open space, park): Tipperary County Development Plan 2022_2028 Settlement Plans, Tipperary; 6 parcels. The zoning objective in the plan: https://www.tipperarycoco.ie/planning-and-building/development-plan-consultation/tipperary-county-development-plan-2022-2028 - R2 Existing Residential (Existing residential): Tipperary County Development Plan 2022_2028 Settlement Plans, Tipperary; 4 parcels. The zoning objective in the plan: https://www.tipperarycoco.ie/planning-and-building/development-plan-consultation/tipperary-county-development-plan-2022-2028 - S5 Social and Public (Mixed/general community services/facilities uses): Tipperary County Development Plan 2022_2028 Settlement Plans, Tipperary; 2 parcels. The zoning objective in the plan: https://www.tipperarycoco.ie/planning-and-building/development-plan-consultation/tipperary-county-development-plan-2022-2028 - M2 Town / Village Centre (City/Town/village Centre, central area): Tipperary County Development Plan 2022_2028 Settlement Plans, Tipperary; 2 parcels. The zoning objective in the plan: https://www.tipperarycoco.ie/planning-and-building/development-plan-consultation/tipperary-county-development-plan-2022-2028 ## Planning applications whose site touches the townland (National Planning Applications, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage) 10 applications, newest first. - 20 Oct 2025, Tipperary County Council 2561052: Conditional. Permission. a single storey extension to existing school building including removal of existing prefabricated buildings, demolition of existing corridor and toilets at the rear of the building and including all ancillary associated site works. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/TipperaryCC/AppFileRefDetails/2561052/0 - 18 Aug 2025, Tipperary County Council 2560807: N/a. Permission. a single storey extension to existing school building including removal of existing prefabricated buildings, demolition of existing corridor and toilets at the rear of the building and including all ancillary associated site works. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/TipperaryCC/AppFileRefDetails/2560807/0 - 9 Jun 2025, Tipperary County Council 2560523: N/a. Permission. a single storey extension to rear of existing warehouse, provision of additional yard area and associated boundaries to rear, and all ancillary works. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/TipperaryCC/AppFileRefDetails/2560523/0 - 18 Apr 2025, Tipperary County Council 2560332: N/a. Permission. a single storey extension to existing school building including removal of existing prefabricated buildings, demolition of existing corridor and toilets at the rear of the building and including all ancillary associated site works. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/TipperaryCC/AppFileRefDetails/2560332/0 - 1 Dec 2023, Tipperary County Council 2360958: Conditional. Permission. The development will consist of works to protect and stabilise the banks of the existing by-pass channel of the River Suir, and will comprise: (1) construction of rock armour along a linear stretch of 2.5m on both the eastern and western banks of the channel, adjacent to the abutments of the existing footbridge; (2) construction of rock armour along a linear stretch of 30m on the eastern bank of the channel (to the rear of the existing tennis courts); (3) construction of rock armour along a linear stretch of 30m on the western bank of the channel (immediately before the channel meets the River Suir); and, (4) all ancillary and temporary works including the provision of temporary accessways. A Natura Impact Statement (NIS) will be submitted with this Planning Application.. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/TipperaryCC/AppFileRefDetails/2360958/0 - 23 Jul 2023, Tipperary County Council 2360543: N/a. Permission. a) the change of use of existing commercial premises (hair dressers) to domestic use (dwelling) and b) associated site works. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/TipperaryCC/AppFileRefDetails/2360543/0 - 14 Jun 2022, Tipperary County Council 22412: N/a. Permission. bank protection and stabilisation works on both sides of the bypass channel of the River Suir from the footbridge at the Commons/the Green to the confluence with the main channel. A Natura Impact Statement (NIS) will be submitted with this planning application. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/TipperaryCC/AppFileRefDetails/22412/0 - 9 Dec 2021, Tipperary County Council 211785: N/a. Permission. bank protection and stabilisation works on both sides of the bypass channel of the River Suir from the footbridge at the Commons/the Green to the confluence with the main channel. A Natura Impact Statement (NIS) will be submitted with this planning application. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/TipperaryCC/AppFileRefDetails/211785/0 - 17 Aug 2018, Tipperary County Council 18601026: Conditional. Permission. demolition of former creamery building and construction of new playground, including associated site boundary and site development works. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/TipperaryCC/AppFileRefDetails/18601026/0 - 30 Jan 2017, Tipperary County Council 17600060: Conditional. Permission. the development will consist of (a) construction of a free-standing single-storey extension comprising a mainstream classroom with ancillary facilities and covered walkway to the rear (south) of the existing building (b) return existing Resource Room prefab to location previously approved under planning ref 12/325 (c) associated site development works. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/TipperaryCC/AppFileRefDetails/17600060/0 Applicants are not shown. ## Designated sites (National Parks and Wildlife Service) - Special Area of Conservation: Lower River Suir SAC, site code 002137, https://www.npws.ie/protected-sites/sac/002137 ## Recorded monuments (Sites and Monuments Record, National Monuments Service) - TS088-001002: Bridge, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CTS088-001002-. Crossing the River Suir at Ardinnan in a N-S direction. The earliest record of a bridge in Ardfinnan occurs in 1311 when Edward II made a pontage grant to the reeve and men of the village (Chartae priv.imm. 44). In 1399, the Earl of Desmond was drowned here (O'Flanagan 1930, vol.1, 28; Power 1908, 13). The 'Bridge of Ardfynane' is also mentioned in the Civil Survey of 1654-6 (Simington 1931, vol.1, 260). It appears that this point on the Suir was a fording point even before the bridge was built, as is reflected in it's name 'Ath-Arda-Fionain (the Ford of Ardfinnan)' (O'Flanagan 1930, vol.2, 28). The bridge (Wth 6.45m) with a parapet (H 1.15m; T 0.45) consists of nine spans, with three overflows, and eight triangular cut-waters on its E face. It is largely constructed of randomly coursed limestone rubble with cut-stone voussoirs employed around the semi-circular arch-rings of each span. The arch soffits are rendered with concrete. The parapet is capped with large flat roughly cut capstones except at the SE end where they have been replaced with concrete. There are a number of drainage holes placed at regular intervals in the parapet walls. Compiled by: Jean Farrelly Date of upload: 26 August 2011 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). ## Architectural heritage (National Inventory of Architectural Heritage) - Catholic Church of the Holy Family, presbytery/parochial/curate's house, 1880–1920, Regional interest, registry number 22126005, https://www.buildingsofireland.ie/niah/search.jsp?type=record&county=TS®no=22126005. Pair of semi-detached two-bay two-storey presbyteries, built c.1900, with box-bay windows to front with hipped roofs, and slightly recessed single-bay single-storey additions to end elevations, with hipped roofs and moulded eaves courses. Hipped artificial slate roofs, rendered chimneystacks, and moulded red and yellow brick eaves course. Painted rendered walls with red brick quoins, plat-bands at impost and sill levels, cross in circle motif to centre of combined elevation, and rendered plinth. Pseudo-four-centred openings to front and end elevations, paired to end elevations, with red brick voussoirs, having replacement aluminium windows, paired to bay windows, with rendered sills. Square-headed windows to rear elevation, with painted sills. Replacement aluminium doors with red brick surrounds. Rubble limestone piers and walls to site boundary, concrete block wall dividing front gardens, all with flat concrete capping and recent metal gates. - Catholic Church of the Holy Family, church/chapel, 1960–1965, Regional interest, registry number 22126006, https://www.buildingsofireland.ie/niah/search.jsp?type=record&county=TS®no=22126006. Freestanding gable-fronted Catholic church, built 1964, with altar at south end in slightly narrower one-bay chancel, and having seven-bay nave elevations, flat-roofed sacristy to southwest corner, flat-roofed single-storey boiler-room and family room block to southeast corner, five-stage bell-tower slightly recessed to northwest corner, and flat-roofed confessional projections to east and west elevations of nave. Pitched tiled roof, render eaves course, render chimneystack to boiler room, and pyramidal tiled roof to tower, with metal cross finials to tower and gable-front. Pebble-dashed walls with concrete quoins to all corners, and plinth. Double-height round-headed blind recess to gable-front, with decorative render to eaves, concrete block walls, quoins, archivolt and keystone. Round-headed windows throughout, with concrete surrounds and sills, those of gable-front, nave and chancel having block-and-start surrounds with raised keystones and having stained and coloured glass. Arrangement of three round-headed window openings to recess of gable-front, flanking each side of recess, and to side walls of chancel. Groups of round-headed windows to flat-roof blocks and to top stage of tower. Square-headed door openings to gable-front, with timber panelled doors and over-lights, approached by flight of steps to gable-front. Flat coffered ceiling to interior, marble altar furniture, rendered balcony at entrance end, and decorative render throughout nave and chancel. Concrete piers and plinth with steel railings to site boundary. Stone and render monument of 1875 to site. ## Ground and risks (Radon Risk Map of Ireland, EPA; Landslide Susceptibility Classification and LiDAR, Geological Survey Ireland) - Radon: About 1 in 5 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels. Testing a home: https://www.epa.ie/environment-and-you/radon/radon-testing/#d.en.82887 - Landslides: Susceptibility moderately high, moderately low, low, low (inferred), on the 1:50,000 map. - Terrain model: no LiDAR survey of the Office of Public Works covers the centre of the townland of Commons. - Flooding: the flood maps of the Office of Public Works, https://www.floodinfo.ie/map/floodmaps/, linked only: their licence does not allow re-use. 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. ## Downloads - DXF, in Irish Transverse Mercator metres, with its boundary, parcels and buildings, for a drawing program: https://everytownland.com/tipperary/commons-210944.dxf - GeoJSON, in WGS 84, for a map: https://everytownland.com/tipperary/commons-210944.geojson - KML, for Google Earth: https://everytownland.com/tipperary/commons-210944.kml ## Homes sold (Residential Property Price Register) No address of the register names Commons with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Tipperary: https://everytownland.com/tipperary.md ## Neighbouring townlands (National Statutory Boundaries, Tailte Éireann) - Ardfinnan: https://everytownland.com/tipperary/ardfinnan.md - Farraneshagh: https://everytownland.com/tipperary/farraneshagh.md - Gortnalower: https://everytownland.com/tipperary/gortnalower.md - Kilballygorman: https://everytownland.com/tipperary/kilballygorman.md - Magherareagh: https://everytownland.com/tipperary/magherareagh-212391.md - Monroe East: https://everytownland.com/tipperary/monroe-east.md 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. --- Everytownland reads the registered freehold land and the statutory boundaries of Tailte Éireann, the national zoning, planning file and heritage records of the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, and the Residential Property Price Register. 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; this site names no owner. A price is the price recorded for a past sale, not a valuation. Sources: Cadastral Parcels Freehold, Townlands, Civil Parishes, Baronies, Electoral Divisions and Buildings, Tailte Éireann, CC BY 4.0; national zoning of development plans (GZT, MyPlan) and National Planning Applications, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, CC BY 4.0, applicants not shown; designated sites, National Parks and Wildlife Service, CC BY 4.0; Sites and Monuments Record, National Monuments Service, CC BY 4.0; National Inventory of Architectural Heritage, CC BY 4.0; Residential Property Price Register, Property Services Regulatory Authority, re-used with the source acknowledged. - Page: https://everytownland.com/tipperary/commons-210944 - In JSON: https://everytownland.com/api/townland/tipperary/commons-210944