Fawnlough
Townland in the civil parish of Nenagh, barony of Ormond Upper, Co. Tipperary; in Irish Fánlach
- Area
- 154.2 ha
- 381 acres
- Land parcels
- 30
- registered freehold, median 12,206 m² (1.22 ha, 3.02 acres)
- Zoning
- R2
- Existing Residential
- Planning
- 9
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
30 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Fawnlough, from 209 m² to 195,657 m² (19.57 ha, 48.35 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 38 neighbouring parcels touch it.
Download the townland: DXF, in Irish Transverse Mercator metres, with its boundary, parcels and buildings; GeoJSON or KML.
Zoning
Development plans, national zoning
- R2Existing Residential (Existing residential)
Nenagh Local Area Plan 2024-2030, Tipperary · 2 parcels The zoning objective in the plan - P5Town Environs (Mixed/general primary sector uses, including 'rural')
Nenagh Local Area Plan 2024-2030, Tipperary · 1 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
Source: Tailte Éireann and the Department of Housing (MyPlan), national zoning, CC BY 4.0.
Planning applications
Sites that touch the townland, newest first
10 Jul 2025Conditional
the change of dwelling design from that previously granted under planning ref 2360853 and 2460960 consisting of an extension of the first floor layout and all associated site works
Permission · Tipperary County Council, 2560663
27 Jun 2025N/a
change of dwelling design from that previously granted under planning ref 2360853 and 2460960 consisting of an extension of the first floor layout and all associated site work
Permission · Tipperary County Council, 2560617
19 Dec 2024Conditional
the construction of a vehicular entrance, dwelling house, domestic garage, septic tank and percolation area together with all associated site works
Permission, 1 home · Tipperary County Council, 2461114
9 Nov 2024Conditional
design changes to existing planning permission ref:2360853 for a) alterations to existing single storey detached dwelling, b) new 1.5 storey/single storey extensions to side South & rear West elevation of existing dwelling, c) replacement of existing septic tank and percolation area with new septic tank and percolation area, d) relocation of existing domestic and agricultural entrances and e) all associated site works/services
Permission · Tipperary County Council, 2460960
7 Feb 2024Conditional
a 10-year planning permission to construct and complete a solar PV Energy Development with a total site area of c. 88.5 hectares comprising of solar PV ground mounted on support structures, inverter substations, 38kV substation, watercourse crossings, temporary construction compounds, internal access tracks (new, upgrading existing and existing), security fencing, electrical cabling and ducting, CCTV and other ancillary infrastructure. The development also comprises a protected structure ‘S694 – Stone piers and cast iron gates with carriage stone’. This structure is at the entrance to the former Debsborough House and no works are required to the structure. Realignment of 35m of wall, re-location of a telegraph pole and vegetation trimming are required to achieve the northern visibility splay. The solar farm would be operational for 40 years
Permission · Tipperary County Council, 2460074
25 Oct 2023Conditional
a) Alterations to Existing single storey detached dwelling. b) New 1.5 storey/single storey extensions to side South & rear West Elevation of existing dwelling. c) Replacement of existing septic tank and percolation area with new Septic Tank & percolation Area. d) Relocation of existing domestic and agricultural entrances. e) All associated site works/services
Permission · Tipperary County Council, 2360853
19 Oct 2023N/a
a) alterations/extensions to existing single detached dwelling, b) new 1.5 storey/single extensions to side (south) & rear (west) elevation of existing dwelling, c) replacement of existing septic tank and percolation area with new treatment system & percolation area, d) relocation of existing entrances to site/lands, e) all associated site works/services
Permission · Tipperary County Council, 2360831
17 Jan 2020Conditional
a new dwelling, garage, store, site entrance, driveway, sewerage treatment system and all associated site works
Permission, 1 home · Tipperary County Council, 2028
30 Oct 2018Conditional
(a) demolition of existing single storey glasshouse to rear of existing dwelling, (b) alterations to existing dwelling, including new single storey extension to rear to increase existing bedroom, (c) new treatment system, percolation area to replace existing, (d) all associated site works and services
Permission · Tipperary County Council, 18601299
Source: National Planning Applications, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, CC BY 4.0. Applicants are not shown.
Nature and heritage
Designated sites and recorded monuments
Designated sites
No designated site (Special Area of Conservation, Special Protection Area, Natural Heritage Area or proposed one) touches the townland of Fawnlough.
Recorded monuments
No recorded monument lies in the townland of Fawnlough.
Architectural heritage
No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands in the townland of Fawnlough.
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).
Ground and risks
Radon, landslides, flooding
- Radon
- About 1 in 10 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels. Testing a home
- Landslides
- Susceptibility moderately low, low, low (inferred), on the 1:50,000 map; parts are made ground.
- Terrain model
- LiDAR of the Office of Public Works, flown in 2011, at 2 m: tile OPW_1388 (ZIP).
- Flooding
- The flood maps of the Office of Public Works: floodinfo.ie.
Radon Risk Map of Ireland, Environmental Protection Agency; Landslide Susceptibility Classification, Geological Survey Ireland; both 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.
Homes sold
Property Price Register
No address of the register names Fawnlough with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Tipperary.
The townland
- Name
- Fawnlough · Fánlach
- Area
- 1,541,921 m² (154.19 ha, 381.02 acres)
- Civil parish
- Nenagh, and its townlands
- Barony
- Ormond Upper
- Electoral division
- Nenagh Rural, the unit of the census
- Census 2022
- Nenagh Rural electoral division: 1,980 people in 694 households; 90% of households own their home; 31% of homes were built since 2001; 6% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 1% were holiday homes.
- Neighbouring townlands
- Ballygraigue, Ballynaclogh, Bawn, Bawn, Benedin, Kerane, Moanbeg, Tyone
- Placenames
- Fawnlough 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.