Lahardan Lower
Townland in the civil parish of Twomileborris, barony of Eliogarty, Co. Tipperary; in Irish Leathardán Íochtarach
- Area
- 105.2 ha
- 260 acres
- Land parcels
- 28
- registered freehold, median 25,361 m² (2.54 ha, 6.27 acres)
- Zoning
- —
- not in a zoned settlement
- Planning
- 2
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
28 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Lahardan Lower, from 852 m² to 148,834 m² (14.88 ha, 36.78 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 18 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
No zone of a development plan covers Lahardan Lower 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.
Planning applications
Sites that touch the townland, newest first
27 Aug 2021Conditional
existing domestic garage with all associated site works
Retention · Tipperary County Council, 211272
8 Dec 2017Unconditional
(1)modific. to permitted develop. Ref. 09/51/0624 (ABP REF.PL.22.237958) Redesign of layout extent of racecourse to now cover c.33.6 ha;, 18 hole golf course with relocat. of individ. holes as a result of revised racetrack design & assoc. builds; Relocat. of permitted shared grandstand, entran. building, greyhound track, greyhound building, saddling stalls, weighrooms buildings, stables, mainten. builds, park. & assoc. support builds c.300m to sth-east; Redesign of permitted grandstand to now include casino area & new weighing facilities in new basement level (c.3,963sq.m) & new sunken parade ring. Total floor area of build. is now c.36,841sq.m.; Redesign of permitted entran. build. (c1,322sq.m. as per previous permitted build.); Permitted weigh-rooms build. to now be used for new jockey club & ancill. admin use; Redesign & reloc. of permitted exhibit. area c.225m to the sth-east with reduction in exhibit. floorspace by c.247sq.m (now 2,636sq.m); Change of permitted casino use within hotel to ancill. entertainment/conference uses; Relocat. of permitted golf club hse, driving range & assoc. park. c.300m to the sth east; Relocate permitted chapel build. & park. c.140m to the nthwest; Relocate permitted Hoban Memorial build. c.60m to nth & redesign of permitted formal gardens; Diversions/culverting of rivers/streams on site to accomm. revised develop; Redesign & relocate permitted car & coach park. areas across the site to now provide a total of 5731no. car park. spaces, 103no. bus park. spaces & 766no. horse/greyhound box park.spaces; Redesign of internal road system & landscaping to incorp. the above revisions. (2) Replace permitted equestrian centre with larger equestrian centre complex (c.43,718sq.m) now located adjacent to the grandstand & greyhound track, comprising main equestrian centre build.(c.35,851sq.m), ancill. outdoor arenas & warm up areas, polo field, trailer park. stables (c.5232sq.m), judges boxes (c.273sq.m) cafe (c.325sq.m) & attendant facilites (c2037sq.m). All ancill. site devel. landscap. & boundary treat. wks. The Gross Floor Area of the revised dev. is c.204,653 sq.m. This Application is accomp. by an Environmental Impact Statement(EIS). A Waste Licence will be required in respect of this development. (Previous Ref. 12/51/0172)
Extension of duration · Tipperary County Council, 17601351
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 Lahardan Lower.
Recorded monuments
- TN042-044 Ringfort - rath
Description
Situated on the gentle N-facing slope of a low N-S ridge in undulating countryside. A raised circular area (diam. 30m E-W) enclosed by a low earth and stone bank (Wth 2.5m; int. H 0.4m; ext. H 1-1.5m) reduced to a scarp in places with traces of a shallow outer fosse (Wth 2m). No entrance feature visible. The above description is derived from 'The Archaeological Inventory of County Tipperary. Vol. 1 - North Tipperary' compiled by Jean Farrelly and Caimin O'Brien (Dublin: Stationery Office, 2002). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload/revision: 22 September 2008
- TN042-045 Moated site
Description
Situated on slightly elevated flat pasture with extensive views. Slightly raised square-shaped area (dims. 42m N-S x 44m E-W) enclosed by an earth and stone bank (Wth 2-3m; int. H 0.5m; ext. H 1m) and flat-bottomed outer fosse (Wth 4m; D 0.5m) with possible entrance gap at E. Wall-footings protrude from top of bank at W and there is good evidence of external and internal stone facing. Possible wall-footings of a rectangular building (dims. 9m E-W; 12m N-S) against inner face of E bank. The above description is derived from 'The Archaeological Inventory of County Tipperary. Vol. 1 - North Tipperary' compiled by Jean Farrelly and Caimin O'Brien (Dublin: Stationery Office, 2002). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload/revision: 22 September 2008
- TN042-046 Ringfort - rath
Description
Situated on the E-facing slope of a low N-S ridge in undulating countryside. A slightly raised circular area (diam. 24.5m N-S) enclosed by a poorly preserved earth and stone bank (Wth 1.8m; int. H 0.4m; ext. H 1-1.5m) which is destroyed at S with slight traces of a shallow fosse (Wth 2m; D 0.1m) best visible at N. The enclosing bank is used as a field boundary from W to N. The above description is derived from 'The Archaeological Inventory of County Tipperary. Vol. 1 - North Tipperary' compiled by Jean Farrelly and Caimin O'Brien (Dublin: Stationery Office, 2002). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload/revision: 22 September 2008
Architectural heritage
No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands in the townland of Lahardan Lower.
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 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 Lahardan Lower.
- 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 Lahardan Lower with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Tipperary.
The townland
- Name
- Lahardan Lower · Leathardán Íochtarach
- Area
- 1,052,458 m² (105.25 ha, 260.07 acres)
- Civil parish
- Twomileborris, and its townlands
- Barony
- Eliogarty
- Electoral division
- Littleton, the unit of the census
- Census 2022
- Littleton electoral division: 1,057 people in 378 households; 79% of households own their home; 13% of homes were built since 2001; 9% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 0% were holiday homes.
- Neighbouring townlands
- Blackcastle, Lahardan Upper, Loughbeg, Monaraheen, Rathcunikeen, Rathmanna, Townagha
- Placenames
- Lahardan Lower 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.