Monroe East
Townland in the civil parish of Ballybacon, barony of Iffa and Offa West, Co. Tipperary; in Irish An Mhóin Rua Thoir
- Area
- 100.7 ha
- 249 acres
- Land parcels
- 50
- registered freehold, median 1,115 m²
- Zoning
- R2
- Existing Residential
- Planning
- 12
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
50 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Monroe East, from 105 m² to 447,297 m² (44.73 ha, 110.53 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 41 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)
Tipperary County Development Plan 2022_2028 Settlement Plans, Tipperary · 40 parcels The zoning objective in the plan - G1Amenity (Open space, park)
Tipperary County Development Plan 2022_2028 Settlement Plans, Tipperary · 4 parcels The zoning objective in the plan - R1New Residential (New/proposed residential)
Tipperary County Development Plan 2022_2028 Settlement Plans, Tipperary · 2 parcels The zoning objective in the plan - S5Social and Public (Mixed/general community services/facilities uses)
Tipperary County Development Plan 2022_2028 Settlement Plans, Tipperary · 1 parcels The zoning objective in the plan - P1Agriculture
Tipperary County Development Plan 2022_2028 Settlement Plans, Tipperary · 0 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
13 Aug 2025Conditional
the following, (1) As constructed extension to the side of existing dwelling, (2) As constructed garage and shed, (3) alterations to boundaries, all with associated siteworks
Retention · Tipperary County Council, 2560792
24 Apr 2024Conditional
the change of use from residential to commercial use all with minor changes to internal layout and external elevations
Permission · Tipperary County Council, 2460309
5 Oct 2023Conditional
existing garage and permission to erect a link corridor from dwelling to this garage and to convert part of garage to utility room and toilet and to modify the ground floor layout of house including installation of patio door to rear elevation and associated site works
Retention · Tipperary County Council, 23267
2 Oct 2023Conditional
(I) conversion of attached car port to residential use; (II) front porch extension & (III) detached domestic shed
Retention · Tipperary County Council, 2360790
27 Jul 2022Conditional
(1) two storey extension to the side of existing dwelling (2) Pitched roof over original dwelling (3) Alterations to existing elevations and all with associated site works
Retention · Tipperary County Council, 2260393
9 Apr 2021Conditional
the extension of a permitted solar photovoltaic panel array (PI Ref. 16/600642). The proposed development comprises the provision of up to 30,000 m2 of solar panels on ground mounted steel frames, a 20kv substation (55sq.m), inverter and transformer units, underground cable ducts, boundary fencing, CCTV and all associated site services and works
Permission · Tipperary County Council, 21473
29 Jul 2020Conditional
erection of a single storey dwelling house, septic tank and percolation area, all associated site works and to use existing vehicular entrance from public road
Permission, 1 home · Tipperary County Council, 20836
2 Nov 2018Conditional
demolition of rear extension and outhouse buildings, (2) single and two storey extension to the rear. (3) The development will include all associated drainage, site development and landscaping works.
Permission, 1 home · Tipperary County Council, 18601321
21 Dec 2017Conditional
the demolition of existing back store at rear of existing dwelling house and the construction of new extension to rear and side of existing dwelling house and all associated site works including access ramps
Permission · Tipperary County Council, 17601419
9 Oct 2017N/a
the demolition of existing back store at rear of existing dwelling house and the construction of new extension to rear and side of existing dwelling house and all associated site works including access ramps
Permission · Tipperary County Council, 17601108
19 Apr 2017Conditional
the construction of a single storey extension to the rear/side of existing dwelling and to construct an access ramp to front door with internal alterations to existing dwelling and all with associated site works
Permission · Tipperary County Council, 17600403
25 Jan 2017Conditional
demolition of existing shed and part of rear boundary wall between number 30 and number 31 and to construct a single storey extension to the rear of existing dwelling, to construct front and rear access ramps and internal alterations to existing, all with associated site works
Permission · Tipperary County Council, 17600047
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
- Special Area of Conservation: Lower River Suir SAC 002137
Recorded monuments
- TS088-006 Enclosure
Description
On a gradual E facing slope in rolling terrain under tillage. No visible remains above ground. All field boundaries have been removed. It is depicted on the first edition OS 6-inch map as a circular enclosure and on the latest edition it is only partially marked with section of bank surviving (diam. c. 26m NW-SE) and also quarrying taking place. Compiled by: Jean Farrelly Date of upload: 26 August 2011
Architectural heritage
No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands in the townland of Monroe East.
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 5 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels. Testing a home
- 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 Monroe East.
- 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 Monroe East with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Tipperary.
The townland
- Name
- Monroe East · An Mhóin Rua Thoir
- Area
- 1,007,129 m² (100.71 ha, 248.87 acres)
- Civil parish
- Ballybacon, and its townlands
- Barony
- Iffa and Offa West
- Electoral division
- Ardfinnan, the unit of the census
- Census 2022
- 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.
- Neighbouring townlands
- Commons, Farraneshagh, Garryduff, Gortnalower, Kilballygorman, Killaidamee, Knockroe, Lackanabrickane, Lacken, Ladysabbey, Neddans (Farran)
- Placenames
- Monroe East 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.