Craans

66 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Craans, from 39 m² to 218,081 m² (21.81 ha, 53.89 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 33 neighbouring parcels touch it.

Download the townland as DXF, in Irish Transverse Mercator metres, with its boundary, parcels and buildings, or as GeoJSON or KML.

No zone of a development plan covers Craans 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.

• 11 Sept 2025Conditional

  the internal modifications, renovation and extension of an existing bungalow dwelling into a part one, part two storey dwelling. The works will consist of 1. Demolition of an existing single storey boiler house with lean-too roof, 2. Demolition of an existing single storey utility room with lean-too roof, 3. Internal modifications to existing layout, 4. The addition of a first-floor level over part of the dwelling, 5. The construction of a single storey flat roof extension to the south and east and 6. All associated site works

  Permission, 1 home · Carlow County Council, 2560276

• 9 Aug 2024Conditional

  retention is sought for existing installed Eurotank Wastewater Treatment System and associated 90 square meters fully pumped soil polishing filter as a change to that permitted under PL21/138 and all associated ancillary works

  Retention, 1 home · Carlow County Council, 2435

• 26 Jul 2024N/a

  retention is sought for existing installed Eurotank Wastewater Treatment System and associated 90 square meters fully pumped soil polishing filter as a change to that permitted under PL21/138 and all associated ancillary works

  Retention · Carlow County Council, 2432

• 22 May 2023Conditional

  new dwelling with detached garage, private well, waste water treatment system with percolation area, new entrance and all associated site works

  Permission, 2 homes · Carlow County Council, 2360086

• 20 Jun 2022Conditional

  Permission for the construction of an Aviary Building, an Imprint Building, a Hack Pen, a hard surface laneway to serve the buildings and all ancillary site works.

  Permission · Carlow County Council, 22207

• 30 Sept 2021Conditional

  Permission to erect a fully serviced dwelling house, domestic garage and associated site works

  Permission, 2 homes · Carlow County Council, 21368

• 1 Jul 2021Conditional

  the restoration of an existing farm cottage and a two storey extension, domestic well, onsite waste water treatment system, percolation area and all associate site and landscaping works

  Permission, 1 home · Carlow County Council, 21247

• 23 Apr 2021Conditional

  Permission to erect a dwelling with services and domestic garage and all associated site and ancillary works

  Permission, 2 homes · Carlow County Council, 21138

• 7 Jun 2019Conditional

  minor modifications to previously granted planning permission (P.R.R. 18/483) for a two storey detached dwelling house. The modifications consist of increasing the house footprint by 9sqm and alterations to window opes

  Permission, 1 home · Carlow County Council, 19231

• 30 May 2019N/a

  minor modifications to previously granted planning permission (P.R.R.18483) for a two storey detached dwelling house. The modifications consist of increasing the house footprint by 9 sq.m., and alterations to window opes

  Permission · Carlow County Council, 19217

• 15 Feb 2019Conditional

  revisions to previously granted planning reference number 17/290, which will consist of the following: (a) internal and external alterations to previous dwelling design, (b) alterations to previous garage design, (c) planning permission will also consist of an appropriate waste water treatment system and percolation area, bored well, new entrance and all ancillary site works

  Permission, 1 home · Carlow County Council, 1956

• 13 Dec 2018Conditional

  to construct a part single storey, part two storey detached dwelling house, up grade existing entrance & gateway, waste water treatment plant and all associated site works

  Permission, 1 home · Carlow County Council, 18483

• 3 Dec 2018N/a

  to construct a part single storey, part two storey detached dwelling house, upgrade existing entrance & gateway, waste water treatment plant and all associated site works

  Permission · Carlow County Council, 18472

• 9 Oct 2017Conditional

  Planning permission for the erection of a fully serviced dwelling house with domestic garage, septic tank, percolation area, site entrance, bored well and all other associated site works.

  Permission, 2 homes · Carlow County Council, 17290

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 Craans.

Recorded monuments

• CW014-005 Standing stone
  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 Granite stone (H 1.9m; base dims. 1.13-1.25m x 0.58-0.65m), tapering in narrow plane. Aligned E-W.

• CW014-006 Mound
  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 on 1908 'OS 6-inch' map as mound (max. diam. c. 25m). Described locally as mound (H c. 3m) which was levelled c. 20 years ago.

• CW014-007 Moated site
  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 Shown on 1839 'OS 6-inch' map as rectangular enclosure (max. dims. c. 30m N-S, 40m E-W) within orchard beside mill. No visible surface traces. Possibly a moated site.

• CW014-013 Barrow - mound barrow
  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 on 1839 'OS 6-inch' map as circular enclosure. Large earthen mound (H 3m; base diam. c. 20m) with rounded summit. Large granite boulders at base appear to form part of kerb.

• CW014-014001 Enclosure
  Description

  One of two double ditched enclosures, visible on aerial photographs taken by Michael Moore during the summer of 1996 (MM (63) 30-33). The other ditch of the enclosure to the N (CW014-014002-) cuts both ditches of enclosure to the S (CW014-014002-). Compiled by: Claire Breen Date of upload: 13 January 2012

• CW014-014002 Enclosure
  Description

  One of two double ditched enclosures, visible on aerial photographs taken by Michael Moore during the summer of 1996 (MM (63) 30-33). The other ditch of the enclosure to the N (CW014-014002-) cuts both ditches of enclosure to the S (CW014-014002-). Compiled by: Claire Breen Date of upload: 13 January 2012

• CW014-015 Enclosure
  Description

  Circular enclosure defined by a cropmark of a narrow fosse with possible annex to NE, visible on aerial photographs taken by Michael Moore during the summer of 1996 (MM (63) 27-29). Compiled by: Claire Breen Date of upload: 13 January 2012

Architectural heritage

• Monument, 1750–1755 · Regional interest
  Description

  Wall-mounted carved granite plaque, dated 1751, with lion motif. Probably the site of an inn.

• Blacklion Constabulary Barrack, RIC barracks, 1860–1880 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached three-bay two-storey stone built former Royal Irish Constabulary Barracks, c. 1870, with projecting porch, chamfered reveals to openings and hipped roof. Refenestrated, c. 1970, to accommodate residential use.

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 Craans, 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 high, moderately low, low, partly inferred.

Terrain model

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

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.

• Craans, Ardattin6 sales

Name

Craans · Greamháin

Area

3,140,147 m² (314.01 ha, 775.95 acres)

Civil parish

Ardoyne, and its townlands

Barony

Forth

Electoral division

Ballintemple, the unit of the census

Census 2022

599 people lived in 210 households in the Ballintemple electoral division. 88% of households owned their home. 31% of homes were built since 2001. 4% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 3% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Ardattin, Ardoyne (Co. Wicklow), Ballinastraw, Ballynoe or Newtown, Broomville or Clonachona, Coolroe, Leany, Newstown, Rathvarrin, Woodlands

Placenames

Craans 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.