Barconny (Robinson)
Townland in the civil parish of Castlerahan, barony of Castlerahan, Co. Cavan
- Area
- 55.5 ha
- 137 acres
- Land parcels
- 38
- registered freehold, median 3,057 m² (0.31 ha, 0.76 acres)
- Zoning
- —
- not in a zoned settlement
- Planning
- 6
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
38 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Barconny (Robinson), from 493 m² to 87,991 m² (8.8 ha, 21.74 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 23 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 Barconny (Robinson) 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
15 Dec 2022Conditional
to construct a detached single storey pitched roof domestic shed building constructed to the rear of the existing dwelling and all necessary ancillary site development works to facilitate this development
Permission, 1 home · Cavan County Council, 22513
14 Jan 2022Conditional
of the existing gravel surfaced carpark located to the east of the existing dwelling, the retention of the new access to the carpark from the existing driveway, the retention of the higher capacity wastewater treatment system than that granted under planning reg. ref 21/60 and all associated site works above and below ground associated with the retained development
Retention, 1 home · Cavan County Council, 226
12 May 2021Conditional
to erect fully serviced part single storey, part storey and half type dwelling with detached domestic garage, entrance, sewerage treatment facilities & all ancillary works
Permission, 1 home · Cavan County Council, 21273
15 Feb 2021Conditional
for development consisting of the following; (1) Change of use of existing playschool building to ancillary residential use, (2) PERMISSION of (a) RETENTION of existing extended areas at ground and first floor levels to side and rear of existing building plus RETENTION of alterations and amendments to the existing elevations, (b) RETENTION of detached single storey building to rear of existing dwelling used for storage, (c) RETENTION of new site entrance, access roadway and car park area to east of site, (d) Revised site layout and associated works from that previously granted under 97/396, 01/53 & 03/347, (e) PERMISSION sought for single storey link between existing dwelling and building to which change of use applies, (3) Full Planning PERMISSION is sought for (a) single storey link between existing dwelling and building to which change of use applies, (b) installation of new effluent treatment system and percolation area to serve the dwelling and (c) all associated site development works, significant further information and revised plans have been submitted
Permission, 1 home · Cavan County Council, 2160
16 Apr 2020Refused
to construct a domestic storage shed, alter existing agricultural entrance to form a splayed entrance together with all associated site works
Permission, 1 home · Cavan County Council, 20138
24 Mar 2020N/a
of development consisting of the following; (a) RETENTION of existing extended area at ground and first floor levels to side and rear of existing playschool incorporating classroom, toilet and office on ground floor and storage on first floor. RETENTION of alterations and amendments to the existing elevations, (b) RETENTION of detached single store building to rear of existing playschool incorporating indoor play area and storage, (c) RETENTION of new site entrance, access roadway and car park area to east of site and (d) Revised site layout and associated works from that previously granted under 97/396, 01/53 & 03/347
Retention · Cavan County Council, 20105
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 Barconny (Robinson).
Recorded monuments
No recorded monument lies in the townland of Barconny (Robinson).
Architectural heritage
No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands in the townland of Barconny (Robinson).
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 20 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 Barconny (Robinson).
- 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 Barconny (Robinson) with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Cavan.
The townland
- Name
- Barconny (Robinson)
- Area
- 554,595 m² (55.46 ha, 137.04 acres)
- Civil parish
- Castlerahan, and its townlands
- Barony
- Castlerahan
- Electoral division
- Castlerahan, the unit of the census
- Census 2022
- Castlerahan electoral division: 897 people in 311 households; 92% of households own their home; 39% of homes were built since 2001; 12% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 3% were holiday homes.
- Neighbouring townlands
- Barconny (Cuppage), Barconny (Grattan), Barconny (Massereene), Barconny (Nugent), Castlerahan, Clonkeiffy, Mountprospect
- Placenames
- Barconny (Robinson) 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.