Burgessacre
Townland in the civil parish of Urney, barony of Loughtee Upper, Co. Cavan
- Area
- 9.1 ha
- 23 acres
- Land parcels
- 25
- registered freehold, median 316 m²
- Zoning
- R2
- Existing Residential
- Planning
- 12
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
25 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Burgessacre, from 38 m² to 50,335 m² (5.03 ha, 12.44 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 31 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)
Cavan County Development Plan incorporating a Local Area Plan for Cavan Town 2022-2028, Cavan · 31 parcels The zoning objective in the plan - R4Strategic Residential Reserve
Cavan County Development Plan incorporating a Local Area Plan for Cavan Town 2022-2028, Cavan · 6 parcels The zoning objective in the plan - R1Proposed Residential (New/proposed residential)
Cavan County Development Plan incorporating a Local Area Plan for Cavan Town 2022-2028, Cavan · 5 parcels The zoning objective in the plan - G1Amenity and Open Space (Open space, park)
Cavan County Development Plan incorporating a Local Area Plan for Cavan Town 2022-2028, Cavan · 4 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
2 Sept 2026N/a
to retain alterations to elevations and floor plans and all associated works for units 1-4 (previously approved planning ref. 2031)
Retention, 1 home · Cavan County Council, 2660495
8 Oct 2025Conditional
for EXTENSION OF DURATION of 20/31 to erect development consisting of 24 residential units at Ashbrooke Housing Estate as follows (a) 1 no. duplex block containing 6 no. 3 bed townhouses and 6 no. 2 bed apartments with associated parking, bin storage and ancillary works, (b) 4 no. 3 bed bungalows with attic accommodation and (c) 8 no. 3 bed semi-detached bungalows with attic accommodation, connection to foul sewers & watermain, service road and all associated works. Significant further information and revised plans including a Natura Impact Statement has been submitted
Extension of duration · Cavan County Council, 2545
13 Jun 2025Conditional
to alter previously approved planning application (PL23/113) to construct a residential development alterations to be as follows: (1) Erect 31 No. fully serviced dwellings as follows: - Ten, 2 storey, 4 bed semi-detached dwellings - Two, 2 storey, 4 bed detached dwellings - Six, 2 storey, 3 bed semi-detached dwellings - Four, 2 storey, 3 bed terraced dwellings - Nine, 2 storey, 2 bed terraced dwellings (2) Alterations to service road, site boundaries and open space. (3) Connection to public services & all associated site works. A Natura Impact Statement (NIS) will be submitted to the Planning Authority with this application in accordance with the plans submitted with the application- SIGNIFICANT FURTHER HAS BEEN RECEIVED
Permission, 31 homes · Cavan County Council, 2560304
6 Dec 2023Conditional
to erect 36 no. dwelling houses complete with access road forming new junction with Ballinagh Rd (R935), pumping station and all associated site works and developments, connected to existing services. Dwellings will comprise: Type A: 5 x pairs of 2 storey, 3 bedroom, semi-detached units (total 10); Type A1: 1 x 2 storey, end block pair of 3 bedroom units, (1 per floor) (total 2); Type B: 2 x Single storey, 2 bedroom, semi-detached units (in block of 2 with Type C) (total 2); Type C: 2 x Single storey, 1 bedroom, semi-detached units (in block of 2 with Type B) (total 2); Type B1: 4 x Single storey, 2 bedroom, semi-detached units (in block of 2 with Type C1) (total 4); Type C1:4 x Single storey, 1 bedroom, semi-detached units (in block of 2 with Type B1) (total 4); Type D: 4 x two storey, 2 bedroom units, (end of block of 6 with units E & F) (total 4); Type E: 4 x single storey, (ground floor) 1 bedroom units, (centre ground floor of block of 6 with units D & F) (total 4); Type F: 4 x single storey, (first floor) 1 bedroomed units, (centre first floor of block of 6 with units D & E) (total 4). Total 36.
Permission, 40 homes · Cavan County Council, 2360299
16 Mar 2023Conditional
to construct a residential development as follows: (1) Erect 33 No. fully serviced dwellings as follows: - Four, 2 storey, 4 bed semi-detached dwellings , - One, 2 storey, 4 bed detached dwelling, - Four, 2 storey, 3 bed semi-detached dwellings, - One, 2 storey, 3 bed detached dwelling, - One, 2 storey, 2 bed terraced dwelling, - Four, 2 storey, 1 bed duplex dwellings, - Eighteen, 3storey, 6 unit block duplex units consisting of 1 bed units on ground floor and 2 bed untis on first and second floor terraced dwellings. (2) Access of existing Ashbrook housing development road. (3) With associated service road, site boundaries and open space. (4) Connection to public services & all associated site works. A Natural Impact Statement (NIS) will be submitted to the Planning Authority with this application at Ashbrook Housing Estate. Significant further information and revised plans have been submitted.
Permission, 1 home · Cavan County Council, 23113
1 Mar 2023N/a
to construct a residential development as follows: 1. Erect 33 fully No. serviced dwellings as follows: Four, 2 storey, 4 bed semi-detached dwellings, One, 2 storey, 4 bed detached dwelling, Four, 2 storey, 3 bed semi-detached dwellings, One, 2 storey 3 bed detached dwelling, One, 2 storey, 2 bed terraced dwelling, Four, 2 storey, 1 bed duplex dwellings, Eighteen, 3 storey, 6 unit block duplex units consisting of 1 bed units on ground floor and 2 bed units on first and second floor terraced dwellings. 2. Access off existing Ashbrook housing development road. 3. With associated service road, site boundaries and open space. 4. Connection to public services and all associated site works
Permission · Cavan County Council, 2371
5 Oct 2022Conditional
to erect 3 no. fully serviced detached houses (2 of them on existing foundations of previously approved planning reg: 10/42), connection to existing services and all associated and ancillary works at development knows as "Creighan Manor"
Permission · Cavan County Council, 22406
16 Jun 2022Conditional
to alter previously approved site layout (Pl. Ref. 18/528) to include, removal of house number 14 from the development, alterations to sites 1-13 and associated service road and all associated and ancillary works
Permission, 1 home · Cavan County Council, 22254
4 Sept 2020Conditional
to retain alterations to floor plans and elevations of House No. 81 (approved under Pl. Ref. No. 15/53) and all ancillary works
Retention, 1 home · Cavan County Council, 20389
15 Jul 2020Conditional
to convert existing attached domestic garage to habitable room, incorporate bathroom at first floor level and carry out associated site works
Permission, 1 home · Cavan County Council, 20293
5 Feb 2020Conditional
to erect development consisting of 24 residential units at Ashbrooke Housing Estate as follows (a) 1 no. duplex block containing 6 no. 3 bed townhouses and 6 no. 2 bed apartments with associated parking, bin storage and ancillary works, (b) 4 no. 3 bed bungalows with attic accommodation and (c) 8 no. 3 bed semi-detached bungalows with attic accommodation, connection to foul sewers & watermain, service road and all associated works. Significant further information and revised plans including a Natura Impact Statement has been submitted
Permission, 24 homes · Cavan County Council, 2031
12 Dec 2018Conditional
to erect 25 no. houses consisting of 3 no. 4-bed detached house type 'A', 6 no. 3-bed semi-detached House Type 'B' and 16 no. 4-bed semi-detached house type 'C', connection to all existing services, extend existing service road, public lighting, landscaping, boundary treatments and all associated and ancillary works to form part of existing development known as Creighan Manor
Permission, 1 home · Cavan County Council, 18528
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 Burgessacre.
Recorded monuments
No recorded monument lies in the townland of Burgessacre.
Architectural heritage
No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands in the townland of Burgessacre.
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 moderately high, moderately low, low, low (inferred), on the 1:50,000 map.
- Terrain model
- LiDAR of the Office of Public Works, flown in 2011, at 2 m: tile OPW_2090 (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 Burgessacre with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Cavan.
The townland
- Name
- Burgessacre
- Area
- 91,344 m² (9.13 ha, 22.57 acres)
- Civil parish
- Urney, and its townlands
- Barony
- Loughtee Upper
- Electoral division
- Cavan Rural, the unit of the census
- Census 2022
- Cavan Rural electoral division: 8,747 people in 2,931 households; 59% of households own their home; 62% of homes were built since 2001; 8% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 2% were holiday homes.
- Neighbouring townlands
- Creighan, Moynehall, Rosscolgan
- Placenames
- Burgessacre 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.