Darkley
Townland in the civil parish of Shercock, barony of Clankee, Co. Cavan
Parcel 450177
- Area
- 116,575 m² (11.66 ha, 28.81 acres)
- Buildings
- 6 buildings touch it, 316 m² on the ground
- Zoning
- No zone of a development plan covers it in the national zoning. Outside zoned towns and villages, the county development plan's rural policies apply.
- Townland
- Darkley
Planning applications on this parcel
No planning application touches this parcel in the national file, which goes back to 2010.
Source: National Planning Applications, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, CC BY 4.0. Applicants are not shown.
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann, CC BY 4.0. A parcel is the land of a title, not an address. The owner's name is in the Land Registry of Tailte Éireann: a copy of the folio can be ordered on landdirect.ie, for a fee.
- Area
- 181 ha
- 447 acres
- Land parcels
- 55
- registered freehold, median 11,762 m² (1.18 ha, 2.91 acres)
- Zoning
- M4
- White Lands
- Planning
- 8
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
55 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Darkley, from 123 m² to 140,209 m² (14.02 ha, 34.65 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 18 neighbouring parcels touch it.
Zoning
Development plans, national zoning
- M4White Lands (Built up area)
Cavan County Development Plan incorporating a Local Area Plan for Cavan Town 2022-2028, Cavan · 9 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
22 Jan 2026Conditional
for (1) the RETENTION PERMISSION and PLANNING PERMISSION for completion of a single storey extension to the rear of the dwelling (2) the restoration and completion of the existing dwelling. (3) Install a new septic tank system and percolation area, together with all associated site works. The works are being carried out to a Recorded Protected Structure RPS NO CV 0254 Cavan County Development Plan - SIGNIFICANT FURTHER INFORMATION HAS BEEN RECEIVED
Retention, 1 home · Cavan County Council, 2660020
20 Nov 2025N/a
for the retention and completion of a single storey extension to the rear of the dwelling (2) the restoration and completion of the existing dwelling. (3) Install a new septic tank system and percolation area, together with all associated site works. The works are located within the curtilage of Recorded Protected Structure RPS NO CV 0254 Cavan County Development Plan
Retention · Cavan County Council, 2560690
26 Aug 2025N/a
for A SINGLE STOREY WITH AN EXTENSION AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS
Retention · Cavan County Council, 2560499
5 May 2021Conditional
to construct a new building for the purpose of intake of raw material together with all associated site works. The site in question has an EPA IED Licence re. no. P1021-01
Permission · Cavan County Council, 21256
17 Jun 2020Conditional
to construct a two storey dwelling house, domestic garage, upgrade existing entrance and install a waste water treatment unit and percolation areas together with all ancillary works on this site
Permission, 1 home · Cavan County Council, 20227
22 Jul 2019Conditional
for development consisting of (a) to erect a four storey extension to the existing mill, (b) to erect a single storey detached maintenance building and (c) to relocate 3 no. bunded silos and all associated site works. The site in question has an EPA IED Licence Ref. No. P1021-01
Permission, 1 home · Cavan County Council, 19285
1 Nov 2017Conditional
for the development consisting of retention planning permission for the as constructed Security Hut at the entrance to the site and all associated site works (Originally granted under planning reference No. 16/300) at our existing facility. The site currently has an EPA IED Licence (Reg. No. P0024-03)
Retention · Cavan County Council, 17463
12 May 2017Conditional
to (i) Carry out amendments to previously approved permission, Ref. No. 14/127 for new single storey Production Building on the south eastern side of the existing two storey building, these amendments area as follows: (a) Change of use of a section of the area from Production to Administration/Staff Facilities, Area = 620m2, (b) construct new first floor level over the change of use area for Administration use, Area = 620m2, (ii) Construct new two storey extension (area = 435m2 on ground floor, 415m2 on first floor) on the south eastern side of the existing building for administration/staff facilities use. (iii) To construct new single storey Link Corridor, (area = 75m2) on the south western side of the existing two storey Production building for access from the new administration /staff facilities building to the existing production building. (iv) To construct new single storey box store and pallet tray storage building, (Area = 800m2) with two dock levellers and adjacent open bunded storage area on the north eastern side of the main production building. Works include connection to existing site services and associated site development works
Permission · Cavan County Council, 17198
Source: National Planning Applications, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, CC BY 4.0. Applicants are not shown.
Homes sold
Property Price Register
- Darkley, Shercock6 sales
The townland
- Name
- Darkley
- Area
- 1,809,793 m² (180.98 ha, 447.21 acres)
- Civil parish
- Shercock, and its townlands
- Barony
- Clankee
- Electoral division
- Shercock, the unit of the census
- Neighbouring townlands
- Carrickcreeny, Corclare, Drumlom, Killymacaran, Lisdrumskea, Lisnadarragh, Shinan
- Placenames
- Darkley on logainm.ie, the Placenames Database of Ireland
Townlands, civil parishes, baronies and electoral divisions, National Statutory Boundaries, Tailte Éireann, 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.