Derrycramph
Townland in the civil parish of Urney, barony of Loughtee Upper, Co. Cavan
- Area
- 69 ha
- 170 acres
- Land parcels
- 64
- registered freehold, median 2,705 m² (0.27 ha, 0.67 acres)
- Zoning
- R2
- Existing Residential
- Planning
- 13
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
64 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Derrycramph, from 19 m² to 115,538 m² (11.55 ha, 28.55 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 · 17 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 · 1 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 2026N/a
for extensions to the front and rear of the existing dwelling and all associated site works
Retention, 1 home · Cavan County Council, 2660449
6 Mar 2026N/a
to erect a fully serviced residential development consisting of 20No. semi-detached two-storey houses and 4No. own door duplex apartments in 1No. two-storey block, associated site works and to be accessed via the existing serviced roadway connecting to the Glenside Road. A Natura Impact Statement (NIS) has been prepared in respect of the proposed development and accompanies this application
Permission, 20 homes · Cavan County Council, 2660098
5 Mar 2026N/a
for the erection of a fully serviced residential development consisting of 20No. semi-detached two-storey houses and 4No. own door duplex apartments in 1No. two-storey block, associated site works and to be accessed via the existing serviced roadway connecting to the Glenside Road
Permission · Cavan County Council, 2660096
19 Jun 2025Conditional
for • Retention of alterations to elevations of previously approved application ref: 647251. • Retention of detached domestic garage and detached domestic store. • Retention of alterations to site layout and all ancillary works
Retention, 1 home · Cavan County Council, 2560314
18 Jan 2024Conditional
to renovate and extend existing residence as follows.1: Carry out internal alterations to create a family flat within the existing building footprint. 2: Erect single storey extension to rear of dwelling. 3: Raise perimeter wall levels of original dwelling to provide 1st floor dormer-type accommodation. Proposal to include associated raising of roof level, associated alterations to elevations and all ancillary site works
Permission, 1 home · Cavan County Council, 2460015
6 Apr 2023Conditional
for the construction of a residential development scheme on a portion of an unfinished site containing 96 no. residential units consisting of 10 no. 2 bedroom maisonettes, 70 no. 3 bedroom [2 storey] units and 16 no. 4 bedroom [1 and 2 storey] units. Permission is also sought for the construction of 1 no. creche facility. The proposed development also includes permission for connections to existing foul main, watermain and surface water discharge, drainage, landscaped open space, planting, car parking, bus stop and shelter and all ancillary and associated site development works. A Natura Impact Statement will be submitted to the planning authority with this application. Significant further information and revised plans have been submitted.
Permission, 86 homes · Cavan County Council, 23159
24 Jan 2023Conditional
for the construction of a part two storey & part storey & a half style dwelling with attached domestic garage & carport, install a proprietary sewage treatment system & form new entrance to public road with associated site works
Permission, 1 home · Cavan County Council, 2319
19 Apr 2022Conditional
to construct fully serviced detached dwelling, incorporate wastewater treatment system/ percolation area, entrance walls and piers and carry out associated site works
Permission · Cavan County Council, 22158
26 Jan 2022Conditional
for development on land adjacent to, and southeast of The Beeches, Swellan Lower, Cavan, Co. Cavan. The development will consist of the following; Erection of a fully serviced residential housing development consisting of 1 no. detached two-storey house, 14 no. two-storey semi-detached houses, and 10 no. apartments in 3 no. two storey blocks with associated site works, accessed via the existing serviced roadway connecting to the Glenside Road. Significant further information and revised plans have been submitted.
Permission, 1 home · Cavan County Council, 2228
30 Nov 2021Conditional
erect two-storey dwelling house, attached domestic garage, entrance gates and piers, waste water treatment system with percolation area and all associated site works
Permission, 1 home · Cavan County Council, 21724
18 Aug 2021Conditional
retain a)change of use of existing attached garage to living accommodation, b) new entrance and c) sewerage treatment facilities and all ancillary works
Retention, 1 home · Cavan County Council, 21514
3 Mar 2021Conditional
erect fully serviced two-storey dwelling, detached domestic garage, install sewerage treatment facilities, erect entrance walls and piers and all ancillary site works
Permission, 1 home · Cavan County Council, 21119
28 Nov 2019Refused
for fully serviced residential housing development consisting of 3 No. blocks of semi-detached two storey houses, 1 No. detached two storey house accessing existing serviced roadway connecting to the Lower Swellan Road and associated site works
Permission, 7 homes · Cavan County Council, 19474
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 Derrycramph.
Recorded monuments
No recorded monument lies in the townland of Derrycramph.
Architectural heritage
No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands in the townland of Derrycramph.
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 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_2071 (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 Derrycramph with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Cavan.
The townland
- Name
- Derrycramph
- Area
- 689,938 m² (68.99 ha, 170.49 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
- Drumconnick, Edermin, Gartnasillagh, Kilnavara, Swellan Lower
- Placenames
- Derrycramph 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.