Drumelis
Townland in the civil parish of Urney, barony of Loughtee Upper, Co. Cavan; in Irish Droim Oilí
- Area
- 103.6 ha
- 256 acres
- Land parcels
- 108
- registered freehold, median 2,291 m² (0.23 ha, 0.57 acres)
- Zoning
- R2
- Existing Residential
- Planning
- 33
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
108 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Drumelis, from 5 m² to 191,075 m² (19.11 ha, 47.22 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 40 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 · 102 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 · 9 parcels The zoning objective in the plan - G4Sport and Recreation (Active open space)
Cavan County Development Plan incorporating a Local Area Plan for Cavan Town 2022-2028, Cavan · 8 parcels The zoning objective in the plan - S5Public Community (Mixed/general community services/facilities uses)
Cavan County Development Plan incorporating a Local Area Plan for Cavan Town 2022-2028, Cavan · 4 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 · 3 parcels The zoning objective in the plan - C2.1General Enterprise and Employment (Industrial, enterprise, employment)
Cavan County Development Plan incorporating a Local Area Plan for Cavan Town 2022-2028, Cavan · 3 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
27 Feb 2026Conditional
for the construction of a detached domestic greenhouse and all associated site works.
Permission, 1 home · Cavan County Council, 2660090
14 Jan 2026Conditional
for single storey pavilion structure as home gym totalling 58m2, including all associated site works, within the curtilage of the existing house
Permission, 1 home · Cavan County Council, 2660005
17 Dec 2025Conditional
to erect an all-weather multipurpose pitch in replace of existing grassed pitch to include perimeter fencing, flood lighting, changing facilities, handball / activity wall, half basketball court and all associated works
Permission · Cavan County Council, 2560745
24 Sept 2025N/a
for alterations to the detached garage, site layout plan and all ancillary site works (previous planning reference 14/221)
Retention, 1 home · Cavan County Council, 2542
24 Jul 2025Conditional
for demolition and reconstruction of existing entrance and all ancillary works. (These works are to be carried out to protected structure CV0395)
Permission, 1 home · Cavan County Council, 2560421
16 Jul 2025N/a
for alterations to existing entrance and all ancillary site works (These works are to be carried out to protected structure CV0395)
Permission · Cavan County Council, 2560394
20 Dec 2024Conditional
to retain existing concrete slab and erect Domestic Garage over same and all associated works
Retention, 1 home · Cavan County Council, 2460648
24 Oct 2024N/a
to erect Domestic Garage and all associated works
Permission, 1 home · Cavan County Council, 2460523
10 Oct 2024N/a
to erect Domestic Garage and all associated works
Permission · Cavan County Council, 2460487
9 Oct 2024N/a
for a fully serviced 2 Storey 112 No. Bed Nursing Home, parking provision, landscaping, access via existing service road (granted under Pl. Ref: 19/236), connection to existing services and all ancillary site works
Permission · Cavan County Council, 2460478
9 Oct 2024Conditional
for a fully serviced 2 Storey 112 No. Bed Nursing Home, parking provision, landscaping, access via existing service road (granted under Pl. Ref: 19/236), connection to existing services and all ancillary site works. SIGNIFICANT FURTHER INFORMATION INCLUDING AND NIS HAS BEEN SUBMITTED
Permission · Cavan County Council, 2460481
27 Sept 2024N/a
for the development of: fully serviced 2 Storey 112 No. Bed Nursing Home, parking provision, landscaping, access via existing service road (granted under Pl. Ref: 19/236), connection to existing services and all ancillary site works. A Natura Impact Statement (NIS) will be submitted with this application
Permission · Cavan County Council, 2460461
19 Jun 2024Conditional
to retain and continue with alterations to previously approved planning application for alterations and extensions to their dwelling house; Planning Ref 23/40. Alterations include the omission of the second storey element to the extension to the west, amendments to the single storey extension to the east and associated elevational and layout changes
Permission, 1 home · Cavan County Council, 2460277
8 Apr 2024Conditional
to retain existing fully serviced two-storey extension to existing dwelling and all associated works
Retention, 1 home · Cavan County Council, 2460129
28 Feb 2024Conditional
for alterations to previously approved dwelling (Pl. Ref. No. 22/478), alterations to site layout plan and all ancillary site works
Permission, 1 home · Cavan County Council, 2460065
6 Sept 2023Conditional
of the following, 1) Retain & complete partially constructed detached storage shed & 2) Retain domestic detached timber cabin ancillary to the existing dwelling
Retention, 1 home · Cavan County Council, 2360166
25 May 2023Conditional
for an extension (25.45 sq. m) to the single storey kitchen and living area to the side including minor amendments to the front and rear elevations
Permission, 1 home · Cavan County Council, 23213
29 Mar 2023Conditional
to consist of alterations to plans and elevations reducing bedroom accommodation from 160 No. to 112 No. and all associated works to Nursing Home Building previously permitted under planning reference 19/236
Permission · Cavan County Council, 23138
8 Feb 2023Conditional
to construct a single storey to the east and two storey extension to the west of their existing dwelling, alterations to the existing elevations and layout, alterations to the existing detached domestic garage, alterations to the site entrance, upgrade of the existing wastewater treatment system and percolation area and all associated site works
Permission · Cavan County Council, 2340
25 Nov 2022Conditional
to erect a fully serviced part single storey/part two storey dwelling, detached domestic garage, new site entrance, wastewater treatment system, percolation area and all ancillary site works
Permission, 1 home · Cavan County Council, 22478
21 Nov 2022Conditional
to erect a 2 storey extension to the rear of dwelling house at Drumelis, Co. Cavan. Proposal to include additional ensuite bedroom at 1st floor level, extended kitchen/ dining area at ground floor level, associated alterations to rear and side elevations and all ancillary siteworks
Permission, 1 home · Cavan County Council, 22470
10 Jun 2022Conditional
for a new detached domestic car garage to the rear of the property along with a temporary access gate, also RETENTION sought for 2 no. permanent extensions for domestic purposes to the rear each attached to the existing dwelling together with all associated site services
Permission, 1 home · Cavan County Council, 22236
13 Aug 2021Conditional
to construct a 30 metre lattice mobile and broadband tower with headframe carrying telecommunications equipment together with associated equipment and cabinets enclosed within a 2.4m palisade fence compound. Significant further information and revised plans have been submitted.
Permission, 1 home · Cavan County Council, 21508
3 Mar 2021Conditional
to erect fully serviced single storey extension to rear and side of existing dwelling & all associated ancillary works (These works are to be carried out to protected structure CV44075)
Permission, 1 home · Cavan County Council, 21121
18 Nov 2020Conditional
to erect fully serviced 2 storey dwelling, attached domestic garage, entrance walls and piers, install sewerage treatment facilities and all ancillary site works
Permission, 1 home · Cavan County Council, 20519
The 25 most recent of 33 applications.
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 Drumelis.
Recorded monuments
- CV020-032 Ringfort - rath
Description
Marked 'Fort' on OS 1836 ed. and 'Site of' on 1876 ed. Situated on the summit of a drumlin hill. Site has been levelled and the only surface indication of its former presence is a kink in the field boundary at SSW. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cavan' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1995). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload/revision: 22 December 2008
Architectural heritage
No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands in the townland of Drumelis.
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; parts are made ground and water.
- Terrain model
- LiDAR of the Office of Public Works, flown in 2011, at 2 m: tile OPW_2070 (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 Drumelis with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Cavan.
The townland
- Name
- Drumelis · Droim Oilí
- Area
- 1,035,840 m² (103.58 ha, 255.96 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
- Drumbar, Edermin, Farnham, Lisdaran, Swellan Lower, Swellan Upper, Tullylough
- Placenames
- Drumelis 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.