# Drumman, Co. Cavan: townland, land parcels and planning Townland in the civil parish of Drumgoon, barony of Tullygarvey, Co. Cavan. - Area (Tailte Éireann): 449,992 m² (45 ha, 111.2 acres) - Land parcels (Tailte Éireann): 24 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in it, median 12,144 m² (1.21 ha, 3 acres) - Zoning (national zoning, MyPlan): R2 Existing Residential, the zone with the most parcels - Planning (National Planning Applications): 7 applications since 2010 - Civil parish: Drumgoon, https://everytownland.com/cavan/parish/drumgoon.md - Barony: Tullygarvey - Electoral division: Cootehill Rural, the unit of the census - Census 2022 (Central Statistics Office): Cootehill Rural electoral division: 1,138 people in 412 households; 80% of households own their home; 36% of homes were built since 2001; 6% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 1% were holiday homes. - County: Co. Cavan, https://everytownland.com/cavan.md - Placenames Database of Ireland: https://www.logainm.ie/en/4697 - Townland number at Tailte Éireann: 20971 - Centre: latitude 54.066533, longitude -7.090932 (WGS 84) ## Land parcels (registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann) 24 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Drumman, from 128 m² to 128,121 m² (12.81 ha, 31.66 acres); 19 neighbouring parcels touch its boundary. Largest first: - Parcel 463612: 128,121 m² (12.81 ha, 31.66 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/463612.md - Parcel 460000: 41,976 m² (4.2 ha, 10.37 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/460000.md - Parcel 447850: 31,143 m² (3.11 ha, 7.7 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/447850.md - Parcel 463613: 29,554 m² (2.96 ha, 7.3 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/463613.md - Parcel 444704: 28,572 m² (2.86 ha, 7.06 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/444704.md - Parcel 470483: 26,689 m² (2.67 ha, 6.59 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/470483.md - Parcel 436546: 25,426 m² (2.54 ha, 6.28 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/436546.md - Parcel 3372171: 21,218 m² (2.12 ha, 5.24 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/3372171.md - Parcel 438925: 19,709 m² (1.97 ha, 4.87 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/438925.md - Parcel 486752: 19,538 m² (1.95 ha, 4.83 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/486752.md - Parcel 465088: 13,284 m² (1.33 ha, 3.28 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/465088.md - Parcel 447849: 12,250 m² (1.22 ha, 3.03 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/447849.md - Parcel 452211: 12,039 m² (1.2 ha, 2.97 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/452211.md - Parcel 454084: 11,668 m² (1.17 ha, 2.88 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/454084.md - Parcel 473257: 11,142 m² (1.11 ha, 2.75 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/473257.md - Parcel 447851: 6,451 m² (0.65 ha, 1.59 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/447851.md - Parcel 481519: 5,172 m² (0.52 ha, 1.28 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/481519.md - Parcel 437980: 3,402 m² (0.34 ha, 0.84 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/437980.md - Parcel 485889: 1,134 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/485889.md - Parcel 462199: 356 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/462199.md - Parcel 455315: 339 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/455315.md - Parcel 3054379: 301 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/3054379.md - Parcel 2423989: 296 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/2423989.md - Parcel 463614: 128 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/463614.md ## Zoning (national zoning of development plans, MyPlan) - R2 Existing Residential (Existing residential): Cavan County Development Plan incorporating a Local Area Plan for Cavan Town 2022-2028, Cavan; 7 parcels. The zoning objective in the plan: https://www.cavancoco.ie/file-library/planning/development-plans/development-plan-2022-2028/written-statement/cdp-chapter-14_.pdf#page=6 - C2.1 General Enterprise and Employment (Industrial, enterprise, employment): Cavan County Development Plan incorporating a Local Area Plan for Cavan Town 2022-2028, Cavan; 4 parcels. The zoning objective in the plan: https://www.cavancoco.ie/file-library/planning/development-plans/development-plan-2022-2028/written-statement/cdp-chapter-14_.pdf#page=16 - R1 Proposed Residential (New/proposed residential): Cavan County Development Plan incorporating a Local Area Plan for Cavan Town 2022-2028, Cavan; 3 parcels. The zoning objective in the plan: https://www.cavancoco.ie/file-library/planning/development-plans/development-plan-2022-2028/written-statement/cdp-chapter-14_.pdf#page=7 - S5 Public Community (Mixed/general community services/facilities uses): Cavan County Development Plan incorporating a Local Area Plan for Cavan Town 2022-2028, Cavan; 0 parcels. The zoning objective in the plan: https://www.cavancoco.ie/file-library/planning/development-plans/development-plan-2022-2028/written-statement/cdp-chapter-14_.pdf#page=13 ## Planning applications whose site touches the townland (National Planning Applications, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage) 7 applications, newest first. - 9 Oct 2025, Cavan County Council 2560603: Conditional. Permission. - RED III - for 10-year planning permission for the provision of a Battery Energy Storage System and compound on a site of c. 1.27ha to support the adjacent permitted solar farm (CCC Reg. Ref.: 21/510). The Battery Energy Storage System (BESS) compound will accommodate self-contained Lithium Ion Phosphate batteries, within 14 no. BESS units, and 3 no. twin skid units and a single skid unit. A control room (c. 27.6m2) is proposed to the west of the compound. The proposed development includes for all associated development, boundary treatments, security fencing, site access works, ducting and cabling and all associated ancillary works. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/CavanCC/AppFileRefDetails/2560603/0 - 29 Sept 2025, Cavan County Council 2560580: N/a. Permission. - RED III - for a 10-year planning permission for the provision of a Battery Energy Storage System and compound on a site of c. 1.27ha to support the adjacent permitted solar farm (CCC Reg. Ref.: 21/510). The Battery Energy Storage System (BESS) compound will accommodate self-contained Lithium Ion Phosphate batteries, within 14 no. BESS units, and 3 no. twin skid units and a single skid unit. A control room (c. 27.6m2) is proposed to the west of the compound. The proposed development includes for all associated development, boundary treatments, security fencing, site access works, ducting and cabling and all associated ancillary works. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/CavanCC/AppFileRefDetails/2560580/0 - 13 May 2025, Cavan County Council 2560234: Conditional. Permission, 48 homes. for alterations to previously approved Housetype A (3 bedroom +4 bedroom semi detached dwellings), alterations to previously approved Housetype B (3 bedroom Semi Detached dwellings), and alterations to previously approved Housetype C2 (2 bedroom terrace dwellings), comprising of minor alterations to plans & elevations. Retention permission is sought for minor alterations to plans and elevations of Housetype D (6 no. dwellings & 2 no. apartments) Housetype C1 (2 bedroom terrace dwellings) and all ancillary works. The development was previously approved under Pl. Ref. No. 22/336. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/CavanCC/AppFileRefDetails/2560234/0 - 11 Dec 2024, Cavan County Council 2460613: Conditional. Permission. for i) Works to facilitate infill and re-contouring of the subject lands to facilitate use for agricultural purposes. ii) All associated works and services. The application relates to an activity requiring a Waste Facility Permit/Certificate of Registration from Cavan County Council or Article 27 Approval from the EPA which will be applied for separately. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/CavanCC/AppFileRefDetails/2460613/0 - 20 Nov 2024, Cavan County Council 2460578: Conditional. Permission. for A) RETENTION of existing detached storage / manufacturing unit. B) Planning PERMISSION to erect 3 no. detached storage units and all associated works. Works include removal of existing temporary storage facilities. SIGNIFICANT FURTHER INFORMATION HAS BEEN RECEIVED.. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/CavanCC/AppFileRefDetails/2460578/0 - 18 Aug 2022, Cavan County Council 22336: Conditional. Permission, 1 home. for 49 dwellings (3 no. 4 bed semi detached dwellings, 31 no. 3 bed semi detached dwellings, 11 no. 2 bed terrace dwellings, 2 no. 3 bed terrace dwellings & 2 no. 1 bed apartments), connection to existing services and all ancillary works. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/CavanCC/AppFileRefDetails/22336/0 - 16 Aug 2021, Cavan County Council 21510: Conditional. Permission. to amend the approved development (Planning Reference: 16/507) of a temporary (25 years) solar farm to include photovoltaic panels with mounting frames on screw pile foundations, inverters, transformers, substation, DNO building, communications building, security fencing, pole mounted security cameras, minor upgrades to existing site entrance and all other ancillary works. It is expected that the proposed development will have an output of up to 5 megawatts (MW). Amendment proposed is as follows: increase the output from 5 Megawatts (MW) to 7 Megawatts (MW). File: https://www.eplanning.ie/CavanCC/AppFileRefDetails/21510/0 Applicants are not shown. ## Designated sites (National Parks and Wildlife Service) No designated site (Special Area of Conservation, Special Protection Area, Natural Heritage Area or proposed one) touches the townland of Drumman. ## Recorded monuments (Sites and Monuments Record, National Monuments Service) - CV017-032: Castle - unclassified, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CCV017-032----. Marked as a tower on Petty's Down Survey map of 1654. Reputedly built by Coote, it apparently stood on an artificial platform beside a stream. No visible remains at ground level. (Davies 1948, 118-9) 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 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). ## Architectural heritage (National Inventory of Architectural Heritage) No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands in the townland of Drumman. ## Ground and risks (Radon Risk Map of Ireland, EPA; Landslide Susceptibility Classification and LiDAR, Geological Survey Ireland) - Radon: About 1 in 10 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels. Testing a home: https://www.epa.ie/environment-and-you/radon/radon-testing/#d.en.82887 - Landslides: Susceptibility moderately high, moderately low, low, low (inferred), on the 1:50,000 map; parts are made ground and water. - Terrain model: no LiDAR survey of the Office of Public Works covers the centre of the townland of Drumman. - Flooding: the flood maps of the Office of Public Works, https://www.floodinfo.ie/map/floodmaps/, linked only: their licence does not allow re-use. 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. ## Downloads - DXF, in Irish Transverse Mercator metres, with its boundary, parcels and buildings, for a drawing program: https://everytownland.com/cavan/drumman.dxf - GeoJSON, in WGS 84, for a map: https://everytownland.com/cavan/drumman.geojson - KML, for Google Earth: https://everytownland.com/cavan/drumman.kml ## Homes sold (Residential Property Price Register) No address of the register names Drumman with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Cavan: https://everytownland.com/cavan.md ## Neighbouring townlands (National Statutory Boundaries, Tailte Éireann) - Annaghlee: https://everytownland.com/cavan/annaghlee.md - Cornacarrow: https://everytownland.com/cavan/cornacarrow-20473.md - Errigal: https://everytownland.com/cavan/errigal.md - Lislea: https://everytownland.com/cavan/lislea-21505.md - Magheranure: https://everytownland.com/cavan/magheranure.md 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. --- Everytownland reads the registered freehold land and the statutory boundaries of Tailte Éireann, the national zoning, planning file and heritage records of the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, and the Residential Property Price Register. 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; this site names no owner. A price is the price recorded for a past sale, not a valuation. Sources: Cadastral Parcels Freehold, Townlands, Civil Parishes, Baronies, Electoral Divisions and Buildings, Tailte Éireann, CC BY 4.0; national zoning of development plans (GZT, MyPlan) and National Planning Applications, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, CC BY 4.0, applicants not shown; designated sites, National Parks and Wildlife Service, CC BY 4.0; Sites and Monuments Record, National Monuments Service, CC BY 4.0; National Inventory of Architectural Heritage, CC BY 4.0; Residential Property Price Register, Property Services Regulatory Authority, re-used with the source acknowledged. - Page: https://everytownland.com/cavan/drumman - In JSON: https://everytownland.com/api/townland/cavan/drumman