Graddum
Townland in the civil parish of Crosserlough, barony of Castlerahan, Co. Cavan; in Irish Gradam
- Area
- 144.6 ha
- 357 acres
- Land parcels
- 59
- registered freehold, median 4,620 m² (0.46 ha, 1.14 acres)
- Zoning
- —
- not in a zoned settlement
- Planning
- 11
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
59 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Graddum, from 46 m² to 182,095 m² (18.21 ha, 45 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 28 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
No zone of a development plan covers Graddum in the national zoning. Outside zoned towns and villages, the county development plan's rural policies apply to each application.
Source: Tailte Éireann and the Department of Housing (MyPlan), national zoning, CC BY 4.0.
Planning applications
Sites that touch the townland, newest first
30 Jan 2026Conditional
to alter & extend existing two-storey dwelling. Works to include: 1) Demolition of the existing conservatory & alteration to the south-east elevation; 2) Construction of a single-storey extension to the side and rear of the existing dwelling; 3) Internal alteration & provision of an additional window to the north elevation, together with all associated site works
Permission, 1 home · Cavan County Council, 2660041
26 Jan 2026N/a
to alter & extend existing two-storey dwelling. Works to include: 1) Demolition of the existing conservatory & alteration to the south-east elevation; 2) Construction of a single-storey extension to the side and rear of the existing dwelling; 3) Internal alteration & provision of an additional window to the north elevation, together with all associated site works
Permission · Cavan County Council, 2660026
27 Aug 2025Conditional
for Retention Permission (previous approval granted under 02/626 & 85/15289) for the following as constructed alterations to dwelling house & detached domestic garage (1) to include first floor extension to rear of dwelling house, together with minor alterations to all elevations (2) revised garage layout and elevations (3) site layout to include revised location of site boundaries, site entrance and domestic garage location
Retention, 1 home · Cavan County Council, 2560502
30 Jul 2025Conditional
to 1. RETAIN and complete alterations and extension to existing dwelling, works to include internal and external alterations and PERMISSION: 2. to install new sewerage treatment unit and percolation area 3. Demolish existing shed and construct new shed in revised location 4. Construct new entrance walls and piers and all ancillary and associated works
Permission, 1 home · Cavan County Council, 2560431
20 Feb 2024Conditional
to construct a dormer type dwelling with a detached domestic garage, sewerage treatment unit, percolation area, erect new entrance walls and piers and all associated site works
Permission, 1 home · Cavan County Council, 2417
11 Oct 2023Refused
to construct a dormer type dwelling with a detached domestic garage, sewerage treatment unit, percolation area, erect new entrance walls and piers and all associated site works
Permission, 1 home · Cavan County Council, 23303
3 Nov 2021Conditional
to carry out the following (a) alter and extend existing bungalow, (b) demolish existing domestic garage and erect new detached garage and (c) form new site entrance with entrance walk and piers
Permission, 1 home · Cavan County Council, 21677
5 Oct 2021Conditional
on a site previously granted planning ref no. 20/191 for revised site boundary, revised location of advanced treatment system and percolation area all ancillary site development works
Permission, 1 home · Cavan County Council, 21607
18 May 2020Conditional
for development consisting of a new dwelling house, domestic garage, advanced waste water treatment system and percolation area, new entrance walls and piers and all ancillary site development works. Significant further information and revised plans have been submitted
Permission, 1 home · Cavan County Council, 20191
21 Nov 2017Conditional
to construct 1 no. new bell-mouth type entrance onto public road to facilitate access to existing forestry plantation and all associated site development works
Permission · Cavan County Council, 17480
9 Mar 2017Conditional
for alterations to previously approved planning ref. no. 16/452, construct a single storey extension to side and rear of existing dwelling, alterations to existing dwelling, garage and associated site works
Permission, 1 home · Cavan County Council, 1782
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 Graddum.
Recorded monuments
No recorded monument lies in the townland of Graddum.
Architectural heritage
No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands in the townland of Graddum.
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 water.
- Terrain model
- No LiDAR survey of the Office of Public Works covers the centre of the townland of Graddum.
- 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 Graddum with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Cavan.
The townland
- Name
- Graddum · Gradam
- Area
- 1,445,622 m² (144.56 ha, 357.22 acres)
- Civil parish
- Crosserlough, and its townlands
- Barony
- Castlerahan
- Electoral division
- Graddum, the unit of the census
- Census 2022
- Graddum electoral division: 589 people in 206 households; 87% of households own their home; 35% of homes were built since 2001; 7% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 2% were holiday homes.
- Neighbouring townlands
- Aghagegna, Aghakee, Corbeagh, Derry, Drumbarry, Latnadronagh, Lecharry, Portan
- Placenames
- Graddum 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.