Lear

78 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Lear, from 12 m² to 263,531 m² (26.35 ha, 65.12 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 30 neighbouring parcels touch it.

Download the townland: DXF, in Irish Transverse Mercator metres, with its boundary, parcels and buildings; GeoJSON or KML.

No zone of a development plan covers Lear 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.

• 28 Aug 2026N/a

  To Retain upgraded Effluent Treatment System as designed and installed for the Site, Retain single storey outbuilding with facilities ancillary to the enjoyment of the existing dwelling house, Retain Domestic Storage Shed, Retain Poultry Shed and Enclosure, Retain “Change of use” of Domestic Garage including minor alterations to the fenestration of same for use as “Granny Flat”, Retain “as constructed” Entrance onto public road

  Retention, 1 home · Cavan County Council, 2660491

• 26 Aug 2026N/a

  to Retain upgraded Effluent Treatment System as designed and installed for the Site, Retain single storey outbuilding with facilities ancillary to the enjoyment of the existing dwelling house, Retain Domestic Storage Shed, Retain Poultry Shed and Enclosure, Retain “Change of use” of Domestic Garage including minor alterations to the fenestration of same for use as “Granny Flat”, Retain “as constructed” Entrance onto public road

  Retention · Cavan County Council, 2660476

• 1 Apr 2026Conditional

  for the proposed diversion of existing River Lear watercourse within the site, including excavation of a new channel, redirection of flows, infilling of the redundant channel section and associated engineering works

  Permission · Cavan County Council, 2660151

• 3 Sept 2025Conditional

  for a single storey dwelling house, wastewater treatment system and percolation area, vehicular entrance and driveway, entrance piers together with all ancillary site development works

  Permission, 1 home · Cavan County Council, 2560529

• 22 May 2024Conditional

  for (1) New milk intake extension, clean in process station, pipe bridge, installation of 5 No additional milk silos, and 1 No. silo for water reuse (2) the construction of a new internal road, (3) works to the public road involving widening of the Knockbride Road (L3515), (4) relocation of contractor containers and storage units on site, (5) relocation of existing site entrance to include traffic control entrance barriers & gates, (6) new staff, tanker and contractor parking areas including EV Charging points (7) new weighbridge, (8) boundary, landscape treatments and all ancillary works, (9) demolition of part of existing milk intake building, (10) new pedestrian crossing on the Knockbride Road (L3515), (11) new drainage and construction of underground attenuation drainage system (12) new upgraded Class 1 oil water separator (13) Rainwater Harvesting tank (14) new electrical switch room and admin office. The site currently operates under EPA License (Reg no. P0406-05.).

  Permission · Cavan County Council, 2460223

• 17 May 2024N/a

  For (1) New milk intake extension, clean in process station, pipe bridge, installation of 5 No additional milk silos, and 1 No. silo for water reuse (2) the construction of a new internal road, (3) works to the public road involving widening of the Knockbride Road (L3515), (4) relocation of contractor containers and storage units on site, (5) relocation of existing site entrance to include traffic control entrance barriers & gates, (6) new staff, tanker and contractor parking areas including EV Charging points (7) new weighbridge, (8) boundary, landscape treatments and all ancillary works, (9) demolition of part of existing milk intake building, (10) new pedestrian crossing on the Knockbride Road (L3515), (11) new drainage and construction of underground attenuation drainage system (12) new upgraded Class 1 oil water separator (13) Rainwater Harvesting tank (14) new electrical switch room and admin office. The site currently operates under EPA Licence (Reg no. P0406-05.). An Environmental Impact Assessment Report (EIAR) will be submitted to the Planning Authority in connection with the application. The planning application and EIAR may be inspected, or purchased at a fee not exceeding the reasonable cost of making a copy, at the offices of the planning authority at Cavan County Council, Farnham Centre, Farnham Street, Cavan during its public opening hours and a submission or observation in relation to the application may be made to the authority in writing on payment of the prescribed fee within the period of 5 weeks beginning on the date of receipt by the authority of the application. Signed: Lakeland Dairies Co-Operative Society Ltd (Bailieboro)

  Permission · Cavan County Council, 2460212

• 22 Mar 2024Conditional

  to retain the use of an existing hard standing area as an area for the temporary parking of vehicles, trailers and any additional equipment associated with the operation of existing facility together with any ancillary structures and associated site works arising from the above development, the site currently has an Environmental Protection Agency IED Licence

  Retention · Cavan County Council, 2460112

• 24 Aug 2022Conditional

  for development consisting of 1) RETENTION of the partial construction of a single storey dwelling house and 2) PERMISSION for proposed completion of the construction of the dwelling house, provision of a wastewater treatment system and percolation area, use of existing entrance from public road and provision of access lane together with all ancillary site development works Significant further information and revised plans have been submitted.

  Permission, 1 home · Cavan County Council, 22350

• 23 Aug 2022N/a

  to retain site boundaries, location of entrance and garage as constructed and PERMISSION to extend & convert garage into granny/family flat and all associated site works

  Retention, 1 home · Cavan County Council, 22343

• 7 Jun 2022N/a

  to convert & extend existing garage to separate dwelling unit and RETENTION of site boundaries & location of entrance and all associated site works

  Permission, 1 home · Cavan County Council, 22228

• 14 Mar 2022Conditional

  to install 2 no. silos up to 11m and construction of a new concrete plinth to store same. Works include extension to existing access corridor between the silos, connection to existing site services, associated site development works and all ancillary works. The site currently has an EPA IED licence (Reg. No. P0406-05)

  Permission · Cavan County Council, 22105

• 26 Jan 2022Conditional

  for retention of 1) revised location on site, 2) revised site boundaries and entrance details, 3) Conversion of attached garage to living accommodation, 4) revised first floor layout including additional floor area, 5) external elevational changes including minor internal alterations, 6) retention of timber storage shed, and 7) all ancillary site development works

  Retention, 1 home · Cavan County Council, 2220

• 5 Mar 2021Conditional

  to construct 1 No. Poultry house (to include meal storage bin(s) and soiled water tank(s)) and all associated site works arising from the above proposed development. An Environmental Impact Assessment Report (E.I.A.R.) will be submitted with this application. This application relates to a development, which is for the purposes of an activity requiring a Licence under part IV of the Environmental Protection Agency (Licensing) Regulations 1994 to 2013.

  Permission · Cavan County Council, 21123

• 18 Sept 2020Conditional

  to construct 1 no. Poultry house (to include meal storage bin(s) and soiled water tank(s)) and all associated site works (to include new/upgraded site entrance) arising from the above proposed development

  Permission · Cavan County Council, 20416

• 7 Sept 2020Conditional

  demolish existing obsolete electrical room and associated structure and replace it with a two-storey staff facility building and associated site development works, the site currently has an environmental protection agency IED licence reg no P0406-05

  Permission · Cavan County Council, 20391

• 13 Mar 2020Conditional

  for new domestic garage, RETENTION of the existing domestic store and all ancillary site development works

  Permission, 1 home · Cavan County Council, 2084

• 26 Jun 2019Conditional

  to construct an extension to the existing powder plant warehouse. Demolition works will be required prior to construction. Works include connection to existing site services, associated site development works and all ancillary works. The site currently has an EPA IED licence (Reg no. P0406-05)

  Permission · Cavan County Council, 19249

• 5 Jun 2018Conditional

  to retain alterations to existing domestic garage previously granted under Planning Reference 05/1386, and all ancillary site development works

  Retention, 1 home · Cavan County Council, 18230

Source: National Planning Applications, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, CC BY 4.0. Applicants are not shown.

Designated sites

No designated site (Special Area of Conservation, Special Protection Area, Natural Heritage Area or proposed one) touches the townland of Lear.

Recorded monuments

• CV028-050 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  Situated on top of a drumlin, an oval wood (dims c. 110m NNW-SE; c. 55m ENE-WSW) is depicted here on the 1835 edition of the OS 6-inch map and an oval field is represented on the 1908 edition. A circular grass-covered enclosure (diam. c. 35m) defined by what appears to be a flat-topped earthen bank (Wth of base c. 8m) and an outer fosse (Wth of top c. 8m) is visible in low winter sunlight on Google images (17/01/2020) and on some earlier Google images. The perimeter is incorporated in the bank of the wood NE-SE and SW-W but it can be clearly seen elsewhere. The enclosure can also be seen on OSI images (2005-2012), and it was first reported by Jean Charles Caillere. See the attached view from Google Earth (17/01/2020) Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 31 March 2021

Architectural heritage

• Post box, 1910–1920 · Regional interest
  Description

  Cast-iron post box attached to timber post, manufactured c.1915, having curved top, raised 'Letters Only' lettering above letter slot and raised 'GR' royal cipher and crown motif. Located at a rural crossroad junction.

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).

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

No LiDAR survey of the Office of Public Works covers the centre of the townland of Lear.

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.

• Lear, Bailieborough8 sales

Name

Lear

Area

1,946,904 m² (194.69 ha, 481.09 acres)

Civil parish

Bailieborough, and its townlands

Barony

Clankee

Electoral division

Bailieborough, the unit of the census

Census 2022

Bailieborough electoral division: 4,230 people in 1,546 households; 73% of households own their home; 44% of homes were built since 2001; 13% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 1% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Corglass, Corkish, Crocknahattin, Drumbannan, Drumkeery, Lisball, Lisgar, Pottle Lower

Placenames

Lear 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.