# Lear, Co. Cavan: townland, land parcels and planning

Townland in the civil parish of Bailieborough, barony of Clankee, Co. Cavan.

- Area (Tailte Éireann): 1,946,904 m² (194.69 ha, 481.09 acres)
- Land parcels (Tailte Éireann): 78 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in it, median 3,731 m² (0.37 ha, 0.92 acres)
- Zoning (national zoning, MyPlan): not in a zoned settlement
- Planning (National Planning Applications): 18 applications since 2010
- Civil parish: Bailieborough, https://everytownland.com/cavan/parish/bailieborough.md
- Barony: Clankee
- Electoral division: Bailieborough, the unit of the census
- Census 2022 (Central Statistics Office): 4,230 people lived in 1,546 households in the Bailieborough electoral division. 73% of households owned their home. 44% of homes were built since 2001. 13% 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/3644
- Townland number at Tailte Éireann: 21441
- Centre: latitude 53.935445, longitude -6.969989 (WGS 84)

## Land parcels (registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann)

78 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Lear, from 12 m² to 263,531 m² (26.35 ha, 65.12 acres); 30 neighbouring parcels touch its boundary. Largest first:

- Parcel 3830604: 263,531 m² (26.35 ha, 65.12 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/3830604.md
- Parcel 481900: 255,973 m² (25.6 ha, 63.25 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/481900.md
- Parcel 436705: 203,390 m² (20.34 ha, 50.26 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/436705.md
- Parcel 443745: 133,134 m² (13.31 ha, 32.9 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/443745.md
- Parcel 483211: 119,393 m² (11.94 ha, 29.5 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/483211.md
- Parcel 488238: 106,732 m² (10.67 ha, 26.37 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/488238.md
- Parcel 476211: 94,314 m² (9.43 ha, 23.31 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/476211.md
- Parcel 476213: 92,589 m² (9.26 ha, 22.88 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/476213.md
- Parcel 488576: 82,832 m² (8.28 ha, 20.47 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/488576.md
- Parcel 477579: 73,355 m² (7.34 ha, 18.13 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/477579.md
- Parcel 490488: 55,785 m² (5.58 ha, 13.78 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/490488.md
- Parcel 4908965: 46,533 m² (4.65 ha, 11.5 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/4908965.md
- Parcel 476218: 46,110 m² (4.61 ha, 11.39 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/476218.md
- Parcel 488577: 33,175 m² (3.32 ha, 8.2 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/488577.md
- Parcel 476212: 31,199 m² (3.12 ha, 7.71 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/476212.md
- Parcel 481433: 29,802 m² (2.98 ha, 7.36 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/481433.md
- Parcel 479553: 22,732 m² (2.27 ha, 5.62 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/479553.md
- Parcel 450680: 22,477 m² (2.25 ha, 5.55 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/450680.md
- Parcel 471011: 18,587 m² (1.86 ha, 4.59 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/471011.md
- Parcel 475941: 15,544 m² (1.55 ha, 3.84 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/475941.md
- Parcel 488832: 14,259 m² (1.43 ha, 3.52 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/488832.md
- Parcel 473732: 11,924 m² (1.19 ha, 2.95 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/473732.md
- Parcel 475337: 10,986 m² (1.1 ha, 2.71 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/475337.md
- Parcel 485874: 10,044 m² (1 ha, 2.48 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/485874.md
- Parcel 454321: 8,154 m² (0.82 ha, 2.01 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/454321.md
- Parcel 473447: 7,384 m² (0.74 ha, 1.82 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/473447.md
- Parcel 2404715: 5,465 m² (0.55 ha, 1.35 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2404715.md
- Parcel 3194350: 5,366 m² (0.54 ha, 1.33 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/3194350.md
- Parcel 3122094: 5,127 m² (0.51 ha, 1.27 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/3122094.md
- Parcel 489749: 5,030 m² (0.5 ha, 1.24 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/489749.md
- Parcel 4900614: 5,023 m² (0.5 ha, 1.24 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/4900614.md
- Parcel 3116303: 4,889 m² (0.49 ha, 1.21 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/3116303.md
- Parcel 457575: 4,721 m² (0.47 ha, 1.17 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/457575.md
- Parcel 2404837: 4,384 m² (0.44 ha, 1.08 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2404837.md
- Parcel 459143: 4,110 m² (0.41 ha, 1.02 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/459143.md
- Parcel 437882: 3,956 m² (0.4 ha, 0.98 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/437882.md
- Parcel 2404717: 3,935 m² (0.39 ha, 0.97 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2404717.md
- Parcel 2404839: 3,764 m² (0.38 ha, 0.93 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2404839.md
- Parcel 472144: 3,756 m² (0.38 ha, 0.93 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/472144.md
- Parcel 477003: 3,705 m² (0.37 ha, 0.92 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/477003.md
- Parcel 456834: 3,650 m² (0.37 ha, 0.9 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/456834.md
- Parcel 5672552: 3,597 m² (0.36 ha, 0.89 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5672552.md
- Parcel 6052265: 3,548 m² (0.35 ha, 0.88 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/6052265.md
- Parcel 488381: 3,536 m² (0.35 ha, 0.87 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/488381.md
- Parcel 4908942: 3,535 m² (0.35 ha, 0.87 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/4908942.md
- Parcel 460084: 3,362 m² (0.34 ha, 0.83 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/460084.md
- Parcel 3086018: 3,176 m² (0.32 ha, 0.78 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/3086018.md
- Parcel 458110: 3,091 m² (0.31 ha, 0.76 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/458110.md
- Parcel 471913: 2,953 m² (0.3 ha, 0.73 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/471913.md
- Parcel 490624: 2,886 m² (0.29 ha, 0.71 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/490624.md
- Parcel 483946: 2,799 m² (0.28 ha, 0.69 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/483946.md
- Parcel 3892169: 2,678 m² (0.27 ha, 0.66 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/3892169.md
- Parcel 2418518: 2,646 m² (0.26 ha, 0.65 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2418518.md
- Parcel 489584: 2,577 m² (0.26 ha, 0.64 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/489584.md
- Parcel 4711446: 2,494 m² (0.25 ha, 0.62 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/4711446.md
- Parcel 456709: 2,468 m² (0.25 ha, 0.61 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/456709.md
- Parcel 3086015: 2,462 m² (0.25 ha, 0.61 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/3086015.md
- Parcel 471671: 2,329 m² (0.23 ha, 0.58 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/471671.md
- Parcel 3892315: 2,200 m² (0.22 ha, 0.54 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/3892315.md
- Parcel 472752: 1,942 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/472752.md
- Parcel 4711444: 1,889 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/4711444.md
- Parcel 448614: 1,877 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/448614.md
- Parcel 491795: 1,821 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/491795.md
- Parcel 3892195: 1,732 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/3892195.md
- Parcel 435668: 1,609 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/435668.md
- Parcel 457485: 1,564 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/457485.md
- Parcel 5688778: 944 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/5688778.md
- Parcel 4908947: 463 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/4908947.md
- Parcel 4905170: 375 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/4905170.md
- Parcel 458783: 345 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/458783.md
- Parcel 4711450: 303 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/4711450.md
- Parcel 4905173: 205 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/4905173.md
- Parcel 3892369: 201 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/3892369.md
- Parcel 5672549: 198 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/5672549.md
- Parcel 3892371: 123 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/3892371.md
- Parcel 4905171: 119 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/4905171.md
- Parcel 445798: 30 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/445798.md
- Parcel 5672527: 12 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/5672527.md

## Zoning (national zoning of development plans, MyPlan)

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.

## Planning applications whose site touches the townland (National Planning Applications, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage)

18 applications, newest first.

- 28 Aug 2026, Cavan County Council 2660491: N/a. Retention, 1 home. 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. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/CavanCC/AppFileRefDetails/2660491/0
- 26 Aug 2026, Cavan County Council 2660476: N/a. Retention. 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. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/CavanCC/AppFileRefDetails/2660476/0
- 1 Apr 2026, Cavan County Council 2660151: Conditional. Permission. 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. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/CavanCC/AppFileRefDetails/2660151/0
- 3 Sept 2025, Cavan County Council 2560529: Conditional. Permission, 1 home. 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. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/CavanCC/AppFileRefDetails/2560529/0
- 22 May 2024, Cavan County Council 2460223: Conditional. Permission. 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.).. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/CavanCC/AppFileRefDetails/2460223/0
- 17 May 2024, Cavan County Council 2460212: N/a. Permission. 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). File: https://www.eplanning.ie/CavanCC/AppFileRefDetails/2460212/0
- 22 Mar 2024, Cavan County Council 2460112: Conditional. Retention. 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. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/CavanCC/AppFileRefDetails/2460112/0
- 24 Aug 2022, Cavan County Council 22350: Conditional. Permission, 1 home. 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.. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/CavanCC/AppFileRefDetails/22350/0
- 23 Aug 2022, Cavan County Council 22343: N/a. Retention, 1 home. 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. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/CavanCC/AppFileRefDetails/22343/0
- 7 Jun 2022, Cavan County Council 22228: N/a. Permission, 1 home. to convert & extend existing garage to separate dwelling unit and RETENTION of site boundaries & location of entrance and all associated site works. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/CavanCC/AppFileRefDetails/22228/0
- 14 Mar 2022, Cavan County Council 22105: Conditional. Permission. 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). File: https://www.eplanning.ie/CavanCC/AppFileRefDetails/22105/0
- 26 Jan 2022, Cavan County Council 2220: Conditional. Retention, 1 home. 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. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/CavanCC/AppFileRefDetails/2220/0
- 5 Mar 2021, Cavan County Council 21123: Conditional. Permission. 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.. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/CavanCC/AppFileRefDetails/21123/0
- 18 Sept 2020, Cavan County Council 20416: Conditional. Permission. 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. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/CavanCC/AppFileRefDetails/20416/0
- 7 Sept 2020, Cavan County Council 20391: Conditional. Permission. 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. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/CavanCC/AppFileRefDetails/20391/0
- 13 Mar 2020, Cavan County Council 2084: Conditional. Permission, 1 home. for new domestic garage, RETENTION of the existing domestic store and all ancillary site development works. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/CavanCC/AppFileRefDetails/2084/0
- 26 Jun 2019, Cavan County Council 19249: Conditional. Permission. 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). File: https://www.eplanning.ie/CavanCC/AppFileRefDetails/19249/0
- 5 Jun 2018, Cavan County Council 18230: Conditional. Retention, 1 home. to retain alterations to existing domestic garage previously granted under Planning Reference 05/1386, and all ancillary site development works. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/CavanCC/AppFileRefDetails/18230/0

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 Lear.

## Recorded monuments (Sites and Monuments Record, National Monuments Service)

- CV028-050: Ringfort - rath, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CCV028-050----. 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

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)

- Post box, 1910–1920, Regional interest, registry number 40402813, https://www.buildingsofireland.ie/niah/search.jsp?type=record&county=CV&regno=40402813. 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.

## Ground and risks (Radon Risk Map of Ireland, EPA; Landslide Susceptibility Classification and LiDAR, Geological Survey Ireland)

- Radon: at the centre of the townland of Lear, about 1 in 20 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: The 1:50,000 map rates the landslide susceptibility here as moderately high, moderately low, low, partly inferred. Parts of the land 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, 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/lear-21441.dxf
- GeoJSON, in WGS 84, for a map: https://everytownland.com/cavan/lear-21441.geojson
- KML, for Google Earth: https://everytownland.com/cavan/lear-21441.kml

## Homes sold (Residential Property Price Register)

- Lear, Bailieborough: 8 sales, https://everytownland.com/cavan/lear-bailieborough.md

## Neighbouring townlands (National Statutory Boundaries, Tailte Éireann)

- Corglass: https://everytownland.com/cavan/corglass-20427.md
- Corkish: https://everytownland.com/cavan/corkish.md
- Crocknahattin: https://everytownland.com/cavan/crocknahattin.md
- Drumbannan: https://everytownland.com/cavan/drumbannan.md
- Drumkeery: https://everytownland.com/cavan/drumkeery.md
- Lisball: https://everytownland.com/cavan/lisball.md
- Lisgar: https://everytownland.com/cavan/lisgar.md
- Pottle Lower: https://everytownland.com/cavan/pottle-lower.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/lear-21441
- In JSON: https://everytownland.com/api/townland/cavan/lear-21441