Noghan
Townland in the civil parish of Drumlane, barony of Loughtee Lower, Co. Cavan; in Irish Conachán
- Area
- 76.5 ha
- 189 acres
- Land parcels
- 74
- registered freehold, median 1,986 m²
- Zoning
- G1
- Amenity and Open Space
- Planning
- 11
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
74 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Noghan, from 70 m² to 121,435 m² (12.14 ha, 30.01 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 7 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
- G1Amenity and Open Space (Open space, park)
Cavan County Development Plan incorporating a Local Area Plan for Cavan Town 2022-2028, Cavan · 4 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 · 1 parcels The zoning objective in the plan - C5Tourism (Tourism and related)
Cavan County Development Plan incorporating a Local Area Plan for Cavan Town 2022-2028, Cavan · 0 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 May 2026N/a
to construct bungalow, create new bellmouth entrance, site development works and connect to existing services
Permission, 1 home · Cavan County Council, 2660291
7 Aug 2025Conditional
for change of use from dormer holiday home to permanent residence
Permission, 1 home · Cavan County Council, 2560462
19 Jun 2025Conditional
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. SIGNIFICANT FURTHER INFORMATION HAS BEEN RECEIVED
Permission · Cavan County Council, 2560315
9 Jun 2025N/a
for i) Works to facilitate infill and re-contouring of the subject lands to facilitate use for agricultural purposes. ii) All associated works
Permission · Cavan County Council, 2560288
17 Apr 2025Conditional
to retain attached garage, utility room, carport and loft space extension to existing bungalow and associated site works
Retention, 1 home · Cavan County Council, 2560176
15 Apr 2025Conditional
to construct part single storey/part storey and a half detached dwelling, detached domestic garage, new entrance, connection to existing services and associated site works. SIGNIFICANT FURTHER INFORMATION HAS BEEN RECEIVED
Permission, 1 home · Cavan County Council, 2560168
30 Jun 2021Conditional
to erect fully serviced bungalow type dwelling, new entrance, connection to public services and all ancillary works
Permission, 1 home · Cavan County Council, 21411
12 Jan 2021Conditional
to construct Alum Sludge Drying Reed Beds Small Scale Trial Facility consisting of 6 no. Sludge Drying Reed Beds (11.0m2 each) and 1 No. Sludge tank (10.0m3) and associated site works. The application is being accompanied by an NIS. Significant further information and revised plans have been submitted.
Permission · Cavan County Council, 216
27 Nov 2020Conditional
EXTENSION OF DURATION 15/415: to erect fully serviced dormer-style dwelling and detached domestic garage, entrance, connection to public sewer and all ancillary site works
Extension of duration · Cavan County Council, 20521
5 Oct 2020Conditional
to extend existing marina with all associated and ancillary site works. A Natura Impact Statement (NIS) has been submitted to the Planning Authority in connection with the application as part of further information. Significant further information and revised plans have been submitted
Permission · Cavan County Council, 20446
12 Jun 2020Conditional
for the placement of 14 photovoltaic solar panels on the house roof (rear elevation facing approximately south-west)
Permission, 1 home · Cavan County Council, 20219
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
- Special Area of Conservation: Lough Oughter and Associated Loughs SAC 000007
Recorded monuments
No recorded monument lies in the townland of Noghan.
Architectural heritage
No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands in the townland of Noghan.
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 10 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels. Testing a home
- Landslides
- Susceptibility 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 Noghan.
- 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 Noghan with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Cavan.
The townland
- Name
- Noghan · Conachán
- Area
- 765,300 m² (76.53 ha, 189.11 acres)
- Civil parish
- Drumlane, and its townlands
- Barony
- Loughtee Lower
- Electoral division
- Belturbet, the unit of the census
- Census 2022
- Belturbet electoral division: 1,759 people in 794 households; 46% of households own their home; 38% of homes were built since 2001; 14% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 2% were holiday homes.
- Neighbouring townlands
- Brankill (Lanesborough), Cornadarragh, Corporation Lands, Creeny, Dernaglush, Kilconny
- Placenames
- Noghan 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.