Poles
Townland in the civil parish of Annagelliff, barony of Loughtee Upper, Co. Cavan; in Irish Na Pollaí
- Area
- 118.8 ha
- 294 acres
- Land parcels
- 86
- registered freehold, median 2,269 m² (0.23 ha, 0.56 acres)
- Zoning
- —
- not in a zoned settlement
- Planning
- 7
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
86 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Poles, from 13 m² to 159,131 m² (15.91 ha, 39.32 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 32 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 Poles 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 Nov 2022Conditional
to relocate 2 no. fuel pumps, fuel storage tanks & all ancillary works at Poles, Co. Cavan
Permission · Cavan County Council, 22479
27 Sept 2022Conditional
for infilling of land with imported natural materials of clay, subsoil and stone to raise the levels and improve the land for agricultural purposes together with all ancillary works. The lands will be covered with topsoil and reseeded with grass when completed
Permission · Cavan County Council, 22395
1 Jul 2020Conditional
alter previously approved storage extension to existing storage unit, previous ref 17/123, associated alterations to site boundaries, site layout, relocation of sewerage treatment facilities and all ancillary works
Permission · Cavan County Council, 20254
4 Jun 2020Conditional
for infilling of ground level by an average of 2m, using imported inert material consisting of natural materials of clay, sub soil & stone in order to raise the levels and improve the land for agricultural purposes together with all ancillary site works. The total quantity of material will not exceed 20,000 tonne (class 5 material as per third schedule part 2). The lands will be covered with topsoil and reseeded with grass when complete
Permission · Cavan County Council, 20208
10 Sept 2019Conditional
to retain the conversion of an attached domestic garage to habitable accommodation and associated alterations to the façade of the existing dwelling house. Significant further information and revised plans have been submitted
Retention, 1 home · Cavan County Council, 19348
4 Oct 2018Conditional
to demolish existing uninhabitable bungalow and erect fully serviced 2 storey replacement dwelling, with detached domestic garage, entrance walls and piers sewerage treatment facilities and all ancillary site works
Permission, 1 home · Cavan County Council, 18405
29 Mar 2017Conditional
to (i) construct storage extension to existing retail unit, (ii) construct storage to existing storage unit and all ancillary works
Permission · Cavan County Council, 17123
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 Poles.
Recorded monuments
- CV021-066 Ringfort - rath
Description
Raised circular area (int. dims. 35.5m WNW-ESE; 34m NNE-SSW) enclosed by a slight earthen bank and a partly waterlogged fosse, well- defined from NNE-E-SW and very faint elsewhere. A modern field boundary also encroaches on the fosse from SSE-S-SW. Break in bank at ENE with remains of accompanying causeway represents original entrance. 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
- CV021-067 Ringfort - rath
Description
Raised circular area (int. dims. 28m N-S; 29.5m E-W) enclosed by a well-preserved earthen bank from SE-S-SW. Wide break in bank at ESE may represent original entrance. 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
- CV021-077 Enclosure
Description
The Archaeological Survey of Ireland (ASI) is in the process of providing information on all monuments on The Historic Environment Viewer (HEV). Currently the information for this record has not been uploaded. To access available information for research purposes please make an appointment in advance with the Archive Unit (open Fridays 10.00 am – 5.00 pm), Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, The Custom House, Dublin 1 D01W6XO or email NMarchive@housing.gov.ie.
Architectural heritage
No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands in the townland of Poles.
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 low, low, low (inferred), on the 1:50,000 map.
- Terrain model
- LiDAR of the Office of Public Works, flown in 2011, at 2 m: tile OPW_2131 (ZIP).
- 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 Poles with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Cavan.
The townland
- Name
- Poles · Na Pollaí
- Area
- 1,188,355 m² (118.84 ha, 293.65 acres)
- Civil parish
- Annagelliff, and its townlands
- Barony
- Loughtee Upper
- Electoral division
- Moynehall, the unit of the census
- Census 2022
- Moynehall electoral division: 1,739 people in 592 households; 81% of households own their home; 38% of homes were built since 2001; 7% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 1% were holiday homes.
- Neighbouring townlands
- Broughderg, Drumoghra, Glasdrumman, Lateever, Lismullig, Pottle, Shankill Upper
- Placenames
- Poles 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.