Rocks
Townland in the civil parish of Kilmore, barony of Clanmahon, Co. Cavan
- Area
- 33.2 ha
- 82 acres
- Land parcels
- 13
- registered freehold, median 2,388 m² (0.24 ha, 0.59 acres)
- Zoning
- M4
- White Lands
- Planning
- 6
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
13 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Rocks, from 75 m² to 52,907 m² (5.29 ha, 13.07 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 15 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
- M4White Lands (Built up area)
Cavan County Development Plan incorporating a Local Area Plan for Cavan Town 2022-2028, Cavan · 3 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
5 Sept 2025Conditional
for RETENTION for changes made during construction from previous plans granted under planning reference no. 051808 to include reception area, 2 No offices and store. Planning PERMISSION sought for: extension to existing tractor garage (on northwest), to include within the extension: workshop for parts associated with existing business, with connection to existing services, all associated hard surfaces, and all associated site works
Permission · Cavan County Council, 2560537
18 Dec 2024N/a
for extension to existing tractor garage (on northwest), to include within the extension: workshop for parts associated with existing business, with connection to existing services, all associated hard surfaces, and all associated site works
Permission · Cavan County Council, 2460636
15 Aug 2024Conditional
for RETENTION of (a) Internal alterations associated with office and workshop use for CCD Ltd. (b) Elevational alterations to the existing creamery building (c) alterations to the site layout including erection of new fencing and gates (d) the installation of a proprietary sewage treatment system. Further to the above, planning PERMISSION is sought for (e) New extension to the rear of the creamery building to form a new workshop and storage area built in steel structure (f) demolition of existing boundary walls along the adjoining road R198 and form new grass verge and landscaped area in front of new boundary fence erected at approx. 3m setback from the road. (g) all associated site works on the site of the old creamery building
Permission · Cavan County Council, 2460386
5 Dec 2023Conditional
to alter an existing dwelling to include (a) the partial removal of previously constructed shed to rear (west), (b) removal of existing main roof, (c) construction of a new main roof, (d) elevational changes to all elevations, (e) conversion of existing attic, (f) extension and roof terrace to the rear (west) elevation, (g) site works (proprietary sewage treatment system) and (h) all ancillary works
Permission, 1 home · Cavan County Council, 2360294
20 Sept 2023N/a
for alterations to an existing dwelling to include (a) the partial removal of previously constructed shed to rear (west), (b) removal of existing main roof, (c) construction of a new main roof, (d) elevational changes to all elevations, (e) conversion of existing attic, (f) extension and roof terrace to the rear (west) elevation, (g) site works (proprietary sewage treatment system) and (h) all ancillary works
Permission, 1 home · Cavan County Council, 2360192
16 Dec 2020Conditional
to retain (a) alterations to elevations and plans of existing dwelling, (b) detached domestic garage and all ancillary works (previously planning ref 02/303)
Retention, 1 home · Cavan County Council, 20571
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 Rocks.
Recorded monuments
No recorded monument lies in the townland of Rocks.
Architectural heritage
No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands in the townland of Rocks.
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 5 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
- No LiDAR survey of the Office of Public Works covers the centre of the townland of Rocks.
- 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 Rocks with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Cavan.
The townland
- Name
- Rocks
- Area
- 331,590 m² (33.16 ha, 81.94 acres)
- Civil parish
- Kilmore, and its townlands
- Barony
- Clanmahon
- Electoral division
- Crossdoney, the unit of the census
- Census 2022
- Crossdoney electoral division: 610 people in 210 households; 84% of households own their home; 29% of homes were built since 2001; 13% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 4% were holiday homes.
- Neighbouring townlands
- Cavanfin, Crossdoney, Gortnashangan Lower or Bingfield, Gortnashangan Upper or Hermitage, Monnery Upper, Shantully
- Placenames
- Rocks 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.