# Rosscolgan, Co. Cavan: townland, land parcels and planning Townland in the civil parish of Urney, barony of Loughtee Upper, Co. Cavan. - Area (Tailte Éireann): 448,747 m² (44.87 ha, 110.89 acres) - Land parcels (Tailte Éireann): 116 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in it, median 374 m² - Zoning (national zoning, MyPlan): R2 Existing Residential, the zone with the most parcels - Planning (National Planning Applications): 8 applications since 2010 - Civil parish: Urney, https://everytownland.com/cavan/parish/urney.md - Barony: Loughtee Upper - Electoral division: Cavan Rural, the unit of the census - Census 2022 (Central Statistics Office): 8,747 people lived in 2,931 households in the Cavan Rural electoral division. 59% of households owned their home. 62% of homes were built since 2001. 8% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 2% were holiday homes. - County: Co. Cavan, https://everytownland.com/cavan.md - Placenames Database of Ireland: https://www.logainm.ie/en/4646 - Townland number at Tailte Éireann: 21795 - Centre: latitude 53.975358, longitude -7.36239 (WGS 84) ## Land parcels (registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann) 116 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Rosscolgan, from 54 m² to 74,406 m² (7.44 ha, 18.39 acres); 15 neighbouring parcels touch its boundary. Largest first: - Parcel 472885: 74,406 m² (7.44 ha, 18.39 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/472885.md - Parcel 5153464: 59,073 m² (5.91 ha, 14.6 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5153464.md - Parcel 450469: 46,575 m² (4.66 ha, 11.51 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/450469.md - Parcel 5166735: 34,512 m² (3.45 ha, 8.53 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5166735.md - Parcel 2689813: 30,429 m² (3.04 ha, 7.52 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2689813.md - Parcel 4957857: 26,201 m² (2.62 ha, 6.47 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/4957857.md - Parcel 3312299: 25,791 m² (2.58 ha, 6.37 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/3312299.md - Parcel 477807: 23,379 m² (2.34 ha, 5.78 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/477807.md - Parcel 435432: 21,578 m² (2.16 ha, 5.33 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/435432.md - Parcel 470331: 15,821 m² (1.58 ha, 3.91 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/470331.md - Parcel 5193108: 9,936 m² (0.99 ha, 2.46 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5193108.md - Parcel 464622: 6,830 m² (0.68 ha, 1.69 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/464622.md - Parcel 3098296: 5,763 m² (0.58 ha, 1.42 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/3098296.md - Parcel 476114: 2,821 m² (0.28 ha, 0.7 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/476114.md - Parcel 3104779: 1,581 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/3104779.md - Parcel 5723207: 1,430 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/5723207.md - Parcel 434660: 1,322 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/434660.md - Parcel 444973: 1,298 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/444973.md - Parcel 459479: 1,136 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/459479.md - Parcel 3703775: 1,077 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/3703775.md - Parcel 487808: 1,043 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/487808.md - Parcel 5193023: 977 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/5193023.md - Parcel 5536154: 948 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/5536154.md - Parcel 441764: 936 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/441764.md - Parcel 442032: 936 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/442032.md - Parcel 5193062: 755 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/5193062.md - Parcel 2522467: 707 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/2522467.md - Parcel 483170: 680 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/483170.md - Parcel 483065: 669 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/483065.md - Parcel 4441366: 639 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/4441366.md - Parcel 475315: 639 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/475315.md - Parcel 5193060: 586 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/5193060.md - Parcel 4657289: 572 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/4657289.md - Parcel 477699: 569 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/477699.md - Parcel 2685808: 532 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/2685808.md - Parcel 460295: 525 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/460295.md - Parcel 3070432: 522 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/3070432.md - Parcel 456547: 522 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/456547.md - Parcel 2685815: 517 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/2685815.md - Parcel 4068360: 510 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/4068360.md - Parcel 457743: 510 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/457743.md - Parcel 4955503: 510 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/4955503.md - Parcel 2434268: 479 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/2434268.md - Parcel 3070534: 476 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/3070534.md - Parcel 4450292: 467 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/4450292.md - Parcel 2716680: 460 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/2716680.md - Parcel 4657317: 450 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/4657317.md - Parcel 5193059: 445 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/5193059.md - Parcel 2434555: 434 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/2434555.md - Parcel 4722548: 430 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/4722548.md - Parcel 2522537: 424 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/2522537.md - Parcel 3623398: 424 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/3623398.md - Parcel 457593: 416 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/457593.md - Parcel 2521330: 405 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/2521330.md - Parcel 457591: 390 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/457591.md - Parcel 5049554: 376 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/5049554.md - Parcel 457589: 375 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/457589.md - Parcel 459334: 374 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/459334.md - Parcel 456013: 373 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/456013.md - Parcel 459103: 371 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/459103.md - Parcel 2421432: 370 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/2421432.md - Parcel 2685816: 370 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/2685816.md - Parcel 457757: 369 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/457757.md - Parcel 456015: 369 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/456015.md - Parcel 461208: 368 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/461208.md - Parcel 461206: 363 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/461206.md - Parcel 461207: 362 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/461207.md - Parcel 460293: 361 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/460293.md - Parcel 459104: 360 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/459104.md - Parcel 2689769: 359 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/2689769.md - Parcel 2432406: 359 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/2432406.md - Parcel 2689763: 357 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/2689763.md - Parcel 456768: 356 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/456768.md - Parcel 2421446: 356 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/2421446.md - Parcel 2522553: 356 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/2522553.md - Parcel 2689802: 355 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/2689802.md - Parcel 2689786: 350 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/2689786.md - Parcel 2716799: 347 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/2716799.md - Parcel 455584: 344 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/455584.md - Parcel 2685498: 342 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/2685498.md - Parcel 457755: 338 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/457755.md - Parcel 3250693: 333 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/3250693.md - Parcel 4925715: 323 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/4925715.md - Parcel 5193094: 316 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/5193094.md - Parcel 2535965: 277 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/2535965.md - Parcel 457590: 253 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/457590.md - Parcel 5713163: 231 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/5713163.md - Parcel 4657247: 230 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/4657247.md - Parcel 2522559: 228 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/2522559.md - Parcel 2716705: 222 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/2716705.md - Parcel 2716874: 221 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/2716874.md - Parcel 2526786: 220 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/2526786.md - Parcel 2689779: 219 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/2689779.md - Parcel 2521456: 217 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/2521456.md - Parcel 3195055: 216 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/3195055.md - Parcel 2521537: 215 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/2521537.md - Parcel 3441745: 215 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/3441745.md - Parcel 2716928: 215 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/2716928.md - Parcel 2522450: 214 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/2522450.md - Parcel 2716771: 214 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/2716771.md - Parcel 2521476: 213 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/2521476.md - Parcel 4934147: 213 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/4934147.md - Parcel 2559149: 211 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/2559149.md - Parcel 2716894: 209 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/2716894.md - Parcel 3453094: 208 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/3453094.md - Parcel 2580442: 208 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/2580442.md - Parcel 2685818: 208 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/2685818.md - Parcel 3376326: 207 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/3376326.md - Parcel 5193024: 203 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/5193024.md - Parcel 2580474: 201 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/2580474.md - Parcel 4955374: 196 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/4955374.md - Parcel 2559154: 194 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/2559154.md - Parcel 5046508: 178 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/5046508.md - Parcel 490929: 118 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/490929.md - Parcel 5536163: 65 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/5536163.md - Parcel 5723212: 54 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/5723212.md ## Zoning (national zoning of development plans, MyPlan) - R2 Existing Residential (Existing residential): Cavan Town Local Area Plan incorporating Variation No1 2022-2028, Cavan; 94 parcels. The zoning objective in the plan: https://www.cavancoco.ie/media/y0ka04fz/chapter-14_.pdf#page=6 - R4 Strategic Residential Reserve: Cavan Town Local Area Plan incorporating Variation No1 2022-2028, Cavan; 19 parcels. The zoning objective in the plan: https://www.cavancoco.ie/media/y0ka04fz/chapter-14_.pdf#page=9 - G4 Sport and Recreation (Active open space): Cavan Town Local Area Plan incorporating Variation No1 2022-2028, Cavan; 6 parcels. The zoning objective in the plan: https://www.cavancoco.ie/media/y0ka04fz/chapter-14_.pdf#page=15 - R1 Proposed Residential (New/proposed residential): Cavan Town Local Area Plan incorporating Variation No1 2022-2028, Cavan; 2 parcels. The zoning objective in the plan: https://www.cavancoco.ie/media/y0ka04fz/chapter-14_.pdf#page=7 - G1 Amenity and Open Space (Open space, park): Cavan Town Local Area Plan incorporating Variation No1 2022-2028, Cavan; 2 parcels. The zoning objective in the plan: https://www.cavancoco.ie/media/y0ka04fz/chapter-14_.pdf#page=14 ## Planning applications whose site touches the townland (National Planning Applications, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage) 8 applications, newest first. - 26 Feb 2026, Cavan County Council 2660085: N/a. Permission, 1 home. for (a) Construction of a two-storey extension to the front of the existing dwelling, (b) Removal of the existing roof and construction of a new roof at the new first-floor level (including demolition of existing external front wall), (c) Upgraded replacement WWTS and percolation area to EPA CoP 2021, En 12566-3 and all associated site works. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/CavanCC/AppFileRefDetails/2660085/0 - 12 Feb 2026, Cavan County Council 2660064: N/a. Permission. for (a) Construction of a two-storey extension to the front of the existing dwelling (b) Removal of the existing roof and construction of a new roof at the new first-floor level (c) Upgraded replacement WWTS and percolation area to EPA CoP 2021, En 12566-3 and all associated site works. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/CavanCC/AppFileRefDetails/2660064/0 - 8 Oct 2025, Cavan County Council 2545: Conditional. Extension of duration. for EXTENSION OF DURATION of 20/31 to erect development consisting of 24 residential units at Ashbrooke Housing Estate as follows (a) 1 no. duplex block containing 6 no. 3 bed townhouses and 6 no. 2 bed apartments with associated parking, bin storage and ancillary works, (b) 4 no. 3 bed bungalows with attic accommodation and (c) 8 no. 3 bed semi-detached bungalows with attic accommodation, connection to foul sewers & watermain, service road and all associated works. Significant further information and revised plans including a Natura Impact Statement has been submitted. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/CavanCC/AppFileRefDetails/2545/0 - 13 Jun 2025, Cavan County Council 2560304: Conditional. Permission, 31 homes. to alter previously approved planning application (PL23/113) to construct a residential development alterations to be as follows: (1) Erect 31 No. fully serviced dwellings as follows: - Ten, 2 storey, 4 bed semi-detached dwellings - Two, 2 storey, 4 bed detached dwellings - Six, 2 storey, 3 bed semi-detached dwellings - Four, 2 storey, 3 bed terraced dwellings - Nine, 2 storey, 2 bed terraced dwellings (2) Alterations to service road, site boundaries and open space. (3) Connection to public services & all associated site works. A Natura Impact Statement (NIS) will be submitted to the Planning Authority with this application in accordance with the plans submitted with the application- SIGNIFICANT FURTHER HAS BEEN RECEIVED. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/CavanCC/AppFileRefDetails/2560304/0 - 5 Feb 2020, Cavan County Council 2031: Conditional. Permission, 24 homes. to erect development consisting of 24 residential units at Ashbrooke Housing Estate as follows (a) 1 no. duplex block containing 6 no. 3 bed townhouses and 6 no. 2 bed apartments with associated parking, bin storage and ancillary works, (b) 4 no. 3 bed bungalows with attic accommodation and (c) 8 no. 3 bed semi-detached bungalows with attic accommodation, connection to foul sewers & watermain, service road and all associated works. Significant further information and revised plans including a Natura Impact Statement has been submitted. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/CavanCC/AppFileRefDetails/2031/0 - 9 Oct 2019, Cavan County Council 19387: Conditional. Permission, 1 home. to erect fully serviced dormer/storey and a half type dwelling with detached domestic garage, entrance, sewerage treatment facilities and all ancillary works. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/CavanCC/AppFileRefDetails/19387/0 - 2 Aug 2019, Cavan County Council 19293: Conditional. Permission, 1 home. to erect fully serviced single storey gym and all associated works. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/CavanCC/AppFileRefDetails/19293/0 - 5 Jun 2018, Cavan County Council 18233: Conditional. Permission, 1 home. to retain works at residence as follows 1. Detached domestic garage to rear of dwelling, 2. Entrance position, 3. Front boundary wall position & amended site boundaries from previously permitted plans (PL. Reg. 8011557 relates). File: https://www.eplanning.ie/CavanCC/AppFileRefDetails/18233/0 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 Rosscolgan. ## Recorded monuments (Sites and Monuments Record, National Monuments Service) - CV025-106: Ringfort - rath, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CCV025-106----. Raised circular area (int. dims. 43m NW-SE; 41.5m NE-SW) enclosed by a substantial earthen bank which has been incorporated into the field boundary from WNW-N. A deep external trench surrounding the bank may have been dug on the site of a fosse. Original entrance not recognisable. 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 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) No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands in the townland of Rosscolgan. ## 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 Rosscolgan, 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 low, low, partly inferred. - Terrain model: LiDAR of the Office of Public Works, flown in 2011, at 2 m: tile OPW_2072, https://gsi.geodata.gov.ie/downloads/LiDAR/OPW_NASC/OPW_2072.zip (ZIP). - 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/rosscolgan.dxf - GeoJSON, in WGS 84, for a map: https://everytownland.com/cavan/rosscolgan.geojson - KML, for Google Earth: https://everytownland.com/cavan/rosscolgan.kml ## Homes sold (Residential Property Price Register) No address of the register names Rosscolgan with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Cavan: https://everytownland.com/cavan.md ## Neighbouring townlands (National Statutory Boundaries, Tailte Éireann) - Burgessacre: https://everytownland.com/cavan/burgessacre.md - Creighan: https://everytownland.com/cavan/creighan.md - Kilnavara: https://everytownland.com/cavan/kilnavara.md - Moynehall: https://everytownland.com/cavan/moynehall.md - Tullycoe: https://everytownland.com/cavan/tullycoe-21936.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/rosscolgan - In JSON: https://everytownland.com/api/townland/cavan/rosscolgan