Shancor

26 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Shancor, from 19 m² to 183,826 m² (18.38 ha, 45.42 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 18 neighbouring parcels touch it.

Download the townland: DXF, in Irish Transverse Mercator metres, with its boundary, parcels and buildings; GeoJSON or KML.

No zone of a development plan covers Shancor 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.

• 13 Jun 2023Conditional

  (1) for RETENTION of as constructed two-storey extension to rear, and attic conversion to habitable accommodation of original single storey dwelling house, (2) PERMISSION to construct new single storey extension to side & rear of dwelling house, and (3) PERMISSION to upgrade existing on-site septic tank to new wastewater treatment system, together with all associated site development works

  Permission, 1 home · Cavan County Council, 2360053

• 24 May 2023N/a

  is sought for as constructed two-storey extension to rear, and attic conversion to habitable accommodation of original single storey dwelling house, and also PERMISSION for (1) to construct new single storey extension to side & rear of dwelling house, and (2) to upgrade existing on-site septic tank to new wastewater treatment system, together with all associated site development works

  Retention · Cavan County Council, 2360032

• 21 Apr 2021Conditional

  to construct a new two-storey dwelling house with detached domestic garage, form new vehicular site entrance onto existing laneway, installation of approved proprietary wastewater treatment system & percolation area, together with all associated site development works

  Permission, 1 home · Cavan County Council, 21231

• 3 Feb 2021Conditional

  for alterations to previously approved Dairy Parlour with underground manure storage tank under planning ref. no. 19/457 to consist of alterations to existing site layout with all ancillary structures and all associated site works

  Permission · Cavan County Council, 2145

• 20 Nov 2019Conditional

  to construct a Dairy/Parlour with underground manure storage tank and associated collecting area, together with all ancillary structures and all associated site works arising from the above proposed development

  Permission · Cavan County Council, 19457

• 9 Aug 2017Conditional

  to retain existing detached domestic garage

  Retention, 1 home · Cavan County Council, 17350

Source: National Planning Applications, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, CC BY 4.0. Applicants are not shown.

Designated sites

No designated site (Special Area of Conservation, Special Protection Area, Natural Heritage Area or proposed one) touches the townland of Shancor.

Recorded monuments

• CV031-055 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  Raised circular area (int. diam. c. 33m) enclosed by two substantial earthen banks with outer fosses. External fosse best preserved at SE and largely infilled elsewhere. From SE-W-NE a modern field boundary surmounts the outer bank. Corresponding breaks in banks with accompanying causeway across inner fosse 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

Architectural heritage

No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands in the townland of Shancor.

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).

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

No LiDAR survey of the Office of Public Works covers the centre of the townland of Shancor.

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.

• Shancor, Ballinagh5 sales

Name

Shancor

Area

519,789 m² (51.98 ha, 128.44 acres)

Civil parish

Kilmore, and its townlands

Barony

Clanmahon

Electoral division

Bellananagh, the unit of the census

Census 2022

Bellananagh electoral division: 1,628 people in 579 households; 64% of households own their home; 44% of homes were built since 2001; 13% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 2% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Aghaconny, Ballintemple, Cormeen, Drumlion, Knockanore, Urney

Placenames

Shancor 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.