Caher
Townland in the civil parish of Ogonnelloe, barony of Tulla Lower, Co. Clare; in Irish An Chathair
- Area
- 152.4 ha
- 377 acres
- Land parcels
- 86
- registered freehold, median 4,273 m² (0.43 ha, 1.06 acres)
- Zoning
- —
- not in a zoned settlement
- Planning
- 16
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
86 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Caher, from 32 m² to 160,248 m² (16.02 ha, 39.6 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 20 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 Caher 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 Apr 2024Conditional
for the development which will consist of a rear extension, front porch and alterations to existing dwelling and all ancillary works.
Permission · Clare County Council, 2460187
1 Dec 2023Conditional
of two additional windows installed to gable end of their house and all associated site works
Retention · Clare County Council, 23604
7 Apr 2022Conditional
for the demolition of Existing Sunroom to side of dwelling, for the construction of a single storey extension to side & rear of existing dwelling to include Kitchen / Dining & Living Area, Pantry & Boot Room including internal modifications & elevational changes to existing dwelling & ancillary site works
Permission · Clare County Council, 22312
3 Aug 2021Conditional
of revised dwelling layout, from that previously granted and revised site boundaries (ref 062993 refers), all as constructed
Retention, 1 home · Clare County Council, 21815
22 Jul 2021Conditional
to RETAIN the position and reduced size of the detached domestic garage as constructed instead of that previously granted under planning ref. P19/354 and planning PERMISSION for the following changes to the dwelling house as granted under planning ref. P19/354 to; i) omit the chimney from the dwelling house and ii) to change the window sizes where indicated including all ancillary site services and works
Retention, 1 home · Clare County Council, 21779
7 Jul 2021N/a
to RETAIN the position and reduced size of the detached domestic garage as constructed instead of that previously granted under planning ref. P19/354 and planning PERMISSION for the following changes to the dwelling house as granted under planning ref. P19/354 to; i) omit the chimney from the dwelling house and ii) to change the window size where indicated including all ancillary site services and works
Retention · Clare County Council, 21709
17 Feb 2021Refused
to construct a 30 metre multi-user lattice tower telecommunications structure, carrying antenna and dishes enclosed within a 2.4 metre high palisade fence compound with associated ground equipment and associated site works including new access track
Permission, 1 home · Clare County Council, 21127
12 Feb 2021Conditional
to RETAIN the following: (a) to RETAIN garden room structure as constructed to the rear of existing dwelling house (b) to RETAIN and continue temporary use of same garden room structure for residential purposes for a period of three years (c) to RETAIN a garden shed to the rear of existing dwelling house (d) to RETAIN and complete construction of roadside boundary and (e) all ancillary site works and services
Retention · Clare County Council, 21109
16 Oct 2020N/a
to RETAIN as constructed single storey garden rooms, adjacent garden shed and pump house (located at rear of main dwelling house which received planning under previous planning Ref P13-438. RETENTION is also sought to RETAIN and complete construction of roadside boundary including all ancillary site works and services
Permission, 1 home · Clare County Council, 20757
11 May 2020Conditional
to change the proposed house plan only as granted under Planning Permission P19-445 i.e. same type of house but smaller and have stone to Back Elevation (North) and front porch only. The location of the house, entrance, sewage treatment system, bored well and garage/shed for domestic use will not change
Permission, 1 home · Clare County Council, 20298
4 Jun 2019Conditional
to construct a dwelling house, entrance, sewage treatment system, bored well and grange/shed for domestic use
Permission, 1 home · Clare County Council, 19445
17 Sept 2018N/a
to construct a new dwelling, detached garage and proposed waste water treatment system including site services and all ancillary site works.
Permission, 1 home · Clare County Council, 18735
31 May 2018Conditional
to RETAIN domestic garage adjacent to house and associated site works
Retention · Clare County Council, 18451
8 Aug 2017Refused
to construct a shed along with associated ancillary site works for agricultural purposes
Permission · Clare County Council, 17611
14 Jun 2017Conditional
to construct an extension to existing dwellinghouse along with ancillary site works
Permission · Clare County Council, 17466
2 Mar 2017Conditional
to alter and extend dwelling house to include attic conversion with 2 No. dormer windows to front elevation and construction of enclosed porch to front entrance and associated site works
Permission · Clare County Council, 17144
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 Protection Area: Lough Derg (Shannon) SPA 004058
- Proposed Natural Heritage Area: Lough Derg 000011
Recorded monuments
- CL029-020 Ringfort - rath
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.
- CL029-021001 Ringfort - rath
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.
- CL029-021002 Ringfort - rath
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.
- CL029-022001 Bawn
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.
- CL029-022002 Castle - tower house
Description
See attached document with details from Risteárd Ua Cróinín and Martin Breen, The Castles and Tower-houses of Co. Clare (unpublished report). Uploaded courtesy of R. Ua Cróinín and M. Breen. Date of upload: 10 December 2014
- CL029-042 Earthwork
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 Caher.
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 high, moderately high, 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 Caher.
- 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 Caher with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Clare.
The townland
- Name
- Caher · An Chathair
- Area
- 1,523,888 m² (152.39 ha, 376.56 acres)
- Civil parish
- Ogonnelloe, and its townlands
- Barony
- Tulla Lower
- Electoral division
- Ogonnelloe, the unit of the census
- Census 2022
- Ogonnelloe electoral division: 794 people in 268 households; 91% of households own their home; 37% of homes were built since 2001; 12% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 7% were holiday homes.
- Neighbouring townlands
- Ballybran, Ballyhurly, Carrowena
- Placenames
- Caher 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.