Caherlean

128 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Caherlean, from 133 m² to 145,203 m² (14.52 ha, 35.88 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.

No zone of a development plan covers Caherlean 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.

• 10 Jul 2024Conditional

  for development which will consist of: (a) the demolition of a single storey existing dwelling with a lower level granny flat and attached garage (b) the construction of a replacement two storey dwelling with a lower level games and plant room, first floor terrace area along with attached shed/boot room and sauna/hot tub area, new proprietary wastewater system, landscaping and all ancillary site works

  Permission · Clare County Council, 24224

• 5 Aug 2021Conditional

  of as constructed dwellinghouse and for PERMISSION to install foul sewer treatment system and percolation area, revise site boundaries plus all ancillary site works

  Retention, 1 home · Clare County Council, 21821

• 23 Jan 2020Conditional

  for the following 1. to RETAIN re-located games room, semi-detached structure containing 2 holiday homes with part basement store, plus 1 No. detached holiday home, and 2. for PERMISSION to upgrade and extend existing sewer system to service same, plus all ancillary site works

  Retention, 3 homes · Clare County Council, 2024

• 28 Mar 2019N/a

  to construct a new site entrance dwelling house and wastewater treatment system, along with all associated site works

  Permission, 1 home · Clare County Council, 19227

• 8 Jun 2017Conditional

  to construct agricultural slatted unit incorporating cubicles, milking parlour, plant/dairy with 10 tonne meal bin, plus all ancillary site works

  Permission · Clare County Council, 17448

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 Caherlean.

Recorded monuments

• CL046-001 Ringfort - cashel
  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 Caherlean.

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 high, moderately high, 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 Caherlean.

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.

No address of the register names Caherlean with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Clare.

Name

Caherlean · Cathair Léin

Area

1,652,834 m² (165.28 ha, 408.42 acres)

Civil parish

Killard, and its townlands

Barony

Ibrickan

Electoral division

Killard, the unit of the census

Census 2022

Killard electoral division: 294 people in 121 households; 81% of households own their home; 34% of homes were built since 2001; 15% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 24% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Doonmore, Glascloon, Killard

Placenames

Caherlean 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.