Cappahard
Townland in the civil parish of Templemaley, barony of Bunratty Upper, Co. Clare; in Irish An Cheapach Ard
- Area
- 78.9 ha
- 195 acres
- Land parcels
- 131
- registered freehold, median 258 m²
- Zoning
- R2
- Existing Residential
- Planning
- 13
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
131 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Cappahard, from 5 m² to 199,197 m² (19.92 ha, 49.22 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 48 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
- R2Existing Residential (Existing residential)
Ennis and Environs, Clare · 147 parcels The zoning objective in the plan - P1Agriculture
Ennis and Environs, Clare · 6 parcels The zoning objective in the plan - G3Buffer Space (Conservation, amenity or buffer space, corridor/belt, landscape)
Ennis and Environs, Clare · 4 parcels The zoning objective in the plan - C2.1Light Industry (Industrial, enterprise, employment)
Ennis and Environs, Clare · 3 parcels The zoning objective in the plan - R1Residential (New/proposed residential)
Ennis and Environs, Clare · 3 parcels The zoning objective in the plan - G1Open Space (Open space, park)
Ennis and Environs, Clare · 1 parcels The zoning objective in the plan - O2Water Bodies (General)
Ennis and Environs, Clare · 0 parcels The zoning objective in the plan - S3Community (Community facilities)
Ennis and Environs, Clare · 0 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
23 Sept 2024Conditional
of (a) extension and fenestration changes to existing dwelling house (b) garage and first floor store (c) office / consultation room together with all associated site development works as constructed
Retention · Clare County Council, 2460452
19 Sept 2023Conditional
to construct two number detached 2 storey dwelling houses, including all associated site works and services
Permission, 2 homes · Clare County Council, 2360379
1 Sept 2023Conditional
of a garage to the side of the house
Retention, 1 home · Clare County Council, 23476
5 May 2023Conditional
for alterations to previously approved Planning ref no. 21/746. The alteration will consist in the increase of dwelling units from 33 units to 39 units including the following alterations to building types; Change of 7 no. detached houses (unit no’s 1, 2, 3, 4 ,5 ,6, 7) to 10 no. semi-detached Bungalows and 1no. detached Bungalow; Change of Storage and hobby pavilion to 2 no. semi-detached Bungalows; Alterations to the Landscaping and vehicle parking and all associated site development works
Permission, 39 homes · Clare County Council, 2360143
22 Feb 2023Conditional
to renovate existing dwelling house including construction of extensions and all ancillary site works
Permission · Clare County Council, 23100
8 Feb 2023Conditional
of the addition of canopies and other alterations and all associated works, and planning permission to increase the number of permissible pupils attending the montessori from 60 to 75
Retention · Clare County Council, 2360019
23 Jul 2021Conditional
to construct a single storey home office extension to the side of the property
Permission · Clare County Council, 21780
15 Jul 2021Conditional
for development consisting of the provision of 33 no. houses and storage & hobby pavilion, together with ancillary siteworks
Permission, 33 homes · Clare County Council, 21746
12 Jul 2021Conditional
The construction of a single storey extension and associated site works.
Permission · Clare County Council, 21725
11 Jun 2021Conditional
of a detached garage and a single storey utility extension to the side of the property
Retention · Clare County Council, 21608
6 Aug 2019Conditional
to construct a two storey extension to the back of the house, add first floor dormers to the east and roof lights to the west side of the roof, convert the attic to habitable space add new windows to the front, North Elevation and change the external finishes and the window design.
Permission · Clare County Council, 19636
4 Sept 2017Conditional
for the construction of a bungalow and all associated site works
Permission, 1 home · Clare County Council, 17671
2 Jun 2017Refused
to construct dwellinghouse and garage, connect to public water supply and carry out all ancillary site works
Outline permission · Clare County Council, 17440
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 Area of Conservation: Lower River Shannon SAC 002165
Recorded monuments
No recorded monument lies in the townland of Cappahard.
Architectural heritage
No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands in the townland of Cappahard.
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 low, low (inferred), on the 1:50,000 map; parts are made ground and water.
- Terrain model
- LiDAR of the Office of Public Works, flown in 2011, at 2 m: tile OPW_540 (ZIP).
- 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
- Cappahard, Tulla Rd6 sales
The townland
- Name
- Cappahard · An Cheapach Ard
- Area
- 788,627 m² (78.86 ha, 194.87 acres)
- Civil parish
- Templemaley, and its townlands
- Barony
- Bunratty Upper
- Electoral division
- Ennis Rural, the unit of the census
- Census 2022
- Ennis Rural electoral division: 19,353 people in 7,011 households; 66% of households own their home; 38% of homes were built since 2001; 6% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 0% were holiday homes.
- Neighbouring townlands
- Ballaghboy, Bunnow, Clonroad More, Gaurus, Knockaderry, Knockanoura, Lifford, Newpark, Rosslevan
- Placenames
- Cappahard 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.