Cloghaun More
Cloghaun More is a townland in the civil parish of Kilfarboy, barony of Ibrickan, Co. Clare.
- Area
- 206.6 ha
- 511 acres
- Land parcels
- 39
- registered freehold, median 29,861 m² (2.99 ha, 7.38 acres)
- Zoning
- —
- not in a zoned settlement
- Planning
- 6
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
39 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Cloghaun More, from 79 m² to 293,501 m² (29.35 ha, 72.53 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 29 neighbouring parcels touch it.
Download the townland as DXF, in Irish Transverse Mercator metres, with its boundary, parcels and buildings, or as GeoJSON or KML.
Zoning
Development plans, national zoning
No zone of a development plan covers Cloghaun More 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
13 Nov 2023Conditional
(Reference No P23/384) to construct a dwelling house and garage, with effluent treatment system, new entrance from public road with planted earthen berm side and rear boundaries, and all associated site works
Permission consequent · Clare County Council, 23571
5 Jul 2023Conditional
to construct a dwelling house and garage, with effluent treatment system, new entrance from public road, with planted earthen berm side and rear boundaries and all associated site works
Outline permission, 1 home · Clare County Council, 23384
15 Feb 2022Conditional
to upgrade / improve existing access road for the purposes of extracting timber
Permission · Clare County Council, 22129
18 Nov 2021Refused
for a ten-year planning PERMISSION for the construction of a renewable energy development at this site, in the townlands of Glendine North, Fahanlunaghta More, Curraghodea, Letterkelly, Cloghaun More, Tooreen, Silverhill, Doonsallagh East and Knockalassa, Co. Clare (approximately 6.5km to the east of Miltown Malbay). The development will consist of the provision of the following: 1. 8 No. wind turbines with an overall ground-to-blade tip height in the range of 175 metres maximum to 173 metres minimum; a blade length in the range of 75 metres maximum to 66.5 metres minimum; and hub height in the range of 108.5 metre maximum to 100 metres minimum; 2. A thirty-year operational life from the date of full commissioning of the development and subsequent decommissioning; 3. A Meteorological Mast with a height of 30 metres; 4. All associated underground electrical cabling (33kV) connecting the proposed turbines via Ring Main Unit (RMU) to the 110kV substation in the townland of Knockalassa; 5. Permanent extension to the 110kV substation at Knockalassa comprising extension to the existing substation compound, provision of a new control building with welfare facilities and all associated electrical plant and equipment for an additional 110kV bay and security fencing; 6. Upgrade of access junctions; 7. Upgrade of existing tracks/roads and provision of new site access roads and hardstand areas; 8. 2 no. borrow pits; 9. 2 no. temporary construction compounds; 10. Site Drainage; 11. Forestry Felling; 12. Operational stage site signage; and 13. All associated site development ancillary works and apparatus. The Proposed Development will have an operational life of 30 years from the date of commissioning of the development and the application seeks a ten-year planning permission. An Environmental Impact Assessment Report (EIAR) and a Natura Impact Statement (NIS) has been prepared in respect of the proposed development and will be submitted to the planning authority with the application
Permission, 1 home · Clare County Council, 211226
19 Apr 2021Refused
for a ten-year planning permission for the construction of a renewable energy development, in the townlands of Glendine North, Fahanlunaghta More, Curraghodea, Letterkelly, Cloghaun More, Cloghaun Beg, Tooreen, Silverhill, Doonsallagh East, Shavavogh East and Knockalassa, Co Clare (approximately 6.5km to the east of Miltown malbay), The development will consist of the provision of the following I. Up to 8 no. wind turbines with a maximum overall ground to blade tip height of up to 175 metres; ii. A thirty-year operational life from the date of full commissioning of the development and subsequent decommissioning. iii. A Meteorological mast with a maximum height of up to 30 metres; iv. Underground cabling (33kV) connecting the proposed turbines to an existing 110kV substation in the townland of Knockalassa; v. Permanent extension to the 110kV substation at Knockalassa comprising of a new control building with welfare facilities, associated electrical plant and equipment and security fencing; vi. Upgrade of access junctions; vii. Upgrade of existing tracks/ roads and provision of new site access roads and hardstand areas; viii. 2 no. borrow pits; ix. 2 no. temporary construction compounds; x. Site drainage; xi. Forestry felling; xii. Operational stage site signage; and xiii. All associated site development works and apparatus. An Environment Impact Assessment Report (EIAR) and a Natura Impact Statement (NIS) have been prepared in respect of the proposed development
Permission · Clare County Council, 21370
3 Nov 2020N/a
for a 10-year planning permission for the construction of a renewable energy development, in the townlands of Glendine North, Fahanlunaghta More, Curraghodea, Letterkelly, Cloghaun More, Cloghaun beg, Silverhill, Doonsallagh East, Shanavogh East and Knockalassa, Co Clare (approximately 6.5km to the east of Miltown Malbay). The development will consist of the provision of the following: i. Up to 8 No. wind turbines with a maximum overall ground to blade tip height of up to 175 metres; ii. A thirty-year operational life from the date of full commissioning of the development and subsequent decommissioning. iii. A Meteorological Mast with a maximum height of up to 110 metres; iv. Underground cabling (33kV) connecting the proposed turbines to an existing 110kV substation in the townland of Knockalassa; v. Permanent extension to the 110kV substation at Knockalassa comprising of a new control building with welfare facilities, associated electrical plant and equipment and security fencing; vi Upgrade of access junctions; vii Upgrade of existing tracks/ roads and provision of new site access roads and hardstand areas; viii. 2 no. borrow pits; ix 2 no. temporary construction compounds; x. Site Drainage; xi Forestry Felling; xii. Operational stage site signage; and xiii. All associated site development works and apparatus. An Environmental Impact Assessment Report (EIAR) and a Natura Impact Statement (NIS) have been prepared in respect of the proposed development.
Permission · Clare County Council, 20806
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
No designated site (Special Area of Conservation, Special Protection Area, Natural Heritage Area or proposed one) touches the townland of Cloghaun More.
Recorded monuments
- CL031-037 Fulacht fia
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 Cloghaun More.
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
- At the centre of the townland of Cloghaun More, about 1 in 5 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels. Testing a home
- Landslides
- The 1:50,000 map rates the landslide susceptibility here as high, moderately high, moderately low, low, partly inferred.
- Terrain model
- No LiDAR survey of the Office of Public Works covers the centre of the townland of Cloghaun More.
- Flooding
- The Office of Public Works publishes its flood maps on floodinfo.ie.
Radon Risk Map of Ireland, Environmental Protection Agency, and Landslide Susceptibility Classification, Geological Survey Ireland, both under 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 Cloghaun More with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Clare.
The townland
- Name
- Cloghaun More
- Area
- 2,066,475 m² (206.65 ha, 510.64 acres)
- Civil parish
- Kilfarboy, and its townlands
- Barony
- Ibrickan
- Electoral division
- Annagh, the unit of the census
- Census 2022
- 516 people lived in 203 households in the Annagh electoral division. 93% of households owned their home. 29% of homes were built since 2001. 14% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 9% were holiday homes.
- Neighbouring townlands
- Caherogan, Carrowduff, Cloghaun Beg, Knockbrack, Knockloskeraun, Letterkelly, Silverhill
- Placenames
- Cloghaun More 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.