Caher (Lane)
Townland in the civil parish of Abbeyfeale, barony of Glenquin, Co. Limerick; in Irish An Chathair (Lane)
- Area
- 356.8 ha
- 882 acres
- Land parcels
- 142
- registered freehold, median 8,219 m² (0.82 ha, 2.03 acres)
- Zoning
- —
- not in a zoned settlement
- Planning
- 3
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
142 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Caher (Lane), from 19 m² to 215,100 m² (21.51 ha, 53.15 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 43 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 (Lane) 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
15 May 2024Conditional
the (a) Demolition of Existing rear bathroom extension and side structure (b) renovation of and extend existing dwelling house with existing connection to services (c) construction of domestic garage, (d) construction of a new entrance and entrance walls with all associated site works
Permission · Limerick County Council, 2460459
13 Mar 2024N/a
the (a) Demolition of Existing rear bathroom extension and side structure (b) renovation and extension of existing dwelling house with existing connection to services (c) construction of domestic garage, (d) construction of a new entrance and entrance walls with all associated site works
Permission · Limerick County Council, 2460219
25 Mar 2020Conditional
extensions to existing bakery facility as presently constructed and planning permission to construct an extension to existing bakery to contain production, staff and storage facilities with all associated works, demolition of existing storage/maintenance building in lieu of same, decommissioning of existing septic tank system and installation of a new mechanical aeration unit with polishing filter system, utilise existing entrance, construct entrance walls and all associated site works
Retention · Limerick County Council, 20250
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
- LI051-001 Moated site
Description
In pasture, on SW-facing slope overlooking valley of River Feale. Sub-rectangular area (32m NE-SW; 35m NW-SE) enclosed by earthen bank (int. H 0.15m; ext. H 1.1m) on N, W and S sides, and defined by scarped edge (H 0.4m) on E side. Along N side bank has been raised (H 1.35m) to act as field boundary. Interior under pasture and slopes down gently to SW. Slight dip in bank at SE but no evident entrance feature. Compiled by: Denis Power Date of upload: 26 August 2011
- LI051-004 Fulacht fia
Description
In marshy pasture, on a W-facing hill slope. A spread of burnt material (c. 12m N-S; c. 13m E-W) on the S side of a field boundary. The spread is truncated on its W side by a farm track. Compiled by: Denis Power Date of upload: 26 August 2011
Architectural heritage
No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands in the townland of Caher (Lane).
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 moderately high, moderately low, low, low (inferred), on the 1:50,000 map.
- Terrain model
- LiDAR of the Office of Public Works, flown in 2011, at 2 m: tile OPW_3431 (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
No address of the register names Caher (Lane) with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Limerick.
The townland
- Name
- Caher (Lane) · An Chathair (Lane)
- Area
- 3,567,784 m² (356.78 ha, 881.62 acres)
- Civil parish
- Abbeyfeale, and its townlands
- Barony
- Glenquin
- Electoral division
- Caher, the unit of the census
- Census 2022
- Caher electoral division: 400 people in 136 households; 95% of households own their home; 37% of homes were built since 2001; 13% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 3% were holiday homes.
- Neighbouring townlands
- Abbeyfeale East, Caher (Connell), Dromtrasna (Collins), Inchinapoagh (Co. Kerry), Kilkinlea Upper, Kilmaniheen East (Co. Kerry)
- Placenames
- Caher (Lane) 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.