Clerran
Townland in the civil parish of Clontibret, barony of Cremorne, Co. Monaghan; in Irish An Cloichreán
- Area
- 96.1 ha
- 237 acres
- Land parcels
- 63
- registered freehold, median 6,735 m² (0.67 ha, 1.66 acres)
- Zoning
- —
- not in a zoned settlement
- Planning
- 25
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
63 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Clerran, from 107 m² to 73,644 m² (7.36 ha, 18.2 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 30 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 Clerran 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
1 Sept 2025Conditional
Planning permission to construct a single-storey, bungalow-style dwelling along with new site access onto existing private laneway, together with all other associated ancillary site works & proprietary wastewater treatment system. Significant Further information relates to submitted Site layout drawing showing relocation of the house and letter of consent of land owner
Permission, 1 home · Monaghan County Council, 2560354
22 Mar 2023Conditional
(1) Construct new Dwelling House, (2) Construct new Effluent Treatment System with all associated works, (3) Construct new Domestic Entrance, and (4) Carry out all ancillary works
Permission, 1 home · Monaghan County Council, 2360020
16 Mar 2023N/a
permission to (1) demolish existing partially-built dwelling on site, (2) construct new dwelling house; (3) construct new domestic garage; (4) construct new effluent treatment system with all associated works; (5) construct a new domestic entrance, and; (5) carry out all ancillary works
Permission, 1 home · Monaghan County Council, 2360016
8 Dec 2021N/a
permission to change house type to one and a half storey with car port and domestic garage, reposition new dwelling house and exit on to public road by way of entrance as per previous application 19/365
Permission, 1 home · Monaghan County Council, 21670
7 Oct 2021Conditional
Permission to construct a single storey vehicle repair workshop, ancillary office accommodation, wall mounted signage, car parking facilities, upgrade of an existing entrance, new wastewater treatment system, boundary treatments together with al associated works
Permission · Monaghan County Council, 21562
19 Aug 2021Conditional
permission to construct 1 no. poultry house together with all ancillary structures (to include meal storage bin(s) and soiled water tank(s)) and site works associated with the above development. This application relates to a development, which is for the purposes of an activity requiring a Licence under part IV of the Environmental Protection Agency (Licensing) Regulations 1994 to 2013. An Environmental Impact Assessment Report (E.I.A.R.) will be submitted with this planning application. Significant further information relates to the submission of an Odour Impace Assessment and Noise impact assessment.
Permission · Monaghan County Council, 21473
16 Jul 2021Conditional
permission to construct 1 no. poultry house and 1 no. ancillary store together with all ancillary structures (to include meal bin(s) and soiled water tank(s)) and ancillary site works on, and or, adjacent to an existing poultry farm. This application relates to a development, which is for the purposes of an activity requiring a Licence under part IV of the Environmental Protection Agency (Licensing) Regulations 1994 to 2013. An Environmental Impact Assessment Report (EIAR) will be submitted with this planning application. Significant further information relates to the submission of a Noise Impact Assessment and Odour Impact Assessment reports
Permission · Monaghan County Council, 21414
21 Jun 2021Conditional
permission for development consisting of change of house design in substitution of planning approval ref 19/89, alterations to domestic garage design and location, landscaping and all ancillary site works
Permission, 1 home · Monaghan County Council, 21366
1 Jun 2021Conditional
permission for a change of house type B from that previously granted under P19/218, together with all ancillary site works
Permission, 1 home · Monaghan County Council, 21307
4 Sept 2019N/a
permission for a development consisting of the retention of the access 'as constructed' driveway and entrance, the retention of the as constructed sewerage treatment unit and percolation area, retention of the external finishes to the garage and the addition of a window to the front elevation of the garage and all associated site works.
Retention, 1 home · Monaghan County Council, 19416
6 Aug 2019Conditional
permission to construct a single-storey dwelling, single storey detached domestic garage, new entrance with gates and piers, wastewater treatment system & all associated works.
Permission, 1 home · Monaghan County Council, 19365
1 Aug 2019Conditional
Permission to construct a one & a half storey dwelling, single-storey detached domestic garage, new entrance with gates and piers, new wastewater treatment system together with all associated works
Permission, 1 home · Monaghan County Council, 19356
18 Jul 2019N/a
permission for retention of development consisting of the retention of the access 'as constructed' driveway and entrance, the retention of the 'as constructed' sewerage treatment unit and percolation area, retention of the external finishes to the garage and the addition of a window to the front elevation of the garage and all associated site works.
Retention, 1 home · Monaghan County Council, 19331
13 May 2019Conditional
retention permission for the retention and completion of the construction of 2 number two storey dwelling houses with revised site boundaries and position of dwelling houses, proprietary waste water treatment system and new vehicular accesses. Retention and completion of double garage on site 2 and all associated works.
Retention, 1 home · Monaghan County Council, 19218
24 Apr 2019Refused
permission to construct a one & a half storey dwelling, single-storey detached domestic garage, new entrance with gates and piers, new wastewater treatment system together with all associated works.
Permission, 1 home · Monaghan County Council, 19188
27 Feb 2019Conditional
Permission to construct a two storey detached dwelling, single-storey attached domestic garage, new entrance with gate and piers, wastewater treatment system & all associated works
Permission, 1 home · Monaghan County Council, 1989
27 Feb 2019Conditional
Permission for alterations to site boundaries & revised wastewater treatment system location from that previously granted under planning permission ref. 17/555 together with all associated site development works. Significant Further information relates to revised dwelling orientation together with retention of access lane.
Permission, 1 home · Monaghan County Council, 1990
7 Aug 2018Refused
Permission to complete construction of 2 number, two storey dwelling houses with waste water treatment system, new vehicular access and associated site works. Planning permission originally granted under 06/760. Significant further information relates to the retention and completion of double garage on Site 2 and all associated site works
Permission, 1 home · Monaghan County Council, 18369
29 Jun 2018Conditional
Permission to erect a two story dwelling house & detached garage, provide Mechanical effluent treatment system, raised/mounded soil polishing filter, construct new domestic entrance together with all ancillary site works
Permission, 1 home · Monaghan County Council, 18300
22 Nov 2017Conditional
Permission to construct a two-storey dwelling, attached domestic garage, new entrance with gates and piers, wastewater treatment system & all associated works. Significant Further Information relates to amended site boundary, relocated percolation area and associated works
Permission, 1 home · Monaghan County Council, 17555
2 Nov 2017Conditional
Permission to construct a storey and a half type dwelling house, waste water treatment system and percolation area, boundaries, hardstandings, landscaping and all associated site works
Permission, 1 home · Monaghan County Council, 17514
24 Oct 2017Conditional
construct a two storey dwelling house & detached domestic garage, provide mechanical effluent treatment system, raised/mounded soil polishing filter, construct new domestic entrance together with all ancillary site works
Extension of duration · Monaghan County Council, 179007
27 Sept 2017Conditional
Permission to construct 2no. poultry units, both with underground washings tanks & vertical meal bins, (using proposed new site access as granted under planning app. ref:16/63), along with ancillary site works. This application relates to a development, which is for the purposes of an activity requiring a Licence under part IV of the Environmental Protection Agency Acts 1994 to 2013. An Environmental Impact Assessment Report (E.I.A.R.) will be submitted with this planning application. Significant Further Information has been submitted relating to the revision of said E.I.A.R and also to the extension of the site boundary to include said site access
Permission · Monaghan County Council, 17467
9 Aug 2017N/a
The retention of the as constructed driveway and entrance, the retention of the as constructed sewerage treatment unit and percolation area and all associated site works. Permission for this dwelling house was granted under Monaghan Planning reference 08/866
Retention, 1 home · Monaghan County Council, 17385
2 Aug 2017Conditional
Construction of a dormer type dwelling house with waste water treatment system, new vehicular access and associated site works
Permission, 1 home · Monaghan County Council, 17373
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 Clerran.
Recorded monuments
No recorded monument lies in the townland of Clerran.
Architectural heritage
No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands in the townland of Clerran.
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 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 Clerran.
- 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 Clerran with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Monaghan.
The townland
- Name
- Clerran · An Cloichreán
- Area
- 960,998 m² (96.1 ha, 237.47 acres)
- Civil parish
- Clontibret, and its townlands
- Barony
- Cremorne
- Electoral division
- Castleshane, the unit of the census
- Census 2022
- Castleshane electoral division: 1,013 people in 332 households; 88% of households own their home; 43% of homes were built since 2001; 11% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 0% were holiday homes.
- Neighbouring townlands
- Annaseeragh, Ennis, Feddans, Greenmount, Mullans, Tirmacmoe, Tullycumasky
- Placenames
- Clerran 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.