# Closdaw, Co. Monaghan: townland, land parcels and planning Townland in the civil parish of Aghabog, barony of Dartree, Co. Monaghan; in Irish Clais Damh. - Area (Tailte Éireann): 754,278 m² (75.43 ha, 186.39 acres) - Land parcels (Tailte Éireann): 19 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in it, median 47,164 m² (4.72 ha, 11.65 acres) - Zoning (national zoning, MyPlan): not in a zoned settlement - Planning (National Planning Applications): 5 applications since 2010 - Civil parish: Aghabog, https://everytownland.com/monaghan/parish/aghabog.md - Barony: Dartree - Electoral division: Drum, the unit of the census - Census 2022 (Central Statistics Office): 190 people lived in 69 households in the Drum electoral division. 94% of households owned their home. 28% of homes were built since 2001. 15% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 5% were holiday homes. - County: Co. Monaghan, https://everytownland.com/monaghan.md - Placenames Database of Ireland: https://www.logainm.ie/en/40094 - Townland number at Tailte Éireann: 170344 - Centre: latitude 54.13944, longitude -7.1681 (WGS 84) ## Land parcels (registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann) 19 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Closdaw, from 2,487 m² (0.25 ha, 0.61 acres) to 85,520 m² (8.55 ha, 21.13 acres); 24 neighbouring parcels touch its boundary. Largest first: - Parcel 354041: 85,520 m² (8.55 ha, 21.13 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/354041.md - Parcel 351554: 80,431 m² (8.04 ha, 19.87 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/351554.md - Parcel 352087: 78,210 m² (7.82 ha, 19.33 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/352087.md - Parcel 329130: 72,608 m² (7.26 ha, 17.94 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/329130.md - Parcel 354412: 63,309 m² (6.33 ha, 15.64 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/354412.md - Parcel 319060: 57,761 m² (5.78 ha, 14.27 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/319060.md - Parcel 317492: 55,794 m² (5.58 ha, 13.79 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/317492.md - Parcel 3670187: 50,448 m² (5.04 ha, 12.47 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/3670187.md - Parcel 354051: 49,996 m² (5 ha, 12.35 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/354051.md - Parcel 331765: 47,164 m² (4.72 ha, 11.65 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/331765.md - Parcel 331679: 28,682 m² (2.87 ha, 7.09 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/331679.md - Parcel 354413: 26,561 m² (2.66 ha, 6.56 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/354413.md - Parcel 354347: 22,050 m² (2.21 ha, 5.45 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/354347.md - Parcel 316092: 13,854 m² (1.39 ha, 3.42 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/316092.md - Parcel 354387: 5,769 m² (0.58 ha, 1.43 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/354387.md - Parcel 319061: 5,197 m² (0.52 ha, 1.28 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/319061.md - Parcel 329899: 4,798 m² (0.48 ha, 1.19 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/329899.md - Parcel 5640722: 2,786 m² (0.28 ha, 0.69 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5640722.md - Parcel 5640798: 2,487 m² (0.25 ha, 0.61 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5640798.md ## Zoning (national zoning of development plans, MyPlan) No zone of a development plan covers Closdaw in the national zoning. Outside zoned towns and villages, the county development plan's rural policies apply to each application. ## Planning applications whose site touches the townland (National Planning Applications, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage) 5 applications, newest first. - 19 Sept 2024, Monaghan County Council 2460351: Conditional. Permission, 1 home. permission to construct 2 No. Single Storey dwellings, install 2 no. wastewater treatment systems with percolation areas, 2 no. new entrance gates & piers with all ancillary site works. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/MonaghanCC/AppFileRefDetails/2460351/0 - 23 Jan 2024, Monaghan County Council 2460022: Conditional. Permission. 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 (to be completed in lieu of 1 No. Poultry house previously approved under planning ref. 20/469, but not yet commenced/completed). A Natura Impact Statement (N.I.S.) will be submitted with this planning application.. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/MonaghanCC/AppFileRefDetails/2460022/0 - 2 Nov 2020, Monaghan County Council 20469: Conditional. Permission. Permission to construct a new poultry unit together with vertical meal bin, hardened areas, underground wash tanks, new agricultural entrance and all ancillary site works. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/MonaghanCC/AppFileRefDetails/20469/0 - 25 Oct 2019, Monaghan County Council 19486: Conditional. Permission. A ten year permission for the development of 8 no. wind turbines, each with a maximum tip height of up to 180 metres; and all associated site development, reinstatement, temporary and ancillary works including turbine foundations, crane hardstands, approximately 5.5 kilometres of site access tracks, permanent upgrade works to the L62012 and L62013 local roads, 11 no. site entrances, underground electricity and communications cabling, site drainage works, a temporary construction compound and a permanent meteorological mast with a maximum height of up to 101 metres. The proposed development will have a 30-year operational life from the date of commissioning of the entire development. The proposed development also includes permanent upgrade works along the R188, R183 and R189 regional roads in the townlands of Rakean, Lismagonway, Aghadrumkeen and Newbliss to accommodate the delivery of wind turbine components. Upgrade works will include the removal of roadside banks and vegetation, re-profiling of a vertical crest, the removal of 1 no. tree and the temporary lowering of a bridge parapet wall, and all associated site development and reinstatement works. This planning application is accompanied by an Environmental Impact Assessment Report which includes an assessment of the likely impacts of the proposed development, as a whole and in combination with the relevant off-site or secondary developments which will occur as a direct result of the proposed development, including connection to the national electricity grid, upgrade works to turbine component delivery routes and the importation and use of construction materials. The planning application is also accompanied by a Natura Impact Statement. Significant further information relates to revised plans. (NOTE 1ST AND 3RD PARTY APPEAL ON THIS FILE). File: https://www.eplanning.ie/MonaghanCC/AppFileRefDetails/19486/0 - 19 Jul 2019, Monaghan County Council 19333: Conditional. Permission, 1 home. permission to construct 2 no. single storey dwellings, install 2 no. wastewater treatment systems with percolation areas, 2 no. new entrance, gates & piers with all ancillary site works. Significant Information relates to revised house plans for site 02 and revised site layout plan with new house design. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/MonaghanCC/AppFileRefDetails/19333/0 Applicants are not shown. ## Designated sites (National Parks and Wildlife Service) No designated site (Special Area of Conservation, Special Protection Area, Natural Heritage Area or proposed one) touches the townland of Closdaw. ## Recorded monuments (Sites and Monuments Record, National Monuments Service) No recorded monument lies in the townland of Closdaw. ## Architectural heritage (National Inventory of Architectural Heritage) No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands in the townland of Closdaw. ## Ground and risks (Radon Risk Map of Ireland, EPA; Landslide Susceptibility Classification and LiDAR, Geological Survey Ireland) - Radon: at the centre of the townland of Closdaw, about 1 in 20 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels. Testing a home: https://www.epa.ie/environment-and-you/radon/radon-testing/#d.en.82887 - Landslides: The 1:50,000 map rates the landslide susceptibility here as low, partly inferred. - Terrain model: no LiDAR survey of the Office of Public Works covers the centre of the townland of Closdaw. - Flooding: the flood maps of the Office of Public Works, https://www.floodinfo.ie/map/floodmaps/, linked only: their licence does not allow re-use. 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. ## Downloads - DXF, in Irish Transverse Mercator metres, with its boundary, parcels and buildings, for a drawing program: https://everytownland.com/monaghan/closdaw.dxf - GeoJSON, in WGS 84, for a map: https://everytownland.com/monaghan/closdaw.geojson - KML, for Google Earth: https://everytownland.com/monaghan/closdaw.kml ## Homes sold (Residential Property Price Register) No address of the register names Closdaw with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Monaghan: https://everytownland.com/monaghan.md ## Neighbouring townlands (National Statutory Boundaries, Tailte Éireann) - Corkish: https://everytownland.com/monaghan/corkish.md - Crossbane: https://everytownland.com/monaghan/crossbane.md - Crossreagh: https://everytownland.com/monaghan/crossreagh.md - Drumgramph: https://everytownland.com/monaghan/drumgramph.md - Killyleg: https://everytownland.com/monaghan/killyleg.md - Kinturk: https://everytownland.com/monaghan/kinturk.md - Tullyard: https://everytownland.com/monaghan/tullyard-171795.md 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. --- Everytownland reads the registered freehold land and the statutory boundaries of Tailte Éireann, the national zoning, planning file and heritage records of the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, and the Residential Property Price Register. A parcel is the land of a title, not an address. The owner's name is in the Land Registry of Tailte Éireann: a copy of the folio can be ordered on landdirect.ie, for a fee; this site names no owner. A price is the price recorded for a past sale, not a valuation. Sources: Cadastral Parcels Freehold, Townlands, Civil Parishes, Baronies, Electoral Divisions and Buildings, Tailte Éireann, CC BY 4.0; national zoning of development plans (GZT, MyPlan) and National Planning Applications, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, CC BY 4.0, applicants not shown; designated sites, National Parks and Wildlife Service, CC BY 4.0; Sites and Monuments Record, National Monuments Service, CC BY 4.0; National Inventory of Architectural Heritage, CC BY 4.0; Residential Property Price Register, Property Services Regulatory Authority, re-used with the source acknowledged. - Page: https://everytownland.com/monaghan/closdaw - In JSON: https://everytownland.com/api/townland/monaghan/closdaw