Killycard
Townland in the civil parish of Muckno, barony of Cremorne, Co. Monaghan; in Irish Coillidh Chairn
Parcel 335137
- Area
- 503 m²
- Buildings
- 1 building touches it, 106 m² on the ground
- Zoning
- C6 Existing Commercial (Monaghan County Development Plan 2025-2031) The objective
R2 Existing Residential (Monaghan County Development Plan 2025-2031) The objective - Townland
- Killycard
Planning applications on this parcel
21 Aug 2025Conditional
permission for amendments to plans of proposed two-storey Primary Care Centre from that previously granted under planning ref. 23/61. The proposed changes include the following: •Increased floor area at ground floor level to include single storey self-contained G.P. surgery clinic to north-west of the building •Associated elevational changes •Adjustments to site layout/ design •All associated ancillary site development works
Permission · Monaghan County Council, 2560339
26 Jun 2025N/a
permission to construct a new single storey, self-contained G.P. surgery extension attached to North-West side of previously granted primary care centre facility (Planning Ref. 23/61), together with all associated site works
Permission · Monaghan County Council, 2560248
23 Feb 2023Conditional
Permission for a development consisting of the 1. demolition of existing office & workshop building and (2) the construction of a two storey primary care centre, car parking, form new entrance on to public road and all associated site development works. significant further information received relates to revised plans and revised site notice
Permission · Monaghan County Council, 2361
Source: National Planning Applications, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, CC BY 4.0. Applicants are not shown.
Designated sites
No designated site (Special Area of Conservation, Special Protection Area, Natural Heritage Area or proposed one) touches this parcel.
Recorded monuments around it
No zone of notification of a recorded monument touches this parcel.
Architectural heritage
No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands on this parcel.
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
- About 1 in 10 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels. Testing a home
- Landslides
- No susceptibility class on the 1:50,000 map; parts are made ground.
- Terrain model
- No LiDAR survey of the Office of Public Works covers the centre of this parcel.
- 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.
Download this parcel: DXF, in Irish Transverse Mercator metres, with its neighbours and buildings, for a drawing program; GeoJSON, in WGS 84, for a map; KML, for Google Earth.
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann, CC BY 4.0. 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.
- Area
- 75.1 ha
- 186 acres
- Land parcels
- 172
- registered freehold, median 409 m²
- Zoning
- R2
- Existing Residential
- Planning
- 22
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
172 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Killycard, from 9 m² to 149,101 m² (14.91 ha, 36.84 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
- R2Existing Residential (Existing residential)
Monaghan County Development Plan 2025-2031, Monaghan · 107 parcels The zoning objective in the plan - C2.1Industry/Enterprise/Employment (Industrial, enterprise, employment)
Monaghan County Development Plan 2025-2031, Monaghan · 19 parcels The zoning objective in the plan - R1Proposed Residential B (New/proposed residential)
Monaghan County Development Plan 2025-2031, Monaghan · 3 parcels The zoning objective in the plan - C6Existing Commercial (Mixed/general commercial/industrial/enterprise uses)
Monaghan County Development Plan 2025-2031, Monaghan · 2 parcels The zoning objective in the plan - S5Community Services/Facilities (Mixed/general community services/facilities uses)
Monaghan County Development Plan 2025-2031, Monaghan · 1 parcels The zoning objective in the plan - R1Proposed Residential A (New/proposed residential)
Monaghan County Development Plan 2025-2031, Monaghan · 1 parcels The zoning objective in the plan - G3Landscape Protection/Conservation (Conservation, amenity or buffer space, corridor/belt, landscape)
Monaghan County Development Plan 2025-2031, Monaghan · 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 Jul 2026N/a
permission for minor changes to their previously approved development Planning Ref: 23/60152 to include; 1. Removal of single storey lean-to extensions to 18no. 2 storey Townhouses (comprising of 3 blocks of 4 and 2 blocks of 3 houses); 2. Minor elevation changes
Permission · Monaghan County Council, 2660316
12 Feb 2026Conditional
permission for a first-floor extension to the rear above existing ground floor kitchen, ridge height to match existing with conversion of attic space to include bedrooms, shower room and storeroom, and 2no dormer windows to front roof. Also proposed layout changes to existing ground floor to accommodate new staircase, new render to front façade, and all ancillary site works.
Permission · Monaghan County Council, 2660040
4 Dec 2025N/a
planning permission for development which will consist of the retention and completion of filling of lands with inert material/ soil and stone together with all ancillary and associated site works
Retention · Monaghan County Council, 2560485
9 Oct 2024Conditional
permission to retain the site works which have commenced and permission for a residential development of 52 no. houses on a site of 3.5ha at Shercock Road, Killycard, Castleblayney, Co. Monaghan. The site subject to this application forms part of a residential development known as Castle Park which was previously granted planning permission under Reg Reference numbers: 08/225 and ref 19/155. The development consists of the following: 1) 2 no 3 bed single storey semi detached houses, 2) 2 no 3 bed & 4 no 4 bed 2-storey detached, 3) 16 no 3 bed & 28 no 4 bed 2-storey semi-detached houses, 4) internal roads and access onto the Shercock Rd., 5) associated site works including drainage, attenuation tanks and pumping station, 6) open space and landscaping. Significant further information relates to the submission of an acoustic report and road safety audit.
Extension of duration · Monaghan County Council, 249021
20 Sept 2024N/a
permission to consists of the installation of a single storey modular unit, for use as a site office, new waste water treatment system and all associated site works
Permission · Monaghan County Council, 2460352
17 Jul 2023Conditional
permission for a residential development of 2 no. 2 Bedroom semi-detached dwellings. The development consists of the following: 1)2 no. 2 Bedroom semi-detached single storey dwellings; 2) new cul de sac serving the 2 dwellings, connected to the existing roads and services in the development; 3) open space and landscaping and associated site works The site subject to this application forms part of a residential development known as Castle Park which was previously granted planning permission under Reference numbers: 08/226, 19/155 and 19/322
Permission, 1 home · Monaghan County Council, 2360151
17 Jul 2023Conditional
planning permission for a residential development of 18 no. 3 Bedroom dwellings on a site of 0.822 ha at Mile Hill Road, Killycard, Castleblayney, Co. Monaghan. The site subject to this application forms part of a residential development known as Castle Park which was previously granted planning permission under reference numbers: 08/226, 19/155 and 19/322. The development consists of the following: 1) 18 no. 2 storey townhouses (comprising of 3 blocks of 4 and 2 blocks of 3 houses); 2) New road access from Mile Hill road; 3) New roads, open space, landscaping and associated site works; 4) connection to services
Permission, 1 home · Monaghan County Council, 2360152
27 Jun 2023N/a
permission to construct 18 no. 3 Bedroom dwellings on a site of 0.822 ha. The site subject to this application forms part of a residential development known as Castle Park which was previously granted planning permission under Reference numbers: 08/226, 19/155 and 19/322. The development consists of the following: 1) 18no. 2 storey Townhouses (comprising of 3 blocks of 4 and 2 blocks of 3 houses); 2) New road access from Mile Hill road; 3) New roads, open space, landscaping and associated site works; 4) Connection to services.
Permission, 1 home · Monaghan County Council, 2360126
27 Jun 2023N/a
permission for a residential development of 2 no. 2 Bedroom semi-detached dwellings on a site of 0.43 ha at Shercock Road, Killycard, Castleblayney, Co. Monaghan. The site subject to this application forms part of a residential development known as Castle Park which was previously granted planning permission under Reference numbers: 08/226, 19/155 and 19/322. The development consists of the following: 1) 2 no. 2 Bedroom semi-detached single storey dwellings; 2) new cul de sac serving the 2 dwellings, connected to the existing roads and services in the development; 3) open space and landscaping and associated site works
Permission, 1 home · Monaghan County Council, 2360127
16 Jun 2023Conditional
permission to a) Extend the filling station forecourt to facilitate vehicle manoeuvring area, additional parking (including 2 disabled parking spaces) and 4 E-Charging points, b) Extension and alterations to the existing filling station to incorporate a new café/deli area, c) Change of use of a portion of the existing office area to staff toilet and fridge area associated with the new café, d) New signage to retail shop/café, e) Construction of fuel storage building and toilet block, ) Removal of existing pumps/islands and existing outside toilet, g) Installation of 3 no. new fuel dispensing pumps and 2 no. new underground fuel storage tank, h) New in-out, entrance/exit arrangements onto public road R181, i) New forecourt canopy and signage on same, j) Relocation of totem poles, advertising sign and 4 new flag poles to front boundary, k) 4 No. picnic tables, l) Proposed boundary walls to south-west, north-west and north-east boundaries, m) Proposed bulk storage gas compound, n) Proposed landscaping plan, storm/foul drainage systems, together with all ancillary & associated site works. The application includes Flood Risk Assessment and Road Safety Audit. Significant further information relates to, retain & complete permission for the infilling works carried out on land beyond site boundary, revised cursory flood risk assessment & Suds design, clarification of the use of the non retail check in of shop goods in the storage building
Permission · Monaghan County Council, 2360117
6 Jun 2023N/a
permission for development consisting of: a) Extend the filling station forecourt to facilitate vehicle manoeuvring area, additional parking (including 2 disabled parking spaces) and 4 E-Charging points, b) Extension and alterations to the existing filling station to incorporate a new café/deli area, c) Change of use of a portion of the existing office area to staff toilet and fridge area associated with the new café, d) New signage to retail shop/café, e) Construction of fuel storage building and toilet block. f) Removal of existing pumps/islands and existing outside toilet, g) Installation of 3 no. new fuel dispensing pumps and 2 no. new underground fuel storage tank, h) New in-out, entrance/exit arrangements onto public road R181, i) New forecourt canopy and signage on same, j) Relocation of totem poles, advertising sign and 4 new flag poles to front boundary, k) 4 No. picnic tables, l) Proposed boundary walls to south-west, north-west and north-east boundaries, m) Proposed bulk storage gas compound, n) Proposed landscaping plan, storm/foul drainage systems, together with all ancillary & associated site works. The application includes Flood Risk Assessment and Road Safety Audit.
Permission · Monaghan County Council, 2360101
13 Mar 2023Conditional
permission for a development consisting of a dormer style half dwelling house, single storey domestic garage, connection to existing public mains storm and foul water system, entrance piers together with all ancillary site development works
Permission, 1 home · Monaghan County Council, 2386
23 Sept 2022Conditional
retention permission for existing commercial yard, silos, maintenance shed, widening of vehicular entrance onto public road, boundary treatments and all associated site works
Retention · Monaghan County Council, 22420
1 Sept 2022Conditional
permission for a development consisting of a) new vehicular access from Shercock Road (R181) and new internal road with set-down for cars, 22 no. car parking spaces and associated ancillary landscaping and site works, (b) a new bus set down along Shercock Road (R181), (c) new boundary treatments, (d) construction of a new single-storey eight-classroom primary school with a connected General Purpose Hall, 1 no ballcourt, junior play area, 1 no. bin storage (no roof), installation of a solar PV array of 24 panels and school name to be in Irish in brushed stainless steel individual lettering pin-mounted on spacers and raised off the surface and rear illuminated (LED) to the front of GP Hall. The building area is 1,118m. sq. Significant further information received relates to the submission of a Traffic and Transport Impact Assessment and a Road Safety Audit.
Permission · Monaghan County Council, 22380
14 Jun 2021Conditional
permission for the retention of: 1. the existing reinforced concrete wall (c. 24.5m long, up to 4.2m high) located on the northern (rear) site boundary; and 2. an existing temporary access off the Mile Hill Road, located on the southern (front) boundary; and 3. all associated site works at the existing 38kV electricity substation (known as Castleblayney Substation)
Retention · Monaghan County Council, 21347
19 Apr 2021Conditional
permission for a development consisting of the construction of an agricultural entrance with new gate and piers onto public road R181
Permission · Monaghan County Council, 21205
20 Dec 2019Conditional
permission to 1) Extend existing service station which will incorporate new café/ Deli, associated services, basement store and ancillary office space, 2) Change of use of part of existing shop to office space 3) Extend existing forecourt for additional parking 4) New forecourt canopy with signage 5) New building signage 6) Installation of new fuel dispensers and associated underground fuel storage tank 7) Relocation of existing fuel tank fill points/ vents, 8) New retaining wall to South-West and North- West boundary with landscaping to South-West boundary 9) New solid fuel store 10) Relocation entrance to replace existing entrance onto public roadway 11) Relocation of existing totem pole, advertising sign 12) New flag poles to new boundary 13) New E-Charging point 14) Amendments to existing storm/foul drainage systems together with all ancillary and associated site works. Significant information relates to revised site layout,building plans, attenuation tank plan, road safety audit report, land use and flood risk.
Permission · Monaghan County Council, 19573
8 Oct 2019Conditional
permission to retain as built 8 number 4 bedroom semi detached dwellings which have been constructed on their site at Shercock Road, Killycard, Castleblayney. The site subject to this application forms part of a residential development known as Castle Park which was previously granted planning permission under Reg Reference numbers: 08/226 and ref 19/155
Retention, 1 home · Monaghan County Council, 19467
12 Jul 2019Conditional
permission to retain the site works which have commenced and permission for a residential development of 52 no. houses on a site of 3.5ha at Shercock Road, Killycard, Castleblayney, Co. Monaghan. The site subject to this application forms part of a residential development known as Castle Park which was previously granted planning permission under Reg Reference numbers: 08/225 and ref 19/155. The development consists of the following: 1) 2 no 3 bed single storey semi detached houses, 2) 2 no 3 bed & 4 no 4 bed 2-storey detached, 3) 16 no 3 bed & 28 no 4 bed 2-storey semi-detached houses, 4) internal roads and access onto the Shercock Rd., 5) associated site works including drainage, attenuation tanks and pumping station, 6) open space and landscaping. Significant further information relates to the submission of an acoustic report and road safety audit.
Permission, 1 home · Monaghan County Council, 19322
8 Apr 2019Conditional
permission to retain and complete development, on a site of 1.5ha, which forms part of a residential development known as Castle Park, which previously had the benefit of planning permission under ref. P08/226. The permission being sought consists of the retention and completion of: (i) 20 no. 2 storey, 3 bed, detached, semi-detached houses & townhouses, which are under construction, (ii) internal roads and access onto the Shercock Road, (iii) associated site development works including drainage, attenuation tanks & pumping station and (iv) open spaces and landscaping, all of which was previously approved under planning permission ref P08/226
Retention, 1 home · Monaghan County Council, 19155
16 May 2018Refused
(1) total of 88no. houses (including social & affordable), 1 creche, 2no. two bedroom apartments & 1no. one bedroom apartment on approx 12.54 acres of high & low density zoned lands, (2) two no. entrances at the Mile Hill & Shercock Roads, (3) attenuation tanks & pumping station, (4) all assoc water & sewerage services, (5) all assoc roads & landscaping, including a playground, house types are as follows: 2no. 5-bed two & half storeys with detached garages, 8no. 5-bed 2-storey detached with detached garages, 22no. 4-bed 2-storey detached with detached garages, 6no. 4-bed 2-storey semi-detached two with detached garages, 28no. 3-bed 2-storey semi-detached 2no. with detached garages, 21no. 3-bed 2-storey townhouses, 1no. 3-bed 2-storey detached (previous planning ref: 07/586)
Extension of duration · Monaghan County Council, 189009
26 Jan 2018Conditional
Permission to construct a domestic garage/domestic storage shed to the rear of existing dwelling, together with associated ancillary site works and using existing site entrance
Permission · Monaghan County Council, 1833
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 Killycard.
Recorded monuments
No recorded monument lies in the townland of Killycard.
Architectural heritage
No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands in the townland of Killycard.
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; parts are made ground and water.
- Terrain model
- No LiDAR survey of the Office of Public Works covers the centre of the townland of Killycard.
- 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
- Killycard, Castleblayney6 sales
The townland
- Name
- Killycard · Coillidh Chairn
- Area
- 751,127 m² (75.11 ha, 185.61 acres)
- Civil parish
- Muckno, and its townlands
- Barony
- Cremorne
- Electoral division
- Castleblayney Rural, the unit of the census
- Census 2022
- Castleblayney Rural electoral division: 3,948 people in 1,451 households; 62% of households own their home; 41% of homes were built since 2001; 6% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 0% were holiday homes.
- Neighbouring townlands
- Bree, Corrinshigo, Kinnagin, Moraghy, Muldrumman, Tullyskerry
- Placenames
- Killycard 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.