Cloghanbane
Cloghanbane is a townland in the civil parish of Lynally, barony of Ballycowan, Co. Offaly. Its name in Irish is An Tulchán Bán.
- Area
- 48 ha
- 119 acres
- Land parcels
- 44
- registered freehold, median 2,521 m² (0.25 ha, 0.62 acres)
- Zoning
- —
- not in a zoned settlement
- Planning
- 6
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
44 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Cloghanbane, from 14 m² to 67,262 m² (6.73 ha, 16.62 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 22 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 Cloghanbane 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 Apr 2026N/a
to construct one number detached dwelling and one number detached garage , to upgrade existing entrance to public road, to connect to public watermain and to install a pumped packaged wastewater treatment system and polishing filter , permission is also sought to demolish existing shed on site and all associated site works
Permission, 1 home · Offaly County Council, 2660171
15 Jul 2024Conditional
house as-built, retain domestic garage, retain domestic shed, site boundaries and all associated site works.
Retention, 1 home · Offaly County Council, 2460271
12 Dec 2022Conditional
(I) A SINGLE STOREY CONSERVATORY TO THE NORTH ELEVATION OF THE EXISTING DWELLING (II) AND RETENTION OF A SINGLE STOREY GARAGE/SHED AND PUMP HOUSE AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS
Retention, 1 home · Offaly County Council, 22636
9 Feb 2021Conditional
NEW VEHICULAR AND PEDESTRIAN ENTRANCES AND ACCESS FROM THE PUBLIC ROAD, INCORPORATING NEW GATES AND SITE BOUNDARY TREATMENTS, ACCESS ROAD AND HARDSTANDING AREA FOR TEMPORARY BUILDINGS, 5 NO. NEW TEMPORARY CHANGING ROOMS, CHEMICAL WC FACILITIES, NEW SOCCER PITCHES, ACCESS AND EXERCISE PATHS, PITCH FLOODLIGHTING, CAR PARKING, BALL STOP FENCING ALONG THE NORTH WESTERN BOUNDARY ABUTTING THE N52 NATIONAL SECONDARY ROUTE, LANDSCAPING AND ALL ASSOCIATED ANCILLARY SITE WORKS AND SERVICES
Permission · Offaly County Council, 2151
14 Feb 2020Conditional
CONSTRUCTION OF A NEW SINGLE STOREY 4 BEDROOM DWELLING AND ASSOCIATED DOMESTIC GARAGE INCLUDING ON SITE WASTEWATER TREATMENT AND RAISED BED SAND POLISHING FILTER SYSTEM, NEW SITE ENTRANCE AND ALL ANCILLARY SITE WORKS
Permission, 1 home · Offaly County Council, 2041
7 Oct 2019Conditional
CONTINUED USE OF THE PREVIOUSLY PERMITTED DEVELOPMENT UNDER P. REG. NO. 02/462 (PL 19.201727) CONSISTING OF THE EXISTING SAND AND GRAVEL EXTRACTION AND PROCESSING TO INCLUDE WASHING (WITH ASSOCIATED CLOSED SYSTEM SILT STORAGE LAGOONS) AND RELATED ANCILLARY BUILDINGS AND FACILITIES INCLUDING THE READYMIX CONCRETE BATCHING PLANT, CONCRETE BLOCK BATCHING PLANT AND BLOCK YARD, ASPHALT PLANT, SITE OFFICE, PREFABRICATED SHIPPING OFFICE, WHEELWASH, WEIGHBRIDGE, ELECTRICITY SUBSTATION, SINGLE BUILDING COMPRISING WORKSHOP/LABORATORY/CANTEEN, TWO BUNDED AND COVERED FUEL TANKS, A CONCRETE RECLAIMER AND A SEPTIC TANK WITH PURAFLO LIQUID EFFLUENT TREATMENT SYSTEM AND THE EXISTING SITE ENTRANCE ONTO THE N52 ROAD; EXTENSION TO THE NORTH AND EAST OF THE EXISTING SAND AND GRAVEL PIT OVER AN AREA OF 31.3 HECTARES. THE SAND AND GRAVEL EXTRACTION WILL BE DRY WORKING ABOVE THE WATER TABLE; PROVISION OF A NEW SAND WASHING AND SCREENING PROCESSING PLANT; PHASED STRIPPING AND STORAGE OF TOPSOIL AND OVERBURDEN MATERIALS OVER THE EXTENSION LANDS FOR REUSE IN THE RESTORATION WORKS. RESTORATION OF THE OVERALL SITE WILL BE TO A BENEFICIAL AGRICULTURAL AFTER-USE; ALL ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS WITHIN AN OVERALL APPLICATION AREA OF 68.9 HECTARES, AND ALL FOR A PERIOD OF 18 YEARS PLUS 2 YEARS TO COMPLETE RESTORATION WORKS (TOTAL DURATION OF 20 YEARS). AN ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT REPORT (EIAR) HAS BEEN PREPARED IN RESPECT OF THIS PLANNING APPLICATION
Permission · Offaly County Council, 19478
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 Cloghanbane.
Recorded monuments
- OF016-039001 Linear earthwork
Description
Very slight remains of a partially filled in irregular shaped trench located on high ground. Probably filled in over time by agricultural improvements. Similar linear earthwork (OF024-008----) which runs in the same orientation of this linear feature is located to the S. Archaeological testing under licence no. 03E0039 was carried out as part of the planning schedule for a single house development at Cloughanbane, Tullamore, beside a linear earthwork (SMR 16:39). Trenches were excavated by mechanical digger at the house site, entrance and percolation area. No features or finds of archaeological significance were revealed (Excavations Bulletin 2003). John Purcell, 17 Balmoral Terrace, Dillon's Cross, Cork. Test-trenching was carried out under licence no. 04E0082 and 04E1269 as part of the planning schedule for a single-house development adjacent to a linear earthwork (SMR 16:39) at Cloughanbane, Screggan, Tullamore. A series of trenches were excavated by mechanical digger at the house site, entrance and percolation area. No features or finds of archaeological significance were revealed. John Purcell, 17 Balmoral Terrace, Dillon's Cross, Cork. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Offaly' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1997). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload: 27 April 2009
- OF016-039002 Enclosure
Description
No surface remains, potential enclosure possible identified from aerial photographs (OS 9086/7). Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien. Date of upload: 23 May 2011
Architectural heritage
No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands in the townland of Cloghanbane.
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 Cloghanbane, about 1 in 10 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 moderately low, low, partly inferred.
- Terrain model
- No LiDAR survey of the Office of Public Works covers the centre of the townland of Cloghanbane.
- 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 Cloghanbane with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Offaly.
The townland
- Name
- Cloghanbane · An Tulchán Bán
- Area
- 479,637 m² (47.96 ha, 118.52 acres)
- Civil parish
- Lynally, and its townlands
- Barony
- Ballycowan
- Electoral division
- Screggan, the unit of the census
- Census 2022
- 1,513 people lived in 479 households in the Screggan electoral division. 89% of households owned their home. 38% of homes were built since 2001. 6% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 1% were holiday homes.
- Placenames
- Cloghanbane 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.