Anaverna

149 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Anaverna, from 24 m² to 109,086 m² (10.91 ha, 26.96 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.

No zone of a development plan covers Anaverna 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.

• 9 Jul 2026Conditional

  Permission for development to comprise the erection of 364m2 of photovoltaic ground mounted solar panels and all associated site works

  Permission · Louth County Council, 2689

• 12 Jun 2026N/a

  Permission for the erection of 364m2 of photovoltaic ground mounted solar panels and all associated site works

  Permission · Louth County Council, 2679

• 18 Nov 2025Conditional

  Retention permission for: 1. Alterations to original dwelling design for which planning permission was previously granted under pl. ref. 99597 including additional floor area and minor changes to elevations. 2. Retention permission for domestic outbuildings to rear/side of dwelling at lower ground floor level

  Retention, 1 home · Louth County Council, 2560731

• 28 Mar 2025Conditional

  Retention permission for detached domestic garage and all associated site works.

  Retention · Louth County Council, 2539

• 15 Jul 2024Conditional

  EXTENSION OF DURATION OF 19516 - Permission for a proposed one and a half storey/single storey dwelling house, detached domestic garage, on-site well, installation of proprietary waste water treatment system and percolation area, new vehicular access from public road and associated site works

  Extension of duration · Louth County Council, 24123

• 10 Jan 2024Conditional

  Permission for the demolition of existing two storey dwelling, construction of a new two storey dwelling with ancillary office and swimming pool. Installation of a new Wastewater Treatment System & Percolation Area with new Private Well. New entrance wall and gates & all associated site works. *Significant Further Information received on 04/09/2024 and revised notices received on 11/09/2024 which includes a N.I.S.*

  Permission, 1 home · Louth County Council, 2460010

• 21 Jun 2023Conditional

  Permission for the restoration and refurbishment of a former dwellinghouse to include proposed extension, new effluent treatment system and percolation area and all associated site works

  Permission, 1 home · Louth County Council, 23304

• 8 Jun 2023Conditional

  EXTENSION OF DURATION OF 13/160 - Permission consequent on grant of outline permission is sought for new dwellinghouse, effluent treatment system & percolation area & all associated site works. Outline planning permission ref 10/24 & 18272 - Extension of Duration: Parent Ref: 13/160 Permission consequent on grant of outline permission is sought for new dwellinghouse, effluent treatment system & percolation area & all associated site works. Outline planning permission ref 10/24

  Extension of duration, 1 home · Louth County Council, 23276

• 15 Feb 2022N/a

  permission for the restoration of a former dwelling to include proposed extension, new waste water treatment system and associated site development works

  Permission, 1 home · Louth County Council, 22113

• 22 Dec 2021N/a

  permission for alterations and extension to an existing dwelling house, new waste water treatment system and associated site development works

  Permission, 1 home · Louth County Council, 211536

• 30 Aug 2021N/a

  Permission for a new glasshouse and all associated site works

  Permission · Louth County Council, 211075

• 24 May 2021Conditional

  Proposed development consisting of extension to rear of existing dwelling house, new waste water disposal system and all associated site development works

  Permission, 1 home · Louth County Council, 21635

• 19 May 2021Conditional

  Permission for development that will consist of change of house type previously granted planning permission under planning ref no 20790 and associated site development works *Significant Further Information submitted 01/09/21 provided for, inter alia, revised house design*

  Permission, 1 home · Louth County Council, 21609

• 5 Oct 2020Conditional

  Permission for a dwelling house, waste water treatment system and associated site development works

  Permission, 1 home · Louth County Council, 20790

• 9 Sept 2020Conditional

  Permission for development to consist of alterations to single storey dwelling including single storey extensions to the front and all associated site development works

  Permission, 1 home · Louth County Council, 20697

• 31 Jul 2020Refused

  Permission for an extension to rear of existing dwelling house, new waste water disposal system and all associated site development works

  Permission, 1 home · Louth County Council, 20570

• 18 Dec 2019Conditional

  Permission for an extension to an existing dwelling house and associated site development works

  Permission, 1 home · Louth County Council, 191070

• 1 Jul 2019Conditional

  Permission for a proposed one and a half storey/single storey dwelling house, detached domestic garage, on-site well, installation of proprietary waste water treatment system and percolation area, new vehicular access from public road and associated site works.

  Permission, 2 homes · Louth County Council, 19516

• 13 Aug 2018Conditional

  EXTENSION OF DURATION PARENT REF:(13157) Permission for a detached single storey dwelling house with attached garage, install a waste water treatment system with percolation area & associated site works

  Extension of duration, 1 home · Louth County Council, 18642

• 12 Apr 2018Conditional

  Extension of Duration: Parent Ref: 13/160 Permission consequent on grant of outline permission is sought for new dwellinghouse, effluent treatment system & percolation area & all associated site works. Outline planning permission ref 10/24

  Extension of duration, 1 home · Louth County Council, 18272

• 9 Feb 2018Conditional

  PERMISSION for development will consist of an extension and alterations to an existing dwelling house and associated site development works.

  Permission, 1 home · Louth County Council, 1892

• 12 Sept 2017Conditional

  Demolition of existing single storey extensions to side and rear and construction of two storey extensions to the side and rear and a single storey entrance porch to the front of my existing semi-detached dwelling, relocation of the existing vehicular entrance and all associated site development works. **SIGNIFICANT FURTHER INFORMATION RECEIVED 21/12/2017 provides for, inter alia, revised site plans and retention of existing vehicular entrance**

  Permission, 1 home · Louth County Council, 17679

Source: National Planning Applications, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, CC BY 4.0. Applicants are not shown.

Designated sites

• Special Area of Conservation: Carlingford Mountain SAC 000453
• Proposed Natural Heritage Area: Carlingford Mountain 000453

Recorded monuments

• LH004-009 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  The following description is derived from both the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Louth' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1986) and the 'Archaeological Survey of County Louth' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1991). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload/revision: 17 July 2007 Sub-circular area (int. dims. 24m E-W, 21m N-S) enclosed by earthen bank on W (Wth 4m; H 0.5m internally, 1.7m externally), and on E by bank obscured by modern field walls.

• LH004-120 Church
  Description

  The Archaeological Survey of Ireland (ASI) is in the process of providing information on all monuments on The Historic Environment Viewer (HEV). Currently the information for this record has not been uploaded. To access available information for research purposes please make an appointment in advance with the Archive Unit (open Fridays 10.00 am – 5.00 pm), Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, The Custom House, Dublin 1 D01W6XO or email NMarchive@housing.gov.ie.

• LH004-123 Sweathouse
  Description

  Situated on SSW slope of the Black Mountain. Roughly oval in plan with two sub-rectangular chambers, one on the NE side and the second on the SW side. Each chamber has a low narrow lintelled entrance on the SE. Both have earthen floors, with some small stones remaining on the floor of the NE chamber, suggesting that the floors may have originally been paved. (SMR file) Copiled by: Claire Breen Date of upload: 18 November 2011

Architectural heritage

• Anaverna House, gate lodge, 1830–1870 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached two-bay single-storey former gate lodge, built c. 1850, now in private domestic use. Central gable-fronted porch to east elevation. Pitched slate roof, clay ridge tiles, painted smooth rendered chimneystack, overhanging eaves, painted timber soffit, paired painted timber eaves brackets, painted timber bargeboards to porch, cast-iron rainwater goods. Lime-washed roughcast-rendered walling. Square-headed window opening, painted stone sills, painted timber tripartite one-over-one sliding sash windows, two-over-two sliding sash windows to west elevation. Square-headed door opening set within segmental-headed blind arch, painted stone hood-moulding, painted timber and glazed panelled door c. 1950. House set back slightly from road, cast-iron railings and gate to north and south, front site bounded by hedge to east, accessed through smooth rendered piers, opposite entrance to Anaverna House.

• Anaverna House, stables, 1780–1800 · Regional interest
  Description

  Three ranges of multiple-bay two-storey stone former stable complex, built c. 1790, now in private domestic and commercial use. U-plan surrounding cobbled yard, single-storey lean-to c. 1850 and glass conservatory to west, stone steps to first floor south within yard, bellcote to south. Hipped slate roofs, clay ridge tiles, brick corbelled chimneystacks, cast-iron rainwater goods. Random rubble stone walling, red brick block-and-start quoins to bellcote. Square-headed window openings, some red brick flat-arches, stone sills, painted timber six-over-six timber sliding sash windows, three-over-three to first floor, multiple-pane casement windows to west elevation. Round-headed door openings, red brick arches, painted timber vertically-sheeted doors, timber-spoked fanlights; pair of segmental-headed carriage arched to internal north elevation, red brick surrounds. Situated to north-east of Anaverna House, cobbled yard accessed through square-profiled gate piers and wrought-iron gates.

• Anaverna House, country house, 1780–1800 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached five-bay two-storey with attic house, built c. 1790. Returns and extensions to north c. 1840, three-bay breakfront and timber porch to south elevation. Hipped slate roof, clay ridge tiles, slated chimneystacks, chamfered stone capping, projecting eaves, moulded cast-iron gutters on corbelled eaves, circular cast-iron downpipes. Painted roughcast rendered walling, stone plinth course, continuous stone sill course to first floor windows of breakfront, carved stone coping to parapet of breakfront. Square-headed window openings, granite sills, painted timber six-over-six sliding sash windows; painted timber fretted canopy to ground floor windows, south elevation; recessed painted smooth rendered surround to ground floor windows of breakfront, recessed round-headed surround to first floor windows of breakfront; three-over-three sliding sash windows to attic, north elevation, tripartite sliding sash window to east elevation, round-headed stairwell window opening to north elevation. Flat-roofed painted timber entrance porch surmounted by decorative glazed fanlight, carved stone surround; porch comprising Wyatt window to south, pilasters supporting fluted frieze, rosette panels and cornice, painted timber and glazed double doors to west; stone surround to internal painted timber door with four panels; round-headed door opening to west, painted timber and glazed double doors surmounted by stained glass fanlight; square-headed door opening to north extension, painted timber door with glazed panels. House set in own extensive grounds, random rubble boundary wall to west, ashlar stone piers and wrought-iron gates giving access to site.

• Anaverna House, gate lodge, 1820–1860 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached three-bay single-storey former gate lodge, built c. 1840, now in private domestic use. Rectangular-plan, lean-to return and extension to west. Hipped slate roof, clay ridge and hip tiles, red brick chimneystack, cast-iron gutters on corbelled eaves course, circular cast-iron downpipes. Painted roughcast-rendered walling; roughly coursed rubble stone walling to extension. Square-headed window openings, painted stone sills, painted smooth rendered reveals, painted timber tripartite windows to east elevation comprising central six-over-six sliding sash flanked by two-over-two sidelights; four-over-four sliding sash to north elevation of lean-to return. Square-headed door opening, painted smooth rendered reveals, painted timber vertically-sheeted door. Remains of brick and stone plinth wall surmounted by cast-iron railings to south, ashlar gate piers to north and south flanking wrought-iron gates. House set back slightly from road opposite entrance gates to Anaverna House.

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).

Radon

At the centre of the townland of Anaverna, about 1 in 5 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 high, moderately high, moderately low, low, partly inferred.

Terrain model

No LiDAR survey of the Office of Public Works covers the centre of the townland of Anaverna.

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.

No address of the register names Anaverna with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Louth.

Name

Anaverna · Áth na bhFearnaí

Area

3,155,454 m² (315.55 ha, 779.73 acres)

Civil parish

Ballymascanlan, and its townlands

Barony

Dundalk Lower

Electoral division

Ravensdale, the unit of the census

Census 2022

1,060 people lived in 362 households in the Ravensdale electoral division. 90% of households owned their home. 26% of homes were built since 2001. 8% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 3% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Doolargy, Drumnacarra, Ravensdale Park, Tullaghomeath

Placenames

Anaverna 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.