Drewsborough

110 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Drewsborough, from 11 m² to 365,747 m² (36.57 ha, 90.38 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 26 neighbouring parcels touch it.

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• R2Existing Residential (Existing residential)
  Scarriff Tuamgraney Settlement Plan, Clare · 76 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• C2.2Industry (General industry)
  Scarriff Tuamgraney Settlement Plan, Clare · 7 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• C2.1Enterprise (Industrial, enterprise, employment)
  Scarriff Tuamgraney Settlement Plan, Clare · 6 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• P1Agriculture
  Scarriff Tuamgraney Settlement Plan, Clare · 4 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• N2.2Utilities (Wastewater)
  Scarriff Tuamgraney Settlement Plan, Clare · 3 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• G1Open Space (Open space, park)
  Scarriff Tuamgraney Settlement Plan, Clare · 3 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• C5Tourism (Tourism and related)
  Scarriff Tuamgraney Settlement Plan, Clare · 3 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• S1Community (Education)
  Scarriff Tuamgraney Settlement Plan, Clare · 3 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• N1.4Maritime / Harbour (Seaport/Harbour)
  Scarriff Tuamgraney Settlement Plan, Clare · 1 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• C2.1Light Industry (Industrial, enterprise, employment)
  Scarriff Tuamgraney Settlement Plan, Clare · 1 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• S3Community (Community facilities)
  Scarriff Tuamgraney Settlement Plan, Clare · 1 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• C1.1Commercial (Commercial, retail)
  Scarriff Tuamgraney Settlement Plan, Clare · 0 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• G2Open Space (Walkway, cycleway, bridle path)
  Scarriff Tuamgraney Settlement Plan, Clare · 0 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• R1Residential (New/proposed residential)
  Scarriff Tuamgraney Settlement Plan, Clare · 0 parcels The zoning objective in the plan

Source: Tailte Éireann and the Department of Housing (MyPlan), national zoning, CC BY 4.0.

• 8 Jun 2025Conditional

  to erect a 30 metre high lattice telecommunications support structure together with antennas, dishes and associated telecommunications equipment, and to remove the existing 30 metre high lattice telecommunications support structure together with associated works, located off the R352

  Permission · Clare County Council, 2560335

• 14 Jan 2025Conditional

  for the change of use from office to a day services location for people with disabilities / healthcare facility / consultation rooms with ancillary offices, together with all associated site works

  Permission · Clare County Council, 2560010

• 29 Nov 2024Conditional

  to alter, renovate and extend dwelling house and associated site works

  Permission, 1 home · Clare County Council, 24401

• 21 Nov 2024Conditional

  to renovate and repair existing storage building and for change of use of same to dwellinghouse and connect to mains services and all associated site works. Note this is a protected structure . .

  Permission, 1 home · Clare County Council, 2460578

• 4 Sept 2024Conditional

  for change of use of an existing shop to a Youth Service Centre and renovation of building to meet current fire regulations

  Permission · Clare County Council, 24279

• 15 Jul 2024Conditional

  to demolish existing sheds to rear of dwelling house and to construct a two storey extension to the rear of dwelling house and associated site works

  Permission · Clare County Council, 24225

• 4 Jul 2024Conditional

  to renovate and repair existing storage building and for change of use of same to dwellinghouse and connect to mains services and all associated site works . Note this is a protected structure . .

  Permission · Clare County Council, 2460311

• 15 Jun 2024N/a

  to renovate and repair existing storage building and for change of use of same to dwellinghouse and connect to mains services and all associated site works

  Permission · Clare County Council, 2460286

• 18 Dec 2023Conditional

  for development, the proposed development will consist of removal of the existing weighbridge, replacing the existing access gate and entrance, demolition of part of an existing unused structure, alterations and refurbishment of an existing office and administration building, alterations to and recladding of an existing industrial building, new petrol interceptor and associated site works. A Natura Impact Statement will accompany the application.

  Permission · Clare County Council, 23630

• 10 Nov 2023Refused

  to construct a two storey extension to the rear and side of dwelling house and associated site works

  Permission · Clare County Council, 23567

• 2 Oct 2023Conditional

  to demolish a hayshed part of agricultural structure and replace with larger shed extension, upgrade cattle handling facilities, construct an underground slurry/effluent tank, 2 No silage slabs, silage effluent tank, dungstead and associated site works

  Permission · Clare County Council, 23512

• 10 Nov 2022N/a

  for development, the development will consist of removal of the existing weighbridge, replacing the existing access gate and entrance, partial demolition of an existing unused structure, alterations and refurbishment of existing office and administration buildings, alterations to and recladding of an existing industrial building, and associated site works

  Permission · Clare County Council, 221018

• 9 Nov 2022Conditional

  for an existing extension to the rear of an existing dwelling and (b) PERMISSION to construct a new extension to the rear of the same existing dwelling along with ancillary works

  Retention · Clare County Council, 221014

• 22 Apr 2022Conditional

  of extensions to side, rear and first floor to existing dwelling house as constructed and to RETAIN garage/workshop to the rear of this dwelling house and all associated site works

  Retention · Clare County Council, 22369

• 29 Nov 2021Conditional

  of the development consists of the erection of 1 no. free standing totem sign

  Retention · Clare County Council, 211269

• 15 Feb 2021Conditional

  to re-surface with Astroturf existing pitch and gravel running track, provide fencing to astroturf playing area and to erect flood lighting to same and all associated site works

  Permission · Clare County Council, 21118

• 5 Feb 2021Conditional

  for development at the Further Education and Training Centre, Drewsborough Road, Scariff, Co Clare the development consists of the erection of 2 no. prefabricated classrooms and 1 no. prefabricated isolation room and all associated site works for educational use

  Retention · Clare County Council, 2175

• 15 Dec 2020Conditional

  for the erection of 14 no. floodlighting poles (5m high) with a floodlighting average spread of 7.4 Lux at path level and an average of 6.0 Lux at the lower car park and 37 no. (1m high) 6w LED Bollards

  Permission · Clare County Council, 20954

• 5 Jul 2019Conditional

  for 1) The removal of existing temporary portacabins, 2) New standalone school building of circa 945 sq.m along with underground rainwater harvesting tank, underground firefighting tank and above ground gas tank and enclosure and 3) new outdoor basketball courts together with all associated site works and services

  Permission · Clare County Council, 19553

• 12 Sept 2018Conditional

  for: Change of use of Existing Shop to a Youth Service Centre, and renovation of the building to meet current fire regulations.

  Permission · Clare County Council, 18724

• 8 Aug 2017Conditional

  to construct a vehicular entrance to existing dwelling house and associated site works

  Permission · Clare County Council, 17608

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 the townland of Drewsborough.

Recorded monuments

No recorded monument lies in the townland of Drewsborough.

Architectural heritage

• Scarriff Bridge, bridge, 1840–1880 · Regional interest
  Description

  Single-arch road bridge over river Scariff, built c. 1860, with irregular coursed limestone walls having bull nosed copings and cut-stone voussoirs.

• Scarriff Dock, quay/wharf, 1840–1860 · Regional interest
  Description

  Cut-limestone quay wall, built c. 1850, with cast-iron bollards. Crane with plaque.

• Water tower, 1840–1880 · Regional interest
  Description

  Freestanding two-bay six-stage rubble stone water tower, built c. 1860, with base batter, battlemented roof parapet and square-headed narrow openings. Now in ruins.

• Scarriff Union Workhouse, workhouse, 1840–1850 · Regional interest
  Description

  Group of detached cut-stone sandstone buildings originally part of Scarriff Union Workhouse complex, built c. 1845. Two-bay single-storey lodge, now in use as outbuilding. Gable-fronted single-bay two-storey building, now in ruins. Section of boundary wall and entrance piers with wall-mounted cast-iron post box addition. Pitched slate roofs with cut-stone chimneystacks, cut-stone gable copings and cast-iron rainwater goods. Coursed cut-stone sandstone walls. Pointed arch door openings and square-headed window openings with cut-stone architraves, some retaining diamond paned windows, some now blocked.

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 Drewsborough, 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 high, moderately low, low, partly inferred.

Terrain model

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

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 Drewsborough with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Clare.

Name

Drewsborough · Baile Driú

Area

2,112,683 m² (211.27 ha, 522.06 acres)

Civil parish

Tomgraney, and its townlands

Barony

Tulla Upper

Electoral division

Scarriff, the unit of the census

Census 2022

1,425 people lived in 573 households in the Scarriff electoral division. 73% of households owned their home. 24% of homes were built since 2001. 8% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 1% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Ballyminoge, Ballyquin, Callahy, Fossa Beg, Fossa More, Tomgraney

Placenames

Drewsborough 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.