Moynehall
Townland in the civil parish of Annagelliff, barony of Loughtee Upper, Co. Cavan; in Irish Eochaill
Parcel 445308
- Area
- 1,168 m²
- Buildings
- 1 building touches it, 250 m² on the ground
- Zoning
- R2 Existing Residential (Cavan County Development Plan incorporating a Local Area Plan for Cavan Town 2022-2028) The objective
G1 Amenity and Open Space (Cavan County Development Plan incorporating a Local Area Plan for Cavan Town 2022-2028) The objective - Townland
- Moynehall
Planning applications on this parcel
13 Jun 2025Conditional
to alter previously approved planning application (PL23/113) to construct a residential development alterations to be as follows: (1) Erect 31 No. fully serviced dwellings as follows: - Ten, 2 storey, 4 bed semi-detached dwellings - Two, 2 storey, 4 bed detached dwellings - Six, 2 storey, 3 bed semi-detached dwellings - Four, 2 storey, 3 bed terraced dwellings - Nine, 2 storey, 2 bed terraced dwellings (2) Alterations to service road, site boundaries and open space. (3) Connection to public services & all associated site works. A Natura Impact Statement (NIS) will be submitted to the Planning Authority with this application in accordance with the plans submitted with the application- SIGNIFICANT FURTHER HAS BEEN RECEIVED
Permission, 31 homes · Cavan County Council, 2560304
16 Mar 2023Conditional
to construct a residential development as follows: (1) Erect 33 No. fully serviced dwellings as follows: - Four, 2 storey, 4 bed semi-detached dwellings , - One, 2 storey, 4 bed detached dwelling, - Four, 2 storey, 3 bed semi-detached dwellings, - One, 2 storey, 3 bed detached dwelling, - One, 2 storey, 2 bed terraced dwelling, - Four, 2 storey, 1 bed duplex dwellings, - Eighteen, 3storey, 6 unit block duplex units consisting of 1 bed units on ground floor and 2 bed untis on first and second floor terraced dwellings. (2) Access of existing Ashbrook housing development road. (3) With associated service road, site boundaries and open space. (4) Connection to public services & all associated site works. A Natural Impact Statement (NIS) will be submitted to the Planning Authority with this application at Ashbrook Housing Estate. Significant further information and revised plans have been submitted.
Permission, 1 home · Cavan County Council, 23113
1 Mar 2023N/a
to construct a residential development as follows: 1. Erect 33 fully No. serviced dwellings as follows: Four, 2 storey, 4 bed semi-detached dwellings, One, 2 storey, 4 bed detached dwelling, Four, 2 storey, 3 bed semi-detached dwellings, One, 2 storey 3 bed detached dwelling, One, 2 storey, 2 bed terraced dwelling, Four, 2 storey, 1 bed duplex dwellings, Eighteen, 3 storey, 6 unit block duplex units consisting of 1 bed units on ground floor and 2 bed units on first and second floor terraced dwellings. 2. Access off existing Ashbrook housing development road. 3. With associated service road, site boundaries and open space. 4. Connection to public services and all associated site works
Permission · Cavan County Council, 2371
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 5 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels. Testing a home
- Landslides
- Susceptibility moderately high, moderately low, low, on the 1:50,000 map.
- Terrain model
- LiDAR of the Office of Public Works, flown in 2011, at 2 m: tile OPW_2090 (ZIP).
- 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
- 79.5 ha
- 196 acres
- Land parcels
- 123
- registered freehold, median 1,222 m²
- Zoning
- C2.1
- General Enterprise and Employment
- Planning
- 33
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
123 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Moynehall, from 2 m² to 185,685 m² (18.57 ha, 45.88 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 39 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
- C2.1General Enterprise and Employment (Industrial, enterprise, employment)
Cavan County Development Plan incorporating a Local Area Plan for Cavan Town 2022-2028, Cavan · 45 parcels The zoning objective in the plan - R2Existing Residential (Existing residential)
Cavan County Development Plan incorporating a Local Area Plan for Cavan Town 2022-2028, Cavan · 36 parcels The zoning objective in the plan - M3Neighbourhood Centre (District, neighbourhood centre)
Cavan County Development Plan incorporating a Local Area Plan for Cavan Town 2022-2028, Cavan · 12 parcels The zoning objective in the plan - G1Amenity and Open Space (Open space, park)
Cavan County Development Plan incorporating a Local Area Plan for Cavan Town 2022-2028, Cavan · 9 parcels The zoning objective in the plan - R4Strategic Residential Reserve
Cavan County Development Plan incorporating a Local Area Plan for Cavan Town 2022-2028, Cavan · 5 parcels The zoning objective in the plan - R1Proposed Residential (New/proposed residential)
Cavan County Development Plan incorporating a Local Area Plan for Cavan Town 2022-2028, Cavan · 1 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
28 Aug 2026N/a
for a 4-bay storage shed (22.5m x 8m x 6m), that includes no. 3 open bays with no. 1 closed bay, secured by a roller-door with side pedestrian access. The structure shall be erected on a proposed concrete pad located on an existing area of hard standing. The application includes all ancillary works associated with the development located to rear of the existing depot
Permission · Cavan County Council, 2660490
7 Aug 2026N/a
for development which relates to the premises previously granted under Planning Register No. 23/60273 with planning permission for the addition of the following structures to the existing café/takeaway trailer and will consist of: Provision of a fenced-off outdoor covered and uncovered customer seating bays. Provision of a timber-clad flat roof storage unit. Fence drive-through area. Construction of a small wall measuring approximately 1m x 1.8m to accommodate an ESB / electricity meter box. Provision of a separate electrical power supply. All associated siteworks
Permission · Cavan County Council, 2660434
4 Feb 2026Refused
for 21m high monopole telecommunications support structure together with antennas, dishes and associated telecommunications equipment all enclosed in security fencing
Permission · Cavan County Council, 2660044
19 Aug 2025Conditional
for alterations to previously approved planning ref: No. 23/60301 consisting of (1) the omission of 1 no. healthcare unit and 2 no. retail units at ground floor level and replaced with 8 no. residential apartments; (2) alterations to building layouts on the first, second, and third floors. (3) alterations to site layout including re-location of bin stores & bicycle stores, alterations to car parking layout and inclusion of amenity space (4) associated alterations to elevations and all associated ancillary works. The updated development will consist of a total of 29 no. residential apartments (comprising 12 no. 1-apartments and 17 no. 2-bed apartments) over four floors - SIGNIFICANT FURTHER INFORMATION HAS BEEN RECEIVED
Permission · Cavan County Council, 2560483
17 Jul 2025Refused
for a 24m high lattice telecommunications support structure together with antennas, dishes and associated telecommunications equipment all enclosed in security fencing
Permission · Cavan County Council, 2560402
13 Jun 2025Conditional
to alter previously approved planning application (PL23/113) to construct a residential development alterations to be as follows: (1) Erect 31 No. fully serviced dwellings as follows: - Ten, 2 storey, 4 bed semi-detached dwellings - Two, 2 storey, 4 bed detached dwellings - Six, 2 storey, 3 bed semi-detached dwellings - Four, 2 storey, 3 bed terraced dwellings - Nine, 2 storey, 2 bed terraced dwellings (2) Alterations to service road, site boundaries and open space. (3) Connection to public services & all associated site works. A Natura Impact Statement (NIS) will be submitted to the Planning Authority with this application in accordance with the plans submitted with the application- SIGNIFICANT FURTHER HAS BEEN RECEIVED
Permission, 31 homes · Cavan County Council, 2560304
26 Feb 2025Conditional
for the completion of 10 no. detached dormer style dwellings (No’s 16-25) with detached garages, internal roadway, paths and open space (previously approved ref 0356), connection to existing services, and associated works. Works will also comprise upgrading the existing pumping station and alterations to the site entrance to enhance sightlines and all associated works- SIGNIFICANT FURHTER INFORMATION HAS BEEN RECEIVED
Permission, 10 homes · Cavan County Council, 2560067
24 Oct 2024Conditional
for Demolition of the existing buildings on the site (1,430sq.m) and closure of the existing entrance onto the N55. Construction of a new filling station consisting of: Single storey Service Station Building (957sq.m) measuring predominantly 6.24m high, with a maximum of 8.4m high. It will contain a net retail area of 100sq.m (including ancillary off-licence measuring 10sq.m), 2 no. communal seating areas, 4 no. food/beverage offers, drive-thru facility (hatch and lane), back of house (including toilets, office, staff services and storage) and detached service yard. 4 no. pump islands under a canopy measuring maximum of 5.55m high (with parking for 8 cars). 51 no. car park spaces (with additional spaces as follows: 5 no. EV charging spaces, 3 no. service bays, 4 disabled spaces, 3 drive-thru waiting bays and 6 staff spaces). 10 no. HGV/bus parking spaces. 2 no. car wash bays. 2 no. HGV fueling bays (maximum height of canopy 6.2m high). 10 no. cycle parking spaces. All associated site works including, landscaping, boundary treatment, substation, circulation, lighting, fill points, underground fuel tanks and signage (free standing and on structures). For clarity vehicular access/egress will be from the existing roundabout junction at the north end. SIGNIFICANT FURTHER INFORMATION HAS BEEN RECEIVED.
Permission · Cavan County Council, 2460530
1 May 2024Conditional
to construct a new part two-storey, part single storey dwelling, attached carport and domestic garage, including construction of a new waste water treatment system and percolation area, upgrade of existing site entrance to include new gates and piers and all associated site works
Permission, 1 home · Cavan County Council, 2460186
6 Dec 2023Conditional
(1) to demolish existing commercial units, (2) to erect a new 4-storey mixed-use development consisting of 1 no. healthcare facility and 2 no. retail units at ground floor level and a total of 24 no. residential apartments (9 no. 1 bed apartments & 15 no. 2 bed apartments) over three floors (3) the formation of new parking with new site entrance, boundary treatments, connection to existing site services and all associated and ancillary development works. Significant Further Information has been received.
Permission · Cavan County Council, 2360301
15 Nov 2023Conditional
of cafe/takeaway trailer, with external tables/seating, with signage in front of trailer, with change of use of part of the car park to use as a cafe/takeaway. With permission for 6 no. car parking spaces. With use of existing entrances
Retention · Cavan County Council, 2360273
28 Mar 2023Conditional
construct extension to existing dwelling, to include: (i) at ground floor: extension of entrance hall, addition of kitchen-dining-living area, with alterations to existing window / door openings, and addition of new window / door openings, (ii) at first floor: ensuite bedroom with two dressing rooms, staircase and landing, (iii) with proposed new entrance, boundary walls and piers (iv) with connection to existing services and all associated site works
Permission, 1 home · Cavan County Council, 23136
16 Mar 2023Conditional
to construct a residential development as follows: (1) Erect 33 No. fully serviced dwellings as follows: - Four, 2 storey, 4 bed semi-detached dwellings , - One, 2 storey, 4 bed detached dwelling, - Four, 2 storey, 3 bed semi-detached dwellings, - One, 2 storey, 3 bed detached dwelling, - One, 2 storey, 2 bed terraced dwelling, - Four, 2 storey, 1 bed duplex dwellings, - Eighteen, 3storey, 6 unit block duplex units consisting of 1 bed units on ground floor and 2 bed untis on first and second floor terraced dwellings. (2) Access of existing Ashbrook housing development road. (3) With associated service road, site boundaries and open space. (4) Connection to public services & all associated site works. A Natural Impact Statement (NIS) will be submitted to the Planning Authority with this application at Ashbrook Housing Estate. Significant further information and revised plans have been submitted.
Permission, 1 home · Cavan County Council, 23113
16 Mar 2023Conditional
for the construction of a Training Centre to new Block G. Works include associated site development works, connection to existing site services and effluent treatment plant and percolation area/polishing filter
Permission · Cavan County Council, 23114
1 Mar 2023N/a
to construct a residential development as follows: 1. Erect 33 fully No. serviced dwellings as follows: Four, 2 storey, 4 bed semi-detached dwellings, One, 2 storey, 4 bed detached dwelling, Four, 2 storey, 3 bed semi-detached dwellings, One, 2 storey 3 bed detached dwelling, One, 2 storey, 2 bed terraced dwelling, Four, 2 storey, 1 bed duplex dwellings, Eighteen, 3 storey, 6 unit block duplex units consisting of 1 bed units on ground floor and 2 bed units on first and second floor terraced dwellings. 2. Access off existing Ashbrook housing development road. 3. With associated service road, site boundaries and open space. 4. Connection to public services and all associated site works
Permission · Cavan County Council, 2371
1 Mar 2023Conditional
retain and continue use of existing detached prefab / modular unit for Montessori / Creche use at existing Montessori / Nursery and all associated works (previously approved planning reg 17/324 relates)
Retention · Cavan County Council, 2379
25 Oct 2022Conditional
to retain 1) extended storage area to rear of shop, 2) dining area to front of shop, 3) alterations to elevations and all associated ancillary site works
Retention · Cavan County Council, 22427
16 Jun 2022Conditional
to alter previously approved storage unit (Pl. Ref. 21/741) to rear of Moynehall Retail Park. Alterations to include changes to site layout and boundary, extension of proposed floor area, new dock leveler & associated alterations to elevations, with connection to all existing services and all ancillary works
Permission · Cavan County Council, 22256
4 Mar 2022Conditional
to alter the site layout and site boundary to approved 96-bedroom two storey nursing home application (Pl. Ref. No. 15/270 & Pl. Ref. No. 20/588) and all associated & ancillary site works
Permission, 1 home · Cavan County Council, 2290
23 Dec 2021Conditional
for development consisting of the construction of a 30 metre high monopole type communications structure and its associated antennae, communication dishes and associated ground equipment, within a 2.4m high palisade fence compound
Permission · Cavan County Council, 21780
8 Dec 2021Conditional
to erect new storage unit to rear of Moynehall Retail Park with connection to all existing services and ancillary site works
Permission · Cavan County Council, 21741
26 Feb 2021N/a
for the construction of a 36 metre high free standing lattice communications structure and its associated antennae, communications dishes and ground equipment, within a 2.4m high palisade fence compound
Permission · Cavan County Council, 21107
26 Aug 2020N/a
for development consisting of the construction of a 36 metre high free standing lattice communications structure and its associated antennae, communication dishes and ground equipment within a 2.4m high palisade fence compound
Permission · Cavan County Council, 20365
18 May 2020Conditional
for alteration and extension to Block F. Works include replacement of existing effluent treatment plant, replacement of existing percolation area with a new polishing filter in accordance with EPA guidelines, installation of pumping main to new polishing filter located to adjoining lands and associated site development works
Permission · Cavan County Council, 20186
20 Dec 2019Conditional
for (1) ancillary office use in part of existing ground floor and associated alterations to the north elevation and (2) provide a prep room for deceased members and all associated works
Permission · Cavan County Council, 19516
The 25 most recent of 33 applications.
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 Moynehall.
Recorded monuments
- CV025-098001 Castle - unclassified
Description
Davies (1948a, 115) recorded the site of a plantation 'house and bawn' at this location. All that survives is a large moulded stone at the SW corner of the yard which may possibly be the base of a 17th-century turret. Otherwise no visible remains at ground level. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cavan' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1995). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload/revision: 22 December 2008
- CV025-098002 Bawn
Description
Davies (1948a, 115) recorded the site of a plantation 'house and bawn' at this location. All that survives is a large moulded stone at the SW corner of the yard which may possibly be the base of a 17th-century turret. Otherwise there are no visible remains at ground level. The bawn may have been N of the house. Date of upload: 15 April, 2016
Architectural heritage
No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands in the townland of Moynehall.
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.
- Terrain model
- LiDAR of the Office of Public Works, flown in 2011, at 2 m: tile OPW_2090 (ZIP).
- 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
No address of the register names Moynehall with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Cavan.
The townland
- Name
- Moynehall · Eochaill
- Area
- 794,734 m² (79.47 ha, 196.38 acres)
- Civil parish
- Annagelliff, and its townlands
- Barony
- Loughtee Upper
- Electoral division
- Moynehall, the unit of the census
- Census 2022
- Moynehall electoral division: 1,739 people in 592 households; 81% of households own their home; 38% of homes were built since 2001; 7% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 1% were holiday homes.
- Neighbouring townlands
- Burgessacre, Corlisalee, Corlurgan, Cornagleragh or Oldtown, Creighan, Gortnakesh, Rosscolgan, Tullycoe
- Placenames
- Moynehall 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.