Corfad
Corfad is a townland in the civil parish of Larah, barony of Loughtee Upper, Co. Cavan.
Parcel 452793
- Area
- 110,877 m² (11.09 ha, 27.4 acres)
- Buildings
- 1 building touches it. Its footprint covers 57 m².
- Zoning
- No zone of a development plan covers it in the national zoning. Outside zoned towns and villages, the county development plan's rural policies apply.
- Townland
- Corfad
Planning applications on this parcel
14 Jul 2023Conditional
of the following: (1) as constructed machinery & plant storage building for general storage use, and (2) as constructed workshop building with minor alterations to elevations, and extended floor area to rear (previous planning reg no 07/2025)
Retention, 1 home · Cavan County Council, 2360096
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
- At the centre of this parcel, about 1 in 20 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 this parcel.
- 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.
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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
- 107.5 ha
- 266 acres
- Land parcels
- 48
- registered freehold, median 2,807 m² (0.28 ha, 0.69 acres)
- Zoning
- —
- not in a zoned settlement
- Planning
- 4
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
48 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Corfad, from 224 m² to 149,777 m² (14.98 ha, 37.01 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 31 neighbouring parcels touch it.
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Zoning
Development plans, national zoning
No zone of a development plan covers Corfad 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
14 Jul 2023Conditional
of the following: (1) as constructed machinery & plant storage building for general storage use, and (2) as constructed workshop building with minor alterations to elevations, and extended floor area to rear (previous planning reg no 07/2025)
Retention, 1 home · Cavan County Council, 2360096
6 Apr 2023Conditional
for 1. Quarry extension development for rock extraction and associated processing over an area of c. 4 hectares within an overall planing application are of c. 4.9 hectares as previously permitted under P. Ref. 12/101 (P. Ref. 17/383) and never commenced; 2. A time period of 15 years is being sought to allow the previously permitted extraction be completed plus 2 years to complete restoration works (total duration sought 17 years); 3. The development proposed seeks to utilise existing ancillary buildings and facilities including weighbridge, wheelwash, portacabin office/canteen/toilet, waste water treatment system, processing plant, site entrance and all other associated site works, and ancillary activities as currently permitted by P. Ref. 07/827; 4. Final restoration of the worked out quarry to a permanent water body and naturally regenerated wildlife habitat area. An Environmental Impact Assessment Report (EIAR) and Natura Impact Statement (NIS) have been prepared in respect of this planning application. Significant further information and revised plans have been submitted.
Permission · Cavan County Council, 23169
20 Feb 2023N/a
for development consisting of: (1) Quarry extension development for rock extraction and associated processing over an area of c. 4 hectares within an overall planning application area of c. 4.9 hectares as previously permitted under P. Ref. 12/101 (P. Ref. 17/383) and never commenced; (2) A time period of 15 years is being sought to allow the previously permitted extraction to be completed plus 2 years to complete restoration works (total duration sought 17 years); (3) The development proposed seeks to utilise existing ancillary buildings and facilities including weighbridge, wheelwash, portacabin/office/canteen/toilet, waste water treatment system, processing plant, site entrance and all other associated site works, and ancillary activities as currently permitted by P. Ref. 07/827; (4) Final restoration of the worked out quarry to a permanent water body and naturally regenerated wildlife habitat area. An Environmental Impact Assessment (EIAR) and Natura Impact Statement (NIS) have been prepared in respect of this planning application
Permission · Cavan County Council, 2354
27 Sept 2017Conditional
to construct a two storey type dwelling, domestic garage, form new site entrance onto the public road, install proprietary wastewater treatment unit and percolation area and complete all ancillary site works
Permission, 1 home · Cavan County Council, 17417
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 Corfad.
Recorded monuments
No recorded monument lies in the townland of Corfad.
Architectural heritage
No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands in the townland of Corfad.
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 Corfad, 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 moderately high, moderately low, low, partly inferred. Parts of the land are water.
- Terrain model
- No LiDAR survey of the Office of Public Works covers the centre of the townland of Corfad.
- 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 Corfad with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Cavan.
The townland
- Name
- Corfad
- Area
- 1,075,313 m² (107.53 ha, 265.72 acres)
- Civil parish
- Larah, and its townlands
- Barony
- Loughtee Upper
- Electoral division
- Stradone, the unit of the census
- Census 2022
- 855 people lived in 294 households in the Stradone electoral division. 84% of households owned their home. 33% of homes were built since 2001. 14% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 2% were holiday homes.
- Neighbouring townlands
- Beaghy, Drummuck, Killymeehan, Kilnacreevy, Knockanoark, Lisnaglea, Mullymagowan
- Placenames
- Corfad 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.