Drumbannow
Drumbannow is a townland in the civil parish of Drumlumman, barony of Clanmahon, Co. Cavan.
Parcel 487467
- Area
- 40,547 m² (4.05 ha, 10.02 acres)
- Buildings
- No building touches it.
- 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
- Drumbannow
Planning applications on this parcel
23 Jul 2026Refused
for EXTENSION OF DURATION of 21/628 for development consisting of (i) demolition of existing derelict house (c. 77sq.m), (ii) construction of a single storey building (c. 489 sq.m) comprising of retail area with ancillary off-licence use, ancillary food offer counter including the sale of hot & cold food on & off the premises, customer seating area, toilets and ancillary offices, storage & food preparation areas, (iii) construction of a new forecourt with pump islands and canopy over, (iv) installation of 3 no. 40,000l underground fuel storage tanks, associated pipework and above ground fill points, (v) construction of a single storey storage building (c. 66 sq.m), (vi) installation of one fuel price sign and (vii) construction of all ancillary site features including screened storage compound, signage, boundary treatments, drainage systems, landscaping, car parking and associated site works
Extension of duration · Cavan County Council, 2628
31 May 2023Conditional
to replace existing sewerage treatment system with new on-site treatment unit and new percolation area with revised site boundaries and layout to that approved under planning ref. 05597 and all ancillary site works
Permission · Cavan County Council, 23219
13 Oct 2021Conditional
for development consisting of (i) demolition of existing derelict house (c. 77sq.m), (ii) construction of a single storey building (c. 489 sq.m) comprising of retail area with ancillary off-licence use, ancillary food offer counter including the sale of hot & cold food on & off the premises, customer seating area, toilets and ancillary offices, storage & food preparation areas, (iii) construction of a new forecourt with pump islands and canopy over, (iv) installation of 3 no. 40,000l underground fuel storage tanks, associated pipework and above ground fill points, (v) construction of a single storey storage building (c. 66 sq.m), (vi) installation of one fuel price sign and (vii) construction of all ancillary site features including screened storage compound, signage, boundary treatments, drainage systems, landscaping, car parking and associated site works. Significant further information and revised plans have been submitted.
Permission · Cavan County Council, 21628
10 Feb 2021Conditional
change use of part of gala supermarket to off licence
Permission · Cavan County Council, 2152
9 May 2017Conditional
to construct 2 no. poultry houses together with all ancillary structures (to include meal storage bin(s), ancillary office/store and soiled water tank(s)) and site works (including new site entrance) associated with the above development. This application relates to a development, which is for the purposes of an activity requiring a Licence under part IV of the Environmental Protection Agency (Licensing) Regulations 1994 to 2013. An Environmental Impact Statement (E.I.S.) will be submitted with this planning application. Significant further information and revised plans have been submitted
Permission · Cavan County Council, 17189
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 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.
- 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.
Download this parcel as DXF, in Irish Transverse Mercator metres, with its neighbours and buildings, for a drawing program. GeoJSON, in WGS 84, suits a map, and KML opens in 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
- 46.4 ha
- 115 acres
- Land parcels
- 23
- registered freehold, median 4,100 m² (0.41 ha, 1.01 acres)
- Zoning
- —
- not in a zoned settlement
- Planning
- 9
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
23 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Drumbannow, from 30 m² to 108,743 m² (10.87 ha, 26.87 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 23 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 Drumbannow 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
10 Sept 2026N/a
to erect new dwelling house, domestic garage, entrance, boundary walls, piers with sewerage treatment system & percolation area
Permission, 1 home · Cavan County Council, 2660524
23 Jul 2026Refused
for EXTENSION OF DURATION of 21/628 for development consisting of (i) demolition of existing derelict house (c. 77sq.m), (ii) construction of a single storey building (c. 489 sq.m) comprising of retail area with ancillary off-licence use, ancillary food offer counter including the sale of hot & cold food on & off the premises, customer seating area, toilets and ancillary offices, storage & food preparation areas, (iii) construction of a new forecourt with pump islands and canopy over, (iv) installation of 3 no. 40,000l underground fuel storage tanks, associated pipework and above ground fill points, (v) construction of a single storey storage building (c. 66 sq.m), (vi) installation of one fuel price sign and (vii) construction of all ancillary site features including screened storage compound, signage, boundary treatments, drainage systems, landscaping, car parking and associated site works
Extension of duration · Cavan County Council, 2628
12 May 2026Conditional
to construct a (1) A cattle shed which will consist of dry bedded pens and feeding passage (2) A sheep shed which will consist of slatted area with slurry holding tank underneath, dry bedded pens and all associated site works
Permission · Cavan County Council, 2615
7 Nov 2025Conditional
for the following: (1) To renovate the existing dormer type dwelling to include internal layout & external elevational alterations (2) to raise the roof level of entire dormer section of the dwelling to 2 storey to incorporate revised first floor layout (3) to construct first floor extension to rear of dwelling over kitchen to incorporate master bedroom (4) to construct single storey family flat extension to side and front of existing dwelling (5) to demolish existing single storey domestic store and shed (6) to decommission existing septic tank and construct new waste water treatment unit and percolation area (7) and all associated ancillary site development works
Permission, 1 home · Cavan County Council, 2560662
31 May 2023Conditional
to replace existing sewerage treatment system with new on-site treatment unit and new percolation area with revised site boundaries and layout to that approved under planning ref. 05597 and all ancillary site works
Permission · Cavan County Council, 23219
13 Oct 2021Conditional
for development consisting of (i) demolition of existing derelict house (c. 77sq.m), (ii) construction of a single storey building (c. 489 sq.m) comprising of retail area with ancillary off-licence use, ancillary food offer counter including the sale of hot & cold food on & off the premises, customer seating area, toilets and ancillary offices, storage & food preparation areas, (iii) construction of a new forecourt with pump islands and canopy over, (iv) installation of 3 no. 40,000l underground fuel storage tanks, associated pipework and above ground fill points, (v) construction of a single storey storage building (c. 66 sq.m), (vi) installation of one fuel price sign and (vii) construction of all ancillary site features including screened storage compound, signage, boundary treatments, drainage systems, landscaping, car parking and associated site works. Significant further information and revised plans have been submitted.
Permission · Cavan County Council, 21628
10 Feb 2021Conditional
change use of part of gala supermarket to off licence
Permission · Cavan County Council, 2152
13 Nov 2020Conditional
to retain solar panels erected to 1 No. existing poultry house together with any ancillary structures and site works associated with the above development. This application relates to a development, which is for the purposes of an activity requiring a Licence under part IV of the Environmental Protection Agency (Licensing) Regulations 1994 to 2013
Retention · Cavan County Council, 20501
9 May 2017Conditional
to construct 2 no. poultry houses together with all ancillary structures (to include meal storage bin(s), ancillary office/store and soiled water tank(s)) and site works (including new site entrance) associated with the above development. This application relates to a development, which is for the purposes of an activity requiring a Licence under part IV of the Environmental Protection Agency (Licensing) Regulations 1994 to 2013. An Environmental Impact Statement (E.I.S.) will be submitted with this planning application. Significant further information and revised plans have been submitted
Permission · Cavan County Council, 17189
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 Drumbannow.
Recorded monuments
No recorded monument lies in the townland of Drumbannow.
Architectural heritage
No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands in the townland of Drumbannow.
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 Drumbannow, 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. Parts of the land are water.
- Terrain model
- No LiDAR survey of the Office of Public Works covers the centre of the townland of Drumbannow.
- 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 Drumbannow with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Cavan.
The townland
- Name
- Drumbannow
- Area
- 463,995 m² (46.4 ha, 114.66 acres)
- Civil parish
- Drumlumman, and its townlands
- Barony
- Clanmahon
- Electoral division
- Drumlumman, the unit of the census
- Census 2022
- 674 people lived in 204 households in the Drumlumman electoral division. 87% of households owned their home. 37% of homes were built since 2001. 15% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 2% were holiday homes.
- Neighbouring townlands
- Carricknabrick, Glascarrick, Grousehall, Killydoon, Killydream, Legwee
- Placenames
- Drumbannow 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.