Legaland

38 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Legaland, from 26 m² to 139,688 m² (13.97 ha, 34.52 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 13 neighbouring parcels touch it.

Download the townland: DXF, in Irish Transverse Mercator metres, with its boundary, parcels and buildings; GeoJSON or KML.

No zone of a development plan covers Legaland 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.

• 27 Aug 2026N/a

  RED III - for the construction of a solar farm comprising the installation of solar photovoltaic (PV) panels on ground-mounted frames within existing field boundaries; Inverters; MV Transformer; Internal site access tracks; Boundary treatments; 1 no. spare parts container; CCTV structures; Temporary construction compound; Landscaping including new hedgerow planting; Internal access tracks; upgrading and installation of security gates at existing entrance; All ancillary underground cabling and ducting and associated trenching; and all associated site development works and clearance works above and below ground. Construction and operational access will be via the existing entrance from the L1530. Planning Permission is sought for a 40-year operation of the solar farm. The application relates to development for the purposes of an activity requiring a license from the Environmental Protection Agency under the Industrial Emissions Directive. It also relates to a Lower Tier COMAH establishment and therefore falls under the requirements of the Control of Major Accident Hazard (COMAH) Regulations, 2015. A Natura Impact Statement (NIS) will be submitted to the Planning Authority with the application

  Permission · Cavan County Council, 2660488

• 23 Jan 2025Conditional

  to install a Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) Plant Compound, with a 200m3 horizontal tank with 2 no. associated ambient vaporisers, regulation station, control room including unloading area, all other associated ancillary site works and landscaping. Planning Permission for the LNG Plant has been previously granted at a location external to the site under ABP-308495-20. The current Application aims to replace the previous permission; construct the LNG Plant Compound within the existing site boundary and reduce storage of the LNG on site, which was previously granted for an LNG Plant Compound with 2 no. 131m3 horizontal tanks. A Natura Impact Statement (NIS) will be submitted with this Application. The existing Development has an IEL Licence issued by EPA. The site is listed under the Major Accidents Directive (a Serveso Site). SIGNIFICANT FURTHER INFORMATION HAS BEEN RECEIVED.

  Permission · Cavan County Council, 2560020

• 9 Jan 2025N/a

  to install a Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) Plant Compound, with a 200m3 horizontal tank with 2 no. associated ambient vaporisers, regulation station, control room including unloading area, all other associated ancillary site works and landscaping. Planning Permission for the LNG Plant has been previously granted at a location external to the site under ABP-308495-20. The current Application aims to replace the previous permission; construct the LNG Plant Compound within the existing site boundary and reduce storage of the LNG on site, which was previously granted for an LNG Plant Compound with 2 no. 131m3 horizontal tanks. A Natura Impact Statement (NIS) will be submitted with this Application. The existing Development has an IEL Licence issued by EPA. The site is listed under the Major Accidents Directive (a Serveso Site)

  Permission · Cavan County Council, 2560007

• 18 Oct 2024N/a

  for the adaptation and extension of an existing agricultural building and change of use to a domestic dwelling. Development also consists of elevation changes to the building, demolition of adjacent outbuildings and connection to public services and all associated site work

  Permission, 1 home · Cavan County Council, 2460505

• 25 Sept 2024N/a

  for the adaptation and extension of an existing agricultural building and change of use to a domestic dwelling. Development also consists of elevation changes to the building, demolition of adjacent outbuildings and connection to public services and all associated site works

  Permission, 1 home · Cavan County Council, 2460456

• 23 Aug 2024N/a

  for the adaptation and extension of an existing agricultural building and change of use to a domestic dwelling. Development also consists of elevation changes to the building, demolition of adjacent outbuildings and connection to public services and all associated site works

  Permission · Cavan County Council, 2460396

• 7 Aug 2024N/a

  for the adaptation and extension of an existing agricultural building and change of use to a domestic dwelling. Development also consists of elevation changes to the building, connection to public services and all associated site works

  Permission · Cavan County Council, 2460361

• 14 Oct 2020Conditional

  to erect fully serviced storey & half type dwelling with detached domestic garage, entrance, sewerage treatment facilities & all ancillary works

  Permission, 1 home · Cavan County Council, 20462

• 1 Jul 2020Conditional

  demolish existing dwelling and detached domestic garage and all associated works

  Permission, 1 home · Cavan County Council, 20256

• 1 May 2020N/a

  to demolish existing dwelling and detached domestic garage and all associated works

  Permission, 1 home · Cavan County Council, 20157

• 17 Feb 2020Conditional

  to (A) install an LNG Plant compound with 2 no. 131m3 horizontal tanks with 2 no. associated ambient vapourisers, regulation station, electrical control room including all other associated ancillary site works (B) new service road from existing site, site boundaries, landscaping & site development works at existing Farragh Proteins site for Farragh Proteins. This installation will bring the site under the Major Accidents Directive (a Seveso Site). A Natura Impact Statement will be submitted with this Application. The existing Development has an IPPC EPA Licence. Significant further information and revised plans including revised/updated Natura Impact Statement has been submitted

  Permission · Cavan County Council, 2054

• 10 Oct 2019N/a

  to install an LNG plant compound with 2 no. 120m3 horizontal tanks with 4 no. associated ambient vapourisers, regulation station, electrical control room including all other associated ancillary site works, service road and services at existing Farragh Proteins site. A Natura Impact Statement will be submitted with this application. The existing Development has an IPPC EPA Licence

  Permission · Cavan County Council, 19385

• 19 Dec 2018Conditional

  to retain buildings, plant structures and alterations to existing buildings and plant, including drainage and associated works to regularise the planning position at the existing Farragh Protein Site, comprising new laboratory building, new chemical store extension to existing engineering workshop with alterations to elevations, generator building, cooling tower, bunded blood tank, bunded diesel tank, bio-bed 5, alterations to boiler house elevations and bio-filter 4 and associated works. The existing development has IPPC EPA Licence

  Retention · Cavan County Council, 18539

• 3 Jan 2018N/a

  to retain buildings, plant structures and alterations to existing buildings and plant, including drainage and associated works to regularise the planning position at the existing Farragh Protein Site, comprising new laboratory building, new chemical store, transformer building, cooling tower, bunded blood tank, bunded diesel tank, bio-bed 5, alterations to boiler house elevations and bio-filter 4, and associated works

  Retention · Cavan County Council, 186

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

Designated sites

• Special Protection Area: Lough Oughter SPA 004049
• Proposed Natural Heritage Area: Lough Oughter And Associated Loughs 000007

Recorded monuments

• CV025-079 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  Raised circular area (int. dims. 38.4m NNW-SSE; 37.6m ENE-WSW) enclosed by a substantial earthen bank and a well-defined fosse. Break in bank with accompanying causeway at N probably represents original entrance. 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

Architectural heritage

No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands in the townland of Legaland.

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

About 1 in 20 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels. Testing a home

Landslides

Susceptibility moderately low, low, low (inferred), on the 1:50,000 map.

Terrain model

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

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.

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

Name

Legaland

Area

912,232 m² (91.22 ha, 225.42 acres)

Civil parish

Kilmore, and its townlands

Barony

Clanmahon

Electoral division

Crossdoney, the unit of the census

Census 2022

Crossdoney electoral division: 610 people in 210 households; 84% of households own their home; 29% of homes were built since 2001; 13% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 4% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Cavanfin, Clonloskan, Crossdoney, Drummora Great, Drummora Little, Lismore Demesne, Monnery Upper

Placenames

Legaland 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.