Kilnavara
Townland in the civil parish of Urney, barony of Loughtee Upper, Co. Cavan
Parcel 4954183
- Area
- 594 m²
- Buildings
- 4 buildings touch it, 177 m² on the ground
- Zoning
- R2 Existing Residential (Cavan County Development Plan incorporating a Local Area Plan for Cavan Town 2022-2028) The objective
G4 Sport and Recreation (Cavan County Development Plan incorporating a Local Area Plan for Cavan Town 2022-2028) The objective - Townland
- Kilnavara
Planning applications on this parcel
30 Jul 2024Conditional
to erect external stairs to rear of existing clubrooms and all associated works
Permission · Cavan County Council, 2460340
26 Jul 2024N/a
to erect external stairs to rear of existing clubrooms and all associated works
Permission · Cavan County Council, 2460335
10 May 2024Conditional
to upgrade and extend existing training pitch / multi-purpose pitch to include new 6 no. floodlights, perimeter fencing, stop nets and all associated works
Permission · Cavan County Council, 2460200
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 20 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels. Testing a home
- Landslides
- No susceptibility class on the 1:50,000 map; parts are made ground.
- Terrain model
- LiDAR of the Office of Public Works, flown in 2011, at 2 m: tile OPW_2071 (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
- 125.5 ha
- 310 acres
- Land parcels
- 165
- registered freehold, median 466 m²
- Zoning
- R2
- Existing Residential
- Planning
- 19
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
165 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Kilnavara, from 35 m² to 169,452 m² (16.95 ha, 41.87 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 20 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
- R2Existing Residential (Existing residential)
Cavan County Development Plan incorporating a Local Area Plan for Cavan Town 2022-2028, Cavan · 120 parcels The zoning objective in the plan - G4Sport and Recreation (Active open space)
Cavan County Development Plan incorporating a Local Area Plan for Cavan Town 2022-2028, Cavan · 11 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 · 3 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 · 3 parcels The zoning objective in the plan - S5Public Community (Mixed/general community services/facilities uses)
Cavan County Development Plan incorporating a Local Area Plan for Cavan Town 2022-2028, Cavan · 0 parcels The zoning objective in the plan - C1.2Retail Warehousing (Retail warehouse)
Cavan County Development Plan incorporating a Local Area Plan for Cavan Town 2022-2028, Cavan · 0 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
29 Dec 2025Conditional
for a detached garage
Permission, 1 home · Cavan County Council, 2560
15 Oct 2025Conditional
to erect fully serviced single story extension to rear and side of existing dwelling. Works include partial demolition to side of existing dwelling, new sewage treatment & percolation area, new entrance and driveway & all ancillary works- SIGNIFICANT FURTHER INFORMATON RECEIVED
Permission, 1 home · Cavan County Council, 2560614
30 Jul 2024Conditional
to erect external stairs to rear of existing clubrooms and all associated works
Permission · Cavan County Council, 2460340
26 Jul 2024N/a
to erect external stairs to rear of existing clubrooms and all associated works
Permission · Cavan County Council, 2460335
10 May 2024Conditional
to upgrade and extend existing training pitch / multi-purpose pitch to include new 6 no. floodlights, perimeter fencing, stop nets and all associated works
Permission · Cavan County Council, 2460200
6 Jun 2023Conditional
for the construction of 3 no. 2 storey terraced houses comprising of 2 no. 3-bedroom, 2 storey end of terrace dwellings and 1 no. 2-bedroom, 2 storey mid-terrace unit and all associated ancillary site and services works, including connections to mains services in front of the site
Permission, 3 homes · Cavan County Council, 23224
21 Apr 2023N/a
construct 3 no. two-storey terraced houses including 2 no. three-bedroom, two-storey end of terrace dwelling and 1 no. two-bedroom, two-storey mid terrace unit and all associated ancillary site and services works, including connections to mains services in front of the site
Permission, 3 homes · Cavan County Council, 23180
26 Oct 2022Refused
for split level dwelling on two levels (two-storey front and single storey rear) incorporating domestic garage, new entrance, effluent treatment system & percolation and site development works
Permission, 1 home · Cavan County Council, 22429
12 Oct 2022Conditional
to retain the existing two storey extension to the back of the dwelling and to retain the existing front porch to the dwelling and all associated site works
Retention, 1 home · Cavan County Council, 22414
17 Jun 2022Refused
for split level dwelling on two levels (two-sorey front and single storey rear) incorporating domestic garage, new entrance, effluent treatment system & percolation & site development works
Permission, 1 home · Cavan County Council, 22245
13 Oct 2021Conditional
to 1. Construct front porch to existing dwelling, 2. Construct rear extension to existing dwelling, 3. Carry out associated alterations to external elevations, 4. Replace existing wastewater treatment system and percolation area and to carry out associated site works
Permission, 1 home · Cavan County Council, 21626
30 Jun 2021Conditional
for change of house type from previously approved dormer dwelling to storey and half type dwelling with attached domestic garage to previously approved planning reference no.: 16/200, install sewerage treatment facilities and all ancillary site works
Permission, 1 home · Cavan County Council, 21408
16 Jun 2021Conditional
to erect single storey extension to side of existing dwelling, alterations to elevations & all ancillary works at Kilnavara, Co Cavan.
Permission, 1 home · Cavan County Council, 21362
23 Apr 2021N/a
for a 2 bedroom single storey, fully serviced apartment
Outline permission, 1 home · Cavan County Council, 21235
31 Mar 2021Conditional
sought for the following: (1) decommission existing septic tank and install new sewerage treatment and percolation area (2) RETENTION of detached domestic garage and storage shed (3) retain detached gazebo in rear garden and all associated works
Permission, 1 home · Cavan County Council, 21188
29 Mar 2021Conditional
EXTENSION OF DURATION of 16/200: to construct dormer dwelling house, domestic garage, install waste water treatment system and percolation area and carry out associated ancillary works (previous Planning Reg. No's 14/418, 05/739, 05/1341)
Extension of duration · Cavan County Council, 21175
22 Dec 2020Conditional
EXTENSION OF DURATION 16/177: to construct 1 no. two storey detached house complete with boundary walls and fencing on infill undeveloped site
Extension of duration, 1 home · Cavan County Council, 20615
2 Aug 2019Conditional
to erect fully serviced single storey gym and all associated works
Permission, 1 home · Cavan County Council, 19293
8 Dec 2017Conditional
to develop 2 no. training pitches, floodlights, spectator stand, fencing, form new roadway and access bridge from existing carpark and also alterations to site layout to include widening existing access route and all associated works
Permission · Cavan County Council, 17507
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 Kilnavara.
Recorded monuments
- CV025-074 Hilltop enclosure
Description
Situated on a rise on a N-W ridge. This is a large almost circular raised and grass-covered area (int. diam. 95m E-W; 89m N-S) defined by a slight but overgrown earthen bank (at W: int. H c. 0.3m; ext. H 2.5m) with an overgrown external fosse (at W: Wth of base 1.2m; ext. D 0.5m) which has been partially replaced by a modern drain. Both the bank and fosse have been levelled E-S-SSW but their outline is still traceable. The original entrance may have been at ESE. 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: 22 December 2008 Amended: 18 March 2021
- CV025-075 Ringfort - rath
Description
Raised circular area (int. dims. 43m NE-SW; 44.5m NW-SE) enclosed by an earthen bank and traces of a fosse identifiable only from NW-N-NNE and at S. Perimeter has been ploughed out from NNE-E-SE but its outline can still be traced. Original entrance not recognisable. 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 Kilnavara.
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 20 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels. Testing a home
- Landslides
- Susceptibility low, low (inferred), on the 1:50,000 map; parts are made ground and water.
- Terrain model
- LiDAR of the Office of Public Works, flown in 2011, at 2 m: tile OPW_2072 (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 Kilnavara with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Cavan.
The townland
- Name
- Kilnavara
- Area
- 1,254,761 m² (125.48 ha, 310.06 acres)
- Civil parish
- Urney, and its townlands
- Barony
- Loughtee Upper
- Electoral division
- Cavan Rural, the unit of the census
- Census 2022
- Cavan Rural electoral division: 8,747 people in 2,931 households; 59% of households own their home; 62% of homes were built since 2001; 8% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 2% were holiday homes.
- Neighbouring townlands
- Creighan, Derrycramph, Drumavanagh, Gartnasillagh, Lurganboy, Rosscolgan, Swellan Lower, Swellan Upper, Tirourkan, Tullycoe
- Placenames
- Kilnavara 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.