Rakeelan

39 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Rakeelan, from 33 m² to 73,484 m² (7.35 ha, 18.16 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 18 neighbouring parcels touch it.

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

• R2Existing Residential (Existing residential)
  Cavan County Development Plan incorporating a Local Area Plan for Cavan Town 2022-2028, Cavan · 27 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• C2.1General Enterprise and Employment (Industrial, enterprise, employment)
  Cavan County Development Plan incorporating a Local Area Plan for Cavan Town 2022-2028, Cavan · 14 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 · 4 parcels The zoning objective in the plan

Source: Tailte Éireann and the Department of Housing (MyPlan), national zoning, CC BY 4.0.

• 9 Apr 2026Conditional

  for: the surfacing of the existing hardstanding gravel areas to the north and west of the existing distribution facility, the provision of a designated parking area for HGVs and a staff car park in these areas together with all associated ancillary site works

  Permission · Cavan County Council, 2660165

• 27 Aug 2025Conditional

  - RED III - for a solar energy development comprising ground mounted solar photovoltaic (PV) panels, mounted on steel support structures, underground cabling, temporary construction compound, erection of Transformer station (11kV), laying of a permeable gravel access track, widening of existing site (field) entrance, relocation of the existing ESB overhead line, erection of CCTV poles and cameras, erection of an entrance gate, artificial berm, landscaping and biodiversity measures all associated ancillary development works, for the purpose of generation renewable energy electricity. Planning Permission is sought for 35-year operation of the solar farm following which the site will be decommissioned, all development removed and the Site restored to agricultural lands

  Permission · Cavan County Council, 2560506

• 15 Aug 2025N/a

  for a solar energy development comprising ground mounted solar photovoltaic (PV) panels, mounted on steel support structures, underground cabling, temporary construction compound, erection of Transformer station (11kV), laying of a permeable gravel access track, widening of existing site (field) entrance, relocation of the existing ESB overhead line, erection of CCTV poles and cameras, erection of an entrance gate, artificial berm, landscaping and biodiversity measures all associated ancillary development works, for the purpose of generation renewable energy electricity. Planning Permission is sought for 35-year operation of the solar farm following which the site will be decommissioned, all development removed and the Site restored to agricultural lands

  Permission · Cavan County Council, 2560481

• 14 Feb 2024Conditional

  to demolish 2no. existing mill buildings and ancillary site works.

  Permission · Cavan County Council, 2460045

• 19 Sept 2023Conditional

  for the proposed installation of an on-site truck wash and wash bay equipment store to the north of the existing warehouse with washwater recovery system and associated drainage, underground tanks and ancillary site works

  Permission · Cavan County Council, 2360188

• 30 Jan 2023Conditional

  to construct a fully serviced single storey extension to rear of existing dwelling together with attached domestic garage incorporating photovoltaic solar panels to roof and to construct entrance piers and fence to rear of existing footpath and all associated works

  Permission, 1 home · Cavan County Council, 2323

• 13 Aug 2019Conditional

  for the erection of extensions to the left & right sides of the existing building comprising of store, loading area, workshop, offices & staff area. Works to also include alterations to elevations and internal layout & associated site works

  Permission · Cavan County Council, 19318

• 24 Oct 2018Conditional

  to deposit excavated material from the proposed development, the subject of planning permission PL 16/485 at Ballytherm Ltd. on their site at Rakeelan, Ballyconnell, Co. Cavan as a prerequisite of further development. Significant further information and revised plans have been submitted

  Permission · Cavan County Council, 18442

• 23 Jun 2017Conditional

  for development at Aughrim Mucklagh Quarry Complex for the continuation of quarrying on some of the lands covered by a previous time limited planning consent PL02.206783 to include extraction from two distinct limestone quarries and a shale quarry, with progressive restoration of the development site and the complete rehabilitation of a former shale quarry, over a 20 year period. The development includes lateral development of the two limestone quarries and a shale quarry employing existing practices, environmental mitigation measures and associated works extending over some 60 hectares of the 107.7 hectare site. The application is accompanied by an Environmental Impact Statement

  Permission · Cavan County Council, 17282

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 the townland of Rakeelan.

Recorded monuments

No recorded monument lies in the townland of Rakeelan.

Architectural heritage

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

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 10 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; parts are made ground.

Terrain model

LiDAR of the Office of Public Works, flown in 2011, at 2 m: tile OPW_1870 (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.

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

Name

Rakeelan

Area

361,588 m² (36.16 ha, 89.35 acres)

Civil parish

Tomregan, and its townlands

Barony

Tullyhaw

Electoral division

Ballyconnell, the unit of the census

Census 2022

Ballyconnell electoral division: 1,859 people in 704 households; 52% of households own their home; 52% of homes were built since 2001; 13% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 4% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Annagh, Doon, Gortawee or Scotchtown, Mucklagh

Placenames

Rakeelan 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.