Acres

37 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Acres, from 358 m² to 406,261 m² (40.63 ha, 100.39 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 25 neighbouring parcels touch it.

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

• G3Greenbelt1 (Conservation, amenity or buffer space, corridor/belt, landscape)
  Cork County Development Plan 2022, Cork · 60 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• G3Greenbelt2 (Conservation, amenity or buffer space, corridor/belt, landscape)
  Cork County Development Plan 2022, Cork · 1 parcels The zoning objective in the plan

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

• 1 Sept 2025Conditional permission

  Permission to retain sunroom extension to existing dwelling and all associated site works

  Permission for retention · Cork County Council, 25/494

• 12 May 2025Conditional permission

  Construction of a dwelling and domestic garage

  Permission · Cork County Council, 25/251

• 9 Nov 2023Incompleted application

  The existing Bandon to Dunmanway 110 kV Overhead Line (OHL), which is approximately 26km long between the existing Bandon 110kV Substation in the townland of Mishells, Co. Cork (approximately 1km north of Bandon, Co. Cork) and the existing Dunmanway 110kV Substation in the townland of Ballyhalwick, Co. Cork (approximately 0.4km east of Dunmanway Co. Cork). The existing OHL is located in the townlands of Acres, Aghalinane, Ballyhalwick, Balteenbrack, Behagh, Caher, Carhoon West, Castlelands, Derrycool, Dromidiclogh, Dromidiclogh West, Gortnamucklagh, Gurteen, Gurteenroe, Kilnacranagh East, Kilnacranagh West, Laragh, Lissacroneen, Mallowgaton, Mishells, Murragh, Roughgrove East, Roughgrove West, Sranaviddoge, Teadies Upper, Toom and Tullyglass, Co. Cork. Works associated with an uprate (refurbishment) of the existing Bandon to Dunmanway 110kv OHL, which consists of the : (i) replacement ("restringing") of the existing OHL conductor wires with a new higher capacity conductor including installation of a new fibre optic communication connection; (ii) replacement of 12 no. of the 13 no. existing steel towers including 11 no. angle masts (AM) and 1 no. end mast (EM) and their foundations with similar structures and member replacement at 1 no. EM. Any replacement AMs will be constructed at, or immediately adjacent to the existing structures that they will replace, with a height difference of between 0.5-1.5m; (iii) Replacement of 16 no. of the 127 no. existing intermediate Polesets (IMPs); with similar structures. Any replacement IMPs will be constructed in situ, with the exception of IMP128 which will be replaced at an offset of 10m. The height differences of the replacements will be 1m, with the exception of IMP113 and IMP115 which will be a 2m and 3m increase in height respectively, (iv) Carrying out of civil works for tower foundation strengthening at 1 no. location; (v) Replacement of hardware and fittings at all locations, including insulators, clamps, anti-climb guards, vibration dampers, and installation of new jumper arrangements, suspension weights, plump poles, pole bolts and anti-climb guards; (vi) replacement of a crossarm at 1 no. location; (vii) all associated works within the existing Dunmanway Substation to accommodate the uprated 110 kV OHL and all associated site development works including above and below the ground works to gain access to the existing structures including timber cutting and vegetation clearance, painting, renumbering of replac

  Permission · Cork County Council, 23/633

• 22 Dec 2021Conditional

  A ten year planning permission for proposed development consisting of a 20 kilovolt (kV) electrical powerline grid connection, approximately 10,117 metres in overall length (made up of approximately 9,983 metres of underground cable and approximately 134 metres of Over Head Line with three wooden support single poles), connecting the approved electrical substation at Knockeenboy Wind Farm (Planning Register Reference No. 11/00059 & An Bord Pleanala Ref. PL88.240070) to the existing Dunmanway 110kV ESB Networks substation at Ballyhalwick; together with all ancillary works and apparatus. The grid connection will be developed from the approved substation through the townlands of Knockeenboy, Kilronane West, Kilronane East, Moreagh, Nedinagh West, Acres and Ballyhalwick townlands. The proposed development is located to the east, south and southwest of Dunmanway, Co. Cork. The planning application is accompanied by an Environmental Impact Assessment Report (EIAR) and by a Natura Impact Statement (NIS).

  Permission · Cork County Council, 21/902

• 27 Jul 2021Conditional

  Construct a cattle house with two no. slatted slurry tanks; construct a concrete cow path, slatted soiled water tank and concrete approach ramp to existing cattle underpass; construct a milk silo with annex and ladder cage and carry out all associated site works

  Permission · Cork County Council, 21/524

• 1 Feb 2019Conditional

  Construction of a dwelling house, installation of wastewater treatment system and all associated site works

  Permission · Cork County Council, 19/64

• 27 May 2015Withdrawn

  Construct a dwelling house, installation of a waste water treatment plant unit and carry out associated site works

  Permission · Cork County Council, 15/282

• 2 Dec 2014Refused

  Construct a dwelling house, installation of a waste water treatment plant unit and associated site works

  Permission · Cork County Council, 14/690

• 3 Nov 2010Conditional

  Dwellinghouse, domestic garage and associated site works

  Permission · Cork County Council, 10/752

• 26 Jun 2009Conditional

  Construct a two storey dwelling house, septic tank, and carry out all associated site works

  Permission · Cork County Council, 09/718

• 18 Jun 2009Incompleted application

  Construct a two storey dwellinghouse, septic tank and carry out all associated site works

  Permission · Cork County Council, 09/689

• 15 Jan 2008Refused

  Dwelling and garage

  Permission · Cork County Council, 08/75

• 11 May 2007Conditional

  Construct extensions onto existing farm buildings including construction of 2no. slatted slurry tanks; construction of extension onto existing calf house and construct machinery shed

  Permission · Cork County Council, 07/1250

• 12 Feb 2007Refused

  Dwelling and garage

  Permission · Cork County Council, 07/373

• 31 Dec 2004Withdrawn

  Installation of weighbridge and retention of 2 no. portal frame steel clad sheds, one with lean-to extension for industrial/commercial use, concrete ESB sub-station, entrance and gates, boundary fences including concrete retaining walls and associated site works

  Permission · Cork County Council, 04/9776

• 24 Sept 2004Conditional

  Extension to dwelling

  Permission · Cork County Council, 04/7249

• 23 Jul 2004Refused

  Dwellinghouse

  Outline permission · Cork County Council, 04/5671

• 2 Jan 2004Refused

  Dwellinghouse

  Outline permission · Cork County Council, 04/1

• 10 Aug 2001Conditional

  Under-pass cattle culvert

  Permission · Cork County Council, 01/4568

• 5 Mar 1999Conditional

  Dwelling

  Permission · Cork County Council, 99/1062

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 Acres.

Recorded monuments

• CO108-024 Enclosure
  Description

  On natural rise, in pasture. Oval area (80m ENE-WSW; 52m NNW-SSE), enclosed by earthen bank (int. H 1m; ext. H 1.6m) to W, N and E; shallow fosse to NW. Interior raised to N, W and S; sloping upwards towards centre; bounded by trackway at S. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 1: West Cork' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1992). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload/revision: 14 January 2009

Architectural heritage

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

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 high, moderately high, 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 Acres.

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 Acres with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Cork.

Name

Acres · Na hAcraí

Area

1,114,955 m² (111.5 ha, 275.51 acres)

Civil parish

Fanlobbus, and its townlands

Barony

Carbery East (West Division)

Electoral division

Manch, the unit of the census

Census 2022

Manch electoral division: 598 people in 197 households; 91% of households own their home; 29% of homes were built since 2001; 11% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 2% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Ballyhalwick, Gortnamucklagh, Gurteennasowna, Nedinagh East, Nedinagh West

Placenames

Acres 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.