# Aghaduff, Co. Cork: townland, land parcels and planning Townland in the civil parish of Kilquane (Cork Ra), barony of Barrymore, Co. Cork; in Irish Achadh Dubh. - Area (Tailte Éireann): 599,908 m² (59.99 ha, 148.24 acres) - Land parcels (Tailte Éireann): 15 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in it, median 2,667 m² (0.27 ha, 0.66 acres) - Zoning (national zoning, MyPlan): not in a zoned settlement - Planning (National Planning Applications): 9 applications since 2010 - Civil parish: Kilquane (Cork Ra), https://everytownland.com/cork/parish/kilquane-cork-ra.md - Barony: Barrymore - Electoral division: Knockraha, the unit of the census - Census 2022 (Central Statistics Office): 1,767 people lived in 539 households in the Knockraha electoral division. 88% of households owned their home. 57% of homes were built since 2001. 5% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 0% were holiday homes. - County: Co. Cork, https://everytownland.com/cork.md - Placenames Database of Ireland: https://www.logainm.ie/en/9528 - Townland number at Tailte Éireann: 40029 - Centre: latitude 51.9616, longitude -8.305457 (WGS 84) ## Land parcels (registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann) 15 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Aghaduff, from 361 m² to 216,307 m² (21.63 ha, 53.45 acres); 13 neighbouring parcels touch its boundary. Largest first: - Parcel 2118691: 216,307 m² (21.63 ha, 53.45 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2118691.md - Parcel 2118690: 199,441 m² (19.94 ha, 49.28 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2118690.md - Parcel 6208186: 20,309 m² (2.03 ha, 5.02 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/6208186.md - Parcel 6208167: 5,274 m² (0.53 ha, 1.3 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/6208167.md - Parcel 5686041: 3,241 m² (0.32 ha, 0.8 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5686041.md - Parcel 2346149: 3,192 m² (0.32 ha, 0.79 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2346149.md - Parcel 3668414: 2,963 m² (0.3 ha, 0.73 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/3668414.md - Parcel 5717676: 2,667 m² (0.27 ha, 0.66 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5717676.md - Parcel 5951614: 2,461 m² (0.25 ha, 0.61 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5951614.md - Parcel 2118689: 1,821 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/2118689.md - Parcel 2118688: 1,637 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/2118688.md - Parcel 2132928: 1,478 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/2132928.md - Parcel 5951120: 622 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/5951120.md - Parcel 5951102: 461 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/5951102.md - Parcel 5717681: 361 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/5717681.md ## Zoning (national zoning of development plans, MyPlan) No zone of a development plan covers Aghaduff in the national zoning. Outside zoned towns and villages, the county development plan's rural policies apply to each application. ## Planning applications whose site touches the townland (National Planning Applications, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage) 9 applications, newest first. - 23 Sept 2025, Cork County Council 25/6005: Invalid - case closed. Permission. 10 year planning permission for the construction of, and a 40 year operation and subsequent decommissioning of, a development consisting of a 118-hectare solar farm, Battery Energy Storage System (BESS) and underground grid connection route (red line boundary). The solar farm comprises of four separate land parcels divided by local roads. The underground cable route comprises public roads L7634, L7635, L7637, L7633, L7631, L7604, L7609, L7610, L3617 and R626 to connect to Knockraha 220kV substation & Lysaghtstown 110kV substation. The proposed solar farm and Battery Energy Storage System (BESS) will consist of a series of ground mounted solar photovoltaic (PV) panels, mounted on steel support structures and in some areas on concrete shoes to protect possible underground archaeological features, together with electrical transformation enclosures, underground cabling, 3 no. HDDs, 3 no. temporary construction compounds, 1no. storage container, battery units, a synchronous condenser, the use of existing farm access tracks, existing site entrances, 1 no. new maintenance entrance connecting to an existing private access track ,inverters, CCTV poles and cameras, deer type security/boundary fencing, palisade fencing, landscaping and biodiversity measures and all associated ancillary development works, for the purpose of generating and storing renewable energy electricity and transmitting it in the townlands of Condonstown, Pigeonhill, Aghaduff, Ballynabrannagh East, Ballynabrannagh West, Ballyvatta, Lysaghtstown, Ballinbrittig, Ballyleary, Ballynakilla, Cloneen, Garranes, Lackenbehy, Dooneen and Woodstock, Co.Cork. A Natura Impact Statement has been prepared in respect of the planning application. The proposed development is covered by the provision of the Renewable Energy Directive III (directive2023/2024).. File: https://planning.agileapplications.ie/corkcoco/application-details/?ref=25/6005 - 29 Mar 2023, Cork County Council 23/4564: Conditional permission. Permission. Amendment of previous permission Reg. Ref: 17/5370 and ABP- 300434-17, which includes a enlarged site boundary, for alterations to an permitted solar farm to provide an additional area of 7.8ha to the south comprising photovoltaic panels on ground mounted frames, MV/inverter stations, fencing, access tracks, CCTV cameras, a weather station, landscaping and all associated ancillary development works. The development also includes a 2.25km cable route to the south to provide a link to a future substation and all associated ancillary development works. The application also seeks to amend Condition 3 of permission granted under Reg. Ref:17/5370 and ABP Ref: ABP-300434-17 to increase the lifespan of the permitted solar farm from 25 to 35 years.. File: https://planning.agileapplications.ie/corkcoco/application-details/?ref=23/4564 - 22 Feb 2023, Cork County Council 23/4304: Incompleted application. Permission. Amendment of previous permission reg ref 17/5370 and ABP-300434-17 for alterations to a permitted solar farm to provide an additional area of 7.8 ha to the south comprising of photovoltaic panels on ground mounted frames, MV/inverter stations, fencing, acces tracks, CCTV cameras, a weather station, landscaping and all associated ancillary development works. The development also includes 2.25km cable route to the south to provide a link to a future substation and all associated ancillary development works. The application also seeks to amend condition 3 of permission granted under reg. ref. 17/5370 and ABP-300434-17 to increase the lifespan of the permitted solar farm from 25 to 35 years. File: https://planning.agileapplications.ie/corkcoco/application-details/?ref=23/4304 - 11 Jul 2022, Cork County Council 22/5610: Conditional. Permission. Constructed of a detached two storey dwelling, wastewater treatment system and all ancillary site development works. File: https://planning.agileapplications.ie/corkcoco/application-details/?ref=22/5610 - 17 Jun 2022, Cork County Council 22/5423: Incompleted application. Permission. The construction of a detached two storey dwelling, wastewater treatment system and all associated ancillary and site developments.. File: https://planning.agileapplications.ie/corkcoco/application-details/?ref=22/5423 - 13 May 2022, Cork County Council 22/5094: Incompleted application. Permission. The construction of a detached two storey dwelling, wastewater treatment system and all associated ancillary and site development works.. File: https://planning.agileapplications.ie/corkcoco/application-details/?ref=22/5094 - 23 Dec 2020, Cork County Council 20/6992: Conditional. Permission. A new single-storey detached dwellinghouse, wastewater treatment system and all associated ancillary and site development works.. File: https://planning.agileapplications.ie/corkcoco/application-details/?ref=20/6992 - 9 Oct 2020, Cork County Council 20/6206: Conditional. Permission. To construct a new dwelling house.. File: https://planning.agileapplications.ie/corkcoco/application-details/?ref=20/6206 - 19 May 2005, Cork County Council 05/3392: Conditional. Permission. Dwellinghouse. File: https://planning.agileapplications.ie/corkcoco/application-details/?ref=05/3392 Applicants are not shown. ## Designated sites (National Parks and Wildlife Service) No designated site (Special Area of Conservation, Special Protection Area, Natural Heritage Area or proposed one) touches the townland of Aghaduff. ## Recorded monuments (Sites and Monuments Record, National Monuments Service) No recorded monument lies in the townland of Aghaduff. ## Architectural heritage (National Inventory of Architectural Heritage) No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands in the townland of Aghaduff. ## Ground and risks (Radon Risk Map of Ireland, EPA; Landslide Susceptibility Classification and LiDAR, Geological Survey Ireland) - Radon: at the centre of the townland of Aghaduff, about 1 in 5 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels. Testing a home: https://www.epa.ie/environment-and-you/radon/radon-testing/#d.en.82887 - Landslides: The 1:50,000 map rates the landslide susceptibility here as low. - Terrain model: no LiDAR survey of the Office of Public Works covers the centre of the townland of Aghaduff. - Flooding: the flood maps of the Office of Public Works, https://www.floodinfo.ie/map/floodmaps/, linked only: their licence does not allow re-use. 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. ## Downloads - DXF, in Irish Transverse Mercator metres, with its boundary, parcels and buildings, for a drawing program: https://everytownland.com/cork/aghaduff.dxf - GeoJSON, in WGS 84, for a map: https://everytownland.com/cork/aghaduff.geojson - KML, for Google Earth: https://everytownland.com/cork/aghaduff.kml ## Homes sold (Residential Property Price Register) No address of the register names Aghaduff with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Cork: https://everytownland.com/cork.md ## Neighbouring townlands (National Statutory Boundaries, Tailte Éireann) - Ballynabrannagh West: https://everytownland.com/cork/ballynabrannagh-west.md - Ballynanelagh: https://everytownland.com/cork/ballynanelagh-40731.md - Condonstown: https://everytownland.com/cork/condonstown-41684.md - Knockraha East: https://everytownland.com/cork/knockraha-east.md - Lisheenroe: https://everytownland.com/cork/lisheenroe-44109.md - Pigeonhill: https://everytownland.com/cork/pigeonhill.md 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. --- Everytownland reads the registered freehold land and the statutory boundaries of Tailte Éireann, the national zoning, planning file and heritage records of the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, and the Residential Property Price Register. 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; this site names no owner. A price is the price recorded for a past sale, not a valuation. Sources: Cadastral Parcels Freehold, Townlands, Civil Parishes, Baronies, Electoral Divisions and Buildings, Tailte Éireann, CC BY 4.0; national zoning of development plans (GZT, MyPlan) and National Planning Applications, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, CC BY 4.0, applicants not shown; designated sites, National Parks and Wildlife Service, CC BY 4.0; Sites and Monuments Record, National Monuments Service, CC BY 4.0; National Inventory of Architectural Heritage, CC BY 4.0; Residential Property Price Register, Property Services Regulatory Authority, re-used with the source acknowledged. - Page: https://everytownland.com/cork/aghaduff - In JSON: https://everytownland.com/api/townland/cork/aghaduff