Barrack Green
Townland in the civil parish of Kinsale, barony of Kinsale, Co. Cork; in Irish Faiche na Beairice
- Area
- 1.5 ha
- 4 acres
- Land parcels
- 23
- registered freehold, median 104 m²
- Zoning
- R2
- Existing Residential/Mixed Residential and Other Uses
- Planning
- 15
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
23 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Barrack Green, from 35 m² to 5,058 m² (0.51 ha, 1.25 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 10 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/Mixed Residential and Other Uses (Existing residential)
Cork County Development Plan 2022, Cork · 32 parcels The zoning objective in the plan - M4Existing Mixed/General Business/Industrial Uses (Built up area)
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.
Planning applications
Sites that touch the townland, newest first
16 Jun 2026Grant with conditions
Permission for the alteration of an existing detached rear outbuilding to provide a bathroom and associated ancillary accommodation, the construction of a single storey utility room extension linking the existing dwelling house to the outbuilding, together with all associated site development works, services connections, drainage works, alterations to existing elevations and all ancillary works necessary to facilitate the development
Permission · Cork County Council, 26/1605
12 Mar 2025Unconditional permission
Permission for 1) demolition of existing single storey rear extension, 2) construction of new two storey rear extension, 3) internal alterations to existing dwelling house, 4) carry out all associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 25/4425
13 Jan 2025Unconditional
Permission for retention of a two storey extension and covered yard to the rear of existing dwelling
Retention · Cork County Council, 25/4016
13 Dec 2024Incompleted application
Permission for retention of a two storey extension and covered yard to the rear of existing dwelling.
Retention · Cork County Council, 24/6393
13 Jun 2023Conditional permission
Permission for retention of a two storey extension to the rear of existing dwelling
Permission for retention · Cork County Council, 23/5193
12 Jun 2023Conditional
Permission for the demolition of a single storey extension to the rear of an existing dwelling house and the construction of a two storey extension to the rear of an existing dwelling house, alterations to existing dwelling house and all associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 23/5216
27 Aug 2021Conditional
The demolition of three no. existing vacant dwellings on site [257.1m2] and the construction of 25 no. housing units. The application draws upon a similar planning which was permitted on the site under Planning Reg. No. 19/5167. The proposed development is largely similar to that previously permitted with some amendments to the unit types, unit numbers [increase of 7 no. units] and design but has been designed around a largely similar road and access arrangement. The proposed development is for permission for the construction of 16 no. 4 bed semi-detached and 9 no. 3 bed townhouses. The applicants are also applying for permission for the construction of car parking spaces [providing 57 no. spaces], drainage works, play areas, landscaping, crossings and boundary treatments, bin storage, surface treatments and all necessary site services and ancillary works necessary to facilitate the development.
Permission · Cork County Council, 21/6368
9 May 2019Conditional
1.) The demolition of three existing dwellings (total 250.33m2). 2.) The construction of a residential development (Total 35no. units) consisting of 23no. 3 bedroom semi-detached, 4no. 3 bedroom terraced, 7no. 2 bedroom semi-detached and 1no. 2 bedroom terraced. Planning permission is also sought for all necessary site services and ancillary works necessary to facilitate the development.
Permission · Cork County Council, 19/5167
18 Sept 2014Unconditional
Retention of 2 no. velux windows to the rear of dwelling house, and extension with 2 no. velux windows and associated site works onto existing dwelling house
Retention · Cork County Council, 14/5994
29 Aug 2014Incompleted application
Retention of an extension to a dwellinghouse and associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 14/5843
30 Apr 2012Conditional
Construction of a side extension to existing dwelling, demolition of existing garage and carry out all associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 12/53007
30 Apr 2012Conditional
Retention of rear extension to existing dwelling and carry out all associated site works
Retention · Cork County Council, 12/53008
4 Oct 2011Incompleted application
Construction of a side extension to existing dwelling, demolition of existing garage and carry out all associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 11/53022
18 Sept 2008Refused
Demolition of existing garage and construction of a two storey dwelling, semi-detached, , including front entrance door to existing dwelling
Permission · Cork County Council, 08/53040
17 May 2004Conditional
Alterations & first floor extension over existing rear extension.
Permission · Cork County Council, 04/53007
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 Barrack Green.
Recorded monuments
No recorded monument lies in the townland of Barrack Green.
Architectural heritage
No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands in the townland of Barrack Green.
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 10 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels. Testing a home
- Landslides
- Susceptibility low, on the 1:50,000 map; parts are made ground.
- Terrain model
- No LiDAR survey of the Office of Public Works covers the centre of the townland of Barrack Green.
- 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
- Barrack Green, Kinsale7 sales
The townland
- Name
- Barrack Green · Faiche na Beairice
- Area
- 15,187 m² (1.52 ha, 3.75 acres)
- Civil parish
- Kinsale, and its townlands
- Barony
- Kinsale
- Electoral division
- Kinsale Urban, the unit of the census
- Census 2022
- Kinsale Urban electoral division: 2,631 people in 1,039 households; 54% of households own their home; 27% of homes were built since 2001; 10% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 12% were holiday homes.
- Neighbouring townlands
- Rath More, Town-Plots
- Placenames
- Barrack Green 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.