Baurleigh
Townland in the civil parish of Kilbrittain, barony of Carbery East (East Division), Co. Cork; in Irish An Barr Liath
- Area
- 357.9 ha
- 884 acres
- Land parcels
- 68
- registered freehold, median 3,494 m² (0.35 ha, 0.86 acres)
- Zoning
- —
- not in a zoned settlement
- Planning
- 22
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
68 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Baurleigh, from 3 m² to 512,173 m² (51.22 ha, 126.56 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 37 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
No zone of a development plan covers Baurleigh in the national zoning. Outside zoned towns and villages, the county development plan's rural policies apply to each application.
Source: Tailte Éireann and the Department of Housing (MyPlan), national zoning, CC BY 4.0.
Planning applications
Sites that touch the townland, newest first
8 May 2025Conditional
Permission for construction of an extension onto the existing dwelling house on site, demolition of the existing front porch, installation of a new wastewater treatment system to serve the house and extension, and all ancillary site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 25/4867
30 Jan 2025Conditional permission
Permission to construct an agricultural storage shed for the purpose of storing own hay, straw and machinery for own use, construct a site entrance and carry out all associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 25/4099
19 Feb 2021Conditional
Permission for the retention of:- a) an extension to an existing slatted house b) dungstead. Permission for the construction of c) a new agricultural storage shed, d) all associated ancillary siteworks.
Permission · Cork County Council, 21/4412
31 Jan 2020Conditional
1. Permission for additions and alterations to existing dwelling comprising single storey extension to side of dwelling, modifications to dormer window to front of dwelling and provision of glazed door to rear of dwelling; 2. Permission for retention of existing modifications to dwelling including bay window to front elevation, stone cladding to front elevation and omission of 2 no windows to south elevation and 3. Permission for retention of existing garage structure and all associated site works.
Permission · Cork County Council, 20/4156
10 Mar 2017Conditional
The importation of soil & stone /dredging spoil & concrete for the raising of an agricultural field in order to improve the agricultural output of the field.
Permission · Cork County Council, 17/4570
14 Apr 2014Conditional
Construction of garage adjoining main house
Permission · Cork County Council, 14/4747
31 May 2013Unconditional
Dwellinghouse, garage and septic tank - Extension of duration to permission granted under Planning Ref. No. 08/8628
Extension of duration · Cork County Council, 13/5019
12 Apr 2013Conditional
Construction of dwellinghouse and associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 13/4653
17 May 2011Unconditional
Completion of dwellinghouse and garage permitted under Planning Reg. No. 06/4910
Extension of duration · Cork County Council, 11/5053
12 May 2011Conditional
Construction of dwellinghouse, garage and all associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 11/5015
29 Aug 2008Conditional
Dwellinghouse, garage and septic tank
Permission · Cork County Council, 08/8628
30 Mar 2007Withdrawn
Construction of dwellinghouse, garage and associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 07/6705
20 Feb 2006Conditional
Dwellinghouse and garage
Permission · Cork County Council, 06/4910
23 Dec 2005Conditional
Retention of dwellinghouse
Permission · Cork County Council, 05/9811
20 May 2005Conditional
Dwellinghouse and garage
Permission · Cork County Council, 05/3458
2 Mar 2005Conditional
Retention of alteration to roof of dwellinghouse
Permission · Cork County Council, 05/1234
22 Feb 2005Conditional
Slatted House
Permission · Cork County Council, 05/969
21 Feb 2005Conditional
Dwellinghouse
Permission · Cork County Council, 05/913
19 Nov 2004Refused
Construction of 2 no. dwellings with proprietary treatment units and associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 04/8569
8 Oct 2004Conditional
Retention and completion of raising levels of land by filling with rubble for agricultural purposes
Permission · Cork County Council, 04/7622
26 Apr 2004Conditional
Construction of conservatory extension to dwellinghouse
Permission · Cork County Council, 04/2759
17 Oct 2003Conditional
Dwelling and garage
Permission · Cork County Council, 03/5173
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 Baurleigh.
Recorded monuments
- CO123-019 Moated site
Description
Near top of hill on fairly steep E-facing slope. Rectangular area (40m N-S; c. 30.4m E-W) defined by scarp (H 0.6m) to E; earthen bank (H 1.2m) to S, W and N. Two breaks in bank; to N (Wth 2m), and to W (Wth 5m). Interior slopes down to E. Modern drain immediately outside S bank and E scarp. Local tradition of use as burial ground. 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 Baurleigh.
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 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 Baurleigh.
- 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 Baurleigh with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Cork.
The townland
- Name
- Baurleigh · An Barr Liath
- Area
- 3,579,038 m² (357.9 ha, 884.4 acres)
- Civil parish
- Kilbrittain, and its townlands
- Barony
- Carbery East (East Division)
- Electoral division
- Baurleigh, the unit of the census
- Census 2022
- Baurleigh electoral division: 401 people in 125 households; 89% of households own their home; 39% of homes were built since 2001; 2% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 0% were holiday homes.
- Neighbouring townlands
- Barleyfield, Cripplehill, Dangan Beg, Dangan More, Garryndruig, Knockbrown, Maulmane
- Placenames
- Baurleigh 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.