Bawnea
Townland in the civil parish of Ringrone, barony of Carbery East (East Division), Co. Cork; in Irish Bán Aodha
- Area
- 188.8 ha
- 467 acres
- Land parcels
- 23
- registered freehold, median 34,009 m² (3.4 ha, 8.4 acres)
- Zoning
- —
- not in a zoned settlement
- Planning
- 21
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
23 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Bawnea, from 215 m² to 410,234 m² (41.02 ha, 101.37 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 22 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 Bawnea 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
12 Dec 2025Grant with conditions
Permission for refurbishment of existing two storey detached dwelling, construction of two storey & single storey extensions to side and rear of existing dwelling, conversion of existing outbuildings to habitable accommodation ancillary to the main dwelling, new wastewater treatment system and percolation area to replace existing septic tank and all ancillary site development works.
Permission · Cork County Council, 25/6782
15 Nov 2024Application withdrawn
Permission to demolish existing derelict dwelling, outbuilding and remove existing septic tank and construct new replacement two storey dwelling, wastewater treatment system and percolation area and all ancillary site development works.
Permission · Cork County Council, 24/6158
18 Oct 2024Incompleted application
Permission to demolish existing derelict dwelling, outbuilding and remove existing septic tank and construct new replacement two storey dwelling, wastewater treatment system and percolation area and all ancillary site development works.
Permission · Cork County Council, 24/5982
6 Jul 2023Conditional
Dwelling house, an effluent treatment system, a domestic garage and associated site works.
Permission · Cork County Council, 23/5401
10 Jan 2022Conditional
Construction of a dwelling house and garage and all associated site works.
Permission · Cork County Council, 22/4012
29 May 2019Conditional
Construct a cattle house with two no. slatted slurry tanks, three no. cattle handling yards, silage slab, feed storage bin and carry out associated site works.
Permission · Cork County Council, 19/5397
14 Nov 2016Refused
To construct a managed holiday complex for short term letting comprising of (a) 6 no. accommodation pods (b) 1no. utility building (c) entrance, carpark and associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 16/6835
21 Mar 2016Conditional
a) The construction of a detached granny flat for ancillary use to the main dwelling, b) the construction of new treatment system and percolation area to serve both existing dwelling and proposed granny flat and associated site works, and c) retention of a domestic garage as constructed
Permission · Cork County Council, 16/4633
26 Feb 2016Incompleted application
Pemission for a) the construction of a detached granny flat for ancillary use to the main dwelling, b) the construction of new treatment system and percolation area, c) Retention of a domestic garage as constructed, d) all associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 16/4443
22 Dec 2014Conditional
Construction of a domestic shed, entrance and associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 14/6784
11 Apr 2012Conditional
Construction of micro wind turbine for agricultural purposes with an overall height to tip of blade of 40m and all associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 12/4713
16 Mar 2012Incompleted application
Construction of a micro wind turbine for agricultural purposes and all associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 12/4514
21 Sept 2007Refused
One and half storey dwellinghouse, garage and installation of septic tank
Permission · Cork County Council, 07/11143
6 Jul 2007Incompleted application
Dwelling, garage, septic tank and percolation area
Permission · Cork County Council, 07/9402
19 Apr 2007Refused
Construction of wood-pelleting & packaging plant
Permission · Cork County Council, 07/7165
6 Mar 2007Conditional
Construction of soil water retention tank, clean water soak pit and associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 07/5671
27 Feb 2007Conditional
Construction of overgound steel slurry storage tank, soiled water tank and all associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 07/5466
21 Dec 2006Conditional
4 bay slatted house incorporating 15 cubicles
Permission · Cork County Council, 06/13617
6 Jan 2005Conditional
Slatted slurry tank, soiled water tank, milking parlour, dairy, plant room, store and associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 05/21
2 Apr 2004Conditional
Dwellinghouse
Approval · Cork County Council, 04/2209
26 Mar 1997Conditional
Dwelling
Approval · Cork County Council, 97/1132
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
- Special Area of Conservation: Courtmacsherry Estuary SAC 001230
- Proposed Natural Heritage Area: Courtmacsherry Estuary 001230
Recorded monuments
- CO124-027 Ringfort - rath
Description
In pasture, on W shoulder of E-W ridge. Circular area (32.2m N-S; 30m E-W) enclosed by modern field fence except WNW->NNW where original bank survives (H 1.5m) with external fosse (D 0.5m). 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 Bawnea.
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 5 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 Bawnea.
- 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 Bawnea with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Cork.
The townland
- Name
- Bawnea · Bán Aodha
- Area
- 1,888,428 m² (188.84 ha, 466.64 acres)
- Civil parish
- Ringrone, and its townlands
- Barony
- Carbery East (East Division)
- Electoral division
- Coolmain, the unit of the census
- Census 2022
- Coolmain electoral division: 458 people in 162 households; 89% of households own their home; 29% of homes were built since 2001; 4% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 7% were holiday homes.
- Neighbouring townlands
- Artiteige, Ballinvronig, Clonbouig, Currarane, Garranereagh, Glanduff, Kilbrittain, Knoppoge
- Placenames
- Bawnea 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.