Bawngare
Townland in the civil parish of Aghadown, barony of Carbery West (East Division), Co. Cork; in Irish An Bán Gearr
- Area
- 56.1 ha
- 139 acres
- Land parcels
- 16
- registered freehold, median 3,503 m² (0.35 ha, 0.87 acres)
- Zoning
- —
- not in a zoned settlement
- Planning
- 13
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
16 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Bawngare, from 409 m² to 150,609 m² (15.06 ha, 37.22 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 14 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 Bawngare 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
19 Jun 2025Conditional permission
Planning Permission for the following: 1. Construction of a new single storey extension to replace existing conservatory and alterations to existing dwellinghouse, 2. Permission for Retention of elevational changes to existing dwellinghouse and location of same which was granted under Planning Ref. No. 05/8690. 3. Permission for Retention of elevational changes to existing detached domestic garage and location of same which was granted under Planning Ref. No. 08/1779. 4. Permission for Retention of revised locations of existing septic tank and percolation area which was granted under Planning Ref. No. 05/8690. 5. Permission for revised site boundaries as granted under Planning Ref. No. 05/8690 and Planning Ref. No. 08/1779. 6. All associated site works
Permission for retention · Cork County Council, 25/341
11 Feb 2022Conditional
Permission for the following: (i) retention of detached domestic garage, (ii) change of use of domestic garage to "granny flat" / domestic unit, ancillary in use to main dwelling and (iii) all associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 22/76
22 Dec 2015Unconditional
Construction of dwelling and domestic garage
Extension of duration · Cork County Council, 15/728
2 Jul 2015Conditional
24 sqm single storey extension to side of main house
Retention · Cork County Council, 15/386
24 Jun 2015Incompleted application
Retention of 24sqm single storey extension to side of main house
Retention · Cork County Council, 15/349
16 May 2012Conditional
Construct a slatted shed unit including all associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 12/325
29 Oct 2010Conditional
To erect a dwelling house & domestic garage including all associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 10/742
3 Oct 2008Conditional
Construct domestic garage and all associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 08/1779
9 Sept 2008Incompleted application
Construct domestic garage and all associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 08/1646
24 Aug 2007Conditional
Dwellinghouse and associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 07/2266
25 Nov 2005Conditional
Dwellinghouse
Permission · Cork County Council, 05/8690
15 Sept 2003Conditional
Silage pit, easifeed, slatted house and associated effluent storage facilities
Permission · Cork County Council, 03/4617
3 Mar 2000Conditional
Dwelling
Permission · Cork County Council, 00/1169
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 Bawngare.
Recorded monuments
- CO141-096 Boulder-burial
Description
On level pasture. Flat-topped boulder (2.9m x 1.9m; T 1m) resting on three support sotnes. (O Nualláin 1978, 94, no. 30; Roberts 1988, Ch. 3, no. 20) 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
- CO141-153 Standing stone
Description
On an elevation in undulating pasture, with a view in all directions over the surrounding countryside. This standing stone (1.3m x 0.8m; H 1.13m) is roughly oval in plan and is orientated NE-SW. It narrows towards the SW side as it rises. Traces of two crescent-shaped grooves (L c. 0.5m; Wth 0.05m; D 0.01m) are visible on the SW side of the standing stone. The above description is derived from 'The Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 5' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 2009). Date of upload: 22 December 2009
Architectural heritage
No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands in the townland of Bawngare.
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 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 Bawngare.
- 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 Bawngare with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Cork.
The townland
- Name
- Bawngare · An Bán Gearr
- Area
- 561,476 m² (56.15 ha, 138.74 acres)
- Civil parish
- Aghadown, and its townlands
- Barony
- Carbery West (East Division)
- Electoral division
- Aghadown South, the unit of the census
- Census 2022
- Aghadown South electoral division: 623 people in 252 households; 85% of households own their home; 21% of homes were built since 2001; 11% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 23% were holiday homes.
- Neighbouring townlands
- Collatrum Beg, Dromnacaheragh, Kilsarlaght, Lisheen Upper
- Placenames
- Bawngare 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.