Bawnishall
Townland in the civil parish of Castlehaven, barony of Carbery West (East Division), Co. Cork; in Irish An Bán íseal
- Area
- 156 ha
- 385 acres
- Land parcels
- 82
- registered freehold, median 7,434 m² (0.74 ha, 1.84 acres)
- Zoning
- G3
- Greenbelt1
- Planning
- 30
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
82 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Bawnishall, from 5 m² to 126,144 m² (12.61 ha, 31.17 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 24 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
- G3Greenbelt1 (Conservation, amenity or buffer space, corridor/belt, landscape)
Cork County Development Plan 2022, Cork · 11 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
19 Apr 2024Conditional
Construction of extension and alterations to dwelling house, upgrade to wastewater treatment system and all associated site development works
Permission · Cork County Council, 24/187
24 Feb 2023Conditional
Construction of a dwelling house, domestic garage, proprietary waste water treatment system and percolation area and all associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 23/89
2 Sept 2021Refused
Construction of a new 2 storey Dwelling House, Domestic Garage, Proprietary Waste Water Treatment System and Percolation Area and all Associated Site Works
Permission · Cork County Council, 21/601
21 Jun 2019Conditional
Retention of alterations to dwelling house permitted under planning reference number 09-894 including variation to condition number 3, where slate roof covering has been used instead of grass roof, also permission for retention of alterations to permitted garage plans
Retention · Cork County Council, 19/417
19 Feb 2019Conditional
Construction of a new detached dwelling house, waste water treatment plant, demolitions and all associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 19/111
30 Nov 2018Conditional
New access to agricultural lands, consisting of new entrance gates and bridge
Permission · Cork County Council, 18/735
26 Jan 2016Unconditional
Demolition of existing dwelling in ruin and construction of new dwelling and installation of proprietary treatment plant and all associated site works
Extension of duration · Cork County Council, 16/44
18 Nov 2014Conditional
Outhouse for domestic storage use
Permission · Cork County Council, 14/661
30 Sept 2010Conditional
Demolition of existing dwelling in ruin and for construction of new dwelling and installation of a proprietary treatment plant and all associated site works.
Permission · Cork County Council, 10/663
7 Aug 2009Conditional
Dwelling, detached garge and all associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 09/894
10 Jul 2009Incompleted application
Dwelling, detached garage and all associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 09/771
14 Nov 2008Withdrawn
Dwelling, detached garage/store and all associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 08/2025
22 Oct 2008Incompleted application
Dwelling, detached garage/store and all associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 08/1896
2 Sept 2008Incompleted application
Dwelling, detached garage/store and all associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 08/1606
3 Jun 2008Conditional
Addition of conservatory to existing dwelling house
Permission · Cork County Council, 08/1033
3 Apr 2008Incompleted application
Addition of conservatory to existing dwellinghouse
Permission · Cork County Council, 08/594
5 Feb 2008Incompleted application
Addition of conservatory to existing dwelling house
Permission · Cork County Council, 08/210
16 Jul 2007Refused
Dwellinghouse and all associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 07/1931
1 Feb 2007Conditional
Demolish existing buildings, construct new dwellilnghouse and install sewage treatment plant
Permission · Cork County Council, 07/263
22 Dec 2006Incompleted application
Demolish Existing Buildings and Construct a new Dwelling House and Install Sewerage Treatement Plant
Permission · Cork County Council, 06/2875
25 Jul 2006Withdrawn
Dwellinghouse, domestic garage and associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 06/1450
25 Feb 2005Conditional
Dwelling
Permission · Cork County Council, 05/1091
22 Dec 2003Conditional
Restoration of ruined dwelling to include alterations and extensions, change of use of outbuilding to part of dwelling, installation of bio-clear treatment system and new entrance
Permission · Cork County Council, 03/6766
6 Nov 2003Conditional
Concrete silage slab
Permission · Cork County Council, 03/5510
30 May 2003Refused
Dwellinghouse
Permission · Cork County Council, 03/2612
The 25 most recent of 30 applications.
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 Bawnishall.
Recorded monuments
- CO151-025 Ringfort - cashel
Description
In rough grazing broken by rock outcrop, atop NE-SW ridge. Circular area (28.7m N-S; 27.8m E-W) enclosed by collapsed stone wall. Interior surface uneven. According to local tradition stones removed from site for road surfacing. 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
- CO151-026 Burial ground
Description
In scrubland on W-facing slope. Marked 'Kildoo' on OS 6-inch map (1842). Inaccessible due to heavy overgrowth. New laneway on W side may have interfered with 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
- CO151-027001 Ritual site - holy well
Description
No longer in holy use. Two modern concrete troughs now retain water for agricultural and domestic use. Another holy well (CO151-027002-), shown only on OS 6-inch map (1842), was located 70m to S along laneway. 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 Images provided by and copyright of Amanda Clarke 2016-2022 https://holywellscorkandkerry.com/
- CO151-027002 Ritual site - holy well
Description
A holy well shown only on OS,map (1842), was located 70m to S along laneway from another holy well (CO151-027001-). 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
- CO151-056 Earthwork
Description
Raised D-shaped area (8.8m N-S; 6.4m E-W) defined S->N by stream; N-S by townland boundary fence. Drain-type feature (H 0.24m; Wth 0.66m) projects W out of fence. Upright stone (H 0.43m; 0.7m x 0.07m), long axis N-S, stands short distance to E of field fence. Fulacht fiadh (CO151-055---) on E side of fence. 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 Bawnishall.
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 Bawnishall.
- 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 Bawnishall with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Cork.
The townland
- Name
- Bawnishall · An Bán íseal
- Area
- 1,559,683 m² (155.97 ha, 385.41 acres)
- Civil parish
- Castlehaven, and its townlands
- Barony
- Carbery West (East Division)
- Electoral division
- Castlehaven South, the unit of the census
- Census 2022
- Castlehaven South electoral division: 550 people in 193 households; 82% of households own their home; 29% of homes were built since 2001; 9% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 28% were holiday homes.
- Neighbouring townlands
- Ardgehane, Barryroe, Bluid West, Crosslea, Dooneen, Lahardane More, Lickowen
- Placenames
- Bawnishall 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.