Bawnleigh

52 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Bawnleigh, from 60 m² to 368,132 m² (36.81 ha, 90.97 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 33 neighbouring parcels touch it.

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No zone of a development plan covers Bawnleigh 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.

• 5 Feb 2026Grant with conditions

  Permission for minor alterations to an existing dwelling house and detached workshop/store, to improve accessibility, and for the conversion of a detached workshop/store to living accommodation, all for use as a residential care facility for no more than 6 residents and 2 carers. The works include alterations to the elevations of the house and of the detached workshop/store, the provision of photovoltaic panels, and all associated site works.

  Permission · Cork County Council, 26/0241

• 8 Jan 2026Invalid - case closed

  Permission for minor alterations to an existing dwelling house to improve accessibility, the installation of photovoltaic (PV) panels, and conversion of an existing detached workshop/store to living accommodation for use as a residential care facility for no more than 6 residents and 2 carers, together with associated site works

  Permission · Cork County Council, 26/0017

• 14 Jun 2023Conditional

  Two-storey dwelling house, garage, new wastewater treatment system, new site entrance and associated site works.

  Permission · Cork County Council, 23/5219

• 5 Nov 2021Conditional

  Permission to demolish existing cottage and permission to construct new dwelling house, detached domestic garage, waste water treatment system, bored water well, rainwater soakpits, new site entrance with associated site works

  Permission · Cork County Council, 21/7002

• 1 Oct 2021Conditional

  Dwelling house, sewage treatment system, substitution of existing vehicular entrance with proposed new vehicle entrance serving existing and proposed house and associated site works.

  Permission · Cork County Council, 21/6667

• 6 Sept 2021Incompleted application

  Dwelling house, sewage treatment system, substitution of existing vehicle entrance with proposed new vehicle entrance serving existing and proposed house and associated site works.

  Permission · Cork County Council, 21/6451

• 6 Aug 2021Incompleted application

  Dwelling house, sewage treatment system, substitution of existing vehicle entrance with proposed new vehicle entrance serving existing and proposed house and associated site works.

  Permission · Cork County Council, 21/6186

• 14 Jun 2021Incompleted application

  Dwelling house, sewage treatment system and associated site works.

  Permission · Cork County Council, 21/5643

• 20 Jan 2021Withdrawn

  Dwelling house, sewage treatment system and associated site works.

  Permission · Cork County Council, 21/4087

• 26 Feb 2020Withdrawn

  Construction of a dwellinghouse, garage, on-site wastewater treatment system and associated site works.

  Permission · Cork County Council, 20/4399

• 20 Feb 2017Conditional

  Retention of a change of use from hotel bedroom block to two residential care units and a childcare after-school support service unit; and the retention of changes to elevations (windows and doors) and an external boiler house with covered walkway

  Retention · Cork County Council, 17/4355

• 2 Apr 2015Refused

  Construction of new dwelling house, installation of waste water treatment system and all associated works

  Permission · Cork County Council, 15/4654

• 17 Oct 2014Conditional

  Construction of single storey extension and modifications to existing dwellinghouse and all associated site works

  Permission · Cork County Council, 14/6228

• 9 Aug 2013Conditional

  Demolish existing garage extension and rear extension to existing dwelling, construct two storey granny flat extension including single storey extension to existing dwelling, alter existing facades of existing dwelling, replace existing septic tank with new treatment unit and percolation area with associated site works

  Permission · Cork County Council, 13/5568

• 26 Jun 2013Incompleted application

  Demolition of existing garage extension and rear extension to existing dwelling, Permission for construction of a granny flat extension to the existing dwelling, permission to alter the façades of the existing dwelling, replacing existing septic tank with new treatment unit & percolation area, relocation of existing well with associated site works

  Permission · Cork County Council, 13/5217

• 8 Nov 2012Conditional

  Retention of existing storage facility tank for storage of wood pulp fertiliser sludge for spreading on agricultural lands, and Permission for storage of farmyard manure, compost & sludge fertilisers for spreading on agricultural lands and alterations to existing vehicular entrance from the public road (R607)

  Permission · Cork County Council, 12/6299

• 10 Oct 2012Conditional

  (i) Revised site boundaries, and (ii) revised location for wastewater treatment system to serve dwellinghouse granted permission under Planning Reg. No. 11/05638

  Permission · Cork County Council, 12/6128

• 26 Sept 2012Incompleted application

  Retention permission of existing storage facility for storage of wood pulp fertiliser sludge for spreading on agricultural lands and permission for storage of farmyard manure, compost and spent mushroom compost, for spreading on agricultural lands

  Permission · Cork County Council, 12/6048

• 18 Nov 2011Withdrawn

  Permission for storage of farmyard manure, compost and spent mushroom compost for spreading on agricultural lands and retention of existing storage facility for storage of wood pulp fertiliser sludge for spreading on agricultural lands and

  Permission · Cork County Council, 11/6432

• 22 Sept 2011Incompleted application

  Continued use of an existing storage facility in farm yard for the storage of organic fertilisers and soil improvers such as wood pulp fertiliser, farmyard manure and compost and spent mushroom compost for beneficial and sustainable use on local agricultural crops

  Permission · Cork County Council, 11/6033

• 28 Jul 2011Conditional

  Construction of a two storey dwellinghouse, installation of a wastewater treatment system, a new site entrance and all ancillary works

  Permission · Cork County Council, 11/5638

• 4 Apr 2011Unconditional

  Single storey extension to front of existing dormer style dwellinghouse and associated site works

  Permission · Cork County Council, 11/4691

• 17 Dec 2010Refused

  Construction of a two storey dwelling house, installation of a waste water treatment system forming a new site entrance and all ancillary works

  Permission · Cork County Council, 10/8729

• 3 Sept 2010Conditional

  Dormer style extension to side and single storey extension to front of existing dormer style dwellinghouse

  Permission · Cork County Council, 10/6215

• 6 Nov 2009Refused

  Dwellinghouse, garage for domestic purpose, installation of proprietary treatment unit and all associated site works

  Permission · Cork County Council, 09/7562

The 25 most recent of 48 applications.

Source: National Planning Applications, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, CC BY 4.0. Applicants are not shown.

Designated sites

No designated site (Special Area of Conservation, Special Protection Area, Natural Heritage Area or proposed one) touches the townland of Bawnleigh.

Recorded monuments

• CO097-064 Standing stone
  Description

  In tillage on NW-facing slope. Rectangular stone (H 0.95m; 0.88m x 0.7m), long axis NNW-SSE. According to local information, mass was said here. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 2: East and South Cork' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1994). 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 Bawnleigh.

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).

Radon

At the centre of the townland of Bawnleigh, about 1 in 10 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels. Testing a home

Landslides

The 1:50,000 map rates the landslide susceptibility here as moderately high, moderately low, low, partly inferred.

Terrain model

No LiDAR survey of the Office of Public Works covers the centre of the townland of Bawnleigh.

Flooding

The Office of Public Works publishes its flood maps on floodinfo.ie.

Radon Risk Map of Ireland, Environmental Protection Agency, and Landslide Susceptibility Classification, Geological Survey Ireland, both under 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.

No address of the register names Bawnleigh with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Cork.

Name

Bawnleigh · An Bán Liath

Area

1,481,226 m² (148.12 ha, 366.02 acres)

Civil parish

Ballymartle, and its townlands

Barony

Kinalea

Electoral division

Templemichael, the unit of the census

Census 2022

778 people lived in 243 households in the Templemichael electoral division. 89% of households owned their home. 24% of homes were built since 2001. 9% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 0% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Ballynalouhy, Ballynamaul, Carhoo North, Farlistown, Knockane, Shanavally

Placenames

Bawnleigh 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.