Bawnmore South
Townland in the civil parish of Kilbrin, barony of Duhallow, Co. Cork; in Irish An Bán Mór Theas
- Area
- 293.9 ha
- 726 acres
- Land parcels
- 62
- registered freehold, median 5,574 m² (0.56 ha, 1.38 acres)
- Zoning
- —
- not in a zoned settlement
- Planning
- 43
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
62 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Bawnmore South, from 65 m² to 273,446 m² (27.34 ha, 67.57 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 Bawnmore South 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
24 Jul 2026Awaiting recommendation
The construction of a livestock underpass, an effluent holding tank, a new farm roadway and all associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 26/1974
1 Jul 2026Invalid - case closed
The construction of a livestock underpass, an effluent holding tank and all associated site works.
Permission · Cork County Council, 26/1766
28 Jul 2025Conditional permission
Permission for the construction of a shed for the storage of vintage vehicles, the re-positioning of the existing entrance and all associated site works.
Permission · Cork County Council, 25/5512
4 Mar 2024Conditional
Permission for retention of existing as built garage and retention of location of existing entrance along with permission for alterations to existing entrance and roadside boundaries to allow for adequate site lines
Permission · Cork County Council, 24/4363
13 Oct 2023Conditional
Permission for the construction of a new farm entrance, livestock underpass with effluent holding tank and all associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 23/6068
10 May 2023Conditional
The construction of a livestock underpass, an effluent holding tank and all associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 23/4920
11 Oct 2021Conditional
Permission for (1)The retention of demolished single storey dwelling house (2) retention of bungalow dwelling house as constructed (3) retention of PV Panels, (4) the construction of new entrance walls with splayed wing walls and (5) all associated site works.
Permission · Cork County Council, 21/6761
30 Dec 2020Conditional
Retention of existing pitched roof over existing retail shop and stores.
Retention · Cork County Council, 20/7016
15 Jun 2020Conditional
Retention of existing septic tank and percolation area serving existing dwelling and for permission to upgrade the existing percolation area to comply with the current EPA code of practice and all associated site works in accordance with plans and documents submitted.
Permission · Cork County Council, 20/5214
18 Dec 2019Withdrawn
1) Retention of demolished single storey dwellinghouse 2) retention of bungalow dwellinghouse as constructed and 3) all associated site works.
Retention · Cork County Council, 19/7017
11 Oct 2019Conditional
To demolish projections to northern, southern and eastern elevations of existing dwelling house. To construct a new extension to northern and southern elevations, new porch to front elevation, install new rooflight to the rear all to existing dwelling house, new bored well, septic tank and percolation area. A Natura Impact Statement (NIS) will be submitted to the planning authority with the application.
Permission · Cork County Council, 19/6467
17 Sept 2019Incompleted application
To demolish projections to northern, southern and eastern elevations of existing dwelling house. To construct a new extension to northern and southern elevations, new porch to front elevation, install new rooflight to the rear all to existing dwelling house, new bored well, septic tank and percolation area.
Permission · Cork County Council, 19/6277
23 Apr 2019Conditional
(a) Construction of single storey extensions to the front and rear of existing dwellinghouse, (b) alterations to existing elevations, (c) provision of a new proprietary waste water treatment unit and polishing filter and (d) and all associated ancillary site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 19/5001
29 Mar 2019Withdrawn
To demolish projections to northern, southern and eastern elevations of existing dwellinghouse. To construct a new extension to northern and southern elevations, new porch to front elevation of existing dwellinghouse and install new rooflight to the rear of existing dwellinghouse roof
Permission · Cork County Council, 19/4771
12 Sept 2018Conditional
(1) A two storey extension to side of existing dwelling and (2) all associated site works.
Permission · Cork County Council, 18/6418
5 Jul 2017Conditional
1) Slatted beef unit, 2) Effluent tank.
Permission · Cork County Council, 17/5711
17 May 2017Unconditional
Construction of one fully serviced detached dwelling with domestic garage and all associated site works - Extension of duration of permission granted under Planning Reg. No. 12/5284
Extension of duration · Cork County Council, 17/5206
12 Jun 2012Conditional
Construction of one fully serviced detached dwelling with domestic garage and all associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 12/5284
7 Jul 2010Conditional
Storey-and-a-half dwelling house with detached domestic garage, sewage treatment unit & associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 10/5668
18 Aug 2009Conditional
Installation of wastewater treatment unit, percolation area to serve existing dwelling, bored well and retention of same dwelling and existing shed for domestic use
Permission · Cork County Council, 09/6751
5 May 2009Refused
Installation of wastewater treatment unit and percolation area and retention of dwelling and shed for domestic use
Permission · Cork County Council, 09/5407
1 Sept 2008Refused
Retention of dwellinghouse, wastewater treatment unit and workshop for manufacture of garden ornaments
Permission · Cork County Council, 08/8659
1 Aug 2008Incompleted application
Retention of dwellinghouse and workshop for manufacture of garden ornaments
Permission · Cork County Council, 08/8216
21 Nov 2007Conditional
Dwellinghouse, garage and installation of septic tank
Outline permission · Cork County Council, 07/12508
16 Nov 2007Conditional
Two storey dwellinghouse, garage, stables, barn and yard and installation of waste water treatment system
Permission · Cork County Council, 07/12431
The 25 most recent of 43 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
- Special Area of Conservation: Blackwater River (Cork/Waterford) SAC 002170
Recorded monuments
- CO015-086 Ringfort - rath
Description
In pasture, on gentle S-facing slope, near top of hill. Faint trace of site as circular depression in field; locally known as site of fort. Recorded by Bowman (1934, 395) as levelled single-ramparted fort (diam. c. 30yd) on Mr Foley's land. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 4: North Cork' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 2000). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload/revision: 14 January 2009
- CO015-087 Fulacht fia
Description
In scrub land. Roughly circular mound of burnt material (diam. 20.7m; H 0.6m); surface of mound poached by cattle and crossed by farm track. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 4: North Cork' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 2000). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload/revision: 14 January 2009
- CO015-088 Fulacht fia
Description
Adjacent to farmyard. According to local information, mound levelled in 1974. Farm shed built on portion of mound; remainder covered with concrete. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 4: North Cork' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 2000). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload/revision: 14 January 2009
- CO015-089 Fulacht fia
Description
In rough grazing, c. 15m SSE of well. Shown on 1937 OS 6-inch map as roughly circular mound. Remains consist of two small adjacent roughly oval-shaped mounds of burnt material (7m x 4m; H 0.55m: 4.5m x 2m; H 0.45m). The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 4: North Cork' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 2000). 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
- John's Bridge, bridge, 1800–1820 · Regional interest
Description
Double-arch sandstone road bridge over River Allow, built c. 1810, having rendered parapet walls with render copings, render string course to each elevation above segmental arches with render voussoirs, and with V-cutwater to south elevation.
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 Bawnmore South.
- 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 Bawnmore South with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Cork.
The townland
- Name
- Bawnmore South · An Bán Mór Theas
- Area
- 2,939,087 m² (293.91 ha, 726.26 acres)
- Civil parish
- Kilbrin, and its townlands
- Barony
- Duhallow
- Electoral division
- Bawncross, the unit of the census
- Census 2022
- Bawncross electoral division: 358 people in 135 households; 80% of households own their home; 24% of homes were built since 2001; 14% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 3% were holiday homes.
- Neighbouring townlands
- Ballybahallagh, Bawnmore North, Coolageela East, Coolageela West, Curraheen, Knockardfree, Knoppoge, Lisheenowen
- Placenames
- Bawnmore South 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.