Bluepool
Townland in the civil parish of Castlemagner, barony of Duhallow, Co. Cork; in Irish An Linn Ghorm
Parcel 2181426
- Area
- 56,762 m² (5.68 ha, 14.03 acres)
- Buildings
- 13 buildings touch it, 3,810 m² on the ground
- Zoning
- R2 Existing Residential/Mixed Residential and Other Uses (Cork County Development Plan 2022) The objective
M4 Existing Mixed/General Business/Industrial Uses (Cork County Development Plan 2022) The objective
G3 Green Infrastructure (Cork County Development Plan 2022) The objective
R2 Existing Residential/Mixed Residential and other Uses (Cork County Development Plan 2022) The objective - Townland
- Bluepool
Planning applications on this parcel
19 Dec 2024Conditional permission
Permission for: 1) Demolition of three existing buildings previously used as a dwelling house, large storage shed & small storage shed. 2) Provision of new veterinary clinic in addition to the existing veterinary clinic on site. 3) Provision of a new store. 4) Elevation changes to existing building and 5) New entrance & car park with associated site works.
Permission · Cork County Council, 24/6446
27 Nov 2024Incompleted application
Permission for: (1) Demolition of existing buildings (2) Provision of new Veterinary Clinic (3) Provision of new store (4) Elevation changes to existing building and (5) New entrance & car park with associated site work.
Permission · Cork County Council, 24/6254
21 Jul 2021Withdrawn
The erection of 6 number milk silo tanks and all ancillarysite works
Permission · Cork County Council, 21/6008
26 Jun 2019Conditional
(1) Change of use of existing apartment building to commercial office space and reception building, (2) alterations of existing elevations, (3) alteration of internal layouts, (4) construction of a single storey extension to rear of building, (5) construction of a new car park to rear of building (6) demolishing of existing post and panel fence to north of property to allow vehicular flow within existing processing site, (7) construction of one number pedestrian access gate at street side of property and (8) all associated site works.
Permission · Cork County Council, 19/5650
23 Dec 2014Conditional
[a] Demolish existing single storey dwelling, [b] demolish existing roadside earth and ditch, [c] erect roadside wall and railing, and [d] all associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 14/6817
4 Jul 2014Conditional
(a) Retention of demolition of dwelling house, (b) permission for demolition of 1no. additional existing dwelling house, (c) permission for erection of a single storey portable cabin structure for temporary use as office accommodation, and (d) all associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 14/5423
23 Apr 2014Incompleted application
Permission for: (a) retention of demolition of dwellinghouse, (b) demolition of 1 additional existing dwellinghouse, (c) erection of a single storey portable cabin structure for temporary use as office accommodation, and (d) all associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 14/4831
21 Jun 2011Conditional
[a] Partial demolition of, and alterations to existing casein plant bag store, [b] construction of new evaporator/dryer building, [c] erection of new cooling tower, and [d] all associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 11/5351
22 Sept 2005Conditional
Change of use of dwelling to creche with parking facilities
Permission · Cork County Council, 05/6898
18 Jul 2005Conditional
Construction of supermarket to include alcohol sales,165 car parking spaces, access provisions, signage and associated site works including provision of a new sewer to allow for decommissioning of existing public sewer to south
Permission · Cork County Council, 05/5124
17 Aug 2004Conditional
Demolition of creamery buildings/structures and carry out extensions and alterations to production and storage building to include a two storey extension to production building, new tank farm, store building for ancillary services, ESB substation, change of use of part of the site from industrial to residential, retail and offices to include 30 no. aparments (Blocks A, B and C), 8 no. retail units with 11 no. apartments over (Block D) and Block E - a three-storey building with retail and offices and associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 04/6275
29 Jul 2004Incompleted application
Demolition of creamery buildings and carry out extensions and alterations to production and storage building, change of use of part of the site from industrial to residential, retail and offices to include 30 no. aparments (block A, B and C), 8 no. retail units with 11 no. apartments over (block D) and block E with retail and offices and associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 04/5833
28 May 2004Conditional
Demolition of dwelling and construction of 3 no. apartments
Permission · Cork County Council, 04/3761
31 Mar 2004Incompleted application
Demoliton of derelict dweling and construction of 3 no. apartments
Permission · Cork County Council, 04/2122
2 Feb 2004Withdrawn
Retention of dwellinghouse
Permission · Cork County Council, 04/513
5 Nov 2003Conditional
Change of use of dwelling to creche with on site parking facilities
Permission · Cork County Council, 03/5500
10 Jan 2003Conditional
Demolish single storey dwelling and construct two storey dwelling
Permission · Cork County Council, 03/66
Source: National Planning Applications, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, CC BY 4.0. Applicants are not shown.
Designated sites
- Special Area of Conservation: Blackwater River (Cork/Waterford) SAC 002170
Recorded monuments around it
No zone of notification of a recorded monument touches this parcel.
Architectural heritage
No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands on this parcel.
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
- About 1 in 20 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels. Testing a home
- Landslides
- Susceptibility low, low (inferred), on the 1:50,000 map; parts are made ground.
- Terrain model
- LiDAR of the Office of Public Works, flown in 2011, at 2 m: tile OPW_658 (ZIP).
- 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.
Download this parcel: DXF, in Irish Transverse Mercator metres, with its neighbours and buildings, for a drawing program; GeoJSON, in WGS 84, for a map; KML, for Google Earth.
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann, CC BY 4.0. A parcel is the land of a title, not an address. The owner's name is in the Land Registry of Tailte Éireann: a copy of the folio can be ordered on landdirect.ie, for a fee.
- Area
- 20.4 ha
- 50 acres
- Land parcels
- 4
- registered freehold, median 16,409 m² (1.64 ha, 4.05 acres)
- Zoning
- R2
- Existing Residential/Mixed Residential and Other Uses
- Planning
- 1
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
4 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Bluepool, from 4,590 m² (0.46 ha, 1.13 acres) to 165,783 m² (16.58 ha, 40.97 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
- R2Existing Residential/Mixed Residential and Other Uses (Existing residential)
Cork County Development Plan 2022, Cork · 14 parcels The zoning objective in the plan - G3Greenbelt1 (Conservation, amenity or buffer space, corridor/belt, landscape)
Cork County Development Plan 2022, Cork · 5 parcels The zoning objective in the plan - C2.1Business and General Employment (Industrial, enterprise, employment)
Cork County Development Plan 2022, Cork · 4 parcels The zoning objective in the plan - G5Green Infrastructure (Mixed/general 'green'/recreation/conservation, other)
Cork County Development Plan 2022, Cork · 2 parcels The zoning objective in the plan - C6Business and General Employment (Mixed/general commercial/industrial/enterprise uses)
Cork County Development Plan 2022, Cork · 1 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
6 May 2026Awaiting f.i. response
Permission to construct a single storey dwelling house, detached garage, installation of a wastewater treatment plant and percolation area and all associated site works.
Permission · Cork County Council, 26/1175
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
No recorded monument lies in the townland of Bluepool.
Architectural heritage
No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands in the townland of Bluepool.
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 20 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels. Testing a home
- Landslides
- Susceptibility moderately low, low, on the 1:50,000 map; parts are made ground.
- Terrain model
- LiDAR of the Office of Public Works, flown in 2011, at 2 m: tile OPW_658 (ZIP).
- 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 Bluepool with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Cork.
The townland
- Name
- Bluepool · An Linn Ghorm
- Area
- 203,929 m² (20.39 ha, 50.39 acres)
- Civil parish
- Castlemagner, and its townlands
- Barony
- Duhallow
- Electoral division
- Greenane, the unit of the census
- Census 2022
- Greenane electoral division: 1,440 people in 555 households; 75% of households own their home; 39% of homes were built since 2001; 10% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 0% were holiday homes.
- Neighbouring townlands
- Garraunteefineen, Greenane, Kanturk, Pulleen
- Placenames
- Bluepool 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.