Boherard
Boherard is a townland in the civil parish of Dunbulloge, barony of Barrymore, Co. Cork. Its name in Irish is An Bóthar Ard.
- Area
- 122.5 ha
- 303 acres
- Land parcels
- 42
- registered freehold, median 3,384 m² (0.34 ha, 0.84 acres)
- Zoning
- —
- not in a zoned settlement
- Planning
- 46
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
42 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Boherard, from 1,057 m² to 448,385 m² (44.84 ha, 110.8 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 26 neighbouring parcels touch it.
Download the townland as DXF, in Irish Transverse Mercator metres, with its boundary, parcels and buildings, or as GeoJSON or KML.
Zoning
Development plans, national zoning
No zone of a development plan covers Boherard 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
14 Sept 2026Awaiting validation sro
Permission for construction of dwelling and garage and all associated site works ( change of plan and site boundaries to that permitted under Pl.Reg 23/4596 )
Permission · Cork County Council, 26/2399
22 Aug 2026Invalid - case closed
Permission for changes to elements of the house design and changes to the site boundaries from that granted under planning reference 23/4596.
Permission · Cork County Council, 26/2198
28 May 2025Conditional permission
Permission for changes to the house design and changes to the site boundaries from that granted permission under reference 23/4595
Permission · Cork County Council, 25/5003
22 Apr 2024Conditional
The retention, as constructed of a bungalow style dwelling permitted under planning ref s/2559/86 (120sq.m), a domestic garage/store, planning ref. s/94/2457 (43sq.m), a toilet, oil tank store, clothes drying shed (30sq.m) and a second domestic garage/store (30sq.m)
Retention · Cork County Council, 24/4691
6 Jul 2023Conditional
Retention of single storey sunroom extension to the side of an existing dwelling house (Pl.Reg.No. S/905/91). Retention of a single storey extension (games room) to the side of existing domestic garage (Pl.Reg.No. 07/5593). Permission for conversion of the extended domestic garage to a granny flat including alterations to the roof of the garage extension, alterations to the four elevations and the provision of new doors, windows and roof windows.
Permission · Cork County Council, 23/5400
29 May 2023Incompleted application
Permission for the retention of a single storey sun room extension (18sq.m) to the side of an existing dwelling house (planning ref s/905/91), The retention of a single storey extension (34sq.m) to the side of an existing domestic garage (planning ref 07/5593). Permission for the conversion of the extended domestic garage to a granny flat including alterations to the roof of the garage extensions, alterations to the four elevations and the provision of new doors, windows and roof windows.
Permission · Cork County Council, 23/5088
3 Apr 2023Conditional permission
Construction of a two storey dwelling and detached domestic garage, installation of a treatment unit and polishing filter and carrying out of all associated site works.
Permission · Cork County Council, 23/4596
30 Mar 2023Conditional
Construction of a two storey dwelling and detached domestic garage, installation of a septic tank and percolation area and carrying out of all associated site works.
Permission · Cork County Council, 23/4595
22 Dec 2022Refused
Permission for the construction of a dwelling, a site entrance, a detached garage, a waste water treatment system and all associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 22/6860
11 Jul 2022Conditional
Permission for a single storey dwelling house, detached domestic garage, secondary wastewater treatment system and polishing filter, site entrance and all associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 22/5614
9 May 2022Incompleted application
Planning permission for a single storey dwelling house, detached domestic garage, secondary wastewater treatment system and polishing filter, site entrance and all associated site works.
Permission · Cork County Council, 22/5049
7 Apr 2022Conditional
Construction of a dwelling house, domestic garage, install a wastewater treatment system, new entrance and all associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 22/4773
7 Apr 2022Incompleted application
Permission for a single storey dwelling house, detached domestic garage, secondary wastewater treatment system and polishing filter, site entrance and all associate site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 22/4770
16 Mar 2022Incompleted application
To construct a dwelling house, domestic garage, install a secondary waste water treatment system, new entrance and all associated site works.
Permission · Cork County Council, 22/4584
27 Aug 2021Conditional
To construct a new dwelling house
Permission · Cork County Council, 21/6359
26 Jul 2019Conditional
To construct a new dwelling house.
Permission · Cork County Council, 19/5893
4 Jun 2019Conditional
To construct a dwelling house & garage with related site works.
Permission · Cork County Council, 19/5457
1 Feb 2019Withdrawn
Construct a dwellinghouse
Permission · Cork County Council, 19/4213
8 Jun 2012Conditional
Construction of dwellinghouse (change of house type from that permitted under Pl. Reg. No. 08/5805)
Permission · Cork County Council, 12/5259
15 May 2012Incompleted application
Construction of dwelling house (change of house type from that permitted under planning ref.no. 08/5805)
Permission · Cork County Council, 12/5004
21 Oct 2011Conditional
Alteration to levels and retention permission for the use of already imported soil and stone to improve the land
Permission · Cork County Council, 11/6268
6 Oct 2011Incompleted application
Permission to alter levels and retention permission for the use of already imported soil & stone to improve the land
Permission · Cork County Council, 11/6138
4 Sept 2009Conditional
Retention and completion of dwellinghouse
Permission · Cork County Council, 09/6923
29 Jan 2009Conditional
Construction of two-storey extension to rear and single-storey sunroom extension to side of dwelling and detached domestic garage
Permission · Cork County Council, 09/4238
8 Dec 2008Conditional
Dwelling house & wastewater treatment system
Permission · Cork County Council, 08/10014
The 25 most recent of 46 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 Boherard.
Recorded monuments
No recorded monument lies in the townland of Boherard.
Architectural heritage
No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands in the townland of Boherard.
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
- At the centre of the townland of Boherard, about 1 in 5 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 low.
- Terrain model
- No LiDAR survey of the Office of Public Works covers the centre of the townland of Boherard.
- 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.
Homes sold
Property Price Register
No address of the register names Boherard with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Cork.
The townland
- Name
- Boherard · An Bóthar Ard
- Area
- 1,225,469 m² (122.55 ha, 302.82 acres)
- Civil parish
- Dunbulloge, and its townlands
- Barony
- Barrymore
- Electoral division
- Carrignavar, the unit of the census
- Census 2022
- 1,325 people lived in 426 households in the Carrignavar electoral division. 90% of households owned their home. 36% of homes were built since 2001. 4% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 0% were holiday homes.
- Neighbouring townlands
- Dromboy South, Gormlee, Gortnalahee, Ryefield East
- Placenames
- Boherard 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.