Boolard

19 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Boolard, from 36 m² to 466,642 m² (46.66 ha, 115.31 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 14 neighbouring parcels touch it.

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No zone of a development plan covers Boolard 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.

• 13 Nov 2020Conditional

  To demolish part of dwelling house and to erect a bungalow type extension with attic development to remaining dwelling house also to decommission existing effluent treatment system and percolation area and install a new waste water treatment unit and polishing filter all within their site.

  Permission · Cork County Council, 20/6498

• 24 May 2017Conditional

  Works to connect the permitted Boolard Wind Farm (Reg. Refs. 12/5997 and 15/5521/PL.04.245560) to the existing Charleville 110kv ESBN substation comprising as follows: installation of approximately 5.694 km of 20kv underground electricity cable and fibre communications cable in ducting; 12 no. joint bays, 12 no. communications chambers and 2 no. earth link boxes (all underground); access covers to chambers and boxes at finished surface level; ancillary marker posts and marker plates as necessary; the replacement of an existing concrete pipe with a box culvert under an existing agricultural track and the construction of new parapet walls above the track; and all associated site development and reinstatement works. The development will consist of alterations to permitted wind farm site layout (as per Reg. Ref. 12/5997 and 15/5521 / PL.04.245560) as follows i) widening of permitted vehicular site entrance, ii) provision of 2 no. turning areas/overrun areas for turbine delivery/construction vehicles off the permitted wind farm site road iii) localized realignment and refinement of internal wind farm site road network, iv) increased crane pad size at both permitted turbine locations, and v) also, construction of control building (minor change of location from Reg. Ref. 15/5521/PL.04.245560).

  Permission · Cork County Council, 17/5292

• 25 Nov 2016Withdrawn

  The installation of 5.645km of 20kV underground electricity cable and fibre communications cable to be contained within ducting; 12 no. joint bays, 12 no. communications chambers and 2 no. earth link boxes (all underground), access covers to chambers and boxes at finished surface level; ancillary marker posts and marker plates as necessary; replacement of an existing concrete pipe with box culvert under an existing agricultural track and the construction of new parapet walls above the track and all associated site development and reinstatement works. The works are required to connect the permitted Bollard Wind Farm (Reg. Nos. 12/5997 and 15/5521) to the existing Charleville 110kV ESBN substation

  Permission · Cork County Council, 16/6938

• 17 Nov 2016Incompleted application

  The installation of 5.645km of 20kV underground electricity cable and fibre communications cable to be contained within ducting; 12 no. joint bays, 12 no. communications chambers and 2 no. earth link boxes (all underground), access covers to chambers and boxes at finished surface level; ancillary marker posts and marker plates as necessary; replacement of an existing concrete pipe with box culvert under an agricultural track and the construction of new parapet walls above the track and all associated site development and reinstatement works. The works are required to connect the permitted Bollard Wind Farm (Reg. Refs. 12/5997 and 15/5521) to the existing Charleville 110kV ESBN substation.

  Permission · Cork County Council, 16/6868

• 19 Oct 2016Conditional

  Retention of as built extension constructed off eastern gable of the original cottage, alterations to the original cottage, relocation of the vehicular entrance point and associated site works (Amendments to permission granted under Planning Reg. No. N/1092/90)

  Retention · Cork County Council, 16/6602

• 10 Jul 2015Conditional

  Construction of control building for wind turbine development (change of plan from that permitted under planning reg. No. 12/5997) to meet new ESB Networks standard

  Permission · Cork County Council, 15/5521

• 29 Jun 2015Incompleted application

  Alteration to control building granted un planning Ref. 12/05997 including pitched roof and additional floor space to meet new ESB Networks standard.

  Permission · Cork County Council, 15/5410

• 19 Sept 2012Conditional

  Construction of 2no. wind turbines with tip height up to 150.5m, control building, 100m wind monitoring mast and associated site works including additional tracks and alterations to existing entrance to public road (change of site boundaries, location of turbine T2, contol building and layout from that permitted under planningreg. No. 11/4974 and additional of wind monitoring mast). A 10 year planning permission is sought

  Permission · Cork County Council, 12/5997

• 13 Sept 2012Incompleted application

  Construction of 2no. wind turbines with tip height up to 150.0m control building. 100m wind monitoring mast and associated site works including additional tracks and alterations to existing entrance to public road (change of site boundaries, location of turbine T2, control building and layout from that permitted under Planning Reg. No. 11/4974 and addition of wind monitoring mast). A 10 year planning permission is sought.

  Permission · Cork County Council, 12/5957

• 6 May 2011Conditional

  Construction of 2 no. wind turbines with ground to tip height up to 150.5 metres, a control building and all associated works including additional tracks and alterations to existing entrance to public road

  Permission · Cork County Council, 11/4974

• 13 Apr 2011Incompleted application

  Construction of 2 no. wind turbines, control building and all associated works

  Permission · Cork County Council, 11/4765

• 7 Sept 2006Conditional

  Contruction of silage slab, dairy washing tank, effluent tank, sump tank, slurry tower, feeding area with auto-scrapers and change of use of easy feed unit to cubicle house

  Permission · Cork County Council, 06/10392

• 1 Aug 2006Incompleted application

  Construction of silage slab, dairy washing tank, effluent tank, sump tank, slurry tower, feeding area with auto-scrapers and change of use of easy feed to cubicle house

  Permission · Cork County Council, 06/9411

• 5 Apr 2005Conditional

  Dwelling

  Permission · Cork County Council, 05/2102

• 8 Mar 2005Incompleted application

  Dwellinghouse

  Permission · Cork County Council, 05/1393

• 11 Nov 2003Conditional

  Dwellinghouse

  Permission · Cork County Council, 03/5871

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 Boolard.

Recorded monuments

• CO007-025 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  In pasture, on gentle E-facing slope. Depicted as hachured circular enclosure (diam. c. 28m) on 1842 OS 6-inch map. Levelled; no visible surface trace. 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

• CO007-027001 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  In rough pasture, on gentle SE-facing slope, on edge of deciduous woodland which extends down slope to stream. Circular area (30.5m N-S; 30.2m E-W) enclosed by earthen bank (int. H 1.2m; ext. H 2.05m) with external partially waterlogged fosse (D 1.35m). Bank and interior planted with deciduous trees. Break in bank to E (Wth 2m) and S (Wth 1.2m); gap (Wth 1.8m) worn through bank to W. Circular enclosure (CO007-02702-) lies c. 14m to NE. 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

• CO007-027002 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  In rough grazing land, on gentle SE-facing slope; ringfort (CO007-02701-) c. 14m to SW. Circular area (23.2m N-S; 20.3m E-W) enclosed by low wide earthen bank (ext. H 0.25m), mainly visible due to differential growth pattern; external fosse visible as shallow waterlogged ring surrounding bank. Entrance (Wth 4m) to SE. Further earthen banks lead off in a south easterly direction and may be remains of earlier field system. 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

No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands in the townland of Boolard.

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 Boolard, about 1 in 20 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 Boolard.

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 Boolard with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Cork.

Name

Boolard · An Bhuaile Ard

Area

807,869 m² (80.79 ha, 199.63 acres)

Civil parish

Shandrum, and its townlands

Barony

Orrery and Kilmore

Electoral division

Milltown, the unit of the census

Census 2022

441 people lived in 154 households in the Milltown electoral division. 94% of households owned their home. 29% of homes were built since 2001. 8% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 1% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Ardglass, Clyderragh, Curraghcloonabro East, Shinanagh

Placenames

Boolard 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.