Boycestown
Townland in the civil parish of Carrigaline, barony of Kerrycurrihy, Co. Cork; in Irish Baile an Bhúisigh
- Area
- 64 ha
- 158 acres
- Land parcels
- 42
- registered freehold, median 1,689 m²
- Zoning
- —
- not in a zoned settlement
- Planning
- 32
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
42 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Boycestown, from 164 m² to 209,348 m² (20.93 ha, 51.73 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 14 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 Boycestown 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 Oct 2025Grant with conditions
Permission to (1) Demolish the existing single storey side extension & construct a new single storey side extension to the existing dwelling house, (2) Construct a new single storey front extension incorporating a new front porch, (3) Elevational changes to the existing dwelling house, (4) Install new rooflights to side and rear roof sections of the existing dwelling house and all associated site works.
Permission · Cork County Council, 25/6295
29 Jul 2021Conditional
Construction of a two storey extension at the rear of existing dwelling, changes to elevations of existing dwelling and the installation of a waste water treatment system.
Permission · Cork County Council, 21/6095
15 Oct 2020Conditional
The construction of a dwelling house and domestic garage and associated site works.
Permission · Cork County Council, 20/6263
7 Jul 2020Conditional
Retention of the following: (a) Change of use from permitted single storey domestic garage permitted under Planning Ref. 17/05689 to two storey dormer granny flat connected to main dwelling. (b) Permission for retention for construction of a single storey link extension, (c) permission for retention for alterations to front site boundary walls, entrance walls and gates (d) retention for single storey domestic garage (e) retention of driveway and all associated site works.
Retention · Cork County Council, 20/5410
16 Jun 2020Incompleted application
Permission for retention for the following : (a) change of use from permitted single storey domestic garage permitted under Planning Ref 17/05689 to two storey dormer granny flat connected to main dwelling, (b) permission for retention for construction of a single storey link extension, (c) permission for retention for alteration to front site boundary walls, entrance walls and gates, (d) retention for single storey domestic garage and all associated site works.
Retention · Cork County Council, 20/5220
12 Apr 2019Conditional
Extension and alterations to existing dwellinghouse to include, new first floor dormer extension to existing single storey house, ground floor extensions to rear, side and front, conversion of existing attached double garage to self contained ancillary accommodation/granny flat for own use, new detached garage, provision of replacement waste water treatment unit, alterations and ancillary site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 19/4915
20 Nov 2017Conditional
A. Construction of extension to south western elevation of existing potato-packing warehouse unit, B. Construction of potato washing settling tank and collection tank along with associated site work
Permission · Cork County Council, 17/7003
4 Jul 2017Conditional
(A) The refurbishment of an existing single storey cottage including alterations to existing elevations, (B) Permission for a single storey link extension to a proposed two storey dormer extension to the rear. (C) A proposed single storey detached garage, (D) A proposed bioprocess sewage treatment plant and raised polishing filter percolation area, (E) relocation of existing site entrance, (F) all associated site works.
Permission · Cork County Council, 17/5689
16 Jun 2017Incompleted application
Permission for the following: (A) The refurbishment of an existing single storey cottage, (B) Permission for a single storey link extension to a proposed two storey dormer extension to the rear, (C) A proposed single storey detached garage, (D) A proposed bioprocess sewage treatment plant and raised polishing filter percolation area, (E) Relocation of existing site entrance, (F) All associated site works.
Permission · Cork County Council, 17/5517
3 Mar 2017Conditional
Construction of a detached dwellinghouse, new vehicular entrance, detached garage and all associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 17/4504
24 Feb 2017Unconditional
1) Retention of bay window to front elevation, roof lights to front and rear elevations, first floor balcony to rear elevation together with retention of existing entrance, 2)Retention of existing as built detached domestic garage, 3) Retention of as built boundary fence, 4) Permission for alterations and extension to existing dwellinghouse to include partial demolition of existing dining room and construction of new single storey extension, new entrance porch, extension to existing first floor incorporating new gable ends to existing dwellinghouse, new rooflights and gable end windows, together with all ancillary site works.
Permission · Cork County Council, 17/4418
13 Feb 2017Conditional
Construction of agricultural building to include slatted livestock housing, livestock crush, easi-feed and slatted slurry tank along with associated site works.
Permission · Cork County Council, 17/4297
6 Jan 2017Incompleted application
For the following development to existing dwellinghouse and site: 1) Retention of bay window to front elevation, roof lights to front and rear elevations, first floor balcony to rear elevation together with retention of existing entrance, 2) Retention of existing as built detached domestic garage, 3) Retention of as built boundary fence, 4) Full Permission for alterations and extension to existing dwellinghouse to include partial demolition of existing dining room and construction of new single storey extension, construction of new entrance porch, extension to existing floor incorporating new gable ends to existing dwellinghouse, new roof lights and gable end windows together with all ancillary site works.
Permission · Cork County Council, 17/4015
22 Mar 2010Conditional
Extension and alterations to existing dwelling comprising of; (a) construction of a storey and a half dormer type extension to rear (north) elevation incorporating conversion of existing attic roof space to habitable accommodation, (b) 2 no. velux rooflights to existing rear (north) elevation of roof, (c) first floor gable window to east elevation, (d) 4 no. velux rooflights to existing garage roof and (e) replacement of rear elevation window to garage with a door
Permission · Cork County Council, 10/4641
15 Dec 2009Conditional
Dwelling, garage and septic tank
Permission · Cork County Council, 09/7913
18 Aug 2009Refused
Dwelling house, garage & septic tank
Permission · Cork County Council, 09/6744
31 Jul 2009Incompleted application
Dwelling house, garage & septic tank
Permission · Cork County Council, 09/6573
23 Dec 2008Conditional
Demolition of single storey dwelling and construction of dormer style dwelling, wastewater treatment unit and associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 08/10362
3 Sept 2008Conditional
Dwelling and wastewater treatment unit
Permission · Cork County Council, 08/8726
13 Nov 2007Conditional
Bungalow and installation of waste water treatment unit
Permission consequent · Cork County Council, 07/12339
4 Sept 2007Incompleted application
Bungalow and installation of wastewater treatment system
Permission consequent · Cork County Council, 07/10730
3 Aug 2007Incompleted application
Bungalow
Permission consequent · Cork County Council, 07/10098
11 Sept 2006Conditional
Dwellinghouse
Outline permission · Cork County Council, 06/10507
2 Jun 2006Conditional
Retention of conservatory extension to dwelling
Permission · Cork County Council, 06/7778
24 Apr 2006Conditional
Bungalow
Permission · Cork County Council, 06/6585
The 25 most recent of 32 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 Boycestown.
Recorded monuments
No recorded monument lies in the townland of Boycestown.
Architectural heritage
No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands in the townland of Boycestown.
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 5 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels. Testing a home
- Landslides
- Susceptibility moderately high, moderately low, low, on the 1:50,000 map.
- Terrain model
- No LiDAR survey of the Office of Public Works covers the centre of the townland of Boycestown.
- 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 Boycestown with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Cork.
The townland
- Name
- Boycestown · Baile an Bhúisigh
- Area
- 639,736 m² (63.97 ha, 158.08 acres)
- Civil parish
- Carrigaline, and its townlands
- Barony
- Kerrycurrihy
- Electoral division
- Carrigaline, the unit of the census
- Census 2022
- Carrigaline electoral division: 3,212 people in 1,115 households; 75% of households own their home; 50% of homes were built since 2001; 3% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 2% were holiday homes.
- Neighbouring townlands
- Aghamarta, Ballynaneening, Brownstown, Fahalea, Frenchfurze, Kilnaglery
- Placenames
- Boycestown 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.