Brookpark
Townland in the civil parish of Kilcorney, barony of Muskerry West, Co. Cork; in Irish Aghaidh Bhéil
- Area
- 303.9 ha
- 751 acres
- Land parcels
- 38
- registered freehold, median 30,147 m² (3.01 ha, 7.45 acres)
- Zoning
- —
- not in a zoned settlement
- Planning
- 28
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
38 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Brookpark, from 444 m² to 316,335 m² (31.63 ha, 78.17 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 18 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 Brookpark 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
1 Jun 2022Conditional
(1) Permission to retain agricultural workshop/machinery shed as constructed and (2) permission to retain extension to agricultural storage shed.
Retention · Cork County Council, 22/5280
5 May 2021Conditional
To retain (1) dwelling as constructed (change of layout and design from that permitted under planning reg. no 1192/73, (2) extension to rear of dwelling as constructed and (3) domestic garage, link/corridor and car port to rear and side of dwelling as constructed and all associated site works.
Retention · Cork County Council, 21/5202
19 Mar 2019Conditional
(a) Removal of existing external timber facade on all elevations of dwelling and replace with masonry block and plaster (b) Installation of two no. doors to replace windows and one no. window (c) Convert the existing attic /storage area into a habitable space with 2 no. bedrooms, 1 no. bathroom, 1 office / storage area and (d) Raising of the existing chimney.
Permission · Cork County Council, 19/4664
7 Jun 2013Conditional
(A) Erection of three permanent timber camping pods for provision of seasonal holiday letting accommodation, (B) Erection of two permanent bathroom pods, (C) Provision of a new waste water tretment unit and percolation area, and (D) All associated site works. (Note that this application is an amendment which represents a change in design and layout of planning permission register no. 12/06216 entailing the omission of the log cabin, omission of the alterations to existing out building and the inclusion of two permanent bathroom pods)
Permission · Cork County Council, 13/5077
24 Oct 2012Conditional
(a) Erection of three permanent timber camping pods for provision of seasonal holiday letting accommodation, (b) erection of a log cabin type common room, (c) alterations to and refurbishment of 1no. existing outbuilding for use as shower and toilet facilities and a crafts room, (d) provision of a new waste water treatment unit and percolation area, and (e) all associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 12/6216
7 Sept 2009Conditional
Dwelling house with attached domestic store/garage, septic tank & associated services
Permission · Cork County Council, 09/6954
17 Jul 2009Refused
Single storey dwelling house with attic accommodation, wastewater treatment system & associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 09/6389
22 Oct 2008Conditional
Dwelling, domestic garage/store & associated services including installation of wastewater treatment system
Permission · Cork County Council, 08/9398
16 Jul 2008Conditional
Siting of mobile home and associated services including wastewater treatment system
Permission · Cork County Council, 08/7907
7 May 2008Refused
Dwellinghouse, domestic store/garage & septic tank
Permission · Cork County Council, 08/6582
30 Apr 2008Incompleted application
Siting of mobile home and associated services including wastewater treatment system
Permission · Cork County Council, 08/6415
30 Apr 2008Conditional
Dwelling, domestic store/garage and associated services including wastewater treatment system
Permission · Cork County Council, 08/6423
15 Oct 2007Conditional
Dwellinghouse and installation of treatment plant
Permission · Cork County Council, 07/11655
23 Aug 2007Incompleted application
Dwellinghouse, stables and installation of treatment plant
Permission · Cork County Council, 07/10482
18 Jul 2007Incompleted application
Dwellinghouse and stables
Permission · Cork County Council, 07/9676
22 Jun 2007Conditional
Dwelling and garage
Permission · Cork County Council, 07/8917
12 Apr 2007Refused
Dwellinghouse and store/garage
Permission · Cork County Council, 07/6981
21 Feb 2007Conditional
Construction of easy feed cattle shed with slatted tank, dairy tank and all associated ancillaries
Permission · Cork County Council, 07/5308
21 Feb 2007Conditional
Dwellinghouse
Outline permission · Cork County Council, 07/5311
26 Oct 2006Refused
Residential development - 4 no. dwellinghouses
Outline permission · Cork County Council, 06/11769
16 Feb 2006Conditional
Dwellinghouse
Outline permission · Cork County Council, 06/4836
22 Dec 2005Conditional
Dormer bungalow and garage
Permission · Cork County Council, 05/9666
21 Jun 2005Withdrawn
2 no. dwellings
Outline permission · Cork County Council, 05/4354
5 May 2005Conditional
Bungalow
Outline permission · Cork County Council, 05/2988
24 Mar 2005Incompleted application
Dwellinghouse
Outline permission · Cork County Council, 05/1799
The 25 most recent of 28 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 Brookpark.
Recorded monuments
- CO039-106 Standing stone
Description
Shown on 1842 and 1904 OS 6-inch maps as pair of 'Gallauns' c. 10m apart. In pasture, on E-facing slope. Removed; no visible surface trace. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 3: Mid Cork' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1997). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload/revision: 14 January 2009
- CO039-106001 Standing stone
Description
Shown on 1842 and 1904 OS 6-inch maps as pair of 'Gallauns' c. 10m apart. In pasture, on E-facing slope. Removed; no visible surface trace. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 3: Mid Cork' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1997). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload/revision: 14 January 2009
- CO039-107 Standing stone
Description
Not shown on 1842 OS 6-inch map. Marked 'Gallaun', and shown as single standing stone on 1904 OS 6-inch map. In pasture, on E-facing slope just W of Brookpark House. Removed; no visible surface trace. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 3: Mid Cork' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1997). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload/revision: 14 January 2009
- CO048-050001 Anomalous stone group
Description
In small copse of coniferous trees, in level pasture, at foot of N side of Musheramore Mountain. Depicted as 'stone circle' on 1842, 1904 and 1938 OS 6-inch maps. Group of five small upright stones forming no particular pattern. Stones vary from 0.65m to 0.25m in H and from 0.2m to 0.6m in Wth. Site of standing stone (6901) in adjoining field to S. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 3: Mid Cork' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1997). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload/revision: 14 January 2009 This monument is subject to a preservation order made under the National Monuments Acts 1930 to 2014 (PO no. 169/1941).
- CO048-050002 Standing stone
Description
Marked as single standing stone on 1842, 1904 and 1938 OS 6-inch maps, c. 30m to S of anomalous stone group (CO048-05001-). Removed; no visible surface trace. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 3: Mid Cork' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1997). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload/revision: 14 January 2009 This monument is subject to a preservation order made under the National Monuments Acts 1930 to 2014 (PO no. 169/1941).
Architectural heritage
No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands in the townland of Brookpark.
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 Brookpark.
- 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 Brookpark with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Cork.
The townland
- Name
- Brookpark · Aghaidh Bhéil
- Area
- 3,038,988 m² (303.9 ha, 750.95 acres)
- Civil parish
- Kilcorney, and its townlands
- Barony
- Muskerry West
- Electoral division
- Kilcorney, the unit of the census
- Census 2022
- Kilcorney electoral division: 333 people in 128 households; 82% of households own their home; 30% of homes were built since 2001; 10% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 1% were holiday homes.
- Neighbouring townlands
- Baunreagh, Finnanfield, Glenleigh, Horsemount North, Laharan, Mushera, Tooreenbane, Tullig
- Placenames
- Brookpark 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.