# Brownsmills, Co. Cork: townland, land parcels and planning Townland in the civil parish of Ringcurran, barony of Kinsale, Co. Cork; in Irish Muileann an Bhrúnaigh. - Area (Tailte Éireann): 10,598 m² (1.06 ha, 2.62 acres) - Land parcels (Tailte Éireann): 11 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in it, median 369 m² - Zoning (national zoning, MyPlan): not in a zoned settlement - Planning (National Planning Applications): 14 applications since 2010 - Civil parish: Ringcurran, https://everytownland.com/cork/parish/ringcurran.md - Barony: Kinsale - Electoral division: Kinsale Rural, the unit of the census - Census 2022 (Central Statistics Office): Kinsale Rural electoral division: 5,605 people in 1,855 households; 75% of households own their home; 47% of homes were built since 2001; 6% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 8% were holiday homes. - County: Co. Cork, https://everytownland.com/cork.md - Placenames Database of Ireland: https://www.logainm.ie/en/11069 - Townland number at Tailte Éireann: 41108 - Centre: latitude 51.721331, longitude -8.518891 (WGS 84) ## Land parcels (registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann) 11 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Brownsmills, from 71 m² to 4,261 m² (0.43 ha, 1.05 acres); 9 neighbouring parcels touch its boundary. Largest first: - Parcel 2270617: 4,261 m² (0.43 ha, 1.05 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2270617.md - Parcel 2219723: 2,770 m² (0.28 ha, 0.68 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2219723.md - Parcel 2219724: 1,099 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/2219724.md - Parcel 2219722: 653 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/2219722.md - Parcel 2270616: 559 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/2270616.md - Parcel 6006670: 369 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/6006670.md - Parcel 2219720: 333 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/2219720.md - Parcel 3125880: 265 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/3125880.md - Parcel 3125879: 129 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/3125879.md - Parcel 3125881: 88 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/3125881.md - Parcel 2270615: 71 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/2270615.md ## Zoning (national zoning of development plans, MyPlan) No zone of a development plan covers Brownsmills in the national zoning. Outside zoned towns and villages, the county development plan's rural policies apply to each application. ## Planning applications whose site touches the townland (National Planning Applications, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage) 14 applications, newest first. - 13 Jul 2022, Cork County Council 22/5642: Unconditional. Retention. Retention permission for a single storey conservatory extension to the west elevation of unit 4 (dwellinghouse) at the former Mill Building - a Protected Structure (Ref: 00727). File: https://planning.agileapplications.ie/corkcoco/application-details/?ref=22/5642 - 15 Jun 2022, Cork County Council 22/5392: Incompleted application. Retention. Retention permission for a single storey conservatory extension to the West elevation of unit 4 at the former Mill Building - a protected structure (ref: 00727). File: https://planning.agileapplications.ie/corkcoco/application-details/?ref=22/5392 - 15 Jul 2016, Cork County Council 16/5770: Conditional. Permission. Change of use of part of the first floor from commercial kitchen associated with former licenced premises to use as part of the domestic dwelling (amendments to the planning application as granted,Pl. Reg. No. 14/5136), Retention of works completed including the demolition of porch to the western elevation, alterations to the fenestration to the northern elevation, and all associated site works.. File: https://planning.agileapplications.ie/corkcoco/application-details/?ref=16/5770 - 29 May 2014, Cork County Council 14/5136: Conditional. Permission. Change of use from existing public house and restaurant to a single occupancy domestic dwelling with separate commercial kitchen for use as an artisan food business, including alterations to the existing elevations and all associated site works. File: https://planning.agileapplications.ie/corkcoco/application-details/?ref=14/5136 - 17 Nov 2011, Cork County Council 11/6420: Unconditional. Extension of duration. Completion of two storey dwelling house permitted under Planning Reg. 06/8265. File: https://planning.agileapplications.ie/corkcoco/application-details/?ref=11/6420 - 14 Jul 2011, Cork County Council 11/5522: Conditional. Permission. Retention and completion of a 2 storey dwelling house currently under construction and retention of alterations to site layout and site boundaries as permitted under Planning Ref:06/8265. Retention of domestic shed and boundary wall. Permission to omit condition no. 3 of the governing planning permission (Planning Ref.:06/8265) which states the following; "The occupancy of the dwellinghouse shall be restricted to local persons with a housing need in accordance with SPL3-6 and 3.3.8 of the current Cork County Development Plan".. File: https://planning.agileapplications.ie/corkcoco/application-details/?ref=11/5522 - 18 May 2009, Cork County Council 09/5597: Conditional. Permission. Construction of detached garage. File: https://planning.agileapplications.ie/corkcoco/application-details/?ref=09/5597 - 23 Apr 2009, Cork County Council 09/5273: Incompleted application. Permission. Detached garage. File: https://planning.agileapplications.ie/corkcoco/application-details/?ref=09/5273 - 31 Aug 2006, Cork County Council 06/10203: Conditional. Permission. Construction of fire escape stairs on the Mill Building (2 no. apartments). File: https://planning.agileapplications.ie/corkcoco/application-details/?ref=06/10203 - 21 Jun 2006, Cork County Council 06/8265: Conditional. Permission. Two storey dwellinghouse. File: https://planning.agileapplications.ie/corkcoco/application-details/?ref=06/8265 - 23 Dec 2005, Cork County Council 05/9873: Conditional. Permission. Refurbishment and conservatory extension to Kiln House and refurbishment of mill to include conversion from 4 no. apartments to 2 no. apartments and associated works. File: https://planning.agileapplications.ie/corkcoco/application-details/?ref=05/9873 - 22 Dec 2005, Cork County Council 05/9684: Conditional. Permission. Alterations to 1 no. 3 storey town house, change of use of 2 no. apartments into 2 no. 3 storey town houses (including conversion of ground floor storage areas) and associated site works. File: https://planning.agileapplications.ie/corkcoco/application-details/?ref=05/9684 - 2 Dec 2005, Cork County Council 05/8910: Incompleted application. Permission. Alterations to 1 no. three storey townhouse, change 2 no. apartments to 2 no. three storey townhouses and associated site works. File: https://planning.agileapplications.ie/corkcoco/application-details/?ref=05/8910 - 15 Nov 2005, Cork County Council 05/8399: Incompleted application. Permission. Alterations to 3- storey dwellinghouse and change of use of 2 no. apartments to 2 no. three-storey townhouses including conversion of ground floor storage area. File: https://planning.agileapplications.ie/corkcoco/application-details/?ref=05/8399 Applicants are not shown. ## Designated sites (National Parks and Wildlife Service) No designated site (Special Area of Conservation, Special Protection Area, Natural Heritage Area or proposed one) touches the townland of Brownsmills. ## Recorded monuments (Sites and Monuments Record, National Monuments Service) - CO112-014: Mill - corn, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CCO112-014----. Roadside, at head of Oyster Haven, and 1.8km NE of Kinsale. Rectangular corn mill (int.: 13.63m E-W; 5.24m N-S); 4-storeys with attic, gable-ended. Wheel-pit (Wth 2.2m; D c. 3m) along E gable, head race substantially higher(c. 3m) than ground level indicating wheel-pit housed high breastshot or overshot waterwheel which no longer survives. Underground arched tail race. Mill machinery powered by a line shaft of pulleys. Early 20th century grinding machines on ground floor: Blackstone Mill fitted with 30in french burr stones; Bentall Grinding Mill. On 1st floor there is a Huntley, Cronson and Hammond Separator. Other mill equipment includes hoppers,chutes, cupped elevator and sack hoist. Long 2-storey structure (long axisN-S) added to W end of N elevation incorporates a grain drying kiln (int.: 16.15m E-W; 3.18m N-S) at S end. Central furnace (1.77m x 1.39m) at groundfloor with ceramic grain drying kiln tiles at 1st floor. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 2: East and South Cork' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1994). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload/revision: 14 January 2009 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). ## Architectural heritage (National Inventory of Architectural Heritage) - Brown's Mill, mill (water), 1790–1830, Regional interest, registry number 20911210, https://www.buildingsofireland.ie/niah/search.jsp?type=record&county=CO®no=20911210. Detached five-bay four-storey with attic former corn mill, built c.1810, having three-bay two-storey with attic block attached to north-west. Recent single-storey extension to side (west) elevation. Currently undergoing renovation for domestic use. Pitched slate roof to main block, hipped slate roof to two-storey block having rendered chimneystack. Rendered eaves course, rooflights and replacement cast-iron and uPVC rainwater goods throughout. Rendered walls throughout, having timber jib with simple cast-iron pulley mechanism to side (east) elevation of two-storey block. Square-headed window openings having replacement limestone and timber sills, with replacement timber casement windows. Square-headed door openings having glazed timber doors with overlights. Freestanding steel and timber water wheel located to north-west. Rubble limestone enclosing walls having render coping and rendered octagonal-profile gate piers with moulded caps and double-leaf cast-iron gates. - Bridge, 1800–1840, Regional interest, registry number 20911212, https://www.buildingsofireland.ie/niah/search.jsp?type=record&county=CO®no=20911212. Single-span rubble stone road bridge, built c.1820, spanning former Millrace. Round-headed arch having dressed limestone voussoirs. Partially rendered rubble limestone spandrels and parapets with render copings. ## Ground and risks (Radon Risk Map of Ireland, EPA; Landslide Susceptibility Classification and LiDAR, Geological Survey Ireland) - Radon: About 1 in 10 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels. Testing a home: https://www.epa.ie/environment-and-you/radon/radon-testing/#d.en.82887 - 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 Brownsmills. - Flooding: the flood maps of the Office of Public Works, https://www.floodinfo.ie/map/floodmaps/, linked only: their licence does not allow re-use. 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. ## Downloads - DXF, in Irish Transverse Mercator metres, with its boundary, parcels and buildings, for a drawing program: https://everytownland.com/cork/brownsmills.dxf - GeoJSON, in WGS 84, for a map: https://everytownland.com/cork/brownsmills.geojson - KML, for Google Earth: https://everytownland.com/cork/brownsmills.kml ## Homes sold (Residential Property Price Register) No address of the register names Brownsmills with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Cork: https://everytownland.com/cork.md ## Neighbouring townlands (National Statutory Boundaries, Tailte Éireann) - Farranarouga North: https://everytownland.com/cork/farranarouga-north.md - Knocknahilan: https://everytownland.com/cork/knocknahilan-43848.md - Knockrobin: https://everytownland.com/cork/knockrobin.md - Liscahane Beg: https://everytownland.com/cork/liscahane-beg.md - Spital-Land: https://everytownland.com/cork/spital-land.md 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. --- Everytownland reads the registered freehold land and the statutory boundaries of Tailte Éireann, the national zoning, planning file and heritage records of the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, and the Residential Property Price Register. 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; this site names no owner. A price is the price recorded for a past sale, not a valuation. Sources: Cadastral Parcels Freehold, Townlands, Civil Parishes, Baronies, Electoral Divisions and Buildings, Tailte Éireann, CC BY 4.0; national zoning of development plans (GZT, MyPlan) and National Planning Applications, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, CC BY 4.0, applicants not shown; designated sites, National Parks and Wildlife Service, CC BY 4.0; Sites and Monuments Record, National Monuments Service, CC BY 4.0; National Inventory of Architectural Heritage, CC BY 4.0; Residential Property Price Register, Property Services Regulatory Authority, re-used with the source acknowledged. - Page: https://everytownland.com/cork/brownsmills - In JSON: https://everytownland.com/api/townland/cork/brownsmills