Carhoo
Townland in the civil parish of Carrigtohill, barony of Barrymore, Co. Cork; in Irish An Cheathrú
- Area
- 39 ha
- 96 acres
- Land parcels
- 18
- registered freehold, median 2,377 m² (0.24 ha, 0.59 acres)
- Zoning
- C6
- Existing Mixed/General Business/Industrial Uses
- Planning
- 38
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
18 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Carhoo, from 103 m² to 76,126 m² (7.61 ha, 18.81 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
- C6Existing Mixed/General Business/Industrial Uses (Mixed/general commercial/industrial/enterprise uses)
Cork County Development Plan 2022, Cork · 7 parcels The zoning objective in the plan - C2.1Business and General Employment (Industrial, enterprise, employment)
Cork County Development Plan 2022, Cork · 4 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
Source: Tailte Éireann and the Department of Housing (MyPlan), national zoning, CC BY 4.0.
Planning applications
Sites that touch the townland, newest first
28 Jul 2025Grant with conditions
Permission for retention of a hard surface area and entrance ramp for the storage of articulated truck trailers, and permission to erect a new palisade fence to the north, east and part of the western perimeter of the site and a new sliding entrance gate, and all associated site works
Permission for retention · Cork County Council, 25/5514
22 May 2024Refused
Permission for retention of a permanent hard-core surfaced yard and entrance ramp for the purpose of commercial storage of articulated truck trailers. Permission to erect a new 2.4m high palisade fence to the northern and eastern perimeter and part of the western perimeter of the site and new 10m wide sliding entrance gate, and all associated site works at our existing facility
Permission for retention · Cork County Council, 24/4913
25 Mar 2024Incompleted application
Permission for retention of a hard-core surfaced trailer storage yard, a perimeter fencing, and all associated site works at our existing facility.
Retention · Cork County Council, 24/4509
30 Sept 2022Conditional
Development of 1 no. single storey CNG (compressed natural gas) compressor installation with a floor area of 25m2, 1 no. single storey ESB MV substation with a floor area of 33m2, 1.8m & 2.4m high fence, 3m & 8m high lighting, 2no. storage bases, public access fuelling dispensers and forecourt, fuel totem, access to existing private road and associated ground works.
Permission · Cork County Council, 22/6191
5 Sept 2022Incompleted application
Development of 1 no. single storey CNG (compressed natural gas) compressor installation with a floor area of 23m2, 1 no. single ESB MV substation with a floor area of 33m2, 1.8m & 2.4m high fence, public access fueling dispensers, forecourt, fuel totem, access to existing private road and associated ground works.
Permission · Cork County Council, 22/6005
17 Jul 2018Unconditional
Dwelling, new entrance and ancillary site works. Extension of Duration of Permission granted under Planning Reference: 14/4187.
Extension of duration · Cork County Council, 18/5870
18 Apr 2016Conditional
Construct a new carport with attached domestic garage to rear of existing dwelling house
Permission · Cork County Council, 16/4852
2 Apr 2015Conditional
Retention of wastewater treatment plant and percolation area
Retention · Cork County Council, 15/4648
3 Feb 2014Conditional
Dwelling, new entrance and ancillary site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 14/4187
29 Apr 2013Unconditional
Extension to warehouse premises, entrance and associated site works, extension of duration of permission granted under Planning Reg. No. 08/7712
Extension of duration · Cork County Council, 13/4774
9 Apr 2013Conditional
Construction of a single bay extension to the northern side of existing commercial vehicle maintenance building
Permission · Cork County Council, 13/4624
24 May 2012Refused
Construction of new dwelling and all site ancillary works
Permission · Cork County Council, 12/5102
2 May 2012Incompleted application
Construction of dwellinghouse and all site ancillary works
Permission · Cork County Council, 12/4905
3 Sept 2009Withdrawn
Dwelling, entrance and wastewater treatment system
Permission · Cork County Council, 09/6901
7 Jul 2008Conditional
Extension to warehouse premises, entrance and associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 08/7712
20 Jun 2008Incompleted application
Extension to warehouse premises and associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 08/7399
8 May 2008Conditional
Change of use from a warehousing unit to a materials recovery facility & vehicle parking
Permission · Cork County Council, 08/6599
6 May 2008Conditional
Retention of the grading of access roadway with hardcore including all ancillary site works as consructed
Permission · Cork County Council, 08/6526
7 Apr 2008Conditional
Erection of 1 no. 15 metre 38kV steel mast
Permission · Cork County Council, 08/5888
19 Mar 2008Incompleted application
Erection of 1 no. 15m 38kV steel mast
Permission · Cork County Council, 08/5542
3 Jan 2008Incompleted application
Change of use from warehousing unit to materials recovery facility and vehicle parking
Permission · Cork County Council, 08/4026
5 Oct 2007Conditional
Construction of 5 no. light industrial units and associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 07/11453
1 Jun 2007Refused
Dwellinghouse
Permission · Cork County Council, 07/8337
2 Mar 2007Conditional
Construction of industrial building containing 4 no. workshops for fabrication of carbon steel and stainless steel commponents, separate management office building, industrial storage unit, ESB substation and switchroom and open storage of carbon steel and stainless steel sections and fabrications
Permission · Cork County Council, 07/5580
9 Feb 2007Incompleted application
Construction of industrial building comprising of 4 no. workshops for fabrication of carbon steel and stainless steel components, separate management office building, industrial storage unit, ESB substation and switchroom and open storage of carbon steel and stainless steel sections and fabrications
Permission · Cork County Council, 07/4928
The 25 most recent of 38 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 Carhoo.
Recorded monuments
- CO075-050 Country house
Description
Ruined 2-storey (over basement to rear) late 18th/early 19th century house marked on OS 6-inch map 1902 and 1935 as 'Carhuegarriffe'. Weatherslated walls; projecting eaves; collapsed hipped roof with central chimney. Entrance front (N) of 3 bays; central round-headed door ope. Gabled addition to rear. 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
Architectural heritage
No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands in the townland of Carhoo.
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 high, 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 Carhoo.
- 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 Carhoo with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Cork.
The townland
- Name
- Carhoo · An Cheathrú
- Area
- 389,891 m² (38.99 ha, 96.34 acres)
- Civil parish
- Carrigtohill, and its townlands
- Barony
- Barrymore
- Electoral division
- Carrigtohill, the unit of the census
- Census 2022
- Carrigtohill electoral division: 8,181 people in 2,751 households; 72% of households own their home; 61% of homes were built since 2001; 5% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 0% were holiday homes.
- Neighbouring townlands
- Anngrove, Killacloyne, Springhill
- Placenames
- Carhoo 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.