Carhookeal

267 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Carhookeal, from 17 m² to 141,513 m² (14.15 ha, 34.97 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 27 neighbouring parcels touch it.

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• R2Existing Residential/Mixed Residential and Other Uses (Existing residential)
  Cork County Development Plan 2022, Cork · 273 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• G3Greenbelt1 (Conservation, amenity or buffer space, corridor/belt, landscape)
  Cork County Development Plan 2022, Cork · 10 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• G3Green Infrastructure (Conservation, amenity or buffer space, corridor/belt, landscape)
  Cork County Development Plan 2022, Cork · 3 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• G4Green Infrastructure (Active open space)
  Cork County Development Plan 2022, Cork · 2 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• G3Special Policy Area (Conservation, amenity or buffer space, corridor/belt, landscape)
  Cork County Development Plan 2022, Cork · 2 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• G1Green Infrastructure (Open space, park)
  Cork County Development Plan 2022, Cork · 0 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• S5Community (Mixed/general community services/facilities uses)
  Cork County Development Plan 2022, Cork · 0 parcels The zoning objective in the plan

Source: Tailte Éireann and the Department of Housing (MyPlan), national zoning, CC BY 4.0.

• 31 Aug 2026Awaiting validation sro

  Permission for the demolition of the existing attached single-storey garage and utility room, and the construction of a two-storey extension to the eastern side of the existing dwelling, including alterations to the existing dwelling and all associated site development works.

  Permission · Cork County Council, 26/2270

• 7 May 2026Refused

  planning permission to construct a new dwelling house with entrance and all associated site and ancillary works.

  Permission · Cork County Council, 26/1204

• 18 Mar 2026Grant with conditions

  The installation of a free standing 13.04m x 4.2m x 4.1m (L x W x H), Containerised Biomass Boiler Unit, with all ancillary services and associated site works at the grass verge area adjacent Davis College, Carhookeal, Mallow, Co. Cork. This development is covered by the provisions of the Renewable Energy Directive III (Directive (EU) 2023/2413) and it is important to note that the planning application may be subject to section 34D of the Planning and Development Act 2000, as amended. When a notice issues in accordance with section 34D(b), the provisions of article 26A of the Planning and Development Regulations 2001 to 2025 shall apply.

  Permission · Cork County Council, 26/0660

• 18 Feb 2026Invalid - prepare letters

  Permission for the installation of a free standing 13.04m x 4.2m x 4.1m (LxWxH) Biomass Boiler Unit, with all ancillary services and associated site works

  Permission · Cork County Council, 26/0381

• 29 Aug 2024Refused

  Permission to construct a new dwelling house with entrance and all associated site and ancillary works

  Permission · Cork County Council, 24/5621

• 29 Jul 2024Incompleted application

  Permission to construct a new dwelling house with entrance and all associated site and ancillary works.

  Permission · Cork County Council, 24/5448

• 8 Jun 2021Conditional

  Alterations and extension to the existing St Mary’s Daycare Centre, Mallow consisting of the following: (1) For internal alterations to the layout and external alterations to the existing elevations, (2) To construct a new single storey extension to the rear of existing building to accommodate a new staff area comprising of 2 no. offices, canteen, and toilet, (3) To construct a new front entrance porch to the side of existing building (4) For new external works consisting of a new sit out garden area with retractable awning overhead, new car parking area, bin storage area, signage and all associated site works and services in accordance with plans and documents submitted.

  Permission · Cork County Council, 21/5581

• 13 Nov 2020Conditional

  The construction of a single-storey extension to the rear of dwelling house, the alteration of rear elevation and the change of roof covering of the existing dwelling house from tiles to slate.

  Permission · Cork County Council, 20/6513

• 28 Feb 2020Conditional

  The development of the Greenfield site consists of (a) construction of a 98m x 63m grass pitch, (b) provision of a 400m eight lane running track, (c) construction of a building to provide changing facilities, (d) provision of 40 car and 2 bus parking spaces, (e) widening of Sexton’s Boreen, (f) importation of clean, natural soil to grade the field, (g) installation of floodlights, and (h) diversion of water main and associated site works. The Environmental Impact Assessment Report / Natura Impact Statement will be submitted to the Planning Authority with the application.

  Permission · Cork County Council, 20/4417

• 25 Feb 2020Unconditional

  Retention of existing extension and permission for construction of extensions to existing dwellinghouse. Extension of Duration to Permission granted under Planning Ref. No 15/4900

  Extension of duration · Cork County Council, 20/4379

• 7 Feb 2020Conditional

  To construct a new dwelling house.

  Permission · Cork County Council, 20/4214

• 11 Oct 2019Conditional

  Construction of a dwellinghouse

  Permission · Cork County Council, 19/6455

• 20 Sept 2019Incompleted application

  To construct a new dwelling house.

  Permission · Cork County Council, 19/6298

• 30 Apr 2019Conditional

  The alteration of Mallow Sewerage Scheme to remove combined sewer overflows from the network. The proposed scheme will include: 1. The alteration of Mallow Wastewater Treatment Plant to provide for wastewater treatment capacity for 22,000pe (increased from 18,000pe) at Ballyellis, Mallow. The WWTP upgrade will comprise construction of new local pumping station, refurbishment/replacement of inlet works, distribution chambers, alteration of existing tanks, construction of plinths and kiosks, sludge import acceptance unit, sludge tanks, chemical storage tanks, associated pumps, replacement of sludge presses in existing sludge building with centrifuges, all with associated odour control facilities, electrical control panels and kiosks, standby power generation equipment and diesel tank, extensions to existing access roads and all associated site development and site excavation works above and below ground. 2. Construction of a new pump station at Bearforest Lower, Mallow, to transfer flows from the network to the WWTP at Ballyellis. The development will contain a foul sump, storm sump, valve chamber, lifting gantries, access stairs, control house with MV Substation, storm tank, interconnecting pipework and chambers, overflow pipework and chambers from storm tank to river Blackwater, twin rising mains to WWTP at Ballyellis, flow meter chambers, odour control equipment, 2.4m high boundary fence, access gate, access roads, hardstanding areas, landscaping and all associated site development and site excavation works above and below ground. Existing pump station to be decommissioned and above ground structure demolished on completion. 3. Upgrade of sections of the sewer network in Mallow comprising construction of pipelines and chambers in fields, public open spaces, roads and footpaths in the townlands of Ballyellis, Bearforest Lower, Ballydahin, Carhookeal, Quartertown Lower, Castlelands, Mallow, Annabella, Lackanalooha, Kilknockan and Spa Glen. Pipelines will include a crossing of the river Blackwater between Castlelands and Bearforest Lower east of Mallow Bridge. A Natura Impact Statement (NIS) will be submitted to the Planning Authority with this application.

  Permission · Cork County Council, 19/5078

• 28 Apr 2017Conditional permission

  Construction of dwelling house, new vehicular entrance and all associated site works.

  Permission · Cork County Council, 17/5024

• 31 Mar 2017Incompleted application

  Construction of 11 no. temporary car parking spaces for staff use and 1m wide marked footpath on Sexton's Boreen with 1m high safety barriers between footpath and boreen and all associated site works.

  Permission · Cork County Council, 17/4766

• 4 May 2016Conditional

  Construction of an extension onto the side of an existing domestic shed for (domestic purpose) to the rear of dwellinghouse and the construction of timber fence against existing southern property boundary

  Permission · Cork County Council, 16/5046

• 20 Apr 2016Conditional

  Erection of 1 no. prefabricated classroom, 2 no. additional car parking spaces and associated site works.

  Permission · Cork County Council, 16/4884

• 26 Jun 2015Conditional

  Construction of a 2 storey extension to the side of existing dwelling

  Permission · Cork County Council, 15/5395

• 1 May 2015Conditional

  Retention of existing extension and permission for construction of extensions to existing dwellinghouse

  Permission · Cork County Council, 15/4900

• 2 Apr 2015Conditional

  Construction of boundary wall with piers and infill railings, including all associated site development works at western side of Sexton's Boreen between nos. 18 & 19 Manor Park

  Permission · Cork County Council, 15/4656

• 23 Jan 2015Conditional

  Permission to re-locate an existing pre-fabricated classroom (Planning Ref: P.D. 55014/13) and for the erection of 1 new additional prefabricated classroom, 2 no. additional car parking spaces and all associated site works

  Permission · Cork County Council, 15/4110

• 20 Jan 2015Withdrawn

  Residential development of 20 no. dwellings and relocation of site entrance on part of site for which residential development was granted under planning ref.no. 06/11756 resulting in an overall decrease in site density from 218 dwellings to 216 dwellings, extension of duration to permission granted under Planning Ref. No. 09/4773

  Extension of duration · Cork County Council, 15/4085

• 9 Jan 2015Incompleted application

  Construction of a boundary wall with piers and infill railings, including all associated site development works at the west side of Sexton's Boreen between Number's 18 and 19 Manor Park

  Permission · Cork County Council, 15/4029

• 23 Dec 2014Incompleted application

  Re-locate an existing pre-fabricated classroom (Planning Reg. No. P.D. 55014/13) and erection of 1 new additional pre-fabricated classroom and all associated site works

  Permission · Cork County Council, 14/6805

The 25 most recent of 75 applications.

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 Carhookeal.

Recorded monuments

No recorded monument lies in the townland of Carhookeal.

Architectural heritage

• Carrokeal House, house, 1800–1820 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached L-plan five-bay two-storey former house, built c. 1810, facing north, and having three-bay three-storey return to south-east, with two-bay two-and three-storey additions to re-entrant angle. Canted-bay windows to east and west elevations and later canted-plan entrance porch to west elevation. Now in use as GAA clubhouse. Hipped slate roofs with rendered chimneystacks and overhanging sheeted eaves. Render dentillated cornices to bay windows. Roughcast rendered walls with smooth render plinth course. Painted smooth rendered walls to bay windows and porch. Camber-headed openings to front elevation with concrete sills and render surrounds, with timber sliding sash windows, six-over-six pane to first floor and one-over-one pane to ground floor. Square-headed openings to other elevations with render reveals and two-over-two pane and some one-over-one pane timber sliding sash windows, some now boarded up. Square-headed openings to bay windows with one-over-one pane timber sliding sash windows and render sills. Square-headed openings to porch with replacement uPVC windows and render sills. Round-headed door opening to front elevation with render surround, replacement timber door, cobweb fanlight and timber doorcase comprising flanking engaged columns and dentillated cornice. Square-headed opening to rear with timber battened door and render surround. Square-headed opening to porch with replacement uPVC door. Retains interior timber shutters to ground floor windows.

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

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; parts are made ground.

Terrain model

LiDAR of the Office of Public Works, flown in 2011, at 2 m: tile OPW_961 (ZIP).

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.

No address of the register names Carhookeal with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Cork.

Name

Carhookeal · An Cheathrú Chaol

Area

649,587 m² (64.96 ha, 160.52 acres)

Civil parish

Mallow, and its townlands

Barony

Fermoy

Electoral division

Mallow Rural, the unit of the census

Census 2022

Mallow Rural electoral division: 5,045 people in 1,684 households; 62% of households own their home; 53% of homes were built since 2001; 6% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 0% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Ballydahin, Bearforest Lower, Bearforest Upper, Gooldshill, Gortnagraiga

Placenames

Carhookeal 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.