Castle Upper
Castle Upper is a townland in the civil parish of Timoleague, barony of Ibane and Barryroe, Co. Cork. Its name in Irish is An Caisleán Uachtarach.
- Area
- 39.9 ha
- 99 acres
- Land parcels
- 25
- registered freehold, median 4,484 m² (0.45 ha, 1.11 acres)
- Zoning
- —
- not in a zoned settlement
- Planning
- 26
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
25 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Castle Upper, from 113 m² to 150,365 m² (15.04 ha, 37.16 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 13 neighbouring parcels touch it.
Download the townland as DXF, in Irish Transverse Mercator metres, with its boundary, parcels and buildings, or as GeoJSON or KML.
Zoning
Development plans, national zoning
No zone of a development plan covers Castle Upper 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
23 Jan 2023Conditional permission
The construction of a single storey kitchen, dining and utility extension to an existing dwelling house and all associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 23/4059
13 Apr 2017Conditional
Dormer dwelling house and associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 17/216
5 Jan 2016Withdrawn
The erection of a dormer dwelling house and associated siteworks
Permission · Cork County Council, 16/2
27 Mar 2015Conditional
Partial demolition of existing dwelling and for alterations and extensions to existing dwelling for use as a dwelling and ancillary granny flat and all associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 15/158
23 Mar 2015Incompleted application
Partial demolition of existing dwelling and for alterations and extensions to existing dwelling for use as a dwelling and ancillary granny flat and all associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 15/146
30 Jul 2014Withdrawn
The erection of a single storey dwelling and associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 14/460
30 Jul 2014Withdrawn
The erection of a single storey dwelling and associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 14/461
30 Jun 2014Conditional
Retention of alterations to elevations including the construction of 2no balconies to existing dwelling constructed under planning reference W/03/2501
Retention · Cork County Council, 14/394
20 Jun 2014Incompleted application
Single storey dwelling and associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 14/377
7 Feb 2014Incompleted application
Permission for the retention of alterations to elevations including the construction of 2 no. balconies to existing dwelling constructed under planning reference W/03/2501
Retention · Cork County Council, 14/90
6 Dec 2013Incompleted application
Permission for the retention of alterations to elevations including the construction of 2no balconies to existing dwelling constructed under planning reference W/03/2501
Retention · Cork County Council, 13/677
18 Jun 2013Conditional
Construct single and two storey extension to dwelling including alterations to elevations. Permission also sought to carry out alterations to outbuildings for use ancillary to existing dwelling including reroofing and raising of ridge heights
Permission · Cork County Council, 13/350
30 May 2013Incompleted application
Proposed single & 2-storey extensions and alterations to existing house and outbuildings and associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 13/303
5 Dec 2011Conditional
Retention of bay window to front of dwelling
Retention · Cork County Council, 11/740
28 Nov 2011Incompleted application
Retention of bay window to front of dwelling
Retention · Cork County Council, 11/719
22 Mar 2006Conditional
Single storey extension to side of dwelling
Permission · Cork County Council, 06/482
26 May 2003Conditional
Dwelling
Approval · Cork County Council, 03/2501
12 Aug 2002New application
Dwellinghouse
Approval · Cork County Council, 02/3575
18 Jul 2002Conditional
Dwellinghouse
Permission · Cork County Council, 02/3158
16 Aug 2001Refused
Dwellinghouse
Permission · Cork County Council, 01/4660
13 Jun 2001Unconditional
Retention of domestic garage
Permission · Cork County Council, 01/3411
8 Jun 2001Conditional
Alterations, ground floor & dormer extension to dwelling
Permission · Cork County Council, 01/3298
18 Sept 2000Refused
Bungalow
Outline permission · Cork County Council, 00/5635
27 Apr 2000Conditional
Dwelling (change of plan)
Permission · Cork County Council, 00/2483
2 Dec 1999Conditional
Dwellinghouse
Outline permission · Cork County Council, 99/6584
The 25 most recent of 26 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
- Special Area of Conservation: Courtmacsherry Estuary SAC 001230
- Special Protection Area: Courtmacsherry Bay SPA 004219
- Proposed Natural Heritage Area: Courtmacsherry Estuary 001230
Recorded monuments
- CO123-046 Ringfort - rath
Description
In pasture, on S-facing slope, overlooking Timoleague and Courtmacsherry Bays to S. No visible surface trace. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 1: West Cork' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1992). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload/revision: 14 January 2009
- CO123-047 Ritual site - holy well
Description
Now disused: precise location not found due to overgrowth and marshy condition of surrounds. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 1: West Cork' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1992). 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 Castle Upper.
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
- At the centre of the townland of Castle Upper, about 1 in 10 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels. Testing a home
- Landslides
- The 1:50,000 map rates the landslide susceptibility here as high, moderately high, moderately low, low, partly inferred.
- Terrain model
- No LiDAR survey of the Office of Public Works covers the centre of the townland of Castle Upper.
- Flooding
- The Office of Public Works publishes its flood maps on floodinfo.ie.
Radon Risk Map of Ireland, Environmental Protection Agency, and Landslide Susceptibility Classification, Geological Survey Ireland, both under 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 Castle Upper with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Cork.
The townland
- Name
- Castle Upper · An Caisleán Uachtarach
- Area
- 399,498 m² (39.95 ha, 98.72 acres)
- Civil parish
- Timoleague, and its townlands
- Barony
- Ibane and Barryroe
- Electoral division
- Timoleague, the unit of the census
- Census 2022
- 702 people lived in 249 households in the Timoleague electoral division. 68% of households owned their home. 27% of homes were built since 2001. 11% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 7% were holiday homes.
- Neighbouring townlands
- Ardmore, Castle Lower, Killavarrig, Ummera
- Placenames
- Castle Upper 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.