Castleharrison

46 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Castleharrison, from 18 m² to 282,996 m² (28.3 ha, 69.93 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 21 neighbouring parcels touch it.

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• G3Greenbelt1 (Conservation, amenity or buffer space, corridor/belt, landscape)
  Cork County Development Plan 2022, Cork · 2 parcels The zoning objective in the plan

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

• 8 Sept 2026Awaiting technical validation

  (1) the construction of a side & rear annex to a dwelling house, (2) minor alterations & change of use from domestic garage to a self-contained dwelling unit, (3) detached metal-clad storage unit for commercial premises, (4) rear mono-pitch office/storage annex to portal frame commercial premises & all ancillary site works

  Permission for retention · Cork County Council, 26/2345

• 30 Jun 2026Awaiting recommendation

  The proposed development (to be known as Madigan's Solar Farm) within the red line boundary for which permission is sought consists of: •the construction of, 40-year operation of, and subsequent decommissioning of a 55.55-hectare (137.26 acres) solar farm centred at approximately E:553,500 and N:618,400, and comprised of two parcels of land located to the west and east of the proposed M20 Motorway respectively; •the connection of the two parcels of land by means of an underground grid connection (UGC) to be constructed underneath the proposed M20 Motorway and the existing L5529 public road; •a further UGC from the proposed western parcel of the solar farm to the previously consented Ardnageehy Solar Farm (Cork Co. Co. Pl. Ref: 236099 / ABP-320298-24); and •10m-wide tree belts along both sides of the proposed M20 Motorway. The development will then be connected to the national grid at the consented Ballyroe 110kV Substation (permitted by An Coimisuin Pleanala ref. 314431-22) by way of an underground grid connection, previously determined by An Coimisiún Pleanála to be exempted development (Cork Co. Co. Pl. Ref. D/201/25 /; ACP ref. 322653-25). The proposed development is to be built in two separate phases within the 10-year planning permission period. Phase 1 will comprise of the western land parcel and all that is proposed within it, together with the underground grid connection from it to the consented Ardnageehy Solar Farm, as well as the proposed underground grid connection, linking the eastern and western land parcels underneath the proposed M20 Motorway, and the 10m wide tree belt proposed along both sides of the proposed motorway. Phase 2 will comprise of the eastern land parcel and all that is proposed within it, apart from the tree belt within it and underground grid connection linking it to the western land parcel. The proposed development will comprise of a series of ground-mounted solar photovoltaic (PV) panels mounted on pile driven ground support pole structures. The proposed development also includes electrical inverters/transformers, underground cabling and temporary construction compounds. Access to the western and eastern land parcels will utilise existing entrances onto the public roads. The proposed solar farm includes the use of approximately 2,250m existing internal farm access tracks that are not proposed to be upgraded as well as 1,470m proposed new internal access tracks. The proposed development also includes new internal gates, CCTV poles and cameras, deer-type security/boundary fencing, landscaping and biodiversity measures which includes the removal of approximately 45m of existing hedgerow and the planting of approximately 1,536m of new hedgerow, and all ancillary development works required to generate renewable energy electricity and transmit it in the townlands of Ballynadrideen, Ardnageehy and Castleharrison, Charleville, Co. Cork. In accordance with Article 239 of the Planning and Development Regulations 2001 (as amended), notice is hereby given: a) that a Natura Impact Statement will be submitted to the planning authority with the application, and b) that the Natura Impact Statement will be available for inspection or purchase at a fee not exceeding the reasonable cost of making a copy during office hours at the office of the planning authority. 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. The planning application may be inspected, or purchased at a fee not exceeding the reasonable cost of making a copy, at the offices of the Planning Authority, County Hall, Carrigrohane Road, Co. Cork, during its public

  Permission · Cork County Council, 26/1755

• 13 Jan 2026Invalid - case closed

  The proposed development will consist of a 10-year planning permission for the construction of, and a 40-year operation and subsequent decommissioning of, a development consisting of a 55.55 -hectare solar farm (redline boundary) and underground grid connection route. The proposed solar farm consists of two separate land parcels separated by the proposed M20 Motorway that are connected by underground electricity cabling to be constructed underneath the proposed M20 Motorway. The proposed development also crosses the public road (L5529) to connect to the previously consented Ardnageehy Solar Farm (ABP-320298-24) and from there to the national grid at the consented and built Ballyroe 110kV Substation (ABP-314431-22) by way of an underground grid connection previously determined by An Commisiun Pleanála to be exempt development (ABP-322563-25). The proposed solar farm will comprise of a series of ground-mounted solar photovoltaic (PV) panels mounted on ground support pole structures, with concrete shoes used in certain areas to protect an existing gas pipeline that traverses the site and a badger sett feature. The proposed development also includes electrical inverters/transformers, underground cabling, and 2 no. temporary construction compounds. Access to the western land parcel will utilise the existing internal access track from an existing entrance onto the public road, while access to the eastern land parcel will be provided by a proposed 275m (approximately) internal access track and existing site entrance from the public road, CCTV poles and cameras, deer-type security/boundary fencing with a section of the boundary fencing installed on concrete shoes to protect a badger sett, landscaping and biodiversity measures and all ancillary development works to generate renewable energy electricity and transmit it in the townlands of Castleharrison, Ardnageehy and Ballynadrideen, County Cork. In accordance with Article 239 of the Planning and Development Regulations 2001 (as amended), notice is hereby given: a) that a Natura Impact Statement will be submitted to the planning authority with the application, and b) that the Natura Impact Statement will be available for inspection or purchase at a fee not exceeding the reasonable cost of making a copy during office hours at the office of the planning authority. 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. The planning application may be inspected, or purchased at a fee not exceeding the reasonable cost of making a copy, at the offices of the Planning Authority, County Hall, Carrigrohane Road, Co. Cork, during its public opening hours, i.e. 9.00a.m. to 4.00 p.m. Monday to Friday (excluding public holidays). A submission or observation in relation to the application may be made in writing to the planning authority on payment of the prescribed fee, €20, within the period of- (a) 5 weeks, or (b) 2 weeks, in the case of a planning application for small-scale solar energy equipment development or development that is the installation of a small-scale non-ground source heat pump, beginning on the date of receipt by the authority of the application, and such submissions or observations will be considered by the planning authority in making a decision on the application. The planning authority may grant permission subject to or without conditions, or may refuse to grant permission.

  Permission · Cork County Council, 26/0049

• 5 Jul 2024Conditional permission

  Permission to construct a new dwelling house.

  Permission · Cork County Council, 24/5251

• 14 Jun 2024Incompleted application

  Permission to construct a new dwelling house

  Permission · Cork County Council, 24/5121

• 7 Sept 2023Conditional

  Permission for the construction of an all-weather playing pitch with flood lighting and security perimeter fence and all associated site works.

  Permission · Cork County Council, 23/5808

• 11 Aug 2023Refused

  Permission to construct a new dwelling house.

  Permission · Cork County Council, 23/5649

• 10 May 2018Conditional

  Retention for the as built dwelling house, extensions to dwelling house, site layout and all associated site works.

  Retention · Cork County Council, 18/5179

• 5 Oct 2015Conditional

  Construction of two storey building consisting of 4 no changing rooms, referees changing rooms, toilets and two internal ball alleys and construction of a waste water treatment system and sand polishing filter (amendments to permission granted under planning ref 14/4589)

  Permission · Cork County Council, 15/6215

• 22 Sept 2015Withdrawn

  Construction of a dwellinghouse, entrance and a waste water treatment system – Extension of duration of permission granted under Planning Reg. No. 10/8817

  Extension of duration · Cork County Council, 15/6111

• 9 Sept 2015Incompleted application

  Construction of two storey building to consist of 4 no changing rooms, referees changing rooms, toilets and two internal ball alleys and additional parking and construction of a waste water treatment system and sand polishing filter (amendments to permission granted under planning ref 14/4589)

  Permission · Cork County Council, 15/6017

• 14 Jul 2015Unconditional

  Permission for alterations to include raising height of basement ceiling and construction of dormer dwelling over, all associated site development works including waste water treatment unit and retention of existing basement.: Extension of duration of permission granted under planning reg. no 10/5299

  Extension of duration · Cork County Council, 15/5550

• 25 Mar 2014Conditional

  Retention of works carried out consisting of a concrete hurling wall. Permission for construction of building consisting of 4no. changing rooms, referees changing rooms, toilets and storage shed. Provision of additional parking and construction of a waste water treatment system and sand polishing filter

  Permission · Cork County Council, 14/4589

• 21 Feb 2014Incompleted application

  Permission for retention of works carried out consisting of a concrete hurling wall. We also intend to apply for permission for planning to construct a building to consist of 4 no. changing rooms, referees changing rooms, toilets and storage shed

  Permission · Cork County Council, 14/4339

• 3 Jul 2012Conditional

  Construction of dwelling, garage, waste-water treatment unit and polishing filter, well, site entrance and associated site works

  Permission · Cork County Council, 12/5444

• 6 Jun 2012Incompleted application

  Construction of a dwelling, garage, wastewater treatment unit, well, site entrance and associated site works

  Permission · Cork County Council, 12/5242

• 23 Dec 2010Conditional

  Construction of a dwelling house, entrance and a waste water treatment system

  Permission · Cork County Council, 10/8817

• 25 Nov 2010Incompleted application

  Dwellinghouse, entrance and wastewater treatment system

  Permission · Cork County Council, 10/8567

• 26 May 2010Conditional

  Alterations to include raising height of basement ceiling and construction of dormer dwelling over, all associated site development works including wastewater treatment unit and retention of existing basement

  Permission · Cork County Council, 10/5299

• 25 Nov 2009Refused

  Construction of a two-storey building consisting of 4no. changing rooms, referee's changing rooms, toilets & storage shed on the ground floor with a meeting room/function room on the first floor and installation of wastewater treatment unit and retention of works carried out consisting of a concrete hurling wall.

  Permission · Cork County Council, 09/7738

• 6 Jul 2009Conditional

  Two storey dwellinghouse, entrance, installation of waste water treatment unit and all associated site works

  Outline permission · Cork County Council, 09/6235

• 6 May 2009Conditional

  Dwelling, garage, wastewater treatment unit, site entrance and associated site works

  Permission · Cork County Council, 09/5440

• 29 Apr 2009Incompleted application

  Two-storey dwelling house, entrance & all ancillary site works including septic tank

  Outline permission · Cork County Council, 09/5346

• 14 May 2008Withdrawn

  Construction of two storey building comprising of 4 no. changing rooms, referee's chaning rooms, toilets and storage shed on ground floor and meeting/function room on first floor, installation of treatment unit and retention of concrete hurling wall

  Permission · Cork County Council, 08/6719

• 21 Dec 2007Refused

  Residential development of 12 no. dwellinghouses, 3 no. garages, refurbishment and renovations to existing listed building and surrounding buildings and subdivision of same to 4 no. dwellinghouses, construction of new entrance, installation of waste water treatment system and all associated site works

  Outline permission · Cork County Council, 07/13362

The 25 most recent of 40 applications.

Source: National Planning Applications, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, CC BY 4.0. Applicants are not shown.

Designated sites

• Special Area of Conservation: Blackwater River (Cork/Waterford) SAC 002170

Recorded monuments

• CO008-002 Castle - unclassified
  Description

  On level land, c. 300m W of Awbeg River. The 1842 OS 6-inch map shows T-shaped structure named 'Castle', immediately SW of country house (Castle Harrison). Overgrown mounds of rubble and some low walls survive- probably remains of house. House described as '3 storey double-gable-ended early 18th century house, incorporating part of an old castle' (Bence-Jones 1978, 70). Healy (1988, 315) identifies this as site of Castle Dod, probably basing his identification on Grove White (1905-25, vol. 2, 83) who quotes Lewis (1837, vol. 1, 137) to this effect; Smith (1750, vol. 1, 306) describes Castle Dod as '...a modern built house...in the estate of the Harrison's...'. Inspection of Jobson's map (c. 1589) and Down Survey (1655-6) (1655-6) barony map of area indicate that Castle Harrison is site of former Ballyhay Castle which Grove White could not locate (Grove White 1905-25, vol. 1, 211), and that Castle Dod stood further S, near the present Castle Wrixon (14300). Ballyhea manor owned by de Cogans in mid-13th century, inherited by Roches in late 14th century (Nicholls 1993, 171). Ballyhea Castle seized from Lord Roche's men during rebellion of 1641-42 (Grove White ibid.). The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 4: North Cork' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 2000). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload/revision: 14 January 2009

• CO008-003 Ritual site - holy well
  Description

  Indicated but not named on 1842 OS 6-inch map. Large grassed triangular area (c. 30m E-W max.; c. 40m N-S max.) off E side of road accommodates area of pilgrimage around well. Stations of the cross line approach to well. Two steps lead down to circular well lined with concrete. Backdrop to well of large sheets of blue and white painted corrugated iron, forming letter M; statue of Blessed Virgin in glass-fronted concrete dome inserted into centre of iron sheets and placed above and behind well. Railings and bench in front. Dedicated to Blessed Virgin; rounds paid all year round but particularly on August 15 (Grove White 1905-25, vol. 1, 203). Now frequented in May by people from 'Charleville and district who pay the customary three visits to 'do their rounds' ' (Anon 1987, 84). Stone wall replaced corrugated iron backdrop following redevelopment c. 1987 (ibid., 86). The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 4: North Cork' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 2000). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload/revision: 14 January 2009 Images provided by and copyright of Amanda Clarke 2016-2022 https://holywellscorkandkerry.com/

• CO008-070 Enclosure
  Description

  In level pasture. Sub-rectangular area (28m N-S; 19m E-W) defined by earthen bank (int. H 0.7m; ext. H 0.6m) SSE->NNW with external fosse (D 0.6m); scarp elsewhere. Gap (Wth 2.1m) in bank at NW. Sides of enclosure are straight to E and W and curved to N and E. Interior raised above surrounding field level. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 4: North Cork' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 2000). 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 Castleharrison.

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 10 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels. Testing a home

Landslides

Susceptibility 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 Castleharrison.

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 Castleharrison with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Cork.

Name

Castleharrison · Caisleán Mhic Anraí

Area

969,486 m² (96.95 ha, 239.57 acres)

Civil parish

Ballyhay, and its townlands

Barony

Orrery and Kilmore

Electoral division

Springfort, the unit of the census

Census 2022

Springfort electoral division: 636 people in 226 households; 79% of households own their home; 24% of homes were built since 2001; 9% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 0% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Ardnageehy, Ballyhay, Ballynadrideen, Farran, Newtown, Pruntus

Placenames

Castleharrison 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.