Cloonlough

336 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Cloonlough, from 3 m² to 93,716 m² (9.37 ha, 23.16 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 33 neighbouring parcels touch it.

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• R2Existing Residential/Mixed Residential and Other Uses (Existing residential)
  Cork County Development Plan 2022, Cork · 284 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• G3Greenbelt1 (Conservation, amenity or buffer space, corridor/belt, landscape)
  Cork County Development Plan 2022, Cork · 85 parcels The zoning objective in the plan

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

• 4 Sept 2026Awaiting technical validation

  A residential development comprising of the construction of 6 No. residential units. The residential mix is as follows: 4 No. 3-Bedroom semi-detached town houses and 2 No. 2 bedroom semi-detached town houses. The proposed development will also include associated site development works including vehicular access, car parking, footpaths, foul and storm drainage networks, water-mains, bin storage, public lighting and boundary walls.

  Permission · Cork County Council, 26/2317

• 15 May 2026Grant with conditions

  Permission to construct a dwellinghouse, detached domestic garage, install septic tank and percolation area, install new bored well, construct new site entrance and all associated site works.

  Permission · Cork County Council, 26/1288

• 21 Nov 2025Grant with conditions

  Permission to construct a two-storey extension to the rear of an existing dwelling. The proposed works will include the demolition and reconstruction of an existing party wall to facilitate the construction of the proposed domestic extension, together with all ancillary site development works.

  Permission · Cork County Council, 25/6548

• 7 Jul 2025Conditional permission

  Permission for alteration and ground floor extension to dwelling house and all associated works

  Permission · Cork County Council, 25/5335

• 17 Jun 2025Grant with conditions

  1) Demolition of remains of former shed to side of the existing dwelling. 2) Construction of single storey extension to side (and forward of front building line of the existing dwelling) with new front door position and porch. 3) Widen existing vehicular entrance and widen existing front parking area. 4) Alterations to the existing house consisting of: A. New windows to front, sides and rear. B. New window in place of existing front door and new windows to former front door porch. C. Internal reconfiguration. D. External insulation.

  Permission · Cork County Council, 25/5168

• 23 May 2025Incompleted application

  Permission for 1) demolition of remains of former shed to side of the existing dwelling, 2) construction of a single storey extension to side (and forward of front building line of the existing dwelling) with new front door position and porch, 3) widen existing vehicular entrance and widen existing front parking area, 4) alterations to the existing house consisting of a) new windows to front, sides and rear, b) new window in place of existing front door and new windows to former front door porch, c) internal reconfigurations, d) external insulation.

  Permission · Cork County Council, 25/4973

• 18 Oct 2024Conditional

  Permission for the construction of a proposed single storey extension to the rear of the existing dwelling, material alterations to existing side elevations, construction of a storage shed and all associated site works

  Permission · Cork County Council, 24/5969

• 22 Jun 2023Conditional permission

  Permission to construct extension to dwelling, wastewater treatment system and all associated site works.

  Permission · Cork County Council, 23/5268

• 20 Mar 2023Conditional permission

  Permission to construct entrance which shall be used to access their dwelling from the R639 public road. Works comprise of the construction of walls and piers and associated site works

  Permission · Cork County Council, 23/4480

• 28 Oct 2022Conditional

  To construct a single storey dwelling, garage, sewage treatment unit with percolation area, upgrade exisitng entrance and ancillary works.

  Permission · Cork County Council, 22/6437

• 19 Sept 2022Conditional

  Permission for retention for the relocation of the entrance to dwelling also permission to upgrade the existing septic tank to a waste water treatment plant and associated soil polishing filter and associated site works

  Permission · Cork County Council, 22/6110

• 21 Jun 2022Withdrawn

  Permission to construct entrance to existing dwelling form the R639 public road.

  Permission · Cork County Council, 22/5448

• 19 Apr 2022Withdrawn

  Permission to construct dwelling, entrance, waste water treatment system and all associated site works

  Permission · Cork County Council, 22/4887

• 28 Feb 2022Refused

  (a) Construction of two storey nursing home to cater for 105 residents with single bedrooms, day rooms, dining areas, kitchen with ancillary services within a floor area of 4981sq/m, plant room 100.4sq/m associated to the nursing home, visitor and staff car parking, landscaped area, enclosed private courtyard, (b) Construction of staff accommodation consisting of 8 No 2 bed apartments, with associated parking and private open space, (c) Construction of 48 No 2-bedroom houses (Retirement Village) with landscaping visitor car parking, (a), (b) and (c) with entrance off the existing public road and connection to main foul sewer via on site foul sewage treatment/pump station with a connection to the public main water network.

  Permission · Cork County Council, 22/4420

• 23 Dec 2021Incompleted application

  (a) Construction of two storey nursing home to cater for 105 residents with single bedrooms, day rooms, dining areas, kitchen with ancillary services within a floor area of 4981sq/m, plant room 100.4sq/m associated to the nursing home, visitor and staff car parking, landscaped area, enclosed private courtyard, entrance off the existing R639 road and connection to main foul sewer via on site foul sewage pump station with a connection to the public main water network, (b) Construction of staff accommodation consisting of 8 No 2 bed apartments, with associated parking and private open space, and connection to main foul sewer and main water networks, (c) Construction of 48 No 2-bedroom houses, with landscaping visitor car parking and connection to main foul sewer and main water networks.

  Permission · Cork County Council, 21/7491

• 12 May 2021Conditional

  The demolition of an existing dwelling and construction of a new dwelling and all associated site works.

  Permission · Cork County Council, 21/5291

• 16 Apr 2021Incompleted application

  The demolition of an existing dwelling and construction of a new dwelling and all associated site works.

  Permission · Cork County Council, 21/4994

• 26 Mar 2021Conditional

  To demolish a 2 storey extension to rear of existing dwelling, demolish a chimney on northern gable of existing roof and permission to construct a 2 storey extension to the rear of existing dwelling and ancillary works.

  Permission · Cork County Council, 21/4759

• 16 Dec 2020Conditional

  To construct a 2 storey extension to the rear of existing dwelling, install velux window to roof of existing dwelling and ancillary works.

  Permission · Cork County Council, 20/6846

• 17 Apr 2020Conditional

  A) Construction of 1 storey extension to the rear of existing dwelling B) alterations and elevational changes to the ground floor of existing dwelling, C) new freestanding carport to the rear of proposed extension with all associated site works.

  Permission · Cork County Council, 20/4779

• 19 Oct 2018Conditional

  To convert garage to a bedroom, to carry out internal alterations and also modifications to the elevations, all to dwelling.

  Permission · Cork County Council, 18/6784

• 15 Aug 2018Conditional

  To demolish a single storey extension to rear of dwelling and construct a single storey extension to side and rear of dwelling, modify existing front windows, re-locate existing front door, install velux windows in existing dwelling to front and rear of roof, detached garage and ancillary works

  Permission · Cork County Council, 18/6159

• 25 Jun 2018Conditional

  Alterations to existing dwelling house to include partial conversion of existing ground floor and construction of ground floor extension to side/rear to incorporate granny flat, construction of first floor extension to side, alterations to elevations, landscaping and associated site works.

  Permission · Cork County Council, 18/5635

• 28 May 2018Incompleted application

  Alterations to an existing dwellinghouse to include provision of a ground floor extension to the rear incorporating a ‘Granny Flat’ and first floor extension to the side of the existing dwelling, alterations to existing elevations, and all associated landscaping and site works.

  Permission · Cork County Council, 18/5375

• 3 Apr 2018Conditional

  Retention of alterations and two storey extension to rear of dwelling and separate single storey domestic store/garden shed to rear of property.

  Retention · Cork County Council, 18/4804

The 25 most recent of 87 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 Cloonlough.

Recorded monuments

• CO019-112 Barracks
  Description

  On SW side of Mitchelstown; at W side of road. Shown on 1842 OS 6-inch map as 'Infantry Barracks' comprising of rectangular enclosure (c. 70m N-S; c. 50m E-W) with large U-shaped building and scattering of smaller structures, in S half. Enclosing random-rubble limestone walls survive on W, S and E sides, each with central angled projection (Wth c. 3m; D c. 3m) containing gun loops. Piered entrance (blocked) and door ope (blocked) in W wall, central piered entrance on N side. Internal buildings no longer survive; outline of buildings visible in plaster on internal W wall; corbels set into internal face of E wall. Described by Lewis (1837, vol. 2, 373) as 'a neat range of buildings adapted for 3 officers and 72 non-commissioned officers and privates'. Burnt in 1922 and buildings demolished c. 1940s (pers. comm. B. Power). 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

• Barracks, 1790–1810 · Regional interest
  Description

  Remains of limestone boundary walls to former barracks, c. 1800, with remains of handball alley to site. Building to site in use. Complex comprises random rubble limestone walls with cut tooled limestone quoins, having central angled projections to west, south and east elevations with gun loops. Blocked entrance and door opening to west elevation flanked by dressed stone piers, and with painted limestone entrance to north perimeter, also flanked by piers. Single-storey building to north-east corner possibly incorporates fabric from earlier buildings. Ball alley to north-west, comprising three-sided alley with rendered back wall and coursed rubble limestone sloping side walls, and may be part of original barracks buildings.

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 low, on the 1:50,000 map; parts are made ground and water.

Terrain model

No LiDAR survey of the Office of Public Works covers the centre of the townland of Cloonlough.

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

Name

Cloonlough · Cluain Locha

Area

1,227,403 m² (122.74 ha, 303.3 acres)

Civil parish

Brigown, and its townlands

Barony

Condons and Clangibbon

Electoral division

Mitchelstown, the unit of the census

Census 2022

Mitchelstown electoral division: 5,219 people in 2,034 households; 66% of households own their home; 29% of homes were built since 2001; 9% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 1% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Ballykearney, Brigown, Curraheen, Kiltrislane, Mitchelstown, Stag Park

Placenames

Cloonlough 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.