Colla

192 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Colla, from 19 m² to 63,177 m² (6.32 ha, 15.61 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 23 neighbouring parcels touch it.

Download the townland: DXF, in Irish Transverse Mercator metres, with its boundary, parcels and buildings; GeoJSON or KML.

• G3Greenbelt1 (Conservation, amenity or buffer space, corridor/belt, landscape)
  Cork County Development Plan 2022, Cork · 121 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• G3Greenbelt2 (Conservation, amenity or buffer space, corridor/belt, landscape)
  Cork County Development Plan 2022, Cork · 92 parcels The zoning objective in the plan

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

• 22 Jul 2026Awaiting f.i. response

  Erection of single storey dwelling house, waste water treatment system and associated site development works

  Permission · Cork County Council, 26/1959

• 27 Jun 2026Grant with conditions

  (A) Permission sought for demolition of existing dwelling house and for permission for replacement dwelling in-lieu of same. (B) For detached domestic garage. (C) Permission for decommissioning of existing septic system and for installation of new waste water treatment system. (D) Permission sought for retention and completions of existing entrance and access road within said site and for all associated site works.

  Permission · Cork County Council, 26/1730

• 5 Jun 2026Invalid - case closed

  (A) Permission sought for demolition of existing dwelling house and for permission for replacement dwelling in-lieu of same. (B) For detached domestic garage. (C) Permission for decommissioning of existing septic system and for installation of new waste water treatment system. (D) Permission sought for retention and completions of existing entrance and access road within said site and for all associated site works.

  Permission · Cork County Council, 26/1492

• 18 Jun 2025Conditional permission

  The development will consist of the installation of electronic communications structure comprising of a 12 metre high timber pole supporting 2 no. radio-link dishes, together with wooden post and rail fence with access gate, equipment cabinet, fibre ducting & chambers, foundation and all associated ancillary development works. The development is required to carry the broadband data from the new high speed fibre broadband network on the island, to the mainland by radio link, to connect to the NBI national fibre network, as part of the government's national broadband plan to provide high speed broadband to all parts of the country that are not available commercially, including the islands, at the same data speed.

  Permission · Cork County Council, 25/336

• 1 Oct 2024Refused

  Retention of agricultural shed for storage of machinery and hay and associated site development works

  Retention · Cork County Council, 24/536

• 23 May 2024Conditional

  Planning Permission for (a) alterations and renovation of an existing dwellinghouse to include alterations to the fenestration, internal layout and external material finishes (b) construction of an ancillary detached domestic garage (c) all associated site works

  Permission · Cork County Council, 24/259

• 12 Feb 2024Withdrawn

  Erection of dwelling house, waste water treatment system and associated site development works

  Permission · Cork County Council, 24/66

• 29 Jan 2024Incompleted application

  Dwelling house, waste water treatment system and associated site development works

  Permission · Cork County Council, 24/40

• 25 Jan 2024Conditional

  Permission sought for revised designs from previously granted permission under Pla. Ref. No. 20/714 for construction of dwelling house, detached domestic garage, installation of waste water treatment system and for all associated site works

  Permission · Cork County Council, 24/36

• 12 Dec 2023Conditional

  Permission for amendment to Condition 3 of the permitted Cork County Council Planning Permission Reg. Ref: 20/589 to allow for the continuation of the use of an existing mobile home for a further period of 18 months (originally permitted for 3 years)

  Permission · Cork County Council, 23/712

• 8 Sept 2023Conditional

  Demolition of areas of existing single storey dwelling. Construction of new side and rear extensions. One two storey, one single storey. Alterations to existing dwelling to facilitate the extensions. Drainage and landscaping in association with the works.

  Permission · Cork County Council, 23/499

• 11 Aug 2023Conditional

  Permission for an extension to dwellinghouse and all associated site works

  Permission · Cork County Council, 23/457

• 6 Jul 2023Conditional

  To demolish existing dilapidated single storey dwelling and construct a replacement single storey, split level dwelling. Permission is also sought to demolish existing agricultural shed and build a new detached garden store, to decommission existing disused septic tank and install a new domestic waste water treatment system, improvement works to existing entrance onto private road with walls and piers and all associated site works

  Permission · Cork County Council, 23/370

• 4 Nov 2022Conditional

  Permission for retention of alterations to extensions / alterations to dwelling permitted under PL Reg. No. 19/267 namely addition of a porch extension and fenestration changes to dwelling. Permission for retention is also sought for an extension to the domestic garage

  Retention · Cork County Council, 22/678

• 7 Oct 2022Conditional

  Reconstruction and erection of single storey extension to ruined dwelling and installation of septic tank and associated site development works

  Permission · Cork County Council, 22/628

• 6 Oct 2022Incompleted application

  Permission for retention of alterations to extensions / alterations to dwelling permitted under Pl. Reg. No; 19/267 namely addition of a porch extension and fenestration changes to dwelling. Permission for retention is also sought for an extension to the domestic garage

  Retention · Cork County Council, 22/623

• 19 Aug 2022Conditional

  Construction of detached garden building, ancillary in use to existing dwelling house

  Permission · Cork County Council, 22/536

• 4 Jan 2022Conditional

  Reconstruction of machinery storage shed and associated site development works

  Permission · Cork County Council, 22/2

• 29 Mar 2021Conditional

  Demolition of an existing dwelling house and for the construction of a new replacement dwellinghouse, new parking courtyard, new waste water treatment plant, landscaping and all associated site works

  Permission · Cork County Council, 21/209

• 24 Mar 2021Refused

  Construction of a single storey dwelling and all ancillary site works. Ancillary site works to include a wastewater treatment unit, proposed new boundary fence and planting. Access to be provided from a proposed new entrance to the L-4407-26

  Permission · Cork County Council, 21/202

• 4 Feb 2021Conditional

  Construction of a part single storey and part two storey dwelling of 192sqm, a shed of 15 sqm, effluent treatment unit, pumping chamber and percolation area, new vehicular entrance and all associated site works

  Permission · Cork County Council, 21/79

• 8 Dec 2020Conditional

  Construction of dwelling house, detached domestic garage, installation of waste water treatment system and for all associated site works

  Permission · Cork County Council, 20/714

• 22 Oct 2020Conditional

  Construction of a mobile home. The proposed dwelling is to be serviced by a wasteater treatment unit and percolation area as permitted under planning ref 19/241. Access to be provided from entrance from the L-4407-26 as permitted under planning ref 19/241

  Permission · Cork County Council, 20/589

• 2 Jan 2020Conditional

  Permission for Retention of a detached ancillary domestic music/office studio consisting of a: equipment room, shower room, kitchenette and a multi-purpose music/office room and planning permission is also sought for (a) demolition of an existing kitchen/dining room (b) alterations and an extension to an existing dwellinghouse to include an attached pergola (c) alterations to site boundaries and all associated site and landscape works

  Permission · Cork County Council, 20/1

• 24 Apr 2019Conditional

  Permission for retention of the change of use of an outbuilding to ancillary guest accommodation. Permission also sought for alterations and single-storey extensions to the main dwellinghouse. Permission to upgrade an existing septic tank system to a package waste treatment system to serve both the dwelling and the guest accommodation and all associated site works

  Permission · Cork County Council, 19/267

The 25 most recent of over 100 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: Roaringwater Bay and Islands SAC 000101
• Proposed Natural Heritage Area: Roaringwater Bay And Islands 000101

Recorded monuments

• CO148-019 Enclosure
  Description

  In level pasture on E-facing slope; Commanding view to sea. Shown on OS 6-inch map (1842) as hachured square enclosure abutting field fence to W. Depicted on OS 6-inch map (1902) as circular field. Levelled; slightly raised oval area (20m N-S; 24m E-W; H 0.6m) noted. 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 Colla.

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 high, moderately high, moderately low, 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 Colla.

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

Name

Colla · An Caladh

Area

851,491 m² (85.15 ha, 210.41 acres)

Civil parish

Skull, and its townlands

Barony

Carbery West (West Division)

Electoral division

Skull, the unit of the census

Census 2022

Skull electoral division: 1,120 people in 452 households; 68% of households own their home; 29% of homes were built since 2001; 8% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 40% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Caherlusky, Croagh, Skull

Placenames

Colla 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.