Commoge
Townland in the civil parish of Kinsale, barony of Kinsale, Co. Cork; in Irish An Chamóg
- Area
- 24.3 ha
- 60 acres
- Land parcels
- 248
- registered freehold, median 284 m²
- Zoning
- R2
- Existing Residential/Mixed Residential and Other Uses
- Planning
- 86
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
248 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Commoge, from 9 m² to 40,292 m² (4.03 ha, 9.96 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 29 neighbouring parcels touch it.
Download the townland: DXF, in Irish Transverse Mercator metres, with its boundary, parcels and buildings; GeoJSON or KML.
Zoning
Development plans, national zoning
- R2Existing Residential/Mixed Residential and Other Uses (Existing residential)
Cork County Development Plan 2022, Cork · 267 parcels The zoning objective in the plan - G3Green Infrastructure (Conservation, amenity or buffer space, corridor/belt, landscape)
Cork County Development Plan 2022, Cork · 5 parcels The zoning objective in the plan - N2.2Utility and Infrastructure (Wastewater)
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.
Planning applications
Sites that touch the townland, newest first
28 Aug 2026Awaiting recommendation
Permission for the construction for a two storey detached dwelling house, new site entrance and all associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 26/2254
5 Dec 2025Grant with conditions
Permission for Retention to existing dwelling for: 1) front boundary wall and gates, 2) tennis court and associated fencing 2.5m high, 3) 2 storey detached building containing ground floor domestic garage and first floor home office, WC, kitchenette, 4) lower ground floor extension and overhead ground floor balcony, 5) lower ground floor extension, 6) alterations to external windows and doors, 7) first floor dormer windows (3 no.) to front and rear elevations, 8) rootlights to front, rear, south and north elevations, 9) chimney stack, 10) stone cladding to porch, 11) first floor conversion to habitable rooms. Permission to replace existing septic tank with a waste water treatment system, replace existing water well with new water well with associated site works.
Permission for retention · Cork County Council, 25/6699
15 Oct 2025Unconditional permission
Permission for the construction of a first floor extension to side, incorporating a mezzanine floor to dwelling.
Permission · Cork County Council, 25/6182
3 Mar 2025Conditional permission
Permission for (1) The reduction in in the size of the existing garden and curtilage to the existing dwelling house (No.26) and the relocation of the existing car parking spaces, (2) The construction of a new attached dwelling house and associated site works, (3) All associated site development works.
Permission · Cork County Council, 25/4324
21 Feb 2025Unconditional permission
Permission for (Change of plan that was previously granted under Planning Ref: 244327) Works to consist of the following (a) A single storey extension to the rear (b) First floor extension to the side, and (c) All associated site works to the existing dwelling.
Permission · Cork County Council, 25/4259
17 Feb 2025Application withdrawn
Permission for retention to existing dwelling for 1) front boundary wall and gates, 2) tennis court and associated fencing 2.5m high, 3) 2-storey detached building containing ground floor domestic garage and first floor home office, WC and kitchenette, 4) lower ground floor extension and over head ground floor balcony, 5) lower ground floor extension, 6) alterations to external windows and doors, 7) first floor dormer windows ( 3no.) to front and rear elevations, 8) roof lights to front and rear south and north elevations, 9) chimney stack, 10) stone cladding to porch, 11) first floor conversion to habitable rooms with associated site works.
Permission for retention · Cork County Council, 25/4225
23 Dec 2024Conditional permission
Permission for a proposed residential development of 9 no. dwellings and all ancillary site development works. The proposed split-level, three storey development will consist of 4 no. four-bedroom and 5 no. five-bedroom detached houses all with car ports. Access to the site will be via a new vehicular entrance and a separate new pedestrian access point off Compass Hill (L-7251)
Permission · Cork County Council, 24/6469
21 Oct 2024Conditional
Permission of the development will consist of renovation and extension of existing two-storey dwelling, including a zero energy retrofit (A1 BER Target), and the construction of an independent family flat. The works include external insulation, replacement of sills, gutters, downpipes, a new larger bay window, new cladding, a redesigned entrance canopy, a new sliding patio door at the rear, and a 10m2 rear extension. Internal ground floor alterations will create a self-contained unit opening to the side alley and a rooflight to the rear & all associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 24/5987
27 Feb 2024Unconditional
Permission to construct a) a single storey extension to the rear, b) first floor extension to the side of the existing dwelling and all associated site works.
Permission · Cork County Council, 24/4327
19 Jul 2023Conditional
2 no. roof lights to front of dwelling.
Permission · Cork County Council, 23/5477
15 Jun 2023Withdrawn
Conversion of existing attached garage and construction of two storey extension above garage, construction of single storey extension to rear of existing garage, construction of single storey extension to rear of existing house, roof light to rear elevation and all associated site works.
Permission · Cork County Council, 23/5226
13 Mar 2023Conditional
To demolish existing dwelling house and to construct a two-storey dwelling house over proposed basement with attic accommodation to first floor including the installation of renewable energy measures, a single storey flat roofed garage to rear, extending existing driveway to rear, parking at rear including new main entrance to dwelling at rear, retaining walls and all associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 23/4447
15 Dec 2022Incompleted application
The development will consist of 1. Construct 2 no. dwelling houses, 2. Create a new entrance, from shared ancillary parking platform to the public road and 3. Carry out all associated site works.
Outline permission · Cork County Council, 22/6780
23 Aug 2022Unconditional
Permission to construct a rear extension and alterations to an existing dwelling incl. all site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 22/5929
28 Feb 2022Conditional
Permission for the renovation and extension to the front, side and rear of their dwelling. The construction will consist of the following: 1) demolition of the existing single storey room at the side of the dwelling. 2) construction of a single storey porch to the front of the dwelling, 3) construction of a two storey extension to the side of the dwelling. 4) construction of a single storey extension to the rear of the dwelling. 5) all associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 22/4427
25 Jun 2021Unconditional
The construction of a first floor extension to the existing dwellinghouse above the existing attached domestic garage, and a rear two storey extension behind the existing garage.
Permission · Cork County Council, 21/5775
28 Aug 2020Unconditional
Retention for change of use of existing attached garage to a playroom and alterations to front elevation to include replacement of garage door with PVC door and windows, at the dwelling house.
Retention · Cork County Council, 20/5868
3 Jul 2019Conditional
Construction of an extension to the side and rear of existing dwelling incorporating part raising of the ridgeline to incorporate development in the existing attic for use as habitable space and all ancillary site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 19/5700
21 May 2019Conditional
Construction of 6 no detached 2-storey dwellinghouses, 8 No semi-detached 3 storey split level semi-detached dwellinghouses, 1 no 3 storey split level apartment block comprising 4 no 2 bedroom apartments and 1 no 3 bedroom apartment, and all associated site works including small modular block retaining walls.
Permission · Cork County Council, 19/5275
15 May 2019Incompleted application
Construction of an extension to the side and rear, incorporating part raising of the ridge line to incorporate development in the existing attic and all ancillary site works at dwelling.
Permission · Cork County Council, 19/5230
7 Feb 2019Incompleted application
Extension to the side and rear, incorporating part raising of the ridge line to incorporate development in the existing attic and all ancillary site works.
Permission · Cork County Council, 19/4266
18 Dec 2018Unconditional
Construction of single storey extension to rear of existing single storey creche building and all associated site works. Extension of Duration of Permission Granted under Planning Reg: 13/6481
Extension of duration · Cork County Council, 18/7346
28 Aug 2018Conditional
Construction of a two storey dwellinghouse
Permission · Cork County Council, 18/6262
20 Jul 2018Conditional
The construction of a new dwellinghouse, connection to mains sewage system, and all ancillary works.
Permission · Cork County Council, 18/5920
18 Jul 2018Incompleted application
A new two storey detached dwelling. Permission Consequent of Outline Permission 15/6681.
Permission consequent · Cork County Council, 18/5893
The 25 most recent of 86 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
No designated site (Special Area of Conservation, Special Protection Area, Natural Heritage Area or proposed one) touches the townland of Commoge.
Recorded monuments
No recorded monument lies in the townland of Commoge.
Architectural heritage
No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands in the townland of Commoge.
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
- About 1 in 10 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; parts are made ground.
- Terrain model
- No LiDAR survey of the Office of Public Works covers the centre of the townland of Commoge.
- 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.
Homes sold
Property Price Register
No address of the register names Commoge with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Cork.
The townland
- Name
- Commoge · An Chamóg
- Area
- 243,191 m² (24.32 ha, 60.09 acres)
- Civil parish
- Kinsale, and its townlands
- Barony
- Kinsale
- Electoral division
- Kinsale Rural, the unit of the census
- Census 2022
- Kinsale Rural electoral division: 5,605 people in 1,855 households; 75% of households own their home; 47% of homes were built since 2001; 6% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 8% were holiday homes.
- Neighbouring townlands
- Ballynacubby, Cappagh, Dromderrig, Knocknacurra, Mansfield's-Land
- Placenames
- Commoge 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.