Coolalta

20 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Coolalta, from 19 m² to 478,155 m² (47.82 ha, 118.15 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 12 neighbouring parcels touch it.

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

No zone of a development plan covers Coolalta 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.

• 4 Oct 2023Conditional

  Permission for construction of new vehicular entrance to existing dwellinghouse.

  Permission · Cork County Council, 23/5991

• 27 Aug 2021Conditional

  Works to existing two storey cottage, 1) removal of existing bay window to side, 2) construction of new single storey extension to side of dwelling, 3) construction of new single storey porch to side of dwelling, 4) removal of existing render finish to cottage to expose stone underneath, 5) internal and external alterations and 6) all associated works and permission for retention of single storey shed/garage to side/rear of existing dwelling

  Permission · Cork County Council, 21/6366

• 4 Dec 2018Conditional

  Demolition of existing habitable dwellinghouse, demolition of one no. existing garage, demolition of one no. existing outbuilding, construction of new dwellinghouse in lieu thereof, construction of new domestic garage, new entrance together with all other ancillary site works.

  Permission · Cork County Council, 18/7180

• 7 Nov 2018Incompleted application

  The demolition of existing habitable dwellinghouse, construction of new dwellinghouse in lieu thereof, new entrance together with all other ancillary site works

  Permission · Cork County Council, 18/6948

• 30 Oct 2018Conditional

  Demolition of existing outhouse, single storey rear extension and front porch, construction of an extension and alterations, installation of wastewater treatment unit and percolation area and ancillary work to dwellinghouse. The extension consists of a single storey rear and side extension and also a 2 storey side extension to the west. The alterations consists of new windows and doors to the front elevations.

  Permission · Cork County Council, 18/6864

• 20 Sept 2018Incompleted application

  Demolition of existing outhouse, single storey rear extension and front porch, and for the construction of an extension and alterations and ancillary works to dwellinghouse. The extension consists of a single storey rear and side extension and, also a 2-storey side extension to the west. The alterations consist of new windows and doors to the front elevation.

  Permission · Cork County Council, 18/6498

• 3 Sept 2015Conditional

  Demolition of existing single storey dwelling and construction of a new 2 storey dwelling house, single storey garage, waste water treatment facility and all associated site works

  Permission · Cork County Council, 15/5981

• 25 May 2012Conditional

  Construction of a dwellnghouse, proprietary treatment unit and new entrance

  Outline permission · Cork County Council, 12/5115

• 11 Apr 2012Withdrawn

  Dwellinghouse, proprietary treatment unit, new site entrance and associated site works

  Outline permission · Cork County Council, 12/4711

• 29 Feb 2012Incompleted application

  Construction of dwellinghouse, proprietary treatment unit and new entrance

  Outline permission · Cork County Council, 12/4357

• 15 Jun 2011Withdrawn

  Construction of dwellinghouse, proprietary treatment unit and entrance

  Outline permission · Cork County Council, 11/5295

• 23 Nov 2007Conditional

  Dwellinghouse and installation of septic tank

  Permission · Cork County Council, 07/12591

• 18 Aug 2006Refused

  Bungalow

  Permission · Cork County Council, 06/9857

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 Coolalta.

Recorded monuments

• CO071-060 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  In pasture, on S-facing slope overlooking River Lee to S. Circular area (diam. 58.5m) defined by earthen bank (H 2m), with external fosse on N side. Scarp forms arc (SE->SW) c. 15m inside S bank where interior raised to compensate for hillslope. 'Outer bank three to four feet high', recordedby Hartnett (1939, 96) at NE quadrant, no longer survives. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 3: Mid Cork' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1997). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload/revision: 14 January 2009

• CO071-126 Burnt spread
  Description

  In tillage. Spread of dark-coloured soil noted c. 50m NNE of fulacht fiadh (7219). Material not consistent with that of fulacht fiadh. Second fulacht fiadh (7220) c. 100m to SW. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 3: Mid Cork' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1997). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload/revision: 14 January 2009

• CO071-144 Fulacht fia
  Description

  In tillage. Spread of burnt material noted (8m N-S; 11m E-W). Second fulacht fiadh (CO071-145----) c. 10m to W. Spread of dark coloured soil (CO071-126----) noted c. 100m to NE. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 3: Mid Cork' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1997). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload/revision: 14 January 2009

• CO071-145 Fulacht fia
  Description

  In tillage. Small spread of burnt material noted (6m N-S; 2m E-W). Second fulacht fiadh (CO071-144----) c. 30m to E. Spread of dark coloured soil (CO071-126----) noted c. 90m to NE. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 3: Mid Cork' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1997). 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 Coolalta.

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 moderately high, moderately low, low, low (inferred), on the 1:50,000 map; parts are water.

Terrain model

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

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

Name

Coolalta · Cúil Ealta

Area

861,426 m² (86.14 ha, 212.86 acres)

Civil parish

Aghinagh, and its townlands

Barony

Muskerry East

Electoral division

Aghinagh, the unit of the census

Census 2022

Aghinagh electoral division: 518 people in 168 households; 90% of households own their home; 25% of homes were built since 2001; 10% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 2% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Carrigadrohid, Caum, Drombeg, Monallig

Placenames

Coolalta 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.