Cooleen
Townland in the civil parish of Ballyhay, barony of Fermoy, Co. Cork; in Irish Na Cúilíní
- Area
- 133 ha
- 329 acres
- Land parcels
- 76
- registered freehold, median 2,005 m² (0.2 ha, 0.5 acres)
- Zoning
- G3
- Greenbelt1
- Planning
- 47
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
76 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Cooleen, from 84 m² to 254,657 m² (25.47 ha, 62.93 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 27 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
- G3Greenbelt1 (Conservation, amenity or buffer space, corridor/belt, landscape)
Cork County Development Plan 2022, Cork · 101 parcels The zoning objective in the plan - R2Existing Residential/Mixed Residential and Other Uses (Existing residential)
Cork County Development Plan 2022, Cork · 1 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
13 Feb 2026Refused
Permission for retention for existing vehicular entrance for agricultural use as constructed and planning permission for construction of new agricultural shed and all associated site works
Permission for retention · Cork County Council, 26/0355
12 Jan 2026Invalid - case closed
Permission for retention for existing vehicular entrance as constructed and planning permission for construction of a new agricultural shed and all associated site works
Permission for retention · Cork County Council, 26/0028
3 Oct 2025Clarification of f.i. consultees/awaiting recomme
Permission for retention for garage as constructed with regard to orientation, position on site and planning permission to reconstruct the roof to attain ridge height as granted under planning application 17/6589
Permission for retention · Cork County Council, 25/6093
4 Sept 2025Invalid - prepare letters
Permission for Retention for garage as constructed with regards to orientation, position on site and planning permission to reconstruct the roof to attain the ridge height as granted under planning application 17/6589.
Permission for retention · Cork County Council, 25/5787
18 Dec 2024Conditional
Permission for decommissioning of the existing septic tank and the installation of a new waste water treatment system and all associated site works.
Permission · Cork County Council, 24/6439
6 Mar 2023Split decision
(a) Height of extension to ridge height as constructed.(b) Garage as constructed with regard to orientation, position on site and finished ridge height. With reference to previous planning application 17/6589 at their dwelling.
Permission for retention · Cork County Council, 23/4376
19 Jan 2022Conditional
Retention of a domestic garage to side of dwelling
Retention · Cork County Council, 22/4069
23 Nov 2021Conditional
Permission for retention of extension to side of dwelling house.
Retention · Cork County Council, 21/7160
19 Nov 2021Incompleted application
Retention of a domestic garage to side of dwelling
Retention · Cork County Council, 21/7125
12 Feb 2020Conditional
(1) Construction of a single storey dwelling, (2) detached garage, (3) a wastewater treatment system, (4) site entrance and (5) all ancillary works.
Permission · Cork County Council, 20/4262
2 May 2018Conditional
Construction of single storey rear and side extension and some fenestration changes and renovations to the existing dwellinghouse and retention of a rear extension
Permission · Cork County Council, 18/5105
4 Oct 2017Conditional
To demolish shed (garage) at north side of dwelling house, install two roof lights, one on front of roof and the second on rear of roof and replace front door with window to the existing dwelling house and to construct a two storey extension & single storey extensions to the rear and side of dwelling house, to construct a domestic garage, upgrade existing roadside entrance and install a mechanical aeration treatment unit and polishing filter and all ancillary services.
Permission · Cork County Council, 17/6589
22 Jul 2016Withdrawn
Storage garage for vintage vehicles and all associated works.
Permission · Cork County Council, 16/5829
28 Jun 2016Incompleted application
Storage garage for vintage vehicles and all associated works
Permission · Cork County Council, 16/5601
19 Jun 2013Conditional
Demolition of existing haybarn, shed and dwelling house and construction of a replacement dwelling house, septic tank, percolation area, domestic garage and all ancillary works
Permission · Cork County Council, 13/5155
9 Jul 2012Conditional
Demolition of existing haybarn and shed and construction of extension to existing dwellinghouse, septic tank, percolation area, domestic garage and all ancillary works
Permission · Cork County Council, 12/5485
15 Jun 2012Incompleted application
Construction of an extension to existing dwelling house, septic tank, percolation area, domestic garage, and all ancillary works
Permission · Cork County Council, 12/5318
2 Mar 2010Conditional
Dormer type extension to rear of dwelling & retention of domestic garage
Permission · Cork County Council, 10/4451
5 Feb 2009Refused
Dormer bungalow, garage, installation of treatment plant and raised bed percolation area and ancillary works
Outline permission · Cork County Council, 09/4338
27 Jun 2008Refused
Dwellinghouse and installation of effluent treatment unit
Permission · Cork County Council, 08/7541
27 May 2008Incompleted application
Dormer dwellinghouse, garage and installation of treatment plant
Outline permission · Cork County Council, 08/6935
2 May 2008Conditional
Retention of additional roof window to front elevation and 2 no. windows to rear elevation of dwelling, revised site boundaries including increase in site area and relocation of entrance
Permission · Cork County Council, 08/6496
15 Apr 2008Incompleted application
Retention of additional roof window to front elevation, 2 no. windows to rear elevation of dwelling permitted under Pl. Reg. No. 04/7396, revised site boundaries including an increase in site area and relocated entrance
Permission · Cork County Council, 08/6071
18 Mar 2008Conditional
Alterations and extension to dwelling
Permission · Cork County Council, 08/5503
4 Feb 2008Conditional
Renovations, raising of roof and dormer extension to bungalow
Permission · Cork County Council, 08/4524
The 25 most recent of 47 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 Cooleen.
Recorded monuments
No recorded monument lies in the townland of Cooleen.
Architectural heritage
No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands in the townland of Cooleen.
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 low, low (inferred), on the 1:50,000 map.
- Terrain model
- LiDAR of the Office of Public Works, flown in 2011, at 2 m: tile OPW_940 (ZIP).
- 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 Cooleen with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Cork.
The townland
- Name
- Cooleen · Na Cúilíní
- Area
- 1,330,073 m² (133.01 ha, 328.67 acres)
- Civil parish
- Ballyhay, and its townlands
- Barony
- Fermoy
- Electoral division
- Ardskeagh, the unit of the census
- Census 2022
- Ardskeagh electoral division: 510 people in 170 households; 90% of households own their home; 30% of homes were built since 2001; 2% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 1% were holiday homes.
- Neighbouring townlands
- Ballyhay, Coarliss, Knockardamrum, Rathgoggan South, Rathmorgan
- Placenames
- Cooleen 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.