Coolnanave
Townland in the civil parish of Brigown, barony of Condons and Clangibbon, Co. Cork; in Irish Cúil na nDamh
- Area
- 163.3 ha
- 404 acres
- Land parcels
- 103
- registered freehold, median 2,087 m² (0.21 ha, 0.52 acres)
- Zoning
- G3
- Greenbelt1
- Planning
- 60
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
103 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Coolnanave, from 5 m² to 128,275 m² (12.83 ha, 31.7 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 47 neighbouring parcels touch it.
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Zoning
Development plans, national zoning
- G3Greenbelt1 (Conservation, amenity or buffer space, corridor/belt, landscape)
Cork County Development Plan 2022, Cork · 75 parcels The zoning objective in the plan - R2Existing Residential/Mixed Residential and Other Uses (Existing residential)
Cork County Development Plan 2022, Cork · 20 parcels The zoning objective in the plan - M4Existing Mixed/General Business/Industrial Uses (Built up area)
Cork County Development Plan 2022, Cork · 20 parcels The zoning objective in the plan - C6Business and General Employment (Mixed/general commercial/industrial/enterprise uses)
Cork County Development Plan 2022, Cork · 18 parcels The zoning objective in the plan - C2.1Industry (Industrial, enterprise, employment)
Cork County Development Plan 2022, Cork · 11 parcels The zoning objective in the plan - G3Green Infrastructure (Conservation, amenity or buffer space, corridor/belt, landscape)
Cork County Development Plan 2022, Cork · 2 parcels The zoning objective in the plan - P1Agriculture
Cork County Development Plan 2022, Cork · 2 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
26 May 2026Application withdrawn
Permission for the construction of truck/trailer parking facility to serve Mitchelstown Business Park and all ancillary site development works including drainage, and landscaping.
Permission · Cork County Council, 26/1393
5 Dec 2025Grant with conditions
Permission to construct a new dwelling house
Permission · Cork County Council, 25/6680
17 Apr 2025Conditional permission
Permission for extension of an existing retail/storage unit consisting of an additional storage area and the provision of office space to the existing building, the provision of car parking areas and all associated site works.
Permission · Cork County Council, 25/4716
2 Dec 2024Conditional permission
The application site comprises an area of c. 5.61hectares. The site is primarily located in the townland of Corracunna and is surrounded by agricultural lands to the North and East, with the N73 national route to the south, and the L90813 local road to the west. The site takes in lands at Coolnanave and Garrane, on the western side of the L90813, to the west and north west of the main site area, to provide woodland planting and an underground drainage pipe and outfall. The proposed development comprises the construction of an anaerobic digestion facility to produce renewable biomethane, CO2 (which will be captured) and a bio-based fertiliser from organic material. The total proposed gross floor area of the development (including internal plant areas and ancillary structures) will be c. 3,419.5 sq.m. Permission for the; (1) Demolition of existing single storey disused agricultural buildings, silos, and tank within the western portion of the site (total demolition gross floor area (GFA) of c. 1,781 sq.m). One single storey agricultural building (with GFA of c. 87.8 sq.m and height of c. 5.1m) will be stabilised and retained as a biodiversity building. (2) Construction of 3 no. digesters (c.15.6m in height), 2 no. digestates storage structures (c. 15.5m and 11m in height), 2 no. liquid storage tanks (c.12.2m in height) and a liquid feed tank (c. 8m in height), located in the southeast portion of the site. (3) 3 no. pasteurisation tanks (each c. 6m in height), a post-pasteurisation cooling tank (c.12.2m in height) and pre fertiliser manufacturing tank (c.12.2m in height), located in the centre of the site. (4) part single-storey and part two-storey reception hall (with a GFA of c. 2,112.6 sq.m and an overall height of c. 15.5m) to accommodate a laboratory, panel room, tool store, workshop, and storage areas, with a liquid feed intake adjacent to the reception hall, located in the central portion of the site, to the north of the digesters. (5) a single-storey solid digestate storage and nutrient recovery building (with a GFA of c. 879.9 sq.m and a overall height of c.12.4 in height) will be located to the west of the reception hall, in the central portion of the site. (6) Odour abatement plant (with a maximum height of c. 6m in height) and equipment, a digestate offtake area, and a fuel tank (c. 1.6 in height) will be provided to the north of the solid digestate storage and nutrient recovery building. (7) Construction of an ESB substation (c. 3.4m in height) 2 no. CO2 tanks and a CO2 loading pump (c. 14.5m in height), along with associated plant structures including CO2 auxiliaries, CO2 liqueufactor, a CO2 compressor and a CO2 pre-treatment skid (with an overall height of c. 6.7m), located in the southwest portion of the site. (8) Construction of a biogas treatment skid, a biogas compression system, a biogas upgrading module (with an overall height of c. 5.1m) and a grid injection unit within a fenced compound (c. 2.8m in height), located within the southwestern portion of the site. (9) Construction of an emergency biogas flare (c. 11.3m in height) 2 no. propane tanks (c. 1.3m in height) and a grid off take skid, located further to the west of the site. (10) Construction of O2 generation unit (c. 2.6m in height), a biomethane boiler (c. 5.6m to top of flue stack), a combined heat and power (CHP) unit and panel room (with a maximum height of c. 6m to top of flue), 2 no. pump houses (c. 2.6m in height, each with a GFA of c. 29sq.m) located in the southwestern portion of the site, south of biogas upgrading structures. (11) Construction of a two-storey ancillary office and administration building (with an overall height of c. 8.6m and GFA of c. 271.5 sq.m), located within the western portion of the site, adjacent to the main site entrance. (12) A discharge pipe route extending to the northwest of the main anaerobic digestion facility site, crossing the L90813 and through agricultural lands to the River Funshion. (13) Alterations to the
Permission · Cork County Council, 24/6272
22 Aug 2023Conditional
Permission for retention for the following departures from original permitted design; 1)modifications to roof profile which created a reduction in the permitted ridge height and an increase in eaves height along with the resulting elevational changes, 2) additional first floor area totaling 165m2, 3) additional windows to north and west elevations, 4) the installation and continued use of a demountable waste compactor and roll on-roll off waste collection bin. Along with and all associated site development works.
Retention · Cork County Council, 23/5700
30 May 2023Conditional permission
The development will consist of the construction of 3 no. warehouse units (Unit A, Unit B & Unit C) with ancillary office and staff facilities and associated development as follows: 1) Warehouse ‘Unit A’ will have a maximum height of 15.7 metres with a gross floor area of 8,550 sq.m comprising warehouse area (7,702 sq.m) and ancillary offices (433 sq.m) with staff facilities (415 sq.m), (ii) Warehouse ‘Unit B’ will have a maximum height of 17.15 metres with a gross floor area of 11,973 sq.m comprising warehouse area (10,958 sq.m) and ancillary offices (566 sq.m) with staff facilities (449 sq.m), (iii) Warehouse ‘Unit C’ will have a maximum height of 16.5 metres with a gross floor area of 6,691 sq.m comprising warehouse area (6,141 sq.m) and ancillary offices (288 sq.m) with staff facilities (262 sq.m). The development will also include: the demolition of 2 no. existing agricultural sheds; the provision of a vehicular and pedestrian entrance to the side from the Limerick Road (R513); an internal estate road with internal access/egress spurs; footpaths and pedestrian accesses; 163 no. car parking spaces including EV and accessible parking spaces; marshalling yards; gates; level access goods doors and associated ramps; dock levellers; bicycle parking; lighting; ESB substations; wastewater pumping station; plant including firefighting tank; external canopies; green walls; boundary treatments; hard and soft landscaping; and all associated site and development works above and below ground. The lands are generally bound to the north by the L95131-1 road, to the south by dwellings and greenfield lands, to the east by greenfield lands, and to the west by dwellings and the Limerick Road(R513). An existing vacant structure Gurrane House is located at the north western boundary of the site.
Permission · Cork County Council, 23/5083
17 May 2023Incompleted application
Retention of and continuance of use for the: 1) seeks to regularize departures from originally permitted design, inter alia, the additional first floor area, revised elevations, raised front entrance door and loading doors, 2) changes to the elevations for approved consisting of reduction in roof pitch angle, change in eves height, incorporation of access ramp of their production unit, 3) use of parking area, 4) use of a demountable waste compactor and storage bin area.
Retention · Cork County Council, 23/5003
15 May 2023Conditional
1 No. business unit of 819sq.m. with external hard standing for storage of materials with palisade fencing, 4 No. business units of 294/5sq.m., 56 No. surface car parking spaces, and all associated site works.
Permission · Cork County Council, 23/4963
18 Jul 2022Withdrawn
The development will consist of the construction of 3 no. warehouse units (Unit A, Unit B and Unit C) with ancillary office and staff facilities and associated development as follows : (i) Warehouse ‘Unit A’ will have a maximum height of 15.7 metres with a gross floor area of 8,550 sq.m comprising warehouse area (7,702 sq.m) and ancillary offices (433 sq.m) with staff facilities (415 sq.m), (ii) Warehouse ‘Unit B’ will have a maximum height of 17.15 metres with a gross floor area of 11,973 sq.m comprising warehouse area (10,958 sq.m) and ancillary offices (566 sq.m) with staff facilities (449 sq.m), (iii) Warehouse ‘Unit C’ will have a maximum height of 16.5 metres with a gross floor area of 6,691 sq.m comprising warehouse area (6,141 sq.m) and ancillary offices (288 sq.m) with staff facilities (262 sq.m). The development will also include: the demolition of 2 no. existing agricultural sheds; the provision of a vehicular and pedestrian entrance to site from the Limerick Road (R513); an internal estate road with internal access/egress spurs; footpaths and pedestrian access; 243 no. car parking spaces including EV and accessible parking spaces; marshalling yards; sliding gates; level access goods doors and associated ramps; dock levellers; bicycle parking; lighting; ESB substations; plant; external canopies; green walls; boundary treatments; hard and soft landscaping; and all associated site and development works above and below ground at this 8.33 Ha site located in Garrane, Mitchelstown, Co. Cork. The lands are bound to the north by the L95131-1 road, to the south by dwellings and greenfield lands, to the east by greenfields land, and generally bound to the west by dwellings and the Limerick Road (R513). An existing vacant structure Gurrane House (Eircode P67KW18 ) is located at the north-western boundary of the site.
Permission · Cork County Council, 22/5682
24 Jun 2022Incompleted application
The development will consist of the construction of 3 no. warehouse units (Unit A, Unit B and Unit C) with ancillary office and staff facilities and associated development as follows : (i) Warehouse ‘Unit A’ will have a maximum height of 15.7 metres with a gross floor area of 8,550 sq.m comprising warehouse area (7,702 sq.m) and ancillary offices (433 sq.m) with staff facilities (415 sq.m), (ii) Warehouse ‘Unit B’ will have a maximum height of 17.15 metres with a gross floor area of 11,973 sq.m comprising warehouse area (10,958 sq.m) and ancillary offices (566 sq.m) with staff facilities (449 sq.m), (iii) Warehouse ‘Unit C’ will have a maximum height of 16.5 metres with a gross floor area of 6,691 sq.m comprising warehouse area (6,141 sq.m) and ancillary offices (288 sq.m) with staff facilities (262 sq.m). The development will also include: the demolition of 2 no. existing agricultural sheds; the provision of a vehicular and pedestrian entrance to the site from the Limerick Road (R513); an internal estate road with internal access/egress spurs; footpaths and pedestrian access; 243 no. car parking spaces including EV and accessible parking spaces; marshalling yards; sliding gates; level access goods doors and associated ramps; dock levellers; bicycle parking; lighting ; ESB substations; plant; external canopies; green walls; boundary treatments; hard and soft landscaping; and all associated site and development works above and below grounds. Development at 8.33 Ha site. The lands are bound to the north by the L95131-1 road, to the south by dwellings and greenfield lands, to the east by greenfield lands, and generally bound to the west by dwellings and the Limerick Road (R513). An existing vacant structure "Gurrane House" (Eircode P67 KW18) is located at the north-western boundary of the site.
Permission · Cork County Council, 22/5472
23 Dec 2021Conditional
To demolish an existing single storey porch to the front and single storey extension to the rear of the existing dwelling, construct a new 2 storey extension to the rear of the existing dwelling, extend the roof height to the side of the existing dwelling, construct a new domestic garage/store, install a secondary waste water treatment unit and polishing filter, increase the opening of the existing site entrance and all associated site works.
Permission · Cork County Council, 21/7514
21 Dec 2021Conditional
Retention of and the continuance of use of the following ancillary structures (i) dry goods store (ii) plant enclosures (iii) ancillary coverings to their processing facility.
Retention · Cork County Council, 21/7436
14 Apr 2021Conditional
Change of use from what was granted under planning reference no. 07/4337 from industrial unit to vehicle repair services.
Permission · Cork County Council, 21/4956
16 Nov 2020Conditional
Construction of a livestock shed with underground slatted storage tank and all associated siteworks.
Permission · Cork County Council, 20/6526
29 Apr 2020Conditional permission
Change of use from what was granted under Planning Reference No. 07/4337 from industrial unit to retail sales area and warehouse for auto parts.
Permission · Cork County Council, 20/4863
6 Dec 2017Conditional
Construction of a two-storey dwellinghouse, detached domestic garage and associated site works including roadside entrance, septic tank and percolation area.
Permission · Cork County Council, 17/7193
10 Feb 2017Conditional
Construct a light industrial building (943m2 over 2 floors) for the process of pudding manufacture including offices, entrance, parking area, signage, boundary treatment and all associated site works.
Permission · Cork County Council, 17/4283
23 Dec 2016Incompleted application
To construct a light industrial building (943m2 over two floors) for the process of pudding manufacture including offices, entrance, parking area, signage, boundary treatment and all associated site works.
Permission · Cork County Council, 16/7300
16 Dec 2016Conditional
To retain an existing 25m high telecommunications monopole support structure, (previously granted permission under reference 11/5149), carrying antennas and link dishes together with associated equipment cabinets and fencing.
Retention · Cork County Council, 16/7153
25 Oct 2016Conditional
Retention of alterations to industrial/business Units 1-11, Building H, as constructed under Planning Reg. No. 07/4337 including alterations to elevations of all units, the provision of mezzanine area to unit 1, provision of first floor area to unit 11, and also for retention of change of use of ground floor of unit 11 from industrial/business unit to gym
Retention · Cork County Council, 16/6666
28 Sept 2016Incompleted application
Retention of alterations to industrial/business Units 1-11, Building H, as constructed under Planning Reg. No. 07/4337 including alterations to elevations of all units, the provision of mezzanine area to unit 1, provision of first floor area to unit 11, and also for retention of change of ground floor unit 11 form industrial/business unit to gym
Retention · Cork County Council, 16/6396
31 Aug 2016Incompleted application
Retention of alterations to Units 1-11, Building H as constructed under Planning Reg. No. 07/4337 including alterations to elevations of all units, alterations to floor area of unit 1, 4, 8 and 11 and also for Retention of change of unit 11 from industrial to gym
Retention · Cork County Council, 16/6186
19 Apr 2016Unconditional
Construction of a light industrial building with ancillary offices and including car park, entrance gate, signage and all associated site works – Extension of Duration of Permission granted under Planning Reg. No. 10/8683
Extension of duration · Cork County Council, 16/4859
16 Dec 2015Unconditional
Two storey hotel extension comprising of 18 no. bedrooms, meeting rooms, foyer/reception and all associated areas, construction of a single storey extension comprising of staff facilities, storage areas, outdoor activity storage and sanitation facility, refuse storage area and plant room, conversion of existing guest apartment into a gymnasium, conversion of existing meeting room and boiler room into lounge area, alterations to existing elevations to include the provision of new facade wall to a portion of existing north-west and south-east elevation and to the entire south-west elevation, new window openings, signage, smoking areas, entrance canopy and new render treatment to a portion of te existing north-east, north-west,, south-east and south-west elevations and removal and addition of windows to these areas, alterations to car parking area, alterations to site entrance, provision of fire fighting water storage tank and associated services and all associated landscaping and site works and retention of 3 no. signs and all associated landscaping and site works - Extension of duration of Pl. Reg. No. 10/5992
Extension of duration · Cork County Council, 15/6860
23 Oct 2015Incompleted application
Retention of alterations to elevations of industrial building constructed under Planning Reg. No. 07/4337
Retention · Cork County Council, 15/6379
The 25 most recent of 60 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 Coolnanave.
Recorded monuments
No recorded monument lies in the townland of Coolnanave.
Architectural heritage
- Woodview House, house, 1880–1900 · Regional interest
Description
Detached two-storey house, built c. 1890, having three-bay first floor and four-bay ground floor, with gabled dormer windows and porch to front. Pitched slate roof with decorative terracotta ridge crestings and rendered chimneystacks. Carved timber bargeboards to dormer windows. Rendered walls with painted rendered quoins. Square-headed window openings with moulded render surrounds and one-over-one pane timber sliding sash windows with render sills. Timber glazed porch with carved timber bargeboards and having render panel to plinth wall. Six-bay single-storey outbuilding to east with pitched slate roof and roughcast rendered walls. Garden to front of house, having gate with rendered square-profile piers and moulded caps, with ornate wrought-iron gate. Square-profile piers rendered piers with render caps and double leaf cast-iron gates. Rendered boundary walls with cast-iron railings.
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 5 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; parts are made ground.
- Terrain model
- No LiDAR survey of the Office of Public Works covers the centre of the townland of Coolnanave.
- 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 Coolnanave with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Cork.
The townland
- Name
- Coolnanave · Cúil na nDamh
- Area
- 1,633,137 m² (163.31 ha, 403.56 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
- Ballinwillin, Corracunna, Garrane, Kilshanny, Mitchelstown
- Placenames
- Coolnanave 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.