# Coomacheo, Co. Cork: townland, land parcels and planning

Townland in the civil parish of Drishane, barony of Muskerry West, Co. Cork; in Irish Com an Cheo.

- Area (Tailte Éireann): 8,787,920 m² (878.79 ha, 2,171.54 acres)
- Land parcels (Tailte Éireann): 5 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in it, median 990,493 m² (99.05 ha, 244.76 acres)
- Zoning (national zoning, MyPlan): not in a zoned settlement
- Planning (National Planning Applications): 11 applications since 2010
- Civil parish: Drishane, https://everytownland.com/cork/parish/drishane.md
- Barony: Muskerry West
- Electoral division: Caherbarnagh, the unit of the census
- Census 2022 (Central Statistics Office): Caherbarnagh electoral division: 534 people in 197 households; 91% of households own their home; 20% of homes were built since 2001; 11% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 2% were holiday homes.
- County: Co. Cork, https://everytownland.com/cork.md
- Placenames Database of Ireland: https://www.logainm.ie/en/12583
- Townland number at Tailte Éireann: 41843
- Centre: latitude 52.021043, longitude -9.158046 (WGS 84)

## Land parcels (registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann)

5 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Coomacheo, from 185,253 m² (18.53 ha, 45.78 acres) to 3,395,347 m² (339.53 ha, 839.01 acres); 13 neighbouring parcels touch its boundary. Largest first:

- Parcel 2166322: 3,395,347 m² (339.53 ha, 839.01 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2166322.md
- Parcel 2133773: 2,884,924 m² (288.49 ha, 712.88 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2133773.md
- Parcel 5323985: 990,493 m² (99.05 ha, 244.76 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5323985.md
- Parcel 2166323: 452,856 m² (45.29 ha, 111.9 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2166323.md
- Parcel 2318469: 185,253 m² (18.53 ha, 45.78 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2318469.md

## Zoning (national zoning of development plans, MyPlan)

No zone of a development plan covers Coomacheo in the national zoning. Outside zoned towns and villages, the county development plan's rural policies apply to each application.

## Planning applications whose site touches the townland (National Planning Applications, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage)

11 applications, newest first.

- 4 Sept 2013, Cork County Council 13/5717: Conditional. Permission. Ten year planning permission for an extension to existing Gneeves Wind Farm (Planning Refs. 99/0616, 03/6585, 04/1355, 04/0188, 08/5636, 13/4566). The proposed extension will comprise of 3no. turbines (each with a maximum tip height of 91m), a borrow pit, new internal access roads, upgrading of existing internal access roads, underground cables, an extension to the existing substation building with a wastewater holding tank and ancillary works. File: https://planning.agileapplications.ie/corkcoco/application-details/?ref=13/5717
- 23 Aug 2013, Cork County Council 13/5642: Incompleted application. Permission. An extension to existing Gneeves Wind Farm (planning refs. 99/0616, 03/6585, 04/1355, 04/188, 08/5636, 13/4566). The proposed extension will comprise of 3 turbines (each with a maximum tip height of 91m), a borrow pit, new internal access roads, upgrading of existing internal access roads, underground cables, an extension to the existing substation building with a wastewater holding tank and ancillary works. An Environmental Impact Statement and Natura Impact Statement accompany this application. File: https://planning.agileapplications.ie/corkcoco/application-details/?ref=13/5642
- 3 Apr 2013, Cork County Council 13/4566: Unconditional. Extension of duration. Completion of windfarm (13 no. turbines), extension of duration to permission granted under Planning Reg. No. N/99/0616, modified under Planning Reg. No 03/6585 and which received an extension of duration under Planning Reg. No. 08/5636.. File: https://planning.agileapplications.ie/corkcoco/application-details/?ref=13/4566
- 8 Mar 2013, Cork County Council 13/4386: Incompleted application. Extension of duration. Completion of windfarm, extension of duration to permission granted under planning Ref. No. N/99/0616, modified under planning Ref. No 03/6585 and which received an extension of duration under planning Ref. No. 08/5636.. File: https://planning.agileapplications.ie/corkcoco/application-details/?ref=13/4386
- 15 Apr 2010, Cork County Council 10/4887: Refused. Permission. Construction of 90MW Pumped Hydro Energy Storage Scheme (PHES). The Gortavehy 90MW pumped hydro energy storage scheme will consist of an upper reservoir & a peat storage bund with embankments and an upper intake structure. A lower reservoir with a dam & spillway & lower intake structure. An underground power house. Underground tunnels consisting of a penstock, a tailrace & an access tunnel connecting to the power house. An outdoor 110kV switchyard with connection works. Permanent access roads & a new site entrance on the L1130. Percolation area with a wastewater treatment unit. Site boundary treatments including walls, fencing & landscaping, underground services, on site disposal of surface & storm water to settlement ponds & associated & ancillary site development works. File: https://planning.agileapplications.ie/corkcoco/application-details/?ref=10/4887
- 25 Mar 2008, Cork County Council 08/5636: Unconditional. Extension of duration. Completion of wind farm (13 no. turbines) granted under pl. reg. no. 99/0616 and modified under pl. reg. no. 03/6585. File: https://planning.agileapplications.ie/corkcoco/application-details/?ref=08/5636
- 1 Sept 2006, Cork County Council 06/10251: Conditional. Permission. Alterations to 110Kv substation compound to serve permitted windfarm development of 17 no. windturbines to include increase in size of substation compound and alterations to layout, increase in size of control building and installation of septic tank. File: https://planning.agileapplications.ie/corkcoco/application-details/?ref=06/10251
- 3 Mar 2004, Cork County Council 04/1355: Conditional. Permission. Change in access route for windfarm permitted under Reg. No. N/99/0616. File: https://planning.agileapplications.ie/corkcoco/application-details/?ref=04/1355
- 16 Jan 2004, Cork County Council 04/188: Conditional. Permission. Extension to windfarm permitted under reg. no. N/99/0616 to consist of 4 no. wind turbines (hub height 65m, blade tip 91m), construction of and extension of internal site tracks and associated works. File: https://planning.agileapplications.ie/corkcoco/application-details/?ref=04/188
- 18 Dec 2003, Cork County Council 03/6585: Conditional. Permission. Modifications to windfarm permitted under Reg. No. N/99/0616 to include increase of the turbine height from 44m to 65m. File: https://planning.agileapplications.ie/corkcoco/application-details/?ref=03/6585
- 29 Apr 2003, Cork County Council 03/1997: Conditional. Permission. Windfarm to include 17 no. turbines, 60m meteorological mast,120KV substation, control building, fencing, compound & anc. works. File: https://planning.agileapplications.ie/corkcoco/application-details/?ref=03/1997

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## Designated sites (National Parks and Wildlife Service)

- Special Area of Conservation: Killarney National Park, Macgillycuddy's Reeks and Caragh River Catchment SAC, site code 000365, https://www.npws.ie/protected-sites/sac/000365
- Proposed Natural Heritage Area: Killarney National Park, Macgillycuddy's Reeks And Caragh River Catchment, site code 000365

## Recorded monuments (Sites and Monuments Record, National Monuments Service)

No recorded monument lies in the townland of Coomacheo.

## Architectural heritage (National Inventory of Architectural Heritage)

No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands in the townland of Coomacheo.

## Ground and risks (Radon Risk Map of Ireland, EPA; Landslide Susceptibility Classification and LiDAR, Geological Survey Ireland)

- Radon: About 1 in 10 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels. Testing a home: https://www.epa.ie/environment-and-you/radon/radon-testing/#d.en.82887
- 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 Coomacheo.
- Flooding: the flood maps of the Office of Public Works, https://www.floodinfo.ie/map/floodmaps/, linked only: their licence does not allow re-use.

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.

## Downloads

- DXF, in Irish Transverse Mercator metres, with its boundary, parcels and buildings, for a drawing program: https://everytownland.com/cork/coomacheo.dxf
- GeoJSON, in WGS 84, for a map: https://everytownland.com/cork/coomacheo.geojson
- KML, for Google Earth: https://everytownland.com/cork/coomacheo.kml

## Homes sold (Residential Property Price Register)

No address of the register names Coomacheo with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Cork: https://everytownland.com/cork.md

## Neighbouring townlands (National Statutory Boundaries, Tailte Éireann)

- Adrivale: https://everytownland.com/cork/adrivale.md
- Caherbarnagh: https://everytownland.com/cork/caherbarnagh.md
- Cummeennabuddoge (Co. Kerry): https://everytownland.com/kerry/cummeennabuddoge.md
- Curracahill: https://everytownland.com/cork/curracahill.md
- Gneeves: https://everytownland.com/cork/gneeves-42917.md
- Gortavehy East: https://everytownland.com/cork/gortavehy-east.md
- Gortavehy West: https://everytownland.com/cork/gortavehy-west.md
- Kippagh: https://everytownland.com/cork/kippagh-43613.md
- Knocknagowan (Co. Kerry): https://everytownland.com/kerry/knocknagowan.md
- Toorboney: https://everytownland.com/cork/toorboney.md

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.

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Everytownland reads the registered freehold land and the statutory boundaries of Tailte Éireann, the national zoning, planning file and heritage records of the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, and the Residential Property Price Register. A parcel is the land of a title, not an address. The owner's name is in the Land Registry of Tailte Éireann: a copy of the folio can be ordered on landdirect.ie, for a fee; this site names no owner. A price is the price recorded for a past sale, not a valuation.

Sources: Cadastral Parcels Freehold, Townlands, Civil Parishes, Baronies, Electoral Divisions and Buildings, Tailte Éireann, CC BY 4.0; national zoning of development plans (GZT, MyPlan) and National Planning Applications, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, CC BY 4.0, applicants not shown; designated sites, National Parks and Wildlife Service, CC BY 4.0; Sites and Monuments Record, National Monuments Service, CC BY 4.0; National Inventory of Architectural Heritage, CC BY 4.0; Residential Property Price Register, Property Services Regulatory Authority, re-used with the source acknowledged.

- Page: https://everytownland.com/cork/coomacheo
- In JSON: https://everytownland.com/api/townland/cork/coomacheo