Coomatallin

37 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Coomatallin, from 317 m² to 312,601 m² (31.26 ha, 77.25 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 36 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 Coomatallin 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.

• 29 Sept 2025Grant with conditions

  The development will consist of: The extension of the operational duration of the existing Coomatallin Wind Farm and associated infrastructure (as permitted pursuant to Cork County Council Planning Register Reference 00/6380) for a further period of 20 years from the date of the expiry of its current operational duration. No changes are proposed to the number or dimensions of the existing permitted wind turbines. The existing wind farm comprises: (i) 4 no. wind turbines; (ii) associated turbine foundations and crane hardstandings; (iii) 2 no. site entrances, from the L8586 and L8299 public roads respectively; (iv) approximately 2.4 kilometres (km) of on-site access tracks; (v) a 20 kilovolt (kV) electrical substation and control building with a gross floor area of 74 square metres and associated electrical apparatus; (vi) underground electrical and communications cabling; and (vii) a meteorological mast with a total height of 60 metres (m). The development provides for the installation of an aviation warning light on turbine T4. This planning application is accompanied by an Environmental Impact Assessment Report and Natura Impact Statement which includes an assessment of the likely significant effects of the development; both individually and in combination with the relevant off-site or secondary developments which will occur as a direct result of the development, including the development' s existing grid connection infrastructure which comprises approximately 160m of 20kV underground electricity line and approximately 8km of 20kV overhead electricity line located within the townlands of Kippagh, Coomatallin, The Pike, Drinagh East, Lisbealad East, Lisbealad West, Kilronane West, Kilronane East, Milleenanannig, Nedinagh West and Ballyhalwick, County Cork. This development is covered by the provisions of the Renewable Energy Directive III (Directive (EU) 2023/2413) and it is important to note that the planning application may be subject to section 34D of the Planning and Development Act 2000, as amended. When a notice issues in accordance with section 34D(b), the provisions of article 26A of the Planning And Development Regulations 2001 to 2025 shall apply. The planning application, Environmental Impact Assessment Report and Natura Impact Statement may be inspected, or purchased at a fee not exceeding the reasonable cost of making a copy, at the offices of the planning authority during its public opening hours. A submission or observation in relation to the application may be made in writing to the planning authority on payment of the prescribed fee, €20, within the period of - (a) 5 weeks or (b) 2 weeks, in the case of a planning application for small-scale solar energy equipment development or development that is the installation of a small-scale non-ground source heat pump, beginning on the date of receipt by the authority of the application, and such submissions or observations will be considered by the planning authority in making a decision on the application. The planning authority may grant permission subject to or without conditions, or may refuse to grant permission.

  Permission · Cork County Council, 25/6057

• 26 Feb 2021Conditional

  Permission for the retention of A) extension to the front of existing dwelling B) garage extension to existing outbuildings C) change of use of existing outbuilding to a self-contained dwelling ancillary to the main dwelling

  Retention · Cork County Council, 21/145

• 13 Apr 2017Conditional

  Demolition of an existing agricultural outhouse, the construction of a dwelling house, the installation of a septic tank with percolation area and all associated site works

  Permission · Cork County Council, 17/215

• 16 Mar 2017Incompleted application

  The demolition of an existing agricultural outhouse, the construction of a dwellinghouse, the installation of a septic tank with percolation area and all associated work

  Permission · Cork County Council, 17/158

• 4 Jul 2012Conditional

  Construction of a two turbine extension to an existing four turbine wind farm at the townlands of Coomatallin, Kippagh and The Pike near Drinagh, Co. Cork. The maximum hub height will be 65m and the maximum rotor diameter will be 82.5m resulting in a maximum tip height of 106.25m. The associated works will include turbine foundations and hardstanding, transformers, access track, drainage and an extension to the existing substation

  Permission · Cork County Council, 12/436

• 30 Apr 2007Refused

  Dwelling, domestic garage and associated site works

  Outline permission · Cork County Council, 07/1136

• 25 May 2006Unconditional

  Windfarm consisting of 7no. wind turbines, meteorological mast (50m high), electrical sub-station, control building, upgrading entrance and ancillary works

  Extension of duration · Cork County Council, 06/960

• 1 Apr 2004Conditional

  Dwellinghouse

  Permission · Cork County Council, 04/2155

• 20 May 2003Withdrawn

  Dwellinghouse with conservatory

  Permission · Cork County Council, 03/2390

• 9 Dec 2002Refused

  Dwellinghouse with conservatory

  Permission · Cork County Council, 02/5443

• 24 Oct 2000Conditional

  Construction of a 50m high monitoring mast for wind measurement purposes

  Permission · Cork County Council, 00/6382

• 24 Oct 2000Conditional

  Windfarm consisting of 7 no. wind turbines,meteorological mast(50m high),electrical sub- station,control building,up- grading entrance & anc. works

  Permission · Cork County Council, 00/6380

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 Coomatallin.

Recorded monuments

No recorded monument lies in the townland of Coomatallin.

Architectural heritage

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

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 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 Coomatallin.

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

Name

Coomatallin · Com an tSalainn

Area

2,466,046 m² (246.6 ha, 609.37 acres)

Civil parish

Drinagh, and its townlands

Barony

Carbery West (East Division)

Electoral division

Drinagh, the unit of the census

Census 2022

Drinagh electoral division: 388 people in 137 households; 83% of households own their home; 23% of homes were built since 2001; 11% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 6% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Carrigagrenane, Carrigfadda, Garryglass, Kilnacally, Kippagh, Knockmore, The Pike

Placenames

Coomatallin 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.