Coomleagh West
Townland in the civil parish of Kilmocomoge, barony of Bantry, Co. Cork; in Irish An Com Liath Thiar
- Area
- 217.8 ha
- 538 acres
- Land parcels
- 44
- registered freehold, median 5,387 m² (0.54 ha, 1.33 acres)
- Zoning
- —
- not in a zoned settlement
- Planning
- 29
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
44 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Coomleagh West, from 15 m² to 321,656 m² (32.17 ha, 79.48 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 14 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
No zone of a development plan covers Coomleagh West 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.
Planning applications
Sites that touch the townland, newest first
13 Aug 2021Conditional
Construction of dwelling house, installation of wastewater treatment system and all associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 21/567
13 Aug 2021Conditional
Change of use of part existing detached building from teaching/therapy rooms, office, to habitable use, as an extension to the adjoining apartment and also for change of site boundary of previous planning reference 06/95
Permission · Cork County Council, 21/566
28 Aug 2020Conditional
Permission for : (i) retention of geodesic dome structure for private use, ancillary to dwelling, (ii) retention of pergola structure and (iii) permission for construction of small detached building for private art studio.
Permission · Cork County Council, 20/466
23 May 2016Conditional
Construction of dwelling, wastewater treatment system and all associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 16/313
12 May 2016Incompleted application
Construction of dwelling, wastewater treatment system and all associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 16/289
29 Apr 2016Incompleted application
Construction of dwelling, wastewater treatment system and all associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 16/259
20 Dec 2012Conditional
Construct a detached dwelling unit for use ancillary to the existing dwelling and relocate the existing store on the site as well as all associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 12/783
13 Apr 2012Conditional
Retention of dwelling (alterations to design & floor level to that as granted under Pla. Ref. No. W/11/119).
Retention · Cork County Council, 12/251
25 Feb 2011Conditional
Sought for construction of dwelling house & for all associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 11/119
21 Jun 2010Conditional
A) Construction of single storey extension to front and western gable of existing dwelling B) new first floor window on western gable of existing dwelling C) construction of first floor extension to rear of existing dwelling house and D) associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 10/430
25 Jul 2007Conditional
Construction of dwellinghouse on reduced site from planning reg: 04/1914
Outline permission · Cork County Council, 07/2009
9 Feb 2007Conditional
Retention of alterations to dwelling including external finish from smooth plaster to timber cladding, reduction in floor area of dwelling as granted under planning ref: 01/6003; retention of outbuilding
Permission · Cork County Council, 07/356
18 Aug 2006Withdrawn
Outline permission for dwelling on reduced site from planning ref:04/1914
Outline permission · Cork County Council, 06/1653
27 Jan 2006Conditional
Upgrading of drainage system including reed bed & retention of teaching/therapy rooms, office & detached guest apartment
Permission · Cork County Council, 06/95
28 Nov 2005Incompleted application
Retention of Course House and attached holiday home with car paking and upgrade drainage system including reedbed and associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 05/8724
20 Dec 2004Conditional
Dwellinghouse
Approval · Cork County Council, 04/9351
10 Sept 2004Withdrawn
Camping site to include 7 no. camping bays, detached toilet block and associated car parking, construction of reedbed system and retention of road sign
Permission · Cork County Council, 04/6878
18 Aug 2004Incompleted application
Camping site to include 7 no. camping bays, construction of detached toilet block and associated car parking, construction of reedbed system and retentionof road signage
Permission · Cork County Council, 04/6318
23 Mar 2004Conditional
Dwellinghouse
Outline permission · Cork County Council, 04/1914
2 Nov 2001Conditional
Dwellinghouse with integral granny flat
Permission · Cork County Council, 01/6003
11 Oct 2001Conditional
Dormer dwelling with garage
Permission · Cork County Council, 01/5597
10 Sept 2001Conditional
Dwelling
Permission · Cork County Council, 01/5055
3 Aug 2001Conditional
Extension to dwelling
Permission · Cork County Council, 01/4476
5 Jan 2001Conditional
Dwellinghouse
Outline permission · Cork County Council, 01/52
1 Dec 2000Conditional
Retention of dwellinghouse, adjacent guest cottage, farm building & site layout
Permission · Cork County Council, 00/7261
The 25 most recent of 29 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 Coomleagh West.
Recorded monuments
- CO106-104001 Hut site
Description
In rough grazing, on a sheltered terrace on a S-facing hillslope. The remains of a D-shaped hut site (2.2m N-S) defined by the jumbled lower courses of a curving drystone wall (T 0.8m; H 0.4m) with a straight N side (L 3m). A break (Wth c. 0.5m) in the wall at E may indicate the entrance location. The level interior is partially covered by rubble. A circular hut site (CO106-104002-) adjoins this hut site at the SE. The above description is derived from 'The Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 5' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 2009). Date of upload: 22 December 2009
- CO106-104002 Hut site
Description
In rough grazing, on a sheltered terrace on a S-facing hillslope. The remains of a circular hut site (diam. 1.8m) defined by the jumbled lower courses of a drystone wall (T 0.55m; H 0.3m). The interior is level and a break (Wth c. 0.4m) in the wall at SE may indicate the entrance location. A D-shaped hut site (CO106-104001-) adjoins this hut site at the NW. The above description is derived from 'The Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 5' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 2009). Date of upload: 22 December 2009
Architectural heritage
No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands in the townland of Coomleagh West.
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 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 Coomleagh West.
- 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 Coomleagh West with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Cork.
The townland
- Name
- Coomleagh West · An Com Liath Thiar
- Area
- 2,177,990 m² (217.8 ha, 538.19 acres)
- Civil parish
- Kilmocomoge, and its townlands
- Barony
- Bantry
- Electoral division
- Mealagh, the unit of the census
- Census 2022
- Mealagh electoral division: 401 people in 148 households; 88% of households own their home; 44% of homes were built since 2001; 12% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 6% were holiday homes.
- Neighbouring townlands
- Barnagowlane West, Coomleagh East, Cousane, Gortnacowly, Maughanaclea
- Placenames
- Coomleagh West 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.