Cooscroneen
Townland in the civil parish of Myross, barony of Carbery West (East Division), Co. Cork; in Irish Cuas Chróinín
- Area
- 49.8 ha
- 123 acres
- Land parcels
- 54
- registered freehold, median 2,742 m² (0.27 ha, 0.68 acres)
- Zoning
- —
- not in a zoned settlement
- Planning
- 30
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
54 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Cooscroneen, from 40 m² to 86,346 m² (8.63 ha, 21.34 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 29 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 Cooscroneen 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
7 Nov 2025Grant with conditions
Construct a new entrance (previously permitted under Pl Ref. 23/00718) to serve existing dwelling and also two adjoining dwellinghouses and to close existing entrance, serving the three houses and all associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 25/6410
23 Jan 2025Refused
Demolish existing boathouse and adjoining store and to construct a new boathouse/store/domestic garage/hobby room and to undertake all associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 25/20
14 Dec 2023Conditional
Permission for demolition of existing store and permission for alterations and extension to dwellinghouse, a new vehicular entrance and parking area, and all associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 23/718
22 Oct 2020Conditional
Planning permission for (a) partial demolition of a dwellinghouse and full demolition of attached outbildings (b) alterations and extensions to said dwellinghouse (c) all associated site works including retaining walls and a detached boiler house (d) demolition of an ancillary detached outbuilding (e) construction of a detached ancillary annexe consisting of a store, wc, lobby and hobby room (f) decommission of existing shared septic tank system and installation of a new wastewater treatment system to serve the 2 existing dwellings on site and the proposed detached ancillary annexe and all associated site development works
Permission · Cork County Council, 20/590
18 Jan 2019Conditional
Permission for retention of a detached building consisting of boat store on the ground floor and a self contained living unit at first floor.
Permission · Cork County Council, 19/24
28 Jun 2018Conditional
Rear single storey extension and a two storey extension over new garage to existing dwelling, with new sewage treatment system and all site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 18/381
29 May 2018Incompleted application
A rear single storey extension and two storey extension over new garage to existing dwelling, new sewage treatment system and all site works.
Permission · Cork County Council, 18/303
14 Nov 2014Conditional
Construction of a dwelling house and detached utility building and all associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 14/656
8 Feb 2012Conditional
Permission to carry out alterations, construct a two storey extension and all associated site works to an existing house
Permission · Cork County Council, 12/69
2 Apr 2008Refused
Dwelling house, waste water treatment system and all associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 08/582
20 Feb 2008Incompleted application
Dwelling house, waste water treatment system and all associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 08/303
2 Oct 2006Refused
Wind turbine and retention of ancillary dwelling
Permission · Cork County Council, 06/1999
19 Sept 2006Incompleted application
Wind turbine and retention of ancillary dwelling
Permission · Cork County Council, 06/1888
8 Jun 2006Incompleted application
Retention for ancillary dwelling and permission for wind turbine
Permission · Cork County Council, 06/1084
8 Mar 2006Conditional
Dwellinghouse
Permission · Cork County Council, 06/370
25 Jan 2006Incompleted application
Dwellinghouse
Permission · Cork County Council, 06/66
5 May 2005Conditional
Domestic garage
Permission · Cork County Council, 05/3000
24 Mar 2005Conditional
Dwelling
Permission · Cork County Council, 05/1837
2 Feb 2005Conditional
Demolition of outhouses and construction of dwelling ancillary to existing dwellinghouse
Permission · Cork County Council, 05/505
15 Nov 2004Refused
Dwelling
Permission · Cork County Council, 04/8435
7 Sept 2004Conditional
Extension to dwelling and construction of domestic garage
Permission · Cork County Council, 04/6797
30 Jul 2002Conditional
Dwellinghouse
Permission · Cork County Council, 02/3408
8 Mar 2002Refused
Dwelling & garage
Permission · Cork County Council, 02/1049
27 Apr 2000New application
Dwellinghouse
Permission · Cork County Council, 00/2482
13 Mar 2000Conditional
Alterations & extension to dwelling
Permission · Cork County Council, 00/1385
The 25 most recent of 30 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 Cooscroneen.
Recorded monuments
- CO142-086 Ringfort - rath
Description
In pasture, on N-facing slope. Circular area (20m N-S; 22m E-W) enclosed by earth and stone bank (H 2m) E->WNW; scarp (H 1.2m) WNW->E; silted-up external fosse to SE. Bank stone-faced on inside; incorporated into field fence system. Scarp topped by low earth and stone field fence WNW->N. Cultivation ridges cross interior on NNE->SSE axis; raised on N side to compensate for hillslope. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 1: West Cork' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1992). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload/revision: 14 January 2009
- CO142-087001 Cross-slab
Description
Rectangular block of sandstone (H 0.3m; 0.67m x 0.46m) atop cairn (CO142-087002-). Weathered incised decoration on face: Greek cross without lined cross, enclosed by a circle (diam. 0.18m). The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 1: West Cork' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1992). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload/revision: 14 January 2009
- CO142-087002 Mound
Description
In rough pasture, on NNE-facing slope, above marshy ground. Earth and stone mound (H 0.5m; 2.5m E-W; 3m N-S), known locally as 'Bishop's Grave'; cross-inscribed stone (CO142-087001-) embedded in top. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 1: West Cork' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1992). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload/revision: 14 January 2009
Architectural heritage
No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands in the townland of Cooscroneen.
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 high, moderately high, moderately low, low, low (inferred), on the 1:50,000 map; parts are water.
- Terrain model
- No LiDAR survey of the Office of Public Works covers the centre of the townland of Cooscroneen.
- 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 Cooscroneen with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Cork.
The townland
- Name
- Cooscroneen · Cuas Chróinín
- Area
- 498,006 m² (49.8 ha, 123.06 acres)
- Civil parish
- Myross, and its townlands
- Barony
- Carbery West (East Division)
- Electoral division
- Myross, the unit of the census
- Census 2022
- Myross electoral division: 818 people in 321 households; 73% of households own their home; 29% of homes were built since 2001; 7% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 28% were holiday homes.
- Neighbouring townlands
- Ardra, Ballinatona, Cahergal, Myross
- Placenames
- Cooscroneen 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.