Crocane
Townland in the civil parish of Rostellan, barony of Imokilly, Co. Cork; in Irish An Cruachán
- Area
- 160.9 ha
- 398 acres
- Land parcels
- 68
- registered freehold, median 2,567 m² (0.26 ha, 0.63 acres)
- Zoning
- —
- not in a zoned settlement
- Planning
- 46
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
68 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Crocane, from 8 m² to 261,396 m² (26.14 ha, 64.59 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 32 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 Crocane 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
22 Dec 2021Conditional
Permission for retention of a dwelling as constructed, domestic garage as constructed and all associated site works
Retention · Cork County Council, 21/7473
21 Dec 2021Conditional
Construction of domestic metal shed on concrete base for the storage of vintage tractors and farm machinery, demolition of existing domestic shed, alterations to existing vehicle entrance and all associated site works.
Permission · Cork County Council, 21/7431
20 Dec 2021Unconditional
A 5.7MW solar farm comprising approximately 21,850 photovoltaic panels on ground mounted frames within a site area of 13.95ha, 3 no. transformer/inverter stations, security fencing, CCTV and all associated site development and landscaping works at the site of the existing Crocane Wind Farm. The proposed development will connect to the grid via the existing Crocane Wind Farm substation on site. The proposed development will utilise the existing access to the existing Crocane Wind Farm - Extension of Duration to Permission granted under Planning Ref. No. 16/5269
Extension of duration · Cork County Council, 21/7429
11 Aug 2021Conditional
1) The demolition of an existing single storey garage; 2) a single storey extension to the southern, eastern and northern elevations; 3) elevational alterations to the existing facades; 4) the construction of a new single storey detached garage; 5) a new waste water treatment unit and percolation area; all to the existing single storey detached dwelling and including all associated site works.
Permission · Cork County Council, 21/6227
20 Apr 2021Conditional permission
The construction of a substation (c. 55.2 SqM) and associated underground connection to an existing ESB pole at the site of the existing Crocane Windfarm. This substation will be ancillary to the solar farm granted permission under application register reference 16/5269.
Permission · Cork County Council, 21/5010
7 Oct 2020Incompleted application
A 5.7MW solar farm comprising approximately 21,850 photovoltaic panels on ground mounted frames within a site area of 13.95ha, 3 no. transformer/inverter stations, security fencing, CCTV and all associated site development and landscaping works at the site of the existing Crocane Wind Farm. The proposed development will connect to the grid via the existing Crocane Wind Farm substation on site. The proposed development will utilise the existing access to the existing Crocane Wind Farm - - Extension of duration of permission granted under Planning Reference: 16/5269
Extension of duration · Cork County Council, 20/6178
31 Aug 2020Conditional
Retention of; dwelling as constructed, detached domestic garage, polytunnel, well house, green house, timber shed and gazebo.
Retention · Cork County Council, 20/5884
18 Dec 2019Conditional
Demolition of existing extension to rear and attached store to side of the existing dwelling, alterations, raising of floor level, ground floor extension, two storey extension and first floor dormer type extension with balcony all to existing dwelling, construct a new vehicular entrance, install new treatment system and percolation area and all associated site works.
Permission · Cork County Council, 19/7013
29 May 2017Conditional
1) Elevational changes to existing dwellinghouse and 2) Alterations to site boundaries.
Retention · Cork County Council, 17/5323
19 Jul 2016Conditional
Construction of domestic metal garage on garage concrete base and all associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 16/5791
25 May 2016Conditional
A 5.7MW solar farm comprising approximately 21,850 photovoltaic panels on ground mounted frames within a site area of 13.95ha, 3 no. transformer/inverter stations, security fencing, CCTV and all associated site development and landscaping works at the site of the existing Crocane Wind Farm. The proposed development will connect to the grid via the existing Crocane Wind Farm substation on site. The proposed development will utilise the existing access to the existing Crocane Wind Farm
Permission · Cork County Council, 16/5269
6 May 2016Conditional
Construct a storey and a half dwellinghouse, domestic garage, septic tank, and all associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 16/5078
29 Jan 2016Withdrawn
Construction of storey and a half dwellinghouse, domestic garage, septic tank and all associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 16/4148
21 Aug 2015Conditional
1. Demolition of existing lean to extension to rear, 2. New single storey extension to the front/side and rear of the existing dwelling, 3. New front porch to the front of existing dwelling, 4. Material alterations to the existing dwelling and reconfiguration of existing window/door openings, 5. Alterations and conversion of existing domestic garage to new bedroom, 6. Revised driveway entrance and turning area, 7. All site development works including landscaping and connecting to utilities on the public road
Permission · Cork County Council, 15/5874
25 Mar 2014Conditional
Construction of dwellinghouse which is part two-storey part single storey, new vehicular entrance, access driveway, wastewater treatment plant, percolation area and all associated site development and boundary works
Permission · Cork County Council, 14/4595
13 Dec 2012Conditional
Retention of metal garage on concrete floor, and front boundary block wall
Retention · Cork County Council, 12/6540
11 Oct 2012Unconditional
Dwelling, extension of duration to Permission granted under Planning Ref.No. 07/9404
Extension of duration · Cork County Council, 12/6133
5 Jun 2012Unconditional
Dwellinghouse, extension of duration to permission granted under planning reg 07/5591
Extension of duration · Cork County Council, 12/5232
31 Dec 2008Conditional
Alterations & extension to dwelling
Permission · Cork County Council, 08/10403
20 Nov 2008Unconditional
Completion of 2 no. 1MW wind turbines, service roadways and control house granted under Pl. Reg. No. 02/4699 (New permission to expire on 22/01/2012).
Extension of duration · Cork County Council, 08/9780
16 Apr 2008Conditional
Retention & completion of change of house type from that granted under Pl. Reg. No. 05/8273 to a storey and a half dwelling with a single storey sunroom extension
Permission · Cork County Council, 08/6101
12 Feb 2008Refused
Construction of sunroom extension to dwellinghouse under construction
Permission · Cork County Council, 08/4713
6 Jul 2007Conditional
Dwelling
Permission · Cork County Council, 07/9404
29 Jun 2007Conditional
Domestic garage/storage shed
Permission · Cork County Council, 07/9218
2 Mar 2007Conditional
Dwellinghouse
Permission · Cork County Council, 07/5591
The 25 most recent of 46 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
- Proposed Natural Heritage Area: Rostellan Lough, Aghada Shore And Poulnabibe Inlet 001076
Recorded monuments
No recorded monument lies in the townland of Crocane.
Architectural heritage
No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands in the townland of Crocane.
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.
- Terrain model
- No LiDAR survey of the Office of Public Works covers the centre of the townland of Crocane.
- 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 Crocane with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Cork.
The townland
- Name
- Crocane · An Cruachán
- Area
- 1,609,490 m² (160.95 ha, 397.71 acres)
- Civil parish
- Rostellan, and its townlands
- Barony
- Imokilly
- Electoral division
- Rostellan, the unit of the census
- Census 2022
- Rostellan electoral division: 1,379 people in 461 households; 85% of households own their home; 45% of homes were built since 2001; 5% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 2% were holiday homes.
- Neighbouring townlands
- Ballincurrig, Ballintrim, Ballydwyre, Carrigacrump, Castlemary, Lurrig, Rostellan, Titeskin
- Placenames
- Crocane 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.