Crooha West
Townland in the civil parish of Kilcaskan, barony of Bear, Co. Cork; in Irish Na Cruacha Thiar
- Area
- 83.6 ha
- 207 acres
- Land parcels
- 34
- registered freehold, median 14,034 m² (1.4 ha, 3.47 acres)
- Zoning
- —
- not in a zoned settlement
- Planning
- 24
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
34 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Crooha West, from 343 m² to 259,758 m² (25.98 ha, 64.19 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 22 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 Crooha 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
7 Jun 2024Conditional
Permission sought for construction of dwelling house (as a substitution for the dwelling previously granted permission Pla. Ref. No. 22/457). Permission also sought for the demolition of an existing outhouse so as to construct a new vehicular entrance and access road, for waste water treatment system and for all associated site works to serve said proposed dwelling
Permission · Cork County Council, 24/307
12 Jul 2022Conditional
Permission sought for demolition of un-used dwelling house and for permission for construction of replacement dwelling in-lieu of same. Permission also sought for the upgrade of the existing entrance to said property and also for the replacement of the existing septic tank system with a new waste water treatment system and for all associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 22/457
14 Dec 2016Withdrawn
Construction of dwelling house and all associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 16/770
29 Apr 2011Conditional
Construction of dwelling house and all associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 11/256
19 Mar 2010Withdrawn
Construction of dwelling house, installation of mini treatment plant and associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 10/184
1 May 2009Withdrawn
Dwellinghouse, detached domestic garage, installation of mini-treatment plant system and associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 09/512
15 Aug 2008Conditional
Retention of rear extension, rear balcony and canopy and 3no. roof lights to front elevation
Permission · Cork County Council, 08/1518
5 Aug 2008Incompleted application
Retention of rear extension, rear balcony and canopy and 3no. roof lights to front elevation
Permission · Cork County Council, 08/1453
15 Jul 2008Incompleted application
Retention of rear extension, rear balcony and canopy and installation of 3no. roof lights to front elevation
Permission · Cork County Council, 08/1321
13 Jun 2008Incompleted application
Retention of construction of extensions to rear of dwelling house including balcony and roof lights to front elevation
Permission · Cork County Council, 08/1122
13 May 2008Incompleted application
Retention of construction of extension to rear of dwelling house including balcony and roof lights to front elevation
Permission · Cork County Council, 08/882
16 Nov 2007Conditional
Construction of extension to a dwelling
Permission · Cork County Council, 07/2882
5 Jun 2007Refused
Dwellinghouse, domestic garage and installation of mini-treatment plant system
Permission · Cork County Council, 07/1470
28 Mar 2006Conditional
Construction of detached garage and retention of conversion of attached garage to living accommodation
Permission · Cork County Council, 06/528
12 Dec 2005Refused
Dwellinghouse and garage
Permission · Cork County Council, 05/9139
16 May 2005Conditional
Dwelling
Permission · Cork County Council, 05/3285
13 Oct 2004Refused
Dwellinghouse and garage
Permission · Cork County Council, 04/7703
7 May 2004Withdrawn
Dwelling and garage/greenhouse
Permission · Cork County Council, 04/3128
27 Feb 2004Withdrawn
Dwellinghouse
Permission · Cork County Council, 04/1217
28 Nov 2003Withdrawn
Dwelling
Permission · Cork County Council, 03/6036
6 Jul 2001Refused
Dwelling and storage shed/ spare bedroom
Permission · Cork County Council, 01/3883
22 Sept 2000Withdrawn
Dwelling
Outline permission · Cork County Council, 00/5760
4 Aug 2000Conditional
Dwellinghouse with domestic garage/store
Permission · Cork County Council, 00/4791
26 Mar 1999Conditional
Dwellinghouse
Outline permission · Cork County Council, 99/1554
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 Crooha West.
Recorded monuments
- CO103-009 Cross-inscribed stone
Description
On rock outcrop, on S slopes of Mass Mount, overlooking Bantry Bay and Adrigole Harbour to SW. Compass-scribed cross (diam. 0.14m); attempt at 'Marigold'. O'Brien (1968, 71) suggests cross may be of 'recent date'. Similar cross (CO116-014003) c. 150m to S; holy well (CO116-014001) to SW. 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
- CO116-014003 Cross-inscribed stone
Description
On S slope of Mass Mount, overlooking Adrigole Harbour and Bantry Bay to SW. 'Marigold' (diam. 0.14m) patterned cross inscribed on rock outcrop. O'Brien (1968, 71) suggests cross may be of 'recent date'. Similar cross (CO103-009---) c. 150m to N; holy well (CO116-014001-) to SW. 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
- CO116-015001 Ringfort - rath
Description
In pasture, on spur in lower S-facing slope of Mass Mount. Circular raised area (22m N-S; 23m E-W) enclosed by earthen bank (H 1.85m); external fosse (D 0.95m) S->E. Entrance (Wth 4m) to S. Possible souterrain (CO116-015002-) in interior. 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
- CO116-015002 Souterrain
Description
In ringfort (CO116-015001-) (O'Shea and Crowley 1972, 16). No visible surface trace. 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 Crooha 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, moderately low (inferred), 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 Crooha 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 Crooha West with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Cork.
The townland
- Name
- Crooha West · Na Cruacha Thiar
- Area
- 836,496 m² (83.65 ha, 206.7 acres)
- Civil parish
- Kilcaskan, and its townlands
- Barony
- Bear
- Electoral division
- Adrigole, the unit of the census
- Census 2022
- Adrigole electoral division: 497 people in 204 households; 92% of households own their home; 21% of homes were built since 2001; 17% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 25% were holiday homes.
- Neighbouring townlands
- Crooha Middle, Drumlave, Faha East, Faha West, Kildromalive
- Placenames
- Crooha 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.