Crosshaven

285 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Crosshaven, from 3 m² to 174,463 m² (17.45 ha, 43.11 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 66 neighbouring parcels touch it.

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• R3Existing Residential/Mixed Residential and Other Uses (Residential, mixed residential and other uses)
  Cork County Development Plan 2022, Cork · 306 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• R1Existing Residential/Mixed Residential and Other Uses (New/proposed residential)
  Cork County Development Plan 2022, Cork · 12 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• M2Town Centre/Neighbourhood Centres (City/Town/village Centre, central area)
  Cork County Development Plan 2022, Cork · 9 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• M4Industry (Built up area)
  Cork County Development Plan 2022, Cork · 4 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• C2.1Town Centre/Neighbourhood Centres (Industrial, enterprise, employment)
  Cork County Development Plan 2022, Cork · 2 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• N1.6Residential (Other transport/general uses)
  Cork County Development Plan 2022, Cork · 2 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• G4Green Infrastructure (Active open space)
  Cork County Development Plan 2022, Cork · 1 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• G3Existing Residential/Mixed Residential and Other Uses (Conservation, amenity or buffer space, corridor/belt, landscape)
  Cork County Development Plan 2022, Cork · 0 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• C2.1Industry (Industrial, enterprise, employment)
  Cork County Development Plan 2022, Cork · 0 parcels The zoning objective in the plan

Source: Tailte Éireann and the Department of Housing (MyPlan), national zoning, CC BY 4.0.

• 14 Aug 2026Awaiting recommendation

  Permission for retention of 1) porch to front of dwelling house, 2) roof finishes/materials to main roof of dwelling house

  Permission for retention · Cork County Council, 26/2149

• 8 Aug 2026Invalid - prepare letters

  Permission for:- (1) Retention and removal of 2 no. existing roof windows and 1 no. balcony roof window to the western roof slope of the existing house, (2) Retention of demolition of the original extension, part of external wall and internal floors, (3) Retention of new floors and supporting structure and partially constructed external walls to proposed new extension, (4) Demolition of western site boundary walls and steps, (5) Proposed new western site boundary walls, steps and handrail, (6) Completion of proposed 2 storey extension to rear, (7) Proposed alterations to the existing building including:- (i) 2 no. new dormers on western roof slope, (ii) Replacement of existing roof tiles with natural slate, (iii) Replacement of existing windows and front door with new, (8) All associated site works.

  Permission · Cork County Council, 26/2104

• 21 Jul 2026Invalid - case closed

  Permission for retention of :- 1) Porch to front of dwelling house, 2) Roof finishes/materials to main roof of dwelling house.

  Permission for retention · Cork County Council, 26/1939

• 9 Jun 2026Awaiting f.i. response

  Permission for alterations, elevational changes and extensions, namely a) to construct a ground floor extension to the rear to facilitate a new entrance, b) to construct a first floor flat roof extension to your dwelling house, c) to construct a new boundary wall together with a proposed realigned vehicular entrance with pillars and gates to the front of our site entrance with all associated site works

  Permission · Cork County Council, 26/1528

• 2 Jun 2026Awaiting f.i. response

  Permission for Retention of single-story extensions to the front and side of the above property as well as the retention of a steel frame balcony added to an upstairs bedroom at the side elevation of the property. The property will remain as a dwelling.

  Permission for retention · Cork County Council, 26/1461

• 7 May 2026Split decision

  Permission for retention and completion and Permission for works at existing dwelling house. Permission for retention and completion is sought for following works: 1) Conversion of existing ground floor garage space into habitable accommodation at the ground floor of the existing dwelling, to be used as living space; 2) Alteration and extension to the first floor extension to the front/side of dwelling, and minor alterations to existing elevations and associated works (this is a change of plans and elevations of the first floor extension to front/side, from that permitted under Planning Ref. No. 24/6277). Permission for the construction of new single-storey domestic garage on site.

  Permission for retention · Cork County Council, 26/1196

• 16 Apr 2026Awaiting f.i. response

  Permission for the extension and alterations to existing dwelling house to include the following: a) changes to existing north-west elevation to include bay windows at ground and first floor levels and balcony at first floor level. b) installation of new windows to north-east and south-west elevations, c)construction of single storey extension to rear of house together with re-configuration of internal layout, d) form recessed area to front boundary to facilitate car parking/EV charging space and bin store together with construction of new retaining wall, e) re-locate pedestrian entrance to north-eastern side of site, f) installation of waste water treatment plant and connection to existing foul drainage discharge pipe, g) all associated site works including upper patio area, link bridge and retaining wall to rear garden.

  Permission · Cork County Council, 26/0956

• 14 Apr 2026Grant with conditions

  Permission for partial demolition of existing permitted two-storey dwelling to facilitate construction of two-storey extensions together with associated elevational alterations and site development works.

  Permission · Cork County Council, 26/0934

• 10 Mar 2026Awaiting f.i. response

  Permission for retention of vehicular entrance (piers and gate), which is on the boundary of a Protected Structure Point House (RPS 1278).

  Permission for retention · Cork County Council, 26/0576

• 8 Jan 2026Invalid - case closed

  Permission for retention of vehicular entrance (piers & gate)

  Permission for retention · Cork County Council, 26/0015

• 19 Dec 2025Grant with conditions

  Permission for alterations to the north and south elevations of the previously granted dwelling, PL.No. 235208, to include new front porch canopy, material and rear window changes, and all associated site works.

  Permission · Cork County Council, 25/6905

• 7 Aug 2025Conditional permission

  Demolition of :- a) Existing vehicular driveway entry walls, driveway walls and portions of existing western terrace. b) Portion of existing single storey dwelling to south elevation (demolition area = 36.00m2). c) Existing chimney and portions of existing walls on the north, south, east and west elevations of dwelling. Construction of :- d) New widened vehicular entry and driveway with associated retaining walls. e) New driveway to upper south and rear of property with new retaining along east, north and south edge of site. f) New raised terrace to west. g) New single storey extension to rear of dwelling house with new entry door and external adjoining shed. Alterations to dwelling house to include :- h) New enlarged window and door fenestrations with external wall insulation to north, south, east and west elevations, with associated infill sections. i) New solar panels. j) New chimney flue. k) All associated site and landscaped works.

  Permission · Cork County Council, 25/5580

• 18 Jun 2025Conditional permission

  Permission for A) Retention of new entrance porch to north-east elevation and B) Permission to install a balcony projecting from first floor lounge to the north-west elevation together with all associated site development works.

  Permission for retention · Cork County Council, 25/5178

• 9 Jun 2025Conditional permission

  Permission for alterations and extensions to existing dwelling consisting of; a rear ground floor extension & single storey rear/side extension, elevational changes and associated site works

  Permission · Cork County Council, 25/5100

• 12 May 2025Conditional permission

  Permission for the construction of a new dwelling house, a new vehicular entrance an all associated site works

  Permission · Cork County Council, 25/4887

• 14 Apr 2025Conditional

  Permission to carry out alterations, erect a single storey extension and raising of roof to create first floor living accommodation, providing balcony to northern elevation, widening of existing entrance, elevation alterations and all associated site works to existing dwelling house.

  Permission · Cork County Council, 25/4684

• 24 Mar 2025Conditional

  Permission for demolition of the existing dwelling house and the construction of a replacement two storey dwelling house with attached domestic garage, on site wastewater treatment system and all associated site works.

  Permission · Cork County Council, 25/4513

• 14 Mar 2025Conditional

  Permission to Retain: The existing roadside boundary walls, the lift building as constructed, the external steel stairs associated with the car deck and lift building, the change in ground levels at lift building, the external steel steps to west of site, the western cliffside deck; the western shed, and alterations to all elevations of the dwelling. Permission for development is sought for: fabric upgrades, modifications to fenestration and external finishes, internal modifications, and part change of use from storage to home gym/office of the lift building; fabric upgrades, modifications to fenestration and external finishes, and extension to the existing dwelling house; amendments to roadside boundary walls to accommodate sightlines, privacy screen at roadside, upgraded landscaping, PV covered carport at parking deck, new wastewater system and all associated site development works.

  Permission · Cork County Council, 25/4464

• 24 Feb 2025Conditional permission

  Permission for the construction of a single storey detached dwelling, vehicular access from the public road, landscaping and all associated site development works

  Permission · Cork County Council, 25/4279

• 24 Feb 2025Incompleted application

  Permission for the demolition of the existing dwelling house and the construction of a replacement two storey dwelling house with attached domestic garage, on site waste water treatment system and all associated site works.

  Permission · Cork County Council, 25/4281

• 7 Feb 2025Conditional permission

  Permission for alterations and extensions to an existing dwelling including the following works, 1) a 2-storey flat roof side & rear extension with a further single storey flat roof element to the rear, 2) Demolition of an existing front conservatory & rear single storey extension, 3) Elevational alterations to the existing dwelling – new front door canopy & adjustment to the size of an upper floor rear window, 4) Formation of a new vehicular entrance to the site from the cul-de-sac to rear/eastern side for the purpose of providing off street car parking (consent given from Cork County Council for passage over Council lands for this entrance) & 5) All other associated site works.

  Permission · Cork County Council, 25/4154

• 9 Jan 2025Split decision

  Permission for the following work to the existing derelict cottage, 1) demolish existing rear extension & construct a new extension to rear, 2) Remove existing roof & raise eaves/roof height on cottage to create habitable accommodation at roof level with veluxes/sky lights to rear, 3) new window to rear at ground floor & construction of an extension to the existing porch to the front with new roof and all ancillary site works

  Permission · Cork County Council, 25/4008

• 23 Dec 2024Conditional

  Permission to erect a single storey flat roof extension to the east side of existing dwelling including miscellaneous alterations and all associated site works.

  Permission · Cork County Council, 24/6531

• 23 Dec 2024Conditional permission

  Permission for: a) construction of single storey extension at front of dwelling, b) demolition of existing single storey extension at rear of dwelling, c) construction of two storey extension at rear of dwelling and all ancillary site works.

  Permission · Cork County Council, 24/6456

• 17 Dec 2024Application invalid

  Permission for amendments to roadside boundary walls, lift building and access as constructed, part change of use of lift building from store to home gym/office, fabric upgrades, modifications and extension to the existing dwelling house, privacy screen at roadside, upgraded landscaping, carport at parking deck, new wastewater treatment system and all associated site development works.

  Permission · Cork County Council, 24/6391

The 25 most recent of over 100 applications.

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 Crosshaven.

Recorded monuments

• CO099-022 Castle - unclassified
  Description

  On S bank of Owenaboy river near confluence with Cork Harbour. No visible surface trace of castle, probably built by Fitzgeralds. Only surviving fragment one side of cusped ogee-headed windoww light, with trefoil design in recessed spandrel, probably 15th century in date (see drawing: O Murchadha 1967, 88); now in private possession. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 2: East and South Cork' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1994). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload/revision: 14 January 2009

• CO099-028 Ritual site - holy well
  Description

  In pasture, on gentle slope beside stream. Concrete basin used as drinking trough for animals. According to O'Leary (1919, 84) '...as no votive offerings are to be seen, apparently "rounds" are no longer made'. O Murchadha (1967, 16) identifies this well as St. Brigid's and St. Mary's as the holy well (CO099-027---) nearby to NW. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 2: East and South Cork' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1994). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload/revision: 14 January 2009

• CO099-094 Dovecote
  Description

  Roofless 2-storey stone built structure, pentagonal in plan, in NE corner of farmbuildings of Crosshaven Ho.(CO099-021---). Five sides of similar dims. (L 5.6m); lintelled door in SW wall; small lintelled perforations on either side (c. 1.35m off ground) of door, similar opes in N and E wall. Brick vault over ground floor. Nine tiers of nesting boxes at 1st floor, brick sides with stone lintels. Narrow ope in 1st floor of S wall gave access to attic level of farmbuildings attached to S. Access to interior not gained. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 2: East and South Cork' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1994). 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

• Cronins, hotel, 1890–1895 · Regional interest
  Description

  Attached six-bay two-storey over basement former hotel, built 1892, having breakfront gabled end-bays. Three-bay two-storey double-pile return to rear with recent extensions. Pitched slate roofs with timber clad eaves, carved bargeboards to breakfronts, rendered chimneystacks and cast-iron rainwater goods. Rendered walls and plinth having moulded render impost mouldings to ground and first floors, incorporating hood and label mouldings to door and window openings. Decorative platbands to breakfront gables. Wheel guard to south-west corner. Render sill course to first floor. Pointed arch window openings with dressed limestone sills to ground floor having one-over-one pane timber sliding sash windows, cast-iron window guards to side elevation. Square-headed window openings to first floor having one-over-one pane timber sliding sash windows. Pointed arch door openings to end bays of front elevation having timber panelled doors, single-pane overlights and limestone thresholds opening to interior porches of glazed timber panelling. Pointed arch window opening to side elevation having replacement glazed timber door and single-pane overlight. Retaining interior features. Rubble stone wall to rear enclosing yard, rendered plinth wall to side with cast-iron railings, square-profile gate piers and cast-iron gate.

• Point House, house, 1720–1760 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached three-bay three-storey house, built c.1740. Pitched slate roof with rendered chimneystacks and eaves course, having rainwater goods. Roughcast rendered walls with rendered plinth. Diminishing square-headed window openings with limestone sills to front (north-west) elevation, having two-over-two pane timber sliding sash windows. Square-headed door opening with rendered surround, having lozenge detail, replacement timber battened door and single-pane overlight. Flanked by two-storey block to north and L-plan block to south. Rubble stone enclosing wall to south-east. Rubble stone wall to north-west with square-profile rendered gate piers and recent wrought-iron gate.

• Point House, house, 1870–1910 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached three-bay two-storey house, built c.1890. Pitched slate roof with timber eaves course, rendered chimneystacks and cast-iron and uPVC rainwater goods. Rendered walls with ceramic vents. Square-headed window openings with stone sills having two-over-two pane timber sliding sash windows. Square-headed door opening with replacement timber-glazed door having overlight. Rendered enclosing walls with rendered plinth, square-profile capped gate piers with single-leaf cast-iron gate.

• Templebreedy Rectory, rectory/glebe/vicarage/curate's house, 1810–1830 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached L-plan four-bay two-storey former rectory, built c.1820, having recent glazed porch to side (west), having renovated single-storey pitched roofed rubble stone addition to side (east). Now in use as private house. Hipped slate roofs with rendered chimneystacks, ceramic ridge tiles and cast-iron rainwater goods. Roughcast rendered walls. Square-headed window openings with stone sills and raised render reveals throughout, having two-over-two pane timber sliding sash windows. Replacement timber casement window to first floor of side (east) elevation. One-over-one pane timber sliding sash window to ground floor of side (east) elevation. Timber casement and fixed pane windows having rendered sills to porch. Round-headed door opening to interior of porch with glazed timber door and lead-lined stained glass fanlight. Square-headed door opening to conservatory with double-leaf glazed timber doors. Rubble stone outbuildings to side (east) including single-storey pitched roofed stable. Rubble stone garden walls to side (east). Extensive gardens to side (east) and front. Set within own grounds.

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 moderately low, low, low (inferred), on the 1:50,000 map; parts are made ground and water.

Terrain model

No LiDAR survey of the Office of Public Works covers the centre of the townland of Crosshaven.

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

Name

Crosshaven · Bun an Tábhairne

Area

681,211 m² (68.12 ha, 168.33 acres)

Civil parish

Templebreedy, and its townlands

Barony

Kerrycurrihy

Electoral division

Templebreedy, the unit of the census

Census 2022

Templebreedy electoral division: 4,498 people in 1,672 households; 79% of households own their home; 40% of homes were built since 2001; 6% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 10% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Crosshavenhill, Kilcolta, Knocknagore

Placenames

Crosshaven 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.