Curra

181 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Curra, from 4 m² to 181,829 m² (18.18 ha, 44.93 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 25 neighbouring parcels touch it.

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• N2.2Utility and Infrastructure (Wastewater)
  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.

• 23 May 2026Invalid - prepare letters

  1. 3 new Short Term Let units. 2. The retention of the renovation of 3 existing Short-Term Units 3. change of use of the existing Farmhouse into ancillary office and staff accommodation. 4. all ancillary site works (including a new domestic waste water treatment plant)

  Permission · Cork County Council, 26/1375

• 4 Jul 2025Application withdrawn

  Permission for the construction of 3 Short term let units and all ancillary site works (including a new domestic waste water treatment plant)

  Permission · Cork County Council, 25/5331

• 21 May 2025Incompleted application

  Permission for the construction of 3 short term let units and all ancillary works (including a new domestic waste water treatment plant)

  Permission · Cork County Council, 25/4959

• 13 Jun 2024Conditional

  Permission for the construction of a residential development of 7 No. Dwelling Houses in total consisting of 1 No. detached house and 6 No. terraced houses and all necessary site services and ancillary site development works.

  Permission · Cork County Council, 24/5105

• 7 Mar 2022Conditional

  Retention of the change of position of the vehicular entrance and on-site wastewater treatment system from the permission granted under Planning. Ref. 19/6297

  Retention · Cork County Council, 22/4494

• 27 Aug 2021Refused

  Permission for retention of an external louvre extractor vent on the eastern elevation of café at Unit 3.

  Retention · Cork County Council, 21/6358

• 30 Jul 2021Incompleted application

  Permission for retention of an external louvre extractor vent on the eastern elevation of Unit 3

  Retention · Cork County Council, 21/6109

• 20 May 2021Unconditional

  Construction of 2 no. dwellinghouses and associated site works. Extension of duration of permission granted under 16/04750.

  Extension of duration · Cork County Council, 21/5388

• 6 Jul 2020Refused

  The demolition of the existing pub, house and derelict buildings on site and the construction of 17 no. residential dwellings on the site, comprised of: (i) 4 no. two-storey, four-bed, detached houses; (ii) 9 no. three-storey, three-bed, townhouses, and (iii) 4 no. apartments (consisting of 2 no. ground floor, one-bed units with 2 no. two-bed duplexes above), as well as a total of 26 car parking spaces (including proposed on-street parking spaces); private amenity space for each dwelling (rear gardens ranging from 58-227sqm for the houses and private amenity space ranging from 9-13sqm for the apartments); public open space, boundary treatments, a new public pavement, landscaping, bin storage, flood relief works (including stormwater attenuation and provision of a flood conveyance and storage area along a portion of the boundary with the River Stick) and all ancillary works necessary to facilitate the development.

  Permission · Cork County Council, 20/5379

• 10 Feb 2020Conditional permission

  The construction of a 93-bedroom, two-storey residential care nursing home with a total floor area of 4,465sq.m including all ancillary staff facilities, including a new access road off the R600 road, relocation of traffic island, adjustment to road markings and provision of pedestrian footpath along the entire road frontage, 56 No car parking spaces, bicycle parking spaces, signage, ancillary site works, including refuse storage areas and below ground water storage and associated pumps (modifications to application permitted under Planning Ref 19/05339) all within lands totalling 1.58Ha. off the R600.

  Permission · Cork County Council, 20/4212

• 15 Jan 2020Incompleted application

  The construction of a 93-bedroom two-storey, residential care nursing home with a total floor area of 4,465sq.m including all ancillary staff facilities, including a new access road off the R600 road and associated upgrade works to junction, 56no. car parking spaces, bicycle parking spaces, signage, ancillary site works, including refuse storage areas and below ground water storage and associated pumps (modifications to application permitted under planning ref: 19/05339) all within lands totalling 1.41Ha. off the R600.

  Permission · Cork County Council, 20/4032

• 20 Sept 2019Conditional

  The construction of the following i) storey and half dwelling ii) on site waste water treatment unit iii) new vehicular entrance and all associated site works.

  Permission · Cork County Council, 19/6297

• 23 Aug 2019Incompleted application

  i) Storey and half dwelling, ii) on site waste water treatment unit, iii) new vehicular entrance and all associated site works.

  Permission · Cork County Council, 19/6102

• 12 Jul 2019Unconditional

  Alterations of the planning permission previously granted under Planning Reg. No. 06/10644 and Planning Reg. No. 07/10872 and Planning Reg. No. 13/4106 by relocating the permitted dwellinghouse to the east on Site no. 4, the construction of a new revised domestic garage on Site no. 4, the construction of a new two-storey dwellinghouse and domestic garage on Site no. 4a, and all associated site works. Extension of Duration of Permission granted under planning reference: 14/6752

  Extension of duration · Cork County Council, 19/5757

• 27 May 2019Conditional

  The construction of a 93-bedroom residential care nursing home with a total floor area of 4,465sq.m including all ancillary staff facilities, including a new access road off the R600 road, 56 No car parking spaces, bicycle parking spaces, signage, ancillary site works, including refuse storage areas (involving modifications to the design of the previously approved nursing home and change to floor area and ridge levels from that permitted under Planning Ref 18/6728) all within lands totalling 1.41Ha. off the R600.

  Permission · Cork County Council, 19/5339

• 30 Apr 2019Incompleted application

  The construction of a 93-bedroom residential care nursing home with a total floor area of 4.465 sq.m including all ancillary staff facilities, including a new access road off the R600 road, 56.No car parking spaces, bicycle parking spaces, signage, ancillary site works, including refuse storage areas (involving modifications to the design of the previously approved nursing home and change to floor area and ridge levels from that permitted under Planning Ref 18/6278) all within lands totalling 1.41Ha off the R600.

  Permission · Cork County Council, 19/5076

• 25 Apr 2019Conditional

  Construct a dwelling house, to install a domestic waste water treatment system to serve the proposed dwelling house, to install a domestic waste water treatment system to serve the existing dwelling house on site, to construct a new vehicular entrance and to carry out all associated site works.

  Permission · Cork County Council, 19/5045

• 3 Apr 2019Conditional

  To construct 9 no. detached dwellings and 2 no. detached garages. The houses are to be assessed directly from the public road. The public road is to be amended as part of the proposed development. The application includes the widening of the public road and a new public footpath within the site boundary. The application also includes a new foul sewer outfall to connect to the existing Foul sewer on the R600 (Kinsale Road). The application also includes a new surface water outfall to connect to the existing sewer on the R600 (Kinsale Road). The application includes all associated site development works, drainage and landscaping.

  Permission · Cork County Council, 19/4810

• 18 Oct 2018Conditional permission

  A two storey 93-bed residential care nursing home with a total floor area of 4305 sq.m including all ancillary and staff facilities: including a new access road off the R600 National Road with a total 51no. car parking spaces (including 3no. designated car parking spaces), 14 no. bicycle parking spaces, signage and ancillary site work (including refuse storage areas) all within landscaped lands totalling 1.41 Ha. To which a previously approved nursing home facility was granted under Reg. Ref. 12/06360 and extended under Reg. Ref 17/06423 by Cork County Council.

  Permission · Cork County Council, 18/6728

• 18 Apr 2018Conditional

  Alterations to the ground floor layout of units 1,2 & 3, change of use of Unit 1 from unoccupied retail space to product research and development of sugar confectionary products, change of use of units 2 and 3 from unoccupied retail space to cafe and associated ancillary functions, alterations to the west facing cafe entrance door, addition of 2 no. external canopies, alterations to car parking area and associated site works

  Permission · Cork County Council, 18/4964

• 22 Mar 2018Incompleted application

  Alterations to the ground floor layout of units 1,2 & 3, change of use of unit 1 from commercial to product research & development, change of use of Units 2 & 3 to a café & associated ancillary functions, alterations to west facing café entrance door, addition of 2 no. external canopies and alterations to car parking area.

  Permission · Cork County Council, 18/4705

• 29 Jan 2018Conditional

  Demolition of existing rear non period annex to the existing dwelling, refurbishment and alterations to the existing dwelling, construction of a new two storey side extension with canopy, construction of a new single storey rear extension, construction of a new first floor rear dormer window and upgrading the existing vehicular entrance, a new bio-filtration waste water unit and all associated site works.

  Permission · Cork County Council, 18/4223

• 26 Sept 2017Conditional

  The demolition of derelict buildings and the construction of 8 no. detached residential houses and all associated site works.

  Permission · Cork County Council, 17/6491

• 20 Sept 2017Unconditional

  Construction of an 88-bed residential care nursing home, including maintenance store, access to Kinsale Road, associated parking, roadways, landscaping, boundary treatments, connections to public services and associated ancillary works - Extension of Duration of Permission granted under Planning Reg. 12/6360

  Extension of duration · Cork County Council, 17/6423

• 20 Sept 2016Conditional

  A new 5m high water storage reservoir, new site boundary fencing, new access road and vehicular entrance, new dosing house, associated ancillary works and demolition of the existing water storage reservoir.

  Permission · Cork County Council, 16/6321

The 25 most recent of 84 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 Curra.

Recorded monuments

• CO098-030 Church
  Description

  W of Riverstick, in triangular churchyard. Described by Lewis in 1837 (vol. 1, 137) as 'a plain modern edifice'. Cruciform church (long axis E-W); pentagonal chancel at E end. Vacated in early 1970s. 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

• Waterford Bridge, bridge, 1780–1820 · Regional interest
  Description

  Triple-arch hump-back road bridge, built c.1800, spanning River Stick. Camber-headed arches having dressed stone voussoirs springing from stone block piers with V-cutwaters flanking central arch. Rubble stone spandrels, soffits and abutments with later rubble stone parapet walls with rendered coping.

• Vent pipe, 1860–1900 · Regional interest
  Description

  Freestanding cast-iron vent-pipe, erected c.1880, having decorative pedestal comprising moulded plinth with door, fluted column and cornice supporting column with cast-iron decorative cowling having metal mesh.

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 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

The Geological Survey did not answer.

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

Name

Curra · An Chora

Area

582,400 m² (58.24 ha, 143.91 acres)

Civil parish

Ballymartle, and its townlands

Barony

Kinalea

Electoral division

Ballymartle, the unit of the census

Census 2022

Ballymartle electoral division: 1,409 people in 453 households; 79% of households own their home; 48% of homes were built since 2001; 4% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 0% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Ballindresrough, Ballinvragnosig, Ballymartle, Boulaling, Corruragh

Placenames

Curra 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.