Derreen
Townland in the civil parish of Kilmeen (Clonakilty Ra), barony of Carbery East (West Division), Co. Cork; in Irish An Doirín
- Area
- 102.2 ha
- 252 acres
- Land parcels
- 44
- registered freehold, median 6,852 m² (0.69 ha, 1.69 acres)
- Zoning
- —
- not in a zoned settlement
- Planning
- 37
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
44 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Derreen, from 91 m² to 220,055 m² (22.01 ha, 54.38 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 15 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 Derreen 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
8 Sept 2025Invalid application
1) Demolition of an existing piggery, overground slurry tank and associated structures. 2) Retention of an existing feed blending house, storage bins, which are ancillary to the site use. 3) Construction of the following, a) a new piggery complex consisting of 4 number pig houses with slatted slurry storage, pig handling facilities, b) 8 no. feed bins, c) Plant & Electrical Building, d) an overground covered slurry storage tank, e) staff amenity block, f) septic tank and percolation area, g) rainwater harvesting and storm water attenuation tanks, h) relocation of the existing site entrance, i) associated concrete aprons, j) all associated ancillary site works, landscaping and drainage services. An AA Screening Assessment has been prepared and submitted to the Planning Authority with this application
Permission · Cork County Council, 25/5821
14 Aug 2025Application invalid
1) Demolition of an existing piggery, overground slurry tank and associated structures. 2) Retention of an existing feed blending house, storage bins, which are ancillary to the site use. 3) Construction of the following: a) a new piggery complex consisting of 4 number pig houses with slatted slurry storage, pig handling facilities, b) 8 no. feed bins, c) Plant & Electrical Building, d) an overground covered slurry storage tank, e) staff amenity block, f) septic tank and percolation area, g) rainwater harvesting and storm water attenuation tanks, h) relocation of the existing site entrance, i) associated concrete aprons, j) all associated ancillary site works, landscaping and drainage services. An AA Screening Assessment has been prepared and submitted to the Planning Authority with this application.
Permission for retention · Cork County Council, 25/460
13 May 2022Incompleted application
A single storey garage for use of storage of household items and vehicles and all associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 22/327
12 Apr 2022Incompleted application
A single storey garage for use of storage of household items and vehicles and all associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 22/253
19 Jul 2021Conditional
Single storey dwelling, septic tank with percolation area, bored well and associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 21/503
3 Jun 2021Incompleted application
Single storey dwelling, septic tank with percolation area, bored well and all associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 21/374
28 Apr 2021Incompleted application
Single storey dwelling, septic tank with percolation area,. Bored well and all associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 21/270
28 Oct 2020Conditional
Construct an extension to existing dwelling house and carry out associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 20/600
1 Jul 2014Conditional
Permission to construct agricultural building for use as stables and to construct dungstead and soiled water tank
Permission · Cork County Council, 14/397
14 Mar 2013Conditional
Construct a dwelling house, install a wasterwater treatment plant unit and carry out associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 13/151
15 Dec 2011Unconditional
Permission consequent on the grant of outline planning permission Reg no 04/2871 to construct a dwelling house and all associated site works
Extension of duration · Cork County Council, 11/764
19 Aug 2009Conditional
Alterations and extension to existing single storey dwelling consisting of: 1. demolition of existing porch to front/east pf dwelling, 2. alterations to fenestration on all existing elevations of dwelling, 3. erection of a single storey part pitched roof and part flat roof extension to side/south of dwelling, 4. construction of new raised external terrace to side/south of dwelling and 5. erection of a new entrance porch to side/north of dwelling
Permission · Cork County Council, 09/932
22 Jul 2009Incompleted application
Construction of an extension to existing single storey dwelling consisting of a single storey part pitched roof and part flat roof extension with raised terrace to side/south and a new entrance porch to side/north of dwelling
Permission · Cork County Council, 09/825
4 Jul 2007Conditional
Dwelling and garage
Permission · Cork County Council, 07/1811
29 Jun 2007Conditional
Construct geo-membrane lined cattle out wintering pad, geo-membrane lined slurry holding lagoon, leak detection chamber, soiled water holding tank and associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 07/1732
2 Feb 2007Conditional
Dwellinghouse and all associated site works on grant of outline planning reg: 04/2871
Permission consequent · Cork County Council, 07/271
25 Oct 2006Incompleted application
Dwellinghouse and all associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 06/2237
19 Oct 2006Conditional
Construct calf house, cattle house with slatted slurry tanks, soiled water tank, concrete aprons and associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 06/2176
6 Oct 2006Incompleted application
Construct a dwelling house and all associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 06/2051
1 Sept 2006Conditional
Construct 3-bay slatted cattle shed with underground slurry tank and associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 06/1757
31 May 2006Refused
Dwellinghouse and associated site works on the grant of outline planning reg no:04/2871
Permission consequent · Cork County Council, 06/1019
10 Apr 2006Incompleted application
Construct dwellinghouse and associated site works on the grant of Outline permission granted under ref no: 04/2871
Permission consequent · Cork County Council, 06/615
19 Aug 2005Conditional
Dwellinghouse
Permission consequent · Cork County Council, 05/5975
18 Apr 2005Conditional
Dwellinghouse, garage and 1 no. stable
Permission · Cork County Council, 05/2453
2 Feb 2005Conditional
Dwellnghouse and garage
Permission · Cork County Council, 05/511
The 25 most recent of 37 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 Derreen.
Recorded monuments
- CO121-017001 Standing stone
Description
In pasture with good view in every direction. Rectangular stone aligned ENE-WSW (H 1.63m; 0.85m x 0.35m). 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
- CO121-017002 Ringfort - rath
Description
In pasture, at S end of N-S ridge, on gentle S-facing slope. Circular, slightly raised, area (22m N-S; 22m E-W) enclosed by eroded earthen bank (H 0.8m). Gap (Wth 4m) in bank to S. Circular depression in W half of interior (diam. 1m; D 0.4m) caused by recent interference. Stone (CO121-017001-) stands 50m to WNW in same field. 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 Derreen.
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 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 Derreen.
- 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 Derreen with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Cork.
The townland
- Name
- Derreen · An Doirín
- Area
- 1,021,813 m² (102.18 ha, 252.5 acres)
- Civil parish
- Kilmeen (Clonakilty Ra), and its townlands
- Barony
- Carbery East (West Division)
- Electoral division
- Ballingurteen, the unit of the census
- Census 2022
- Ballingurteen electoral division: 736 people in 251 households; 88% of households own their home; 33% of homes were built since 2001; 9% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 2% were holiday homes.
- Neighbouring townlands
- Ballinvard, Caherkirky, Cloonkirgeen, Kilvurra, Lisnabrinny
- Placenames
- Derreen 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.