Downing South
Townland in the civil parish of Kilcrumper, barony of Fermoy, Co. Cork; in Irish An Dúinín Theas
- Area
- 118.9 ha
- 294 acres
- Land parcels
- 26
- registered freehold, median 5,195 m² (0.52 ha, 1.28 acres)
- Zoning
- —
- not in a zoned settlement
- Planning
- 21
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
26 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Downing South, from 131 m² to 203,554 m² (20.36 ha, 50.3 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 20 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 Downing South 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
28 Apr 2022Conditional
Construction of a livestock underpass and all associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 22/4972
1 Dec 2020Refused
Construction of a livestock underpass, effluent holding tank and unroofed concrete cow feeding yard to rear of existing waiting yard and all associated siteworks.
Permission · Cork County Council, 20/6686
3 Feb 2016Conditional
Retention and completion of slatted easy feed unit
Permission · Cork County Council, 16/4180
11 Jun 2014Conditional
Construction of agricultural storage shed and associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 14/5238
8 May 2014Conditional
Retention of the following: (a) Agricultural building to include milking parlour, dairy, waiting yard and livestock handling facilities, (b) unroofed waiting yard, (c) Agricultural building for straw bedded livestock housing, storage of straw & farm machinery, along with unroofed slatted slurry tank and Easi-feed, (d) Agricultural building for straw bedded livestock housing along with unroofed slatted slurry tank & Easi-feed, (e) workshop, (f) Dungstead & earthen banked silage pit, (g) Earth-lined slurry/effluent store, (h) Reed bed, (i) 2no. meal bins, (j) Demolition of milking parlour & unroofed waiting yard, and all associated site works
Retention · Cork County Council, 14/4933
22 Apr 2014Incompleted application
Permission for Retention for the following:- A. Agricultural building to include milking parlour, dairy, waiting yard and livestock handling facilities. B. Unroofed waiting yard. C. Agricultural building for straw bedded livestock housing, storage of straw and farm machinery, along with unroofed slatted slurry tank and easi-feed. D. Agricultural building for straw bedded livestock housing along with unroofed slatted slurry tank and easi-feed. E. Workshop. F. Dungstead and earthen banked silage pit. G. Earth-lined slurry/effluent store H. Reed bed. I. 2 no. meal bins along with associated site works
Retention · Cork County Council, 14/4807
20 Nov 2013Conditional
Retention of dwellinghouse as constructed (alterations to dwelling permitted under Planning Ref. No. 05/5655) and all ancillary works
Retention · Cork County Council, 13/6199
3 Jul 2013Refused
Construction of cattle underpass beneath the public road and all associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 13/5275
23 Dec 2009Conditional
Demolition of existing derelict cottage and construction of dormer dwelling in place of it, to connect with existing septic tank and to carry out associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 09/8073
29 Jun 2007Conditional
Construction of 2 no. pig fattening houses with underground slurry tanks and associated works
Permission · Cork County Council, 07/9147
12 Apr 2007Conditional
Construction of livestock housing, silage slab, dairy wash tank, concrete apron and associated works
Permission · Cork County Council, 07/6955
29 Mar 2007Conditional
Demolition of existng store and construction of slatted tank, shed, effluent tank, ancillary works and silage slab extension
Permission · Cork County Council, 07/6577
8 Feb 2007Incompleted application
Demolition of existing store and construction of slatted tank, shed, effluent tank, extension to silage slab and ancillary works
Permission · Cork County Council, 07/4877
14 Dec 2006Refused
Dwellinghouse and detached garage
Outline permission · Cork County Council, 06/13309
27 Jul 2006Conditional
Construction of stable barn and cubicle house with slatted tank and ancillary works
Permission · Cork County Council, 06/9302
14 Sept 2005Conditional
Alterations and dormer extension to bungalow
Permission · Cork County Council, 05/6672
8 Aug 2005Conditional
Alterations, dormer and two storey extensions and garage extension to dwelling
Permission · Cork County Council, 05/5655
4 Jul 2005Incompleted application
2 storey extension to dwellinghouse incorporating living accommodation and garage
Permission · Cork County Council, 05/4711
15 Sept 2004Conditional
Alterations and extension to dwelling
Permission · Cork County Council, 04/7011
22 Oct 2003Conditional
2 storey extension to dwellinghouse
Permission · Cork County Council, 03/5246
1 Apr 2003Conditional
Construction of two storey extension to dwellinghouse
Permission · Cork County Council, 03/1460
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 Downing South.
Recorded monuments
No recorded monument lies in the townland of Downing South.
Architectural heritage
No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands in the townland of Downing South.
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 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 Downing South.
- 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 Downing South with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Cork.
The townland
- Name
- Downing South · An Dúinín Theas
- Area
- 1,188,798 m² (118.88 ha, 293.76 acres)
- Civil parish
- Kilcrumper, and its townlands
- Barony
- Fermoy
- Electoral division
- Glanworth East, the unit of the census
- Census 2022
- Glanworth East electoral division: 456 people in 156 households; 89% of households own their home; 23% of homes were built since 2001; 9% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 1% were holiday homes.
- Neighbouring townlands
- Ballinglanna North, Ballinglanna South, Ballyhindon, Ballynahow (spiers), Ballyvolock, Downing North, Glenwood
- Placenames
- Downing South 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.