# Dromdowney Upper, Co. Cork: townland, land parcels and planning Townland in the civil parish of Dromdowney, barony of Orrery and Kilmore, Co. Cork; in Irish Drom Domhnaigh Uachtarach. - Area (Tailte Éireann): 1,342,417 m² (134.24 ha, 331.72 acres) - Land parcels (Tailte Éireann): 31 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in it, median 4,463 m² (0.45 ha, 1.1 acres) - Zoning (national zoning, MyPlan): G3 Greenbelt1, the zone with the most parcels - Planning (National Planning Applications): 13 applications since 2010 - Civil parish: Dromdowney, https://everytownland.com/cork/parish/dromdowney.md - Barony: Orrery and Kilmore - Electoral division: Ballyclogh, the unit of the census - Census 2022 (Central Statistics Office): 794 people lived in 256 households in the Ballyclogh electoral division. 94% of households owned their home. 33% of homes were built since 2001. 7% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 0% were holiday homes. - County: Co. Cork, https://everytownland.com/cork.md - Placenames Database of Ireland: https://www.logainm.ie/en/11658 - Townland number at Tailte Éireann: 42403 - Centre: latitude 52.166046, longitude -8.690463 (WGS 84) ## Land parcels (registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann) 31 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Dromdowney Upper, from 578 m² to 417,714 m² (41.77 ha, 103.22 acres); 28 neighbouring parcels touch its boundary. Largest first: - Parcel 2147013: 417,714 m² (41.77 ha, 103.22 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2147013.md - Parcel 5416162: 194,603 m² (19.46 ha, 48.09 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5416162.md - Parcel 4845810: 140,265 m² (14.03 ha, 34.66 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/4845810.md - Parcel 2129567: 139,884 m² (13.99 ha, 34.57 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2129567.md - Parcel 2336164: 116,831 m² (11.68 ha, 28.87 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2336164.md - Parcel 2439708: 86,022 m² (8.6 ha, 21.26 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2439708.md - Parcel 2336162: 42,632 m² (4.26 ha, 10.53 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2336162.md - Parcel 2439775: 37,724 m² (3.77 ha, 9.32 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2439775.md - Parcel 2147020: 35,003 m² (3.5 ha, 8.65 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2147020.md - Parcel 3569014: 25,410 m² (2.54 ha, 6.28 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/3569014.md - Parcel 3569016: 23,748 m² (2.37 ha, 5.87 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/3569016.md - Parcel 5416187: 20,582 m² (2.06 ha, 5.09 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5416187.md - Parcel 2147016: 10,203 m² (1.02 ha, 2.52 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2147016.md - Parcel 2336161: 5,626 m² (0.56 ha, 1.39 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2336161.md - Parcel 2439727: 4,605 m² (0.46 ha, 1.14 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2439727.md - Parcel 4845796: 4,463 m² (0.45 ha, 1.1 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/4845796.md - Parcel 4845802: 4,271 m² (0.43 ha, 1.06 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/4845802.md - Parcel 2129570: 4,023 m² (0.4 ha, 0.99 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2129570.md - Parcel 2336163: 3,346 m² (0.33 ha, 0.83 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2336163.md - Parcel 2439709: 3,278 m² (0.33 ha, 0.81 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2439709.md - Parcel 2336160: 3,225 m² (0.32 ha, 0.8 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2336160.md - Parcel 2147019: 3,098 m² (0.31 ha, 0.77 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2147019.md - Parcel 2147017: 2,584 m² (0.26 ha, 0.64 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2147017.md - Parcel 2439749: 2,304 m² (0.23 ha, 0.57 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2439749.md - Parcel 2147011: 2,229 m² (0.22 ha, 0.55 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2147011.md - Parcel 2336165: 2,148 m² (0.21 ha, 0.53 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2336165.md - Parcel 2336159: 2,114 m² (0.21 ha, 0.52 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2336159.md - Parcel 2439751: 1,617 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/2439751.md - Parcel 2520854: 1,521 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/2520854.md - Parcel 2147018: 764 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/2147018.md - Parcel 2129569: 578 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/2129569.md ## Zoning (national zoning of development plans, MyPlan) - G3 Greenbelt1 (Conservation, amenity or buffer space, corridor/belt, landscape): Cork County Development Plan 2022, Cork County; 33 parcels. The zoning objective in the plan: https://www.corkcoco.ie/sites/default/files/2022-06/volume-3-north-cork.pdf ## Planning applications whose site touches the townland (National Planning Applications, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage) 13 applications, newest first. - 14 Jun 2017, Cork County Council 17/5503: Conditional. Permission. Demolition of milking parlour and construction of new agricultural shed. To include milking parlour, loose house with slatted tank and feeding passage and all associated site works.. File: https://planning.agileapplications.ie/corkcoco/application-details/?ref=17/5503 - 23 Oct 2012, Cork County Council 12/6204: Conditional. Retention. Retention of extension to existing bungalow consisting of lounge on the ground floor and attic accommodation and retention of pitch roof to garage, boiler house and garage modified to include bathroom. File: https://planning.agileapplications.ie/corkcoco/application-details/?ref=12/6204 - 14 May 2012, Cork County Council 12/4995: Conditional. Permission. Construction of two-storey dwelling, garage including septic tank, bored well and ancillary works. File: https://planning.agileapplications.ie/corkcoco/application-details/?ref=12/4995 - 20 Apr 2012, Cork County Council 12/4833: Incompleted application. Permission. Construction of a two storey dwelling and garage including a septic tank, bored well and ancillary works. File: https://planning.agileapplications.ie/corkcoco/application-details/?ref=12/4833 - 27 Feb 2012, Cork County Council 12/4329: Conditional. Retention. Retention of domestic garage, two vehicular entrances and revised site boundaries as constructed (alterations from that granted under planning permission 02/3917). File: https://planning.agileapplications.ie/corkcoco/application-details/?ref=12/4329 - 27 Jan 2011, Cork County Council 11/4118: Conditional. Permission. Dwelling, garage, treatment unit and all associated site works. File: https://planning.agileapplications.ie/corkcoco/application-details/?ref=11/4118 - 20 Mar 2008, Cork County Council 08/5551: Conditional. Permission. Redevelopment of Copsetown Abbey House and outbuildings to Golf Clubhouse to include alterations and extensions to existing building with associated ancillary bar/dining area, provision of 140 no. parking spaces with vehicular entrance, demolition of existing hay barn and the construction of a maintenance and storage unit, construction of an 18-hole golf course to include constructed wetland and ancillary works, 2 no. all weather tennis courts with associated lighting & fencing, 14 no. residential dwellings with garages,entrance to public road and ancillary works, construction of underpass under public road with retaining walls, installation of 3 no. waste water treatment plants, 3 no. water wells, water storage tank, landscaping and all associated site works. File: https://planning.agileapplications.ie/corkcoco/application-details/?ref=08/5551 - 7 Feb 2007, Cork County Council 07/4813: Conditional. Permission. Construction of front porch and single storey extension to side of dwelling, detached garage and front boundary stone wall. File: https://planning.agileapplications.ie/corkcoco/application-details/?ref=07/4813 - 21 Nov 2006, Cork County Council 06/12506: Conditional. Permission. Construction of silage slab and apron, cubicle with easy feed area and extension to existing cubicles. File: https://planning.agileapplications.ie/corkcoco/application-details/?ref=06/12506 - 14 Nov 2005, Cork County Council 05/8358: Refused. Permission. Dwellinghouse. File: https://planning.agileapplications.ie/corkcoco/application-details/?ref=05/8358 - 14 Feb 2005, Cork County Council 05/777: Refused. Permission. Bungalow with proprietary waste water treatment system and installation of additional waste water treatment system to serve existing dwelling. File: https://planning.agileapplications.ie/corkcoco/application-details/?ref=05/777 - 23 Dec 2004, Cork County Council 04/9636: Incompleted application. Permission. Bungalow, entrance, small proprietary waste water treatment system. File: https://planning.agileapplications.ie/corkcoco/application-details/?ref=04/9636 - 5 May 2004, Cork County Council 04/3013: Refused. Permission. Bungalow with proprietary waste water treatment system and installation of additional waste water treatment system to serve existing dwelling. File: https://planning.agileapplications.ie/corkcoco/application-details/?ref=04/3013 Applicants are not shown. ## Designated sites (National Parks and Wildlife Service) No designated site (Special Area of Conservation, Special Protection Area, Natural Heritage Area or proposed one) touches the townland of Dromdowney Upper. ## Recorded monuments (Sites and Monuments Record, National Monuments Service) - CO024-157: Ringfort - rath, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CCO024-157----. In pasture, on SSW-facing slope, below crest of hill. Depicted as hachured circular enclosure (diam. c. 50m) on 1842 OS 6-inch map; as hachured circular raised area (diam. c. 55m) on 1905 OS 6-inch map, with hachured NW->S joined by solid line; on 1937 OS 6-inch map survives NW->S and depicted similar to 1905 OS 6-inch map. No visible surface trace; according to local information, fort levelled c. 1957. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 4: North Cork' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 2000). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload/revision: 14 January 2009 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). ## Architectural heritage (National Inventory of Architectural Heritage) No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands in the townland of Dromdowney Upper. ## Ground and risks (Radon Risk Map of Ireland, EPA; Landslide Susceptibility Classification and LiDAR, Geological Survey Ireland) - Radon: at the centre of the townland of Dromdowney Upper, about 1 in 10 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels. Testing a home: https://www.epa.ie/environment-and-you/radon/radon-testing/#d.en.82887 - Landslides: The 1:50,000 map rates the landslide susceptibility here as moderately low, low, partly inferred. - Terrain model: LiDAR of the Office of Public Works, flown in 2011, at 2 m: tile OPW_919, https://gsi.geodata.gov.ie/downloads/LiDAR/OPW_NASC/OPW_919.zip (ZIP). - Flooding: the flood maps of the Office of Public Works, https://www.floodinfo.ie/map/floodmaps/, linked only: their licence does not allow re-use. 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. ## Downloads - DXF, in Irish Transverse Mercator metres, with its boundary, parcels and buildings, for a drawing program: https://everytownland.com/cork/dromdowney-upper.dxf - GeoJSON, in WGS 84, for a map: https://everytownland.com/cork/dromdowney-upper.geojson - KML, for Google Earth: https://everytownland.com/cork/dromdowney-upper.kml ## Homes sold (Residential Property Price Register) No address of the register names Dromdowney Upper with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Cork: https://everytownland.com/cork.md ## Neighbouring townlands (National Statutory Boundaries, Tailte Éireann) - Baltydaniel West: https://everytownland.com/cork/baltydaniel-west.md - Copsetown: https://everytownland.com/cork/copsetown.md - Dromdowney Lower: https://everytownland.com/cork/dromdowney-lower.md - Dromsligo: https://everytownland.com/cork/dromsligo.md - Killagrohan: https://everytownland.com/cork/killagrohan.md - Moanroe: https://everytownland.com/cork/moanroe-44422.md - Mountnorth: https://everytownland.com/cork/mountnorth.md 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. --- Everytownland reads the registered freehold land and the statutory boundaries of Tailte Éireann, the national zoning, planning file and heritage records of the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, and the Residential Property Price Register. A parcel is the land of a title, not an address. The owner's name is in the Land Registry of Tailte Éireann: a copy of the folio can be ordered on landdirect.ie, for a fee; this site names no owner. A price is the price recorded for a past sale, not a valuation. Sources: Cadastral Parcels Freehold, Townlands, Civil Parishes, Baronies, Electoral Divisions and Buildings, Tailte Éireann, CC BY 4.0; national zoning of development plans (GZT, MyPlan) and National Planning Applications, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, CC BY 4.0, applicants not shown; designated sites, National Parks and Wildlife Service, CC BY 4.0; Sites and Monuments Record, National Monuments Service, CC BY 4.0; National Inventory of Architectural Heritage, CC BY 4.0; Residential Property Price Register, Property Services Regulatory Authority, re-used with the source acknowledged. - Page: https://everytownland.com/cork/dromdowney-upper - In JSON: https://everytownland.com/api/townland/cork/dromdowney-upper