Dromleigh South
Townland in the civil parish of Kilmocomoge, barony of Bantry, Co. Cork; in Irish An Drom Liath Theas
- Area
- 161.8 ha
- 400 acres
- Land parcels
- 134
- registered freehold, median 2,055 m² (0.21 ha, 0.51 acres)
- Zoning
- G3
- Greenbelt1
- Planning
- 100
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
134 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Dromleigh South, from 5 m² to 313,694 m² (31.37 ha, 77.52 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 47 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
- G3Greenbelt1 (Conservation, amenity or buffer space, corridor/belt, landscape)
Cork County Development Plan 2022, Cork · 99 parcels The zoning objective in the plan - R2Existing Residential/Mixed Residential and Other Uses (Existing residential)
Cork County Development Plan 2022, Cork · 77 parcels The zoning objective in the plan - S2Community (Health and related)
Cork County Development Plan 2022, Cork · 3 parcels The zoning objective in the plan - R1Residential (New/proposed residential)
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.
Planning applications
Sites that touch the townland, newest first
21 Aug 2026Invalid - prepare letters
permission for a residential development consisting of 45no. dwelling houses and 8no. apartments, and all associated site works including installation of roads, footpaths, playground and amenity areas, vehicle and bike parking, public lighting installation, services and landscaping
Permission · Cork County Council, 26/2196
21 May 2026Awaiting f.i. response
Permission for Retention of a rear porch extension and front sunroom extension, minor alterations to elevations and fenestration to existing dwelling. Permission is also sought for alterations to existing dwelling to incorporate, raising of roof, enlarged first floor, demolition of a sunroom extension and all associated site works
Permission for retention · Cork County Council, 26/1347
1 Apr 2026Grant with conditions
Permission for relocation of approved dwelling house and change of site boundaries from those approved under previous planning reference 25/00146
Permission · Cork County Council, 26/0822
13 Feb 2026Awaiting f.i. response
permission for the following residential development works: (1) Construction of development of 4 No. dwelling houses, to include all associated site works, (2) Demolition of extension to rear of existing cottage, (3) Construction of new extension to rear of existing cottage, (4) Demolition of existing detached garage/store/building, which is ancillary in use to existing cottage
Permission · Cork County Council, 26/0359
9 May 2025Conditional
Permission for retention for the following works to existing dwelling: - (A) For entrance porch to South facing front elevation. (B) For conservatory to North facing rear elevation. (C) For conversion of attached garage to extend liviing area of said dwelling. (D) For conversion of existing attic space to habitable use and for alterations to same including dormer window and roof lights. (E) For fenestration changes to windows and doors throughout the dwelling. (F) For detached garden shed. (G) For alterations to entrance walls to said dwelling and for all associated site works
Retention · Cork County Council, 25/253
25 Apr 2025Conditional
Permission for the following changes to dwelling house permitted under planning reference 22/00397 and currently constructed to ground floor level: (i) retention of changes to design of rear (south-west) annex, (ii) permisison for change of design of dwelling house, (iii) permission for construction of detached domestic store / garden room and (iv) all associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 25/227
21 Mar 2025Conditional permission
Construction of a dwelling house and all associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 25/146
20 Dec 2024Conditional
Permission for 1. extension of existing balcony (change of plan to that permitted under planning permission Reg No. 19/324) 2. Completion of existing site entrance (change of finish to that permitted under planning permission Reg No. 19/324) 3. Retention of existing South facade and rooflights (change of elevation to that permitted under planning permission Reg No. 19/324)
Permission · Cork County Council, 24/709
18 Dec 2024Conditional
The construction of a two-storey building extension to the existing hospital to provide a 16-bed Rehabilitation Unit and Undercroft Plant Area at ground floor level, a 24 bed in-patient ward at first floor level and a Louvred Plant room Enclosure at roof level. Permission is also sought for refurbishment works within the ground floor of the existing hospital and the placement of a Plant room on the existing hospital roof. The works will include all associated site development works, realignment of existing parking spaces to provide additional parking, the upgrade of the adjoining landscaping and amenity areas associated with the proposed Stroke Rehabilitation Unit and In-Patient Ward building extension and permission for modifications to northern end of the existing pedestrian walkway which runs along the eastern boundary and associated ancillary works
Permission · Cork County Council, 24/699
17 Jun 2024Conditional
Permission for: (i) change of site boundaries of dwelling house approved under planning reference 21/00420 (ii) construction of new vehicular entrance and access road from Dromleigh Heights to serve neighbouring dwelling house to south and (iii) all associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 24/323
5 Jun 2024Conditional
Construction of dwelling house with attached garage, installation of waste water treatment system and for all associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 24/293
28 Feb 2024Conditional
Construction of dwelling house, detached domestic garage, installation of waste water treatment system and for alterations to existing agricultural entrance and for new entrance and access road for said proposed dwelling and for all associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 24/87
19 Jan 2024Conditional
1) Construction of a new extension to the rear of an existing dwelling, 2) Construction of new dormers and roof lights to the front, side and rear of an existing dwelling, 3) Installation of new solar panels to the roof of an existing dwelling, 4) Alterations to existing elevations and 5) All associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 24/18
22 Nov 2023Withdrawn
Construction of dwelling house with attached garage, installation of waste water treatment system and for all associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 23/663
15 Sept 2023Conditional
Conversion of attic to habitable accommodation and for new dormer windows and rooflights to same
Permission · Cork County Council, 23/520
1 Sept 2023Conditional
Retention of alterations and extensions to dwellinghouse and permission for demolition of existing porch and to undertake all associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 23/485
27 Jul 2023Refused
Permission for alterations and construction of an extension to existing garage and for change of use of said garage into granny flat accommodation for use ancillary to the main dwelling and all associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 23/416
22 May 2023Conditional
Permission sought for retention and permission for completion of alterations and additions to dwelling under construction, previously granted planning permission Pl. Ref. No. 20/556 namely: - (a) Revised configuration of sitting room and entrance porch to include additional floor area. (b) Construction of attached plant room. (c) Alterations to windows and door design. (d) Revised lowered floor level of said dwelling. (e) Revised first floor roof pitch with additional dormers windows and roof lights and for conversion of same for habitual use. Permission also sought for revised location of entrance to said dwelling and for all associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 23/269
11 Apr 2023Conditional
Construction of a building comprising offices, interview rooms, waiting areas, meeting rooms and ancillary accommodation. The proposal also includes for carparking spaces, cycle parking, hard and soft landscaping and all associated site works. Proposed development to be served by existing entrance and carparking serving Bantry Primary Care Centre
Permission · Cork County Council, 23/192
21 Dec 2022Conditional
Construction of a dwelling house and all associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 22/783
8 Dec 2022Conditional
The construction of new covered ambulance set down bays, new entrance into the existing hospital, minor internal reconfiguration works and the demolition of existing external ramp, along with new ambulance parking, accessible parking and all associated site development works
Permission · Cork County Council, 22/753
11 Nov 2022Incompleted application
Construction of new covered ambulance set down bays, new entrance into the existing hospital, minor internal reconfiguration works and the demolition of existing external ramp, along with new ambulance parking, accessible parking and all associated site development works
Permission · Cork County Council, 22/688
26 Aug 2022Refused
Alterations and construction of extensions to existing garage and change of use of said garage into granny flat accommodation for use ancillary to the main dwelling, and all associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 22/547
13 Jun 2022Conditional
Construction of dwelling house and all associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 22/397
28 Jan 2022Conditional
Permission for the following: (i) removal of unauthorised first floor extension to garage building, (ii) construction of pitched roof at single storey level in its place, and (iii) retention of single storey extensions to the original garage
Permission · Cork County Council, 22/40
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.
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 Dromleigh South.
Recorded monuments
No recorded monument lies in the townland of Dromleigh South.
Architectural heritage
No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands in the townland of Dromleigh 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 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; parts are made ground and water.
- Terrain model
- No LiDAR survey of the Office of Public Works covers the centre of the townland of Dromleigh 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
- Dromleigh South, Bantry7 sales
The townland
- Name
- Dromleigh South · An Drom Liath Theas
- Area
- 1,617,508 m² (161.75 ha, 399.69 acres)
- Civil parish
- Kilmocomoge, and its townlands
- Barony
- Bantry
- Electoral division
- Bantry Urban, the unit of the census
- Census 2022
- Bantry Urban electoral division: 3,358 people in 1,345 households; 51% of households own their home; 24% of homes were built since 2001; 11% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 4% were holiday homes.
- Neighbouring townlands
- Carrignagat, Dromacoosane, Dromleigh North, Hollyhill, Keilnascarta, Scartbaun, Sheskin
- Placenames
- Dromleigh 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.