Dunsfort
Townland in the civil parish of Middleton, barony of Imokilly, Co. Cork; in Irish Scairt Mhic Coitir
- Area
- 57.6 ha
- 142 acres
- Land parcels
- 20
- registered freehold, median 3,359 m² (0.34 ha, 0.83 acres)
- Zoning
- —
- not in a zoned settlement
- Planning
- 11
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
20 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Dunsfort, from 210 m² to 158,102 m² (15.81 ha, 39.07 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 10 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 Dunsfort 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 Jul 2025Conditional permission
Single storey sunroom extension to the western side of dwelling and a first floor window on the eastern elevation of dwelling.
Permission for retention · Cork County Council, 25/5510
30 Jul 2024Conditional
Permission for retention of demolition to detached storage shed noted as an alteration, renovation and change of use into café as per planning permission 23/6157 as well as Permission for an amendment to planning permission 23/6157 which includes: 1) Reduction of size of granted entrance canopy by 7.18 metres in length (27.23m2 in area), 2) Continued use of 1st floor residence as existing, 3) Re-location of granted refuse area, 4) Re-location of café as accepted in 23/6157 to main entrance area and to form part of one building, and 5) Alteration to the granted elevations and all ancillary site works necessary to facilitate the development. This is a Permission for an amendment to planning reference 23/6157.
Permission · Cork County Council, 24/5456
10 Jul 2024Incompleted application
Permission for retention of demolition to detached storage shed noted as an alteration, renovation and change of use into café as per planning permission 23/6157 as well as planning permission for an amendment to planning permission 23/6157 which includes: (1) reduction of size of granted entrance canopy by 7.18 metres in length (27.23m2 in area), (2) continued use of 1st floor residence as existing, (3) relocation of granted refuse area, (4) relocation of café as accepted in planning permission 23/6157 to main entrance area and to form part of one building, and (5) alteration to the granted elevations and all ancillary site works necessary to facilitate the development.
Permission · Cork County Council, 24/5299
10 Jun 2024Incompleted application
Amendments to Permission Ref. No. 23/6157, for the alteration, renovation and extension of existing restaurant - "The Two Mile Inn". The proposed amendments are : 1) Minor design changes to the permitted café and entrance awning, 2) Removal of staff accommodation at first floor, existing apartment to remain unchanged on first floor, 3) Bin store area moved closer to main car park, 4) Change to elevational treatment to the building; reduced scope of works, 5) All ancillary site works necessary to facilitate the development. This is an amendment to planning application (Planning Ref.: 23/6157).
Permission · Cork County Council, 24/5072
24 Oct 2023Conditional
Alterations, renovations and extension of the existing restaurant and lodging. The proposed works comprise of; a) the alteration, renovation and change of use of the existing detached storage shed into café, b)partial demolition of existing toilet core and construction of additional toilets to restaurant building, c) construction of newly proposed canopy to main entrance of restaurant building , d) construction of pergola structure at café and to the back of restaurant area, e) alteration to elevational treatment of restaurant building and café, f) alteration of roof at restaurant and instalment of new roof lights, g) demolition of existing sheds at north end of site; resurfacing and redesign to car park area; construction of bin store area, h) change of use of first floor residence to staff accommodation, j) all ancillary and site works necessary to facilitate the development.
Permission · Cork County Council, 23/6157
29 Apr 2020Conditional
The construction of a lean-to to the rear of the existing building which will be used as an extension to the existing workshop, construction of a steeltech building which will be used to store parts and associated works.
Permission · Cork County Council, 20/4867
17 Apr 2014Conditional
Construction of double bay extension to east elevation and single bay extension to west elevation, new entrance lobby to front of the existing garage for the purpose of vehicle maintenance and inspections
Permission · Cork County Council, 14/4789
2 Jul 2008Withdrawn
6no. detached two-storey dwellinghouses and wastewater treatment unit
Permission · Cork County Council, 08/7658
28 Jan 2005Refused
2 no. advertising road signs
Permission · Cork County Council, 05/374
29 Nov 2004Conditional
Construction of store for nursery farm machinery
Permission · Cork County Council, 04/8728
16 Nov 2004Incompleted application
Construction of store for nursery farm machinery
Permission · Cork County Council, 04/8469
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 Dunsfort.
Recorded monuments
No recorded monument lies in the townland of Dunsfort.
Architectural heritage
No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands in the townland of Dunsfort.
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 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 Dunsfort.
- 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 Dunsfort with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Cork.
The townland
- Name
- Dunsfort · Scairt Mhic Coitir
- Area
- 575,923 m² (57.59 ha, 142.31 acres)
- Civil parish
- Middleton, and its townlands
- Barony
- Imokilly
- Electoral division
- Midleton Rural, the unit of the census
- Census 2022
- Midleton Rural electoral division: 10,049 people in 3,372 households; 68% of households own their home; 55% of homes were built since 2001; 3% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 0% were holiday homes.
- Neighbouring townlands
- Cahermone, Carrigshane, Churchtown, Roxborough, Whiterock
- Placenames
- Dunsfort 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.