Esk South

24 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Esk South, from 255 m² to 1,266,315 m² (126.63 ha, 312.91 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 13 neighbouring parcels touch it.

Download the townland as DXF, in Irish Transverse Mercator metres, with its boundary, parcels and buildings, or as GeoJSON or KML.

No zone of a development plan covers Esk 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.

• 6 Oct 2023Conditional

  10 Year Planning permission for a solar array with a total area of circa 16 hectares. The development will consist of solar panels on ground mounted frames, 2 no. single storey control cabins with associated electrical transformer unit and hardstand areas, 1 no. ring main unit, underground cabling within the solar array site to connect solar array field parcels, 33kV underground grid connection cabling to the existing Bweeng 38kV substation (within Esk windfarm), security fencing, CCTV, access tracks (upgrade of existing and new), upgrades to existing agricultural field entrance on the L5258, landscaping and all associated ancillary apparatus and development works. Operational access will be via the entrance from the L5258. The solar array will connect to the national grid and will have an operational lifespan of 40 years. Planning permission is requested for this duration. A Natura Impact Statement (NIS) has been prepared and will be submitted to the planning authority with the application.

  Permission · Cork County Council, 23/6017

• 23 Jul 2014Conditional

  Permission for wind farm comprising the provision of a total of 14no. Wind turbines with a maximum overall blade tip height pf up to 136.5m, upgrading of existing and provision of new internal access roads, provision of a wind anemometry mast (height up to 90m), 4no. borrow pits, an electricity substation with control room and associated equipment, underground electricity connection cabling, 3no. temporary construction compounds, and all ancillary site works including the upgrading of site access junctions.

  Permission · Cork County Council, 14/5602

• 2 Jul 2012Conditional

  Construction of a slatted beef unit and machinery shed

  Permission · Cork County Council, 12/5434

• 13 Jun 2011Conditional

  Windfarm to consist of [a] the provision of a total of 12 no. wind turbines with a maximum ground to top blade tip height of up to 126 metres, [b] upgrading of existing and provision of new internal access roads, [c] provision of a wind anemometry mast (85 metres in height), [d] 2 no. borrow pits, [e] an electricity sub-station with control room (as previously approved under Planning Reg. No. 11/4242), and [f] associated equipment and all ancilary site and facilitating works to existing road junctions.

  Permission · Cork County Council, 11/5276

• 9 Feb 2011Conditional

  Alterations to the permitted substation compound, control building and the compound boundaries permitted under Pl. Reg. Nos. 02/2553 and 08/6073. This will include an increase in the overall area of the compound from the permitted 23metres x 26metres to the proposed 20metres x 35metres, an increase in the control building from the permitted 8.6 metres x 5 metres to the proposed 13 metres x 6.5 metres, additional switch yard gear, new road layout within substation, ducting, cabling and associated site works

  Permission · Cork County Council, 11/4242

• 9 Mar 2010Incompleted application

  Changes to the permitted ESK wind farm development (planning ref. nos. 02/2553 and 08/6703) to include: a reduction in the number of permitted wind turbines from seven down to four; an increase in the hub height of the remaining four turbines from 55m hub height, 55m rotor blade diameter to 80m hub height, 93m rotor blade diameter; changes to the locations of wind turbines, changes to the wind farm roads and associated works.

  Permission · Cork County Council, 10/4547

• 2 Nov 2007Conditional

  Demolition of existing dwelling and construction of two-storey dwelling and septic tank

  Permission · Cork County Council, 07/12110

• 27 Apr 2006Conditional

  Slatted beef unit, silage base and concrete yard

  Permission · Cork County Council, 06/6719

• 19 Nov 2003Conditional

  Bungalow and garage

  Permission · Cork County Council, 03/5748

Source: National Planning Applications, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, CC BY 4.0. Applicants are not shown.

Designated sites

• Special Area of Conservation: Blackwater River (Cork/Waterford) SAC 002170

Recorded monuments

No recorded monument lies in the townland of Esk South.

Architectural heritage

No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands in the townland of Esk 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).

Radon

At the centre of the townland of Esk South, about 1 in 5 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels. Testing a home

Landslides

The 1:50,000 map rates the landslide susceptibility here as high, moderately high, moderately low, low, partly inferred.

Terrain model

No LiDAR survey of the Office of Public Works covers the centre of the townland of Esk South.

Flooding

The Office of Public Works publishes its flood maps on floodinfo.ie.

Radon Risk Map of Ireland, Environmental Protection Agency, and Landslide Susceptibility Classification, Geological Survey Ireland, both under 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.

No address of the register names Esk South with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Cork.

Name

Esk South · An Eisc Theas

Area

1,911,788 m² (191.18 ha, 472.41 acres)

Civil parish

Kilshannig, and its townlands

Barony

Duhallow

Electoral division

Kilshannig, the unit of the census

Census 2022

1,140 people lived in 399 households in the Kilshannig electoral division. 85% of households owned their home. 33% of homes were built since 2001. 10% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 0% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Esk North, Glannaharee East, Glannaharee West, Glenaknockane, Monanveel

Placenames

Esk 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.