Farran

264 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Farran, from 13 m² to 266,876 m² (26.69 ha, 65.95 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 36 neighbouring parcels touch it.

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No zone of a development plan covers Farran 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.

• 25 Apr 2025Conditional

  Permission for retention for 1) construction of single storey extension to rear of existing dwelling, 2) construction of flat roof porch to front of dwelling, 3) minor alterations to existing elevations and 4) all associated site works.

  Retention · Cork County Council, 25/4778

• 10 Feb 2025Refused

  Permission for the construction of a single storey, two car domestic garage located on the grounds of the existing property and all associated site services and ancillary works.

  Permission · Cork County Council, 25/4178

• 12 Dec 2024Conditional

  Permission for retention of the following completed works (change of plans previously permitted under planning reference no. 08/4490); 1)2-storey dwelling house as constructed, 2) vehicular site entrance as constructed and 3) all associated completed site works.

  Retention · Cork County Council, 24/6376

• 15 Nov 2024Refused

  A 10 year Permission is sought for a solar farm with a total area of circa 161 hectares. The solar farm will consist of solar panels on ground mounted frames, 23 no. single storey electrical inverter/transformer stations, 6 no. single storey spare parts containers, 3 no. Ring Main Units, 7 no. weather stations, underground electrical ducting and cabling within the development site, private lands and within the L62031, L6203, R619, L6207, L22012 and L2204 public roads to connect solar farm field parcels, security fencing, CCTV, access tracks, 4 no. stream/drain deck crossings, 6 no. horizontal directional drill crossings ( under watercourse/drains/public road), temporary construction compounds, landscaping and all associated ancillary development and drainage works. Construction and operational access will be via 7 no. entrances from L62031, L6203, L22012, L6398 and L2204 local roads. The operational lifespan of the solar farm will be 40 years and planning permission is requested for this duration.

  Permission · Cork County Council, 24/6157

• 16 Oct 2024Conditional

  Permission for construction of new dwelling house (with changes in designs and layout to that previously granted under planning reference number 21/4533), new domestic garage, new entrance, wastewater treatment system together with all other ancillary site works

  Permission · Cork County Council, 24/5950

• 3 Jul 2024Conditional

  Permission for retention of a sun room to the front of their existing dwelling, a change of a window to a French door on the first floor of the southern elevation, the addition of timber cladding to part of the southern and western elevations & the retention of a domestic garage.

  Retention · Cork County Council, 24/5245

• 4 Jun 2024Conditional permission

  Permission is sought for the construction of new slatted unit and concrete yard together with all other ancillary site works.

  Permission · Cork County Council, 24/5010

• 26 Apr 2024Conditional

  Permission for retention for the following works as constructed: 1) existing ancillary domestic garage as constructed which serves existing dwelling house, 2) existing sunroom as constructed to rear of existing dwelling, and 3) all associated completed site works.

  Retention · Cork County Council, 24/4737

• 26 Jul 2023Conditional

  Permission to construct dwelling, detached garage and all associated site works

  Permission · Cork County Council, 23/5523

• 21 Dec 2022Withdrawn

  Permission to construct dwelling, domestic garage and all associated site works

  Permission · Cork County Council, 22/6838

• 23 Sept 2022Conditional

  Dormer style dwelling, sewerage system, site entrance and all associated site works

  Permission · Cork County Council, 22/6141

• 21 Jun 2022Conditional

  Permission for the demolition of existing dwellinghouse, construction of new dwellinghouse and garage in lieu thereof, new entrance, wastewater treatment system, together with all other ancillary site works.

  Permission · Cork County Council, 22/5451

• 20 Jun 2022Conditional permission

  Permission for retention of 1) 2 no. single storey extensions to rear of existing dwelling house; 2) minor alterations to existing elevations; 3) stables for private family use and domestic timber shed; 4) ground mounted solar panels to north of the site; and all associated site works.

  Permission for retention · Cork County Council, 22/5416

• 7 Jun 2022Conditional permission

  Permission for the following works: 1) demolish existing domestic dwelling, 2) construct new two storey dwelling, 3) construct new shed for storage of vintage vehicles for personal use, 4) new sewerage system to replace existing septic tank, 5) modification works to existing site entrance, 6) all associated works.

  Permission · Cork County Council, 22/5303

• 13 May 2022Incompleted application

  Permission for retention of 2 no. single storey extensions to rear of existing dwelling house, as constructed, and retention for minor alterations to existing elevations.

  Retention · Cork County Council, 22/5111

• 26 Apr 2022Conditional

  (a)sub-division of ground floor of dwelling to use as two separate (2 bed and 3 bed) apartment units (b) single storey side annex for storage/toilet/utility use. (c) new rear boundary wall and (d) general modifications to window/door opes.

  Permission · Cork County Council, 22/4953

• 25 Mar 2022Conditional

  Permission for retention of (i) sunroom and boiler extensions to dwelling (ii) conversion of part of garage in dwelling to habitable use on the ground floor and storage on the first floor, (iii) detached single-storey garden store, ancillary to existing dwelling and (iv) associated site works.

  Retention · Cork County Council, 22/4650

• 23 Mar 2022Incompleted application

  (a)sub-division of ground floor to use as two separate (2 bed and 3 bed) apartment units (b) single storey side annex for storage/toilet/utility use. (c) new rear boundary wall and (d) general modifications to window/door opes.

  Permission · Cork County Council, 22/4628

• 22 Feb 2022Refused

  The demolition of existing dwellinghouse, construction of new dwellinghouse and garage in lieu thereof, new entrance, wastewater treatment system, together with all other ancillary site works.

  Permission · Cork County Council, 22/4376

• 4 Aug 2021Conditional

  Construction of 1) a 18m2 extension to the side of the original dwelling house, 2) 2 no. rooflights on existing roof and 3) all associated site works.

  Permission · Cork County Council, 21/6135

• 26 May 2021Withdrawn

  Construction of dwellinghouse, domestic garage, new entrance, waste water treatment system together with all other ancillary site works.

  Permission · Cork County Council, 21/5461

• 3 Mar 2021Conditional

  Construction of new dwellinghouse, domestic garage, new entrance, wastewater treatment system together with all other ancillary site works.

  Permission · Cork County Council, 21/4533

• 25 Feb 2020Conditional

  The construction of an extension to the existing school consisting of 1 no. classroom, WC’s, 2 no. set rooms, switch room, lobby and all associated boundary treatments, landscaping and ancillary site works.

  Permission · Cork County Council, 20/4382

• 29 Jan 2020Conditional

  Construction of dwellinghouse, domestic garage, new entrance, proprietary treatment unit and polishing filter together with all other ancillary site works.

  Permission · Cork County Council, 20/4129

• 4 Dec 2019Incompleted application

  Construction of dwellinghouse, domestic garage, new entrance, proprietary treatment unit and polishing filter together with all other ancillary site works.

  Permission · Cork County Council, 19/6889

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.

Designated sites

No designated site (Special Area of Conservation, Special Protection Area, Natural Heritage Area or proposed one) touches the townland of Farran.

Recorded monuments

• CO072-098001 Fulacht fia
  Description

  In reclaimed pasture. Shown as mound on 1938 OS 6-inch map. No visible surface trace. Second fulacht fiadh immediately to N (CO072-098002-). The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 3: Mid Cork' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1997). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload/revision: 14 January 2009

• CO072-101 Church
  Description

  Indicated as a cruciform structure and named 'R.C. Chapel' only on the 1842 OS 6-inch map. There were no visible remains of this church in 1982. Hartnett (1939, 115) noted that while 'no vestige of masonry' survives 'a raised platform 30 by 20 yards [c. 27m by 18m] and 1 to 2 feet [0.3-0.6m] above the adjacent ground level marks the spot'. Hartnett also records that he was informed locally that this is believed to be the old parish church of Aglish and that the ground has never been tilled (ibid.). The above description is derived from 'The Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 5' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 2009). Date of upload: 22 December 2009

• CO072-102 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  In tillage. Depicted as oval enclosure (diam. c. 50m) on 1842 OS 6-inch map, truncated on N side by field boundary. Levelled; no visible surface trace. According to Hartnett (1939, 115), 'slightly raised platform 1 to 11/2 feet over the surrounding field indicates the position of the rampart', measuring 160 ft x 150 ft. Known locally as the fort (ibid.). The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 3: Mid Cork' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1997). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload/revision: 14 January 2009

• CO072-158 Burnt mound
  Description

  According to local information, a spread of heat-shattered stones and charcoal-enriched soil was visible when this field was ploughed in 1997. This spread could not be located in 2000 when the field was in pasture. The above description is derived from 'The Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 5' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 2009). Date of upload: 22 December 2009

Architectural heritage

• Farran Roman Catholic Church, church/chapel, 1855–1865 · Regional interest
  Description

  Freestanding double-height Roman Catholic church, dated 1860, comprising three-bay side elevation to nave with canted apse, having breakfront surmounted by bellcote to southern end of front (south-east) elevation, with attached gable-fronted porch. Sacristy addition to front elevation, east corner. Side aisle to rear (north-west) having gable-fronted porch. Pitched slate roof with cut limestone bellcote to breakfront, limestone copings with mixed cut stone and wrought-iron finials to nave gables, uPVC rainwater goods throughout. Roughcast rendered walls with buttresses to south-west gable. Pointed arch openings with stone sills to nave and apse having paired lancet windows surmounted by ocului set within ashlar surrounds and having quarry glazing and lead-lined stained glass windows. Triple light window opening to south-west elevation. Square-headed window openings with stone sills to sacristy, having timber casement windows. Pointed arch door openings to porches having ashlar limestone surrounds with chamfered edges, leading to recessed double-leaf timber battened doors having single-pane overlights. Approached by limestone and concrete steps. Pointed arch arcading to interior having carved limestone columns, separating side aisle from nave. Marble altar furniture. Timber scissor brace trussed roof. Carved limestone font to porch. Grotto to front of site. Square-profile limestone piers having chamfered edges and pointed caps, set in rubble stone enclosing wall. Set within own grounds.

• Farran House, country house, 1865–1870 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached three-bay two-storey over basement house, built c.1790, extensively renovated and enlarged 1866, with addition of entrance porch, block to rear forming pair of recessed flanking bays to main block, and with addition of two-bay block having full-height canted bay window to north-west. Three-bay two-storey block located to north-east, incorporated into main house in nineteenth century renovations. Two-storey extension added to rear c. 1920. Hipped slate roof with over sailing eaves, rendered chimneystacks, cast-iron rainwater goods and rendered eaves course with corbels, flat roof to porch with rendered parapet and corbelled eaves course. Rendered walls having rendered plinth with moulded render sill bands to first and ground floors. Square-headed window openings with cut limestone sills and one-over-one pane timber sliding sash windows. Moulded rendered surrounds to openings, with pediments having scroll consoles to ground floor openings. Tripartite windows to recessed flanking bays, front elevation. Paired round-headed window openings with render sills to rear elevation having lead-lined stained glass windows with family crest surmounted by render hood-mouldings, and having single-light fixed oculus with rendered surround above. Round-headed windows with render sills and moulded rendered archivolts to side elevations of porch, having fixed single-pane windows with overlights. Round-headed door opening to porch flanked by Corinthian columns with moulded archivolt and impost mouldings above. Double-leaf timber panelled door with single-pane fanlight, approached by flight of limestone steps. Hipped slate roof, rendered walls and square-headed window openings with timber sliding sash windows to north-east block. Rubble stone wall with segmental-headed entrance having dressed voussoirs giving access to rear yard. Group of single-storey outbuildings to rear with single pitch slate roofs, rendered walls and square-headed openings with two-over-two pane timber sash windows and timber battened doors. Walled garden to west with rubble stone enclosing walls, camber-headed pedestrian entrance with wrought-iron gate and rubble stone bellcote. Attached octagonal-plan folly to walled garden having conical corrugated-iron roof, rubble stone walls, redbrick quoin bands and ogee arches above square-headed openings. Detached two-bay two-storey gate lodge with projecting gable and timber veranda to east, having pitched tile roof, roughcast rendered walls, and square-headed openings with replacement fittings. Square-profile cut limestone gate piers to east having carved capitals with urn and acorn finials. Wrought-iron gates to central vehicular entrance with flanking pedestrian entrances. Set within own grounds.

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).

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

Name

Farran · An Fearann

Area

4,354,345 m² (435.43 ha, 1,075.98 acres)

Civil parish

Aglish, and its townlands

Barony

Muskerry East

Electoral division

Aglish, the unit of the census

Neighbouring townlands

Aglish, Ballineadig, Currahaly, Farranavarra, Fergus, Garryhesty

Placenames

Farran on logainm.ie, the Placenames Database of Ireland

Townlands, civil parishes, baronies and electoral divisions, National Statutory Boundaries, Tailte Éireann, 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.