Fartha
Townland in the civil parish of Ballyfeard, barony of Kinalea, Co. Cork; in Irish Feartaigh
- Area
- 213.2 ha
- 527 acres
- Land parcels
- 45
- registered freehold, median 5,950 m² (0.59 ha, 1.47 acres)
- Zoning
- —
- not in a zoned settlement
- Planning
- 41
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
45 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Fartha, from 87 m² to 239,020 m² (23.9 ha, 59.06 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 24 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 Fartha 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
14 Apr 2025Conditional
Permission to construct dwelling house and associated site works.
Permission · Cork County Council, 25/4687
5 Nov 2024Conditional
Permission for the construction of a dwelling house and domestic garage and associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 24/6090
18 Oct 2024Withdrawn
Permission to construct dwellinghouse and associated site works.
Permission · Cork County Council, 24/5976
2 Jun 2021Conditional
Construction of agricultural building to include milking parlour, plant room along with extension to existing dairy and raising of roof of existing dairy, unroofed livestock handling facilities & collecting yard along with soiled water/parlour washings tank. Erection of 1 no. meal bin and 1 no. water storage tank along with associated site works.
Permission · Cork County Council, 21/5543
3 Apr 2020Conditional
The construction of a dwelling house and domestic garage and associated site works.
Permission · Cork County Council, 20/4693
14 Feb 2019Conditional
The construction of a dwelling house (change of plan and layout to that previously permitted under planning reg number 17/5527) and permission for the construction of a domestic garage and all ancillary site works.
Permission · Cork County Council, 19/4345
23 Apr 2018Conditional
To construct dwelling and associated site works.
Permission · Cork County Council, 18/5003
26 Mar 2018Incompleted application
Construct a dwelling and associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 18/4736
24 Jul 2017Conditional
To construct a new dwelling house.
Permission · Cork County Council, 17/5907
16 Jun 2017Conditional
Dormer style bungalow with associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 17/5527
22 May 2017Incompleted application
Dormer style bungalow with associated site works.
Permission · Cork County Council, 17/5268
12 May 2017Withdrawn
To construct a new dwelling house.
Permission · Cork County Council, 17/5159
10 Apr 2017Conditional
Retention of attic conversion, consisting of office/study space, playroom and storage area, 4 no. velux roof lights to rear and 1 no. velux roof light to side, all to existing dwelling
Retention · Cork County Council, 17/4840
29 Mar 2017Incompleted application
Dormer style bungalow with associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 17/4744
22 Mar 2017Refused
A two storey dwellinghouse, domestic garage, domestic shed and all associated site development works
Permission · Cork County Council, 17/4686
13 Jan 2017Incompleted application
Dormer style bungalow with associated site works.
Permission · Cork County Council, 17/4042
28 Jul 2015Conditional
Retention of A) conversation of first floor attic space to living accommodation and elevational changes to dwellinghouse, B) domestic garage, C) hobby room/store
Retention · Cork County Council, 15/5677
7 Feb 2014Conditional
An attic conversion (79m²), 3 no. new rooflights, window alterations, a new glass façade to an existing front entrance porch, elevational alterations to an existing sunroom, internal alterations to the ground floor layout and all associated site works to an existing dwellinghouse
Permission · Cork County Council, 14/4228
31 Jan 2014Incompleted application
Attic conversion (79sqm), 3no. new rooflights, window alterations, a new glass façade to the existing front entrance porch, elevational alterations to an existing sunroom, internal alterations to the ground floor layout and all associated site works to existing dwellinghouse
Permission · Cork County Council, 14/4170
17 Jan 2014Incompleted application
An attic conversion (79m2), 3 no. new rooflights, window alterations, a new glass facade to an existing front entrance porch, elevational alterations to an existing sunroom, internal alterations to the ground floor layout and all associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 14/4077
18 Jun 2012Unconditional
Dwellinghouse, extension of duration to permission granted under planning reg 07/4394
Extension of duration · Cork County Council, 12/5326
16 Oct 2007Conditional
One and half storey dwellinghouse and installation of septic tank
Permission · Cork County Council, 07/11689
10 Sept 2007Incompleted application
One and half storey dwellinghouse and installation of septic tank
Permission · Cork County Council, 07/10876
6 Sept 2007Withdrawn
Dwellinghouse and installation of treatment unit
Outline permission · Cork County Council, 07/10810
2 Aug 2007Incompleted application
Dwellinghouse
Outline permission · Cork County Council, 07/10045
The 25 most recent of 41 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 Fartha.
Recorded monuments
No recorded monument lies in the townland of Fartha.
Architectural heritage
No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands in the townland of Fartha.
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 moderately high, moderately low, 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 Fartha.
- 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 Fartha with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Cork.
The townland
- Name
- Fartha · Feartaigh
- Area
- 2,131,680 m² (213.17 ha, 526.75 acres)
- Civil parish
- Ballyfeard, and its townlands
- Barony
- Kinalea
- Electoral division
- Ballyfeard, the unit of the census
- Census 2022
- Ballyfeard electoral division: 408 people in 138 households; 88% of households own their home; 44% of homes were built since 2001; 10% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 1% were holiday homes.
- Neighbouring townlands
- Ballingarry Middle, Ballingarry West, Ballintrideen, Ballyhamsane, Ballywilliam, Carrigeen, Cullen
- Placenames
- Fartha 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.