# Ferm, Co. Cork: townland, land parcels and planning Townland in the civil parish of Drishane, barony of Muskerry West, Co. Cork; in Irish An Fheirm. - Area (Tailte Éireann): 431,777 m² (43.18 ha, 106.69 acres) - Land parcels (Tailte Éireann): 4 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in it, median 102,710 m² (10.27 ha, 25.38 acres) - Zoning (national zoning, MyPlan): G3 Greenbelt1, the zone with the most parcels - Planning (National Planning Applications): 5 applications since 2010 - Civil parish: Drishane, https://everytownland.com/cork/parish/drishane.md - Barony: Muskerry West - Electoral division: Coomlogane, the unit of the census - Census 2022 (Central Statistics Office): 995 people lived in 401 households in the Coomlogane electoral division. 72% of households owned their home. 29% of homes were built since 2001. 12% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 1% were holiday homes. - County: Co. Cork, https://everytownland.com/cork.md - Placenames Database of Ireland: https://www.logainm.ie/en/12611 - Townland number at Tailte Éireann: 42607 - Centre: latitude 52.063768, longitude -9.12049 (WGS 84) ## Land parcels (registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann) 4 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Ferm, from 756 m² to 224,547 m² (22.45 ha, 55.49 acres); 9 neighbouring parcels touch its boundary. Largest first: - Parcel 2148602: 224,547 m² (22.45 ha, 55.49 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2148602.md - Parcel 2334701: 102,947 m² (10.29 ha, 25.44 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2334701.md - Parcel 2334702: 102,474 m² (10.25 ha, 25.32 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2334702.md - Parcel 4848527: 756 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/4848527.md ## Zoning (national zoning of development plans, MyPlan) - G3 Greenbelt1 (Conservation, amenity or buffer space, corridor/belt, landscape): Cork County Development Plan 2022, Cork County; 3 parcels. The zoning objective in the plan: https://www.corkcoco.ie/sites/default/files/2022-06/volume-4-south-cork.pdf ## Planning applications whose site touches the townland (National Planning Applications, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage) 5 applications, newest first. - 18 Dec 2009, Cork County Council 09/7983: Refused. Permission. Change of use of part of existing dwellinghouse from living accommodation to pre-school and after school child care facility. File: https://planning.agileapplications.ie/corkcoco/application-details/?ref=09/7983 - 16 Nov 2007, Cork County Council 07/12434: Conditional. Permission. Extension to milking parlour, construction of roofed dairy holding yard with flow channels and associated ancillaries. File: https://planning.agileapplications.ie/corkcoco/application-details/?ref=07/12434 - 22 Oct 2007, Cork County Council 07/11817: Incompleted application. Permission. Extension to existing milking parlour and construction of roofed dairy holding yard with flow channels and all associated ancillaries. File: https://planning.agileapplications.ie/corkcoco/application-details/?ref=07/11817 - 6 Jun 2007, Cork County Council 07/8406: Conditional. Permission. Demolition of open dungstead and construction of easy feed cubicle house with double slatted tanks and associated ancillaries. File: https://planning.agileapplications.ie/corkcoco/application-details/?ref=07/8406 - 23 Jan 2007, Cork County Council 07/4340: Conditional. Permission. Construction of overground slurry tower with associated sump tank, silage base and associated works. File: https://planning.agileapplications.ie/corkcoco/application-details/?ref=07/4340 Applicants are not shown. ## Designated sites (National Parks and Wildlife Service) - Special Area of Conservation: Blackwater River (Cork/Waterford) SAC, site code 002170, https://www.npws.ie/protected-sites/sac/002170 ## Recorded monuments (Sites and Monuments Record, National Monuments Service) - CO038-060: Standing stone, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CCO038-060----. Not shown on 1842 and 1904 OS 6-inch maps. Permission to visit site refused. According to local information, removed c. 1983 during field fence clearance. Broker (1937, 31) recorded 'gallán, 5ft high and over 11ft in girth; 5 ton weight overground'. 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 - CO038-109: Ringfort - rath, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CCO038-109----. In level pasture, above NW-facing slope. Field known as fort field; also local tradition of souterrain (9024). No visible surface trace. Possibly same fort as recorded by Broker (1937, 48) on Tim Connell's land, described as 'one eight acre, levelled completely about 1875. Field still called Pairc an Leasa'. 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 - CO038-139: Souterrain, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CCO038-139----. In possible ringfort (8699). According to local information, collapse occurred in past possibly indicating position of souterrain. 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 - CO038-141: Standing stone, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CCO038-141----. In pasture, on SW-facing slope. Stone (H 0.95m; 0.7m x 0.43m) narrows towards top, long axis NE-SW. 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 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). ## Architectural heritage (National Inventory of Architectural Heritage) No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands in the townland of Ferm. ## Ground and risks (Radon Risk Map of Ireland, EPA; Landslide Susceptibility Classification and LiDAR, Geological Survey Ireland) - Radon: at the centre of the townland of Ferm, about 1 in 10 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels. Testing a home: https://www.epa.ie/environment-and-you/radon/radon-testing/#d.en.82887 - Landslides: The 1:50,000 map rates the landslide susceptibility here as low. - Terrain model: no LiDAR survey of the Office of Public Works covers the centre of the townland of Ferm. - Flooding: the flood maps of the Office of Public Works, https://www.floodinfo.ie/map/floodmaps/, linked only: their licence does not allow re-use. 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. ## Downloads - DXF, in Irish Transverse Mercator metres, with its boundary, parcels and buildings, for a drawing program: https://everytownland.com/cork/ferm.dxf - GeoJSON, in WGS 84, for a map: https://everytownland.com/cork/ferm.geojson - KML, for Google Earth: https://everytownland.com/cork/ferm.kml ## Homes sold (Residential Property Price Register) No address of the register names Ferm with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Cork: https://everytownland.com/cork.md ## Neighbouring townlands (National Statutory Boundaries, Tailte Éireann) - Annagloor: https://everytownland.com/cork/annagloor.md - Ballydaly: https://everytownland.com/cork/ballydaly.md - Derreen: https://everytownland.com/cork/derreen-42167.md - Tober: https://everytownland.com/cork/tober.md 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. --- Everytownland reads the registered freehold land and the statutory boundaries of Tailte Éireann, the national zoning, planning file and heritage records of the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, and the Residential Property Price Register. A parcel is the land of a title, not an address. The owner's name is in the Land Registry of Tailte Éireann: a copy of the folio can be ordered on landdirect.ie, for a fee; this site names no owner. A price is the price recorded for a past sale, not a valuation. Sources: Cadastral Parcels Freehold, Townlands, Civil Parishes, Baronies, Electoral Divisions and Buildings, Tailte Éireann, CC BY 4.0; national zoning of development plans (GZT, MyPlan) and National Planning Applications, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, CC BY 4.0, applicants not shown; designated sites, National Parks and Wildlife Service, CC BY 4.0; Sites and Monuments Record, National Monuments Service, CC BY 4.0; National Inventory of Architectural Heritage, CC BY 4.0; Residential Property Price Register, Property Services Regulatory Authority, re-used with the source acknowledged. - Page: https://everytownland.com/cork/ferm - In JSON: https://everytownland.com/api/townland/cork/ferm