Garraunawarrig Lower
Townland in the civil parish of Clonfert, barony of Duhallow, Co. Cork; in Irish Garrán an Bharraigh Íochtarach
- Area
- 197 ha
- 487 acres
- Land parcels
- 44
- registered freehold, median 2,363 m² (0.24 ha, 0.58 acres)
- Zoning
- G3
- Greenbelt1
- Planning
- 32
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
44 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Garraunawarrig Lower, from 109 m² to 315,764 m² (31.58 ha, 78.03 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 22 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
- G3Greenbelt1 (Conservation, amenity or buffer space, corridor/belt, landscape)
Cork County Development Plan 2022, Cork · 17 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
Source: Tailte Éireann and the Department of Housing (MyPlan), national zoning, CC BY 4.0.
Planning applications
Sites that touch the townland, newest first
4 Feb 2022Conditional
Permission to widen existing entrance to existing farmyard
Permission · Cork County Council, 22/4217
12 Jan 2022Incompleted application
To widen entrance of existing farmyard
Permission · Cork County Council, 22/4027
29 Jan 2020Conditional
To construct a dwelling house, garage, septic tank and percolation area together with all associated ancillary site works and services.
Permission · Cork County Council, 20/4130
7 Aug 2019Conditional
Build slatted cubicle house and demolish cubicle house
Permission · Cork County Council, 19/5980
18 Jun 2019Incompleted application
1. To build 1 Slatted Cubicle House, 2. Demolition of loose straw shed.
Permission · Cork County Council, 19/5599
14 Sept 2018Conditional
Permission to construct a new dwellinghouse.
Permission · Cork County Council, 18/6442
29 May 2017Conditional
Construct a storage building for the storage of fencing materials & solid fuel for commercial purposes & to install a waste water treatment system, sand polishing filter & all services.
Permission · Cork County Council, 17/5325
2 May 2017Incompleted application
Construct a storage building for the storage of fencing materials & solid fuel for commercial purposes & permission to install a waste water treatment system, sand polishing filter & all services.
Permission · Cork County Council, 17/5054
14 Sept 2016Conditional
Permission to construct a new dwelling hosue.
Permission · Cork County Council, 16/6282
22 Apr 2016Conditional permission
Upgrade to the existing waste water treatment plant (WWTP) with proposed plant including balance tank, anoxic, anaerobic and aeration tanks, proposed clarifier tank, Dissolved Air Flotation (DAF) plant, underground effluent pumping station, culverts, control room, filters and concrete plinths. The proposed development will include the demolition of the existing 11 meter bio-tower at the Newmarket Co-Operative Creameries Ltd facility in Newmarket town, Co Cork, within the townlands of Garrannawarrig Upper, Park, Garrannawarrig Lower and Liscongill. Installation of an underground pumped pipeline to convey treated water from the facility to a discharge point on the River Dalua, 4 kilometers to the south east of the facility, utilizing the R576 road corridor, including all necessary pipeline connection, drainage and vent infrastructures. Intensification of use of the existing facility through an increase in the duration of the weekly and annual milk processing period at the Newmarket Creamery resulting in an increase in milk processing up to a maximum of 80 million gallons per annum. These changes will be subject to an amendment by EPA, of the existing site Industrial Emissions Directive Licence. An Environmental Impact Statement and Natura Impact Statement accompany this planning application. The proposed development includes work to Allen’s Bridge, a recorded monument under the National Monuments Act and is located within the zone of potential for the historic town of Newmarket which has a Recorded Monument designation.
Permission · Cork County Council, 16/4895
16 Mar 2016Incompleted application
Upgrade to the existing waste water treatment plant (WWTP) with proposed plant including balance tank, anoxic, anaerobic and aeration tanks, proposed clarifier tank, Dissolved Air Flotation (DAF) plant, underground effluent pumping station, culverts, control room, filters and concrete plinths. The proposed development will include the demolition of the existing 11 meter bio-tower at the Newmarket Co-Operative Creameries Ltd facility in Newmarket town, Co Cork, within the townlands of Scarteen Lower, Garrannawarrig Upper, Park, Garrannawarrig Lower and Liscongill. Installation of an underground pumped pipeline to convey treated water from the facility to a discharge point on the River Dalua, 4 kilometers to the south east of the facility, utilizing the R576 road corridor, including all necessary pipeline connection, drainage and vent infrastructures. Intensification of use of the existing facility through an increase in the duration of the weekly and annual milk processing period at the Newmarket creamery resulting in an increase in milk processing up to a maximum of 80 million gallons per annum. These changes will be subject to an amendment by EPA, of the existing site Industrial Emissions Directive Licence. An Environmental Impact Statement and Natura Impact Statement accompany this planning application. The proposed development includes work to Allen’s Bridge, a recorded monument under the National Monuments Act and is located within the zone of potential for the historic town of Newmarket which has a Recorded Monument designation.
Permission · Cork County Council, 16/4597
19 Feb 2016Incompleted application
Upgrade to the existing waste water treatment plant (WWTP) with proposed plant including balance tank, anoxic, anaerobic and aeration tanks, proposed clarifier tank, Dissolved Air Flotation (DAF) plant, underground effluent pumping station, culverts, control room, filters and concrete plinths. The proposed development will include the demolition of the existing 11 meter bio-tower. Installation of an underground pumped pipeline to convey treated water from the facility to a discharge point on the River Dalua, 4 kilometers to the south east of the facility, utilizing the R576 road corridor, including all necessary pipeline connection, drainage and vent infrastructures. Intensification of use of the existing facility through an increase in the duration of the weekly and annual milk processing period at the Newmarket creamery resulting in an increase in milk processing up to a maximum of 80 million gallons per annum. The proposed development includes work to Allen’s Bridge.
Permission · Cork County Council, 16/4355
18 Feb 2016Refused
Construction of a storage building for the storage of fencing materials and solid fuel for commercial purposes
Permission · Cork County Council, 16/4342
29 Jan 2016Incompleted application
Construction of a storage building for storage of fencing materials and solid fuel.
Permission · Cork County Council, 16/4142
2 Oct 2013Conditional
Erection of a 2.4m X 1.2m commercial advertising sign (double sided)
Permission · Cork County Council, 13/5891
2 Oct 2013Conditional
Permission for erection of commercial advertising sign 2.4m X 1.2m on west side of existing store and erection of advertising sign on entrance gate and retention of window on western side and door at southern side of existing store
Permission · Cork County Council, 13/5890
23 Sept 2013Incompleted application
Erection of 2.4m X 1.2m commercial advertising sign (double sided)
Permission · Cork County Council, 13/5835
23 Sept 2013Incompleted application
Erection of commercial advertising sign 2.4m X 1.2m on western side of existing store, erection of advertising sign on entrance gate, retention of window on western side and retention of door at southern side of existing store
Permission · Cork County Council, 13/5837
16 Aug 2013Unconditional
Completion of dwellinghouse incorporating a playschool - Extension of duration of permission granted under Planning Reg. No. 08/5987
Extension of duration · Cork County Council, 13/5605
26 Nov 2008Conditional
Retention of change of use of domestic store & yard to use a sales, repairs & services of garden equipment & machinery & permission for demolition of same store & construction of new store/workshop for use as sales/repairs & services of garden equipment & machinery
Permission · Cork County Council, 08/9832
1 May 2008Refused
Bunding of 4 no. fuel tanks and retention of existing storage, collection and distribution facility and 4 no. existing fuel tanks consisting of 3 no. forty foot steel storage containers (covered) for the storage of tyres, office/portacabin, all on a hardstanding area
Permission · Cork County Council, 08/6453
11 Apr 2008Conditional
Dwellinghouse incorporating a playschool
Permission · Cork County Council, 08/5987
28 Mar 2008Incompleted application
Retention fo existing storage, collection and distribution facility comprising of 3 no. 40ft steel storage containers (covered) and office/portacabin on hard standing area
Permission · Cork County Council, 08/5711
20 Sept 2006Refused
Construction of playschool
Permission · Cork County Council, 06/10748
4 Jul 2006Conditional
Demolition of dwelling and outbuildings and construction of dwelling
Permission · Cork County Council, 06/8607
The 25 most recent of 32 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
- Special Area of Conservation: Blackwater River (Cork/Waterford) SAC 002170
Recorded monuments
- CO023-058001 Ringfort - rath
Description
In pasture. Circular area (44m N-S; 41.3m E-W) enclosed by earthen bank (int. H 1.6m); intervening fosse; outer earthen bank (H 1.1m) to W. Described by Bowman (1934,179) as bivallate ringfort whose outer bank swings outwards to S to form third bank. This side of fort now interfered with by farm track; no trace of banks survives. Souterrain (CO023-05802-) on inner earthen bank. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 4: North Cork' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 2000). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload/revision: 14 January 2009
- CO023-058002 Souterrain
Description
In ringfort (CO023-05801-). Bowman (1934, 179) noted that 'a souterrain was built on the fosse side of the inner rampart. Fences are on each side of the souterrain which is now practically destroyed.' Hollow (D c. 1.2m) still visible in fosse on S side, flanked by field fences running N-S across fosse. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 4: North Cork' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 2000). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload/revision: 14 January 2009
- CO023-059 Fulacht fia
Description
In pasture, to N of springs. Mound of burnt material (20.7m N-S; 18m E-W; H 0.4m); slight indentation on S side. Ringfort (12498) c. 40m to N. One of two fulachta fiadh (10825) recorded by Bowman (1934, 179) '50 yds. S. of Fort' (12498). The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 4: North Cork' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 2000). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload/revision: 14 January 2009
Architectural heritage
- Allensbridge, bridge, 1850–1870 · Regional interest
Description
Single-arch limestone road bridge, built c. 1860, over Rampart Stream. Random rubble walls having curved coping stones to coursed rubble parapets. Curved abutment walls to each end of bridge. Segmental arch having tooled stone voussoirs. Render path under arch to west side.
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
- LiDAR of the Office of Public Works, flown in 2011, at 2 m: tile OPW_558 (ZIP).
- 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 Garraunawarrig Lower with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Cork.
The townland
- Name
- Garraunawarrig Lower · Garrán an Bharraigh Íochtarach
- Area
- 1,969,654 m² (196.97 ha, 486.71 acres)
- Civil parish
- Clonfert, and its townlands
- Barony
- Duhallow
- Electoral division
- Newmarket, the unit of the census
- Census 2022
- Newmarket electoral division: 1,579 people in 647 households; 76% of households own their home; 22% of homes were built since 2001; 13% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 2% were holiday homes.
- Neighbouring townlands
- Cloontycommade, Duarrigle, Garraunawarrig Upper, Gortknockaneroe, Liscongill, Park, Rossacon
- Placenames
- Garraunawarrig Lower 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.