Garryvoe Upper
Townland in the civil parish of Garryvoe, barony of Imokilly, Co. Cork; in Irish Garraí Bhoithe Uachtarach
- Area
- 97.5 ha
- 241 acres
- Land parcels
- 56
- registered freehold, median 3,327 m² (0.33 ha, 0.82 acres)
- Zoning
- —
- not in a zoned settlement
- Planning
- 47
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
56 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Garryvoe Upper, from 86 m² to 189,694 m² (18.97 ha, 46.87 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
No zone of a development plan covers Garryvoe Upper 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
6 Jul 2026Grant with conditions
The development will consist of a new proposed two storey dwelling and associated garage, opening of a new vehicular entrance to the site and wastewater treatment system and percolation area together with all associated site development works.
Permission · Cork County Council, 26/1812
8 Jun 2026Grant with conditions
Permission for construction of a dwelling and garage (change of house and garage design from that previously permitted under Planning Reference 25/5976).
Permission · Cork County Council, 26/1510
14 Nov 2025Grant with conditions
Permission for construction of a two storey detached dwelling, a new wastewater treatment unit and percolation area and all associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 25/6465
26 Sept 2025Grant with conditions
Permission for the construction of a dwelling, garage, septic tank, percolation area, new site entrance and associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 25/5976
17 Jul 2025Conditional permission
Permission for construction of a single storey dwelling with onsite effluent treatment system and associated percolation area, access onto roadway and associated site works.
Permission · Cork County Council, 25/5428
15 Jul 2025Conditional permission
Permission for the following; 1) retention for window alterations on the northern extension that was granted under planning ref no. 21/7364, b) retention for all elevation alterations including front porch changed from a hipped roof to an A roof, rear kitchen lean to roof to a flat roof, window sizes changed on front, rear and side elevations, new first floor window added to northern extension, new rear door added to utility, rear ground floor window on northern extension changed to French doors, chimney removed and all associated ancillary site development works
Permission for retention · Cork County Council, 25/5403
26 Mar 2025Conditional permission
Construction of a single storey dwelling with onsite effluent treatment system and associated percolation area, access onto roadway and associated site work.
Permission · Cork County Council, 25/4522
29 Oct 2024Conditional
Permission for the construction of a two storey detached dwelling including an integrated covered carport, a new wastewater treatment unit and percolation area, a new domestic site entrance in the location of an existing agricultural field entrance, and all associated site works.
Permission · Cork County Council, 24/6041
9 Feb 2023Conditional
The demolition of sheds and the partial demolition and renovation, which will include a two-storey extension to the existing dwelling house and all associated site works.
Permission · Cork County Council, 23/4218
11 Nov 2022Incompleted application
Demolition of sheds and the partial demolition and the renovation, which will include a two-storey extension to the existing dwelling house and all associated site works.
Permission · Cork County Council, 22/6524
16 Sept 2022Incompleted application
The partial demolition and renovation and extension works to the existing dwelling house and all associated site works.
Permission · Cork County Council, 22/6094
5 Jul 2022Conditional
The construction of a part single storey part two storey detached dwelling with an associated single storey garage, a new wastewater treatment unit and percolation area, a new site entrance , and including all associated site works and associated landscaping
Permission · Cork County Council, 22/5576
22 Dec 2021Conditional
Retention permission for (1) existing entrance (2) existing domestic garage and permission for construction of storage shed and associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 21/7487
16 Dec 2021Conditional
Construction of an extension and other alterations to their existing dwelling house as well as permission for minor demolition. The proposed development involves changes to the entire building envelop comprising an extension to the north of the site [front, side, and rear first floor extension] also involving the replacement of the roof and alterations and modifications to all external and internal finishes and the increase in existing ridge height by 1.51m to the northern part of the house. The proposed development includes rood lights, additional fenestration and glazing, cladding, boundary treatments, landscaping, drainage and all associated site development works.
Permission · Cork County Council, 21/7364
6 Dec 2021Conditional
An attached granny flat and a private family gymnasium, home office and storage space to be used solely as ancillary space for the existing private house, and all associated site development works.
Permission · Cork County Council, 21/7274
9 Nov 2021Incompleted application
To erect an extension to dwelling house to accommodate a) a granny flat and b) a private family gymnasium, a home office and storage space to be used solely as ancillary space for the existing private dwelling house, and all associated site development works.
Permission · Cork County Council, 21/7023
9 Aug 2021Conditional permission
A part single storey part storey & a half type dwelling with onsite effluent treatment system and associated percolation area, access onto roadway and associated site work.
Permission · Cork County Council, 21/6168
5 Aug 2021Conditional
A dormer type dwelling with onsite effluent treatment system and associated percolation area, access onto roadway and associated site work.
Permission · Cork County Council, 21/6167
8 Jul 2021Incompleted application
A part single storey part storey & a half type dwelling with onsite effluent treatment system and associated percolation area, access onto roadway and associated site work.
Permission · Cork County Council, 21/5904
8 Jul 2021Incompleted application
A dormer type dwelling with onsite effluent treatment system and associated percolation area, access onto roadway and associated site work.
Permission · Cork County Council, 21/5903
20 Aug 2020Conditional
The construction of a new part single storey part two storey dwelling with an attached carport and garage, a new site entrance and all associated site works including a new waste water treatment system and percolation area.
Permission · Cork County Council, 20/5799
8 May 2018Conditional
Construction of a detached domestic use garage
Permission · Cork County Council, 18/5147
11 Oct 2017Conditional
Retention of (a) alteration and conversion of internal garage to games room. (b) Alteration and conversion of walk-in wardrobe in bedroom no. 1 to internal plant room. (c) Construction of pump house at front of site. Permission for removal of existing window and construction of emergency door off bedroom corridor to front of dwelling.
Permission · Cork County Council, 17/6649
21 Nov 2016Conditional
Erect a single storey dwellinghouse, a serparate storage building for domestic use, a carport, an on-site sewage treatment system, and all associated site development works
Permission · Cork County Council, 16/6893
22 Jun 2015Conditional
Construction of dwelling, waste water treatment system and all associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 15/5335
The 25 most recent of 47 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 Garryvoe Upper.
Recorded monuments
- CO077-075 Fulacht fia
Description
Grass-covered spread of burnt material (diam. c. 7m) in reclaimed land. According to local information, formerly "a low mound in a bog". The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 2: East and South Cork' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1994). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload/revision: 14 January 2009
- CO077-076 Fulacht fia
Description
Grass-covered spread of burnt material (11.2m E-W; 16.2m N-S) on W side of stream; levelled c. 1980. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 2: East and South Cork' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1994). 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
No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands in the townland of Garryvoe Upper.
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 5 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels. Testing a home
- Landslides
- Susceptibility moderately high, moderately low, low, on the 1:50,000 map.
- Terrain model
- No LiDAR survey of the Office of Public Works covers the centre of the townland of Garryvoe Upper.
- 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 Garryvoe Upper with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Cork.
The townland
- Name
- Garryvoe Upper · Garraí Bhoithe Uachtarach
- Area
- 974,956 m² (97.5 ha, 240.92 acres)
- Civil parish
- Garryvoe, and its townlands
- Barony
- Imokilly
- Electoral division
- Garryvoe, the unit of the census
- Census 2022
- Garryvoe electoral division: 699 people in 236 households; 87% of households own their home; 33% of homes were built since 2001; 5% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 8% were holiday homes.
- Neighbouring townlands
- Ballincourlea, Ballybutler, Garryvoe Lower, Moanroe, Monacreagh, Rathhaha
- Placenames
- Garryvoe Upper 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.