Glasvaunta
Glasvaunta is a townland in the civil parish of Kildorrery, barony of Condons and Clangibbon, Co. Cork. Its name in Irish is Glasbhánta.
- Area
- 37.1 ha
- 92 acres
- Land parcels
- 16
- registered freehold, median 2,512 m² (0.25 ha, 0.62 acres)
- Zoning
- —
- not in a zoned settlement
- Planning
- 13
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
16 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Glasvaunta, from 308 m² to 145,611 m² (14.56 ha, 35.98 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 31 neighbouring parcels touch it.
Download the townland as DXF, in Irish Transverse Mercator metres, with its boundary, parcels and buildings, or as GeoJSON or KML.
Zoning
Development plans, national zoning
No zone of a development plan covers Glasvaunta 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
12 Jun 2026Grant with conditions
Planning Permission is being sought for the Installation of 308 # Ground-Mounted Solar Panels – total area 614.6sq.m - including also a small ancillary Plant Room - 6.6sq.m- and all Associated Site Works at Abbeylands Nursing Home, Carhoo. Kildorrery, Mallow, Co. Cork P67NH76. This development is covered by the provisions of the Renewable Energy Directive III (Directive(EU)2023/2024) and it is important to note that the planning application may be subject to section 34D of the Planning and Development Act 2000, as amended. When a notice issues in accordance with section 34D(b), the provisions of article 26A of the Planning and Development regulations 2001 to 2025 shall apply.
Permission · Cork County Council, 26/1564
10 Dec 2025Invalid - case closed
Planning Permission is being sought for the Installation of 308 Ground-Mounted Solar Panels - total area 1,225sq.m - including also a small ancillary Plant Room - 6.6sq.m- and all Associated Site Works at Abbeylands Nursing Home, Carhoo. Kildorrery, Mallow, Co. Cork P67NH76
Permission · Cork County Council, 25/6743
14 Nov 2022Conditional
Construction of a single storey extension to the existing nursing home. The extension will consist of 2 no. additional wards; Ward 1 will accommodate 10 no. en-suite single bedrooms with ancillary staff areas, wc & shower rooms and day/dining rooms; Ward 2 will accommodate 12 no. en-suite single bedrooms with ancillary staff areas, wc & shower rooms and day/dining rooms; Works to include glazed link, localized internal re-modeling to accommodate extension, additional car parking provision, cycle parking provision, replacement of existing wastewater treatment system with new proprietary waste water treatment system with tertiary treatment system to connect to existing pump station and all associated site works.
Permission · Cork County Council, 22/6528
31 May 2021Withdrawn
The construction of a new single storey extension to the existing nursing home. The proposed extension will consist of 2 no. new additional wards. Ward one will accommodate 10 no. single bed ensuite bedrooms, staff area, wc’s and shower rooms along with a day/dining room. Ward two will accommodate 12 no. single bed ensuite bedrooms, staff area, wc’s and shower rooms along with a day/dining room. New connections to onsite sewers connecting to the public sewers and all associated site works.
Permission · Cork County Council, 21/5517
28 Apr 2021Incompleted application
The construction of a new single storey extension to the existing nursing home. The proposed extension will consist of 2 no. new additional wards. Ward one will accommodate 10 no. single bed ensuite bedrooms, staff area, wc’s and shower rooms along with a day/dining room. Ward two will accommodate 12 no. single bed ensuite bedrooms, staff area, wc’s and shower rooms along with a day/dining room. New connections to onsite sewers connecting to the public sewers and all associated site works.
Permission · Cork County Council, 21/5133
24 Nov 2020Conditional
Permission for retention for a domestic garage and permission to construct a single storey extension to side of existing dwelling, modify window on south gable elevation of existing dwelling and ancillary works.
Permission · Cork County Council, 20/6620
12 Feb 2019Conditional
To retain minor changes to elevations, internal layout alterations and increase of area to footprint of existing nursing home approved under planning application 04/7381 including the addition of 20.5m2 ESB / storage room and 40.5m2 increase to boiler room, all associated landscaping, boundary treatments and services as-built including ancillary pump house, bunds and tanks.
Retention · Cork County Council, 19/4303
2 Jan 2019Incompleted application
Retention permission to retain minor changes to elevations, internal layout alterations and increase of area to foot print of existing nursing home approved under planning application 04/7381 including the addition of 20.5m2 ESB / storage room and 40.5m2 increase to boiler room, all associated landscaping, boundary treatments and services as-built including ancillary pump house, bunds and tanks.
Retention · Cork County Council, 19/4007
1 Aug 2017Conditional
Retention of a detached single storey domestic garage to the rear of the existing dwellinghouse and all associated works
Retention · Cork County Council, 17/5987
3 Jun 2015Conditional
Calf house, walled concrete yard and soiled water storage tank
Permission · Cork County Council, 15/5164
16 May 2011Conditional
Cubicle house with slatted tanks
Permission · Cork County Council, 11/5039
14 Nov 2006Conditional
Construction of milking parlour and storage tank and retention and completion of extension to slatted shed and associated works
Permission · Cork County Council, 06/12286
29 Sept 2004Conditional
Construction of a 50-bed nursing home and waste water treatment unit
Permission · Cork County Council, 04/7381
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 Glasvaunta.
Recorded monuments
No recorded monument lies in the townland of Glasvaunta.
Architectural heritage
No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands in the townland of Glasvaunta.
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
- At the centre of the townland of Glasvaunta, about 1 in 5 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels. Testing a home
- Landslides
- The 1:50,000 map rates the landslide susceptibility here as low, partly inferred.
- Terrain model
- No LiDAR survey of the Office of Public Works covers the centre of the townland of Glasvaunta.
- Flooding
- The Office of Public Works publishes its flood maps on floodinfo.ie.
Radon Risk Map of Ireland, Environmental Protection Agency, and Landslide Susceptibility Classification, Geological Survey Ireland, both under 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 Glasvaunta with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Cork.
The townland
- Name
- Glasvaunta · Glasbhánta
- Area
- 371,056 m² (37.11 ha, 91.69 acres)
- Civil parish
- Kildorrery, and its townlands
- Barony
- Condons and Clangibbon
- Electoral division
- Kildorrery, the unit of the census
- Census 2022
- 807 people lived in 295 households in the Kildorrery electoral division. 78% of households owned their home. 47% of homes were built since 2001. 8% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 2% were holiday homes.
- Neighbouring townlands
- Ballyvisteen, Carhoo, Oldcastletown, Springvale
- Placenames
- Glasvaunta 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.