Gortacrue

62 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Gortacrue, from 29 m² to 340,968 m² (34.1 ha, 84.25 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 23 neighbouring parcels touch it.

Download the townland: DXF, in Irish Transverse Mercator metres, with its boundary, parcels and buildings; GeoJSON or KML.

No zone of a development plan covers Gortacrue 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.

• 31 May 2023Conditional

  Permission for retention of (1) Existing dwelling house as constructed, (2) Existing 2 No. vehicular entrances as constructed, (3) Modified attic space as constructed, and permission to construct new domestic garage and all associated site works.

  Permission · Cork County Council, 23/5109

• 9 Feb 2023Conditional

  Permission for retention of sunroom attached to the side of the existing dwelling, enclosing the porch to the front of the existing dwelling and for a detached domestic garage to the rear of the existing dwelling.

  Retention · Cork County Council, 23/4214

• 3 Feb 2023Conditional

  Construction of a calf house and associated works

  Permission · Cork County Council, 23/4162

• 14 Oct 2021Conditional

  3.43km of grid connection infrastructure on the public road to connect the approved Ballyspillane West Solar Farm (Planning Reference 175498) to the Midleton 110kV ESB Substation, comprising the laying of underground electricity cables and associated infrastructure and horizontal directional drilling. The proposed development will also include a customer substation which is proposed to relocate the substation consented within the associated solar farm development (PA Ref: 175498). The ESBN MV customer substation is to be located near the site entrance to the east, to align with the connection route to the national grid. Based on new ESB Networks design standards, two options have been considered for the design of the proposed substation. A Natura Impact Statement will be submitted to the Planning Authority with the application.

  Permission · Cork County Council, 21/6789

• 23 Sept 2021Incompleted application

  3.43km of grid connection infrastructure on the public road to connect the approved Ballyspillane West Solar Farm (Planning Reference 175498) to the Midleton 110kV ESB Substation, comprising the laying of underground electricity cables and associated infrastructure and horizontal directional drilling. The proposed development will also include a customer substation which is proposed to relocate the substation consented within the associated solar farm development (PA Ref: 175498). The ESBN MV customer substation is to be located near the site entrance to the east, to align with the connection route to the national grid. Based on new ESB Networks design standards, two options have been considered for the design of the proposed substation. A Natura Impact Statement will be submitted to the Planning Authority with the application.

  Permission · Cork County Council, 21/6612

• 23 Sept 2021Conditional

  Permission to amend the design of the approved development (Planning Reference 175498) which comprises consent for the construction of a Solar PV Energy Development. Proposed amendments include (1) Project lifetime proposed to be extended from 25 years to 35 years, (2) Reduction, relocation and change of inverter/transformer stations from 7 to 4 (3) Provision of distributed energy storage capability at each of the inverter locations, (4) Reduction of the lengths of onsite access tracks (from c. 1,571m to c.1,357m) and realigning of the routes to make use of existing hedgerow openings (5) Increase in solar panel area from c. 84,200 sqm to c. 93,344 sqm (6) Change of solar panel type to bifacial and (7) Addition of spare parts container. A Natura Impact Statement will be submitted to the Planning Authority with the application.

  Permission · Cork County Council, 21/6613

• 23 Aug 2021Conditional

  Installation of a cattle underpass, soiled water tank and associated works.

  Permission · Cork County Council, 21/6314

• 6 Jul 2021Unconditional

  Dormer style dwelling, detached domestic garage, sewerage treatment unit and percolation, private water well, entrance and all associated site works - Extension of duration of permission granted under planning reference:16/4635.

  Extension of duration · Cork County Council, 21/5863

• 27 Nov 2020Withdrawn

  To develop a new two storey detached private dwelling house, with garage, septic tank and percolation area, new private water well, new entrance and all associated site works.

  Permission · Cork County Council, 20/6664

• 24 Jan 2020Conditional

  Construction of a previously approved haybarn (Ref 19/5805) at a new location and a new tool shed, all with associated site development works and fencing and walling.

  Permission · Cork County Council, 20/4107

• 22 Nov 2019Refused

  The importation of soil and stone for the raising of an agricultural field in order to improve the agricultural output of the field and the construction of a temporary new haul road. A Natura Impact Statement (NIS) has been prepared and submitted to the authority with this application.

  Permission · Cork County Council, 19/6784

• 26 Jul 2019Refused

  New two storey detached private dwelling house, with garage, septic tank and percolation area, and new private water well. New entrance and all associated site works.

  Permission · Cork County Council, 19/5889

• 18 Jul 2019Conditional

  Construction of a new stable barn building with an effluent holding tank and dungstead, a new hay barn, a horse walking ring, an extension to an existing disused shed creating a large storage shed and construction of a new hay barn shed. Permission is also sought for demolishing an existing disused shed onsite. All permissions to include all associated site development works, installation of new waste water treatment unit and percolation area, yards, site fencing and walling

  Permission · Cork County Council, 19/5805

• 28 Jun 2019Incompleted application

  A two storey detached private dwellinghouse, with garage, septic tank and percolation area, and new private water well, new entrance and all associated site works.

  Permission · Cork County Council, 19/5661

• 12 Jun 2019Incompleted application

  Construction of a new stable barn building with an effluent holding tank and dungstead, a new haybarn type 3, a new horse walking ring, an extension to an existing shed type 2. Demolish an existing shed type 1 and constructing a new shed type 3 as replacement and all associated site development works including installation of new waste water treatment unit and percolation area, yards, site fencing and walling.

  Permission · Cork County Council, 19/5538

• 11 Oct 2018Conditional

  (a) Retention of dwelling previously permitted to be demolished under Pl .Reg. No. 11/05001 and (b) permission for use of said dwelling as a granny flat ancillary to the main dwelling.

  Permission · Cork County Council, 18/6693

• 5 Jun 2018Incompleted application

  Retention of existing dwelling and associated works.

  Retention · Cork County Council, 18/5447

• 23 Oct 2017Conditional

  Construction of an animal house, floatation channel and batch crush area and associated site works

  Permission · Cork County Council, 17/6740

• 14 Jun 2017Conditional

  Development at this site of circa 27.53 hectares will consist of : the construction of a Solar PV Energy Development comprising installation of circa 84,200sq.m of panels on ground mounted frames/support structures within existing field boundaries, underground cabling and ducting; provision of inverter and transformer stations (combined and separate formats); 1 No. MV substation; 1 No. storage container to house battery storage; 1 No. communications mast; site perimeter stock-proof security fencing; pole mounted CCTV security cameras; internal access tracks; landscaping; and all associated site development works. A temporary construction compound will also be provided.

  Permission · Cork County Council, 17/5498

• 21 Jun 2016Conditional

  Construction of a silage slab, concrete apron, roofed holding yard and crush area including a roofed slatted tank and extension to milking parlour and associated works.

  Permission · Cork County Council, 16/5526

• 27 May 2016Conditional

  Single storey extension to front of dwelling and two-storey extension to rear of dwelling, along with elevational changes to front and rear of dwelling, and associated site works

  Permission · Cork County Council, 16/5280

• 21 Mar 2016Conditional

  Dormer style dwelling, detached domestic garage, sewerage treatment unit and percolation, private water well, entrance and all associated site works

  Permission · Cork County Council, 16/4635

• 28 Jul 2015Conditional

  To erect a storey and a half dwellinghouse with detached domestic double garage , on site waste water treatment system, entrance and all associated site works

  Permission · Cork County Council, 15/5681

• 6 Dec 2012Conditional

  Removal of existing silage slab, construction of a new silage pit with concrete apron and an animal house consisting of cubicles, slatted tank, feed passage and straw bedded area, and associated site works

  Permission · Cork County Council, 12/6490

• 2 May 2012Refused

  Construction of an animal house incorporating cubicles, slatted tank and feed passage

  Permission · Cork County Council, 12/4921

The 25 most recent of 45 applications.

Source: National Planning Applications, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, CC BY 4.0. Applicants are not shown.

Designated sites

No designated site (Special Area of Conservation, Special Protection Area, Natural Heritage Area or proposed one) touches the townland of Gortacrue.

Recorded monuments

• CO065-075 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  In tillage. Shown on 1935 OS 6-inch map as semi-circular enclosure open to W (diam. c. 35m N-S). Levelled; no visible surface trace. Possible ringfort (CO065-076---) c. 230m to W. 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

• CO065-076 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  In tillage, on N-facing slope. Shown on 1936 OS 6-inch map as circular enclosure (diam. c. 35m). Levelled; no visible surface trace. Possible ringfort (CO065-075---) c. 230m to E. 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

• CO065-077 Fulacht fia
  Description

  Spread of burnt material discovered during construction of gas pipeline; unexcavated. (Cleary et al. 1987, 8, no. 77) 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 Gortacrue.

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).

Radon

About 1 in 5 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels. Testing a home

Landslides

Susceptibility high, 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 Gortacrue.

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.

No address of the register names Gortacrue with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Cork.

Name

Gortacrue · Gort an Chrú

Area

1,847,097 m² (184.71 ha, 456.43 acres)

Civil parish

Ballyspillane, and its townlands

Barony

Barrymore

Electoral division

Ballyspillane, the unit of the census

Census 2022

Ballyspillane electoral division: 355 people in 122 households; 89% of households own their home; 31% of homes were built since 2001; 6% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 1% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Ballymacsliney, Ballyspillane West, Broomfield East, Broomfield West, Carrigogna, Elfordstown

Placenames

Gortacrue 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.