Gortaroo

77 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Gortaroo, from 34 m² to 157,772 m² (15.78 ha, 38.99 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 27 neighbouring parcels touch it.

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

• G3Greenbelt1 (Conservation, amenity or buffer space, corridor/belt, landscape)
  Cork County Development Plan 2022, Cork · 8 parcels The zoning objective in the plan

Source: Tailte Éireann and the Department of Housing (MyPlan), national zoning, CC BY 4.0.

• 14 May 2026Awaiting f.i. response

  1) Permission for Retention of an existing single storey detached dwelling which was converted from a domestic storage shed to a dwelling house; 2) Permission for Retention of an existing wastewater treatment unit and percolation area associated with the existing dwelling; and 3) Permission for the construction of a single storey extension to the existing detached dwelling; and all associated site works.

  Permission for retention · Cork County Council, 26/1271

• 7 Apr 2026Invalid - case closed

  1) Permission for Retention of an existing single storey detached dwelling which was converted from a domestic storage shed to a dwelling house; and 2) Permission for the construction of a single storey extension to the existing detached dwelling; and all associated site works.

  Permission for retention · Cork County Council, 26/0855

• 19 Dec 2025Grant with conditions

  Permission for Retention of (1) Elevational changes to the existing house, (2) Separate adjacent granny flat as constructed, (3) Domestic storage shed as constructed, (4) Existing vehicular entrance & agricultural entrance as constructed & (5) Permission to install a new wastewater treatment unit & percolation area & all associated site works.

  Permission for retention · Cork County Council, 25/6908

• 22 Apr 2025Conditional

  Permission to retain as constructed existing domestic storage shed along with all associated site works

  Retention · Cork County Council, 25/4728

• 4 Jul 2023Conditional permission

  Construction of new slatted cubicle shed and feed passage and all associated site works.

  Permission · Cork County Council, 23/5377

• 12 Jul 2022Withdrawn

  The construction of a new single storey extension with converted attic to an existing single storey detached dwelling including all associated site works.

  Permission · Cork County Council, 22/5621

• 7 Jun 2022Conditional

  Permission to construct of a storage shed ancillary to the use of the nursing home, an above ground water storage tank with pump sets for fire fighting and associated site works.

  Permission · Cork County Council, 22/5312

• 19 Oct 2021Conditional

  Retention is sought to retain porch to front of existing dwelling as constructed, extension to rear of existing dwelling as constructed and retain all associated site works.

  Retention · Cork County Council, 21/6838

• 4 Dec 2018Conditional

  To construct a single storey ancillary family accommodation ‘granny flat’ to front and side of existing dwellinghouse, including alteration to existing dwellinghouse.

  Permission · Cork County Council, 18/7165

• 13 Feb 2018Conditional

  Construction of extension to school for use as 2 No. Special Educational Therapy Rooms.

  Permission · Cork County Council, 18/4366

• 16 Jan 2018Conditional

  Construction of a detached dormer dwelling, double garage, waste water treatment system, site entrance and all associated site works.

  Permission · Cork County Council, 18/4095

• 18 Aug 2016Conditional

  Retention of re-design of single storey projection to rear elevation of dwelling including reduction in floor area and change from pitched roof to flat roof (minor change to dwelling permitted under Planning ref:14/5768)

  Retention · Cork County Council, 16/6078

• 3 Aug 2016Incompleted application

  Retention of re-design of single storey projection to rear elevation including reduction in floor area and change from pitched roof to flat roof from that previously permitted under planning ref no. 14/5768

  Retention · Cork County Council, 16/5938

• 7 Mar 2016Conditional

  Retention of dwellinghouse, detached garage, detached boiler house, septic tank and percolation area as constructed and alterations to site boundaries (alterations to permission granted for dwelling under Planning Ref. 86/2770 including change of site layout and site boundaries) and Permission for decommissioning of existing septic tank and also for the installation of a new waste water treatment system and percolation area

  Permission · Cork County Council, 16/4512

• 8 Dec 2015Incompleted application

  Retention for a dwelling house, detached garage, detached boiler house, septic tank & percolation area all as constructed and alterations to site boundaries (alterations to permission granted for dwelling under planning ref: 86/2770 including change of site layout and site boundaries).

  Retention · Cork County Council, 15/6778

• 20 Nov 2015Conditional

  Construction of a two-storey dwelling, waste water treatment system, bored well and other ancillary services

  Permission · Cork County Council, 15/6626

• 28 Oct 2015Incompleted application

  Construction of a two-storey dwelling, waste water treatment system, bored well & other ancillary services.

  Permission · Cork County Council, 15/6411

• 9 Oct 2014Conditional

  Construction of a two-storey dwelling, wastewater treatment system, bored well & other ancillary services

  Permission · Cork County Council, 14/6176

• 24 Sept 2014Incompleted application

  Construction of a two-storey dwelling, wastewater treatment system, bored well & other ancillary services

  Permission · Cork County Council, 14/6048

• 20 Aug 2014Conditional

  Two-storey dwelling house, domestic garage, recessed site entrance, waste water treatment system and percolation area

  Permission · Cork County Council, 14/5768

• 9 Jun 2014Conditional

  Installation of replacement wastewater treatment plant and associated site development works

  Permission · Cork County Council, 14/5224

• 29 Jun 2011Conditional

  Construction of a dormer dwellinghouse, treatment unit and associated site works

  Permission · Cork County Council, 11/5418

• 22 Jun 2011Conditional

  Construction of a dwellinghouse, treatment unit and associated site works

  Permission · Cork County Council, 11/5358

• 23 Dec 2010Conditional

  Construction of a storey and a half gable end extension along with a rear sun-room extension to the existing dwelling house with all associated site works

  Permission · Cork County Council, 10/8806

• 29 Oct 2010Incompleted application

  Construction of a storey and a half gable end extension along with a rear sunroom extension to the existing dwellinghouse with all associated site works

  Permission · Cork County Council, 10/8339

The 25 most recent of 46 applications.

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

Designated sites

• Proposed Natural Heritage Area: Ballyvergan Marsh 000078

Recorded monuments

• CO067-041 Earthwork
  Description

  In level rough grazing. Raised circular area (H 1m; 15m N-S; 17.5m E-W) defined by scarp SE->E. Interior uneven; depression (L 2m; Wth 1.5m) in SE quadrant. 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

• Saint Ita's Roman Catholic Church, church/chapel, 1905–1910 · Regional interest
  Description

  Freestanding gable-fronted Roman Catholic church, dated 1909, having lower gabled chancel to north, five-bay nave elevation and two-bay single-storey sacristy to west elevation having single-bay gabled extension west gable. Pitched slate roofs with terracotta ridge crestings, rendered coping and carved limestone bellcote with cross finial to south elevation. Rendered walls with decorative strap pointing and carved limestone date plaque to front elevation, roughcast rendered walls to other elevations, with smooth render platbands and rendered buttresses to nave elevations. Render quoins. Triple lancet arch openings to south and north elevations with chamfered render surrounds, render hood mouldings and stained glass windows. Pointed arch openings with chamfered render surrounds , block-and-start to nave, chancel and sacristy elevations, with render hood mouldings and metal-framed coloured and stained glass windows. Pointed arch opening to sacristy with timber battened door. Pointed arch opening to south elevation with timber battened double doors. Square-headed opening with timber battened door to extension. Retains interior features such as glazed timber screen porch, carved timber gallery, exposed roof timbers, carved marble altar and stained glass windows. Grotto to site to east. Roughcast rendered boundary plinth walls with square-profile piers and metal railings with trefoil motif and double-leaf gates.

• Sign post, 1930–1950 · Regional interest
  Description

  Freestanding cast-iron road sign, erected c. 1940, comprising rectangular sign with rounded corners attached to circular metal pole and with text and harp motif cast in relief.

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 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 Gortaroo.

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 Gortaroo with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Cork.

Name

Gortaroo · Gort an Rú

Area

1,217,237 m² (121.72 ha, 300.79 acres)

Civil parish

Clonpriest, and its townlands

Barony

Imokilly

Electoral division

Clonpriest, the unit of the census

Census 2022

Clonpriest electoral division: 1,234 people in 402 households; 79% of households own their home; 34% of homes were built since 2001; 6% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 15% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Ballyhobert, Ballymadog, Coolaha, Coolnacloghafinna, Creighmore, Inchiquin, Knockmonalea East

Placenames

Gortaroo 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.