Gortatray

41 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Gortatray, from 40 m² to 187,515 m² (18.75 ha, 46.34 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 17 neighbouring parcels touch it.

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No zone of a development plan covers Gortatray 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.

• 11 Nov 2025Grant with conditions

  Permission for proposed cosntruction of a new detached dwelling house, provision of a waste water treatment system with percolation area and all associated site works.

  Permission · Cork County Council, 25/6424

• 6 Sept 2024Conditional

  Permission for the construction of a single storey, three-bedroom dwelling house, single storey detached garage, on-site effluent treatment system and ancillary site works.

  Permission · Cork County Council, 24/5699

• 15 Jul 2024Conditional permission

  Permission for the refurbishment and extension of our existing dwelling house. This proposed development will include the demolition of 2 no. existing lean-to single storey extensions, the existing front entrance porch structure, and the construction of a new single storey extension to the rear of, and a new front entrance porch to, the original existing dwelling. The proposed works will also include associated site ancillary works.

  Permission · Cork County Council, 24/5314

• 23 May 2024Incompleted application

  Permission for refurbishment and extension of our existing dwelling house. This proposed development will include the demolition of 2 no. existing lean-to single storey extensions and the construction of a new single storey extension to the rear of and a new front entrance porch to the original existing dwelling

  Permission · Cork County Council, 24/4927

• 7 Mar 2022Conditional

  Permission to construct a single storey flat roof extension to the western side of the existing dwelling house and all associated site works

  Permission · Cork County Council, 22/4493

• 18 Feb 2022Conditional

  Installation of a new wastewater treatment system and associated polishing filter, and provision of new disabled access public w.c to serve existing shop and petrol station.

  Permission · Cork County Council, 22/4351

• 26 Jan 2021Conditional

  The change of use of existing residential kitchen, living room and bedroom to childcare rooms for use in connection with the Beehive Creche.

  Permission · Cork County Council, 21/4155

• 9 Dec 2020Incompleted application

  The change of use of existing residential kitchen, living room and bedroom to childcare rooms for use in connection with the Beehive Creche.

  Permission · Cork County Council, 20/6775

• 6 Nov 2019Conditional

  1) Retention of the existing extension to the front (north) elevation of the original dwelling house, 2) retention of the existing extension to the side (east) elevation of the dwelling house, 3) retention of the existing extension to the side (west) elevation of the dwelling house, 4) retention of the existing extension to the rear (south) elevation of the dwelling house, 5) retention of the existing structure for housing of a shrine to the side of the dwelling house and all associated site works.

  Retention · Cork County Council, 19/6650

• 1 Aug 2019Conditional

  Construction of a two storey, four bedroom detached dwelling house, single storey detached garage and all associated site development works.

  Permission · Cork County Council, 19/5940

• 11 Mar 2019Conditional

  Construction of extensions to side and rear of existing dwelling/creche for childcare purposes and partial change of use of dwelling area to day care and classroom purposes and associated site works

  Permission · Cork County Council, 19/4589

• 8 Feb 2019Incompleted application

  To Construct a single storey extension for child care purposes to the side of existing property, to Construct a single storey extension also for child care purposes to the rear of existing property and to change the use of three residential bedrooms to day care and class room uses.

  Permission · Cork County Council, 19/4272

• 11 Apr 2018Conditional

  (a)Retention of the existing site entrance and of the existing site boundaries, (b) planning permission for (1) elevational changes (2) Construction of a combined single storey and 2 storey extension at the side and rear of the existing dwelling (3)) to demolish the existing sun room (4) to decommission the existing waste water treatment system and to construct a new waste water treatment system and polishing filter. (5) to relocate and construct new site boundaries leading to an increase in site area and (6) all associated site works.

  Permission · Cork County Council, 18/4882

• 6 Mar 2018Incompleted application

  Construction of a single storey extension for child care purposes to the side of my existing property and the construction of a single storey extension also for childcare purposes to the rear of existing property.

  Permission · Cork County Council, 18/4536

• 16 May 2017Conditional

  Construction of a 2 storey detached dwelling house, single storey detached garage, effluent treatment system and ancillary site works.

  Permission · Cork County Council, 17/5195

• 21 Jun 2016Unconditional

  Dwellinghouse – Extension of Duration of Permission granted under Planning Reg. No. 11/4785

  Extension of duration · Cork County Council, 16/5521

• 7 Apr 2014Conditional

  Construction of a single dwelling house and garage including the provision of a waste water package treatment plant serving the single unit, associated raised polishing filter area, an access road and a private well

  Permission · Cork County Council, 14/4700

• 31 Mar 2014Incompleted application

  Construction of a single dwellinghouse and garage including the provision of a waste water package treatment plant serving the single unit, associated raised polishing filter area, an access road and a private well

  Permission · Cork County Council, 14/4633

• 5 Oct 2011Refused

  Completion of 22 no. dwellinghouses and associated site works and services including storm attenuation tank, bored well and water reservoir and treatment plant permitted under Planning Reg. No. 06/8117

  Extension of duration · Cork County Council, 11/6135

• 18 May 2011Conditional

  Relocation of dispensing pumps to a new location adjoining existing shop premises, and creation of new entrances, coal and bottled gas storage area and fertiliser storage compound and ancillary works

  Permission · Cork County Council, 11/5072

• 15 Apr 2011Conditional

  Dwellinghouse

  Permission · Cork County Council, 11/4785

• 28 Jul 2009Conditional

  Two-storey dwellinghouse, detached garage/store, foul water connection to an adjacent treatment plant, stormewater connection to an adjacent storm manhole, the provision of a bored well, improvement of the site entrance, site development and landscape works

  Permission · Cork County Council, 09/6503

• 23 Feb 2009Conditional

  Alterations, ground & first floor extension to convert existing bungalow to two-storey dwelling

  Permission · Cork County Council, 09/4535

• 20 Feb 2009Conditional

  Construction of extension to side (north) elevation of existing dwellinghouse, the removal of existing window to front (west) elevation and insertion of double doors in its place and the erection of solar panels on the rear (east) roof slope

  Permission · Cork County Council, 09/4511

• 6 Feb 2009Incompleted application

  Conversion of existing single storey dwelling to two storey dwellinghouse

  Permission · Cork County Council, 09/4368

The 25 most recent of 37 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 Gortatray.

Recorded monuments

• CO061-168001 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  In pasture, on N side of and overlooking Owennagearagh River. Roughly circular area (diam. c. 40m) defined by earthen bank (H 1.4m). Interior truncated on E side by laneway; souterrain (CO061-168002-) in S half. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 3: Mid Cork' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1997). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload/revision: 14 January 2009

• CO061-168002 Souterrain
  Description

  In SW quadrant of ringfort (CO061-168001-). Hartnett (1939, 232) described opening 'excavated in the clay and gradually widening as it went downwards'; not explored; partially filled with water. Opening is now closed. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 3: Mid Cork' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1997). 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

• St Patrick's Roman Catholic Church, church/chapel, 1810–1850 · Regional interest
  Description

  Freestanding three-bay double-height barn style Roman Catholic church, built c.1830. Shallow breakfront and single-storey porch to front (west), sacristy to side (north) and canted front chancel to rear (east). Pitched slate roofs with rendered eaves course and uPVC rainwater goods. Rendered bellcote and wrought-iron cross finial to front elevation. Hipped slate roof to chancel. Rendered chimneystack to sacristy. Lined-and-ruled rendered walls, with carved stone fonts set in front walls. Pointed arch window openings having rendered sills, recessed to front elevation with fixed lead-lined stained glass windows. Group of three lancet window openings with render sills to porch, having lead lined stained glass windows. Square-headed door opening to porch with double-leaf timber battened door. Carved timber altar, reredos and lectern to interior, carved timber gallery to rear. Kingpost trussed roof to interior having timber battened ceiling. Rubble stone enclosing walls with square-profile rendered gate piers with wrought-iron railings to front of site. Set within its own grounds.

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 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 Gortatray.

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

Name

Gortatray · Gort an tSraotha

Area

594,989 m² (59.5 ha, 147.02 acres)

Civil parish

Inishcarra, and its townlands

Barony

Muskerry East

Electoral division

Dripsey, the unit of the census

Census 2022

Dripsey electoral division: 1,618 people in 519 households; 86% of households own their home; 31% of homes were built since 2001; 7% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 1% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Ballymacoo, Ballyshoneen, Berrings, Callas, Lisnashandrum East

Placenames

Gortatray 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.