Gortore

35 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Gortore, from 7 m² to 200,969 m² (20.1 ha, 49.66 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 22 neighbouring parcels touch it.

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• G3Greenbelt1 (Conservation, amenity or buffer space, corridor/belt, landscape)
  Cork County Development Plan 2022, Cork County · 32 parcels The zoning objective in the plan

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

• 22 Jan 2025Conditional

  Permission for A high-power electric vehicle charging hub and associated infrastructure consisting of the following: 1) installation of 10 no. electric vehicle charging with 5 no. associated charging units to replace 12 no. existing car parking spaces, 2) installation of a new canopy above EV charging spaces with internally illuminated signage, 3) new EV banner sign, 4) relocation of existing lighting columns and electrical cabinet, 5) installation of a new ESB substation and 6) all other associated site development, landscaping, road tie in and surface water drainage works

  Permission · Cork County Council, 25/4066

• 20 Dec 2024Incompleted application

  Permission for a high power electric vehicle charging hub and associated infrastructure consisting of the following: (i) conversion of 10no. existing parking spaces to electric vehicle charging bays, with 5no. associated charging units, (ii) installation of a new canopy above EV charging spaces with internal illuminated signage, (iii) new EV banner sign, (iv) installation of a new ESB substation and (v) all other associated site development, road tie in and surface water drainage works.

  Permission · Cork County Council, 24/6505

• 2 Dec 2024Refused

  Permission for the construction of a high-power electric vehicle charging station consisting of 24 no. electric vehicle charging bays and all associated ancillary development including 2 no. electricity sub-stations, 24 no. power supply cabinets, pedestrian access, boundary treatments, landscaping and seating area at the Circle K service station. Vehicular access will be via the existing access and roundabout serving the existing Circle K motorway station. A Natura Impact Statement has been submitted to the planning authority with the application.

  Permission · Cork County Council, 24/6273

• 12 Jul 2024Conditional

  Permission to construct a rear extension and alterations to the elevations all to their dwelling.

  Permission · Cork County Council, 24/5316

• 12 Apr 2024Conditional

  Permission to construct a single storey dwelling house, install a septic tank with percolation area, new site entrance and all associated site works.

  Permission · Cork County Council, 24/4618

• 20 Oct 2023Conditional

  Permission for the retention of Planning permission to a dwelling for an existing storage basement, window alterations and change in ridge height along with any other ancillary works.

  Retention · Cork County Council, 23/6127

• 22 Sept 2023Incompleted application

  Existing storage basement, window alterations and change in ridge height along with any other ancillary works.

  Retention · Cork County Council, 23/5915

• 8 Sept 2023Conditional

  The proposed development will consist of modifications to the internal floorspace layout of the permitted service station amenity building to incorporate 1no. new food offer (17.8sqm in area) and all other associated site development works.

  Permission · Cork County Council, 23/5823

• 27 Apr 2023Conditional

  A change of use from permitted retail use to retail use including the sale of alcohol for consumption off the premises (i.e off-licence use) within the overall permitted retail unit, where the floor area for the off-licence use is 20.2sqm. and ancillary to the primary retail use.

  Permission · Cork County Council, 23/4831

• 3 Aug 2021Conditional

  To construct single storey extensions to rear and sides of existing dwelling, bay window to front of existing dwelling and ancillary works.

  Permission · Cork County Council, 21/6127

• 9 Jul 2021Incompleted application

  To construct single storey extensions to rear and sides of existing dwelling, bay window to front of existing dwelling and ancillary works.

  Permission · Cork County Council, 21/5917

• 1 Jul 2020Conditional

  The subject application principally proposes the provision of a drive-thru facility at the existing restaurant and the change of use of the existing service access route to a drive thru laneway. The proposed development also includes directional road marking, a goal post height restrictor at the entrance to the laneway; 2 no. new customer ordering points with canopy tops; 3 no. double digital menuboards (1.64m x 0.1m x 2.1m); 1no. single digital menu board (0.8m x 0.1m x 2.1m); change of use of the existing service layby to 1 no. grill parking bay adjacent to the west elevation of the restaurant building; ‘pay’ and ‘collection’ graphics added to the pay and collection windows respectively along the west elevation of the restaurant building; and a new 15’’ digital marketing screen installed in the collection window along the west elevation; and all associated site works above and below ground.

  Permission · Cork County Council, 20/5358

• 16 Jun 2020Incompleted application

  The change of use of the existing service access route to a drive thru laneway associated with the existing McDonald’s restaurant at the subject site to facilitate the operation of the drive thru facility. The proposed development also includes directional road marking; a goal post height restrictor at the entrance to the laneway; 2 No. new customer ordering points with canopy tops; 3 No. double digital menu boards (1.64m x 0.1m x 2.1m); 1 No. single digital menu board (0.8m x 0.1m x 2.1m); change of use of the existing service layby to 1 No. grill parking bay adjacent to the west elevation of the restaurant building; ‘pay’ and ‘collection’ graphics added to the pay and collection windows respectively along the west elevation of the restaurant building; and a new 15’’ digital marketing screen installed in the collection window along the west elevation; and all associated site works above and below ground.

  Permission · Cork County Council, 20/5224

• 26 Mar 2019Conditional

  The development will consist of the provision of an internally illuminated totem sign with a total height of 9.087 metres including a base pole of 6 metres and signage with a maximum height of 3.087 metres.

  Permission · Cork County Council, 19/4728

• 8 May 2018Conditional

  Retention of 1 no. car wash plant room and permission for the construction of 1 no. car wash and associated structures, the erection of 7 no. signs and 10 no. flagpoles and all associated ancillary development at the existing Motorway Service Area previously permitted under Cork County Council Ref. 14/6188 (An Bord Pleanala Ref. PL 04.244411)

  Permission · Cork County Council, 18/5144

• 20 Jun 2017Refused

  Permission for (a) minor elevational changes and the provision of a drive through facility as an ancillary element to a shop/restaurant building; and (b) change of car parking layout; all at the Motorway Service Area permitted under Cork County Council Ref. 14/6188 (An Bord Pleanala Ref. PL 04.244411) at Junction 14 on the M8 Motorway, Gortore and Moorepark (townlands), Fermoy, Co.Cork.

  Permission · Cork County Council, 17/5555

• 10 Oct 2014Conditional

  A Motorway Service Area, to include a shop/restaurant building (with drive through and take-away facility and ancillary plant, storage/service areas), forecourt and canopy, fuel facilities for heavy commercial vehicles (HCV) with canopy over, underground fuel tanks, LPG tanks, sub-station, drainage facilities, signage, landscaping, picnic and external seating/amenity areas, set-down and parking areas (with control barriers to HCV parking), footpaths and a new entrance and roundabout on to the R639 regional route (with amendments to the existing entrance serving the Teagasc facility at Moorepark) and all associated ancillary development works

  Permission · Cork County Council, 14/6188

• 8 Mar 2013Conditional

  A motorway service station, to include a shop/restaurant building (with a drive through and take-away facility and ancillary storage/service areas) forecourt and canopy, fuel facilities for heavy commercial vehicles with canopy over, underground fuel tanks, substation, car wash, drainage facilities, signage, landscaping, picnic & external seating areas, parking and set-down areas and a new entrance and roundabout on to the R639 regional route (with amendments to the existing entrance serving the Teagasc facility at Moorpark) and all associated ancillary development works at Junction 14 on the M8 Motorway, Gortroe and Moorepark West (townlands), Fermoy, Co Cork

  Permission · Cork County Council, 13/4399

• 23 Dec 2008Conditional

  Demolition of dwelling and construction of dwelling

  Permission · Cork County Council, 08/10355

• 8 Dec 2008Incompleted application

  Demolition of existing dwelling & construction of new dwelling

  Permission · Cork County Council, 08/10012

• 28 Mar 2007Withdrawn

  Retention of window alterations and construction of storage basement to existing dwelling

  Permission · Cork County Council, 07/6495

• 7 Jul 2004Conditional

  1st floor extension to dwellinghouse

  Permission · Cork County Council, 04/5204

• 23 Apr 2003Conditional

  Dwelling and treatment unit

  Permission · Cork County Council, 03/1875

• 22 Jan 2003Conditional

  Extension and alterations to dwelling and retention of conservatory extension to dwelling

  Permission · Cork County Council, 03/180

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 Gortore.

Recorded monuments

• CO027-116 Kiln - lime
  Description

  Built against natural rock, in quarry adjacent to road. Random-rubble limestone walls (6.5m E-W; 5.4m N-S) encase earthen core. Front elevation (H c. 6m; Wth 6.5m) faces N; lintelled corbelled recess (H 1.5m; Wth 2.3m; D c. 2.1m), sloping slabs at rear with stoking hole cut into slab. Stone wall encloses top of kiln with ope (Wth 2.5m) to S. Top inaccessible due to overgrowth. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 4: North Cork' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 2000). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload/revision: 14 January 2009

• CO027-179 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  Faint cropmark of bank and fosse of circular enclosure (diam. c. 30m) visible in aerial photograph (CASAP, July 1995); arc of possible outer fosse noted at N. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 4: North Cork' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 2000). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload/revision: 14 January 2009

• CO027-198 House - Neolithic
  Description

  This house was excavated in 2005 in advance of the construction of the M8 Rathcormac-Fermoy Bypass. The rectangular house (int. L 6.3m; Wth 5.1m) was defined by main posts set within the remains of foundation trenches, which were best preserved along the S wall. According to the excavator, the position and size of a substantial post-hole (0.4m x 0.38m; 0.35m), located midway along the line of the S wall, may indicate part of an off-centre entrance to the house (O'Donoghue 2006, 8). A layer of redeposited clay, located to the N of the possible entrance and extending into the centre of the interior, probably represented a floor surface (ibid., 9). A single internal post-hole was interpreted as an internal roof support (ibid., 8). According to Kiely (2006, 55), the presence of several external post-holes, immediately outside the house walls, suggests that the roof extended beyond the walls and was supported by external uprights. Five flint flakes were recovered from the house. The plant remains from the house contained a typical range of early Neolithic cereals and fragments of a charred apple. Two early Neolithic carinated bowls were recovered from within the house, mainly from the foundation trenches along the S and E walls. Charcoal taken from the house has been radiocarbon dated to 3928-3655 cal. BC. (Kiely 2006, 54-7; O'Donoghue 2006) The above description is derived from 'The Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 5' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 2009). Date of upload: 22 December 2009

• CO027-199 Excavation - miscellaneous
  Description

  Excavation in 2005 in advance of the construction of the Rathcormac-Fermoy Bypass (N8/M8) revealed the remains of an Early Bronze Age pit (2458-2151 cal. BC). This stone-lined pit (1m x 1.1m x 0.22m) was circular in plan and contained five distinct archaeological layers. Twenty-five pieces of worked flint and 75 sherds of pottery were recovered from one charcoal-rich layer within the pit. The flint artefacts (flakes, cores, blade fragments and split pebble fragments) were interpreted as representing just one short episode of flint knapping. The majority of the worked flints showed signs of burning. Three Beaker vessels were represented in the sherds of pottery recovered from the pit. Two of these were identified as European Bell Beakers, or Wessex/Middle Rhine type. The third, a domestic Irish Beaker, consisted of an overall herringbone motif arranged in horizontal rows. A fragment of a polished stone axe was also recovered from the same fill of the pit. (O'Donoghue 2006; Kiely 2006, 54-7) The above description is derived from 'The Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 5' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 2009). Date of upload: 22 December 2009

Architectural heritage

No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands in the townland of Gortore.

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

At the centre of the townland of Gortore, 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 moderately high, moderately low, low, partly inferred.

Terrain model

LiDAR of the Office of Public Works, flown in 2011, at 2 m: tile OPW_1283 (ZIP).

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.

• Gortore, Fermoy5 sales

Name

Gortore · Gort an Óir

Area

806,970 m² (80.7 ha, 199.41 acres)

Civil parish

Kilcrumper, and its townlands

Barony

Fermoy

Electoral division

Fermoy Rural, the unit of the census

Census 2022

4,971 people lived in 1,766 households in the Fermoy Rural electoral division. 60% of households owned their home. 44% of homes were built since 2001. 5% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 0% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Ballyhindon, Ballynacarriga, Ballyvoskillakeen, Loughnahilly, Maryville, Moorepark, Moorepark West, Shanacloon

Placenames

Gortore 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.