Greenfield
Townland in the civil parish of Kilnaglory, barony of Muskerry East, Co. Cork; in Irish An Pháirc Ghlas
- Area
- 28.5 ha
- 70 acres
- Land parcels
- 46
- registered freehold, median 1,025 m²
- Zoning
- P5
- City Hinterland
- Planning
- 15
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
46 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Greenfield, from 18 m² to 55,175 m² (5.52 ha, 13.63 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 21 neighbouring parcels touch it.
Download the townland: DXF, in Irish Transverse Mercator metres, with its boundary, parcels and buildings; GeoJSON or KML.
Zoning
Development plans, national zoning
- P5City Hinterland (Mixed/general primary sector uses, including 'rural')
Cork City Development Plan 2022-2028, Cork · 1 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
Source: Tailte Éireann and the Department of Housing (MyPlan), national zoning, CC BY 4.0.
Planning applications
Sites that touch the townland, newest first
4 Dec 2024Conditional
Permission to erect a longhouse modular building for use as a home office, comprising two rooms and toilet, plus ancillary site works.
Permission · Cork County Council, 24/6305
15 Jul 2022Conditional
Intend to apply for 10 year planning permission. Underground electricity grid connection cabling, substation and ancillary site works. The development will comprise (1) a grid connection consisting of medium voltage cables and ducting in a excavated trench with a total length of c.1194 meters which will be installed on private land and public roads (L-2216 & L-22161); (2) control/switching substation consisting of either (i) single storey block building or (ii) 2 no. modular units; (3) cable beam over grange hill stream; (4) provision of ring main unit (RMU); (5) and all associated site development and reinstatement works. The proposed development includes minor revisions to the approved layout of the solar farm previously permitted under Cork County Council planning reference 18/5760 comprising omission of substation and satellite mast, and provision of the above referenced RMU, and the addition of a cable beam and underground cabling. The purpose of the proposed development is to connect the permitted solar farm under reference 18/5760 to the national grid at the existing Ballincollig 38Kv substation.
Permission · Cork County Council, 22/5656
12 Apr 2018Conditional
Construction of a new single and two storey dwellinghouse, new vehicular entrance, septic tank and percolation area, new agricultural entrance, and all associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 18/4904
15 Mar 2018Incompleted application
The construction of a new single and two storey dwellinghouse, new vehicular entrance, septic tank and percolation area, new agricultural entrance and all associated site works.
Permission · Cork County Council, 18/4640
27 Feb 2017Conditional
Retention of domestic garage ancillary to existing dwelling.
Retention · Cork County Council, 17/4434
28 Nov 2016Conditional
Construction of a domestic garden workshop and pavilion ancillary to existing dwelling.
Permission · Cork County Council, 16/6961
22 Apr 2016Conditional
Construct dwellinghouse including garage and associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 16/4918
17 Feb 2015Conditional
Permission for the continued use of an existing 25 metre high free standing monopole communications structure carrying antennae and communication dishes to share with other licensed operators within an existing 2.4m high palisade compound
Permission · Cork County Council, 15/4301
21 Sept 2010Withdrawn
Two storey dwellinghouse with septic tank, percolation area and site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 10/8016
23 Apr 2008Conditional
Dwellinghouse, wastewater treatment unit and associated works
Permission · Cork County Council, 08/6248
24 May 2007Refused
Dwellinghouse
Permission · Cork County Council, 07/8054
28 Feb 2006Refused
Retention of 2 no. buildings for use as storage for agricultural machinery and materials
Permission · Cork County Council, 06/5141
30 May 2005Conditional
Erection of 25 m. high, free standing monopole communications structure, carrying antennae and communication dishes with associated ground mounted equipment cabins to share with other licensed operators within a 2.4 m. high palisade compound at ESB Ballincollig 38kV substation
Permission · Cork County Council, 05/3724
12 Jun 2003Conditional
Demolition of barn, construction of dwelling & treatment unit & construction of new entrance & treatment unit to serve ex. dwelling
Permission · Cork County Council, 03/2843
10 Mar 2003Refused
Demolition of barn, construct two-storey dwellinghouse & #aste water treatment unit on sub-divided site, new entrance & waste water treatment unit
Permission · Cork County Council, 03/1023
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 Greenfield.
Recorded monuments
No recorded monument lies in the townland of Greenfield.
Architectural heritage
- Bridge, 1860–1870 · Regional interest
Description
Freestanding single-span former railway bridge, built c.1865, formerly carrying road over disused railway line. Segmental-headed arch with margined rock faced voussoirs. Dressed limestone spandrels, surmounted by rebuilt parapet wall.
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
- About 1 in 5 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels. Testing a home
- Landslides
- Susceptibility low, on the 1:50,000 map.
- Terrain model
- No LiDAR survey of the Office of Public Works covers the centre of the townland of Greenfield.
- 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.
Homes sold
Property Price Register
No address of the register names Greenfield with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Cork.
The townland
- Name
- Greenfield · An Pháirc Ghlas
- Area
- 285,172 m² (28.52 ha, 70.47 acres)
- Civil parish
- Kilnaglory, and its townlands
- Barony
- Muskerry East
- Electoral division
- Ballincollig, the unit of the census
- Census 2022
- Ballincollig electoral division: 1,428 people in 425 households; 93% of households own their home; 32% of homes were built since 2001; 3% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 0% were holiday homes.
- Neighbouring townlands
- Kilnaglory, Lisheens, Lisheens
- Placenames
- Greenfield 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.