Gubbeen

100 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Gubbeen, from 21 m² to 560,227 m² (56.02 ha, 138.44 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 34 neighbouring parcels touch it.

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• G3Greenbelt1 (Conservation, amenity or buffer space, corridor/belt, landscape)
  Cork County Development Plan 2022, Cork County · 126 parcels The zoning objective in the plan

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

• 5 Mar 2026Grant with conditions

  Erection of single storey extension to dwelling house and associated site development works

  Permission · Cork County Council, 26/0533

• 20 Mar 2023Conditional

  Permission for Retention for the installed 12m Dia. X 4.27m high overground steel slurry tank constructed to the East of the existing farmyard complex and Planning Permission for an On-Farm Biogas Plant consisting of the following works: a) Construct New 600 cubic meter biogas plant constructed within the existing concrete slurry tank, raising the wall height of the existing concrete slurry tank and complete with concrete roof. (b) Construction of a new 12m Dia x 4.27m high overground steel slurry tank with an overall capacity of 482m3. (c) Installation of a 4m membrane dome cover onto the existing 12m Dia. Overground steel slurry tank, giving an overall tank height of 8.27m. (d) Containerised prefabricated office/control cabin to the North of the proposed new biogas plant. (e) And all associated site works

  Permission · Cork County Council, 23/153

• 2 Jun 2022Incompleted application

  Permission for retention of renovation to an existing dwelling; extension of existing living space; extension of existing conservatory; construction of porch and for permission for installation of a new wastewater treatment system

  Permission · Cork County Council, 22/376

• 24 Mar 2022Withdrawn

  Permission for retention for the installed 12m Dia. X 4.27m high overground steel slurry tank constructed to the East of the existing farmyard complex and Planning Permission for an On-farm Biogas Plant consisting of the following works: (a) Construct New 600 cubic meter biogas plant constructed within the existing concrete slurry tank, raising the wall height of the existing concrete slurry tank and complete with concrete roof. (b) Installation of a 4m membrane dome cover onto the existing 12m Dia. Overground steel slurry tank, giving an overall tank height of 8.27m. (c) Containerised prefabricated office/control cabin to the North of the proposed new biogas plant. (d) All associated site works.

  Permission · Cork County Council, 22/207

• 17 Feb 2022Incompleted application

  Retention planning for the installed 12m Dia. X 4.27m high overground steel slurry tank constructed to the east of the existing farmyard complex and Planning Permission for an On-farm Biogas Plant consisting of the following works: (a) Construct New 600 cubic meter biogas plant constructed within the existing concrete slurry tank complete with concrete roof. (b) Installation of a 4m membrane dome cover onto the existing 12m Dia. Overground steel slurry tank, giving an overall tank height of 8.27m. (c) Containerised prefabricated office/control cabin to the north of the proposed new biogas plant. (d) All Associated site works.

  Permission · Cork County Council, 22/94

• 2 Sept 2021Incompleted application

  Renovation of existing dwelling: extension of existing living space; extension of existing conservatory; constructio of porch; permission to install a waste water treatment system

  Retention · Cork County Council, 21/602

• 6 Aug 2021Incompleted application

  Renovation of old farmhouse, extension to living space and 1960's conservatory and construction of porch

  Retention · Cork County Council, 21/544

• 19 Apr 2021Conditional

  Permission for demolition of extension to dwelling and for the construction of a new extension and change of use of attached garage for use as a pantry and an extension of the kitchen area including alterations to elevations

  Permission · Cork County Council, 21/249

• 24 Feb 2021Incompleted application

  Demolition of the existing nineteen eighties south addition to their property and in its place erect a new single storey addition with flat roof, full height windows and doors and all associated works. The new construction to remain within the original foot print. It is also intended to refurbish the existing kitchen and garage block, which willl include the replacement of the exissting garage door with new sliding windows

  Permission consequent · Cork County Council, 21/136

• 5 Jul 2019Conditional

  1.) Permission for a 126 sqm gross (102sqm net) single storey extension and link to main house, plus 74.1 sqm gross (60sqm net) conversion of garage and stores to their current dwelling incorporating bedrooms and living space 2.) permission for retention of a 40sqm studio outhouse now used as office and guest accommodation and 3.) permission for retention of a 44sqm attic

  Permission · Cork County Council, 19/453

• 3 Jul 2019Conditional

  To erect a 24m lattice tower together with associated antennas, dishes, equipment units, security fencing and access track extension

  Permission · Cork County Council, 19/445

• 24 May 2019Incompleted application

  To erect a 24m lattice tower together with associated antennas, dishes, equipment units, security fencing and access track extension

  Permission · Cork County Council, 19/352

• 4 Feb 2019Conditional

  Permission for retention of fenestration changes and rear extensions to 2 no. dwelling houses and all associated site development works

  Retention · Cork County Council, 19/68

• 12 Dec 2018Incompleted application

  Permission for 150sqm single storey extension to their current dwelling plus 70sqm conversion of garage and stores to their current dwelling incorporating bedrooms and living space and permission for retention of a 40sqm studio outhouse now used as office and guest accommodation.

  Permission · Cork County Council, 18/763

• 9 Nov 2018Incompleted application

  150 SQM single storey extension plus 70SQM conversion of garage and stores to their current dwelling incorporating bedrooms and living space and permission for retention of 40 SQM studio outhouse now used as office and guest accommodation

  Permission · Cork County Council, 18/672

• 13 Sept 2018Conditional

  Erection of dwelling house, garage, waste water treatment system and all associated site development works

  Permission · Cork County Council, 18/545

• 17 Aug 2018Conditional

  Permission for Retention of a detached garage, and Permission is also sought for alterations and extensions to an existing dwellinghouse to include the removal of a timber lean-to store and partial demolition of an existing living room extension and all associated site works

  Permission · Cork County Council, 18/496

• 18 May 2017Conditional

  Alterations and change of use of former ground floor smoke house & first floor apartment to provide 1 no. 2-Storey detached dwelling. Proposed works include demolition of sunroom and external staircase, fenestration changes, erection of first floor balcony and associated site works

  Permission · Cork County Council, 17/302

• 24 Apr 2014Conditional

  Alteration and extension of dwelling house, installation of new waste water treatment system

  Permission · Cork County Council, 14/269

• 28 Mar 2014Incompleted application

  Completion alterations and extension to dwelling house

  Permission · Cork County Council, 14/221

• 25 Oct 2013Conditional

  Conversion and extension of existing farm building for use as a dwelling house including waste water treatment plant and percolation area and detached garden shed

  Permission · Cork County Council, 13/607

• 7 Oct 2013Conditional

  Production and distribution building for bacon products, site entrance, wastewater treatment unit and percolation area and all associated site works

  Permission · Cork County Council, 13/565

• 28 May 2012Conditional

  Demolition of existing single storey extensions to dwelling and erection of alterations and two storey extension of same dwelling house and upgrading of septic tank drainage system and associated site development works

  Permission · Cork County Council, 12/345

• 2 Sept 2011Conditional

  Dwelling house and associated site development works

  Permission · Cork County Council, 11/537

• 16 Apr 2010Conditional

  Permission for raising of ridge level & alterations to front elevation of dwelling and for the erection of 2 storey extension to side & rear of same dwelling house and associated site works

  Permission · Cork County Council, 10/268

The 25 most recent of 56 applications.

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

Designated sites

• Special Area of Conservation: Roaringwater Bay and Islands SAC 000101
• Proposed Natural Heritage Area: Roaringwater Bay And Islands 000101

Recorded monuments

• CO139-025 Megalithic tomb - unclassified
  Description

  Prominently situated on crest of exposed rocky ridge of Knocknageeha at SW extremity Mount Gabriel. Ruined chamber (L 3.1m; Wth 2.2m at W end, c. 0.6m at E) aligned ENE-WSW, formed of inclined slabs. Structure incorporated in circular cairn. Traces of low dry-stone kerb survive at N, W and S. (Roberts 1988, Ch. 4, no. 15; O Nualláin 1989, 141) The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 1: West Cork' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1992). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload/revision: 14 January 2009

• CO139-033 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  In pasture, on SW-facing slope. Marked as circular enclosure on OS 6-inch map (1842). Levelled; no visible surface trace. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 1: West Cork' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1992). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload/revision: 14 January 2009

• CO148-015 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  In pasture, on W-facing slope. Roughly circular slightly raised area (32m N-S; 29m E-W) enclosed by earthen bank (H 1m); external fosse (D 0.9m) N->SSE. Bank stone faced on outside to W. Cultivation ridges cross interior N-S. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 1: West Cork' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1992). 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

• Gubben Cottage, house, 1890–1910 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached double-pile three-bay two-storey house with porch, built c.1900, with recent lean-to extensions to rear (south) and recent conservatory (west). Hipped slate roofs with rendered chimneystacks and cast-iron rainwater goods. Smooth rendered walls with plinth. Square-headed openings with two-over-two timber sliding sash windows and stone sills. Square-headed openings to porch with bipartite two-over-two timber sliding sash windows and concrete sills. Square-headed door opening to porch with replacement timber panelled door and concrete step. Enclosed by rubble stone walls with cast-iron railings.

• House, 1800–1840 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached two-bay two-storey house, built c.1820, with later extension (east) and porch (south). Recent lean-to extension (west). Pitched slate roof with rendered chimneystacks and cast-iron rainwater goods. Painted rubble stone walls. Square-headed openings with two-over-two timber sliding sash windows, stone sills and raised rendered surrounds. Later single-bay two-storey extension comprising pitched slate roof with rendered chimneystack, painted rubble stone walls and square-headed openings with two-over-two timber sliding sash windows and stone sills. Later porch comprising pitched slate roof, timber bargeboards, finial, painted rubble stone walls, square-headed openings having bipartite timber fixed pane windows with stone sills and square-headed door opening with timber glazed door and raised render surround. Outbuildings to west. Enclosed by rubble stone walls with rendered piers, concrete coping and timber gate.

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 Gubbeen, 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 high, moderately high, moderately low, low, partly inferred.

Terrain model

No LiDAR survey of the Office of Public Works covers the centre of the townland of Gubbeen.

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.

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

Name

Gubbeen · An Goibín

Area

3,353,464 m² (335.35 ha, 828.66 acres)

Civil parish

Skull, and its townlands

Barony

Carbery West (West Division)

Electoral division

Skull, the unit of the census

Census 2022

1,120 people lived in 452 households in the Skull electoral division. 68% of households owned their home. 29% of homes were built since 2001. 8% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 40% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Ardmanagh, Caherlusky, Croagh, Glan, Lissacaha, Lowertown, Skull

Placenames

Gubbeen 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.