Gurteennasowna
Townland in the civil parish of Fanlobbus, barony of Carbery East (West Division), Co. Cork; in Irish Goirtín na Samhna
- Area
- 206.1 ha
- 509 acres
- Land parcels
- 26
- registered freehold, median 3,247 m² (0.32 ha, 0.8 acres)
- Zoning
- G3
- Greenbelt1
- Planning
- 30
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
26 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Gurteennasowna, from 708 m² to 616,991 m² (61.7 ha, 152.46 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 24 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
- G3Greenbelt1 (Conservation, amenity or buffer space, corridor/belt, landscape)
Cork County Development Plan 2022, Cork · 38 parcels The zoning objective in the plan - G3Greenbelt2 (Conservation, amenity or buffer space, corridor/belt, landscape)
Cork County Development Plan 2022, Cork · 4 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
30 Dec 2025Application withdrawn
Construction of a dwelling house and garage and all associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 25/6992
21 Dec 2023Conditional
Construct dwelling, detached garage and all associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 23/751
29 Aug 2023Conditional
Construction of a dwelling house and domestic garage and all associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 23/483
22 Dec 2017Conditional
Retention of extension constructed to the rear of existing dwelling
Retention · Cork County Council, 17/821
23 Nov 2017Incompleted application
Permission for the retention of an extension constructed to the rear of existing dwelling
Retention · Cork County Council, 17/730
27 Oct 2017Incompleted application
Permission for the retention of an extension constructed to the rear of existing dwelling
Retention · Cork County Council, 17/687
5 Jul 2017Conditional
10 year permission for proposed development consisting of: (1) A 110kV electricity substation including 2 no. control buildings associated electrical plant and equipment, underground electricity cabling, fencing, alterations to a previously permitted borrow pit and temporary construction compound at the Carrigarierk Wind Farm (An Bord Pleanala Ref. PL04.246353, Cork County Council Ref. 15/730) in the townland of Carrigdangan; (2) 110kV underground electricity cabling connecting the proposed substation to the existing Dunmanway ESB substation in the townlands of Carrigdangan, Inchincurka, Kilnadur, Aultaghreagh, Aultagh, Ardcahan, Knockduff, Gurteennasowna and Ballyhalwick; (3) 33kV underground electricity cabling connecting the proposed substation to the permitted Carrigarierk Wind Farm through the townlands of Carrigdangan and Gortatanavally and the permitted Shehy More Wind Farm (ABP Ref. PL04.243486; Cork County Council Ref. 13/551), through the townlands of Shehy More, Coolcaum, Coolmountain, Tullagh, Lackabaun, Clogher, Farrannahineeny, Crushterra, Gurteen and Carrigdangan. Together with all ancillary works and apparatus. The proposed development is located north of Dunmanway, Co. Cork. This application is accompanied by An Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) and a Natura Impact Statement (NIS).
Permission · Cork County Council, 17/431
16 Oct 2012Unconditional
Dwellinghouse and domestic garage
Extension of duration · Cork County Council, 12/644
26 Jun 2009Conditional
Construct a two storey dwelling house, septic tank, and carry out all associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 09/718
18 Jun 2009Incompleted application
Construct a two storey dwellinghouse, septic tank and carry out all associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 09/689
9 Aug 2007Conditional
Retain partial construction of extension onto existing dwelling; permission to complete same and raise roof of existing dwelling
Permission · Cork County Council, 07/2130
18 Jun 2007Incompleted application
Retain partial construction of extension onto existing dwelling and permission to complete same
Permission · Cork County Council, 07/1601
14 May 2007Conditional
Dwellinghouse, domestic garage and associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 07/1263
18 Dec 2006Refused
Dwellinghouse and associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 06/2771
4 Dec 2006Incompleted application
Dwellinghouse and associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 06/2595
13 Nov 2006Incompleted application
Dwellinghouse and associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 06/2369
10 Oct 2006Conditional
Construction of a two storey extension to the rear and sun room to side of existing dwelling
Permission · Cork County Council, 06/2085
6 Sept 2006Incompleted application
Construct 2 storey extension rear and sunroom to side of existing dwelling
Permission · Cork County Council, 06/1826
23 Feb 2006Incompleted application
Bungalow, septic tank & associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 06/275
15 Apr 2005Conditional
Retention of sunroom and alterations to dwellinghouse granted under 03/6010
Permission · Cork County Council, 05/2426
13 Apr 2005Conditional
Dwellinghouse and garage
Permission · Cork County Council, 05/2313
22 Feb 2005Withdrawn
Dwellinghouse
Permission · Cork County Council, 05/978
24 Sept 2004Conditional
Extension to dwelling
Permission · Cork County Council, 04/7249
27 Nov 2003Conditional
Bungalow
Approval · Cork County Council, 03/6010
26 May 2003Refused
Dwelling and domestic garage
Permission · Cork County Council, 03/2498
The 25 most recent of 30 applications.
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
- Special Area of Conservation: Bandon River SAC 002171
Recorded monuments
No recorded monument lies in the townland of Gurteennasowna.
Architectural heritage
No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands in the townland of Gurteennasowna.
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 high, 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 Gurteennasowna.
- 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 Gurteennasowna with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Cork.
The townland
- Name
- Gurteennasowna · Goirtín na Samhna
- Area
- 2,061,394 m² (206.14 ha, 509.38 acres)
- Civil parish
- Fanlobbus, and its townlands
- Barony
- Carbery East (West Division)
- Electoral division
- Manch, the unit of the census
- Census 2022
- Manch electoral division: 598 people in 197 households; 91% of households own their home; 29% of homes were built since 2001; 11% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 2% were holiday homes.
- Neighbouring townlands
- Acres, Ballyhalwick, Demesne, Derreens, Dromerk, Dunmanway North, Gortnamucklagh, Knockduff
- Placenames
- Gurteennasowna 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.