Hilltown

53 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Hilltown, from 43 m² to 134,433 m² (13.44 ha, 33.22 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 28 neighbouring parcels touch it.

Download the townland: DXF, in Irish Transverse Mercator metres, with its boundary, parcels and buildings; GeoJSON or KML.

• P5City Hinterland (Mixed/general primary sector uses, including 'rural')
  Cork City Development Plan 2022-2028, Cork · 0 parcels The zoning objective in the plan

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

• 10 Apr 2026Grant with conditions

  Permission for construction of a single storey dwelling with associated single storey garage, a new wastewater treatment unit and percolation area, a new site entrance, and including all associated site works and landscaping.

  Permission · Cork County Council, 26/0903

• 2 Apr 2026Refused

  Permission to construct a new dwelling house.

  Permission · Cork County Council, 26/0837

• 3 Mar 2026Invalid - case closed

  Permission to construct a single storey dwelling with associated single storey garage, a new waste water treatment unit and percolation area, a new site entrance, and including all associated site works and landscaping.

  Permission · Cork County Council, 26/0514

• 4 Mar 2024Conditional

  Permission for 1) demolition of sunroom to side of existing dwelling, 2) construction of a new sunroom to side of dwelling, elevational alterations to existing dwelling and iv) all associated site works

  Permission · Cork County Council, 24/4366

• 5 Sept 2022Conditional

  Permission for the construction of a single storey split level dwelling with associated single storey garage, a new wastewater treatment unit and percolation area, a new site entrance, and including all associated site works and landscaping.

  Permission · Cork County Council, 22/6004

• 8 Jun 2022Conditional

  Permission for the retention of windows to front elevation of dwelling, and retention of extension to rear of dwelling.

  Retention · Cork County Council, 22/5328

• 22 Apr 2021Conditional

  To construct (i) straw storage shed (ii) external agitation point to existing slatted tank (iii) extension to dungstead with concrete wall and all associated site works.

  Permission · Cork County Council, 21/5064

• 8 Jun 2020Conditional

  Retention of a single storey pitched roof extension to north west gable wall of existing dwelling, a single storey pitched roof extension to rear of existing dwelling and a single storey pitched roof conservatory extension to rear of existing dwelling including ancillary site works.

  Retention · Cork County Council, 20/5144

• 29 Apr 2020Incompleted application

  Retention of a single storey pitched roof extension to north west gable wall of existing dwelling, a single storey pitched roof extension to rear of existing dwelling and a single storey pitched roof conservatory extension to rear of existing dwelling including ancillary site works.

  Retention · Cork County Council, 20/4871

• 28 Aug 2018Conditional

  Retention of as-constructed dwelling and ancillary works as permitted under Planning Reg. No. 12/5528

  Retention · Cork County Council, 18/6263

• 1 Jun 2018Conditional

  Construction of a dwellinghouse, garage and all associated site works.

  Permission · Cork County Council, 18/5425

• 24 May 2018Incompleted application

  Retention for as constructed dwelling and ancillary works as permitted under Planning Reg. No. 12/5528

  Retention · Cork County Council, 18/5340

• 8 May 2018Incompleted application

  Construction of a dwellinghouse and all associated site works

  Permission · Cork County Council, 18/5152

• 12 Sept 2017Conditional

  Change an existing site boundary to result in the reduction in size of an existing site from that granted under Planning Reference Number 06/4488 & for the removal of an existing septic tank & installation of a new waste water treatment plant serving an existing dwelling.

  Permission · Cork County Council, 17/6355

• 16 Feb 2016Conditional permission

  Demolition of a farmhouse and three outbuildings and the construction of a mixed use development consisting of residential development of 297 no. residential units, neighbourhood centre, public transport interchange and all ancillary site development works. The proposed development is Phase 1 of development envisaged by Astra Construction Services Ltd. and further phases will be subject to subsequent planning applications. The proposed 297 no. residential units consists of 46 no. detached dwellings, 230 no. semi-detached dwellings, 7 no. terraced units and 14 no. apartments to be provided in a two storey block with ancillary spaces including common/meeting room, laundry and storage rooms and management office. The proposed neighbourhood centre is 3 storeys in height and provides for 2 no. retail units, pharmacy and office/medical unit on ground floor level with ancillary yard areas, a 2 storey crèche on ground and first floor levels, office/medical use on first and second floor level and rooftop plant. Access to the proposed development will be via a new spine road from the Carrigaline Road which will also serve possible future phases of development. The proposed roadworks include road widening and the provision of a new signalised junction opposite the existing entrance to Carrig na Curra. The ancillary site development works consist of the diversion of the existing Rafeen Trabeg 110 kV ESB electrical cables and the diversion and undergrounding of the existing 38 kV ESB electrical cables, the diversion of an existing stream and all ancillary ground works including car parking, fencing and landscaped linear wetland park. The proposed public transport interchange is located adjacent to the proposed neighbourhood centre and provides for 50 no. car parking spaces.

  Permission · Cork County Council, 16/4289

• 12 Mar 2014Refused

  Construction of extensions to front and side of existing dwellinghouse. The construction also includes for elevation alterations and internal refurbishment along with other associated site works

  Permission · Cork County Council, 14/4507

• 29 Aug 2012Incompleted application

  Construction of a balcony and access steps to the south (side) and construction of single storey extension to the north (side) of existing dwelling

  Permission · Cork County Council, 12/5858

• 13 Jul 2012Conditional

  Construction of single storey dwelling, two car garage, waste water treatment unit and all ancillary works

  Permission · Cork County Council, 12/5528

• 1 Jun 2012Incompleted application

  Construction of single storey dwelling, two car garage, wastewater treatment unit and all ancillary works

  Permission · Cork County Council, 12/5206

• 31 Aug 2010Conditional

  Demolish section of dwelling and convert remaining section to detached garage, construct new single storey dwelling, detached garden shed, replace existing septic tank with new wastewater treatment plant and percolation area and retention of site boundary and entrance as constructed along with all other associated site works

  Permission · Cork County Council, 10/6167

• 30 Oct 2007Conditional

  Demolition of 2 no. storage sheds, construction of dwellinghouse, installation of wastewater treatment unit and construction of machinery shed used in conjunction with agricultural contracting business

  Permission · Cork County Council, 07/11986

• 5 Oct 2007Conditional

  Two storey extension to dwellinghouse and construction of detached storage shed

  Permission · Cork County Council, 07/11480

• 1 Oct 2007Incompleted application

  Demolition of 2 no. storage sheds and construction of dwellinghouse, farm machinery shed and ancillary site works to include waste water treatment tank

  Permission · Cork County Council, 07/11348

• 5 Apr 2007Withdrawn

  Dwellinghouse, agricultural machinery shed, treatment tank and ancillary works

  Permission · Cork County Council, 07/6861

• 27 Feb 2007Incompleted application

  Construction of dwellinghouse and relocation of farm machinery shed

  Permission · Cork County Council, 07/5467

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

No designated site (Special Area of Conservation, Special Protection Area, Natural Heritage Area or proposed one) touches the townland of Hilltown.

Recorded monuments

• CO087-116 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  In pasture, on terrace (H c. 3.1m) at bottom of S-facing slope. Field known as "the lios field"; lios levelled in the last century (pers. comm. S O'Mahony). No visible surface trace. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 2: East and South Cork' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1994). 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

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

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 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 Hilltown.

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.

• Hilltown, Carrigaline5 sales

Name

Hilltown · Baile an Chnocáin

Area

569,447 m² (56.94 ha, 140.71 acres)

Civil parish

Carrigaline, and its townlands

Barony

Kerrycurrihy

Electoral division

Carrigaline, the unit of the census

Census 2022

Carrigaline electoral division: 13,249 people in 4,497 households; 80% of households own their home; 34% of homes were built since 2001; 3% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 0% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Ballinrea, Ballyhemiken, Ballynametagh, Carrigaline Middle, Raheenering, Shannonpark

Placenames

Hilltown 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.