# Letter West, Co. Cork: townland, land parcels and planning

Townland in the civil parish of Kilcrohane, barony of Carbery West (West Division), Co. Cork; in Irish Leitir Thiar.

- Area (Tailte Éireann): 472,665 m² (47.27 ha, 116.8 acres)
- Land parcels (Tailte Éireann): 24 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in it, median 2,162 m² (0.22 ha, 0.53 acres)
- Zoning (national zoning, MyPlan): not in a zoned settlement
- Planning (National Planning Applications): 11 applications since 2010
- Civil parish: Kilcrohane, https://everytownland.com/cork/parish/kilcrohane.md
- Barony: Carbery West (West Division)
- Electoral division: Sheepshead, the unit of the census
- Census 2022 (Central Statistics Office): 198 people lived in 82 households in the Sheepshead electoral division. 89% of households owned their home. 23% of homes were built since 2001. 14% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 37% were holiday homes.
- County: Co. Cork, https://everytownland.com/cork.md
- Placenames Database of Ireland: https://www.logainm.ie/en/8633
- Townland number at Tailte Éireann: 44054
- Centre: latitude 51.566337, longitude -9.76324 (WGS 84)

## Land parcels (registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann)

24 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Letter West, from 64 m² to 262,802 m² (26.28 ha, 64.94 acres); 13 neighbouring parcels touch its boundary. Largest first:

- Parcel 2325635: 262,802 m² (26.28 ha, 64.94 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2325635.md
- Parcel 2325634: 60,893 m² (6.09 ha, 15.05 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2325634.md
- Parcel 5186133: 52,390 m² (5.24 ha, 12.95 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5186133.md
- Parcel 2325631: 22,290 m² (2.23 ha, 5.51 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2325631.md
- Parcel 2158387: 19,122 m² (1.91 ha, 4.73 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2158387.md
- Parcel 2158388: 13,935 m² (1.39 ha, 3.44 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2158388.md
- Parcel 2158394: 9,546 m² (0.95 ha, 2.36 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2158394.md
- Parcel 5573722: 4,798 m² (0.48 ha, 1.19 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5573722.md
- Parcel 2158385: 3,938 m² (0.39 ha, 0.97 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2158385.md
- Parcel 2133494: 3,305 m² (0.33 ha, 0.82 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2133494.md
- Parcel 2325630: 2,982 m² (0.3 ha, 0.74 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2325630.md
- Parcel 6179908: 2,396 m² (0.24 ha, 0.59 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/6179908.md
- Parcel 5573724: 1,928 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/5573724.md
- Parcel 2325633: 1,294 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/2325633.md
- Parcel 2158389: 1,030 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/2158389.md
- Parcel 2158390: 964 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/2158390.md
- Parcel 2158391: 762 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/2158391.md
- Parcel 3361364: 579 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/3361364.md
- Parcel 2158386: 535 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/2158386.md
- Parcel 5573700: 343 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/5573700.md
- Parcel 2325632: 301 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/2325632.md
- Parcel 2158393: 205 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/2158393.md
- Parcel 2158392: 115 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/2158392.md
- Parcel 4645749: 64 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/4645749.md

## Zoning (national zoning of development plans, MyPlan)

No zone of a development plan covers Letter West in the national zoning. Outside zoned towns and villages, the county development plan's rural policies apply to each application.

## Planning applications whose site touches the townland (National Planning Applications, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage)

11 applications, newest first.

- 30 Mar 2023, Cork County Council 23/175: Conditional. Retention. Permission for Retention for 1(a) Additional floor area of 3m² to ground floor and 3m² to first floor at the south east of the house, 1(b) Fenestration changes to all elevations from that granted under Planning Permission Reference No. 09/1003 and 2. Detached domestic single storey boathouse with overhead terrace to north of dwelling house along with all associated site works. File: https://planning.agileapplications.ie/corkcoco/application-details/?ref=23/175
- 3 Mar 2023, Cork County Council 23/115: Conditional. Permission. Construction of dwelling house and for associated site works. File: https://planning.agileapplications.ie/corkcoco/application-details/?ref=23/115
- 8 May 2017, Cork County Council 17/267: Conditional. Permission. Construct a cattle house with slatted slurry tank and carry out associated site works. File: https://planning.agileapplications.ie/corkcoco/application-details/?ref=17/267
- 16 Jul 2010, Cork County Council 10/509: Conditional. Permission. Demolition of existing outbuilding, construction of new dwelling unit, installation of mini treatment plant system and associated site works. File: https://planning.agileapplications.ie/corkcoco/application-details/?ref=10/509
- 18 Jun 2010, Cork County Council 10/425: Incompleted application. Permission. Demolition of existing outbuilding, construction of a new dwelling unit ancillary to main house, installation of mini treatment plant system and associated site works. File: https://planning.agileapplications.ie/corkcoco/application-details/?ref=10/425
- 10 Sept 2009, Cork County Council 09/1003: Conditional. Permission. (1) Demolish existing dwellinghouse and existing adjacent storage building, (2) Construct a new storey and a half dwellinghouse with attached domestic garage to rear, (3) Install a new proprietary treatment unit system along with all associated site works. File: https://planning.agileapplications.ie/corkcoco/application-details/?ref=09/1003
- 16 Jan 2009, Cork County Council 09/23: Conditional. Permission. Retention of conversion of farmhouse to 3no. separate short term let holiday homes to include (i) construction of extension to rear and side, (ii) fenestration changes to front (iii) internal layout changes, (iv) installation of common septic tank system and (v) all associated site works. File: https://planning.agileapplications.ie/corkcoco/application-details/?ref=09/23
- 12 Dec 2008, Cork County Council 08/2177: Incompleted application. Permission. Retention of conversion of farmhouse to 3no. seperate short term let holiday homes to include (i) construction of extensions to rear and side, (ii) fenestration changes to front, (iii) internal layout changes, (iv) installation of common septic tank system and (v) all associated site works. File: https://planning.agileapplications.ie/corkcoco/application-details/?ref=08/2177
- 18 Dec 2003, Cork County Council 03/6542: Conditional. Permission. Extensions and change of use of dwellinghouse to Museum and Heritage Centre incorporating first floor and basement living accomodation and retention of existing extensions. File: https://planning.agileapplications.ie/corkcoco/application-details/?ref=03/6542
- 28 Feb 2002, Cork County Council 02/862: Conditional. Permission. Construction of dwellinghouse and renovations to existing dwelling for use as domestic garage/store. File: https://planning.agileapplications.ie/corkcoco/application-details/?ref=02/862
- 13 Apr 2000, Cork County Council 00/2159: Refused. Permission. Dormer dwellinghouse. File: https://planning.agileapplications.ie/corkcoco/application-details/?ref=00/2159

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## Designated sites (National Parks and Wildlife Service)

- Special Area of Conservation: Sheep's Head SAC, site code 000102, https://www.npws.ie/protected-sites/sac/000102
- Special Protection Area: Sheep's Head to Toe Head SPA, site code 004156, https://www.npws.ie/protected-sites/spa/004156
- Proposed Natural Heritage Area: Sheep's Head, site code 000102

## Recorded monuments (Sites and Monuments Record, National Monuments Service)

- CO138-004: Burial ground, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CCO138-004----. In pasture. Local traditon of children's burial ground here. Triangular area (max. L 17.9m; max. Wth 17.7m) enclosed by wall of loose stones (H 0.4m). Oval cairn to S (L 3m; Wth 2m; H 0.2m) and mound of earth and stone (diam. 1m) to NW may mark burials. No other grave markers noted. 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
- CO138-028: Burial ground, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CCO138-028----. On a S-facing slope, overgrown with briars and gorse bushes. According to local information, an irregular area (c. 25m NE-SW; c. 20m NW-SE), is known locally as the 'keel' and it was used as a burial ground. Some loose stones were noted on the surface, but any further examination was impossible due to the dense overgrowth. The above description is derived from 'The Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 5' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 2009). Date of upload: 22 December 2009

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).

## Architectural heritage (National Inventory of Architectural Heritage)

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

## Ground and risks (Radon Risk Map of Ireland, EPA; Landslide Susceptibility Classification and LiDAR, Geological Survey Ireland)

- Radon: at the centre of the townland of Letter West, about 1 in 5 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels. Testing a home: https://www.epa.ie/environment-and-you/radon/radon-testing/#d.en.82887
- 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 Letter West.
- Flooding: the flood maps of the Office of Public Works, https://www.floodinfo.ie/map/floodmaps/, linked only: their licence does not allow re-use.

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.

## Downloads

- DXF, in Irish Transverse Mercator metres, with its boundary, parcels and buildings, for a drawing program: https://everytownland.com/cork/letter-west.dxf
- GeoJSON, in WGS 84, for a map: https://everytownland.com/cork/letter-west.geojson
- KML, for Google Earth: https://everytownland.com/cork/letter-west.kml

## Homes sold (Residential Property Price Register)

No address of the register names Letter West with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Cork: https://everytownland.com/cork.md

## Neighbouring townlands (National Statutory Boundaries, Tailte Éireann)

- Ballyroon: https://everytownland.com/cork/ballyroon.md
- Letter East: https://everytownland.com/cork/letter-east.md
- Letter Lower: https://everytownland.com/cork/letter-lower.md
- Reagh: https://everytownland.com/cork/reagh.md

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.

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Everytownland reads the registered freehold land and the statutory boundaries of Tailte Éireann, the national zoning, planning file and heritage records of the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, and the Residential Property Price Register. A parcel is the land of a title, not an address. The owner's name is in the Land Registry of Tailte Éireann: a copy of the folio can be ordered on landdirect.ie, for a fee; this site names no owner. A price is the price recorded for a past sale, not a valuation.

Sources: Cadastral Parcels Freehold, Townlands, Civil Parishes, Baronies, Electoral Divisions and Buildings, Tailte Éireann, CC BY 4.0; national zoning of development plans (GZT, MyPlan) and National Planning Applications, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, CC BY 4.0, applicants not shown; designated sites, National Parks and Wildlife Service, CC BY 4.0; Sites and Monuments Record, National Monuments Service, CC BY 4.0; National Inventory of Architectural Heritage, CC BY 4.0; Residential Property Price Register, Property Services Regulatory Authority, re-used with the source acknowledged.

- Page: https://everytownland.com/cork/letter-west
- In JSON: https://everytownland.com/api/townland/cork/letter-west