Lettercollum

41 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Lettercollum, from 20 m² to 166,815 m² (16.68 ha, 41.22 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 20 neighbouring parcels touch it.

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

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

• 24 Sept 2026Awaiting admin validation

  The provision of a new sports pitch approximately 145m X 90m in area, including the installation of 2 no. 16m high catch nets, 2 no. 16m high goal posts, flood lighting comprising of 6 no. 20m high lighting columns, 2 no. pre-cast concrete dug outs, regrading of the existing levels and installation of post and wire boundary fence. Permission is also sought for the construction of a new pedestrian underpass from the existing GAA club grounds, under the R600 Regional Road, to the new pitch, landscaping and all other associated ancillary site and development works on lands (c. 2.8ha) adjoining the existing Argideen Rangers GAA Club and south of R600, at Lettercollum, Timoleague, Co. Cork.

  Permission · Cork County Council, 26/2480

• 7 Sept 2026Application withdrawn

  Permission for provision of a new sports pitch approximately 145m X 90m in area, including the installation of 2 no. 16m high catch nets, 2 no. 16m high goal posts, flood lighting comprising of 6 no. 20m high lighting columns, 2 no. pre-cast concrete dug outs, regrading of the existing levels and installation of post and wire boundary fence. Permission is also sought for the construction of a new pedestrian underpass from the existing GAA club grounds, under the R600 Regional Road, to the new pitch, landscaping and all other associated ancillary site and development works.

  Permission · Cork County Council, 26/2333

• 7 Sept 2026Invalid - prepare letters

  The provision of a new sports pitch approximately 145m X 90m in area, including the installation of 2 no. 16m high catch nets, 2 no. 16m high goal posts, flood lighting comprising of 6 no. 20m high lighting columns, 2 no. pre-cast concrete dug outs, regrading of the existing levels and installation of post and wire boundary fence. Permission is also sought for the construction of a new pedestrian underpass from the existing GAA club grounds, under the R600 Regional Road, to the new pitch, landscaping and all other associated ancillary site and development works.

  Permission · Cork County Council, 26/2334

• 24 Aug 2026Invalid - case closed

  Permission for the provision of a new sports pitch approximately 145m X 90m in area, including the installation of 2 no. 16m high catch nets, 2 no. 16m high goal posts, flood lighting comprising of 6 no. 20m high lighting columns, 2 no. pre-cast concrete dug outs, regrading of the existing levels and installation of post and wire boundary fence. Construction of a new pedestrian underpass from the existing GAA club grounds, under the R600 Regional Road, to the new pitch, landscaping and all other associated ancillary site and development works.

  Permission · Cork County Council, 26/2205

• 3 Jul 2026Grant with conditions

  Planning permission for the construction of a dwelling house incorporating a granny flat and car port and a domestic garage and all associated site works.

  Permission · Cork County Council, 26/1801

• 29 Jan 2025Conditional

  Permission for retention of extension to dwelling and retention of garage with first floor storage, external access stairs and adjoining storage shed

  Retention · Cork County Council, 25/4095

• 13 Dec 2024Incompleted application

  Permission for retention of extension to dwelling, retention of garage and associated site works

  Retention · Cork County Council, 24/6386

• 9 May 2023Conditional

  Two storey extension and alterations to single storey dwelling house and all associated site works.

  Permission · Cork County Council, 23/4909

• 12 May 2020Conditional

  For retention of timber framed, timber clad domestic studio for personal exercise.

  Retention · Cork County Council, 20/4943

• 8 Apr 2020Incompleted application

  To retain timber framed and timber clad studio.

  Retention · Cork County Council, 20/4716

• 9 Aug 2019Conditional

  To construct dwelling and all associated site works.

  Permission · Cork County Council, 19/6007

• 18 Jul 2017Conditional

  Construction of a sun room extension to an existing dwelling Lettercollum House a 'Protected Structure' (record of protected structures ref. no. 01021)

  Permission · Cork County Council, 17/479

• 29 Jun 2017Conditional

  Construct dwelling and all associated site works

  Permission · Cork County Council, 17/406

• 2 Jun 2017Incompleted application

  Construct dwelling and all associated site works

  Permission · Cork County Council, 17/351

• 2 Jun 2017Incompleted application

  Construction of a sun room extension to an existing dwelling Lettercollum House a 'protected structure' (Record of protected structures Ref. No. 01020)

  Permission · Cork County Council, 17/347

• 25 May 2012Conditional

  Upgrade works at playing fields including extension and renovation of existing dressing rooms; Upgrading of wastewater treatment; Construction of a new shed; floodlighting of pitch and associated site works

  Permission · Cork County Council, 12/341

• 10 May 2012Incompleted application

  Upgrade works at playing fields, including extension and renovation of existing dressing rooms; upgrading of wasterwater treatment; construction of a new shed; floodlighting of pitch and associated site works

  Permission · Cork County Council, 12/317

• 26 Nov 2009Conditional

  Permission for (1) Construction of all-weather playing pitch and associated earthworks, (2) Construction of hurling wall, (3) Catch-nets, (4) Permimeter fence and flood lighting for all-weather pitch, (5) Alterations to existing entrances and roadside boundary, (6) Provision of access road lighting, (7) Provision of additional parking facilities and for permission for Retention of: (1) earthworks associated with development, (2) access footpaths and fences, (3) land drains, septic tank and percolation area

  Permission · Cork County Council, 09/2130

• 11 Nov 2009Incompleted application

  1) Construction of all-weather playing pitch & associated earthworks, 2) construction of hurling wall, 3) catch-nets, 4) perimeter fence & flood lighting for all weather pitch, 5) alterations to existing entrances and roadside boundary, 6) provision of access road lighting, 7) provision of additional parking facilities and for permission for retention of: 1) earthworks associated with development, 2) access footpaths and fences, 3) land drains, septic tank and percolation area.

  Permission · Cork County Council, 09/2078

• 16 Oct 2009Incompleted application

  Construction of all-weather playing pitch & associated earthworks, construction of hurling wall, construction of catch-nets, perimeter fence & flood lighting for all-weather pitch, alterations to existing entrance and roadside boundary, provision of access road lighting, provision of additional parking facilities, retention of earthworks associated with development, retention of access footpaths and fences, retention of land drains and retention of septic tank and percolation area

  Permission · Cork County Council, 09/1111

• 10 Jan 2008Conditional

  Dwelling house, garage and associated site works

  Permission · Cork County Council, 08/41

• 3 May 2007Withdrawn

  Dwellinghouse, garage and associated site works

  Permission · Cork County Council, 07/1174

• 16 Mar 2007Incompleted application

  Dwellinghouse, garage and associated site works

  Permission · Cork County Council, 07/739

• 19 May 2006Refused

  Dwellinghouse, garage and associated site works

  Permission · Cork County Council, 06/906

• 27 Mar 2006Withdrawn

  Proposed construction of storey and a half style dwelling, detached domestic garage and treatment plant

  Permission · Cork County Council, 06/526

The 25 most recent of 35 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 Lettercollum.

Recorded monuments

• CO136-008 Ritual site - holy well
  Description

  Modernised oval-shaped well, lined with stones; surrounded by concrete wall with opening to S. Second stone wall, also with opening to S, surrounds first with pathway between. Statue niche on top outer wall to N, backed by hedge. Concrete fence enclosed large area around well. Stream flows down slope to E well. Still visited on August 15th and December 8th. 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 Images provided by and copyright of Amanda Clarke 2016-2022 https://holywellscorkandkerry.com/

Architectural heritage

• Lettercollum House, house, 1840–1880 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached L-plan three-bay two-storey with dormer attic house, built c.1860, having two-bay return to rear (west) and paired two-storey canted bays flanking entrance to front (east) and box-bay window to side (south). Hipped slate roofs with rendered chimneystacks and limestone eaves course. Rendered walls with limestone quoins and sill courses to ground and first floors. Ashlar limestone to canted and box-bay windows. Diminishing shouldered square-headed window openings with tooled limestone sills and lintels, having one-over-one pane timber sliding sash windows in single and paired arrangements. Pointed arch window openings with one-over-one pane timber sliding sash windows to canted and box-bays. Located within own grounds.

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 Lettercollum, 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 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 Lettercollum.

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 Lettercollum with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Cork.

Name

Lettercollum · Leitir Colm

Area

845,959 m² (84.6 ha, 209.04 acres)

Civil parish

Timoleague, and its townlands

Barony

Ibane and Barryroe

Electoral division

Timoleague, the unit of the census

Census 2022

702 people lived in 249 households in the Timoleague electoral division. 68% of households owned their home. 27% of homes were built since 2001. 11% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 7% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Ardmore, Barryshall, Carhoo, Cooligboy, Timoleague

Placenames

Lettercollum 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.