Lickowen
Townland in the civil parish of Castlehaven, barony of Carbery West (East Division), Co. Cork; in Irish Leic Eoghain
- Area
- 56.5 ha
- 140 acres
- Land parcels
- 127
- registered freehold, median 1,334 m²
- Zoning
- —
- not in a zoned settlement
- Planning
- 22
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
127 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Lickowen, from 42 m² to 153,561 m² (15.36 ha, 37.95 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
No zone of a development plan covers Lickowen 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.
Planning applications
Sites that touch the townland, newest first
19 Apr 2024Conditional
Construction of extension and alterations to dwelling house, upgrade to wastewater treatment system and all associated site development works
Permission · Cork County Council, 24/187
4 Feb 2019Conditional
Fenestration changes and erection of single storey extension to dwelling and all associated site development works
Permission · Cork County Council, 19/69
30 Nov 2018Conditional
New access to agricultural lands, consisting of new entrance gates and bridge
Permission · Cork County Council, 18/735
3 Jul 2014Conditional
Permission for the retention of extensions and alterations to include: (i) detached garden shed (ii) conversion of covered way to living accommodation (iii) sunroom to the rear (iv) internalization of chimney stack (v) velux rooflight in lieu of ridge rooflight on existing two storey section (vi) two velux rooflights in lieu of coupled rooflights on single storey section and all associated works
Retention · Cork County Council, 14/403
17 Jun 2013Conditional
Construction of a boatshed and all associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 13/342
14 Jul 2011Conditional
Demolition of an existing bay window (2.5m2) and store room (6.7m2) and to construct new single and two storey extensions (89.5m2) and to construct a separate single storey garage (36.0m2) with elevational changes and refurbishments to existing dwelling and all associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 11/432
8 Jul 2011Incompleted application
Demolition of an existing bay window (2.5m2) and store room (6.7m2) and to construct new single and two storey extensions (89.5m2) and to construct a separate single storey garage (36.0m2) with elevational changes and refurbishments to existing dwelling and all associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 11/407
29 May 2008Conditional
Retention of conservatory to existing dwelling
Permission · Cork County Council, 08/999
25 Jul 2006Withdrawn
Renovations and extension to existing dwellinghouse and associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 06/1443
10 Mar 2006Conditional
Slatted cattle house with slurry storage
Permission · Cork County Council, 06/384
6 Feb 2006Incompleted application
Slatted cattle shed with feed passage
Permission · Cork County Council, 06/144
19 Oct 2005Conditional
Demolition of existing shed and construction of dwellinghouse
Permission · Cork County Council, 05/7656
12 Jul 2005Refused
Dwellinghouse
Permission · Cork County Council, 05/4959
8 Jun 2005Incompleted application
Dwellinghouse
Permission · Cork County Council, 05/3972
17 Dec 2001Refused
Dwelling
Permission · Cork County Council, 01/6778
3 Jul 2001Conditional
Extensions to dwelling
Permission · Cork County Council, 01/3806
11 Apr 2001Conditional
Construction of a coast guard station, biocycle unit & percolation area & demolition of existing rescue station, walls & piers
Permission · Cork County Council, 01/1968
4 Aug 2000Conditional
Dwellinghouse
Permission · Cork County Council, 00/4786
18 Nov 1999Refused
Dwellinghouse & garage
Permission · Cork County Council, 99/6273
22 Oct 1999Conditional
Dwelling
Permission · Cork County Council, 99/5749
23 Jun 1999Conditional
Alterations & extensions to dwellinghouse & demolition of existing extension
Permission · Cork County Council, 99/3386
13 Apr 1999Conditional
Extensions to dwellinghouse
Permission · Cork County Council, 99/1850
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 Protection Area: Sheep's Head to Toe Head SPA 004156
Recorded monuments
- CO151-028 Burial ground
Description
In pasture on N-facing slope. Marked 'Kill Burial Gd.' on OS 6-inch map (1842). Raised rectangular area (15.1m E-W; 10.7m N-S) enclosed by earthen bank (H 1.2m). Only one grave marker noted (N side); recent dumping in interior. 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
No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands in the townland of Lickowen.
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 Lickowen.
- 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 Lickowen with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Cork.
The townland
- Name
- Lickowen · Leic Eoghain
- Area
- 564,565 m² (56.46 ha, 139.51 acres)
- Civil parish
- Castlehaven, and its townlands
- Barony
- Carbery West (East Division)
- Electoral division
- Castlehaven South, the unit of the census
- Census 2022
- Castlehaven South electoral division: 550 people in 193 households; 82% of households own their home; 29% of homes were built since 2001; 9% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 28% were holiday homes.
- Neighbouring townlands
- Bawnishall, Crosslea, Dooneen, Farranconnor, Gortacrossig, Toehead
- Placenames
- Lickowen 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.