Lisheens
Townland in the civil parish of Athnowen, barony of Muskerry East, Co. Cork; in Irish Na Lisíní
- Area
- 24.3 ha
- 60 acres
- Land parcels
- 14
- registered freehold, median 1,848 m²
- Zoning
- R2
- Existing Residential/Mixed Residential and Other Uses
- Planning
- 9
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
14 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Lisheens, from 182 m² to 155,591 m² (15.56 ha, 38.45 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 25 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
- R2Existing Residential/Mixed Residential and Other Uses (Existing residential)
Cork County Development Plan 2022, Cork · 3 parcels The zoning objective in the plan - C2.1Business and General Employment (Industrial, enterprise, employment)
Cork County Development Plan 2022, Cork · 2 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
23 Dec 2021Unconditional
Demolition of existing dwellinghouse and storage shed and construction of residential development of 156 no. residential units comprising of 18 no. detached dwellings, 50 no. semi-detached dwellings, 84 no. terraced dwellings and 4 no. apartments, creche, 2 no. ESB sub-stations, foul water underground pumping station to include control building, new vehicular entrance and right hand turning lane and all associated site development works to include landscaping and the expansion of an existing waste water treatment plant on a separate site. Extension of duration of permission granted under Planning Ref. 06/12722 & ABP Ref. PL04.224953 and extended under Ref. 13/4725, 18/4980.
Extension of duration · Cork County Council, 21/7517
26 Jul 2018Conditional
The construction of extension to dwelling and associated site works.
Permission · Cork County Council, 18/5964
1 Jun 2018Withdrawn
Demolition of existing dwellinghouse and storage shed and construction of residential development of 156 no. residential units comprising of 18 no. detached dwellings, 50 no. semi-detached dwellings, 80 no. terraced dwellings and 4 no. apartments, creche, 2 no. ESB sub-stations, foul water underground pumping station to include control building, new vehicular entrance and right hand turning lane and all associated site development works to include landscaping and the expansion of an existing waste water treatment plant on a separate site. Extension of duration of permission granted under Planning Ref. 06/12722 and extended by 13/4725 and 18/4980 (Currently under consideration)
Extension of duration · Cork County Council, 18/5428
20 Apr 2018Unconditional
Demolition of existing dwellinghouse and storage shed and construction of residential development of 156 no. residential units comprising of 18 no. detached dwellings, 50 no. semi-detached dwellings, 80 no. terraced dwellings and 4 no. apartments, creche, 2 no. ESB sub-stations, foul water underground pumping station to include control building, new vehicular entrance and right hand turning lane and all associated site development works to include landscaping and the expansion of an existing waste water treatment plant on a seperate site. Extension of duration of permission granted under Planning Ref. 06/12722 and extended by 13/4725.
Extension of duration · Cork County Council, 18/4980
7 Jun 2017Incompleted application
The construction of 6 no. dwelling houses (which will be adjoining the permitted residential development as granted under 06/12722, extended under 13/4725) and associated site works.
Permission · Cork County Council, 17/5424
19 Apr 2013Conditional
Demolition of existing dwellinghouse and storage shed, construction of residential development of 156 no. residential units comprising of 18 no. detached dwellings, 50 no. demi-detached dwellings, 80 no. terraced dwellings and 4 no. apartments, creche, 2 no. ESB sub-stations, foul water underground pumping station to include control building, new vehicular entrance and right hand turning lane and all associated site development works to include landscaping and the expansion of an existing waste water treatment plant on a separate site, extension of duration of permission granted under Planning Reg. No. 06/12722
Extension of duration · Cork County Council, 13/4725
1 Mar 2013Refused
Demolition of existing dwellinghouse and storage shed, construction of residential development of 161 no. residential units comprising of 18 no. detached dwellings, 52 no. semi-detached dwellings, 87 no. terraced dwelling and 4 no. apartments, creche, 2 no. ESB sub-stations, foul water underground pumping station to include control building, new vehicular entrance and right hand turning lane and all associated site development works to include landscaping and the expansion of an existing waste water treatment plant on a separate site, extension of duration of permission granted under An Bord Pleanala reg.no PL.04 224953(Planning Reg. No. 06/12722)
Extension of duration · Cork County Council, 13/4337
20 Apr 2010Conditional
Extension to dwelling & re-roofing of the existing dwelling
Permission · Cork County Council, 10/4928
27 Nov 2006Conditional
Demolition of existing dwellinghouse and storage shed and construction of residential development of 161 no. residential units comprising of 18 no. detached dwellings, 52 no. semi-detached dwellings, 87 no. terraced dwellings and 4 no. apartments, creche, 2 no. ESB sub-stations, foul water underground pumping station to include control building, new vehicular entrance and right hand turning lane and all associated site development works to include landscaping and the expansion of an existing waste water treatment plant on a seperate site
Permission · Cork County Council, 06/12722
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
No designated site (Special Area of Conservation, Special Protection Area, Natural Heritage Area or proposed one) touches the townland of Lisheens.
Recorded monuments
- CO073-057 Souterrain
Description
In tillage, on level ground; discovered in 1976. McCarthy (1977, 286-7) recorded single sub-rectangular stone-built chamber (L 3.02m; Wth 1.35m; H1.22m; long axis N-S) roofed with lintels. N end collapsed; blocked creepway at S end framed by lintels and two jamb stones. No visible surface trace. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 3: Mid Cork' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1997). 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 Lisheens.
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 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 Lisheens.
- 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 Lisheens with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Cork.
The townland
- Name
- Lisheens · Na Lisíní
- Area
- 242,570 m² (24.26 ha, 59.94 acres)
- Civil parish
- Athnowen, and its townlands
- Barony
- Muskerry East
- Electoral division
- Ovens, the unit of the census
- Census 2022
- Ovens electoral division: 1,051 people in 353 households; 90% of households own their home; 26% of homes were built since 2001; 5% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 2% were holiday homes.
- Neighbouring townlands
- Barnagore, Grange, Greenfield, Kilnaglory, Lisheens
- Placenames
- Lisheens 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.