# Lissurla, Co. Cork: townland, land parcels and planning Townland in the civil parish of Gortroe, barony of Barrymore, Co. Cork; in Irish Lios Oirealla. - Area (Tailte Éireann): 700,079 m² (70.01 ha, 172.99 acres) - Land parcels (Tailte Éireann): 17 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in it, median 4,437 m² (0.44 ha, 1.1 acres) - Zoning (national zoning, MyPlan): not in a zoned settlement - Planning (National Planning Applications): 12 applications since 2010 - Civil parish: Gortroe, https://everytownland.com/cork/parish/gortroe.md - Barony: Barrymore - Electoral division: Gortroe, the unit of the census - Census 2022 (Central Statistics Office): 815 people lived in 273 households in the Gortroe electoral division. 90% of households owned their home. 35% of homes were built since 2001. 5% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 0% were holiday homes. - County: Co. Cork, https://everytownland.com/cork.md - Placenames Database of Ireland: https://www.logainm.ie/en/10217 - Townland number at Tailte Éireann: 44188 - Centre: latitude 52.058586, longitude -8.241232 (WGS 84) ## Land parcels (registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann) 17 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Lissurla, from 65 m² to 207,380 m² (20.74 ha, 51.24 acres); 16 neighbouring parcels touch its boundary. Largest first: - Parcel 2324754: 207,380 m² (20.74 ha, 51.24 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2324754.md - Parcel 2324751: 162,314 m² (16.23 ha, 40.11 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2324751.md - Parcel 4345865: 114,588 m² (11.46 ha, 28.32 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/4345865.md - Parcel 2159330: 92,852 m² (9.29 ha, 22.94 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2159330.md - Parcel 2324747: 39,713 m² (3.97 ha, 9.81 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2324747.md - Parcel 2324748: 36,633 m² (3.66 ha, 9.05 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2324748.md - Parcel 5163784: 18,139 m² (1.81 ha, 4.48 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5163784.md - Parcel 2324750: 9,022 m² (0.9 ha, 2.23 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2324750.md - Parcel 2159327: 4,437 m² (0.44 ha, 1.1 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2159327.md - Parcel 2324745: 4,433 m² (0.44 ha, 1.1 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2324745.md - Parcel 2324753: 3,622 m² (0.36 ha, 0.89 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2324753.md - Parcel 2324752: 2,952 m² (0.3 ha, 0.73 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2324752.md - Parcel 2324746: 2,848 m² (0.28 ha, 0.7 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2324746.md - Parcel 2159328: 486 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/2159328.md - Parcel 2133566: 384 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/2133566.md - Parcel 2324749: 276 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/2324749.md - Parcel 2159329: 65 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/2159329.md ## Zoning (national zoning of development plans, MyPlan) No zone of a development plan covers Lissurla 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) 12 applications, newest first. - 25 Nov 2025, Cork County Council 25/6573: Invalid - case closed. Permission. A 10 year planning permission for a solar farm with a total area of circa 51 hectares. The solar farm will consist of solar panels on ground mounted frames, 7 no. single storey electrical inverter/transformer stations, 3 no. single storey spare parts containers, 3 no. Ring Main Units, 2 no. weather stations, underground electrical ducting and cabling within the development site, private lands and within the L5816, L5813, R626, L7692 and L7691 public roads (including 2 no. Horizontal Directional Drill under the Owenageeragh River and the Ballyerra Stream) to connect solar farm field parcels, security fencing, CCTV, access tracks, 6 no. stream/drain deck crossings, temporary construction compounds, landscaping and all associated ancillary development and drainage works. Construction and operational vehicle access will be via 4 no. entrances from the L5816. Sections of the proposed underground electrical cabling will traverse the solar farm proposed under Cork County Council Reference 24/5630, but will not alter infrastructure proposed under that application. The operational lifespan of the solar farm will be 40 years and planning permission is requested for this duration. A Natura Impact Statement (NIS) has been prepared and will be submitted to the Planning Authority with the application. The NIS includes an assessment of the grid connection for the solar farm project comprising a 220kV electricity substation and underground electricity cabling to the existing Knockraha 220kV substation which has been consented by An Coimisiún Pleanála (ABP-321518-24) and is situated in the townlands of Aghaduff, Ballinbrittig, Ballynabrannagh West, Ballynagaul, Ballynaglogh, Ballynanelagh, Ballynaskeha, Ballysallagh, Ballyvatta, Glengarriff More, Killeena and Pigeonhill (Townlands), Co. Cork. This development is covered by the provisions of the Renewable Energy Directive III (Directive (EU) 2023/2413) and it is important to note that the planning application may be subject to section 34D of the Planning and Development Act 2000, as amended. When a notice issues in accordance with section 34D(b), the provisions of article 26A of the Planning and Development Regulations 2001 to 2025 shall apply.. File: https://planning.agileapplications.ie/corkcoco/application-details/?ref=25/6573 - 22 Mar 2023, Cork County Council 23/4521: Withdrawn. Permission. Permission to construct a dwelling house.. File: https://planning.agileapplications.ie/corkcoco/application-details/?ref=23/4521 - 11 Jun 2019, Cork County Council 19/5533: Conditional. Permission. 1) A new single storey extension, 2) the removal of the existing roof of the existing dwelling and the addition of a first floor on top of the existing dwelling, 3) elevational alterations to the existing dwelling, 4) a new waste water treatment unit and all associated site works to an existing single storey detached dwelling.. File: https://planning.agileapplications.ie/corkcoco/application-details/?ref=19/5533 - 19 Apr 2018, Cork County Council 18/4973: Conditional. Permission. Demolition of an isolation shed, cow passage shed and collecting yard and construction of a milking parlour, collecting yard, cubicle house, loose house extension, slatted tank, 2 easyfeed passages, silage slab, meal bin, conversion of existing milking parlour to cow return and conversion of existing dungstead to animal handling area and associated works. File: https://planning.agileapplications.ie/corkcoco/application-details/?ref=18/4973 - 17 Feb 2017, Cork County Council 17/4342: Conditional. Permission. Dormer bungalow with attached single storey double garage, septic tank and percolation area, bored well, new entrance and associated site development works. File: https://planning.agileapplications.ie/corkcoco/application-details/?ref=17/4342 - 9 Jan 2017, Cork County Council 17/4022: Incompleted application. Permission. Construction of dormer bungalow with attached single storey double garage, septic tank and percolation area, bored well, new entrance and associated site development works. File: https://planning.agileapplications.ie/corkcoco/application-details/?ref=17/4022 - 4 Jun 2014, Cork County Council 14/5180: Conditional. Permission. Dormer style dwelling, detached garage, on-site waste water treatment system, entrance and all associated site works. File: https://planning.agileapplications.ie/corkcoco/application-details/?ref=14/5180 - 16 Feb 2011, Cork County Council 11/4294: Withdrawn. Permission. Construction of a storey and a half dwellinghouse with detached garage and wastewater system. File: https://planning.agileapplications.ie/corkcoco/application-details/?ref=11/4294 - 14 Aug 2009, Cork County Council 09/6714: Refused. Permission. Two-storey dwelling, detached garage, septic tank and percolation area. File: https://planning.agileapplications.ie/corkcoco/application-details/?ref=09/6714 - 25 May 2006, Cork County Council 06/7464: Refused. Permission. Dwellinghouse & garage. File: https://planning.agileapplications.ie/corkcoco/application-details/?ref=06/7464 - 18 Aug 2004, Cork County Council 04/6309: Refused. Outline permission. Dwellinghouse. File: https://planning.agileapplications.ie/corkcoco/application-details/?ref=04/6309 - 10 Jul 2003, Cork County Council 03/3431: Conditional. Permission. Retention of slatted unit. File: https://planning.agileapplications.ie/corkcoco/application-details/?ref=03/3431 Applicants are not shown. ## Designated sites (National Parks and Wildlife Service) - Special Area of Conservation: Blackwater River (Cork/Waterford) SAC, site code 002170, https://www.npws.ie/protected-sites/sac/002170 ## Recorded monuments (Sites and Monuments Record, National Monuments Service) - CO045-041: Ringfort - rath, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CCO045-041----. In pasture, on level ground. Shown on 1842 OS 6-inch map as roughly oval enclosure. Levelled; low undulations in field define site (diam. c. 35m N-S). Thatched cottage (CO044-040---) nearby to NW. 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 - CO045-077: Fulacht fia, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CCO045-077----. Spread of burnt material on N bank of Owenageeragh river. 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 - CO045-078: Ringfort - rath, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CCO045-078----. In tillage on S-facing slope. Roughly circular area (29m N-S; 32m E-W) defined by earthen bank in poor condition (H 0.9m), stone faced in parts, obscured by dumping elsewhere; fosse (D 0.6m) to NW. Interior slopes gentlyto S; possible interference to N. 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 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 Lissurla. ## 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 Lissurla, 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 moderately high, moderately low, low, partly inferred. - Terrain model: LiDAR of the Office of Public Works, flown in 2011, at 2 m: tile OPW_1329, https://gsi.geodata.gov.ie/downloads/LiDAR/OPW_NASC/OPW_1329.zip (ZIP). - 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/lissurla.dxf - GeoJSON, in WGS 84, for a map: https://everytownland.com/cork/lissurla.geojson - KML, for Google Earth: https://everytownland.com/cork/lissurla.kml ## Homes sold (Residential Property Price Register) No address of the register names Lissurla 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) - Ballynanelagh: https://everytownland.com/cork/ballynanelagh-40730.md - Curraghphlibbode: https://everytownland.com/cork/curraghphlibbode.md - Killawillin: https://everytownland.com/cork/killawillin.md - Mellefontstown: https://everytownland.com/cork/mellefontstown.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. --- 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/lissurla - In JSON: https://everytownland.com/api/townland/cork/lissurla