Lodge
Lodge is a townland in the civil parish of Mallow, barony of Fermoy, Co. Cork. Its name in Irish is An Lóiste.
- Area
- 116.7 ha
- 288 acres
- Land parcels
- 12
- registered freehold, median 3,966 m² (0.4 ha, 0.98 acres)
- Zoning
- G3
- Greenbelt1
- Planning
- 19
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
12 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Lodge, from 155 m² to 342,583 m² (34.26 ha, 84.65 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 16 neighbouring parcels touch it.
Download the townland as DXF, in Irish Transverse Mercator metres, with its boundary, parcels and buildings, or as GeoJSON or KML.
Zoning
Development plans, national zoning
- G3Greenbelt1 (Conservation, amenity or buffer space, corridor/belt, landscape)
Cork County Development Plan 2022, Cork County · 25 parcels The zoning objective in the plan - S5Community (Mixed/general community services/facilities uses)
Cork County Development Plan 2022, Cork County · 3 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
30 Dec 2025Grant with conditions
Permission to widen existing vehicular access, construct a domestic garage in the rear garden of existing dwelling and all associated site works.
Permission · Cork County Council, 25/6983
4 Dec 2025Application withdrawn
Permission for the construction of new shared sports facility. The proposed development includes the provision of. (a) 7 no. playing pitches comprising 3 no. grassed rugby pitches (pitches no’s 1, 2 & 3), 2 no. grassed soccer pitches (pitches no’s 5 & 7), 1 no. astroturf/all-weather soccer pitch (pitch no. 4) and 1 no. astroturf/all-weather multi-use pitch (pitch no. 6). (b) The construction of 2 no. two-storey clubhouse buildings providing changing rooms, player and spectator welfare facilities with adjacent surface car and bicycle parking areas. (c) The provision floodlights of circa 15-21 metres in height, serving pitch no’s 1, 2, 3, 4 and 6. (d) The provision of 2 no. on-site wastewater treatment units with ancillary polishing filters to serve the proposed development. (e) The extension of the public footpath network along Kennel Hill (L-1203) to connect with the permitted footpath network in the ‘Rose Hill’ residential development permitted by An Bord Pleanála reference 312640-22, which is currently under construction. (f) The undergrounding/diversion of existing 10KV and 38KV overhead lines which traverse the site. (g) All other ancillary site development works including landscaping/compensatory planting and SuDS proposals. (h) Vehicular access to the proposed development will be provided via a shared site entrance from Kennel Hill (L-1203) with an additional pedestrian entrance to the southeast of the site also from Kennel Hill (L-1203). A Natura Impact Statement (NIS) has been prepared and will be submitted to the Planning Authority with the application.
Permission · Cork County Council, 25/6672
20 May 2025Conditional permission
Permission for a) the construction of an extension to the existing visitors carpark at the west side of the campus, to provide new 76 spaces, associated site works including new access road and retaining structures, site lighting, and landscaping works, and b) the provision of 4 new accessible parking spaces, relocated bus/taxi setdown area to the south of the existing hospital entrance. A Natura Impact Statement (NIS) has been prepared and will be submitted to the Planning Authority with the application.
Permission · Cork County Council, 25/4942
6 Sept 2024Conditional permission
Permission for retention of the construction of a four storey (over basement) ward block (7,040 sqm total) located on the west side of the campus at Mallow General Hospital, to provide new inpatient accommodation over four floors, plant rooms, 3 no. stair and lift blocks (two with lifts), enclosed link to the existing main hospital building on two levels, a new medium voltage switchroom (24sqm) on the east side of the campus, alterations to the existing main hospital to accommodate access to the new link, associated site works including external plant areas, new access roads and retaining structures, site lighting, ambulance setdown area, and landscaping works
Permission for retention · Cork County Council, 24/5690
2 Nov 2021Incompleted application
A) the construction of a new four storey (over basement) inpatient ward block (7,034 sqm total) located on the west side of the campus at Mallow General Hospital, to provide new inpatient accommodation including 2 no. 24 bed inpatient wards, 2 no. vacant floors for future development, plant rooms, 3 no. stair and lift blocks (two with lifts), enclosed link to the existing main hospital building, alterations to the existing main hospital to accommodate access to the new link incorporating a new bed lift and ground floor exit, associated site works including external plant areas, new access roads and retaining structures, site lighting, ambulance setdown area, new external signage and landscaping works, and , b) the retention of foundations, ground and site works including below ground service diversions, car parking changes, retaining walls and semi basement plant enclosure with supporting structure, and prefabricated building modules at basement, ground and first floor level (3,066 sqm).
Permission · Cork County Council, 21/6963
4 Nov 2011Conditional
Construction of a two storey (over basement) extension to provide accommodation for a new Medical Assessment Unit and a new Endoscopy Unit with associated plant located at basement level, a new separate stair and lift block connected to the existing main hospital building, a new 32 space car park and local access road, a new fire water storage tank and associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 11/6316
11 Aug 2010Conditional
Two-storey dwelling house, garage, entrance, septic tank & polishing filter, and associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 10/6014
16 Apr 2008Application finalised
Dwellinghouse and septic tank
Outline permission · Cork County Council, 08/6099
5 Mar 2008Conditional
Construction of storage shed, change of use of underground soiled water tank to uncovered slatted slurry tank and increase in depth of tank to 2.44m
Permission · Cork County Council, 08/5222
2 Jan 2008Refused
Dwellinghouse, garage and installation of septic tank
Outline permission · Cork County Council, 08/4004
2 Jan 2008Conditional
Demolition of dwellinghouse
Permission · Cork County Council, 08/4005
14 Nov 2007Incompleted application
Demolition and construction of dwellinghouse
Outline permission · Cork County Council, 07/12368
18 Jun 2007Withdrawn
Construction of menbrane lined slurry storage lagoon with concrete soiled water storage tank and associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 07/8774
22 Dec 2006Incompleted application
Construction of concrete soiled water storage tank
Permission · Cork County Council, 06/13892
10 Nov 2006Conditional
Construction of stepped and ramped access to restored entrance to first floor of former nurses residence and retention of compressor and manifold house, oxygen compound and plant room
Permission · Cork County Council, 06/12155
8 Nov 2006Conditional
Construction of uncovered underground concrete slurry tank, underground slatted soiled water tank, concrete apron extension to existing silage slab and a cattle crush
Permission · Cork County Council, 06/12077
17 Oct 2006Incompleted application
Construction of stepped and ramped access to restored entrance to first floor of former nurses residence and retention of compressor and manifold house, oxygen compound and plant room
Permission · Cork County Council, 06/11488
31 May 2006Refused
2 no. dwellinghouses
Outline permission · Cork County Council, 06/7694
1 Sept 2005Conditional
Demolition of office and construction of single storey CT (Computed Tomography) scan extension with canopy extension to hospital and associated works
Permission · Cork County Council, 05/6319
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 Lodge.
Recorded monuments
No recorded monument lies in the townland of Lodge.
Architectural heritage
- Bridge, 1840–1850 · Regional interest
Description
Single-arch limestone railway bridge, built c. 1845, carrying railway line over road. Round arch with rock-faced voussoirs, flanked by rusticated pilasters and having cut-stone string course at impost level, running through archway, cut-stone string course above arch, and cut-stone parapets. Ramped abutment walls of dressed stone and having cut-stone copings.
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
- At the centre of the townland of Lodge, about 1 in 10 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
- LiDAR of the Office of Public Works, flown in 2011, at 2 m: tile OPW_941 (ZIP).
- 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.
Homes sold
Property Price Register
No address of the register names Lodge with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Cork.
The townland
- Name
- Lodge · An Lóiste
- Area
- 1,166,845 m² (116.68 ha, 288.33 acres)
- Civil parish
- Mallow, and its townlands
- Barony
- Fermoy
- Electoral division
- Mallow Rural, the unit of the census
- Census 2022
- 5,045 people lived in 1,684 households in the Mallow Rural electoral division. 62% of households owned their home. 53% of homes were built since 2001. 6% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 0% were holiday homes.
- Neighbouring townlands
- Annabella, Ashgrove, Dromsligo, Kilknockan, Killagrohan
- Placenames
- Lodge 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.