Longacre
Townland in the civil parish of Clonfert, barony of Duhallow, Co. Cork; in Irish An tAcra Fada
- Area
- 86.9 ha
- 215 acres
- Land parcels
- 37
- registered freehold, median 5,960 m² (0.6 ha, 1.47 acres)
- Zoning
- G3
- Greenbelt1
- Planning
- 31
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
37 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Longacre, from 93 m² to 229,661 m² (22.97 ha, 56.75 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 20 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
- G3Greenbelt1 (Conservation, amenity or buffer space, corridor/belt, landscape)
Cork County Development Plan 2022, Cork · 52 parcels The zoning objective in the plan - R2Existing Residential/Mixed Residential and Other Uses (Existing residential)
Cork County Development Plan 2022, Cork · 5 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
25 Aug 2025Conditional permission
Permission for construction of a single storey extension to side of dwelling, for construction of a detached domestic garage, for alterations to elevations of existing dwelling and for all associated site works including installation of new septic tank and percolation area
Permission · Cork County Council, 25/5695
22 Jul 2025Application invalid
Permission for construction of a single storey extension to side of dwelling, construction of a detached domestic garage, alterations to elevations of existing dwelling and for all associated site works including installation of new septic tank and percolation area.
Permission · Cork County Council, 25/5462
19 Nov 2020Conditional permission
To construct a two storey dwelling with entrance, proprietary waste water treatment plant and all services
Permission · Cork County Council, 20/6555
13 Oct 2020Incompleted application
To construct a two storey dwelling with entrance, proprietary waste water treatment plant & all services.
Permission · Cork County Council, 20/6235
27 Jul 2015Withdrawn
Change of house design from that permitted under Planning Reg. No. 05/5483 and extended under Planning Reg. No. 10/8435 and associated site works including installation of proprietary treatment plan
Permission · Cork County Council, 15/5653
17 Nov 2014Withdrawn
To construct a two storey dwelling with entrance and all services (change of design from that already granted under Pl. Reg. Nos. 05/5483 & 10/8435)
Permission · Cork County Council, 14/6435
27 Jun 2012Unconditional
Residential development of 17 no. detached dwellinghouses, new entrance, alterations to existing agricultural entrance and all associated site works and services - Extension of duration of permission granted under Planning Reg. No. 07/5710
Extension of duration · Cork County Council, 12/5400
12 Nov 2010Unconditional
Completion of dwellinghouse permitted under planning ref. no. 05/5483
Extension of duration · Cork County Council, 10/8435
2 Nov 2010Conditional
Demolition of front porch, to make elevation alterations and minor internal alterations to the existing dwelling house and all associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 10/8365
19 Aug 2009Refused
Dwelling, domestic garage & septic tank
Permission · Cork County Council, 09/6756
10 Jul 2009Refused
Dwellinghouse, vehicular entrance, well and treatment unit
Outline permission · Cork County Council, 09/6311
13 Feb 2008Withdrawn
Site development works for 6 no. dwellinghouses, access roads, green areas, entrance and ancillary works
Permission · Cork County Council, 08/4745
5 Sept 2007Incompleted application
Site development works for residential development of 6 no. dwellinghouses with waste water treatment plants, access roads, green areas, entrance and ancillary works
Permission · Cork County Council, 07/10766
9 Aug 2007Incompleted application
Site development works for 6 no. dwellinghouses with waste water treatment units, access roads,green areas,entrance and ancillary works
Permission · Cork County Council, 07/10196
6 Jun 2007Conditional
Dwellinghouse and detached garage
Permission · Cork County Council, 07/8394
6 Mar 2007Conditional
Residential development of 17 no. detached dwellinghouses, new entrance, alterations to existing agricultural entrance and all associated site works and services
Permission · Cork County Council, 07/5710
24 Jul 2006Withdrawn
Construction of 17 no. detached dwellinghouses and alterations to existing agricultural entrance and all associated site works and services
Permission · Cork County Council, 06/9188
29 May 2006Refused
4 no. dwellinghouses
Outline permission · Cork County Council, 06/7570
25 May 2006Refused
Site development works for 15 no. dwellinghouses, entrance, access roads, boundaries, green areas and ancillary works
Permission · Cork County Council, 06/7470
23 May 2006Conditional
Extension to dwelling
Permission · Cork County Council, 06/7406
30 Sept 2005Conditional
Dwellinghouse
Permission · Cork County Council, 05/7111
29 Jul 2005Conditional
Dwellinghouse
Permission · Cork County Council, 05/5483
24 Jun 2005Withdrawn
One and a half storey dwellinghouse and treatment unit
Permission · Cork County Council, 05/4453
23 Jun 2005Incompleted application
Dwellinghouse
Permission · Cork County Council, 05/4396
10 Feb 2005Refused
Dwellinghouse
Outline permission · Cork County Council, 05/703
The 25 most recent of 31 applications.
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 Area of Conservation: Blackwater River (Cork/Waterford) SAC 002170
Recorded monuments
- CO022-058 Enclosure
Description
Cropmark of rectangular area enclosed by wide band of lighter-coloured growth visible in aerial photograph (GSIAP, R724, May 1977). The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 4: North Cork' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 2000). 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 Longacre.
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 Longacre.
- 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 Longacre with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Cork.
The townland
- Name
- Longacre · An tAcra Fada
- Area
- 868,837 m² (86.88 ha, 214.69 acres)
- Civil parish
- Clonfert, and its townlands
- Barony
- Duhallow
- Electoral division
- Newmarket, the unit of the census
- Census 2022
- Newmarket electoral division: 1,579 people in 647 households; 76% of households own their home; 22% of homes were built since 2001; 13% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 2% were holiday homes.
- Placenames
- Longacre 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.