Loughleigh
Townland in the civil parish of Cannaway, barony of Muskerry East, Co. Cork; in Irish An Loch Liath
- Area
- 205.9 ha
- 509 acres
- Land parcels
- 56
- registered freehold, median 4,024 m² (0.4 ha, 0.99 acres)
- Zoning
- —
- not in a zoned settlement
- Planning
- 27
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
56 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Loughleigh, from 15 m² to 394,246 m² (39.42 ha, 97.42 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 12 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 Loughleigh 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
31 Jul 2026Awaiting recommendation
A 10 Year Planning Permission. The development will consist of: A solar farm with a total area of circa 44 hectares. The solar farm will consist of solar panels on ground mounted frames, 5 no. single storey electrical inverter/transformer stations, 3 no. single storey spare parts containers, 5 no. battery energy storage containers, 1 no. Ring Main Unit, 4 no. weather stations, underground electrical ducting and cabling within the development site, private lands and within the L6203, L2200, L6398, L6207, R619, L22011, L2204, L-6207, L6212 and L2200 public roads (including 5 no. Horizontal Directional Drills in the L-22011, L-6212, L-6207, L-2204 roads and within private lands) to connect solar farm field parcels, security and acoustic fencing, CCTV, access tracks, 2 no. stream/drain deck crossings, temporary construction compounds, landscaping and all associated ancillary development and drainage works. Construction and operational access will be via 3 no. entrances from the L6203, L22011, L2200 local roads. The operational lifespan of the solar farm will be 40 years and planning permission is requested for this duration. Electricity generated from the northern parcel of the solar farm will be transported via underground electrical ducting and cabling to an inverter/transformer permitted under Cork County Council Reference 24/6157 / An Coimisiún Pleanála Reference ACP-323402-25, but will not alter infrastructure under that application. 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.
Permission · Cork County Council, 26/2046
15 Nov 2024Refused
A 10 year Permission is sought for a solar farm with a total area of circa 161 hectares. The solar farm will consist of solar panels on ground mounted frames, 23 no. single storey electrical inverter/transformer stations, 6 no. single storey spare parts containers, 3 no. Ring Main Units, 7 no. weather stations, underground electrical ducting and cabling within the development site, private lands and within the L62031, L6203, R619, L6207, L22012 and L2204 public roads to connect solar farm field parcels, security fencing, CCTV, access tracks, 4 no. stream/drain deck crossings, 6 no. horizontal directional drill crossings ( under watercourse/drains/public road), temporary construction compounds, landscaping and all associated ancillary development and drainage works. Construction and operational access will be via 7 no. entrances from L62031, L6203, L22012, L6398 and L2204 local roads. The operational lifespan of the solar farm will be 40 years and planning permission is requested for this duration.
Permission · Cork County Council, 24/6157
19 Nov 2021Conditional
Construction of (a) A dwelling house, (b) On-site sewage treatment system, (c) Domestic garage and (d) All associated ancillary site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 21/7143
12 Feb 2021Conditional
An extension to an existing dwelling house.
Permission · Cork County Council, 21/4335
12 Oct 2018Conditional
To construct a new dwelling house.
Permission · Cork County Council, 18/6703
26 May 2017Conditional
Construction of new dwelling house, domestic garage and new entrance together with all other ancillary site works.
Permission · Cork County Council, 17/5313
3 May 2017Incompleted application
Construction of a dwellinghouse, domestic garage and new entrance together with all other ancillary site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 17/5080
16 Mar 2017Conditional
Erection of extension, incorporating granny flat to the side of existing dwelling and all associated site development works
Permission · Cork County Council, 17/4634
30 Nov 2016Withdrawn
The construction of a dwelling house and associated site works.
Permission · Cork County Council, 16/6986
23 Nov 2016Withdrawn
Construction of a dwelling house and associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 16/6913
21 Feb 2014Conditional
Construct a domestic dwellinghouse with detached garage with first floor storage over, together with all associated site development works
Permission · Cork County Council, 14/4338
7 Aug 2009Conditional
Two storey dwellinghouse and septic tank
Permission · Cork County Council, 09/6651
23 Jul 2009Refused
Dwelling house & effluent treatment system
Outline permission · Cork County Council, 09/6456
10 Jul 2009Incompleted application
Two storey dwellinghouse and septic tank
Permission · Cork County Council, 09/6319
25 May 2007Incompleted application
Dwelling
Permission · Cork County Council, 07/8138
25 May 2007Conditional
Construction of slatted cattle shed and 2 no. soiled water tanks
Permission · Cork County Council, 07/8146
1 Aug 2006Refused
Dwellinghouse
Outline permission · Cork County Council, 06/9421
22 Mar 2006Conditional
Two storey dwellinghouse and enlarge existing entrance
Permission · Cork County Council, 06/5742
10 Mar 2006Refused
Dwellinghouse
Permission · Cork County Council, 06/5436
8 Feb 2006Refused
Bungalow
Permission · Cork County Council, 06/4639
14 Sept 2005Conditional
Dwellinghouse and garage
Permission · Cork County Council, 05/6638
26 Aug 2005Conditional
Dwellinghouse and garage
Permission · Cork County Council, 05/6191
22 Aug 2005Incompleted application
Dormer type dwellinghouse, garage and new access road
Permission · Cork County Council, 05/6027
26 Jul 2005Incompleted application
Dormer type dwelling and garage
Permission · Cork County Council, 05/5332
1 Mar 2004Conditional
Retention of dwelling with attached garage
Permission · Cork County Council, 04/1295
The 25 most recent of 27 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
No designated site (Special Area of Conservation, Special Protection Area, Natural Heritage Area or proposed one) touches the townland of Loughleigh.
Recorded monuments
No recorded monument lies in the townland of Loughleigh.
Architectural heritage
No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands in the townland of Loughleigh.
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 10 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels. Testing a home
- Landslides
- Susceptibility high, moderately high, moderately high (inferred), moderately low, low, low (inferred), on the 1:50,000 map; parts are water.
- Terrain model
- No LiDAR survey of the Office of Public Works covers the centre of the townland of Loughleigh.
- 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 Loughleigh with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Cork.
The townland
- Name
- Loughleigh · An Loch Liath
- Area
- 2,058,858 m² (205.89 ha, 508.75 acres)
- Civil parish
- Cannaway, and its townlands
- Barony
- Muskerry East
- Electoral division
- Cannaway, the unit of the census
- Census 2022
- Cannaway electoral division: 722 people in 219 households; 92% of households own their home; 39% of homes were built since 2001; 6% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 0% were holiday homes.
- Neighbouring townlands
- Carhoo Lower, Leemount, Mahallagh, Nadrid, Nettleville Demesne, Rathonoane, Rooves Beg, Rooves More
- Placenames
- Loughleigh 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.