Marsh

153 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Marsh, from 4 m² to 165,472 m² (16.55 ha, 40.89 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 7 neighbouring parcels touch it.

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• R2Existing Residential/Mixed Residential and Other Uses (Existing residential)
  Cork County Development Plan 2022, Cork · 118 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• M4Existing Mixed/General Business/Industrial Uses (Built up area)
  Cork County Development Plan 2022, Cork · 17 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• G1Green Infrastructure (Open space, park)
  Cork County Development Plan 2022, Cork · 12 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• G3Greenbelt1 (Conservation, amenity or buffer space, corridor/belt, landscape)
  Cork County Development Plan 2022, Cork · 9 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• G3Green Infrastructure (Conservation, amenity or buffer space, corridor/belt, landscape)
  Cork County Development Plan 2022, Cork · 3 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• G5Green Infrastructure (Mixed/general 'green'/recreation/conservation, other)
  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.

• 29 May 2026Grant with conditions

  To install four container units for ancillary storage and carry out all associated works

  Permission · Cork County Council, 26/1448

• 16 Mar 2026Refused

  Permission to construct a dwelling house and all associated site works

  Permission · Cork County Council, 26/0640

• 16 Feb 2026Invalid - case closed

  Permission to construct a dwelling house and all associated site works

  Permission · Cork County Council, 26/0371

• 17 Jan 2026Invalid - case closed

  Permission to construct a dwelling house and all associated site works

  Permission · Cork County Council, 26/0072

• 17 Dec 2025Grant with conditions

  Permission for the following works to existing dwelling house: (i) demolition of existing rear annex and existing outbuilding, (ii) construction of new extension to rear, (iii) fenestration changes to existing house and (iv) all associated site works

  Permission · Cork County Council, 25/6835

• 4 Dec 2025Grant with conditions

  (i) internal alterations to ground and first floor level of existing office building, (ii) Construct a new ground and first floor office and welfare extension to the existing office building, (iii) new signage to western elevation of office building, (iv) construct a canopy type structure at eastern side of warehouse no. 6. (v) additional car parking area comprising of 20 no. car parking spaces along with all associated site works

  Permission · Cork County Council, 25/6670

• 18 Jun 2024Conditional

  Demolition of existing single-storey building currently used for equipment storage and for the construction of a prefabricated steel framed single storey sports unit with open gym, activity area, storage rooms and all associated site development works

  Permission · Cork County Council, 24/327

• 12 Jun 2024Conditional

  Permission for the retention of the following as built structures: 1) Additional car parking area comprising of 28 no. car parking spaces and a pedestrian entry/exit gate providing access to the existing public footpath; 2) Change of use from Visitor Centre to Distillery (Visitor Centre was conditioned out through condition no. 4, Planning Ref. 19/779); 3) First floor offices and associated staff welfare areas in Distillery building; 4) Distillery stack to the existing Distillery building roof; 5) Distillery spirit bond with a maximum tank height of 12m; 6) Machinery building and associated Electrical Room with extended canopy to side of Machinery building; 7) Grain intake area comprising of 6 no. grain silos and associated gantries; 8) Glan bund 9 with a maximum tank height of 10.76m 9) Glan bund 10 with a maximum tank height of 10.35m and associated gantries; 10) 712cu/m Firefighting water retention tank; 11) Column still and associated gantries; 12) Boiler house and boiler stack; 13) Sump for fire water diversion. Permission is also sought for the construction of the following: 14) New 60 tonne gas tank to replace the existing 30 Tonne gas tank; 15) Grain intake building, approximately 42m2: 16) Two 40-foot containers for water treatment system 17) Two new Combined Heating & Power plant, 18) New Workshop building, approximately 813m2. The proposed development is for modifications to an establishment to which the Major Accidents Directive applies. The proposed development is for the purposes of an activity requiring an Integrated Pollution Prevention and Control License

  Permission · Cork County Council, 24/315

• 15 Sept 2023Conditional

  (A) Construct new single storey extension to front of dwelling and open porch canopy to rear of dwelling (B) Make internal alterations to the layout of rooms within the existing dwelling to include external fenestration alterations to facades by way of door / window alterations / designs, for the installation of velux rooflights to the front roof of dwelling (to attic space) and for the removal of the chimneys from roof of house (C) Remove existing detached shed outbuildings to the side of the dwelling (D) Construct new single storey domestic garage on site (E) Decommission existing septic tank / Percolation area and make new foul sewer connection to public sewer

  Permission · Cork County Council, 23/512

• 2 Aug 2023Withdrawn

  Permission for Retention for the following: (i) Change of use of existing Bonded Warehouse to a Plant and Machinery Building from that granted under Planning Ref. 17/365, (ii) Increase in height of building and fenestration changes to Plant and Machinery building. (iii) As constructed associated Electrical Switch Room on the southern elevation along with all associated site works

  Retention · Cork County Council, 23/431

• 22 Jul 2022Conditional

  Demolition of existing redundant buildings. Construction of a side and front extension to existing retail/showroom building and installation of internal mezzanine floor for ancillary office use. The construction of a new rear warehouse, new site layout, new entrance from public road with relevant works, new formalised parking layout, landscaping and all associated works

  Permission · Cork County Council, 22/478

• 27 May 2022Conditional

  Erect 82.50 m2 or 15.30 kWp of photovoltaic panels on the roof of existing building with all associated site works

  Permission · Cork County Council, 22/363

• 28 Apr 2021Conditional

  Change of use of No. 19 The Moorings, Marsh, Skibbereen, Co. Cork P81 VF70 from short-term holiday rental, for use of said dwelling as permanent use, temporary use or short-term letting

  Permission · Cork County Council, 21/269

• 5 Feb 2021Conditional

  Permission for retention of a domestic garage and for Permission for the construction of a two storey extension to the side (east) elevation and one storey extension to the rear (south) elevation and all associated site works

  Permission · Cork County Council, 21/85

• 21 Dec 2020Incompleted application

  Permission for retention of domestic garage and for the construction of a two storey extension to the side (east) elevation and one storey extension to the rear (south) elevation and all associated site works

  Permission · Cork County Council, 20/770

• 17 Dec 2020Conditional

  Change of use of use from short term holiday rental for use of dwelling as permanent use, temporary use or short term letting

  Permission · Cork County Council, 20/755

• 17 Dec 2020Conditional

  Change of use from short term holiday rental for use of dwelling as permanent use, temporary use or short term letting

  Permission · Cork County Council, 20/758

• 21 Oct 2020Withdrawn

  Planning Permission to increase the height of roof and fenestration changes to part of the Distillery Building to accommodate equipment along with all associated site works from that granted under Planning Permission Reference No. 19/779. The proposed development is for modifications to an establishment to which the Major Accidents Directive applies

  Permission · Cork County Council, 20/585

• 5 Jun 2020Conditional

  for the re-location of a 30 tonne over ground gas storage tank that was granted under Planning Ref. No. 19/00214 along with all associated site works. The proposed development is for modifications to an establishment to which the Major Accidents Directive applies

  Permission · Cork County Council, 20/283

• 24 Mar 2020Conditional

  Permission for the following change to the proposed development of 3 dwelling houses as approved under planning reference 19/00065: change of site boundaries resulting in the reduction of garden space for dwelling no. 1

  Permission · Cork County Council, 20/163

• 6 Dec 2019Conditional

  The development will consist/consists of: Permission for Retention for the following as built structures: (i) Tank Farm No. 3 and associated concrete bund with an area of 627m2, (ii) Tank Farm No. 4 and associated concrete bund with an area of 67m2, (iii) Tank Farm No. 5 and associated concrete bund with an area of 557m2, (iv) Tank Farm No. 6 with an area of 117m2, (v) RO. Building Extension with a floor area of 126m2, (vi) Discouraging Building with a floor area of 565.1m2 in-lieu of a Discouraging Building with a floor area of 430m2 that was granted under Planning Application Ref. 17/00365, (vii) Grain Intake Building with a floor area of 72m2 in-lieu of a Grain Intake Building with a floor area of 42m2 that was granted under Planning Application Ref. 17/00365, (viii) Grain Outtake Building with a floor area of 22m2, (ix) Fenestration changes to Distillery / Visitors Centre from that granted under Planning Application Ref. 17/00365. Planning Permission for the following: (a) Discouraging / Dry Goods / Ingredients Building with a floor area of 396m2 (b) Extension to Existing West Cork Distillers Ltd. Bottling / Administration Building with a floor area of 555m2, (c) Bonded Warehouse No. 6 with a floor area of 1980m2, (d) Revisions to Distillery / Visitors Centre to include minor alterations to ground floor layout and construction of part first floor area of 209m2and fenestration changes to elevations along with all associated site works. The proposed development is for modifications to an establishment to which the Major Accidents Directive applies

  Permission · Cork County Council, 19/779

• 6 Nov 2019Conditional

  Retention of domestic garage extension to dwelling house

  Retention · Cork County Council, 19/706

• 29 Mar 2019Conditional

  The installation of the following: a) 1 no. 30 tonne over ground gas storage tank, b) a 3.35m high concrete firewall to the North of the tank along with all associated site works

  Permission · Cork County Council, 19/214

• 1 Feb 2019Conditional

  Change of use of existing ruinous agricultural building to a terrace of three dwelling houses including the following: (i) installation of new roof, windows, external doors, rooflights and floors, (ii) external door and fenestration changes and (iii) all associated site works

  Permission · Cork County Council, 19/65

• 3 Nov 2017Conditional

  Change of use of no. 18 The Moorings, Marsh, Skibbereen, from short term holiday rental for use of the said dwelling as permanent use, temporary use or short term letting

  Permission · Cork County Council, 17/697

The 25 most recent of 90 applications.

Source: National Planning Applications, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, CC BY 4.0. Applicants are not shown.

Designated sites

No designated site (Special Area of Conservation, Special Protection Area, Natural Heritage Area or proposed one) touches the townland of Marsh.

Recorded monuments

No recorded monument lies in the townland of Marsh.

Architectural heritage

No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands in the townland of Marsh.

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).

Radon

About 1 in 20 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels. Testing a home

Landslides

Susceptibility 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 Marsh.

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.

No address of the register names Marsh with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Cork.

Name

Marsh · An Mhaigh

Area

624,469 m² (62.45 ha, 154.31 acres)

Civil parish

Abbeystrowry, and its townlands

Barony

Carbery West (East Division)

Electoral division

Skibbereen Urban, the unit of the census

Census 2022

Skibbereen Urban electoral division: 3,059 people in 1,305 households; 44% of households own their home; 40% of homes were built since 2001; 12% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 3% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Abbeystrowry, Curragh

Placenames

Marsh 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.