Park
Townland in the civil parish of Monkstown, barony of Kerrycurrihy, Co. Cork; in Irish An Pháirc
- Area
- 18.4 ha
- 45 acres
- Land parcels
- 6
- registered freehold, median 7,376 m² (0.74 ha, 1.82 acres)
- Zoning
- R3
- Existing Residential/Mixed Residential and Other Uses
- Planning
- 23
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
6 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Park, from 386 m² to 141,140 m² (14.11 ha, 34.88 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
- R3Existing Residential/Mixed Residential and Other Uses (Residential, mixed residential and other uses)
Cork County Development Plan 2022, Cork · 10 parcels The zoning objective in the plan - G4Green Infrastructure (Active open space)
Cork County Development Plan 2022, Cork · 1 parcels The zoning objective in the plan - R3Green Infrastructure (Residential, mixed residential and other uses)
Cork County Development Plan 2022, Cork · 0 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
10 Jun 2025Conditional permission
Permission for the construction of a two storey detached dwelling, garage and associated site works (change of house type and site boundaries as granted under 21/5341)
Permission · Cork County Council, 25/5123
14 May 2025Incompleted application
Permission for the construction of a two storey detached dwelling, garage and associated site works (change of house type and site boundaries as granted under 21/5341)
Permission · Cork County Council, 25/4904
22 Apr 2024Conditional
Permission for the construction of a two storey detached dwelling, garage and associated site works.
Permission · Cork County Council, 24/4692
19 Mar 2024Incompleted application
Permission for the construction of a two storey detached dwelling, garage and associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 24/4469
17 May 2021Conditional
The construction of a 2 storey detached dwelling, garage, car port and associated site works and associated site works.
Permission · Cork County Council, 21/5341
27 Sept 2018Conditional
The expansion of the existing all-weather playing facility. The proposed development will involve the construction of a new astro-turf playing pitch (to adjoin the existing astro-turf playing pitch), perimeter fencing, floodlighting, access walkway, tree planting and ancillary works.
Permission · Cork County Council, 18/6550
19 Dec 2016Conditional
Construction of two detached dwellings and associated site works
Outline permission · Cork County Council, 16/7189
15 Nov 2016Incompleted application
The construction of two detached dwellings and associated site works.
Outline permission · Cork County Council, 16/6853
1 May 2015Conditional
Construction of an all-weather playing pitch (887.3 sq m) at an existing grassed training area and the construction of an additional vehicular access road (approximately 108 metres in length currently comprising an informal gravel road) linking the club grounds to local road (Maulbaun Estate access road), all at this site of 5.1966ha. The development consists of: (1) Construction of an all-weather astro turf playing pitch (887.3sqm) and associated floodlighting (4 no. 10 metre height columns with 2 no. 600w fittings each); (2) Enclosing of proposed all-weather playing pitch along its north western, north eastern, south eastern and part south western perimeter with galvanised mesh fencing (2.4 metre height) and high ball catching net (2.6metre height above galvanised mesh fencing) totalling 5.0 metre in height, (3) Enclosing of proposed all-weather playing pitch along part of its south western perimeter with a pre-cast hurling wall (36.3 metre length and 5.2 metre height) with associated high ball catching net (2 metres height above hurling wall) totalling 7.2 metres in height ; (4) Construction of an additional vehicular access road (4.8 metre wide tarmac surface road of approximately 108 metres in length) with 1.2 metre wide concrete pedestrian footpath and associated surface water drainage infrastructure; and (5) All associated site development works and services, above and below ground level. Parking associated with the existing club pavilion and pitch facilities will be maintained at 53 no. spaces
Permission · Cork County Council, 15/4904
8 Apr 2015Incompleted application
(1)Construction of an all-weather astro turf playing pitch (887.3sqm) and associated floodlighting (4no. 10 metre height columns with 2no. 600w fittings each); (2) Enclosing of proposed all-weather playing pitch along its north western, north eastern, south eastern & part south western perimeter with galvanised mesh fencing (2.42 metre height) and high ball catching net (2.6metre height above galvanised mesh fencing) totalling 5.2 metre in height (5 metres above existing ground level; (3) enclosing of proposed all-weather playing pitch along part of its south western perimeter with a pre-cast hurling wall (36.3 metre length and 5.2 metre height) with associated high ball catching net (2 metres height above hurling wall) totalling 7.2 metres in height (7 metres above existing ground level; (4)Upgrading of existing informal gravel road to a new 4.8 metre wide tarmac surface road (approximately 108 metres in length) with 1.1 metre wide concrete pedestrian footpath and associated surface water drainage infrastructure; and (5) All associated site development works & services above & below grounds level. Parking associated with existing club pavilion & pitch facilities will be maintained
Permission · Cork County Council, 15/4681
2 Dec 2014Unconditional
Two-storey dwellinghouse, detached garage and ancillary site works, extension of duration to permission granted under Planning Ref. No. 09/7216
Extension of duration · Cork County Council, 14/6568
12 Aug 2013Conditional
Retention of alterations to site levels, grassed training area (approximately 3341sq m), and steel post and chainlink fencing (1.3m high and 80m in length)
Retention · Cork County Council, 13/5572
19 Feb 2013Incompleted application
(1) Construction of an all-weather astro-turf playing pitch (887.3sqm) and associated flood lighting (4no. 10 metres in height columns with 2no. 600w fittings each); (2) Enclosing of proposed all-weather playing pitch along its north western, north eastern, south eastern and part south western perimeter with galvanised mesh fencing (2.42 metre height) and high ball catching net (2.6metre height above galvanised mesh fencing) totalling 5.2metres in height (5 metres above existing ground level); (3) Enclosing of proposed all-weather playing pitch along part of its south western perimeter with a pre-cast hurling wall (36.3 metre length and 5.2 metre height) with associated high ball catching net (2 metre height above hurling wall) totalling 7.2 metres in height (7 metres above existing ground level); and (4) All associated site development works and services, above and below ground level. Access will be via existing vehicular site entrance and parking associated with existing club pavilion and pitch facilities will be retained.
Permission · Cork County Council, 13/4271
29 May 2012Conditional
Construction of an enclosed synthetic all-weather playing pitch (by 3m high mesh panels) with floodlighting consisting of 4no. 10m high masts with a light intensity of 300 Lux average at pitch level, with 2.4m high palisade perimeter fencing to encompass entire playing sites along with toilet & store block, revised entrance and associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 12/5148
15 Mar 2012Conditional
Construction of a pre-cast concrete hurling wall
Permission · Cork County Council, 12/4498
1 Oct 2009Conditional
Two-storey dwellinghouse, detached garage and ancillary site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 09/7216
14 Sept 2009Incompleted application
Two-storey dwellinghouse, detached garage and ancillary site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 09/7035
14 Nov 2007Refused
Dwellinghouse and detached garage
Permission · Cork County Council, 07/12360
8 Mar 2006Withdrawn
Extension to dwellinghouse and detached domestic garage
Permission · Cork County Council, 06/5347
23 Aug 2005Conditional
Development of new playing field
Permission · Cork County Council, 05/6081
11 May 2005Conditional
Demolition of dwellinghouse and construction of 12 no. detached houses,4 no. townhouses and 2 no. apartments and associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 05/3197
6 May 2005Incompleted application
Demolition of dwellinghouse and construction of 16 no. dwellinghouses and 2 no. apartments
Permission · Cork County Council, 05/3058
28 May 2003Conditional
Extension to changing rooms and first floor extension with balcony for use as clubhouse (change of plan)
Permission · Cork County Council, 03/2550
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 Park.
Recorded monuments
No recorded monument lies in the townland of Park.
Architectural heritage
No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands in the townland of Park.
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 moderately high, moderately low, low, on the 1:50,000 map.
- Terrain model
- No LiDAR survey of the Office of Public Works covers the centre of the townland of Park.
- 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 Park with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Cork.
The townland
- Name
- Park · An Pháirc
- Area
- 183,619 m² (18.36 ha, 45.37 acres)
- Civil parish
- Monkstown, and its townlands
- Barony
- Kerrycurrihy
- Electoral division
- Monkstown Rural, the unit of the census
- Census 2022
- Monkstown Rural electoral division: 1,262 people in 429 households; 71% of households own their home; 52% of homes were built since 2001; 4% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 1% were holiday homes.
- Placenames
- Park 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.