Parklaurence
Townland in the civil parish of Clontead, barony of Kinsale, Co. Cork; in Irish Páirc Labhráis
- Area
- 8.1 ha
- 20 acres
- Land parcels
- 3
- registered freehold, median 492 m²
- Zoning
- R1
- Residential
- Planning
- 12
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
3 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Parklaurence, from 26 m² to 80,822 m² (8.08 ha, 19.97 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 9 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
- R1Residential (New/proposed residential)
Cork County Development Plan 2022, Cork · 3 parcels The zoning objective in the plan - R4Residential Reserve (Strategic Residential Reserve)
Cork County Development Plan 2022, Cork · 3 parcels The zoning objective in the plan - P1Agriculture
Cork County Development Plan 2022, Cork · 1 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
29 Apr 2026Refused
Permission for the construction of 7 no. residential units and all ancillary site development works at Glasheen and Park Laurence (Townlands), Kinsale, Co. Cork. The proposed development will result in alterations to the residential scheme originally permitted by ref. no. 22/5145 consisting of the replacement of the creche with 7 no. residential units.
Permission · Cork County Council, 26/1103
11 Apr 2025Refused
Permission for the construction of 7 no. residential units and all ancillary site development works. The proposed development will result in alterations to the residential scheme originally permitted by ref no. 22/5145 consisting of the replacement of the creche with 7 no. residential units
Permission · Cork County Council, 25/4660
13 Sept 2022Conditional
Construction of 51 no. houses and all ancillary development works. This is a modification to a residential scheme permitted under Cork County Council Planning Ref. No. 06/11830 extended by Ref. No. 12/4124, Ref. No. 17/6075, and Ref. No. 21/6844 (and subsequently amended under Cork County Council Ref. No. 20/6563). Access to the proposed development will be from the existing access via Abbey Lane.
Permission · Cork County Council, 22/6060
19 May 2022Conditional permission
Construction of 86 no. dwellinghouses with one childcare facility, and all ancillary site development works. Access to the proposed development will be provided via 2 no. new accesses onto the link road permitted under ref no. 20/6563.
Permission · Cork County Council, 22/5145
19 Oct 2021Unconditional
Alterations to permitted residential development 05/588 to make provision for 214 no. dwellinghouses, 42 no. apartments and relocation and change of plan of creche and associated site works and services (change in overall layout and design) - Extension of Duration to Permission granted under Planning Ref. No.06/11830 extended by Ref. No.12/4124 and Ref. No. 17/6075.
Extension of duration · Cork County Council, 21/6844
19 Nov 2020Conditional
The construction of 95 no. houses and all ancillary development works. This is a modification to a residential scheme permitted under Cork County Council Planning Ref. No. 06/11830 extended by Ref. No.12/4124 and Ref. No. 17/6075. Access to the proposed development will be from the existing access via Abbey Lane and via the proposed access at Bandon Road.
Permission · Cork County Council, 20/6563
7 Aug 2018Conditional
Modifications to the residential scheme permitted under 06/11830 and extended by ref. no. 12/4124 and ref. no. 17/6075. The proposed modifications will include: 1.) the replacement of the permitted 56 no. houses and 36 no. apartments with the construction of 92 no. houses 2.) the realignment of the link road, and 3.) all ancillary development works. Access to the proposed development will be the existing access via Abbey Lane and via the permitted access at the Bandon Road.
Permission · Cork County Council, 18/6073
10 Aug 2017Unconditional
Alterations to permitted residential development 05/588 to make provision for 214 no. dwellinghouses, 42 no. apartments and relocation and change of plan of creche and associated site works and services(change in overall layout and design) - Extension of Duration of Permission granted under Planning Reg. Nos. 06/11830 & 12/4124
Extension of duration · Cork County Council, 17/6075
21 Jun 2012Incompleted application
(i) Alterations to the site layout and house type mix for the construction of remainder of phase 1 and phase 2 only (Orchid Grove, Sorrel Avenue and Aster Lawn) of permitted residential development 06/11830 resulting in a reduction in the overall number of residential units within Phases 1 & 2 from 129 to 104 units (ii) Alterations to the design of the detached and semi-detached house types to be constructed within the remainder of phase 1 and phase 2 only (Orchid Grove, Sorrel Avenue and Aster Lawn) of permitted residential development 06/11830 (iii) all associated site and ancillary works
Permission · Cork County Council, 12/5355
31 Jan 2012Unconditional
Completion of alterations to permitted residential development 05/588 to make provision for 214 no. dwellinghouses, 42 no. apartments and relocation and change of plan of creche and associated site works and services(change in overall layout and design) as permitted under planning reg 06/11830
Extension of duration · Cork County Council, 12/4124
27 Oct 2006Conditional
Alterations to permitted residential development 05/588 to make provision for 214 no. dwellinghouses, 42 no. apartments and relocation and change of plan of creche and associated site works and services(change in overall layout and design)
Permission · Cork County Council, 06/11830
4 Feb 2005Conditional
Residential development - 290 no. residential units to incude 212 no. dwellinghouses and 78 no. apartments, creche, 2 no. vehicular entrances and associated works
Permission · Cork County Council, 05/588
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 Parklaurence.
Recorded monuments
No recorded monument lies in the townland of Parklaurence.
Architectural heritage
No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands in the townland of Parklaurence.
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 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 Parklaurence.
- 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 Parklaurence with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Cork.
The townland
- Name
- Parklaurence · Páirc Labhráis
- Area
- 81,271 m² (8.13 ha, 20.08 acres)
- Civil parish
- Clontead, and its townlands
- Barony
- Kinsale
- Electoral division
- Kinsale Rural, the unit of the census
- Census 2022
- Kinsale Rural electoral division: 5,605 people in 1,855 households; 75% of households own their home; 47% of homes were built since 2001; 6% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 8% were holiday homes.
- Neighbouring townlands
- Abbey-Lands, Glasheen, Liscahane More, Rath Beg
- Placenames
- Parklaurence 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.