Pluckanes West

24 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Pluckanes West, from 611 m² to 317,188 m² (31.72 ha, 78.38 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 26 neighbouring parcels touch it.

Download the townland: DXF, in Irish Transverse Mercator metres, with its boundary, parcels and buildings; GeoJSON or KML.

No zone of a development plan covers Pluckanes West 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.

• 1 Aug 2025Refused

  Permission to construct dwelling house, vehicular entrance, wastewater treatment system and all associated site works

  Permission · Cork County Council, 25/5555

• 22 Mar 2021Conditional

  An amendment to the development permitted pursuant to Cork County Council Planning Register Reference 09/4399 to increase the operational duration of the existing wind turbine and all associated ancillary infrastructure from 20 years to 30 years from the date of full commissioning of the wind turbine.

  Permission · Cork County Council, 21/4715

• 9 Feb 2021Incompleted application

  An amendment to the development permitted pursuant to Cork County Council Planning Register Reference 09/4399 to increase the operational duration of the existing wind turbine and all associated ancillary infrastructure from 20 years to 30 years from the date of full commissioning of the wind turbine.

  Permission · Cork County Council, 21/4291

• 9 Mar 2016Conditional

  Construct a dwellinghouse

  Permission · Cork County Council, 16/4528

• 24 Aug 2010Conditional

  Dwelling, treatment unit, well, vehicular entrance and associated site works

  Outline permission · Cork County Council, 10/6112

• 10 Feb 2009Conditional

  1no. 1MW wind turbine, control house, & ancillary works

  Permission · Cork County Council, 09/4399

• 17 May 2007Conditional

  Construction of cubicle shed with automatic scrapers, uncovered outdoor lined slurry lagoon and all associated site works

  Permission · Cork County Council, 07/7892

• 28 Mar 2007Incompleted application

  Construction of shed, uncovered lined slurry lagoon and all associated site works

  Permission · Cork County Council, 07/6538

• 28 Feb 2007Refused

  Completion of 2 no. 1mw wind turbines, service roadways and control house granted permission under pl. ref. no. 00/6546

  Extension of duration · Cork County Council, 07/5514

• 4 Feb 2005Conditional

  Dwellinghouse

  Permission · Cork County Council, 05/586

• 21 Jun 2004Conditional

  Dwellinghouse

  Permission · Cork County Council, 04/4504

• 29 Apr 2004Conditional

  Dormer dwelling (change of plan)

  Permission · Cork County Council, 04/2875

• 29 Jan 2004Conditional

  Bungalow, garage and treatment plant

  Permission consequent · Cork County Council, 04/427

• 11 Sept 2003Refused

  Dwellinghouse

  Permission · Cork County Council, 03/4557

• 15 Aug 2003Conditional

  Dwelling

  Permission · Cork County Council, 03/4125

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 Pluckanes West.

Recorded monuments

• CO050-126 Standing stone
  Description

  Not shown on 1842 and 1904 OS 6-inch maps. Single standing stone shown on 1939 OS 6-inch map. In reclaimed land, on W-facing slope. Removed; no visible surface trace. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 3: Mid Cork' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1997). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload/revision: 14 January 2009

• CO050-127001 Fulacht fia
  Description

  In recently reclaimed, formerly marshy ground. Spread of burnt material visible in ploughed field. Two other levelled fulachta fiadh in same field: c. 50m to NNE (CO050-127002-) and c. 80m to NE (CO050-127003-). The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 3: Mid Cork' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1997). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload/revision: 14 January 2009

• CO050-127002 Fulacht fia
  Description

  In recently reclaimed, formerly marshy ground. Spread of burnt material visible in ploughed field. Two other levelled fulachta fiadh in same field (CO050-127001-, CO050-127003-). The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 3: Mid Cork' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1997). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload/revision: 14 January 2009

• CO050-127003 Fulacht fia
  Description

  In recently reclaimed, formerly marshy ground. Spread of burnt material visible in ploughed field. Two other levelled fulachta fiadh in same field (CO050-127001-, CO050-127002-). The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 3: Mid Cork' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1997). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload/revision: 14 January 2009

• CO050-128 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  In pasture, on W-facing slope. Circular area (diam. 31.5m) defined by earthen bank (H 1.85m) SE->WSW; low rise elsewhere. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 3: Mid Cork' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1997). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload/revision: 14 January 2009

• CO050-129 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  In pasture, on W-facing slope. Depicted as hachured circular enclosure (diam. c. 25m) on 1842, 1904 and 1939 OS 6-inch maps. According to local information, levelled c. 1976. Arc formed by slight rise SW->N indicates position of enclosure. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 3: Mid Cork' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1997). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload/revision: 14 January 2009

• CO050-130 Anomalous stone group
  Description

  In pasture, near top of hill. Named 'Galláin' on 1939 OS 6-inch map, two stones being indicated. Group of four stones: three are thin, upright sandstone slabs, the other a quartzite boulder. Three stones are roughly in line (long axis NE-SW), with sandstone slabs to NE (H 1.14m; 0.83m x 0.27m; long axis NE-SW) and SW (H 1.2m; 1.33m x 0.28m; long axis NNE-SSW); middle stone is the quarzite boulder (H 0.8m; 1.02m x 0.8m). Fourth stone (H 1.17m; 1.95m x 0.14m; long axis NW-SE) lies 1.8m from SW slab and roughly at right angles to it. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 3: Mid Cork' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1997). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload/revision: 14 January 2009

• CO050-131 Fulacht fia
  Description

  In pasture, with marshy ground immediately to N. Barely perceptible mound of burnt material (diam. c. 7m). The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 3: Mid Cork' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1997). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload/revision: 14 January 2009

• CO050-132 Standing stone
  Description

  Not shown on 1842 and 1904 OS 6-inch maps. In rolling pasture. Stone (H 1.3m; 0.9mx 0.67m) is subrectangular in plan, incorporated into N-S field fence. Long axis NE-SW. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 3: Mid Cork' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1997). 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 Pluckanes West.

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 5 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 Pluckanes West.

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 Pluckanes West with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Cork.

Name

Pluckanes West · Na Plucáin Thiar

Area

1,448,944 m² (144.89 ha, 358.04 acres)

Civil parish

Donaghmore (Macroom Ra), and its townlands

Barony

Barretts

Electoral division

Firmount, the unit of the census

Census 2022

Firmount electoral division: 735 people in 236 households; 93% of households own their home; 49% of homes were built since 2001; 8% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 0% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Ahadallane, Coolmona, Curragh, Pluckanes East, Pluckanes South, Rathcoola East

Placenames

Pluckanes West 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.