Powerstown

21 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Powerstown, from 928 m² to 430,656 m² (43.07 ha, 106.42 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 16 neighbouring parcels touch it.

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No zone of a development plan covers Powerstown 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.

• 23 Dec 2024Conditional

  Permission to construct a straw bedded cattle shed extension with slatted tank, concrete apron and ancillary works

  Permission · Cork County Council, 24/6523

• 10 Apr 2017Conditional

  Construction of livestock housing incorporating a cubicle house, loose house, feed passage, 2 slatted tanks, interception tank, concrete apron and associated works

  Permission · Cork County Council, 17/4846

• 8 Mar 2017Incompleted application

  Construction of livestock housing incorporating a cubicle house, loose house, feed passage, 2 slatted tanks, inspection tank, concrete apron and associated works.

  Permission · Cork County Council, 17/4539

• 18 Feb 2016Conditional

  New dwelling house, garage, bored well, waste water treatment system, modify and utilise the existing entrance and to utilise the existing farm passage for site access and all associated site works

  Permission · Cork County Council, 16/4348

• 22 Apr 2015Refused

  A new dwelling house, garage, bored well, waste water treatment system, to widen the existing agricultural entrance which is to serve the farm and new dwelling house on a temporary basis, a new turning area and access laneway, a new entrance in accordance with and at the time of construction of the planned public road realignment works at this location and all associated site works

  Permission · Cork County Council, 15/4810

• 26 Oct 2011Conditional

  Construction of extension, installation of roof light to the existing roof and porch addition to existing dwelling

  Permission · Cork County Council, 11/6292

• 6 Mar 2009Conditional

  Extensions to 2 no. existing bovine livestock units, 2 no. underground effluent storage tanks and uncovered silage slab

  Permission · Cork County Council, 09/4707

• 9 Feb 2009Conditional

  New agricultural entrance, set back of existing boundary to make provision for a new right of way & alterations to existing vehicular entrance serving adjacent dwelling

  Permission · Cork County Council, 09/4377

• 11 Aug 2008Refused

  Dwellinghouse with treatment unit and installation of treatment unit to serve existing dwelling

  Outline permission · Cork County Council, 08/8331

• 24 Jul 2007Refused

  Dwellinghouse and garage

  Permission · Cork County Council, 07/9815

• 15 Jan 2007Conditional

  Effluent storage tank, extension to cattle shed and feed passage and associated works

  Permission · Cork County Council, 07/4166

• 29 Aug 2005Withdrawn

  Retention and completion of temporary dwelling unit

  Permission · Cork County Council, 05/6205

• 18 Feb 2005Conditional

  Retention of extension to dwellinghouse

  Permission · Cork County Council, 05/892

• 24 Jan 2005Incompleted application

  Retention of extension of dwellinghouse

  Permission · Cork County Council, 05/256

• 28 Jan 2003Conditional

  Dwellinghouse

  Permission · Cork County Council, 03/293

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 Powerstown.

Recorded monuments

• CO025-074001 Moated site
  Description

  In level pasture. Rectangular area (41m E-W; 38m N-S) enclosed by earthen bank (int. H 0.5m) with external fosse (D 0.9m; Wth 3.4m). Bank broken by disused trackway at NW and SW corners. Fosse deepened on W side to form drain. Interior planted with trees; inaccessible due to overgrowth. According to local information, called the 'square fort'. Ringforts (12821,12822) c. 40m to E and c. 70m to SSE respectively. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 4: North Cork' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 2000). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload/revision: 14 January 2009

• CO025-074002 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  In pasture, on S-facing slope. Depicted as hachured circular enclosure on 1842 OS 6-inch map. Levelled; circular area (28m N-S; 27m E-S) enclosed by low rise (int. H 0.2m; ext. H 0.5m); shallow external fosse SW->NE. Possible entrance (Wth 6m) to SE. Moated site (CO025-07401-) lies c. 40m to W and ringfort (CO025-07403-) lies c. 70m to SSW. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 4: North Cork' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 2000). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload/revision: 14 January 2009

• CO025-074003 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  In pasture, on gentle E-facing slope. Circular area (30m E-W; 26m N-S) enclosed by low rise (H 0.1m); shallow external fosse (D 0.4m) survives to W and N. Possible entrance to S. Field boundary skirts fosse WSW->N. Second ringfort (CO025-07402-) and moated site (CO025-07401-) c. 70m to NNE and NNW respectively. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 4: North Cork' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 2000). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload/revision: 14 January 2009

• CO025-075 Fulacht fia
  Description

  In pasture. Grass-covered spread of burnt material (20m N-S; 18m E-W). The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 4: North Cork' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 2000). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload/revision: 14 January 2009

• CO025-076 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  In pasture, on S-facing slope. Circular area (28m NE-SW) enclosed by two earthen banks with intervening fosse; shallow external fosse to E and W. Low inner bank (int. H 0.2m; ext. H 1.4m to base of fosse) SSW->NW; scarp elsewhere. Outer bank substantial (ext. H 1.5m). Entrance (Wth c. 3m) to S. Interior saucer-shaped, slopes down to SW; planted with coniferous trees, similar to banks. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 4: North Cork' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 2000). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload/revision: 14 January 2009

• CO025-077 Enclosure
  Description

  In pasture, on S-facing slope; ground falls away steeply to E. Depicted as trapezoidal area (c. 35m E-W; c. 25m N-S) enclosed by broken line and line of trees on 1842 OS 6-inch map; E side slightly convex. Levelled; no visible surface trace of site. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 4: North Cork' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 2000). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload/revision: 14 January 2009

• CO025-078 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  In pasture, on S-facing slope. Depicted as D-shaped enclosure (c. 25m N-S; projecting c. 25m to W) planted with trees on 1842, 1905 and 1937 OS 6-inch maps. No visible surface trace; according to local information, fort levelled c. 1960s. Surrounding field fences removed. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 4: North Cork' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 2000). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload/revision: 14 January 2009

• CO025-079001 Fulacht fia
  Description

  In pasture, c. 15m E of pond. Circular mound of burnt material (10m N-S; 12m E-W; H 0.5m); indentation on W side may be remains of opening. Circular enclosure (13645) c. 15m to SE. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 4: North Cork' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 2000). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload/revision: 14 January 2009

• CO025-079002 Enclosure
  Description

  In pasture, at base of S-facing slope, with ground rising again beyond site to N. Depicted as hachured circular enclosure (diam. c. 20m) on 1842 OS 6-inch map. Levelled; arc (diam. c. 20m) formed by low rise survives W->ESE. Fulacht fiadh (11535) lies c. 15m to NW. Not a typical location for ringfort. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 4: North Cork' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 2000). 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

• Powerstown House, house, 1870–1890 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached double-pile three-bay two-storey house, built c. 1880, facing south, side elevations of rear pile being slightly recessed, and having full-height lean-to two-bay return and single-bay single-storey porch to rear. Hipped skirt slate roof with render eaves course, cast-iron rainwater goods, overhanging eaves having timber brackets, and rendered chimneystacks. Rendered walls, with render quoins to front elevation. Square-headed window openings with replacement uPVC windows, and render sills. Square-headed window opening to rear with margined timber sliding sash window with coloured glass. Camber-headed door opening with moulded render surround, timber panelled door, timber architrave and overlight, approached by flight of dressed limestone steps with rendered parapet walls. Outbuildings to rear comprising four-bay two-storey west block with lower two-bay two-storey block to south elevation, and having hipped slate roof, rubble limestone walls, square-headed openings with timber fittings and cut-stone voussoirs and segmental-arched vehicular entrance with cut limestone voussoirs and timber battened double-doors, gabled dormer-style loft door to north bay with timber battened door and timber bargeboards to gable, approached by flight of concrete steps with concrete supports and metal railings. Yard to rear accessed by gate to west with rubble limestone square-profile piers and cast-iron gate. Road entrance to south comprising rendered sweep walls with rendered copings and rendered square-profile piers with decorative cast-iron double-leaf gates.

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

At the centre of the townland of Powerstown, about 1 in 10 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels. Testing a home

Landslides

The 1:50,000 map rates the landslide susceptibility here as moderately low, low, partly inferred.

Terrain model

No LiDAR survey of the Office of Public Works covers the centre of the townland of Powerstown.

Flooding

The Office of Public Works publishes its flood maps on floodinfo.ie.

Radon Risk Map of Ireland, Environmental Protection Agency, and Landslide Susceptibility Classification, Geological Survey Ireland, both under 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 Powerstown with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Cork.

Name

Powerstown · Baile an Phaoraigh

Area

1,563,807 m² (156.38 ha, 386.43 acres)

Civil parish

Clenor, and its townlands

Barony

Fermoy

Electoral division

Wallstown, the unit of the census

Census 2022

270 people lived in 89 households in the Wallstown electoral division. 90% of households owned their home. 34% of homes were built since 2001. 16% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 3% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Annakisha South, Ballyandrew, Ballygarrane, Ballygown, Castlekevin, Clenor North, Clenor South, Dromdeer

Placenames

Powerstown 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.