Ratharoon East
Townland in the civil parish of Ballinadee, barony of Carbery East (East Division), Co. Cork; in Irish Ráth Sheathrúin Thoir
- Area
- 327.7 ha
- 810 acres
- Land parcels
- 88
- registered freehold, median 3,209 m² (0.32 ha, 0.79 acres)
- Zoning
- G3
- Greenbelt1
- Planning
- 60
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
88 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Ratharoon East, from 3 m² to 345,125 m² (34.51 ha, 85.28 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 28 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
- G3Greenbelt1 (Conservation, amenity or buffer space, corridor/belt, landscape)
Cork County Development Plan 2022, Cork · 8 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
25 Mar 2024Conditional
Permission for retention of stables and store rooms and open lean-to horsebox shelter.
Retention · Cork County Council, 24/4508
1 Mar 2024Incompleted application
Permission for the retention of stables and store rooms and open lean-to horsebox shelter.
Retention · Cork County Council, 24/4352
17 Dec 2021Conditional
Construction of a dwelling house, domestic garage, on site waste water treatment system and percolation area and all associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 21/7390
19 Nov 2021Incompleted application
Construction of a dwellinghouse, domestic garage, on site waste water treatment system and percolation area and all associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 21/7142
27 Oct 2021Conditional permission
1) Permission for the retention of an existing domestic garage as constructed and 2) Permission for the retention of a vehicular entrance (change of site plan) as previously permitted under planning application No 06/12137.
Permission for retention · Cork County Council, 21/6891
22 Sept 2021Conditional
Construct a dwelling house, installation of a wastewater treatment system and carry out all associated site works.
Permission · Cork County Council, 21/6592
15 Apr 2019Conditional
Construction of a one and a half storey dwelling with septic tank and percolation area with associated site works and a new site entrance.
Permission · Cork County Council, 19/4930
18 Feb 2019Conditional
Construction of a new agricultural entrance from existing public road, extension of existing farm roadway to connect to the proposed new agricultural entrance and all associated siteworks
Permission · Cork County Council, 19/4365
12 Feb 2019Incompleted application
Two storey dwellinghouse, garage and installation of well and wastewater treatment system, extension of duration to permission granted under Planning Ref. No. 08/10251 and 14/04046.
Extension of duration · Cork County Council, 19/4310
13 Aug 2018Refused
a) Demolition of an existing dungstead, b) The construction of a cattle house with slatted slurry storage, c) The construction of a slatted slurry storage tank and feeding barrier to form a roofed slatted feeding area, d) ancillary concrete and all associated site works.
Permission · Cork County Council, 18/6127
25 Oct 2017Conditional
Construction of a two-storey dwellinghouse, domestic garage, on-site sewage treatment system and all associated siteworks
Permission · Cork County Council, 17/6768
1 Feb 2017Unconditional
Detached dwellinghouse (236sq.m), waste water treatment system, modifications to existing site entrance and all associated site works - Extension of Duration of permission granted under Planning Reg. No. 12/4712
Extension of duration · Cork County Council, 17/4191
27 Jan 2017Refused
Dwellinghouse and associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 17/4150
22 Jul 2016Refused
Dwellinghouse and associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 16/5835
27 Jun 2016Incompleted application
Dwellinghouse and associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 16/5587
22 May 2015Conditional
Retention of alterations to the existing dwelling permitted under Cork County Council planning no. S/99/2158, namely, (a) 1.14m increase in height of ridgeline (b) 0.43m increase in height of projection on front (se-facing) elevation (c) 1 no. ground floor window on the side (sw-facing) elevation (d) 1 no. set of double doors on the side (ne-facing) elevation (e) 1 no. ground floor window and 3 no. roof windows on the rear (nw-facing) elevation (f) provision of 64.33sq.m/692.44sq.ft. first floor living space (g) and all ancillary works and permission to construct (a) a 43.67sq.m/470.06sq.ft. single storey extension to rear of existing dwelling (b) alterations to side (ne-facing) elevation of existing dwelling-removal of 1 no. existing set of double doors and installation of 2 no. ground floor windows (c) alterations to rear (nw-facing) elevation of existing dwelling - removal of 2 no. existing sets of sliding doors, installation of 2 no. ground floor windows and installation of 4 no. roof windows (with associated 1.79sq.m/19.27sq.ft. increase in first floor living space) (d) construction of a 107.06sq.m/1152.37sq.ft. detached domestic garage with first floor storage space and (e) all ancillary works
Permission · Cork County Council, 15/5070
28 Jul 2014Incompleted application
One and half storey dwellinghouse, installation of waste water treatment unit and percolation area, bored well and all ancillary works, extension of duration to permission granted under Planning Ref. No. 09/5836
Extension of duration · Cork County Council, 14/5627
2 Apr 2014Conditional
Construction of dwelling house, domestic garage and associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 14/4655
14 Jan 2014Unconditional
Two storey dwellinghouse, garage and installation of well and wastewater treatment system, extension of duration to permission granted under Planning Ref. No. 08/10251
Extension of duration · Cork County Council, 14/4046
11 Apr 2012Conditional
Detached dwellinghouse (236sq.m), waste water treatment system, modifications to existing site entrance and all associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 12/4712
14 Apr 2011Unconditional
Completion of dwellinghouse permitted under Reg. No. 06/7351
Extension of duration · Cork County Council, 11/4777
5 Jun 2009Conditional
One and half storey dwellinghouse, installation of waste water treatment unit and percolation area, bored well and all ancillary works
Outline permission · Cork County Council, 09/5836
14 May 2009Incompleted application
One-and-a-half storey dwelling, bored well, waste water treatment unit & percolation area & all ancillary works
Outline permission · Cork County Council, 09/5556
19 Dec 2008Conditional
Two storey dwellinghouse, garage and installation of well and wastewater treatment system
Permission · Cork County Council, 08/10251
14 Nov 2008Application finalised
One and half storey dwellinghouse, shed and installation of septic tank
Permission · Cork County Council, 08/9685
The 25 most recent of 60 applications.
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 Ratharoon East.
Recorded monuments
- CO110-053 Ritual site - holy well
Description
In pasture, on steep E-facing slope. 'Tobernasog' on 1st ed. O.S. map. No visible surface trace. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 1: West Cork' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1992). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload/revision: 14 January 2009 Image provided by and copyright of Amanda Clarke 2016-2022 https://holywellscorkandkerry.com/
- CO110-074 Standing stone
Description
In pasture on E-facing slope. Sub-rectangular stone aligned NE-SW (H 1.55m; 1.66m x 0.58m). The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 1: West Cork' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1992). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload/revision: 14 January 2009
- CO110-075 Ringfort - rath
Description
In pasture, on gentle SE-facing slope. Oval area (30m N-S; 36m E-W) defined by slight rise (H 0.4m). Levelled c. 1976. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 1: West Cork' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1992). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload/revision: 14 January 2009
- CO110-076 Ringfort - rath
Description
In pasture, on E-facing slope. Circular area (diam. c. 46m ENE-WSW) enclosed SE->WSW by two earthen banks with intervening fosse (D 1.4m); low rise WSW->SE indicates line of levelled inner bank. Inner bank (int. H 0.9m); outer bank (H 1.7m) with berm on inner face, incorporated into field fenceto W. Well in fosse to S causes waterlogging. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 1: West Cork' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1992). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload/revision: 14 January 2009
- CO111-045 Enclosure
Description
On gentle S-facing slope to W of stream. Depicted as rectangular enclosure on OS 6-inch map (1842). Arc (C 24.6m) formed by earthen bank (int. H 1.7m) projecting E of field fence running N-S. Break in bank (Wth 4.2m) to E. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 1: West Cork' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1992). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload/revision: 14 January 2009
- CO111-046 Moated site
Description
In pasture, on S-facing slope. Rectangular area (31.5m N-S; 25.5m E-W) enclosed by earthen bank (H 1.2m); external fosse (D 0.6m) to W and N with faint depression on E. Trace of possible outer bank to W. Planted with conifers. Modern stone-walled enclosure adjoins W side. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 1: West Cork' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1992). 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
- House, 1900–1940 · Regional interest
Description
Detached four-bay two-storey house, built c.1920, with gablets to first floor windows of front (east) elevation and lean-to extension to side (south). Currently vacant. Pitched artificial slate roof to main block and gablets, having rendered eaves courses to front elevation, rendered chimneystacks, cast-iron rainwater and carved timber bargeboards to gablets. Roughcast rendered walls throughout. Square-headed window openings with limestone sills to front (east) elevation, having margined three-over-three pane timber sliding sash windows. Triangular timber-framed glazing to gablets. Square-headed door opening to front elevation, having glazed timber door. Roughcast rendered plinth boundary wall with chamfered coping surmounted by cast-iron railings. Wrought-iron gate on square-profile roughcast rendered gate piers to east of wall. Two-storey outbuilding to north.
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 high, 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 Ratharoon East.
- 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 Ratharoon East with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Cork.
The townland
- Name
- Ratharoon East · Ráth Sheathrúin Thoir
- Area
- 3,276,849 m² (327.68 ha, 809.73 acres)
- Civil parish
- Ballinadee, and its townlands
- Barony
- Carbery East (East Division)
- Electoral division
- Knockroe, the unit of the census
- Census 2022
- Knockroe electoral division: 767 people in 254 households; 86% of households own their home; 38% of homes were built since 2001; 7% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 2% were holiday homes.
- Neighbouring townlands
- Ballymore, Garranbeg, Knoppoge, Ratharoon West, Rathdrought, Tullyland
- Placenames
- Ratharoon East 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.