Reenmeen East
Townland in the civil parish of Kilcaskan, barony of Bear, Co. Cork; in Irish An Rinn Mhín Thoir
- Area
- 54.3 ha
- 134 acres
- Land parcels
- 73
- registered freehold, median 1,197 m²
- Zoning
- —
- not in a zoned settlement
- Planning
- 100
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
73 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Reenmeen East, from 21 m² to 140,566 m² (14.06 ha, 34.73 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 6 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
No zone of a development plan covers Reenmeen East 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.
Planning applications
Sites that touch the townland, newest first
17 Jul 2026Grant with conditions
Permission for (1) construction of a garage (2) retention of rear extension (3) retention of alterations to elevations from those granted under 15/173
Permission · Cork County Council, 26/1924
20 Dec 2025Grant with conditions
permission for decommissioning of existing septic tank system serving dwelling house and installation of new replacement septic tank and percolation area
Permission · Cork County Council, 25/6921
16 Oct 2025Application withdrawn
Construction of a dwellinghouse and waste water pump sump and rising main to connect to existing public sewer, and all associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 25/6205
12 Sept 2025Invalid - case closed
Construction of a dwelliinghouse and waste water pump sump and rising main to connect to existing public sewer, and all associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 25/5889
5 Jun 2025Conditional permission
Development will consist of the following: i) Demolition of existing two-storey dwelling and external stores; ii) Construction of two-storey replacement dwelling, incorporating south and west facing terraces; iii) Construction of open garage, iv) Landscaping works, including localised regrading, removal of non-viable trees, and restoration and replanting of existing gardens; v) Connection via pumped discharge to Uisce Eireann foul sewer on N71, including provision of pipework along the access road and construction of an outfall manhole at edge of public road; and vi) all other associated ancillary site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 25/305
21 Mar 2025Conditional
Planning Permission for retention of 1. Retention of alterations to fenestration of studio. 2. Retention of alterations to fenestration of dwelling. Permission is also sought for removal of roof dormer, re-slating of roof, installation of rooflights and all associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 25/145
28 Jun 2024Conditional
Permission for A - Demolition of existing boiler house, B - Construction of new two car domestic garage along with a plant room, C -Modifications to existing dwelling consisting of new front porch, 4 new external windows and a new slate roof to conservatory, permission also sought for retention of revised elevations to dwelling and all associated siteworks
Permission · Cork County Council, 24/348
17 May 2023Conditional
Demolition of existing dwelling house and construction of a new dwelling house and garage and all associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 23/263
20 Feb 2023Conditional
Permission for retention to retain the existing dwelling, garage, site layout and all associated site services as constructed all within revised site boundaries
Retention · Cork County Council, 23/76
5 Aug 2022Conditional
(i) Demolition of existing garden store and (ii) for construction of replacement detached garden store
Permission · Cork County Council, 22/507
15 Jul 2022Refused
Demolition of existing dwelling house and construction of a new dwelling house and garage and all associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 22/461
8 Nov 2021Conditional
Permission for alterations of house design, site boundaries and relocation of vehicular entrance as permitted under PL Reg. No; 21/121
Permission · Cork County Council, 21/771
11 Oct 2021Conditional
Permission for retention of existing dwelling ancillary garage and greenhouse, site layout and all associated site services as constructed all within revised site boundaries
Retention · Cork County Council, 21/699
19 Feb 2021Conditional
Demolish existing dwelling and to construct a new dwelling and undertake all associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 21/121
15 Feb 2019Conditional
Permission for change of use of ground and first floor of premises formerly used as hotel to 4 no. apartment units. Permission is also sought for elevational changes to existing building and for single storey extension to accommodate bin storage
Permission · Cork County Council, 19/101
14 Dec 2018Conditional
Permission for change of use of attic space in dwelling house to habitable use including: (i) removal of existing chimney and fireplace, (ii) installation of 2 no. dormer windows to front elevation and installation of 2 no. rooflights to rear elevation, (iii) installation of Juliet-style balcony door to side elevation and (iv) all ancillary works
Permission · Cork County Council, 18/773
4 May 2018Conditional
To construct 2 dwellings, entrance and all ancillary siteworks at Reenmeen East, Glengarriff, Co. Cork
Outline permission · Cork County Council, 18/254
27 Feb 2018Conditional
Construction of detached domestic garage ancillary to existing dwellinghouse, construction of basement extension comprised of bedroom, lounge and bathroom to existing dwellinghouse and permission for retention of alterations to floor plan, elevations, balcony and access stairs of existing dwellinghouse constructed on foot of grant of permission under Planning reference No. 11/00731
Permission · Cork County Council, 18/100
14 Dec 2017Withdrawn
Permission for retention of dwelling house and for permission for the construction of a basement extension to same and for a detached domestic garage
Permission · Cork County Council, 17/789
28 Nov 2017Incompleted application
Permission for retention of alterations to floor plan and elevations of dwelling house, permission for construction of basement extension to dwellinghouse and permission for construction of detached domestic garage
Permission · Cork County Council, 17/746
17 Nov 2017Conditional
Permission sought for amendments to site boundary as previously granted under Pla. Ref. No. 03/2632 and for construction of detached domestic garage within said plot. Permission also sought for retention of excavation of rock outcrop and revised car parking spaces and all associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 17/719
10 May 2016Unconditional
Dwelling
Extension of duration · Cork County Council, 16/283
27 Nov 2015Unconditional
Demolish existing dwelling and construct a new dwelling.
Extension of duration · Cork County Council, 15/676
2 Apr 2015Conditional
For construction of dwellinghouse, entrance and ancillary siteworks including new connections to the public main sewer and water main
Permission · Cork County Council, 15/173
19 Dec 2014Refused
Planning permission for construction of dwellinghouse, entrance and ancillary siteworks including new connections to public main sewer and water main
Permission · Cork County Council, 14/727
The 25 most recent of over 100 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
- Special Area of Conservation: Glengarriff Harbour and Woodland SAC 000090
- Proposed Natural Heritage Area: Glengarriff Harbour And Woodland 000090
Recorded monuments
No recorded monument lies in the townland of Reenmeen East.
Architectural heritage
- Post box, 1930–1950 · Regional interest
Description
Wall-mounted cast-iron post box, c.1940, with P&T and manufacturer’s insignia. Rectangular aperture and display panel enclosed by raised reveal. Set into boundary wall at roadside.
- Toad Hall, house, 1940–1950 · Regional interest
Description
Detached L-plan two-storey house, built 1945, with single-bay entrance front. Hipped slate roofs with rendered chimneystacks, timber eaves course and cast-iron rainwater goods. Roughcast rendered walls with smooth rendered plinth. Square-headed openings with two-over-two, eight-over-eight and ten-over-ten timber sliding sash windows with moulded concrete sills and raised rendered surrounds. Storm shutters to first floor window opening (north). Square-headed opening to east elevation with two-over-two timber fixed pane window, moulded concrete sill and raised rendered surround. Round-headed window opening to west elevation with twelve-over-nine timber sliding sash window with moulded concrete sill and raised rendered surround. Canted bay windows to rear (south) having square-headed openings with four-over-four and ten-over-ten timber sliding sash windows and moulded concrete sills. Square-headed door opening (north) with timber panelled door, moulded timber surround, timber pilasters and consoles supporting timber canopy with cornice, frieze and decorative architrave. Square-headed door opening (east) with timber glazed door and timber canopy comprising pediment and frieze. Outbuilding to east. Enclosed by rubble stone walls and piers with wrought-iron 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).
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 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 Reenmeen 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
- Reenmeen East, Glengarriff10 sales
The townland
- Name
- Reenmeen East · An Rinn Mhín Thoir
- Area
- 542,680 m² (54.27 ha, 134.1 acres)
- Civil parish
- Kilcaskan, and its townlands
- Barony
- Bear
- Electoral division
- Kilcaskan, the unit of the census
- Census 2022
- Kilcaskan electoral division: 895 people in 373 households; 80% of households own their home; 24% of homes were built since 2001; 16% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 27% were holiday homes.
- Neighbouring townlands
- Derreenathirigy, Dromderaown, Dromgarriff, Reenmeen West, Rossnashunsoge
- Placenames
- Reenmeen 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.