Richardstown

45 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Richardstown, from 216 m² to 248,948 m² (24.89 ha, 61.52 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 25 neighbouring parcels touch it.

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

• G3Greenbelt1 (Conservation, amenity or buffer space, corridor/belt, landscape)
  Cork County Development Plan 2022, Cork · 59 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• G3Green Infrastructure (Conservation, amenity or buffer space, corridor/belt, landscape)
  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.

• 1 Oct 2021Conditional

  To construct a single storey dwelling, entrance and a secondary wastewater treatment system.

  Permission · Cork County Council, 21/6666

• 27 Aug 2021Incompleted application

  A single storey dwelling, entrance and a secondary treatment system

  Permission · Cork County Council, 21/6361

• 21 Apr 2020Conditional permission

  1)Demolition of 3 no. existing agricultural buildings; 2) the construction of 22 no. semi-detached dwelling units; 3) 4 no. residential serviced sites; 4) construction of new site entrance in existing stone wall boundary and realignment of a section of the existing boundary stone wall to facilitate sightlines; 5) changing existing vehicular access to pedestrian/cyclist access; 6) all associated ancillary development and site works including wastewater pumping station, connection to existing public water main, connection to public waste water sewer, parking, landscaping and amenity areas. A Natura Impact Statement (NIS) has been prepared and will be submitted to the Planning Authority with this application.

  Permission · Cork County Council, 20/4753

• 16 Mar 2020Incompleted application

  Residential development comprising 1) demolition of 3no. existing agricultural buildings; 2) the construction of 22no. semi-detached dwelling units; 3) 4 no. residential serviced sites; 4) construction of new site entrance in existing stone wall boundary and realignment of a section of the existing boundary stone wall to facilitate sightlines; 5) changing existing vehicular access to pedestrian/cyclist access; 5) all associated ancillary development and site works including wastewater pumping station, connection to existing public water main, connection to public waste water sewer, parking, landscaping and amenity areas.

  Permission · Cork County Council, 20/4551

• 9 Mar 2017Unconditional

  Construction of a new biomass store for storage of locally grown straw/miscanthus and woodchip and housing of multi fuel boiler for use with existing horticultural nursery - Extension of Duration of Permission granted under Planning Reg. No. 11/5306

  Extension of duration · Cork County Council, 17/4556

• 11 Oct 2016Conditional

  Retention of a single storey extension to the rear of the existing dwellinghouse

  Retention · Cork County Council, 16/6525

• 23 Oct 2015Conditional

  Construction of an extension to existing horticultural glass house and all associated site works

  Permission · Cork County Council, 15/6387

• 13 Jul 2015Conditional

  Planning permission for retention of internal alterations to site levels, consequent increase in site area with alterations to site boundaries. Erection of boundary wall and all associated site works as constructed on site.

  Retention · Cork County Council, 15/5536

• 13 Jul 2015Conditional

  Retention of reconstruction and completion of horticultural storage shed/store to replace previous horticultural storage shed/store destroyed by fire and all associated site works

  Retention · Cork County Council, 15/5532

• 25 Jun 2015Incompleted application

  Permission for retention of internal alterations to site levels, consequent increase in site area with alterations to site boundaries, erection of boundary wall and all associated site works as constructed on site.

  Retention · Cork County Council, 15/5369

• 25 Jun 2015Conditional

  Retention of multispan canopy/shelter for horticultural use as constructed on site and retention and completion of internal alterations to site levels and alterations to site boundaries and permission for the construction of new part boundary/retaining walls and new proposed percolation area for existing treatment unit serving horticultural nursery buildings and all associated site works.

  Permission · Cork County Council, 15/5372

• 25 Jun 2015Incompleted application

  Permission for retention for the reconstruction and completion of shed/store to replace previous shed/store destroyed by fire and all associated site works.

  Retention · Cork County Council, 15/5368

• 23 Oct 2014Withdrawn

  Construction of extension to existing horticultural glasshouse

  Permission · Cork County Council, 14/6275

• 28 Jan 2013Conditional

  Demolition of existing front porch and lean-to roof extension to rear of existing storey and a half type dwellinghouse, construction of a storey and a half extension to rear and side of existing storey and a half type dwellinghouse, alterations to existing storey and a half type dwellinghouse and relocation of existing entrance

  Permission · Cork County Council, 13/4125

• 16 Jun 2011Conditional

  Construction of a new biomass store for storage of locally grown straw/miscanthus and woodchip and housing of multifuel boiler for use with existing horticultural nursery

  Permission · Cork County Council, 11/5306

• 3 Jun 2011Incompleted application

  Construction of a new biomass store for storage of locally grown straw/miscanthus and woodchip and housing of multifuel boiler for use with existing horticultural nursery

  Permission · Cork County Council, 11/5214

• 6 Apr 2009Conditional

  Construction of extension to existing horticultural glasshouse which will include a glass structure to incorporate horticultural area, storage area and loading bay, compost storage building, new vehicular entrance and associated site works for use with existing horticultural nursery

  Permission · Cork County Council, 09/5083

• 15 Oct 2008Conditional

  Construction of one and half storey extension to dwelling

  Permission · Cork County Council, 08/9313

• 23 Jul 2008Conditional

  Dwellinghouse and installation of waste water treatment plant

  Permission consequent · Cork County Council, 08/8045

• 21 May 2008Incompleted application

  Dwelling and installation of waste water treatment plant

  Permission consequent · Cork County Council, 08/6831

• 7 Apr 2008Withdrawn

  Dwellinghouse with attached garage

  Permission · Cork County Council, 08/5876

• 1 Apr 2008Withdrawn

  Two storey dwellinghouse and detached garage

  Permission · Cork County Council, 08/5768

• 11 Jan 2008Conditional

  Renovations and two storey dormer style extension to dwelling

  Permission · Cork County Council, 08/4103

• 7 Dec 2007Incompleted application

  Renovations and dormer style extension to existing cottage

  Permission · Cork County Council, 07/12913

• 22 Oct 2007Refused

  Dormer style dwellinghouse, garage and installation of waste water treatment system

  Permission · Cork County Council, 07/11823

The 25 most recent of 41 applications.

Source: National Planning Applications, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, CC BY 4.0. Applicants are not shown.

Designated sites

• Special Area of Conservation: Blackwater River (Cork/Waterford) SAC 002170

Recorded monuments

• CO017-078 Castle - unclassified
  Description

  On break in NE-facing slope. No visible surface trace of castle. Probably a Synan castle, granted in late 16th century to Edmund Spenser who subsequently granted possession to a member of the Roche family (Healy 1988, 361). According to Jones (1902, 234), 'knocked down by lightning in 1865'. 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

• CO025-026 Quarry
  Description

  Listed as a ‘quarry’ in the SMR (1988) and the RMP (1998). The evidence is not sufficient to warrant accepting this as the location of an archaeological monument. Compiled by: Matt Kelleher Date of upload: 12 September 2014

Architectural heritage

No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands in the townland of Richardstown.

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 Richardstown.

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.

• Richardstown, Doneraile6 sales

Name

Richardstown · Baile Risteaird

Area

1,501,612 m² (150.16 ha, 371.06 acres)

Civil parish

Caherduggan, and its townlands

Barony

Fermoy

Electoral division

Doneraile, the unit of the census

Census 2022

Doneraile electoral division: 1,555 people in 599 households; 67% of households own their home; 29% of homes were built since 2001; 9% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 1% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Ballymee, Byblox, Carrigeen, Cornahinch, Doneraile, Kilburn, Knockacur, Lisnagrough

Placenames

Richardstown 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.