Scartlea Upper
Townland in the civil parish of Garranekinnefeake, barony of Imokilly, Co. Cork; in Irish An Scairt Liath Uachtarach
Parcel 2164466
- Area
- 567 m²
- Buildings
- 4 buildings touch it, 383 m² on the ground
- Zoning
- No zone of a development plan covers it in the national zoning. Outside zoned towns and villages, the county development plan's rural policies apply.
- Townland
- Scartlea Upper
Planning applications on this parcel
No planning application touches this parcel in the national file, which goes back to 2010.
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 this parcel.
Recorded monuments around it
No zone of notification of a recorded monument touches this parcel.
Architectural heritage
No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands on this parcel.
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
- About 1 in 5 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels. Testing a home
- Landslides
- Susceptibility low, on the 1:50,000 map.
- Terrain model
- No LiDAR survey of the Office of Public Works covers the centre of this parcel.
- 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.
Download this parcel: DXF, in Irish Transverse Mercator metres, with its neighbours and buildings, for a drawing program; GeoJSON, in WGS 84, for a map; KML, for Google Earth.
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann, CC BY 4.0. A parcel is the land of a title, not an address. The owner's name is in the Land Registry of Tailte Éireann: a copy of the folio can be ordered on landdirect.ie, for a fee.
- Area
- 42.2 ha
- 104 acres
- Land parcels
- 63
- registered freehold, median 1,491 m²
- Zoning
- S5
- Community
- Planning
- 33
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
63 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Scartlea Upper, from 59 m² to 88,125 m² (8.81 ha, 21.78 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 38 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
- S5Community (Mixed/general community services/facilities uses)
Cork County Development Plan 2022, Cork · 2 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
13 Jan 2026Grant with conditions
Permission to construct entrance porch to front of existing dwelling
Permission · Cork County Council, 26/0046
22 Jun 2023Refused
10 year planning permission for a solar farm with a total area of circa 126 hectares comprising of solar panels on ground mounted frames with a surface area of circa 532,000m2, 21 no. single storey electrical inverter/transformer stations, 5 no. single storey energy storage modules, 3 no. single storey spare parts containers, 12 no. ring main units, 5 no. weather stations, underground electrical ducting and cabling within the development site, private lands and within the R630, L7657, L7658 and L7659 public roads to connect to solar farm field parcels, security fencing, CCTV, access tracks, 1 no. drain deck crossing, temporary construction compounds, landscaping and all associated ancillary development works. Construction and operational access will be via entrances from L7657, L7658 and L7659. The operational life span of the solar farm will be 40 years and planning permission is requested for its duration. A Natura Impact Statement (NIS) has been prepared and submitted to the planning authority with the application.
Permission · Cork County Council, 23/5270
25 Oct 2022Conditional
Construction of a new two-storey extension to existing school containing 2 classrooms, including a special needs classroom, 2 set rooms, retaining wall, external canopy walkway, waste water treatment system and all ancillary works and retention of rear playground
Permission · Cork County Council, 22/6409
8 Feb 2021Conditional
To construct a new single storey sunroom to side of existing dwelling along with a single storey detached garage with attached carport along with all associated site works.
Permission · Cork County Council, 21/4276
25 Jun 2020Conditional
To construct two storey dwelling-house with detached domestic garage, access driveway and vehicular entrance along with domestic effluent treatment plant and all associated site development works.
Permission · Cork County Council, 20/5307
25 May 2020Incompleted application
To construct two storey dwelling-house with detached domestic garage, access driveway and vehicular entrance along with domestic effluent treatment plant and all associated site development works.
Permission · Cork County Council, 20/5053
24 Oct 2018Conditional
Construction of ground floor extension to north elevation and ground and first floor extensions to south elevation of existing dwelling, alterations to front and rear fenestration, minor alterations to internal layout and all associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 18/6822
26 Apr 2017Conditional
Alter and extend existing dwelling, including construction of new front porch on western elevation, ground floor extension to south oriel-bay extension to the east and bay-window to north as well as covered link to existing domestic garage, new pitched roof to existing garage and all associated site development works.
Permission · Cork County Council, 17/5017
26 May 2016Conditional
Construction of an agricultural storage shed and associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 16/5274
10 Aug 2012Conditional
Demolition of existing 1 no. single storey special needs accommodation (232m2) and removal of 5 no. prefabricated single storey classrooms (416m2). The proposed development will consist of a single/two storey primary school building with a total internal floor area of 2303m2 consisting of 12 classrooms including 4 special needs units, a general purpose room, library, support accommodation and all ancillary site works. This development also includes for the provision of 30 no. on-site carparking spaces including 2 disabled car parking spaces, vehicular access roads, set down area, pedestrian access pathways, new vehicular and pedestrian entrance gates from Woodview Lawn Estate Road, 2 no. ball courts, junior play area, bin store, bicycle shelters, on-site foul treatment system prior to discharging to council sewer to service new school building, surface water attenuation connecting to council water surface drainage system, signage and landscaping as part of the overall site development works on a site area of circa 1.469 hectares
Permission · Cork County Council, 12/5726
4 Sept 2009Conditional
Retention of dormer dwelling as constructed and associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 09/6922
2 Sept 2009Conditional
Construction of single storey dwelling with attic storage space over part of the building, domestic garage and septic tank
Permission · Cork County Council, 09/6886
26 Aug 2009Conditional
Partial demolition, reconstruction and extension to existing dwelling and out offices including new vehicular entrance and effluent treatment plant and all associated site development works
Permission · Cork County Council, 09/6818
24 Jul 2009Conditional
Construction of pre-fabricated classroom and resource room
Permission · Cork County Council, 09/6474
7 Jul 2009Incompleted application
Construction of pre-fabricated classroom and resource room
Permission · Cork County Council, 09/6261
28 May 2009Incompleted application
Single storey dwelling house with attic storage space over part of the building together with a domestic garage & septic tank
Permission · Cork County Council, 09/5754
2 Jul 2008Conditional
Construction of 2 no. prefabricated classroom to rear of existing school
Permission · Cork County Council, 08/7642
11 Jan 2008Conditional
Construction of single storey extensions to dwelling
Permission · Cork County Council, 08/4102
20 Dec 2007Incompleted application
Extensions to dwellinghouse
Permission · Cork County Council, 07/13241
25 Jul 2007Conditional
Attic conversion and installation of rooflights to dwelling
Permission · Cork County Council, 07/9838
10 Jul 2007Conditional
Relocation of 1 no. prefabricated classroom and erection of 2 no. prefabricated buildings consisting of 2 no. classrooms and a resource room
Permission · Cork County Council, 07/9469
26 Jun 2007Incompleted application
Conversion of existing attic to bedroom with en-suite
Permission · Cork County Council, 07/9025
25 Jun 2007Conditional
One and half storey extension to dwelling and sunroom extension to rear
Permission · Cork County Council, 07/8972
7 Jun 2007Incompleted application
Relocation of one existing prefabricated classroom and construction of 2 no. prefabricated buildings consisting of 2 no. classrooms and a resource room
Permission · Cork County Council, 07/8433
17 May 2007Incompleted application
Construction of a storey and a half type extension to existing bungalow and a sunroom to the rear of existing dwelling
Permission · Cork County Council, 07/7881
The 25 most recent of 33 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 Scartlea Upper.
Recorded monuments
No recorded monument lies in the townland of Scartlea Upper.
Architectural heritage
- Gate lodge, 1870–1890 · Regional interest
Description
Detached T-plan three-bay two-storey former gate lodge, built c. 1880, with gabled projections to north bays of front (west) and rear (east) elevations, gabled porch to central bay of front elevation and recent flat-roofed extension to rear. Now in use as house. Pitched artificial slate roof with timber bargeboards, rendered chimneystack and cast-iron ridge crestings. Cut limestone walls with dressed limestone quoins. Square-headed openings with replacement timber windows, cut limestone sill and carved limestone label mouldings. Round-headed opening to gable with fixed timber window, tooled limestone surround and cut limestone sill. Square-headed opening to porch with timber panelled door and cut limestone step. Dressed limestone square-profile piers to entrance to south with carved caps and 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).
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 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 Scartlea Upper.
- 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 Scartlea Upper with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Cork.
The townland
- Name
- Scartlea Upper · An Scairt Liath Uachtarach
- Area
- 422,453 m² (42.25 ha, 104.39 acres)
- Civil parish
- Garranekinnefeake, and its townlands
- Barony
- Imokilly
- Electoral division
- Cloyne, the unit of the census
- Census 2022
- Cloyne electoral division: 4,730 people in 1,639 households; 72% of households own their home; 49% of homes were built since 2001; 6% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 1% were holiday homes.
- Neighbouring townlands
- Ballydwyre, Bawnard East, Bawnard West, Garranekinnefeake, Kilgrellane, Kilva, Scartlea Lower
- Placenames
- Scartlea Upper 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.