Shanacloon
Townland in the civil parish of Clondulane, barony of Condons and Clangibbon, Co. Cork; in Irish An tSeanchluain
- Area
- 125.8 ha
- 311 acres
- Land parcels
- 11
- registered freehold, median 5,299 m² (0.53 ha, 1.31 acres)
- Zoning
- G3
- Greenbelt1
- Planning
- 36
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
11 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Shanacloon, from 1,734 m² to 1,248,370 m² (124.84 ha, 308.48 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 13 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 · 24 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
1 May 2026Grant with conditions
Planning Permission for the construction of a closed loop integrated constructed wetland and all associated ancillary works.
Permission · Cork County Council, 26/1132
5 Feb 2025Conditional
Permission for construction of a modular calf agricultural building and all associated site works on our site
Permission · Cork County Council, 25/4135
23 Dec 2024Conditional permission
Within County Cork, the proposed development will consist of refurbishment works to 39.3km of overhead line, 14 no. steel towers and 204 no. wooden polesets. These lie between Knockraha Substation, in the townland of Ballynenelagh, and the border with County Tipperary in the townland of Glenduff, crossing the County Cork townlands of : Ballynanelagh, Knockraha East, Meeleen, Shanballyreagh, Barnetstown, Mitchellsfort, Meenane, Skahanagh South, Skahanagh North, Coolquane, Scartbarry, Ballyready, Ballyda, Baneena South, Lackabeha East, Hollyhill, Ballinterry, Clykeel South, Ballynanelagh, Clykeel North, Knockauduff, Ballinvarrig West, Kill-Saint-Anne South, Kill-Saint-Anne North, Ballyoran, Glenarousk, Strawhall, Ballyvadona, Carrigabrick, Gearagh, Carrigatoortane, Mountrivers, Moorepark, Ballyderown, Knockanohill, Glansheskin, Kilclogh, Macroney Upper, Castlecooke, Coolaneague, Curraghanolomer, Ballard, Curraghavoe, and Glenduff. The proposed development includes 4 no. temporary construction compounds in the townlands of Moorepark, Ballinvarrig West, Barnetstown, and Skeheen. The works in County Cork will consist of: the replacement ('restringing') of the existing overhead line (OHL) circuit conductor wires; replacement of 7 no. towers and 82 no. polesets with similar dimensions and heights as the existing; installation of 5 no. new towers and 1 new no. poleset at Barrymore Substation and the removal of 2 no. towers; installation of replacement parts on towers and polesets; foundation refurbishment/strengthening and recapping/clearing of shear blocks; all associated site development works, including temporary works areas; clearance of shear block bases; vegetation maintenance works; ancillary site preparation works, site clearance and levelling at the 4 no. temporary construction compounds, temporary works to existing tracks and new temporary access routes to each structure; and all associated works required to facilitate the proposed development. A Natura Impact Statement (NIS) will be submitted to the Planning Authority with the application.
Permission · Cork County Council, 24/6468
2 Dec 2024Conditional permission
Permission to construct a dwelling house, install a waste water treatment system with polishing filter and all associated site works.
Permission · Cork County Council, 24/6276
26 Jun 2024Conditional permission
Permission for: a) Demolition of our existing single storey grasslands laboratory unit and adjoining agricultural buildings, b) Construction of a new two storey laboratory building with single storey office and storage facility, c) Construction of a new agricultural animal nutrition building, d) Construction of a new ESB substation, e) Undertake all associated ancillary accommodation and site works and construction of new carpark on our site.
Permission · Cork County Council, 24/5197
10 Nov 2022Conditional
Construction of agricultural Mill building and canopy link to existing building, all associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 22/6512
30 Dec 2021Conditional
The construction of a milking equipment farm storage building, inclusive of all necessary associated ancillary accommodation and site works.
Permission · Cork County Council, 21/7529
25 Nov 2021Conditional
Permission for alterations to an existing building unit consisting of the installation of photovoltaic panels on the existing roof structure, together with all associated site works.
Permission · Cork County Council, 21/7184
14 Oct 2021Conditional
Construction of low emissions piggery building, 4 number feeding silos and all associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 21/6797
21 Dec 2020Conditional
The construction of a two storey office development (with pedestrian link bridge) extension to the side and rear of the Paddy O’Keeffe Innovation Centre and also undertake remodelling and expansion of the existing carpark and road network. All the above works to be inclusive of associated ancillary accommodation and site works.
Permission · Cork County Council, 20/6904
3 Dec 2018Conditional
Construction of a new Weanling/Young Stock Unit and all associated site works.
Permission · Cork County Council, 18/7151
6 Jun 2018Unconditional
Demolition of existing piggery buildings including part demolition of 1no. building and the construction of new piggery buildings consisting of fattener building, weaner/farrow building with covered links to existing piggery and existing office building and replacement of roof and internal alterations to existing office building, construction of feed tote unit and grain silos and construction of food test/research facility with covered link to adjacent gilt isolation building. Construction of additional car parking facilities, concrete yards and associated site works including gravel tracks and services and undertake all associated site works. Extension of Duration of Permission granted under Planning Reference: 13/4193
Extension of duration · Cork County Council, 18/5461
15 Mar 2017Conditional
The construction of a new dairy cow cubicle building (constructed over previously granted, slatted slurry storage tanks, Pl. Reg. No.14/4707) and all associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 17/4623
7 Aug 2014Conditional
Construction of a 200 integrated sow unit, fattener building and weaner/farrow building with covered links to existing piggery and new integrated office area, a feed distribution building, ancillary feed silos and construction of food test/research facility with covered link to adjacent gilt isolation building. Demolition of existing office building. Construction of additional car park facilities, concrete yards and associated site works including gravel tracks and services and undertake all associated site works (alterations to layout and reduction in scale to permission granted for piggery development under Planning Reg. No. 13/4193)
Permission · Cork County Council, 14/5694
7 Apr 2014Conditional
The demolition of existing farmyard buildings and the construction of hay barn, machinery shed, 4 no. feed silos, calving box building, refurbishment and extension to cow unit, new calf unit, new bunded slurry storage tank, rainwater store, slatted yards and additional car parking facilities, new well and associated pump house, new farm road network and associated site works including services and undertake all associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 14/4701
21 Mar 2014Incompleted application
The demolition of existing farmyard buildings and the construction of new suckler house, hay barn, and open animal house coupled with infill animal buildings, new bunded slurry storage tank, slatted concrete yards and additional car parking facilities, new well and associated pump house, new farm road network and associated site works including services and undertake all associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 14/4577
6 Feb 2013Conditional
Demolition of existing piggery buildings including part demolition of 1no. building and the construction of new piggery buildings consisting of fattener building, weaner/farrow building with covered links to existing piggery and existing office building and replacement of roof and internal alterations to existing office building, construction of feed tote unit and grain silos and construction of food test/research facility with covered link to adjacent gilt isolation building. Construction of additional car parking facilities, concrete yards and associated site works including gravel tracks and services and undertake all associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 13/4193
4 Oct 2012Conditional
Construction of a two storey building to contain offices, research educational facilities and associated ancillary accommodation. The buildig will be linked to the existing office building with a covered walkway. Siteworks will include removal of existing prefab research educational buldings and office buildings, the construction of additional carparking facilities, alterations to existing carpark and undertake all associated siteworks
Permission · Cork County Council, 12/6095
20 Sept 2012Incompleted application
Construction of a two storey building to contain offices, research educational facilities and associated ancillary accommodation. The building will be linked to the existing office building with a covered walkway. Siteworks will include removal of existing prefab research educational buildings and office buildings, the construction of additional carparking facilities, alterations to existing carpark and undertake all associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 12/6002
4 Jul 2012Conditional
Construct a two storey dwellinghouse, entrance and associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 12/5450
1 Apr 2009Application finalised
2 no. single storey dwellings, domestic garages, septic tanks, percolation areas, entrances, bored wells, access road and associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 09/5009
26 Mar 2009Incompleted application
2 no. single storey dwelling houses, domestic garages, septic tanks, percolation areas, entrances, bored wells, 1 no. access road and all other associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 09/4935
27 Aug 2008Withdrawn
Construction of 2 no. single storey dwellings, garages, septic tanks, access road and associated works
Outline permission · Cork County Council, 08/8594
19 Aug 2008Incompleted application
2 no. single storey dwellings, garages, septic tanks, access road and associated works
Outline permission · Cork County Council, 08/8454
10 Oct 2007Conditional
Construction of soiled water lagoon and out wintering pad
Permission · Cork County Council, 07/11558
The 25 most recent of 36 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 Shanacloon.
Recorded monuments
- CO028-049 Bridge
Description
The Archaeological Survey of Ireland (ASI) is in the process of providing information on all monuments on The Historic Environment Viewer (HEV). Currently the information for this record has not been uploaded. To access available information for research purposes please make an appointment in advance with the Archive Unit (open Fridays 10.00 am – 5.00 pm), Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, The Custom House, Dublin 1 D01W6XO or email NMarchive@housing.gov.ie.
- CO028-050 Bridge
Description
The Archaeological Survey of Ireland (ASI) is in the process of providing information on all monuments on The Historic Environment Viewer (HEV). Currently the information for this record has not been uploaded. To access available information for research purposes please make an appointment in advance with the Archive Unit (open Fridays 10.00 am – 5.00 pm), Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, The Custom House, Dublin 1 D01W6XO or email NMarchive@housing.gov.ie.
Architectural heritage
- Ballyfean Bridge, bridge, 1790–1810 · Regional interest
Description
Five-arch limestone road bridge, built c. 1800, over River Funshion. Coursed rubble masonry walls with vertically-set coping stones to parapets. Round arches having dressed stone voussoirs. Low V-cutwaters to north elevation. Smaller overflow arch to west.
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
- LiDAR of the Office of Public Works, flown in 2011, at 2 m: tile OPW_1323 (ZIP).
- 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 Shanacloon with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Cork.
The townland
- Name
- Shanacloon · An tSeanchluain
- Area
- 1,258,221 m² (125.82 ha, 310.91 acres)
- Civil parish
- Clondulane, and its townlands
- Barony
- Condons and Clangibbon
- Electoral division
- Kilworth, the unit of the census
- Census 2022
- Kilworth electoral division: 1,808 people in 636 households; 78% of households own their home; 52% of homes were built since 2001; 5% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 1% were holiday homes.
- Neighbouring townlands
- Ballyderown, Ballyvoskillakeen, Gortore, Licklash, Lisnasallagh, Moorepark, Moorepark West, Mountrivers
- Placenames
- Shanacloon 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.