Shanavagh
Townland in the civil parish of Skull, barony of Carbery West (West Division), Co. Cork; in Irish Seanbhoth
Parcel 2201338
- Area
- 12,417 m² (1.24 ha, 3.07 acres)
- Buildings
- 3 buildings touch it, 102 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
- Shanavagh
Planning applications on this parcel
31 Oct 2025Refused
1. Retention Planning Permission for renovation works to an existing vernacular dwelling including the repairing and rebuilding of stonework and construction of a new roof. 2. Planning Permission to (a) demolish existing stone lean-to (b) construct a single storey extension to the existing building, (c) construct a new site entrance off the public road, (d) installation of a septic tank and percolation area and all associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 25/6349
29 Sept 2022Refused
Refurbish ruined dwelling to including alterations and extension to same, and the installation of septic tank and percolation area and all associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 22/615
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 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 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
- 103.6 ha
- 256 acres
- Land parcels
- 100
- registered freehold, median 2,180 m² (0.22 ha, 0.54 acres)
- Zoning
- —
- not in a zoned settlement
- Planning
- 67
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
100 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Shanavagh, from 33 m² to 242,290 m² (24.23 ha, 59.87 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 21 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 Shanavagh 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
31 Oct 2025Refused
1. Retention Planning Permission for renovation works to an existing vernacular dwelling including the repairing and rebuilding of stonework and construction of a new roof. 2. Planning Permission to (a) demolish existing stone lean-to (b) construct a single storey extension to the existing building, (c) construct a new site entrance off the public road, (d) installation of a septic tank and percolation area and all associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 25/6349
29 Sept 2022Refused
Refurbish ruined dwelling to including alterations and extension to same, and the installation of septic tank and percolation area and all associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 22/615
30 Mar 2022Conditional
Construction of a new single storey dwelling, a new attached garage with store area, new vehicular entrance and a new potable well and all associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 22/218
23 Feb 2022Incompleted application
Construction of a new single storey dwelling, a new attached garage with store area, new vehicular entrance and a new potable well and all associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 22/109
8 Jun 2020Conditional
(i) Construction of two new extensions to original cottage in lieu of existing extensions, (ii) reconstruction of old pedestrian access path with gateway, and (iii) associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 20/288
17 Jun 2019Conditional
Rear extension and alterations to dwelling and extension to side of dwelling including change of use of the existing hobby room / garage to an ancillary granny flat
Permission · Cork County Council, 19/407
24 Jan 2019Conditional
Retention of single storey extension to side of dwelling and for retention of first floor extension to rear of dwelling including raised roof profile. 3 no. velux roof lights and gable window in attic and all associated site development works
Retention · Cork County Council, 19/37
31 Jul 2018Conditional
Retention of bay window and single storey extensions to dwelling house
Retention · Cork County Council, 18/455
15 May 2018Conditional
Construction of a detached ancillary dwelling unit (for use as family accommodation/granny flat). Permission for extensions and alterations to the main dwelling and all associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 18/273
11 Aug 2017Conditional
Replace existing off-site septic tank and percolation area with a new on-site waste water treatment plant and sand polishing filter percolation area to serve existing dwelling house
Permission · Cork County Council, 17/531
9 Feb 2016Conditional
Retention of foundation works and permission for the construction of dwelling house on same and all associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 16/73
18 Dec 2015Conditional
Permission for the following works to dwelling house: (i) retention of existing basement incorporating garage and living space, (ii) retention of minor fenestration changes, (iii) demolition of existing sunroom extension, (iv) construction of new sunroom extension and (v) all associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 15/720
1 Dec 2011Conditional
Retention permission for change of site boundaries to dwelling as granted under Pl. Reg. No. 04/3582 and for permission for removal of condition No. 1 in relation to residency clause on attached schedule to said permission
Permission · Cork County Council, 11/732
16 Sept 2011Withdrawn
Construct a dwelling house, garage, waste water treatment system with polishing filter and all associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 11/572
20 Apr 2011Unconditional
Construct 2no. detached dwellings and 2no. pairs of semi-detached dwellings (six in total); Planning dept requested this to be changed to 4no. detached dwellings in a Registered Letter
Extension of duration · Cork County Council, 11/236
15 Jun 2010Withdrawn
Extension to existing dwelling and proposed boathouse/garage
Permission · Cork County Council, 10/417
28 May 2010Incompleted application
Extension to existing dwelling and proposed boathouse/garage
Permission · Cork County Council, 10/377
17 May 2010Incompleted application
Extension to existing dwelling and proposed boathouse/garage
Permission · Cork County Council, 10/343
2 Apr 2009Conditional
2no. dwellinghouses and associated site works
Outline permission · Cork County Council, 09/364
8 Jul 2008Conditional
Erection of garage; Retention of alterations to dwellinghouse and site layout including house orientation and floor level, permitted under planning 02/908
Permission · Cork County Council, 08/1279
30 May 2008Conditional
Extension and alterations to dwelling and installation of sewage treatment unit in lieu of septic tank
Permission · Cork County Council, 08/1019
30 May 2008Incompleted application
Erection of garage; Retention of alterations to dwellinghouse and site layout
Permission · Cork County Council, 08/1017
14 Mar 2008Incompleted application
Extension to dwelling containing new kitchen dining area
Permission · Cork County Council, 08/480
2 Jan 2008Withdrawn
Dwelling, detached domestic garage and associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 08/11
13 Apr 2007Conditional
Construct 11 two storey dwellinghouses (3 blocks of 3 and 1 block of 2) and associated roads, paths and general works
Permission · Cork County Council, 07/1005
The 25 most recent of 67 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: Roaringwater Bay and Islands SAC 000101
- Proposed Natural Heritage Area: Roaringwater Bay And Islands 000101
Recorded monuments
No recorded monument lies in the townland of Shanavagh.
Architectural heritage
- Bridge, 1780–1820 · Regional interest
Description
Triple-span road bridge spanning tidal stream, built c.1800, comprising central segmental arch with voussoirs, flanked by square-headed openings. Coursed rubble limestone construction having parapet, date plaque and rounded upright coping.
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 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 Shanavagh.
- 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
- Shanavagh, Ballydehob7 sales
The townland
- Name
- Shanavagh · Seanbhoth
- Area
- 1,035,657 m² (103.57 ha, 255.92 acres)
- Civil parish
- Skull, and its townlands
- Barony
- Carbery West (West Division)
- Electoral division
- Ballydehob, the unit of the census
- Census 2022
- Ballydehob electoral division: 924 people in 404 households; 75% of households own their home; 29% of homes were built since 2001; 11% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 22% were holiday homes.
- Neighbouring townlands
- Ballydehob, Cooragurteen, Greenmount, Stouke
- Placenames
- Shanavagh 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.