Sheskin
Townland in the civil parish of Kilmocomoge, barony of Bantry, Co. Cork; in Irish An Seisceann
- Area
- 128.8 ha
- 318 acres
- Land parcels
- 282
- registered freehold, median 810 m²
- Zoning
- R2
- Existing Residential/Mixed Residential and Other Uses
- Planning
- 100
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
282 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Sheskin, from 2 m² to 169,494 m² (16.95 ha, 41.88 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 43 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
- R2Existing Residential/Mixed Residential and Other Uses (Existing residential)
Cork County Development Plan 2022, Cork · 224 parcels The zoning objective in the plan - G3Greenbelt1 (Conservation, amenity or buffer space, corridor/belt, landscape)
Cork County Development Plan 2022, Cork · 76 parcels The zoning objective in the plan - G3Green Infrastructure (Conservation, amenity or buffer space, corridor/belt, landscape)
Cork County Development Plan 2022, Cork · 9 parcels The zoning objective in the plan - M1Special Policy Area (Mixed Use, general development, opportunity/proposal site)
Cork County Development Plan 2022, Cork · 3 parcels The zoning objective in the plan - P1Agriculture
Cork County Development Plan 2022, Cork · 2 parcels The zoning objective in the plan - G5Green Infrastructure (Mixed/general 'green'/recreation/conservation, other)
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.
Planning applications
Sites that touch the townland, newest first
21 Aug 2026Invalid - prepare letters
permission for a residential development consisting of 45no. dwelling houses and 8no. apartments, and all associated site works including installation of roads, footpaths, playground and amenity areas, vehicle and bike parking, public lighting installation, services and landscaping
Permission · Cork County Council, 26/2196
21 May 2026Awaiting f.i. response
Permission for Retention of a rear porch extension and front sunroom extension, minor alterations to elevations and fenestration to existing dwelling. Permission is also sought for alterations to existing dwelling to incorporate, raising of roof, enlarged first floor, demolition of a sunroom extension and all associated site works
Permission for retention · Cork County Council, 26/1347
16 Dec 2025Awaiting f.i. response
Permission for construction of dwelling house and detached domestic garage, decommissioning of existing septic tank system serving adjoining dwelling house and all associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 25/6811
5 Sept 2025Grant with conditions
Construction of dwelling house and for all associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 25/5806
14 May 2025Conditional permission
Alterations and extension to a dwelling house. Works include alterations and one new window opening to the existing dwelling and apart single storey and part two storey extension to the existing bungalow and associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 25/261
16 Apr 2025Incompleted application
Extension to a dwelling house including a part single storey and part two storey extension to an existing bungalow and associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 25/208
28 Feb 2025Conditional
Permission for the following works to existing dwelling house: (i) Construction of extension to front of house, (ii) Construction of extension to rear of house, (iii) Installation of 4 no. rooflights to rear of house, (iv) fenestration changes, and (v) associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 25/97
30 Jul 2024Conditional
Permission for the following works to existing dwelling house: - (A) Permission for conversion of existing attic space to habitable use, for alterations to same including partial raising of said roof. (B) For fenestration changes to elevations including windows and doors. (C) For change of use of attached garage to extend living area of said dwelling, including minor alterations to roof of same (D) Permission for detached domestic storage shed. (E) Permission for the replacement of existing septic system with new system and connection of same to public sewer. (F) For all associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 24/414
9 Jul 2024Conditional
Permission for construction of dwelling house and for all associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 24/372
15 Dec 2023Conditional
Construction of dwelling house and all associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 23/725
28 Jan 2022Conditional
Permission for the following: (i) removal of unauthorised first floor extension to garage building, (ii) construction of pitched roof at single storey level in its place, and (iii) retention of single storey extensions to the original garage
Permission · Cork County Council, 22/40
1 Dec 2021Conditional
Residential development consisting of the following: (i) 42 no. dwelling houses, 3 no. apartment blocks each including 4 no. apartments, and 2 no. serviced sites, (ii) installation of playground, (iii) installation of 2 no. bin corrals and (iv) all associated site works including estate roads, footpaths, lighting, services and landscaping
Permission · Cork County Council, 21/833
29 Oct 2021Conditional
(i) construction of domestic garage / store, ancillary in use to dwelling house, (ii) installation of driveway and parking area and (iii) all associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 21/747
4 Jun 2021Conditional
Permission for the following works to existing dwelling house: (i) construction of dormer extension to side, (ii) construction of two storey extension to rear, (iii) changes to fenestration to existing house and (iv) associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 21/380
18 Dec 2020Refused
Retention of extensions to original domestic garage and for permission for modifications to same, for continued use as domestic garage/workshop, and associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 20/764
11 Sept 2020Refused
Permission for retention of extension, modifications and change of use of existing detached 2 storey building from domestic garage to a granny flat with attached studio and workshop, all ancillary in use to existing dwelling house
Retention · Cork County Council, 20/488
4 Jun 2020Conditional
Permission for retention for minor alterations to Primary Healthcare Centre building permission under 16/00743 and 18/00327, retention of (a) minor alterations to elevations, internal layout and ridge levels, (b) minor increase in floor area (c) Unit 2 to be shell and core only, (d) general revisions to layout of dispensary (e) general revisions to all associated site development works
Retention · Cork County Council, 20/280
10 Feb 2020Conditional
Permission sought for single storey extension to side of dwelling house and for all associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 20/63
19 Dec 2019Conditional
Retention of 2no. extensions to dwelling house and associated site works
Retention · Cork County Council, 19/805
17 Jul 2019Withdrawn
Construction of a dwelling house, 2 no. residential serviced sites and all associated landscaping roadways & site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 19/481
12 Jun 2019Incompleted application
Construction of a dwelling house, 2 no. residential serviced sites and all associated landscaping, roadways and site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 19/394
2 Apr 2019Conditional
Construction of a dwelling house and all associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 19/220
15 Feb 2019Conditional
(i) Construction of 3 no. extensions to sides and rear of house, (ii) installation of 2 no. bay windows to front of house, (iii) installation of corner window to rear of house and (iv) all associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 19/100
7 Dec 2018Conditional
Permission for the following works to existing dwelling house (i) replacement of existing 4 no. windows to front elevation with 2 no. enlarged windows and (ii) removal of window to side elevation
Permission · Cork County Council, 18/751
30 Nov 2018Conditional
Permission for reinstatement of original use of building from a child and family clinic to a dwelling house (previous planning reference W/94/3319)
Permission · Cork County Council, 18/733
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
No designated site (Special Area of Conservation, Special Protection Area, Natural Heritage Area or proposed one) touches the townland of Sheskin.
Recorded monuments
No recorded monument lies in the townland of Sheskin.
Architectural heritage
No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands in the townland of Sheskin.
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 high, moderately high, moderately low, low, low (inferred), on the 1:50,000 map; parts are made ground.
- Terrain model
- No LiDAR survey of the Office of Public Works covers the centre of the townland of Sheskin.
- 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 Sheskin with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Cork.
The townland
- Name
- Sheskin · An Seisceann
- Area
- 1,288,258 m² (128.83 ha, 318.34 acres)
- Civil parish
- Kilmocomoge, and its townlands
- Barony
- Bantry
- Electoral division
- Bantry Urban, the unit of the census
- Census 2022
- Bantry Urban electoral division: 3,358 people in 1,345 households; 51% of households own their home; 24% of homes were built since 2001; 11% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 4% were holiday homes.
- Neighbouring townlands
- Ardnageehy More, Ardrah, Caherdaniel West, Carrignagat, Derreengreanagh, Dromleigh South, Knocknamuck, Scartbaun, Trawlebane
- Placenames
- Sheskin 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.