Spurree

20 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Spurree, from 2,191 m² (0.22 ha, 0.54 acres) to 372,561 m² (37.26 ha, 92.06 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 21 neighbouring parcels touch it.

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

No zone of a development plan covers Spurree 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.

• 17 Jun 2025Conditional permission

  Permission for extension to existing dwelling.

  Permission · Cork County Council, 25/5167

• 28 Jun 2024Conditional permission

  Permission for 10-year permission for a solar farm consisting of solar photovoltaic panels on ground mounted frames, 4 single storey transformer stations, 4 single storey spare parts storage containers, 1 single storey MV electrical kiosk, a 38kV substation compound with 1 single storey substation building, underground electrical ducting, cabling and joint bays within the development site and within the L-1520-11, L1520-39, L-1518-0, L5789-0 and L-1517-0 public roads to connect the solar farm field parcels, a new entrance off the L-5720-11, a new entrance off the L-5170-0, upgrading of an existing agricultural entrance off the L-1520-11, internal access tracks, security fencing, CCTV, landscaping and all associated development site works at corrin, Kill Saint Anne North, Clykeel North, Ballinvarrig East, Ballinvarrig West, Deerpark, Knockaduff, Kill Saint Anne South, Ballyarra, Mohera, Spurree (townlands), Castlelyons, Fermoy, Co. Cork. The solar panels are arranged within a site area covering approximately 41.72ha, the site area within the public road is approximately 4.9ha. The total development area (including ancillary works) amounts to approximately 46.66ha. A Natrua Impact Statement (NIS) will be submitted to the planning authority with this application. The Natrua Impact Statement will be available for inspection or purchase at a fee not exceeding the reasonable cost of making a copy during office hours at the office of the Planning Authority.

  Permission · Cork County Council, 24/5211

• 6 Nov 2023Refused

  Permission for the construction of a new single storey detached dwelling, a new wastewater treatment unit and percolation area, a new site entrance, and including all associated site works and associated landscaping

  Permission · Cork County Council, 23/6225

• 17 Oct 2022Conditional

  The construction of a new dwellinghouse, an on-site waste-water treatment system and all other associated site works. Vehicular access to the site is via a splayed entrance from the public road as granted under 21/4054.

  Permission · Cork County Council, 22/6333

• 14 Jan 2021Conditional

  Retention of stables, loose house/hay store, extension to existing loose house and hay store, two turn out pads and permission for construction of 5 stables, a manure store and effluent storage tank, demolition of existing store and associated works.

  Permission · Cork County Council, 21/4054

• 28 Apr 2020Withdrawn

  Construction of a new detached dwelling with attached garage and store area, new vehicular access, new potable well, new bio-filtration waste water treatment unit, boundary treatment, and all associated site works.

  Permission · Cork County Council, 20/4861

• 23 Sept 2015Conditional

  Construction of two-storey dwelling with storey and half profile, septic tank, percolation area as well as site entrance, access driveway and all site development works

  Permission · Cork County Council, 15/6132

• 11 Apr 2014Conditional

  Construction of a new agriculatural entrance

  Permission · Cork County Council, 14/4735

• 18 Aug 2008Conditional

  Demolition of dwelling, construction of dwelling, new entrance & effluent treatment system

  Permission · Cork County Council, 08/8440

• 27 Jun 2007Refused

  Construct a storey and a half dwelling, wastewater treatment unit and all associated site development works

  Permission · Cork County Council, 07/9039

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 the townland of Spurree.

Recorded monuments

No recorded monument lies in the townland of Spurree.

Architectural heritage

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

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

At the centre of the townland of Spurree, about 1 in 5 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels. Testing a home

Landslides

The 1:50,000 map rates the landslide susceptibility here as moderately low, low, partly inferred.

Terrain model

LiDAR of the Office of Public Works, flown in 2011, at 2 m: tile OPW_1326 (ZIP).

Flooding

The Office of Public Works publishes its flood maps on floodinfo.ie.

Radon Risk Map of Ireland, Environmental Protection Agency, and Landslide Susceptibility Classification, Geological Survey Ireland, both under 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.

No address of the register names Spurree with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Cork.

Name

Spurree · Sparraí Cloch

Area

1,124,248 m² (112.42 ha, 277.81 acres)

Civil parish

Castlelyons, and its townlands

Barony

Barrymore

Electoral division

Castlelyons, the unit of the census

Census 2022

1,202 people lived in 413 households in the Castlelyons electoral division. 81% of households owned their home. 35% of homes were built since 2001. 8% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 0% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Ballyoran, Glenarousk, Kill-Saint-Anne North, Kill-Saint-Anne South, Mohera

Placenames

Spurree 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.