String
Townland in the civil parish of Glanworth, barony of Fermoy, Co. Cork; in Irish An Téad
- Area
- 96.9 ha
- 239 acres
- Land parcels
- 21
- registered freehold, median 1,918 m²
- Zoning
- —
- not in a zoned settlement
- Planning
- 28
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
21 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in String, from 374 m² to 279,172 m² (27.92 ha, 68.98 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 19 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 String 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
29 Apr 2026Grant with conditions
Permission to construct a milking parlour, straw bedded shed, feeding passage with slatted tank and ancillary works
Permission · Cork County Council, 26/1101
27 Nov 2023Conditional
Permission to construct a cattle underpass with effluent tank and ancillary works on a public road
Permission · Cork County Council, 23/6374
11 Oct 2023Incompleted application
Permission to construct a cattle underpass with effluent tank and ancillary works on a public road.
Permission · Cork County Council, 23/6058
22 Jun 2020Conditional
To construct (i) cubicle shed incorporating additional slatted tanks, feeding areas, roofing collecting yard and drafting area (ii) slatted shed (iii) two straw storage sheds (iv) extension to slatted tank for external agitation point and all associated site works. Retention permission for slatted tank is also required.
Permission · Cork County Council, 20/5267
26 May 2020Incompleted application
To construct (i) cubicle shed incorporating additional slatted tanks, feeding areas, roofing collecting yard and drafting area (ii) slatted shed (iii) two storage shed (v) extension to slatted tank for external agitation point and all associated site works. Retention permission for slatted tank is also required.
Permission · Cork County Council, 20/5037
20 Mar 2019Conditional
To demolish a single storey derelict dwelling.
Permission · Cork County Council, 19/4683
25 May 2018Conditional
Demolition of existing derelict dwelling and adjacent farm buildings and planning permission for the construction of new stable barn, haybarn, walker and all associated site development works including new septic tank and percolation area, loading ramp, dungstead, soiled water tank, yards and site fencing. Planning permission is also sought for the indefinite retention of as constructed farm roadway.
Permission · Cork County Council, 18/5360
9 Apr 2018Conditional
Demolition of an existing ground floor extension to rear and side of dwellinghouse. The demolition of an existing domestic garage to side of dwelling house and domestic shed to rear of dwelling house, the conversion of an existing granny flat to side of dwelling house into an extension to the existing dwellinghouse consisting of living room, bedroom, ensuite and hallway. The alterations of elevations to existing dwellinghouse and the construction of a new ground floor extension to rear of dwellinghouse
Permission · Cork County Council, 18/4868
21 Dec 2017Conditional
Construction of two storey extension to side and single storey extension to rear of existing two storey dwelling house (change of plan to that permitted under Planning Reg. No. 16/5991) and all ancillary site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 17/7395
10 Aug 2016Conditional
Construction of two storey extension to side and single storey extension to rear of existing two storey dwellinghouse, upgrade of septic tank system and percolation area serving existing dwellinghouse with new treatment system and percolation area to ensure compliance with the EPA Code of Practice 2009 standards and all ancillary works
Permission · Cork County Council, 16/5991
8 Nov 2007Conditional
Extension to dwellinghouse and construction of stone boundary wall and entrance
Permission · Cork County Council, 07/12241
16 Oct 2007Incompleted application
Extension to dwellinghouse and construction of stone roadside boundary wall and entrance
Permission · Cork County Council, 07/11673
16 Nov 2006Conditional
Construction of calf house and ancillary works
Permission · Cork County Council, 06/12322
30 Mar 2006Conditional
Retention of granny flat, extension to dwelling and detached garage
Permission · Cork County Council, 06/5970
23 Feb 2006Incompleted application
Retention of granny flat and extension to dwelling and detached garage
Permission · Cork County Council, 06/5029
24 Jan 2006Incompleted application
Retention of granny flat, extension to dwelling, garage and outhouse
Permission · Cork County Council, 06/4293
27 Oct 2005Conditional
Dormer dwelling
Permission · Cork County Council, 05/7910
13 Jun 2005Conditional
Construction of new entrance to dwellinghouse
Permission · Cork County Council, 05/4105
6 May 2005Conditional
Retention of extension to dwelling
Permission · Cork County Council, 05/3053
17 Nov 2004Conditional
Construction of a one and a half storey dwellinghouse
Outline permission · Cork County Council, 04/8484
26 Aug 2004Conditional
Alterations and first floor extension to dwellinghouse
Permission · Cork County Council, 04/6483
26 Aug 2004Conditional
Relocation of agricultural entrance
Permission · Cork County Council, 04/6484
4 Jun 2004Conditional
Domestic garage
Permission · Cork County Council, 04/4013
20 May 2004Conditional
Dwelling, garage and waste water treatment unit
Permission · Cork County Council, 04/3540
10 Feb 2004Conditional
Dwellinghouse, garage and waste water treatment unit
Permission · Cork County Council, 04/736
The 25 most recent of 28 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
- Proposed Natural Heritage Area: Glanworth Ponds 000085
Recorded monuments
No recorded monument lies in the townland of String.
Architectural heritage
No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands in the townland of String.
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 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 String.
- 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 String with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Cork.
The townland
- Name
- String · An Téad
- Area
- 968,570 m² (96.86 ha, 239.34 acres)
- Civil parish
- Glanworth, and its townlands
- Barony
- Fermoy
- Electoral division
- Glanworth West, the unit of the census
- Census 2022
- Glanworth West electoral division: 1,156 people in 415 households; 76% of households own their home; 41% of homes were built since 2001; 10% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 0% were holiday homes.
- Neighbouring townlands
- Ballykeating, Ballylegan, Ballynamongaree, Corbally, Laght, Sandville
- Placenames
- String 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.