# Taurbeg, Co. Cork: townland, land parcels and planning

Townland in the civil parish of Clonfert, barony of Duhallow, Co. Cork; in Irish Teamhair Bheag.

- Area (Tailte Éireann): 1,661,722 m² (166.17 ha, 410.62 acres)
- Land parcels (Tailte Éireann): 7 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in it, median 144,297 m² (14.43 ha, 35.66 acres)
- Zoning (national zoning, MyPlan): not in a zoned settlement
- Planning (National Planning Applications): 7 applications since 2010
- Civil parish: Clonfert, https://everytownland.com/cork/parish/clonfert.md
- Barony: Duhallow
- Electoral division: Clonfert East, the unit of the census
- Census 2022 (Central Statistics Office): 355 people lived in 137 households in the Clonfert East electoral division. 86% of households owned their home. 21% of homes were built since 2001. 11% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 2% were holiday homes.
- County: Co. Cork, https://everytownland.com/cork.md
- Placenames Database of Ireland: https://www.logainm.ie/en/10565
- Townland number at Tailte Éireann: 45154
- Centre: latitude 52.252913, longitude -9.129815 (WGS 84)

## Land parcels (registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann)

7 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Taurbeg, from 8,024 m² (0.8 ha, 1.98 acres) to 544,282 m² (54.43 ha, 134.49 acres); 15 neighbouring parcels touch its boundary. Largest first:

- Parcel 2319456: 544,282 m² (54.43 ha, 134.49 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2319456.md
- Parcel 2319458: 428,547 m² (42.85 ha, 105.9 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2319458.md
- Parcel 4932389: 394,381 m² (39.44 ha, 97.45 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/4932389.md
- Parcel 2319457: 144,297 m² (14.43 ha, 35.66 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2319457.md
- Parcel 2165104: 124,165 m² (12.42 ha, 30.68 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2165104.md
- Parcel 2319459: 18,747 m² (1.87 ha, 4.63 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2319459.md
- Parcel 4932360: 8,024 m² (0.8 ha, 1.98 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/4932360.md

## Zoning (national zoning of development plans, MyPlan)

No zone of a development plan covers Taurbeg in the national zoning. Outside zoned towns and villages, the county development plan's rural policies apply to each application.

## Planning applications whose site touches the townland (National Planning Applications, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage)

7 applications, newest first.

- 15 Jul 2025, Cork County Council 25/5406: Refused. Permission. Permission for the continued operation of the existing Taurbeg Wind Farm, which includes 11 no. turbines, a 38kV substation and associated infrastructure (as permitted by cork county council ref N/02/3608) for a further period of 10 years from the date of expiry of the current planning permission and for the decommissioning of the entire Taurbeg Wind Farm at the end of that further period. All elements of the wind farm are pre-existing and no modifications are proposed to the existing Taurbeg wind farm as part of this planning application. The Taurbeg wind farm comprises the following elements: 1. 11 no. existing wind turbines with a tip height of 108.2 metres and all associated foundations and hardstanding areas, 2) 1 no. existing onsite 38kV electrical substation including a control building, associated electrical plant and equipment, welfare facilities and a wastewater holding tank, 3) 1no. existing meteorological mast with height of 67m, 4) all existing underground electrical and communications cabling connecting the existing wind turbines to the existing onsite 38kV substation, 5) an existing gated site entrance and existing internal access tracks, 6) existing site drainage, 7) existing ancillary infrastructure, associated site fencing and signage. An Environmental Impact Assessment Report (EIAR) and Natura Impact Statement (NIS) have been prepared in relation to the proposed development and accompany this planning application. The EIAR assess both the continued operation of the Taurbeg wind farm as well as integral elements of the wider project comprising the undertaking of removal of commercial forestry and restoration of farmland habitat at Coom and Knockatee County Kerry, which constitute offsetting measures associated with the continued operation of the Taurbeg Wind Farm. These offsetting measures are located in a separate planning authority jurisdiction (Kerry County Council) and will be subject of a separate planning application to the planning authority.. File: https://planning.agileapplications.ie/corkcoco/application-details/?ref=25/5406
- 26 Sept 2016, Cork County Council 16/6366: Refused. Permission. To amend Condition No. 7 of windfarm development permitted under planning Reg No. 02/3608 which specified that ‘the structures shall be removed at the expiration of a period of 20 years beginning on the date of commissioning of the development to allow for a period of 25 years from the date of commissioning instead of 20 years specified in the condition and extend the permitted operational lifetime of the Taurbeg Windfarm for a period of 5 years (2026-2031) and Permission for the clear felling of approximately 0.15ha of existing conifer plantation and the replanting of same. File: https://planning.agileapplications.ie/corkcoco/application-details/?ref=16/6366
- 1 Sept 2016, Cork County Council 16/6195: Incompleted application. Permission. A Ten Year Permission for development of this site. To extend the permitted operational lifetime of the Taurbeg wind farm for a period of 5 no. years (2026-2031), from 20 to 25 years which was consented under Planning Reg. 02/3608. Activities which will be carried out within that period will also include the clear felling of approx. 0.15ha of existing conifer plantation and the replanting of same. An Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) and Natura Impact Statement (NIS) will be submitted with the planning application.. File: https://planning.agileapplications.ie/corkcoco/application-details/?ref=16/6195
- 18 May 2010, Cork County Council 10/5211: Unconditional. Extension of duration. Completion of construction of 29 no. wind turbines, 2 no. meteorological masts, electrical substation, construction and upgrading of internal site tracks and associated works granted under pl.reg.no. 04/8354 (New permission to expire on 22/12/2014). File: https://planning.agileapplications.ie/corkcoco/application-details/?ref=10/5211
- 7 Feb 2005, Cork County Council 05/602: Conditional. Permission. Borrow pit to win road stone for on site access tracks associated with construction of wind farm permitted under Reg. No.02/3608, and a short section of access track. File: https://planning.agileapplications.ie/corkcoco/application-details/?ref=05/602
- 11 Nov 2004, Cork County Council 04/8354: Conditional. Permission. 29 no. wind turbines (hub height 80 m, blade diameter 90 m), electrical sub station with control building, 2 no. 80 m high meteorological masts, construction and extension of internal site tracks and associated works.. File: https://planning.agileapplications.ie/corkcoco/application-details/?ref=04/8354
- 30 Jun 2003, Cork County Council 03/3220: Conditional. Permission. Windfarm including 29 no. wind turbines (80m high),electrical substation with control building, 2 no. 60m meteorlog- ical masts & assoc works. File: https://planning.agileapplications.ie/corkcoco/application-details/?ref=03/3220

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## Designated sites (National Parks and Wildlife Service)

- Special Protection Area: Stack's to Mullaghareirk Mountains, West Limerick Hills and Mount Eagle SPA, site code 004161, https://www.npws.ie/protected-sites/spa/004161

## Recorded monuments (Sites and Monuments Record, National Monuments Service)

No recorded monument lies in the townland of Taurbeg.

## Architectural heritage (National Inventory of Architectural Heritage)

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

## Ground and risks (Radon Risk Map of Ireland, EPA; Landslide Susceptibility Classification and LiDAR, Geological Survey Ireland)

- Radon: at the centre of the townland of Taurbeg, about 1 in 20 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels. Testing a home: https://www.epa.ie/environment-and-you/radon/radon-testing/#d.en.82887
- Landslides: The 1:50,000 map rates the landslide susceptibility here as high, moderately high, moderately low, low, partly inferred.
- Terrain model: no LiDAR survey of the Office of Public Works covers the centre of the townland of Taurbeg.
- Flooding: the flood maps of the Office of Public Works, https://www.floodinfo.ie/map/floodmaps/, linked only: their licence does not allow re-use.

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.

## Downloads

- DXF, in Irish Transverse Mercator metres, with its boundary, parcels and buildings, for a drawing program: https://everytownland.com/cork/taurbeg.dxf
- GeoJSON, in WGS 84, for a map: https://everytownland.com/cork/taurbeg.geojson
- KML, for Google Earth: https://everytownland.com/cork/taurbeg.kml

## Homes sold (Residential Property Price Register)

No address of the register names Taurbeg with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Cork: https://everytownland.com/cork.md

## Neighbouring townlands (National Statutory Boundaries, Tailte Éireann)

- Foiladaun: https://everytownland.com/cork/foiladaun.md
- Glasheenanargid: https://everytownland.com/cork/glasheenanargid.md
- Glennaknockane: https://everytownland.com/cork/glennaknockane.md
- Knockacluggin: https://everytownland.com/cork/knockacluggin.md
- Meentinny West: https://everytownland.com/cork/meentinny-west.md
- Taurmore: https://everytownland.com/cork/taurmore.md

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.

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Everytownland reads the registered freehold land and the statutory boundaries of Tailte Éireann, the national zoning, planning file and heritage records of the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, and the Residential Property Price Register. 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; this site names no owner. A price is the price recorded for a past sale, not a valuation.

Sources: Cadastral Parcels Freehold, Townlands, Civil Parishes, Baronies, Electoral Divisions and Buildings, Tailte Éireann, CC BY 4.0; national zoning of development plans (GZT, MyPlan) and National Planning Applications, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, CC BY 4.0, applicants not shown; designated sites, National Parks and Wildlife Service, CC BY 4.0; Sites and Monuments Record, National Monuments Service, CC BY 4.0; National Inventory of Architectural Heritage, CC BY 4.0; Residential Property Price Register, Property Services Regulatory Authority, re-used with the source acknowledged.

- Page: https://everytownland.com/cork/taurbeg
- In JSON: https://everytownland.com/api/townland/cork/taurbeg