Toorard
Toorard is a townland in the civil parish of Clonfert, barony of Duhallow, Co. Cork. Its name in Irish is An Tuar Ard.
- Area
- 373.2 ha
- 922 acres
- Land parcels
- 40
- registered freehold, median 44,701 m² (4.47 ha, 11.05 acres)
- Zoning
- —
- not in a zoned settlement
- Planning
- 26
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
40 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Toorard, from 122 m² to 476,654 m² (47.67 ha, 117.78 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 22 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.
Zoning
Development plans, national zoning
No zone of a development plan covers Toorard 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
24 Sept 2024Conditional permission
Permission to a) renovate existing derelict dwelling house and b) construct a new extension to the rear of the existing dwelling house
Permission · Cork County Council, 24/5804
10 Apr 2019Conditional
(1) The construction of an entrance as permitted under planning reference number 06/7308, (2) the retention of a conservatory extension to the South-West of the house, (3) the retention of the conversion of the attic into a habitable living space, (4) the retention of alterations to elevations to those permitted under planning reference number 06/7308 and (5) all ancillary works.
Permission · Cork County Council, 19/4882
16 May 2018Conditional
(1) The installation of new advanced treatment system and tertiary filter, (2) the decommissioning and removal of the old septic tank, (3) the retention of the two – storey extension to rear of house, (4) retention of extended first floor living accommodation including increased ridge height and (5) all associated siteworks.
Permission · Cork County Council, 18/5248
13 Nov 2012Unconditional
Dormer style dwellinghouse (change of plan), domestic garage and installation of effluent treatment unit, extension of duration to permission granted under Planning Ref.No. 07/13234
Extension of duration · Cork County Council, 12/6321
5 Oct 2010Conditional
Construction of ground floor and first floor extension to side of dwelling
Permission · Cork County Council, 10/8129
2 Oct 2008Refused
Retention of two-storey extension to rear of dwelling, first floor living accommodation including increased ridge height and installation of septic tank
Permission · Cork County Council, 08/9133
9 Sept 2008Incompleted application
Retention of extension and alterations to dwelling including two-storey extension to rear, first floor living accommodation in existing dwelling, increased ridge height to main dwelling and septic tank
Permission · Cork County Council, 08/8815
1 Sept 2008Incompleted application
Retention of extension and alterations to dwelling including two-storey extension to rear, first floor living accommodation in existing dwelling, increased ridge height to main dwelling and septic tank
Permission · Cork County Council, 08/8661
20 Dec 2007Conditional
Dormer style dwellinghouse (change of plan), domestic garage and installation of effluent treatment unit
Permission · Cork County Council, 07/13234
12 Sept 2007Conditional
Construction of easy feed unit over existing slatted tank and widening existing entrance
Permission · Cork County Council, 07/10952
25 Jul 2007Conditional
Retention and completion of alterations and change of use of former school to dwellinghouse and retention of entrance and septic tank
Permission · Cork County Council, 07/9842
18 Jul 2007Incompleted application
Construction of easy feed unit over existing slatted tank and widening of existing entrance
Permission · Cork County Council, 07/9700
14 May 2007Incompleted application
Construction of easyfeed unit over existing slatted tank and widening of existing entrance
Permission · Cork County Council, 07/7764
6 Mar 2007Conditional
Construction of five bay slatted unit with underground slurry tanks
Permission · Cork County Council, 07/5687
21 Feb 2007Conditional
Dwelling and garage
Permission · Cork County Council, 07/5279
2 Jan 2007Incompleted application
Dwellinghouse and garage
Permission · Cork County Council, 07/4000
24 Nov 2006Conditional
Bungalow
Permission consequent · Cork County Council, 06/12673
21 Sept 2006Conditional
Construction of soiled water tank, slatted cubicle house and dungstead
Permission · Cork County Council, 06/10807
19 May 2006Conditional
Bungalow
Permission consequent · Cork County Council, 06/7308
9 May 2006Conditional
Dwellinghouse
Outline permission · Cork County Council, 06/7008
11 Apr 2006Incompleted application
Bungalow
Permission consequent · Cork County Council, 06/6296
1 Nov 2005Conditional
Dwellinghouse
Outline permission · Cork County Council, 05/8026
9 May 2005Conditional
Dwellinghouse
Outline permission · Cork County Council, 05/3094
21 Mar 2005Conditional
Dwellinghouse
Outline permission · Cork County Council, 05/1681
11 Sept 2003Application finalised
Dwellinghouse and proprietary treatment plant
Outline permission · Cork County Council, 03/4553
The 25 most recent of 26 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 Toorard.
Recorded monuments
- CO015-001 Fulacht fia
Description
In marshy ground. Oval mound of burnt material (17m E-W; 14.1m N-S); centre of mound eroded by cattle giving a flat interior surrounded by a low bank (int. H 0.25m; ext. H 0.75m). Oval depression (Wth 2m; D 0.5m) extends N for short distance from N side of mound. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 4: North Cork' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 2000). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload/revision: 14 January 2009
Architectural heritage
No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands in the townland of Toorard.
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
- At the centre of the townland of Toorard, about 1 in 10 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
- No LiDAR survey of the Office of Public Works covers the centre of the townland of Toorard.
- 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.
Homes sold
Property Price Register
No address of the register names Toorard with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Cork.
The townland
- Name
- Toorard · An Tuar Ard
- Area
- 3,731,558 m² (373.16 ha, 922.09 acres)
- Civil parish
- Clonfert, and its townlands
- Barony
- Duhallow
- Electoral division
- Barleyhill, the unit of the census
- Census 2022
- 561 people lived in 193 households in the Barleyhill electoral division. 87% of households owned their home. 22% of homes were built since 2001. 16% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 0% were holiday homes.
- Neighbouring townlands
- Carrigcastle, Glanycummane Upper, Gooseberryhill, Knockawillin, Knockilly, Knockskehy, Lismire
- Placenames
- Toorard 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.