Whitebarn
Townland in the civil parish of Youghal, barony of Imokilly, Co. Cork; in Irish Gort an Spidéil
- Area
- 19.7 ha
- 49 acres
- Land parcels
- 11
- registered freehold, median 755 m²
- Zoning
- R2
- Existing Residential/Mixed Residential and Other Uses
- Planning
- 15
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
11 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Whitebarn, from 2 m² to 183,805 m² (18.38 ha, 45.42 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 11 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 · 20 parcels The zoning objective in the plan - P1Agriculture
Cork County Development Plan 2022, Cork · 1 parcels The zoning objective in the plan - R1Residential (New/proposed residential)
Cork County Development Plan 2022, Cork · 0 parcels The zoning objective in the plan - G3Green Infrastructure (Conservation, amenity or buffer space, corridor/belt, landscape)
Cork County Development Plan 2022, Cork · 0 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
24 Nov 2023Conditional
Permission to construct a new single storey dwelling, site entrance, wastewater treatment system and all associated site works and services.
Permission · Cork County Council, 23/6349
15 Nov 2023Incompleted application
Permission to construct a new single storey dwelling, site entrance, wastewater treatment system and all associated site works and services.
Permission · Cork County Council, 23/6278
18 Apr 2023Conditional
Permission for retention of a single storey separate granny flat as constructed to side of the existing dwelling house and all associated site works
Retention · Cork County Council, 23/4742
4 Feb 2021Conditional
Permission for the retention of the construction of a granny flat constructed within the curtilage of an existing dwelling house, permission for the retention of the demolition of said dwelling house, permission for the construction of a new dwelling house which is to be connected to the existing granny flat being retained and a new site entrance, entrance roadway and all associated site works.
Permission · Cork County Council, 21/4234
23 Jul 2019Conditional
(i) Demolition of existing single storey extensions and outbuildings to the rear and side of existing two storey dwelling, (ii) The construction of a single storey extension to the side of the existing two storey dwelling, (iii) Alterations to existing elevations, (iv) New internal access driveway and all ancillary site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 19/5845
21 Apr 2015Conditional
Permission for construction of first floor extension and installation of roof windows to front and rear of existing single storey dwellinghouse and extension to and conversion of existing attached garage to a self contained dwelling unit and provision of off road parking bay
Permission · Cork County Council, 15/4803
30 Mar 2015Incompleted application
Construction of first floor extension, roof windows to front & rear of existing roof, conversion & extension of existing garage to a self-contained unit , and off-road parking
Permission · Cork County Council, 15/4620
23 Jul 2010Conditional
Retain 36 metre long infilling and culverting of the Whitebarn Stream running through lands along with all associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 10/5854
10 Mar 2008Withdrawn
Cork County Council are applying for permission to lay 350mm diameter trunk main. From Youghal Town Council northern town boundary on Public road No. R-634 along road known as Mill Road in a south easterly direction through the townlands of Greencloyne, and Youghal-Lands, for a distance of 640 Linear meters or therabout, and thence in a south westerly direction through the townlands of Youghal-Lands and along the estate road of Gort Aoibhinn through the townlands of Whitebarn traversing the estate road of Dun Coran to its junciton with the Reservoir Site located at Cork Hill.
Permission · Cork County Council, 08/58009
22 Dec 2006Conditional
First phase of a res. dev. comprising a) site clearance to include the demol. of Whitebarn House, exist. outbuilding & a substation b) construct. 298 no. res. units consisting of 3 no. detached, 122 no. semi-detached, 101 no. terraced, 38 no. apts. and 34 no. duplex units, c) the provision of a 675 sq. m. creche d) construction of a vehicular access and assoc. road works at Upper Cork Hill e) the reservation of lands for future commercial/residential and open space uses and f) all associated car parking, play areas, landscaping and site development works
Permission · Cork County Council, 06/58078
14 Sept 2006Conditional
Alter and extend existing dwelling at 'Shenanoah', Quarry Road, Youghal. Alterations to include 2 storey extension to side and rear of existing house. Existing roof annex to be raised and to include dormer windows to front and sides and roof lights to sides, canopy to front door and deck at upper level proposed to rear
Permission · Cork County Council, 06/58052
20 Apr 2006Withdrawn
A residential development with access from the Dungourney Road (through lands within Cork County Council's area) and from Upper Cork Hill comprising a) site clearance to include the demolition of exist. outbuildings and sub-station, b) construct i)589 no. res. units to include 541 no. dwellings, 61 no. with assoc. garages and 48 no. duplex apts. ii) playing pitch with provision for assoc. changing rooms, and iii) the reservation of lands for shopping precinct and creche, iv) all assoc. car parking, play areas, landscaping and site development works
Permission · Cork County Council, 06/58020
19 Apr 2006Withdrawn
Construction of 13 no. detached dwellinghouses with garages
Permission · Cork County Council, 06/6467
23 Dec 2005Withdrawn
To construct 144 houses, detached, semi-detached and terraced together with 12 duplex type apartments and creche facility and to construct associated roads and services
Permission · Cork County Council, 05/58061
5 Mar 2004Conditional
Construction of 56 houses, detached, semi-detached and terraced, together with associated roads and services
Permission · Cork County Council, 04/58006
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 Whitebarn.
Recorded monuments
No recorded monument lies in the townland of Whitebarn.
Architectural heritage
No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands in the townland of Whitebarn.
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 high, moderately low, low, low (inferred), on the 1:50,000 map; parts are made ground.
- Terrain model
- LiDAR of the Office of Public Works, flown in 2011, at 2 m: tile OPW_1682 (ZIP).
- 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 Whitebarn with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Cork.
The townland
- Name
- Whitebarn · Gort an Spidéil
- Area
- 196,655 m² (19.67 ha, 48.59 acres)
- Civil parish
- Youghal, and its townlands
- Barony
- Imokilly
- Electoral division
- Youghal Urban, the unit of the census
- Census 2022
- Youghal Urban electoral division: 7,663 people in 3,122 households; 59% of households own their home; 29% of homes were built since 2001; 7% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 7% were holiday homes.
- Neighbouring townlands
- Cock-And-The-Bull, Knockattigan, Sweetfields, Youghal-Lands
- Placenames
- Whitebarn 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.