Lissurla

17 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Lissurla, from 65 m² to 207,380 m² (20.74 ha, 51.24 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 16 neighbouring parcels touch it.

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No zone of a development plan covers Lissurla 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.

• 25 Nov 2025Invalid - case closed

  A 10 year planning permission for a solar farm with a total area of circa 51 hectares. The solar farm will consist of solar panels on ground mounted frames, 7 no. single storey electrical inverter/transformer stations, 3 no. single storey spare parts containers, 3 no. Ring Main Units, 2 no. weather stations, underground electrical ducting and cabling within the development site, private lands and within the L5816, L5813, R626, L7692 and L7691 public roads (including 2 no. Horizontal Directional Drill under the Owenageeragh River and the Ballyerra Stream) to connect solar farm field parcels, security fencing, CCTV, access tracks, 6 no. stream/drain deck crossings, temporary construction compounds, landscaping and all associated ancillary development and drainage works. Construction and operational vehicle access will be via 4 no. entrances from the L5816. Sections of the proposed underground electrical cabling will traverse the solar farm proposed under Cork County Council Reference 24/5630, but will not alter infrastructure proposed under that application. The operational lifespan of the solar farm will be 40 years and planning permission is requested for this duration. A Natura Impact Statement (NIS) has been prepared and will be submitted to the Planning Authority with the application. The NIS includes an assessment of the grid connection for the solar farm project comprising a 220kV electricity substation and underground electricity cabling to the existing Knockraha 220kV substation which has been consented by An Coimisiún Pleanála (ABP-321518-24) and is situated in the townlands of Aghaduff, Ballinbrittig, Ballynabrannagh West, Ballynagaul, Ballynaglogh, Ballynanelagh, Ballynaskeha, Ballysallagh, Ballyvatta, Glengarriff More, Killeena and Pigeonhill (Townlands), Co. Cork. This development is covered by the provisions of the Renewable Energy Directive III (Directive (EU) 2023/2413) and it is important to note that the planning application may be subject to section 34D of the Planning and Development Act 2000, as amended. When a notice issues in accordance with section 34D(b), the provisions of article 26A of the Planning and Development Regulations 2001 to 2025 shall apply.

  Permission · Cork County Council, 25/6573

• 22 Mar 2023Withdrawn

  Permission to construct a dwelling house.

  Permission · Cork County Council, 23/4521

• 11 Jun 2019Conditional

  1) A new single storey extension, 2) the removal of the existing roof of the existing dwelling and the addition of a first floor on top of the existing dwelling, 3) elevational alterations to the existing dwelling, 4) a new waste water treatment unit and all associated site works to an existing single storey detached dwelling.

  Permission · Cork County Council, 19/5533

• 19 Apr 2018Conditional

  Demolition of an isolation shed, cow passage shed and collecting yard and construction of a milking parlour, collecting yard, cubicle house, loose house extension, slatted tank, 2 easyfeed passages, silage slab, meal bin, conversion of existing milking parlour to cow return and conversion of existing dungstead to animal handling area and associated works

  Permission · Cork County Council, 18/4973

• 17 Feb 2017Conditional

  Dormer bungalow with attached single storey double garage, septic tank and percolation area, bored well, new entrance and associated site development works

  Permission · Cork County Council, 17/4342

• 9 Jan 2017Incompleted application

  Construction of dormer bungalow with attached single storey double garage, septic tank and percolation area, bored well, new entrance and associated site development works

  Permission · Cork County Council, 17/4022

• 4 Jun 2014Conditional

  Dormer style dwelling, detached garage, on-site waste water treatment system, entrance and all associated site works

  Permission · Cork County Council, 14/5180

• 16 Feb 2011Withdrawn

  Construction of a storey and a half dwellinghouse with detached garage and wastewater system

  Permission · Cork County Council, 11/4294

• 14 Aug 2009Refused

  Two-storey dwelling, detached garage, septic tank and percolation area

  Permission · Cork County Council, 09/6714

• 25 May 2006Refused

  Dwellinghouse & garage

  Permission · Cork County Council, 06/7464

• 18 Aug 2004Refused

  Dwellinghouse

  Outline permission · Cork County Council, 04/6309

• 10 Jul 2003Conditional

  Retention of slatted unit

  Permission · Cork County Council, 03/3431

Source: National Planning Applications, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, CC BY 4.0. Applicants are not shown.

Designated sites

• Special Area of Conservation: Blackwater River (Cork/Waterford) SAC 002170

Recorded monuments

• CO045-041 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  In pasture, on level ground. Shown on 1842 OS 6-inch map as roughly oval enclosure. Levelled; low undulations in field define site (diam. c. 35m N-S). Thatched cottage (CO044-040---) nearby to NW. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 2: East and South Cork' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1994). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload/revision: 14 January 2009

• CO045-077 Fulacht fia
  Description

  Spread of burnt material on N bank of Owenageeragh river. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 2: East and South Cork' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1994). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload/revision: 14 January 2009

• CO045-078 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  In tillage on S-facing slope. Roughly circular area (29m N-S; 32m E-W) defined by earthen bank in poor condition (H 0.9m), stone faced in parts, obscured by dumping elsewhere; fosse (D 0.6m) to NW. Interior slopes gentlyto S; possible interference to N. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 2: East and South Cork' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1994). 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 Lissurla.

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 Lissurla, 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 high, moderately low, low, partly inferred.

Terrain model

LiDAR of the Office of Public Works, flown in 2011, at 2 m: tile OPW_1329 (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 Lissurla with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Cork.

Name

Lissurla · Lios Oirealla

Area

700,079 m² (70.01 ha, 172.99 acres)

Civil parish

Gortroe, and its townlands

Barony

Barrymore

Electoral division

Gortroe, the unit of the census

Census 2022

815 people lived in 273 households in the Gortroe electoral division. 90% of households owned their home. 35% of homes were built since 2001. 5% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 0% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Ballynanelagh, Curraghphlibbode, Killawillin, Mellefontstown

Placenames

Lissurla 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.