Dromleigh
Dromleigh is a townland in the civil parish of Kilmichael, barony of Muskerry West, Co. Cork. Its name in Irish is An Drom Liath.
Parcel 2147397
- Area
- 2,309 m² (0.23 ha, 0.57 acres)
- Buildings
- 1 building touches it. Its footprint covers 79 m².
- Zoning
- No zone of a development plan covers it in the national zoning. Outside zoned towns and villages, the county development plan's rural policies apply.
- Townland
- Dromleigh
Planning applications on this parcel
29 Apr 2016Conditional
Ten year permission to construct an underground electricity cable. The proposed underground electricity cable will be 38kV, will run predominantly within the public road corridor and is intended to connect the proposed Shehy More Wind Farm (Pl. Ref. 13/551, An Bord Pleanála PL04. 243486) to the National Grid via either the permitted substation at Garranareagh (Pl. Ref. 11/6605, An Bord Pleanála PL04.219620) or the currently proposed substation at Barnadivane (Kneeves) (Pl. Ref. 14/557, An Bord Pleanála PL04.244439). At time of lodging this application the proposed Shehy More Wind Farm and proposed substation at Barnadivane (Kneeves) remain under appeal with An Bord Pleanála.
Permission · Cork County Council, 16/256
22 Dec 2015Refused
Ten year planning permission for the construction of a wind farm of up to 5 No. wind turbines, with a maximum ground to blade tip height of up to 140m, upgrading of existing and provision of new internal access roads, provision of a wind anemometry mast (height up to 90 metres), 2 no. borrow pits, underground electricity cabling, underground grid connection electrical cabling including all associated infrastructure, junction accommodation works for the proposed delivery route, 1 no. electricity sub-station with control building and associated equipment, 1 no. construction compound, upgrading of the existing site access junction, permanent signage and all ancillary site works.
Permission · Cork County Council, 15/730
Source: National Planning Applications, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, CC BY 4.0. Applicants are not shown.
Designated sites
No designated site (Special Area of Conservation, Special Protection Area, Natural Heritage Area or proposed one) touches this parcel.
Recorded monuments around it
No zone of notification of a recorded monument touches this parcel.
Architectural heritage
No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands on this parcel.
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
- At the centre of this parcel, 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 low, low.
- Terrain model
- No LiDAR survey of the Office of Public Works covers the centre of this parcel.
- 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.
Download this parcel as DXF, in Irish Transverse Mercator metres, with its neighbours and buildings, for a drawing program. GeoJSON, in WGS 84, suits a map, and KML opens in Google Earth.
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann, CC BY 4.0. 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.
- Area
- 35.2 ha
- 87 acres
- Land parcels
- 11
- registered freehold, median 2,309 m² (0.23 ha, 0.57 acres)
- Zoning
- —
- not in a zoned settlement
- Planning
- 14
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
11 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Dromleigh, from 58 m² to 332,774 m² (33.28 ha, 82.23 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 13 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 Dromleigh 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
23 Jun 2021Conditional
To provide an after school club (to open until 6.00pm, Monday to Friday) to operate in conjunction with and to use the same facilities as the existing child care facility (preschool classroom) permitted under planning register number 19/05561.
Permission · Cork County Council, 21/5737
14 Jun 2019Conditional
Change of use of existing classroom and section of playground from educational use (primary school classroom) to child care use (pre-school classroom).
Permission · Cork County Council, 19/5561
7 Feb 2017Unconditional
Construction of new-build 2 bedroom dwelling house adjacent to existing ruined farmhouse and out-buildings. Aforementioned farmhouse and outbuildings to be refurbished to contain additional bedroom (3 bedrooms in total development), studio space and utility. Upgrading of existing bohreen to allow for vehicular access and amendments to existing entrance onto public road for visibility reasons.
Extension of duration · Cork County Council, 17/73
29 Apr 2016Conditional
Ten year permission to construct an underground electricity cable. The proposed underground electricity cable will be 38kV, will run predominantly within the public road corridor and is intended to connect the proposed Shehy More Wind Farm (Pl. Ref. 13/551, An Bord Pleanála PL04. 243486) to the National Grid via either the permitted substation at Garranareagh (Pl. Ref. 11/6605, An Bord Pleanála PL04.219620) or the currently proposed substation at Barnadivane (Kneeves) (Pl. Ref. 14/557, An Bord Pleanála PL04.244439). At time of lodging this application the proposed Shehy More Wind Farm and proposed substation at Barnadivane (Kneeves) remain under appeal with An Bord Pleanála.
Permission · Cork County Council, 16/256
22 Dec 2015Refused
Ten year planning permission for the construction of a wind farm of up to 5 No. wind turbines, with a maximum ground to blade tip height of up to 140m, upgrading of existing and provision of new internal access roads, provision of a wind anemometry mast (height up to 90 metres), 2 no. borrow pits, underground electricity cabling, underground grid connection electrical cabling including all associated infrastructure, junction accommodation works for the proposed delivery route, 1 no. electricity sub-station with control building and associated equipment, 1 no. construction compound, upgrading of the existing site access junction, permanent signage and all ancillary site works.
Permission · Cork County Council, 15/730
5 Dec 2011Conditional
for construction of new-build 2 bedroom dwelling house adjacent to existing ruined farmhouse and out-buildings. Aforementioned farmhouse and outbuildings to be refurbished to contain additional bedroom (3 bedrooms in total development), studio space and utility. upgrading of existing bohreen to allow for vehicular access and amendments to existing entrance onto public road for visibility reasons
Permission · Cork County Council, 11/738
25 Nov 2011Incompleted application
for construction of new-build 2 bedroom dwelling house adjacent to existing ruined farmhouse and out-buildings. Aforementioned farmhouse and outbuildings to be refurbished to contain additional bedroom (3 bedrooms in total development), studio space and utility. upgrading of existing bohreen to allow for vehicular access and ammendments to existing entrance onto public road for visibility reasons.
Permission · Cork County Council, 11/708
19 May 2008Conditional
Installation of treatment unit
Permission · Cork County Council, 08/929
12 May 2008Conditional
Construction of additional School accommodation over two levels comprising classrooms, general purpose room, staff room, ancillary accommodation and all associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 08/876
3 Apr 2007Conditional
Dwellinghouse, installation of small treatment plant and associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 07/943
30 Mar 2007Incompleted application
Dwellinghouse, installation of small treatment plant and associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 07/908
26 Oct 2006Withdrawn
Dwellinghouse and associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 06/2247
7 Dec 2004Conditional
Dwelling and garage
Permission · Cork County Council, 04/8984
31 Mar 2000Conditional
Extension to dwelling
Permission · Cork County Council, 00/1861
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 Dromleigh.
Recorded monuments
No recorded monument lies in the townland of Dromleigh.
Architectural heritage
No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands in the townland of Dromleigh.
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 Dromleigh, 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 high, moderately low, low, partly inferred.
- Terrain model
- No LiDAR survey of the Office of Public Works covers the centre of the townland of Dromleigh.
- 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 Dromleigh with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Cork.
The townland
- Name
- Dromleigh · An Drom Liath
- Area
- 352,159 m² (35.22 ha, 87.02 acres)
- Civil parish
- Kilmichael, and its townlands
- Barony
- Muskerry West
- Electoral division
- Carrigboy, the unit of the census
- Census 2022
- 536 people lived in 174 households in the Carrigboy electoral division. 90% of households owned their home. 32% of homes were built since 2001. 15% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 0% were holiday homes.
- Neighbouring townlands
- Clonmoyle, Coolaclevane, Cooldorragha, Cusduff
- Placenames
- Dromleigh 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.