Gortagousta

19 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Gortagousta, from 114 m² to 59,311 m² (5.93 ha, 14.66 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 6 neighbouring parcels touch it.

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• R3Existing Residential/Mixed Residential and Other Uses (Residential, mixed residential and other uses)
  Cork County Development Plan 2022, Cork County · 11 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• G4Green Infrastructure (Active open space)
  Cork County Development Plan 2022, Cork County · 3 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• C2.1Business and General Employment (Industrial, enterprise, employment)
  Cork County Development Plan 2022, Cork County · 2 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• R1Residential (New/proposed residential)
  Cork County Development Plan 2022, Cork County · 1 parcels The zoning objective in the plan

Source: Tailte Éireann and the Department of Housing (MyPlan), national zoning, CC BY 4.0.

• 17 Jun 2025Conditional permission

  Permission to install a 33m multi-user lattice type telecommunications support structure, carrying antenna and dishes enclosed within a 2.4 metre high palisade fenced compound together with associated ground equipment cabinets and associated site works and access track on lands located within Carrigtwohill United AFC, Ballyadam Park, Gortagousta, Carrigtwohill, Co. Cork.

  Permission · Cork County Council, 25/5169

• 25 Feb 2025Conditional permission

  Permission for the Retention of the change of use of an existing residential dwelling for use as Club House and associated works. Permission for the construction of 1 No. all-weather playing pitch and 1 No. all-weather training pitch including associated drainage works, the provision of perimeter fencing 2.4 meter height over pitch level with 3 meter high ball netting above and the installation of 6 No. 15.2m high floodlights and 1.2m high spectator fencing, a 2m wide Community Walkway/Perimeter Path, a storage compound, a new internal car parking arrangement and entrance, bicycle parking, bin storage and all associated site development works.

  Permission for retention · Cork County Council, 25/4270

• 14 Jan 2025Withdrawn

  Permission to install a 30m multi-user lattice type telecommunications support structure, carrying antenna and dishes enclosed with a 2.4 metre high palisade fenced compound together with associated ground equipment cabinets and associated site works on lands located within the Carrigtwohill United AFC

  Permission · Cork County Council, 25/4020

• 9 Nov 2023Conditional

  Permission to construct a double garage to rear of our garden for storage of vintage cars together with all associated site works

  Permission · Cork County Council, 23/6251

• 2 Sept 2022Withdrawn

  The construction of a residential development of 46 no. residential units to be provided in 3 no. 2-4 storey buildings and all ancillary site development works. The proposed development comprises 32 no. 2 bedroom apartment / duplex units and 14 no. 1 bedroom apartment units with ancillary bin and bicycle stores. The proposed development makes provision for a section of an inter-urban greenway providing pedestrian/cyclist access to the site from the Carrigane Road and the Bog Road. Vehicular access to the proposed development will be provided from the Carrigane Road.

  Permission · Cork County Council, 22/6000

• 16 Dec 2021Conditional

  New site access, local road improvement works and site development works comprising; new vehicular site entrance from L-7642 (Hedgy Boreen) including approx. 34m of internal stub road; road improvement works to approx. 140m of the northern end of the L-7642 to widen approx. 80m of carriageway and provide a grass verge and new set back boundary to the north and south of proposed entrance; improvement of sightlines along L-3617 (Carrigane road) from the L-7642 by lowering of vegetation at the junction and set back boundary on the northern side of the site; provision of IDA-branded signage; associated site development and landscaping works; all on a site of approximately 1.5Ha.

  Permission · Cork County Council, 21/7374

• 22 Nov 2021Conditional permission

  The construction of a residential development of 63 no. residential units consisting of 47 no. dwelling houses and 16 no. duplex apartment units and all ancillary site development works. The proposed development consists of the construction of 8 no. 4 bedroom semi-detached dwelling houses, 25 no. 3 bedroom semi-detached/townhouse dwelling houses, 14 no. 2 bedroom townhouses and 2 no. three storey duplex/apartment buildings containing 8 no.2 bedroom units and 8 no.1 bedroom units. Ancillary site works include the provision of bin/bicycle stores, an inter-urban greenway along the sites northern boundary which will provide pedestrian/cyclist access onto the Carrigane Road. Vehicular access to the proposed development will be provided via an upgraded site entrance from the Bog Road.

  Permission · Cork County Council, 21/7130

• 30 Sept 2021Conditional

  The construction of a single dwelling house, installation of a new connection to public water mains, installation of a wastewater treatment unit and associated percolation area, and all ancillary works.

  Permission · Cork County Council, 21/6663

• 28 May 2021Withdrawn

  The construction of a single dwelling house, the installation of a new connection to public water mains, the installation of a new connection to public foul sewer, and all ancillary works.

  Permission · Cork County Council, 21/5491

• 23 Feb 2016Conditional

  Extension to existing window/door manufacturing building for the storage of raw materials and finished goods with associated ancillary works

  Permission · Cork County Council, 16/4411

• 30 Nov 2015Incompleted application

  Construction of an extension to the existing premises

  Permission · Cork County Council, 15/6704

• 13 Sept 2006Conditional

  Construction of enclosed 110kV indoor substation and boundary fence

  Permission · Cork County Council, 06/10555

• 14 Jul 2006Conditional

  Site development works to facilitate the future construction of biotechnology manufacturing facility to include temporary construction access with associated widening of road, signalised junction at intersection off N25 and Hedgy Boreen with associated road works, 20kV substation in a compound with switchgear building and 2 no. transformer pads, gas compound/above ground installation with associated conrtol buildings, earthworks to include cut and fill operations to prepare the site for construction of future buildings, attenuation/retention pond, demolition of 2 no. dwellinghouses, internal access roads, provision for 600 no. surface level car parking spaces, gravelled areas for future buildings, retaining wall and lighting standards, underground services and associated manholes, site boundary treatments to include security fencing and landscaping and all associated and ancillary site development works.

  Permission · Cork County Council, 06/8898

• 6 Jul 2006Conditional

  Erection of 2 no. steel masts to facilitate the retirement of portion of overhead line

  Permission · Cork County Council, 06/8669

• 23 Jan 2006Refused

  One and half storey dwellinghouse

  Permission · Cork County Council, 06/4242

• 20 Oct 2005Incompleted application

  One and half storey dwellinghouse

  Permission · Cork County Council, 05/7670

• 9 Dec 2003Conditional

  Extension to workshop for manufacture of P.V.C. windows

  Permission · Cork County Council, 03/6294

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 the townland of Gortagousta.

Recorded monuments

No recorded monument lies in the townland of Gortagousta.

Architectural heritage

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

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 Gortagousta, 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 low, partly inferred.

Terrain model

No LiDAR survey of the Office of Public Works covers the centre of the townland of Gortagousta.

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 Gortagousta with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Cork.

Name

Gortagousta · Gort an Ghósta

Area

129,674 m² (12.97 ha, 32.04 acres)

Civil parish

Carrigtohill, and its townlands

Barony

Barrymore

Electoral division

Carrigtohill, the unit of the census

Census 2022

8,181 people lived in 2,751 households in the Carrigtohill electoral division. 72% of households owned their home. 61% of homes were built since 2001. 5% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 0% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Ballyadam, Carrigtohill, Clyduff

Placenames

Gortagousta 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.