Curraheen
Curraheen is a townland in the civil parish of Ross, barony of Carbery East (West Division), Co. Cork. Its name in Irish is An Curraichín.
Parcel 2166544
- Area
- 4,111 m² (0.41 ha, 1.02 acres)
- Buildings
- 2 buildings touch it. Their footprint covers 206 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
- Curraheen
Planning applications on this parcel
23 Dec 1999Conditional
Alterations to dwelling & extension to same for use as a seperate dwelling unit & installation of effluent treatment unit
Permission · Cork County Council, 99/7176
24 May 1999Refused
Alterations to dwellinghouse & extension to same for use as a separate dwelling unit
Permission · Cork County Council, 99/2684
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 high, 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.
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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
- 34.6 ha
- 86 acres
- Land parcels
- 74
- registered freehold, median 1,010 m²
- Zoning
- G4
- Green Infrastructure
- Planning
- 93
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
74 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Curraheen, from 42 m² to 38,935 m² (3.89 ha, 9.62 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 17 neighbouring parcels touch it.
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Zoning
Development plans, national zoning
- G4Green Infrastructure (Active open space)
Cork County Development Plan 2022, Cork County · 3 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
26 Jun 2026Grant with conditions
Outline permission for two dwellinghouses, two vehicular entrances, the provision of a wastewater treatment system for each house and all associated site works
Outline permission · Cork County Council, 26/1718
23 Dec 2025Refused
Construction of a detached dwelling house accessed from the existing estate, connection to public services and all ancillary site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 25/6973
7 Nov 2025Application withdrawn
Construct 2 no. two storey detached dwelling houses and associated site works to include connections to all main utility services
Permission · Cork County Council, 25/6411
21 Feb 2025Conditional
Permission for revised design of dwellinghouse and domestic garage permitted under Pl. Reg. 24/00092
Permission · Cork County Council, 25/71
27 Jan 2025Conditional permission
Permission for revised design of house no. 16 permitted under Pl Reg No: 22/778
Permission · Cork County Council, 25/22
17 Jan 2025Incompleted application
Permission for revised design of house no: 16 permitted under Pl Reg No: 22/778
Permission · Cork County Council, 25/11
23 Sept 2024Refused
Construction of a detached dwelling house, additional public amenity space in the form of a community garden and all associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 24/519
9 Aug 2024Conditional
New single storey dwelling, detached domestic garage & form new entrance with associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 24/436
27 Jun 2024Unconditional
Completion of 6 no. dwellings
Extension of duration · Cork County Council, 24/344
1 Mar 2024Conditional
Construction of a two storey dwelling house, domestic garage, waste water treatment system, new vehicular entrance and all associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 24/92
12 Oct 2023Conditional
Permission for revised design of house no. 9 permitted under Pl. Reg No: 22/150 and permission also sought to revise roof design of house No.'s 11 & 12 permitted under Pl. Reg. No: 22/150
Permission · Cork County Council, 23/573
6 Jul 2023Conditional
The demolition of existing derelict cottage and the construction of a replacement dwelling, reflecting the original cottage with a new bedroom wing to the north, new vehicular entrance and all associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 23/369
7 Jun 2023Conditional
To construct a new dwelling house and domestic garage. The above development to be carried out with all associated ancillary site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 23/304
25 Apr 2023Incompleted application
Construct a new dwelling house and domestic garage. The above development to be carried out with all associated ancillary site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 23/224
19 Dec 2022Conditional
Permission for extension of the housing development permitted under Pl. Reg. No's 18/488 and 22/00150 consisting of the construction of 6 semi detached dwellings and 1 detached dwelling and all associated site development works
Permission · Cork County Council, 22/778
4 Mar 2022Conditional
Revision of part of a development permitted under planning reg no: 18/488 consisting of the replacement of 10no. permitted dwellings (house numbers 4, 5, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15 & 16 incorporating 7 detached and 3 terraced dwellings from the permitted layout) with 10. semi detached dwellings, revisions to site layout and all associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 22/150
22 Dec 2021Conditional
The construction of a storey and a half dwelling, detached domestic garage and all ancillary site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 21/896
26 Nov 2021Incompleted application
Construction of a storey and a half dwelling, detached domestic garage and all ancillary site services
Permission · Cork County Council, 21/824
21 Jun 2021Withdrawn
Construction of detached dwellinghouse (Change of house type to that permitted under 19/478), detached domestic garage waste water treatment system and all associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 21/426
10 Jun 2021Refused
Permission for revision and an increase in density of a development permitted under Pl. Reg. No; 18/488 consisting of the replacement of 7 no. permitted detached dwellings with 14 no. semi detached dwellings and all ancillary site development works
Permission · Cork County Council, 21/391
9 Apr 2021Conditional
Construction of a two storey dwelling, construction of a new detached garage with store area, a new site entrance, new potable well, a new biofiltration waste water treatment unit, boundary treatment and all associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 21/231
16 Dec 2020Conditional
Retention Planning Permission 1) Single and part two storey rear extension, 2) New site boundaries, 3) Waste Water Treatment Plant and percolation area, 4) Solar Panels on roof of both dwelling and domestic shed. Permission is also sought for the retention and completion of vehicular entrance and all associated site works, all to existing dwellinghouse
Permission · Cork County Council, 20/749
1 Jul 2020Conditional
Permission for revised site boundaries to dwelling permitted under PL. Reg No. 11/527
Permission · Cork County Council, 20/334
9 Dec 2019Conditional
Construction of Summer Tubing Park (outdoor activity area), consisting of 3 number runs/lanes, tubing ramp, air bag, walkways and all associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 19/797
13 Aug 2019Conditional
The Construction of two storey dwelling house with attached domestic garage, provision of wastewater treatment system and all associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 19/531
The 25 most recent of 93 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 Curraheen.
Recorded monuments
- CO143-062 Standing stone
Description
In pasture with commanding views to N and E. Subrectangular stone aligned NW-SE (H 1.27m; 0.98m x 0.91m). The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 1: West Cork' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1992). 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 Curraheen.
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 Curraheen, 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 high, 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 Curraheen.
- 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 Curraheen with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Cork.
The townland
- Name
- Curraheen · An Curraichín
- Area
- 346,430 m² (34.64 ha, 85.6 acres)
- Civil parish
- Ross, and its townlands
- Barony
- Carbery East (West Division)
- Electoral division
- Rosscarbery, the unit of the census
- Census 2022
- 1,160 people lived in 442 households in the Rosscarbery electoral division. 72% of households owned their home. 38% of homes were built since 2001. 8% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 31% were holiday homes.
- Neighbouring townlands
- Ardagh West, Downeen, Gallane, Maul, Townlands
- Placenames
- Curraheen 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.