Land parcel 2168695

Area

628,060 m² (62.81 ha, 155.2 acres)

Buildings

4 buildings touch it. Their footprint covers 777 m².

Zoning

P5 City Hinterland (Cork City Development Plan 2022-2028 Variation No. 3 (NPF Implementation)) The objective
R1 New Residential Neighbourhoods (Cork City Development Plan 2022-2028 Variation No. 3 (NPF Implementation)) The objective
G5 Sports Grounds and Facilities (Cork City Development Plan 2022-2028 Variation No. 3 (NPF Implementation)) The objective
R2 Sustainable Residential Neighbourhoods (Cork City Development Plan 2022-2028 Variation No. 3 (NPF Implementation)) The objective

Townland

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Planning applications on this parcel

• 10 Jul 2024Conditional

  Permission to (A) Develop a public children's playground/facilities, (B) Construct site perimeter security fencing, (C) Install outdoor security cameras, (D) Erect general public site signage and all associated site works.

  Permission · Cork City Council, 2443078

• 27 Oct 2023Conditional

  Permission to (A) Remove existing temporary shed and changing rooms, (B) Develop a community sports pavilion to include a first-floor viewing area, sports hall, changing rooms, and community hub room, (C) Construct a sports storage and maintenance shed, (D) Develop car-parking with permeable paving and all associated works.

  Permission · Cork City Council, 2342406

• 18 Oct 2023Conditional

  For planning permission to (A) Install ITF Class 1 professional 10m Court Sports Lighting at corners of courts 1, 2 and 3, (B) Install LED 6m lighting for the purpose of illuminating the gravel walkway, (C) The associated ground works and all associated site works.

  Permission · Cork City Council, 2342378

• 3 Oct 2023Conditional

  Planning Permission for a small/mini all weather sports pitch, enclosed with green paladyn style fencing and stretched netting, pedestrian and service access and all associated works

  Permission · Cork City Council, 2342333

• 29 Mar 2022Conditional

  Permission for development at Coolymurraghue, Upper Leemount, Kerry Pike, Co.Cork. The proposed development will consist of (1) The development of 94 no. residential housing units comprising 7 no. 4-bed detached dwellings, 5 no. 3-bed detached dwellings, 19 no. 4-bed semi-detached dwellings, 41 no. 3-bed semi-detached dwellings, 12 no. 3-bed terraced dwellings and 10 no. 2-bed terraced dwellings with associated residential car parking. (2) The construction of 2 no. commercial units (140 sqm and 158 sqm respectively), 1 no. retail unit (392 sqm) and 1 no. creche (476 sqm) all fronting onto the public road junction and with associated public amenity areas and 46 no. car parking spaces. (3) Three new vehicular accesses, public footpaths with new pedestrian accesses and the realignment of the existing road junction to allow for safer pedestrian movement. (4) The development will also include public lighting, landscaping, amenity open space areas and all associated site development and infrastructural works including water, foul and surface water drainage services with associated connections and attenuation proposals.

  Permission · Cork City Council, 2240976

• 26 Jul 2021N/a

  Permission for development at Coolymurraghue, Upper Leemount, Kerry Pike, Co.Cork. The proposed development will consist of: (1) The development of 99 no. residential housing units comprising 6 no. 4-bed detached dwellings, 23 no. 4-bed semi-detached dwellings, 49 no. 3-bed semi-detached dwellings, 12 no. 3-bed terraced dwellings and 9 no. 2-bed terraced dwellings with associated residential car parking. (2) The construction of 2 no. commercial units (130 sqm and 158sqm respectively), 1 no. retail unit (392sqm) and 1 no. creche (517.75sqm) all fronting onto the public road junction and with associated public space, children's playground, 46 no. car parking spaces and 10 no. bicycle parking spaces. (3) Three new vehicular accesses, public footpaths with new pedestrian accesses and the realignment of the existing road junction to allow for safer pedestrian movement. (4) The development will also include public lighting, landscaping, amenity open space areas and all associated site development and infrastructural works including water, foul and surface water drainage services with associated connections and attenuation proposals.

  Permission · Cork City Council, 2140381

• 4 Apr 2017Unconditional

  Construction of a two storey extension to the rear of single storey semi-detached dwelling and associated site works - Extension of duration of permission granted under Planning Reg. No. 11/5922

  Extension of duration · Cork City Council, 174797

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

This parcel is in the zone of notification of 7 recorded monuments.

• CO073-051001 Graveyard
  Description

  At S side of road, on steep S-facing slope, overlooking Lee valley. Subrectangular graveyard (c. 130m E-W; c. 100m N-S) enclosed by stone wall. Still in use, earliest noted inscribed headstone dates to 1794. According to Brunicardi (1913, 24), large famine burial plot in eastern part. Extended to S and E between 1842 and 1903 OS 6-inch maps. Ruins of Currykippane parish church (CO073-051002-) SW of centre. Outside SE corner Jewish burial ground (CO073-051003-) (not shown on 1842 OS 6-inch map), still in use. 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

• CO073-051002 Church
  Description

  In graveyard (CO073-05101-), fragmentary remains of rectangular church (int.: 17m E-W; 7m N-S). Very little of N and S walls survive; featureless W wall ivy-clad; narrow central window ope in E wall, missing light, but rounded arch over inside of embrasure framed by cut-stone voissours. Brunicardi (1913, 23-4) noted wall press and piscina in SE corner but these now obscured by burials. Interior crowded with burials, some recent. Parish church of Currykippane in repair until 1639 (Brady 1863, vol. 1, 66) but abandoned by 1693 (Brunicardi ibid.). 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

• CO073-051003 Burial ground
  Description

  The Archaeological Survey of Ireland (ASI) is in the process of providing information on all monuments on The Historic Environment Viewer (HEV). Currently the information for this record has not been uploaded. To access available information for research purposes please make an appointment in advance with the Archive Unit (open Fridays 10.00 am – 5.00 pm), Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, The Custom House, Dublin 1 D01W6XO or email NMarchive@housing.gov.ie.

• CO073-107 Burnt mound
  Description

  In tillage, c. 25m E of a drain. An oval spread (20m N-S; 15m E-W) of heat-shattered stones and charcoal-enriched soil. Another possible burnt mound (CO073-108----) lies c. 120m to the SE. The above description is derived from 'The Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 5' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 2009). Date of upload: 22 December 2009

• CO073-108 Burnt mound
  Description

  In tillage, on the W side of a stream. A spread (18m N-S; 10m E-W) of heat-shattered stones and charcoal-enriched soil. Another possible burnt mound (CO073-107----) lies c. 120m to the NW. The above description is derived from 'The Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 5' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 2009). Date of upload: 22 December 2009

• CO073-109001 Burnt mound
  Description

  In tillage. A spread (14m E-W; 6m E-W) of heat-shattered stones and charcoal-enriched soil. Another possible burnt mound (CO073-109002-) lies c. 50m to the SW. The above description is derived from 'The Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 5' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 2009). Date of upload: 22 December 2009

• CO073-109002 Burnt mound
  Description

  In tillage. A spread (12m E-W; 7m E-W) of heat-shattered stones and charcoal-enriched soil. Another possible burnt mound (CO073-109001-) lies c. 50m to the NE. The above description is derived from 'The Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 5' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 2009). Date of upload: 22 December 2009

Architectural heritage

• Sign post, 1920–1940 · Regional interest
  Description

  Freestanding post mounted cast-iron road sign, erected c.1930, having raised lettering in Irish and English and harp motif. Located to roadside.

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, partly inferred.

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.