Bigmarsh

49 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Bigmarsh, from 132 m² to 80,992 m² (8.1 ha, 20.01 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 18 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.

No zone of a development plan covers Bigmarsh 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.

• 3 Sept 2025Grant with conditions

  Construct a new roofed structure over the following existing buildings, dry storage building, calf house, milking parlour, concrete cow path and cattle holding yard, permission to construct a machinery storage shed, dry storage building, slatted soiled water holding tank, and carry out all associated site works

  Permission · Cork County Council, 25/5767

• 5 Aug 2025Conditional permission

  Permission for retention of alterations to dwelling house under construction permitted under planning reference no. 24-330 including revised floor level, also permission for domestic garage and revised wastewater treatment system along with all associated site development works.

  Permission for retention · Cork County Council, 25/440

• 19 Jun 2024Conditional

  Construction of a) 1 no. new single storey dwelling house, b) new vehicular entry and driveway, c) on site proprietary wastewater treatment system and D) all associated site and landscaped works

  Permission · Cork County Council, 24/330

• 19 Apr 2024Incompleted application

  Construction of A) 1 no. new single storey dwelling house, B) new vehicular entry and driveway, C) on site proprietary wastewater treatment system and D) all associated site and landscaped works

  Permission · Cork County Council, 24/188

• 28 Jul 2021Conditional

  Retention of stable building and for retention of domestic garage and associated site development works

  Retention · Cork County Council, 21/527

• 2 Jun 2021Conditional

  Construct a dwelling house, domestic garage, property treatment plant and all associated site works

  Permission · Cork County Council, 21/368

• 13 Dec 2019Conditional

  Construction of single storey extension to dwelling and associated siteworks

  Permission · Cork County Council, 19/794

• 27 Nov 2019Incompleted application

  Construction of single storey extension to dwelling and associated siteworks

  Permission · Cork County Council, 19/753

• 3 Oct 2019Conditional

  Permission for retention of alterations and partial change of garage / store to ancillary dwelling unit for use as family accommodation

  Retention · Cork County Council, 19/642

• 19 Sept 2019Incompleted application

  Permission for retention of alterations and partial change of garage / store to ancillary dwelling unit for use as family accommodation

  Retention · Cork County Council, 19/597

• 17 Dec 2018Conditional

  To demolish existing cattle house and walled silo, permission to (a) construct a larger replacement cattle house with four no. slatted slurry tanks, (b) extend existing two no. slatted slurry tanks, (c) Construct a silage slab, and carry out associated site works

  Permission · Cork County Council, 18/775

• 27 Jun 2014Conditional

  Permission to demolish part of existing ration house, permission to construct an extension to existing cattle house and extend existing two no. slatted slurry tanks, construct a cattle house with two no. slatted slurry tanks, construct a machinery storage shed, straw storage shed, roofed feeding passage, two no. roofed cattle holding yards, slatted slurry tank, soiled water tank, extend existing slatted slurry tank in holding yard, extend existing walled silo, construct a concrete apron, hard surfaced cow path and carry out associated site works

  Permission · Cork County Council, 14/389

• 7 Mar 2013Conditional

  Alterations to front elevation of dwelling house including raising of first floor windows and associated site development works

  Permission · Cork County Council, 13/131

• 13 Feb 2013Incompleted application

  Alterations to front elevation of dwelling house including raising of first floor windows and assocaited site development works

  Permission · Cork County Council, 13/80

• 7 Feb 2013Incompleted application

  Alterations to front elevation of dwelling house including raising of first floor windows and associated site development works

  Permission · Cork County Council, 13/68

• 9 Jun 2010Conditional

  Construct a dwelling house, domestic garage and septic tank and percolation area, and all associated site works

  Permission · Cork County Council, 10/404

• 5 May 2010Incompleted application

  Construct a dwelling house and septic tank and percolation area and all associated site works

  Permission · Cork County Council, 10/314

• 5 Mar 2010Conditional

  Demolish outbuildings, construct an ancillary dwelling unit and associated site works (new dwelling is to be connected to existing dwelling via glazed link)

  Permission · Cork County Council, 10/159

• 1 May 2007Withdrawn

  Construct 4no. dwellings and individual treatment plans with common percolation area

  Outline permission · Cork County Council, 07/1150

• 2 Jan 2007Conditional

  Construct animal/slatted house and effluent tank

  Permission · Cork County Council, 07/19

• 27 Nov 2006Incompleted application

  Construct animal house and effluent tank

  Permission · Cork County Council, 06/2512

• 23 Aug 2006Conditional

  Construction of conservatory and kitchen extension to dwellinghouse

  Permission · Cork County Council, 06/1689

• 21 Jul 2006Incompleted application

  Construction of conservatory and kitchen extension to dwellinghouse

  Permission · Cork County Council, 06/1417

• 11 Jul 2005Conditional

  Dwellinghouse with detached garage and outbuilding

  Permission · Cork County Council, 05/4937

• 29 Apr 2005Conditional

  Demolition of outbuildings and construction of dwellinghouse to serve as ancillary living accommodation to existing dwellinghouse

  Permission · Cork County Council, 05/2860

The 25 most recent of 32 applications.

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 Bigmarsh.

Recorded monuments

• CO141-099 Souterrain
  Description

  Souterrain at Grove Cross Roads, in which bones were found, according to local information. No visible surface trace. 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

• CO141-100 Souterrain
  Description

  Three earth-cut chambers in a semicircular pattern, joined by creepways. Chamber 1: L 2.8m; Wth 2.3m. Chamber 2: L 3.1m; Wth 2.2m; H 1.2m. Chamber 3: L 2.8m; Wth 2.1m; H 1m. Construction shafts in all chambers. Original entrance at SE Chamber 1. (pers. comm. R. M. Cleary). 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 Bigmarsh.

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 Bigmarsh, 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 low, low, partly inferred.

Terrain model

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

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

Name

Bigmarsh · An Churchais

Area

716,966 m² (71.7 ha, 177.17 acres)

Civil parish

Aghadown, and its townlands

Barony

Carbery West (East Division)

Electoral division

Aghadown South, the unit of the census

Census 2022

623 people lived in 252 households in the Aghadown South electoral division. 85% of households owned their home. 21% of homes were built since 2001. 11% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 23% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Aghadown, Goleenmarsh, Knockeen, Knocknaraha, Loughmarsh

Placenames

Bigmarsh 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.