Land parcel 2254518

Area

33,281 m² (3.33 ha, 8.22 acres)

Buildings

93 buildings touch it. Their footprint covers 4,639 m².

Zoning

G1 Public Open Space (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

• 23 Feb 2024Conditional

  Permission is sought for (1) Proposed construction of 9 no. new dwellings comprising 4 no. 1 bed apartments, 2 no. 2 bed apartments, and 3 no. 2 bed houses with maximum building height of 2 storeys, all with private open space provided by balconies or ground floor terraces/ gardens, (2) Reinstatement of 1m high southwest boundary wall to No. 21 Dunlocha Cottages, (3) Erection of 1.8m fence to match existing set back 5m from west boundary of site to Dunlocha Cottges, (4) Demolition of north boundary wall of site to Chestnut Close, (5) Proposed new vehicle and pedestrian access on Chestnut Close, (6) Proposed communal open amenity space, car parking and bicycle storage, (7) All other site services and ancillary works necessary to facilitate the development.

  Permission · Cork City Council, 2442691

• 20 Jun 2022Conditional

  Permission for a dwelling house-change of design from that granted previously under T.P. 18/37776-and all other associated site works in accordance with the previous grant of permission.

  Permission · Cork City Council, 2241193

• 26 Jan 2022Refused

  Permission for a dwelling house - change of design from that granted previously under T.P 18/37776 - and all other associated site works in accordance with the previous grant of permission.

  Permission · Cork City Council, 2240828

• 30 Oct 2020Conditional

  Permission for the subdivision of a site and for the construction of a detached 2-storey dwelling and all associated site works including the formation of 2 no. new vehicular access points to both the existing property and new site from the public road and a right of way access to the new site at the rear.

  Permission · Cork City Council, 2039640

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 1 recorded monument.

• CO074-053 Castle - tower house
  Description

  In level grounds of Ringmahon House. Three-storey gate tower (4.2m E-W; 2.8m N-S); known as Ringmahon Castle. Gateway, covered by semicircular arch, on S face, with two large hanging eyes on inside (gate itself long gone), opens into passage (Wth 2.3m) running right through building and roofed by wicker-centred segmental vault. Tower now free standing but shadow of curtain wall visible on E face at ground level; projecting stones at NW and SW corners also indicate position of engaging walls. First floor (int. 3.1m E-W; 1.8m N-S) entered by lintelled door in E wall; this may have been approached from wall walk of curtain wall. Chamber inside lit by splayed window embrasures, with narrow rectangular lights, in N and S wall; in W wall splayed ope, probably gun loop, angled to S. Second floor lit by similar windows in E and W wall. Wall narrows at 2nd floor level to corbel course which supports sandstone slabs, now overlain by large slate roofing slabs supported on four iron beams. According to Coleman (1915, 1) 'it was originally considerably higher, but the top part having become dangerous, was taken down some years ago', he adds that 'no historical associations of any kind are known in reference to this little castle' (ibid). Ringmahon House has front (S) of 4-bay, 2-storey over basement, 3-bay porch built against door; 2-bay deep; hipped roof with valley; addition to W; house of late 18th/early 19th century date; now functions as school. 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

Architectural heritage

• Ringmahon House, house, 1800–1840 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached four-bay two-storey over half-basement house, built c.1820, with single-storey flat-roofed porch to north. Now in offices. Hipped slate roof with rendered chimneystacks having clay pots and painted galvanised aluminium rainwater goods. Lined-and-ruled smooth rendered walls. Square-headed window openings with limestone sills and one-over-one timber sash windows. Camber-headed openings to basement with one-over-one timber sash windows. Entrance porch with smooth render plinth having strapwork panels, middle section divided by Tuscan pilasters surmounted by pairs of fluted Tuscan pilasters, garlanded frieze, cornice and pediment with sunburst. Round-headed openings with fanlights and fixed glazed windows flanking round-headed door opening with fanlight and double-leaf half-glazed panelled door with quatrefoil patterned frieze and approached by limestone steps. Recent paving surrounding house, part of rubble stone boundary wall remaining with remains of castle in the gardens.

• Ringmahon House, gates/railings/walls, 1830–1870 · Regional interest
  Description

  Boundary walls and entrance to Ringmahon House, built c.1850. Smooth rendered sweep walls flanking limestone ashlar wall with limestone coping and having ashlar square-profile piers surmounted by ashlar lintels with concave finial bases and cast-iron gates. Pedestrian cast-iron gate to west.

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 low. Parts of the land are made ground.

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.