Bishop's-Island

407 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Bishop's-Island, from 0 m² to 709,533 m² (70.95 ha, 175.33 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 29 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 · 360 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• M2Town Centre/Neighbourhood Centres (City/Town/village Centre, central area)
  Cork County Development Plan 2022, Cork County · 36 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• C6Existing Mixed/General Business/Industrial Uses (Mixed/general commercial/industrial/enterprise uses)
  Cork County Development Plan 2022, Cork County · 7 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• G3Green Infrastructure (Conservation, amenity or buffer space, corridor/belt, landscape)
  Cork County Development Plan 2022, Cork County · 4 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• R1Residential (New/proposed residential)
  Cork County Development Plan 2022, Cork County · 0 parcels The zoning objective in the plan

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

• 25 Aug 2026Awaiting recommendation

  Permission for retention of window on side elevation and door on rear elevation of shop which differ from that granted under planning registration reference no. 98/3285

  Permission for retention · Cork County Council, 26/2219

• 11 May 2026Grant with conditions

  Permission to demolish the existing single storey rear extension to dwelling , construct 1) a new single storey rear extension to dwelling 2)a stand alone detached home office with storage3) a garden storage shed and all associated site works all to rear of their property.

  Permission · Cork County Council, 26/1237

• 27 Mar 2026Grant with conditions

  Permission for the construction of a residential development at Bishop's Island, Watergrasshill, Co. Cork. The proposed development seeks permission for the construction of 5 no. additional dwelling units to the previously permitted development under planning ref. no. 24/6355, which granted permission for 10 no. dwelling units. The proposed units will consist of 1 no. single-storey terraced dwelling block containing 3 no. 2 bedroom units and 1 no. one and a half storey semi-detached dwelling block containing 2 no. 3 bedroom units, together with the demolition of the existing single-storey structure on the site, provision of a new vehicular entrance and boundary wall to be formed on the south eastern boundary of the site onto the R639, landscaping works , boundary treatments, open green spaces, public lighting, external bin stores, bicycle parking and all ancillary site development works.

  Permission · Cork County Council, 26/0774

• 19 Nov 2025Grant with conditions

  Permission for the construction of a dwelling house, waste water treatment system and all associated site works.

  Permission · Cork County Council, 25/6523

• 22 Aug 2025Conditional permission

  Permission to (1) construct a cubicle shed with 3 no. underground slatted slurry tanks, (2) construct a calf shed and (3) construct a silage pit along with all associated site development works.

  Permission · Cork County Council, 25/5681

• 7 Aug 2025Conditional permission

  As built dwelling house (change of use from commercial to residential) together with all other ancillary site works.

  Permission for retention · Cork County Council, 25/5585

• 26 Jun 2025Conditional permission

  Permission for change of use from commercial to residential dwelling, removal of front side garden wall and pedestrian gate, construction of a vehicular side entrance to serve the property and all associated site works

  Permission · Cork County Council, 25/5250

• 23 May 2025Application invalid

  Permission for change of use from commercial to residential use, construction of a vehicular side entrance to serve the property and all associated site works.

  Permission · Cork County Council, 25/4969

• 11 Dec 2024Conditional permission

  Permission for the construction of a new residential development. The proposed development consists of the demolition of the existing single storey structure on the site and the construction of 15 no. dwelling units, which will comprise of 2 storey, 3-bedroom terraced dwelling units. A new vehicular entrance and boundary wall will be formed on the south eastern boundary of the site onto the R639. The development will include landscaping works, boundary treatments, open green spaces, public lighting, external bin stores, bicycle parking and all ancillary site development works.

  Permission · Cork County Council, 24/6355

• 4 Dec 2024Conditional

  Permission for Retention of detached steel shed constructed for use as domestic store.

  Retention · Cork County Council, 24/6304

• 25 Jun 2024Conditional

  Permission for the construction of 2 no. dwellinghouses at “The Orchard”, Bishop’s Island, Watergrasshill, County Cork. The proposed development consists of 2 no., 4 bedroom, detached houses (with the capacity of becoming 5 bed houses with an attic extension). The development also includes 4 no. car parking spaces, drainage works, landscaping, boundary treatments, surface treatments and all ancillary site development works. Vehicular access is to be provided onto the R639 to the south of the site via the existing “The Orchard” estate permitted by 18/4162, 19/4921 & 22/05878/ ABP-315475-23.

  Permission · Cork County Council, 24/5186

• 25 Jun 2024Conditional

  Permission for the construction of 4 no. 4 bedroom, semi-detached houses (with the capacity to become 5 bed houses with an attic extension). The development also includes 8 no. car parking spaces, drainage works, landscaping, boundary treatments, surface treatments and all ancillary development works. Vehicular access to be provided onto the R639 to the east of the site via the existing "The Orchard" estate previously permitted under plg no. 18/4162

  Permission · Cork County Council, 24/5187

• 26 Jan 2024Withdrawn

  Permission for alterations to an existing mixed-use building, namely; 1) Change of use of existing public house and cold room on the ground floor to residential use namely; 4 no. apartments, 2) Associated ground floor extension for residential use, to link cold room to main building at the rear elevation, 3) Change of use of an existing hair dressing salon and stores to a public house, 4) Single storey extension to rear elevation of new public house, 5) Alterations to all elevations, namely; alterations to existing and construction of new window and door openings, removal of existing external bar front surround and the construction of a new bar front surround in a new location on the front elevation, and 6) New boundary fencing, revision to on-site parking layout, alteration to existing vehicular entrance, and all associated site works. The application also includes for permission for retention of security gates within the parking area of the site.

  Permission · Cork County Council, 24/4115

• 16 Mar 2023Withdrawn

  The importation of soil & stone, bricks, tiles ceramics, concrete for the raising of an agricultural field in order to improve the agricultural output of the field.

  Permission · Cork County Council, 23/4487

• 20 Jan 2023Refused

  Residential development. Construction of 29 no. residential units. The proposed development consists of the construction of 29 no. units consisting of 2 no. 5 bed detached dwellings, 7 no. 4 bed detached dwellings, 6 no. 4 bed semi detached dwellings, and 14 no. 3 bed semi detached dwellings. Vehicular access is to be provided onto the R639 on the eastern boundary of the site. Permission is sought for the development outlined including landscaping boundary treatments, play areas, car parking, pumping station, pedestrian crossing on the R639 and all ancillary site development works. Extension of Duration to Permission granted under Planning Ref. No. 18/4162

  Extension of duration · Cork County Council, 23/4058

• 25 Aug 2022Conditional

  Permission to construct a dwelling house, domestic garage, install a secondary waste water treatment system with tertiary filter and all associated site works.

  Permission · Cork County Council, 22/5941

• 12 Aug 2022Conditional

  The construction of 74no. residential units at Bishop's Island, Watergrasshill Co. Cork. The proposed development consists of detached, semi-detached, terraced and apartment units comprising of 1 no. 7 bed house, 15 no. 4 bed houses [with the capacity to become 5 bed], 30 no. 3 bed houses [with capacity to become 4 bed], 20 no. 2 bed houses [with capacity to become 3 bed] and 8 no. 1 bed apartments. The development also includes the provision of a creche and 150 no. car parking spaces, drainage works, landscaping, boundary treatments, surface treatments and all ancillary site development works. Vehicular access is to be provided onto the R639 to the south of the site via "The Orchard" Estate permitted by 18/4162 and 19/4921.

  Permission · Cork County Council, 22/5878

• 24 Jun 2022Conditional

  Permission for the construction of a dwelling house, wastewater treatment system and all associated woeks

  Permission · Cork County Council, 22/5480

• 20 May 2022Incompleted application

  Permission for the construction of a dwelling house, waste water treatment system and all associated works.

  Permission · Cork County Council, 22/5177

• 9 Jun 2021Conditional

  Retention and completion of a rear ground floor extension to dwellinghouse currently under construction (addition to dwellinghouse no. 54 part of development permitted under plg.reg.no. 21/4619)

  Permission · Cork County Council, 21/5605

• 30 Mar 2021Conditional

  To construct a cubicle shed with 3no. underground slatted slurry tanks along with all associated site development works.

  Permission · Cork County Council, 21/4802

• 18 Mar 2021Conditional

  Alterations, single storey and two-storey rear extension to an existing dwelling and construction of a new porch.

  Permission · Cork County Council, 21/4687

• 10 Mar 2021Conditional

  Permission for the retention and completion of 3 no. dwellinghouses (change of plan to part of development permitted under 19/4921) together with all associated extensions, elevational alterations and site works.

  Permission · Cork County Council, 21/4619

• 1 Feb 2021Conditional

  Permission for the retention and completion of 3 no. dwellinghouses (change of plan to part of development permitted under 19/4921) together with all associated extensions, elevational alterations and site works.

  Permission · Cork County Council, 21/4203

• 26 Nov 2020Conditional

  Change of use of part of first floor of existing licensed premises from function room to 3 no. apartments with associated ground floor extension for independent access to apartments, elevational alterations, and associated site works. Retention of ground floor store extension and covered smoking area to rear.

  Permission · Cork County Council, 20/6649

The 25 most recent of over 100 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 Bishop's-Island.

Recorded monuments

• CO053-028 Fulacht fia
  Description

  In pasture, beside well. According to local information, spread of burnt material visible when field is ploughed. No visible surface trace. 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

• CO053-040 Standing stone
  Description

  In pasture on E-facing slope. Rectangular stone (H 1.6m; 0.8m x 0.5m), long axis NE-SW. 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

• CO053-041 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  In pasture, on W -facing slope. Circular area (30m N-S; 29m E-W) enclosed by earthen bank (H 2.25m) with shallow external fosse SSW -> NW. Bank overgrown with briars and ferns; interior grass-covered. 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

• CO053-043 Standing stone
  Description

  In pasture on SW-facing slope. Rectangular stone (H 1.9m; 1.05m x 0.3m), long axis NE-SW, leaning slightly to E. 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

• CO053-044 Enclosure
  Description

  In tillage. Circular area (29.5m E-W; 29m N-S) enclosed by earthen bank (H 2m). Bank and interior planted with coniferous trees. Depicted as tree ring on 1842 OS 6-inch map; hachured circular enclosure on 1902 and 1935 OS 6-inch map. 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

No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands in the townland of Bishop's-Island.

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 Bishop's-Island, 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 the townland of Bishop's-Island.

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 Bishop's-Island with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Cork.

Name

Bishop's-Island · Oileán an Easpaig

Area

2,339,790 m² (233.98 ha, 578.17 acres)

Civil parish

Ardnageehy, and its townlands

Barony

Barrymore

Electoral division

Watergrasshill, the unit of the census

Census 2022

1,930 people lived in 640 households in the Watergrasshill electoral division. 84% of households owned their home. 65% of homes were built since 2001. 5% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 0% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Ardnageehy East, Ballinlegane, Bishop's-Island, Meenane, Mitchellsfort, Tinageragh

Placenames

Bishop's-Island 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.