Quartertown Upper
Quartertown Upper is a townland in the civil parish of Mourneabbey, barony of Fermoy, Co. Cork. Its name in Irish is Baile na Ceathrún Uachtarach.
Parcel 2284827
- Area
- 43,274 m² (4.33 ha, 10.69 acres)
- Buildings
- 3 buildings touch it. Their footprint covers 12,346 m².
- Zoning
- R2 Existing Residential/Mixed Residential and Other Uses (Cork County Development Plan 2022) The objective
C2.2 Industry (Cork County Development Plan 2022) The objective
M4 Existing Mixed/General Business/Industrial Uses (Cork County Development Plan 2022) The objective - Townland
- Quartertown Upper
Planning applications on this parcel
4 Nov 2010Conditional
Extension to rear of warehouse to include additional car parking facilities near main entrance and associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 10/8376
15 Oct 2010Incompleted application
Extension to rear of warehouse to include additional car parking facilities near main entrance and associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 10/8227
17 Apr 2008Conditional
Construction of warehouse with offices for use as distribution centre, car parking, open storage area for pallets, above ground diesel tank and sewer pump to service existing adjoining warehouse and proposed warehouse
Permission · Cork County Council, 08/6146
29 Nov 2006Conditional
Single storey extension to cash and carry warehouse with three storey office block to include additional parking spaces and associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 06/12802
31 Oct 2006Incompleted application
Extension to Cash & Carry warehouse
Permission · Cork County Council, 06/11871
21 Feb 2005Conditional
Installation of additional windows to front elevation and conversion of unused 2nd floor area to offices and storage
Permission · Cork County Council, 05/925
23 Sept 2004Withdrawn
Construction of a truck wash facility and associated works
Permission · Cork County Council, 04/7205
29 Jul 2003Conditional
Extension to existing cash and carry premises for use for storage and distribution of chilled/frozen foods
Permission · Cork County Council, 03/3796
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
- The EPA radon map did not answer.
- Landslides
- The 1:50,000 map rates the landslide susceptibility here as low.
- Terrain model
- LiDAR of the Office of Public Works, flown in 2011, at 2 m: tile OPW_943 (ZIP).
- 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.
Download this parcel as DXF, in Irish Transverse Mercator metres, with its neighbours and buildings, for a drawing program. GeoJSON, in WGS 84, suits a map, and KML opens in Google Earth.
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
- 199.8 ha
- 494 acres
- Land parcels
- 69
- registered freehold, median 5,306 m² (0.53 ha, 1.31 acres)
- Zoning
- G3
- Greenbelt1
- Planning
- 65
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
69 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Quartertown Upper, from 97 m² to 302,854 m² (30.29 ha, 74.84 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 36 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.
Zoning
Development plans, national zoning
- G3Greenbelt1 (Conservation, amenity or buffer space, corridor/belt, landscape)
Cork County Development Plan 2022, Cork County · 60 parcels The zoning objective in the plan - C2.2Industry (General industry)
Cork County Development Plan 2022, Cork County · 15 parcels The zoning objective in the plan - M4Existing Mixed/General Business/Industrial Uses (Built up area)
Cork County Development Plan 2022, Cork County · 12 parcels The zoning objective in the plan - R2Existing Residential/Mixed Residential and Other Uses (Existing residential)
Cork County Development Plan 2022, Cork County · 8 parcels The zoning objective in the plan - C6Business and General Employment (Mixed/general commercial/industrial/enterprise uses)
Cork County Development Plan 2022, Cork County · 4 parcels The zoning objective in the plan - G3Green Infrastructure (Conservation, amenity or buffer space, corridor/belt, landscape)
Cork County Development Plan 2022, Cork County · 2 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
11 Sept 2026Awaiting recommendation
1/ Construct 1 No. cold store extension (Cold Store 07) located to the front of the existing building. 2/ Construct 1 No. cold store extension (Cold Store 08) located to the side of the existing building. 3/ Construct 1 No. marshalling area extension located to side of existing building. 4/ Construct 1 No. surface water attenuation tank. 5/ Provision of solar panels to new roofs. 6/ Provision of concrete yard, circulation route including loading bay and access for fire tender, with all associated site works.
Permission · Cork County Council, 26/2377
28 Jul 2026Awaiting f.i. response
Permission for Retention of the existing elevations and first floor of the existing of the existing retail unit and office building, the boiler store, the yard, W.C., the existing machinery maintenance and storage building, the existing materials storage shed, the existing robot lawnmower storage unit, the existing wood processing shed and all associated site and ancillary works, all as constructed.
Permission for retention · Cork County Council, 26/2005
23 Feb 2024Conditional permission
Permission to retain and complete amendments to planning reference 21/7073. The amendments proposed to retain and complete are as follows: 1) reduction to the size of the previously approved front (eastern) extension, and construction of a new ESB substation & switch room. 2) Extend the size of the distribution & loading bay area to front of the previously approved southern extension. 3) installation of a back up generator to service the entire development and all ancillary works at Lyonara Cold Stores.
Permission for retention · Cork County Council, 24/4299
8 Dec 2023Application invalid
Full planning permission for amendments to planning reference 21/7073. The proposed amendments consist of the following: 1/ Reduce the size of the previously approved front (eastern) extension, and construct a new ESB Substation & Switch Room. 2/ Extend the size of the distribution & loading bay area to the front of the previously approved southern extension. 3/ Provision of a backup generator to service the entire development and all ancillary works.
Permission · Cork County Council, 23/6435
18 Nov 2022Conditional
Planning Permission to construct a new Dwelling House.
Permission · Cork County Council, 22/6586
16 Nov 2021Conditional permission
1/ Construct 1no. cold store extension to the side of the existing cold store building which will include loading bays and circulation routes. 2/ Construct an additional cold store extension located to the front of the existing cold store development. 3/ Provision of additional car park spaces and all ancillary works.
Permission · Cork County Council, 21/7073
20 Oct 2021Incompleted application
To construct 1 no. cold store extension to the side of the existing cold store building which will include loading bays and circulation routes and an additional cold store extension located to the front of the existing cold store development known as Lyonara Cold Stores Cork and all ancillary works.
Permission · Cork County Council, 21/6857
6 Feb 2017Incompleted application
Retention and completion of staff and customer car parking and all ancillary site works in associated with the Wild Goose Restaurant
Retention · Cork County Council, 17/4239
7 Oct 2015Conditional
Extension to existing bar/restaurant incorporating new entrance lobby area, atrium/waiting area, roofed smoking area and all associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 15/6240
20 Feb 2015Unconditional
Construction of storey-and-a-half dwelling with attached domestic garage, wastewater treatment system and percolation area, bored well, new driveway and entrance off existing laneway, removal of hedgerow and widening of bend at opposite side of road and associated site works, extension of duration to permission granted under Planning Ref. No. 09/7785
Extension of duration · Cork County Council, 15/4329
17 Feb 2015Conditional
Installation of wastewater treatment plant, polishing filter and all associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 15/4305
3 Oct 2014Conditional
Slatted cubicle house
Permission · Cork County Council, 14/6128
6 Mar 2013Conditional
Construction of site infrastructure works to service an intended future use of the site for 3 no. commercial units in accordance with the site zoning. The proposed works include a new vehicular access to the adjacent public road, front boundary wall, railing and gates, road side footpath and lighting, storm sewer infrastructure with outfall to the adjacent watercourse, sewage treatment plant and extension of the public watermain to the site
Permission · Cork County Council, 13/4372
1 Feb 2013Incompleted application
Construction of site infrastructure works including a new vehicular access to the adjacent public road, front boundary wall, railing and gates, roadside footpath and lighting, storm sewer infrastructure with outfall to an adjacent watercourse, sewage treatment plant and extension of the public watermain to the site
Permission · Cork County Council, 13/4171
5 Apr 2011Unconditional
Completion of demolition of existing dwellinghouse and construction of a commercial building containing offices, retail and hire area for plant, open storage area, boundary fencing and walls, parking area, entrance and ancillary works permitted under Planning Reg. No. 06/9258
Extension of duration · Cork County Council, 11/4696
4 Nov 2010Conditional
Extension to rear of warehouse to include additional car parking facilities near main entrance and associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 10/8376
15 Oct 2010Incompleted application
Extension to rear of warehouse to include additional car parking facilities near main entrance and associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 10/8227
15 Feb 2010Conditional
Re-roofing of existing machinery store and haybarn, construction of an extension to side of existing hay barn for use as an additional machinery store and construction of a silage base, apron and effluent storage tank and retention of 2 no. farm buildings- Building No.1 consisting of a slatted unit unit, feed passage and calving shed and Building No.2 consisting of a slatted unit and feed passage
Permission · Cork County Council, 10/4290
21 Jan 2010Incompleted application
Re-roofing of existing machinery store and haybarn, construction of an extension to side of the existing haybarn for an additional machinery store, construction of a silage base, apron and effluent storage tank and retention of two farm buildings, Building No.1 consisting of a slatted unit, feed passage and calving shed, and Building No.2 consisting of a slatted unit and feed passage
Permission · Cork County Council, 10/4086
30 Nov 2009Conditional
Construction of storey-and-a-half dwelling with attached domestic garage, wastewater treatment system and percolation area, bored well, new driveway and entrance off existing laneway, removal of hedgerow and widening of bend at opposite side of road and associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 09/7785
2 Feb 2009Refused
Construction of bungalow, installation of septic tank, new stone entrance to site, removal of hedgerow and widening of bend on opposite side of road and ancillary site works
Outline permission · Cork County Council, 09/4281
9 Jan 2009Incompleted application
Bungalow, septic tank, new stone entrance to site, removal of hedgerow, widening of bend on the opposite road & associated site works
Outline permission · Cork County Council, 09/4026
26 Nov 2008Conditional
Storey-and-a-half dwelling, single storey standalone garage, installation of proprietary wastewater treatment unit, creation of new entrance from public road & associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 08/9831
14 Jul 2008Conditional
Reclamation of land by using top soil and sub soil materials as infill and raising the existing land levels
Permission · Cork County Council, 08/7860
23 Jun 2008Incompleted application
Reclamation of land by using top soil and sub soil materials as infill and raising the existing land levels
Permission · Cork County Council, 08/7433
The 25 most recent of 65 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
- Special Area of Conservation: Blackwater River (Cork/Waterford) SAC 002170
Recorded monuments
- CO033-061 Ringfort - rath
Description
In pasture, on gentle SW-facing slope. Sharp fall of ground immediately outside enclosure to WNW forms natural defence on this side. Depicted as hachured roughly circular enclosure (diam. c. 35m) on 1842 OS 6-inch map, at junction of four fields; arc S->N indicated on 1905 OS 6-inch map, remainder respected or replaced by field fences. Circular area (31m N-S; 31.5m E-W) defined by scarp for short sections to N, E, SE and from S->W. Arc S->W visible as cropmark of bank and external fosse in aerial photograph (CASAP). The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 4: North Cork' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 2000). 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 Quartertown Upper.
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
- The EPA radon map did not answer.
- Landslides
- The 1:50,000 map rates the landslide susceptibility here as moderately high, moderately low, low, partly inferred.
- Terrain model
- LiDAR of the Office of Public Works, flown in 2011, at 2 m: tile OPW_944 (ZIP).
- 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 Quartertown Upper with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Cork.
The townland
- Name
- Quartertown Upper · Baile na Ceathrún Uachtarach
- Area
- 1,997,862 m² (199.79 ha, 493.68 acres)
- Civil parish
- Mourneabbey, and its townlands
- Barony
- Fermoy
- Electoral division
- Mallow Rural, the unit of the census
- Census 2022
- 5,045 people lived in 1,684 households in the Mallow Rural electoral division. 62% of households owned their home. 53% of homes were built since 2001. 6% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 0% were holiday homes.
- Neighbouring townlands
- Carrigduff, Dromore, Dromore North, Gooldshill, Gortnagraiga, Quartertown Lower
- Placenames
- Quartertown Upper 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.