Gortagraffer
Gortagraffer is a townland in the civil parish of Killaconenagh, barony of Bear, Co. Cork. Its name in Irish is Gort na nGrafaí.
Parcel 2332402
- Area
- 14,982 m² (1.5 ha, 3.7 acres)
- Buildings
- No building touches it.
- Zoning
- No zone of a development plan covers it in the national zoning. Outside zoned towns and villages, the county development plan's rural policies apply.
- Townland
- Gortagraffer
Planning applications on this parcel
No planning application touches this parcel in the national file, which goes back to 2010.
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
- 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 high, moderately high, moderately low.
- 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.
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
- 24.7 ha
- 61 acres
- Land parcels
- 54
- registered freehold, median 1,833 m²
- Zoning
- —
- not in a zoned settlement
- Planning
- 32
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
54 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Gortagraffer, from 48 m² to 38,462 m² (3.85 ha, 9.5 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 15 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
No zone of a development plan covers Gortagraffer 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.
Planning applications
Sites that touch the townland, newest first
13 Aug 2026Grant with conditions
Permission for retention of an existing domestic storage shed to be dismantled and removed from the property and permission for the construction of a detached domestic garage and storage building and all associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 26/2130
11 May 2026Grant with conditions
Permission for retention of the following: a.) increased floor area to dwelling, b.) alterations to elevations and fenestration granted under Pl. Ref. No. 24/467, and Permission to relocate the proposed detached domestic garage within the site, and complete all associated site works previously granted under Pl. Ref. No.24/467
Permission for retention · Cork County Council, 26/1231
28 Aug 2024Conditional permission
Permission for the following: a) to change the design for alterations to the existing dwelling and 2 no. proposed single storey extensions granted under Pl. Ref. No. 21/348, b) to construct a new 1.5 storey A-Roofed extension, c) to complete the construction of the new detached domestic garage, the wastewater treatment system and undertake all associated site works previously granted under Pl. Ref. No. 21/348
Permission · Cork County Council, 24/467
4 Apr 2022Withdrawn
Construction of detached dwellinghouse, wastewater treatment system and all associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 22/228
27 May 2021Conditional
Permission for the following works, A) Demolition of existing attached conservatory and detached domestic garage, B) To undertake alterations to dwelling to include raising the ridge level to incorporate a new first floor level C) To construct 2 no. single storey extensions, D) To construct a new detached domestic garage, E) To install a waste water treatment plant to replace existing septic tank and undertake all associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 21/348
1 Nov 2019Refused
To construct a vehicular entrance gate
Permission · Cork County Council, 19/696
29 Jun 2017Refused
To construct artistic peoples shed, all-purpose shed, storage shed, sculptures areas, parking areas and permission to install proprietary treatment unit and filtration area and all associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 17/411
2 Jun 2017Incompleted application
Permission to construct artistic peoples shed, all-purpose shed, storage shed, sculptures areas, parking areas and permission to install proprietary treatment unit and filtration area and all associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 17/358
19 May 2017Incompleted application
Construct artistic peoples shed, all-purpose shed, storage shed, sculptures areas, parking areas & permission to install proprietary treatment unit and filtration area and all associated site works+
Permission · Cork County Council, 17/305
15 Feb 2017Unconditional
Construction of dwelling house, treatment plant, percolation area and all associated site works
Extension of duration · Cork County Council, 17/89
27 Sept 2012Conditional
Dwelling, treatment plant, percolation area and associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 12/614
22 Aug 2012Incompleted application
Dwelling, treatment plant, percolation area and associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 12/540
19 Jun 2009Withdrawn
Dwelling, treatment unit, percolation area and associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 09/693
2 Jun 2009Incompleted application
Dwelling, treatment unit, percolation area and associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 09/629
12 Sept 2007Withdrawn
Development of pier, car parking, access road and associated site works.
Permission · Cork County Council, 07/2399
25 Jul 2007Incompleted application
Development of pier, car parking, access road and associated infrastructure
Permission · Cork County Council, 07/2008
6 Dec 2006Incompleted application
Development of pier, car parking, access road and associated infrastructure
Permission · Cork County Council, 06/2622
23 Aug 2006Incompleted application
Construction of pier, car parking, access road and associated infrastructure
Permission · Cork County Council, 06/1690
31 Jul 2006Withdrawn
2no. dwellings, treatment units, percolations areas, access road and associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 06/1503
28 Apr 2006Conditional
Demolition of existing semi-derelict house and construct new dwelling, septic tank system and all associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 06/756
15 Apr 2005Conditional
Dwellinghouse (change of plan) and detached garage
Permission · Cork County Council, 05/2418
4 Jun 2004Refused
Dwellinghouse (change of plan) and garage
Permission · Cork County Council, 04/4050
3 Sept 2002Conditional
Dwellinghouse
Permission · Cork County Council, 02/3887
6 Jun 2002New application
Dwellinghouse
Permission · Cork County Council, 02/2351
29 May 2002Conditional
Dwellinghouse
Permission · Cork County Council, 02/2171
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.
Nature and heritage
Designated sites and recorded monuments
Designated sites
No designated site (Special Area of Conservation, Special Protection Area, Natural Heritage Area or proposed one) touches the townland of Gortagraffer.
Recorded monuments
No recorded monument lies in the townland of Gortagraffer.
Architectural heritage
No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands in the townland of Gortagraffer.
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
- 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 high, moderately high, moderately low, low, low (inferred).
- Terrain model
- No LiDAR survey of the Office of Public Works covers the centre of the townland of Gortagraffer.
- 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 Gortagraffer with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Cork.
The townland
- Name
- Gortagraffer · Gort na nGrafaí
- Area
- 246,894 m² (24.69 ha, 61.01 acres)
- Civil parish
- Killaconenagh, and its townlands
- Barony
- Bear
- Electoral division
- Curryglass, the unit of the census
- Census 2022
- 427 people lived in 179 households in the Curryglass electoral division. 86% of households owned their home. 29% of homes were built since 2001. 10% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 26% were holiday homes.
- Neighbouring townlands
- Cappaghavuckee, Curryglass, Rossmackowen Commons
- Placenames
- Gortagraffer 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.