Cullen

85 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Cullen, from 79 m² to 182,106 m² (18.21 ha, 45 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 25 neighbouring parcels touch it.

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No zone of a development plan covers Cullen 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.

• 1 May 2026Awaiting f.i. response

  Permission for Retention of 1. Domestic garage and storage building, 2. Office building, 3. Workshop building and 4. Domestic garden room. Permission is sought to demolish existing single storey annex at the side of existing dwelling and construct a new single storey extension at the side of existing dwelling, 2 storey extension at rear of existing dwelling together with all associated site works.

  Permission · Cork County Council, 26/1148

• 3 Sept 2025Conditional permission

  Permission for demolition of an existing shed and the construction of a residential development consisting of 50 no. dwelling units (comprising of 17 no. detached, 18 no. semi-detached, and 15 no. terraced units) and all ancillary development works including the provision of a pedestrian footpath and 2 no. speed ramps along Brookdale road (L3207), Boundary treatment, access, parking, and ESB substation, drainage, lighting, landscaping and amenity areas. Access will be via a new entrance on Brookdale Road (L3207) to the south.

  Permission · Cork County Council, 25/5764

• 25 Oct 2024Conditional

  Permission to construct a new dwelling house.

  Permission · Cork County Council, 24/6030

• 10 Oct 2022Conditional

  Construction of single storey dwelling house, splayed entrance, sewerage treatment system and associated site works

  Permission · Cork County Council, 22/6278

• 7 Mar 2022Conditional

  Construction of a dwelling house (storey and a half), detached domestic garage, entrance and sewage treatment system together with all associated site works

  Permission · Cork County Council, 22/4483

• 30 Dec 2020Conditional

  The importation of soil & stone for the raising of an agricultural field in order to improve the agricultural output of the field and the construction of a new temporary entrance. A Natura Impact Statement (NIS) has been prepared and will be submitted to the authority with this application.

  Permission · Cork County Council, 20/7013

• 9 Nov 2020Conditional

  To construct detached dog boarding kennels for commercial use and associated site works.

  Permission · Cork County Council, 20/6461

• 5 Oct 2020Incompleted application

  To construct a detached single-storey dog kennels structure and associated site works.

  Permission · Cork County Council, 20/6165

• 12 Jun 2020Conditional

  To construct a single storey split-level dwelling and detached single storey garden store, the installation of a domestic wastewater treatment system, new site entrance with walls and piers and all associated site works.

  Permission · Cork County Council, 20/5195

• 18 May 2020Incompleted application

  To construct a detached single-storey dog kennel structure and associated site works.

  Permission · Cork County Council, 20/4989

• 3 Apr 2020Conditional

  The construction of a dwelling house and domestic garage and associated site works.

  Permission · Cork County Council, 20/4693

• 23 Dec 2019Conditional

  The construction of a dwelling house and domestic garage and associated site works.

  Permission · Cork County Council, 19/7089

• 15 Nov 2019Conditional

  To construct a dwelling, install a treatment unit and associated site works

  Permission · Cork County Council, 19/6713

• 30 Aug 2019Conditional

  Construction of a livestock underpass, effluent holding tank and all associated siteworks.

  Permission · Cork County Council, 19/6160

• 17 Jun 2019Conditional

  Construction of a shed for storage of agricultural machinery and equipment and all associated site works

  Permission · Cork County Council, 19/5577

• 21 Dec 2017Unconditional

  Retention of alterations to dwellinghouse permitted under Planning Reg. No. 03/6429 to include replacement of hipped roof with gable roof, alterations to elevations and change of layout to ground and first floor plans, replacement of hipped roof over garage with a gable roof and alterations to elevations.

  Retention · Cork County Council, 17/7397

• 22 Mar 2017Refused

  A two storey dwellinghouse, domestic garage, domestic shed and all associated site development works

  Permission · Cork County Council, 17/4686

• 22 Dec 2016Conditional

  To construct a storey and a half type dwellinghouse and detached single storey garden store, the installation of a domestic wastewater treatment system and percolation area, new site entrance with walls and piers and all associated site works.

  Permission · Cork County Council, 16/7264

• 26 Jan 2016Unconditional

  Construction of a dwelling house, garage and associated site works – Extension of Duration of Permission granted under planning ref 11/5678

  Extension of duration · Cork County Council, 16/4102

• 6 Mar 2015Conditional

  Erection of a new single storey extension to the rear and side of the existing cottage. Included are elevation alterations to the existing cottage to accommodate a new raised roof, a stand alone domestic garage to the rear and the provision of a new vehicular site entrance, at the existing cattle entrance. Also include is the installtion of a new bio waste water treatment system with percolation area and all works associated

  Permission · Cork County Council, 15/4438

• 25 Feb 2015Incompleted application

  Single storey extension to side and rear of existing cottage. Included are elevation alterations to the existing cottage to accommodate a new raised roof, a stand-alone domestic garage to the rear and provision of new vehicular site entrance at the existing cattle entrance. Also included is the installation of a new bio waste water treatment system with percolation area and all associated works

  Permission · Cork County Council, 15/4370

• 26 Jun 2013Conditional

  Construction of 1no. storey and a half dwelling house including detached garage to the side

  Permission · Cork County Council, 13/5221

• 4 Aug 2011Conditional

  Construction of a dwellinghouse, garage and associated site works

  Permission · Cork County Council, 11/5678

• 19 Jul 2011Incompleted application

  Construction of a dwellinghouse and associated site works

  Permission · Cork County Council, 11/5559

• 19 Mar 2009Conditional

  Dwelling house, garage & septic tank

  Permission · Cork County Council, 09/4849

The 25 most recent of 39 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 Cullen.

Recorded monuments

• CO098-034 Fulacht fia
  Description

  In tillage, on E bank of stream. Spread (22m E-W; 14m N-S) of burnt material. 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

• CO098-035 Fulacht fia
  Description

  Roughly circular grass-covered mound (17m E-W; 16m N-S; H 0.6m) of burnt material, in reclaimed pasture. 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

• CO098-036 Enclosure
  Description

  In pasture, on W-facing slope. Shown on 1842 OS 6-inch map as subrectangular enclosure (c. 50m NW-SE; c. 40m N-S). Levelled; 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

• CO098-037001 Ecclesiastical enclosure
  Description

  In tillage, on N-facing slope. Oval aea (430m NW-SE; 250m NE-SW) enclosed by earthen bank (H 1.5m) with some traces of stone facing; shallow external fosse. In centre, graveyard (CO098-037002-) which contained medieval parish church of Cullen and recently demolished church of Ireland. E-W road divides interior in two. 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

• CO098-037002 Graveyard
  Description

  Trapezoidal overgrown graveyard (c. 50m E-W; c. 60m N-S), still in occasional use; Henchion (1989) records 31 inscribed headstones dating from 1766. Rectangular structure (6m x 2m) to S may be remains of watch house, marked on 1842 OS 6-inch map. Contained parish church (CO098-037004-) of Cullen which was in repair 1615 & 1639 (Brady 1863, vol. 1, 327-8); Lewis (1837, vol. 1, 442) records 'some ruins of the old church'. By 1842 OS 6-inch map shows newly erected C of I church (CO098-037003-) immediately NE of old church, this was concecrated 'under the name of Christ Church' (Brady ibid., 71) in 1849; now reduced to low mound of rubble; no visible surface trace of earlier church. Surrounding this is extensive early ecclesiastical enclosure (5160) (Hurley 1980, 56). 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

• CO098-037003 Church
  Description

  By 1842, OS 6-inch map shows newly erected C of I church immediately NE of old church (CO098-037004-), this was concecrated 'under the name of Christ Church' (Brady ibid, 71) in 1849; now reduced to low mound of rubble; no visible surface trace of earlier church. Surrounding this is extensive early ecclesiastical enclosure (5160) (Hurley 1980, 56). 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

• CO098-037004 Church
  Description

  The graveyard (CO098-037002-) contained parish church (CO098-037004-) of Cullen which was in repair 1615 & 1639 (Brady 1863, vol. 1, 327-8); Lewis (1837, vol. 1, 442) records 'some ruins of the old church'. By 1842 OS 6-inch map shows newly erected C of I church immediately NE of old church, this was concecrated 'under the name of Christ Church' (Brady ibid, 71) in 1849; now reduced to low mound of rubble; no visible surface trace of earlier church. Surrounding this is extensive early ecclesiastical enclosure (5160) (Hurley 1980, 56). 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

• CO098-037005 Burnt mound
  Description

  In tillage, on a N-facing slope in the NE quadrant of an ecclesiastical enclosure (CO098-037001-). A roughly square spread (c. 20m N-S; c. 20m E-W) of heat-shattered stones and charcoal-enriched soil is visible c. 20m NE of a well. A metalworking site (CO098-037006-) lies c. 65m to the E. The above description is derived from 'The Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 5' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 2009). Date of upload: 22 December 2009

• CO098-037006 Metalworking site
  Description

  Within the NE quadrant of an ecclesiastical enclosure (CO098-037001-). Archaeological testing in advance of the construction of a dwelling-house was undertaken in 2002 and uncovered a metalworking area. A subcircular pit (1.8m x 1m; D 0.16m) was exposed in an extension to one of the test-trenches (3), which was located 7m S of the bank of the ecclesiastical enclosure. The pit was filled with burnt soil, stones and a large amount of metal slag, with traces of burnt clay, charcoal and evidence of vitrification. This pit was not excavated. To the NW of this pit three other possible pits were visible as subcircular burnt areas (diam. c. 0.5m). These were also not excavated but, according to the excavator (Ní Loingsigh 2002b), they appeared to be filled with burnt material containing slag, similar to the fill of the large pit. The site of the proposed dwelling was subsequently moved 5m to the SW to avoid any disturbance to the pits. During monitoring of groundworks for the construction of the house in the new location another possible pit (diam. c. 1.2m) was recorded NE of the house and directly to the SW of the previously recorded pits. These pits were not excavated as they would not be affected by the construction or landscaping work. Three possible furnace bases (av. diam. 0.3m; max. T 0.9m) all similar in size and appearance and comprising lumps of metal slag with curved bases and burnt material were recovered from the topsoil. There is a possible burnt mound (CO098-037005-) c. 65m to the W. (Ní Loingsigh 2004, 74; 2002b) The above description is derived from 'The Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 5' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 2009). Date of upload: 22 December 2009

• CO098-038 Castle - unclassified
  Description

  No visible surface trace of castle shown as 'in ruins' on 1842 OS 6-inch map but marked 'site of' on later editions. Site now occupied by garden. Probably Roche castle, they were seized of the manor of Cullen in 1637 (O Murchadha 1985, 285). 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

• Cullen Graveyard, church/chapel, 1750–1770 · Regional interest
  Description

  Church of Ireland graveyard, with earliest headstone dated 1766, situated within early ecclesiastical enclosure. Earth and rubble stone embankment surrounding graveyard. Raised central area containing carved stone grave markers aligned in north/south rows. Ruins of rectangular structure to west of raised central area, having rectangular tomb to side (west) elevation. Entrance to north-west corner comprising square-profile rendered piers with capping and double-leaf wrought-iron gates. Tree lined driveway to north-west having recent rubble stone enclosing wall to north with tooled limestone square-profile piers having battered plinth, chamfered corners and pyramidal capping supporting recent double-leaf wrought-iron gates.

• Post box, 1900–1910 · Regional interest
  Description

  Wall-mounted cast-iron post box, installed c.1905, having raised royal insignia and crown.

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 Cullen, 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 Cullen.

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.

• Cullen, Riverstick5 sales

Name

Cullen · An Cuileann

Area

1,933,749 m² (193.37 ha, 477.84 acres)

Civil parish

Cullen (Kinsale Ra), and its townlands

Barony

Kinalea

Electoral division

Cullen, the unit of the census

Census 2022

584 people lived in 179 households in the Cullen electoral division. 84% of households owned their home. 39% of homes were built since 2001. 3% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 2% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Ballintrideen, Ballinvragnosig, Ballynacourty, Ballywilliam, Boulaling, Fartha, Glinny, Piercetown, Slieveroe

Placenames

Cullen 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.