Churchtown

13 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Churchtown, from 107 m² to 106,237 m² (10.62 ha, 26.25 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 12 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.

No zone of a development plan covers Churchtown 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.

• 15 Feb 2022Conditional

  The demolition of an existing ruined and derelict 2-storey detached dwelling and associated outbuildings, and the construction of a new part single storey, part two storey detached dwelling with carport and a new single storey detached garage, including a new wastewater treatment unit and percolation area, a new site entrance, and all associated site works.

  Permission · Cork County Council, 22/4318

• 31 Jul 2020Conditional

  Construction of a new dwelling house, separate stores, waste water treatment tank, percolation area, new site entrance and all associated site works.

  Permission · Cork County Council, 20/5641

• 7 Feb 2020Withdrawn

  Construction of a dwellinghouse, separate store, well, waste water treatment tank, percolation area, new site entrance and all associated site works

  Permission · Cork County Council, 20/4220

• 3 Sept 2019Conditional

  To erect a two storey dwelling, an on-site sewage treatment system and all associated site development works.

  Permission · Cork County Council, 19/6172

• 25 Apr 2019Conditional

  Part demolition of existing cottage, alterations to existing elevations, minor internal alterations and construction of single story extension to rear. Decommission existing septic tank and install new waste water treatment unit and all associated site works.

  Permission · Cork County Council, 19/5038

• 15 Mar 2019Incompleted application

  Demolish the front porch and kitchen and bathroom at rear of existing cottage and carry out minor internal alterations. Construct a single storey extension to rear elevation incorporating new entrance, living area, kitchen and toilet. Decommission existing septic tank and install wastewater treatment unit and all associated site works.

  Permission · Cork County Council, 19/4645

• 24 Jun 2013Conditional

  Retention of front porch extension and extension containing bathroom and kitchen to the rear of a single storey cottage

  Retention · Cork County Council, 13/5194

• 20 Apr 2007Conditional

  Retention of garage with attic storage space

  Permission · Cork County Council, 07/7180

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 Churchtown.

Recorded monuments

• CO089-045001 Graveyard
  Description

  On S side of road, 300m S of Churchtown village; small rectangular graveyard (c. 40m E-W; c. 30m N-S) at cross-roads. Ruins of parish church of Ballintemple at centre (CO089-04502-). Still in use; earliest headstones date from 1770s; headstone dated 1779 decorated with 'Hatchet, intersecting with a Saw (a woodcutter?)' (O'Shea 1988, 95). 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

• CO089-045002 Church
  Description

  At centre of graveyard (CO088-04501-), ruins of rectangular church (17.8m E-W; 7.5m N-S). Church appears to have been re-built, as parts of late-medieval two-light ogee-headed window re-used as quoin stones at SE corner. W gable stands to full height but upper portions of E gable and top of side walls fallen. Door ope in centre of W gable and near W end of S wall; two window opes in S wall and one each in N and E walls; all are poorly preserved. Church interior long used for burial. Parish church of Ballintemple (Power 1940, 18), according to Coleman (1913-16c) 'anciently called Ballygourney'. 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

• Sign post, 1930–1950 · Regional interest
  Description

  Freestanding cast-iron road sign, erected c. 1940, comprising rectangular sign with rounded corners attached to circular metal pole and with text and harp motif cast in relief.

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 Churchtown, 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, partly inferred.

Terrain model

No LiDAR survey of the Office of Public Works covers the centre of the townland of Churchtown.

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 Churchtown with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Cork.

Name

Churchtown · Baile an Teampaill

Area

172,320 m² (17.23 ha, 42.58 acres)

Civil parish

Ballintemple, and its townlands

Barony

Imokilly

Electoral division

Ballintemple, the unit of the census

Census 2022

635 people lived in 201 households in the Ballintemple electoral division. 92% of households owned their home. 31% of homes were built since 2001. 9% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 7% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Ballylanders, Ballyregan, Ballywilliam, Glebe, Kilderrig

Placenames

Churchtown 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.