Springfield
Springfield is a townland in the civil parish of Youghal, barony of Imokilly, Co. Cork. Its name in Irish is An Móinéar.
Parcel 4843566
- Area
- 7,453 m² (0.75 ha, 1.84 acres)
- Buildings
- 1 building touches it. Its footprint covers 3,178 m².
- Zoning
- C6 Business and General Employment (Cork County Development Plan 2022) The objective
R2 Existing Residential/Mixed Residential and Other Uses (Cork County Development Plan 2022) The objective - Townland
- Springfield
Planning applications on this parcel
5 Sept 2025Grant with conditions
Permission to construct two outdoor padel courts incorporating glass walls and steel mesh enclosures with integrated flood lighting, a new pedestrian entrance gate, public advertising signage and all ancillary site works and services.
Permission · Cork County Council, 25/5807
2 Sept 2019Conditional
Construct extension to side and rear of existing workshop and offices, including alteration to existing workshop and offices, with all associated site works.
Permission · Cork County Council, 19/6167
22 Apr 2015Conditional
Refurbishment of external cladding on existing workshop and offices, install 2.4 metre high perimeter fencing with all associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 15/4811
22 Dec 2010Conditional
Permission for 1) change of use of existing building from Enterprise/Industrial use to Builders Providers & Hardware store with ancillary retail sales to the public. 2)Alterations to elevations to include (a) single leaf exit door to front (west) elavation (b) Double leaf exit door to front (west) elavation (C) Single leaf exit door to side (south) elavation (d) Double leaf exit door to rear (east) elevation (e) New facade to front (west) elavation. 3) Single storey extension to front (west) accomodate entrance lobby (10m2) 4) Freestanding signboard adjoining access road. 5) New boundary fences including pedestrian and vehicular entrances. 6) all associated site works and permission for retention of:- 7) Alterations to elavations to include: (a) Single leaf exit door to southern side of building b) Roller shutter door to southern side of building (c) Overhead canopy to southern side of building d) 3 no window openings blocked up and finished with metal cladding to match existing to side (south) elevation (e) 3 no windows openings bloocked up and finished with plaster to rear (east) elavation (f) Roller shutter door to rear (east) elevation (g) Single leaf exit door to rear (east) elavation at former Artysen Site, Springfield Industrial Estate, Springfield, Youghal, Co. Cork.
Permission · Cork County Council, 10/58028
23 Jul 2010Withdrawn
Temporary permission to change the use of part of the former Artesyn Technologies industrial building to a four classroom National Primary School, including alternations to elevations, new entrance and associated site works for a period of five years, at Springfield Industrial Estate, Springfield, Youghal, Co. Cork.
Retention · Cork County Council, 10/58020
17 Sept 2008Conditional
Change of use from Enterprise/Industry to Retail, over cladding of front elevation, replacement of existing windows, part demolition of building, alterations to internal layout of building, new entrance porch, formation of external storage area for storing general building materials, new fencing around site boundary, amended car park layout and associated site works.
Permission · Cork County Council, 08/58047
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 gives no landslide susceptibility class here. Parts of the land are made ground.
- Terrain model
- LiDAR of the Office of Public Works, flown in 2011, at 2 m: tile OPW_1683 (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
- 23 ha
- 57 acres
- Land parcels
- 13
- registered freehold, median 6,388 m² (0.64 ha, 1.58 acres)
- Zoning
- R2
- Existing Residential/Mixed Residential and Other Uses
- Planning
- 20
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
13 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Springfield, from 14 m² to 37,590 m² (3.76 ha, 9.29 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 23 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
- R2Existing Residential/Mixed Residential and Other Uses (Existing residential)
Cork County Development Plan 2022, Cork · 15 parcels The zoning objective in the plan - C6Business and General Employment (Mixed/general commercial/industrial/enterprise uses)
Cork County Development Plan 2022, Cork · 10 parcels The zoning objective in the plan - G4Green Infrastructure (Active open space)
Cork County Development Plan 2022, Cork · 5 parcels The zoning objective in the plan - P1Agriculture
Cork County Development Plan 2022, Cork · 3 parcels The zoning objective in the plan - R1Residential (New/proposed residential)
Cork County Development Plan 2022, Cork · 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
5 Sept 2025Grant with conditions
Permission to construct two outdoor padel courts incorporating glass walls and steel mesh enclosures with integrated flood lighting, a new pedestrian entrance gate, public advertising signage and all ancillary site works and services.
Permission · Cork County Council, 25/5807
16 Nov 2022Conditional permission
Permission to construct of 8 no. new 20m floodlighting poles to replace the existing 16m high poles on the main pitch no. 1 and to relocate the existing 16m poles from the main pitch no. 1 to the second pitch no. 2 with associated site and infrastructure works.
Permission · Cork County Council, 22/6537
27 Jul 2022Refused
Change of use of 2 no. units (blocks 6 & 8) from warehousing to light industrial use requiring a waste facility permit within the existing premises. The proposal, which is to control and redirect liquid, glass, metal, cardboard waste generated both by the process within the existing building and also from the intake of similar goods from clients by out of date or damaged products to a recovery/ recyclable product aimed at 'zero' waste to landfill. These proposals do not involve any extension to the existing ground floor area or alterations to the external elevations or boundaries of the existing building/site.
Permission · Cork County Council, 22/5766
17 Jun 2022Incompleted application
Change of use from warehouse to light industrial use requiring a waste facility permit for blocks 6 & 8 within the existing premises. The proposal, which is to control and redirect the liquid, glass, metal, cardboard waste generated both by the process within the existing building and also from intake of similar goods from clients by out of date or damaged products to a recovery/recyclable product aimed at zero waste to landfill. These proposals do not involve any extension to the existing floor area or alterations to the external elevations or boundaries of the existing building.
Permission · Cork County Council, 22/5413
2 Sept 2019Conditional
Construct extension to side and rear of existing workshop and offices, including alteration to existing workshop and offices, with all associated site works.
Permission · Cork County Council, 19/6167
22 Apr 2015Conditional
Refurbishment of external cladding on existing workshop and offices, install 2.4 metre high perimeter fencing with all associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 15/4811
11 Apr 2013Conditional
Permission for site office including maintenance area, entrance, perimeter fencing, secutity security lighting and associated site works at Springfield Industrial Estate, Youghal, Co. Cork.
Permission · Cork County Council, 13/58003
5 Mar 2013Conditional
Permission for the re-location of the vehicular entrance and the construction of a hard-standing area, at their club premises at Springfield, Youghal, Co. Cork.
Permission · Cork County Council, 13/58002
20 Nov 2012Conditional
Construct a new access road from Barrack Road to their premises at Bru na Si, off Cork Hill, Youghal. The development also includes new car park and bus parking and turning areas, set down area, paving, landscaping, entrance feature and flagpoles adn closing of the vehicular access via, Blackwater Heights, and all other associated site works.
Permission · Cork County Council, 12/58010
22 Dec 2010Conditional
Permission for 1) change of use of existing building from Enterprise/Industrial use to Builders Providers & Hardware store with ancillary retail sales to the public. 2)Alterations to elevations to include (a) single leaf exit door to front (west) elavation (b) Double leaf exit door to front (west) elavation (C) Single leaf exit door to side (south) elavation (d) Double leaf exit door to rear (east) elevation (e) New facade to front (west) elavation. 3) Single storey extension to front (west) accomodate entrance lobby (10m2) 4) Freestanding signboard adjoining access road. 5) New boundary fences including pedestrian and vehicular entrances. 6) all associated site works and permission for retention of:- 7) Alterations to elavations to include: (a) Single leaf exit door to southern side of building b) Roller shutter door to southern side of building (c) Overhead canopy to southern side of building d) 3 no window openings blocked up and finished with metal cladding to match existing to side (south) elevation (e) 3 no windows openings bloocked up and finished with plaster to rear (east) elavation (f) Roller shutter door to rear (east) elevation (g) Single leaf exit door to rear (east) elavation at former Artysen Site, Springfield Industrial Estate, Springfield, Youghal, Co. Cork.
Permission · Cork County Council, 10/58028
23 Jul 2010Withdrawn
Temporary permission to change the use of part of the former Artesyn Technologies industrial building to a four classroom National Primary School, including alternations to elevations, new entrance and associated site works for a period of five years, at Springfield Industrial Estate, Springfield, Youghal, Co. Cork.
Retention · Cork County Council, 10/58020
6 Apr 2010Conditional
Permission to construct a new extension to side of existing dwelling and all associated site works at 108 Blackwater Heights, Youghal, Co. Cork
Permission · Cork County Council, 10/58005
17 Sept 2008Conditional
Change of use from Enterprise/Industry to Retail, over cladding of front elevation, replacement of existing windows, part demolition of building, alterations to internal layout of building, new entrance porch, formation of external storage area for storing general building materials, new fencing around site boundary, amended car park layout and associated site works.
Permission · Cork County Council, 08/58047
21 Dec 2007Conditional
1) a res. dev.and 2) a mixed use neighbourhood centre development. The dev. will comprise of the following 1)366 no. res. units comprising a) 22 no. 2 bed apart. & 8 no. 3 bed apart., b) 28 no. 2/3 storey 2 bed duplex units & 15 no. 2/3 storey 3 bed duplex units in a variety of arrangements, c) 6 no. 2 storey 2 bed end of terrace dwelling houses, 60 no. 2 storey 3 bed end of terrace dwelling houses, d) 16 no. 2 bed, 37 no. 3 bed, 6 no. 4 bed 2 storey townhouses dwelling units, e) 11 no. 2 bed, 51 no. 3 bed 2 storey semi-detached dwelling houses, f) 1 no. 3 bed 2 & 3 storey split level end of terrace townhouse, g) 15 no. 3 bed and 2 no. 4 bed 2 & 3 storey split level detached dwelling units, h) 18 no. 3 bed 2 storey split level semi-detached dwelling units, j) 14 no. 3 bed, 15 no. 4 bed & 1 no. 5 bed 2 storey split level detached dwelling units, k) 12 no. 4 bed 2 & 3 storey split level detached dwelling units, l) 2 no. 3 bed, 25 no. 4 bed, 1 no. 5 bed 2 storey detached
Permission · Cork County Council, 07/58074
4 May 2007Conditional
Permission for retention for 8no. 16m high poles supporting pitch flood lighting (retention period 4 months).
Retention · Cork County Council, 07/58025
2 Mar 2007Conditional
Planning permission for an alteration to previously approved planning permission ref.no 58055/04. Revised plans are submitted to reflect an alteration that comprises the reduction of the application site boundary. The reduction will facilitate development proposed under planning application ref. 58076/06. For clarity, the alteration of the site boundary will result in a reducation in site area from 30.03 hectares to 26.65 hectares. The above site is located at Bawnmore/Magner's Hill,Youghal, Co. Cork.
Permission · Cork County Council, 07/58011
22 Dec 2006Conditional
Construction of entrance roadway with associated entrance walls and railings to facilitate permitted residential development
Permission · Cork County Council, 06/13847
21 Dec 2006Conditional
109 residential units comprising 8 no. apts. (in a four storey block), 6 no. 2 storey 3 bedroom semi-detached houses, 16 no. 2 storey 3 bedroom town houses, 5 no. 2 storey 4 bedroom townhouses, 74 no. 2 bed. duplex townhouses/apts. (in 2 storey blocks over a partial lower ground floor, therefore 3 storeys in elevation), a new access roadway, connections to relevant public services, landscaping and ancillary site works. This site forms part of a site that was the subject of a previous grant of permission ref no. P58055/04
Permission · Cork County Council, 06/58076
15 Oct 2004Conditional
Permission for construction of 483 residential units (consisting of 28 no. 4-bed houses, 265 no. 3-bed houses, 22 no. 2-bed mews, 72 no. 1-bed apartments, 48 no. 2 bed apartments & 48 no. 2-bed duplex units), a Convenience Store, a medical centre, office space, community facilities, a childcare facility, a Café and retail space, re-alignment of the Bawnmore Road with provision of a crossing point, sales signage, associated site works and the demolition of one habitable dwelling.
Permission · Cork County Council, 04/58055
25 Feb 2004Conditional
To construct two ball alleys and associated site works at the rear of the existing GAA facility.
Permission · Cork County Council, 04/58005
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 Springfield.
Recorded monuments
No recorded monument lies in the townland of Springfield.
Architectural heritage
No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands in the townland of Springfield.
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 low. Parts of the land are made ground and water.
- Terrain model
- LiDAR of the Office of Public Works, flown in 2011, at 2 m: tile OPW_1683 (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 Springfield with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Cork.
The townland
- Name
- Springfield · An Móinéar
- Area
- 230,273 m² (23.03 ha, 56.9 acres)
- Civil parish
- Youghal, and its townlands
- Barony
- Imokilly
- Electoral division
- Youghal Urban, the unit of the census
- Census 2022
- 7,663 people lived in 3,122 households in the Youghal Urban electoral division. 59% of households owned their home. 29% of homes were built since 2001. 7% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 7% were holiday homes.
- Neighbouring townlands
- Magnershill, Parkmountain, Pipersbog, Sweetfields, Youghal-Lands
- Placenames
- Springfield 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.