Youghalpark

54 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Youghalpark, from 103 m² to 289,615 m² (28.96 ha, 71.57 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 26 neighbouring parcels touch it.

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No zone of a development plan covers Youghalpark 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.

• 13 Aug 2026Awaiting recommendation

  We, Perigus Energy Ireland Midco Ltd., intend to apply for permission for development at this site: Knocknagappagh, Barnaviddane, Ballyneague, Ballydaniel, Youghalpark, Ballydaheen and Cornaveigh in County Cork. The development will consist of: • A 323.28 ha solar farm with ca. 210ha of solar panels fixed on ground-mounted frames or precast concrete solar panel footings, gabion basket, or ballasted solutions. • The provision of 54 no. Inverter/transformer stations placed on concrete pads on hardcore sized 120m2. • Site access tracks formed from the provision of 5,135m of new site access tracks and the upgrade of 7,115m of existing access tracks/roads to facilitate access to all onsite infrastructure. • The provision of 1 no. new permanent site entrance for construction and operational access, with the addition of a temporary overrun area from the R634 regional road in the townland of Ballydaniel (site entrance 1). • The permanent realignment of 1 no. existing field access for construction and operational access from the L7806 local road in the townland of Knocknagappagh (site entrance 2). • The provision of 1 no. new permanent site entrance for construction and operational access from the L3803 local road in the townland of Barnaviddane (site entrance 3). • The permanent realignment of 1 no. existing entrance for construction and operational access from the L3808 local road in the townland of Youghalpark (site entrance 4). • The permanent realignment of 1 no. existing entrance for construction and operational access from the L38081 local road in the townland of Cornaveigh (site entrance 5). • The permanent realignment of 2 no. existing field entrances for construction and operational access from the L7828 local road in the townland of Ballyneague (site entrance 6 and 7). • The permanent realignment of 3 no. existing field access for construction and operational access from the L7829 local road in the townland of Ballydaniel (site entrance 8, 9 and 10). • The permanent realignment of 1 no. existing entrance for construction and operational access from the L38032 local road in the townland of Knocknagappagh (site entrance 11). • Underground electrical ducting and cabling, including 3 no. road crossings (local roads L7829, L3803 and L78281) and 3 no. culvert crossings on the L3808. • The provision of 5 no. Temporary construction compounds of which there will be 1 main temporary construction compound (Compound No. 1 located in Ballyneague) ca. 5,200m2 with associated temporary offices, staff facilities parking and security fencing, and 4 no. additional temporary laydown areas of ca. 2,000m2 each located in the townlands of Ballydaniel, Barnaviddane, Cornaveigh and Youghalpark. • Landscaping works encompassing the removal of 395m hedgerow, the planting of 1,400m of new hedgerow and up to 31,000m of linear hedgerow and mosaic hedgerow as required all included in a Landscape Mitigation Plan. • The provision of Biodiversity Enhancement Areas. • The provision of 1 no. temporary spoil storage area. • The construction of a ca. 7,800m2 Battery Energy Storage System (BESS) compound including 56 no. Battery Container Units, 7 no. Inverter Twin Skid Units each consisting of 2 no. Inverters and 1 no. Transformer housed in Modular Enclosures, Communications Building housing switchgear and controls, House Transformer, Back-up Generator and Fuel Supply located in a Bunded Reinforced Concrete Plinth Area, Control Building, Internal Access Tracks, Security Fencing, CCTV, Lighting, Drainage any all other ancillary infrastructure. • All ancillary development such as drainage infrastructure (clean water cut off drains), security fencing, CCTV, weather stations and storage containers for spare parts. The application is requesting a 10-year planning permission for the development of a solar farm with an operational life of 40 years. A separate planning application for the on-site 220kV AIS Substation and loop in Grid

  Permission · Cork County Council, 26/2133

• 19 Dec 2025Invalid - case closed

  The application is requesting a 10-year planning permission for the development of a solar farm with an operational life of 40 years. We, Orsted Onshore Ireland Midco Ltd, intend to apply for permission for development at this site: Knocknagappagh, Barnaviddane, Ballyneague, Ballydaniel, Youghalpark, Ballydaheen and Cornaveigh in County Cork. The development will consist of: • A 323.28 ha solar farm with ca. 210 ha of solar panels fixed on ground-mounted frames. • The provision of 54 no. Inverter/transformer stations placed on concrete pads on hardcore sized 120m2. • Site access tracks formed from the provision of 5,135m of new site access tracks and the upgrade of 7,115m of existing access tracks/roads to facilitate access to all onsite infrastructure. • The provision of 1 no. new permanent site entrance for construction and operational access, with the addition of a temporary overrun area from the R634 regional road in the townland of Ballydaniel (site entrance 1). • The permanent realignment of 1 no. existing field access for construction and operational access from the L7806 local road in the townland of Knocknagappagh (site entrance 2). • The provision of 1 no. new permanent site entrance for construction and operational access from the L3803 local road in the townland of Barnaviddane (site entrance 3). • The permanent realignment of 1 no. existing entrance for construction and operational access from the L3808 local road in the townland of Youghalpark (site entrance 4). • The permanent realignment of 1 no. existing entrance for construction and operational access from the L38081 local road in the townland of Cornaveigh (site entrance 5). • The permanent realignment of 2 no. existing field entrances for construction and operational access from the L7828 local road in the townland of Ballyneague (site entrance 6 and 7). • The permanent realignment of 3 no. existing field access for construction and operational access from the L7829 local road in the townland of Ballydaniel (site entrance 8, 9 and 10). • The permanent realignment of 1 no. existing entrance for construction and operational access from the L38032 local road in the townland of Knocknagappagh (site entrance 11). • Underground electrical ducting and cabling, including 3 no. road crossings (local roads L7829, L3803 and L78281) and 3 no. culvert crossings on the L3808. • The provision of 5 no. Temporary construction compounds of which there will be 1 main temporary construction compound (Compound No. 1 located in Ballyneague) ca. 5,200m2 with associated temporary offices, staff facilities parking and security fencing, and 4 no. additional temporary laydown areas of ca. 2,000m2 each located in the townlands of Ballydaniel, Barnaviddane, Cornaveigh and Youghalpark. • Landscaping works encompassing the removal of 395m hedgerow, the planting of 1,400m of new hedgerow and up to 31,000m of linear hedgerow and mosaic hedgerow as required all included in a Landscape Mitigation Plan. • The provision of Biodiversity Enhancement Areas. • The provision of 1 no. temporary spoil storage area. • The construction of a ca. 7,800m2 Battery Energy Storage System (BESS) compound including 56 no. Battery Container Units, 7 no. Inverter Twin Skid Units each consisting of 2 no. Inverters and 1 no. Transformer housed in Modular Enclosures, Communications Building housing switchgear and controls, House Transformer, Back-up Generator and Fuel Supply located in a Bunded Reinforced Concrete Plinth Area, Control Building, Internal Access Tracks, Security Fencing, CCTV, Lighting, Drainage any all other ancillary infrastructure. • All ancillary development such as drainage infrastructure (clean water cut off drains), security fencing, CCTV, weather stations and storage containers for spare parts. The application is requesting a 10-year planning permission for the development of a solar farm with an operational life of 40 years. A separate planning applicatio

  Permission · Cork County Council, 25/6876

• 28 May 2024Conditional

  Permission to construct a cattle shed with slatted tank and ancillary.

  Permission · Cork County Council, 24/4962

• 22 Nov 2023Conditional

  Permission to retain as constructed existing dormer residential dwelling along with all associated site works and services

  Retention · Cork County Council, 23/6332

• 16 May 2023Conditional

  Change of use of the existing resource building into a full day-care childcare facility.

  Permission · Cork County Council, 23/4984

• 25 Feb 2020Conditional

  To construct a single-storey dwelling, detached garage, new site entrance, wastewater treatment system, percolation area and associated site works

  Permission · Cork County Council, 20/4380

• 21 Jun 2019Unconditional

  Dwelling, detached domestic garage, new site entrance and sewage treatment system and all other associated site works. Extension of Duration of Permission granted under Planning Reference: 14/5881.

  Extension of duration · Cork County Council, 19/5616

• 4 Sept 2014Conditional

  Dwelling, detached domestic garage, new site entrance and sewage treatment system and all other associated site works

  Permission · Cork County Council, 14/5881

• 6 Aug 2014Incompleted application

  Dwelling, detached domestic garage, new site entrance and sewage treatment system and all other associated site works

  Permission · Cork County Council, 14/5686

• 7 Aug 2013Incompleted application

  dwellinghouse and garage, extension of duration of permission granted under planning reg. no. 06/4615.

  Extension of duration · Cork County Council, 13/5542

• 16 Oct 2012Conditional

  Construction of a new single storey classroom, office and boiler room extension on the western side of school, together with associated site works

  Permission · Cork County Council, 12/6168

• 18 May 2011Unconditional

  Completion of dwellinghouse and garage permitted under Planning Reg. No. 06/4615

  Extension of duration · Cork County Council, 11/5066

• 26 Mar 2010Incompleted application

  Construction of a storey and a half style dwelling, garage and wastewater treatment unit

  Permission · Cork County Council, 10/4693

• 2 Mar 2010Incompleted application

  Storey and a half style dwelling, garage & wastewater treatment unit

  Permission · Cork County Council, 10/4465

• 4 Feb 2010Conditional

  Alterations to existing site entrance and retention of motor cycle scrambling track and retention of construction of a bridge over the river adjoining the site

  Permission · Cork County Council, 10/4201

• 23 Dec 2009Conditional

  Construction of calf house with straw storage, covered slurry tank and ancillary works

  Permission · Cork County Council, 09/8091

• 4 Dec 2009Incompleted application

  Construction of calf house with straw storage and covered slurry tank and ancillary works

  Permission · Cork County Council, 09/7827

• 17 Nov 2009Incompleted application

  Retention of motor cycle scrambling track, & permission to carry out alterations to existing site entrance

  Permission · Cork County Council, 09/7665

• 11 Aug 2008Conditional

  Domestic garage (change of design and layout to that perviously permitted under 06/4615)

  Permission · Cork County Council, 08/8327

• 26 Jun 2008Conditional

  Single storey dwelling and installation of wastewater treatment unit

  Permission · Cork County Council, 08/7509

• 26 Mar 2008Conditional

  One and half storey dwellinghouse, garage and installation of waste water treatment unit

  Permission · Cork County Council, 08/5642

• 29 Feb 2008Conditional

  Dwellinghouse and installation of septic tank

  Permission · Cork County Council, 08/5099

• 5 Feb 2008Incompleted application

  Dwellinghouse and installation of septic tank

  Permission · Cork County Council, 08/4565

• 30 Nov 2007Refused

  Dwelling, garage and installation of wastewater treatment unit

  Permission · Cork County Council, 07/12768

• 5 Oct 2007Withdrawn

  Dwellinghouse, new septic tank and entrance

  Permission · Cork County Council, 07/11455

The 25 most recent of 34 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 Youghalpark.

Recorded monuments

No recorded monument lies in the townland of Youghalpark.

Architectural heritage

• Gate lodge, 1840–1880 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached double gable-fronted three-bay single-storey former gate lodge, built c. 1860, having pitched roof return to and two-bay extension to south and two-bay flat-roofed extension to west elevation of return. Single-bay pitched-roof extension to south of flat-roofed extension. Now in use as house. Pitched slate roof with terracotta ridge crestings. Pitched and hipped tiled roofs to extensions. Rendered chimneystacks. Rendered walls. Square-headed openings with chamfered rendered sills, bipartite one-over-one pane timber sliding sash windows to side and rear elevations and uPVC windows to west elevations of extensions. Square-headed opening to front elevation with timber battened door. Square-headed opening to east gable with replacement uPVC door. Rendered boundary wall with square-profile rendered piers and wrought-iron pedestrian gate. Vehicular site entrance to west with red brick sweep walls, red brick square-profile piers and wrought-iron double-leaf gates.

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

About 1 in 5 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels. Testing a home

Landslides

Susceptibility high, moderately high, moderately low, low, low (inferred), on the 1:50,000 map.

Terrain model

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

Flooding

The flood maps of the Office of Public Works: floodinfo.ie.

Radon Risk Map of Ireland, Environmental Protection Agency; Landslide Susceptibility Classification, Geological Survey Ireland; both 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 Youghalpark with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Cork.

Name

Youghalpark · Páirc an Fhiaigh

Area

2,147,883 m² (214.79 ha, 530.75 acres)

Civil parish

Ardagh, and its townlands

Barony

Imokilly

Electoral division

Ardagh, the unit of the census

Census 2022

Ardagh electoral division: 750 people in 245 households; 92% of households own their home; 41% of homes were built since 2001; 6% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 2% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Ballydaheen, Ballydaheen, Ballydaniel, Ballyglavin, Ballyneague, Cornaveigh, Rath, Youghalpark

Placenames

Youghalpark 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.