Baneshane
Baneshane is a townland in the civil parish of Mogeesha, barony of Barrymore, Co. Cork. Its name in Irish is Bán Sheáin.
Parcel 5242248
- Area
- 27,612 m² (2.76 ha, 6.82 acres)
- Buildings
- 63 buildings touch it. Their footprint covers 5,583 m².
- Zoning
- S5 Community (Cork County Development Plan 2022) The objective
R1 Residential (Cork County Development Plan 2022) The objective
P1 Agriculture (Cork County Development Plan 2022) The objective
R2 Existing Residential/Mixed Residential and Other Uses (Cork County Development Plan 2022) The objective - Townland
- Baneshane
Planning applications on this parcel
15 Mar 2026Awaiting f.i. response
The proposed development will consist of: a 10-year permission for a residential development of 173 no. dwellings, comprising 74 no. apartments and duplex units within apartment and duplex blocks and 99 no. houses (including 4-bed, 3-bed, 2-bed and 1-bed units). The development will also include a creche (c.137.5 sq.m) with capacity for approximately 20 children, a pumping station, alterations to the junction at Abbey Wood Estate and Ballintubber Road, and all associated site development works including internal roads and services, car parking, bicycle parking, public open space, landscaping, drainage infrastructure, footpaths and cycleways, lighting, plant and ancillary works. A Natura Impact Statement (NIS) has been prepared in respect of the proposed development in relation to potential impacts on European Sites and accompanies this planning application. The Planning application and the Natura Imapact Statement may be inspected online at the following website set up by the applicant: www.rockspringpropertieslimited.com
Lrd permission · Cork County Council, 26/0639
24 Sept 2025Invalid - case closed
A 10 Year Permission for the following large-scale residential development (LRD) consisting of 173 no. residential units (comprising 74 no. apartments and duplexes: Block E1 - 11 x 2 bed and 6 x 1-bed; Block E2 - 3 x 3-bed, 6 x 2-bed and 3 x 1-bed; Block E3 - 9 x 2-bed and 6 x 1-bed'; Block D1 - 4 x 2-bed and 4 x 1-bed; Duplex D2 - 5 x 2-bed and 5 x 1-bed; Duplex D3 - 9 x 2-bed and 3 x 1-bed, and 99no. houses comprising 11 x 4-bed semi-detached, 76 x 3-bed (33 semi-detached, 27 end-of-terrace and 16 mid-terrace), 10 x 2-bed (3 end-of-terrace, 1 terraced and 6 bungalows) and 2x 1-bed bungalows, a creche of c137.5 sqm gross floor area with capacity for c.20 children, a pumping station, alterations to the junction at Abbey Wood Estate and Ballintubber Road, and all associated car parking (273 spaces), bicycle parking (161 spaces), public open space, landscaping, amenity and open space areas, drainage, footpaths and cycle lanes, storage, plant, public lighting and all other ancillary site development works. The application may be inspected online at the following website setup by the applicant: www.Rockspringpropertieslimited.com
Lrd permission · Cork County Council, 25/6020
12 Jul 2023Unconditional
Construction of 65 no. dwelling units and all associated ancillary development works including access, parking, drainage (including pumping station) and landscaping. Extension of Duration to Permission granted under Planning Ref. No. 17/6604
Extension of duration · Cork County Council, 23/5440
8 Jun 2023Refused
Construction of 65 no. dwelling units and all associated ancillary development works including access, parking, drainage (including pumping station) and landscaping _ Extension of Duration of Planning Reference Number 17/6604.
Extension of duration · Cork County Council, 23/5170
5 Apr 2023Refused
Construction of a new vehicular access road from the existing L-76491-0 road to connect to the residential development permitted under 17/6604 to the east (currently under construction) including 1 no. raised table at the proposed junction to the L-76491-0 and all associated ancillary development works.
Permission · Cork County Council, 23/4650
21 Jun 2018Conditional
Provision of a new all-weather playing surface, perimeter fencing and netting, concrete ball wall, associated flood lighting and all associated site development works.
Permission · Cork County Council, 18/5612
6 Oct 2017Conditional
Construction of 65 no. dwelling units and all associated ancillary development works including access, parking, drainage (including pumping station) and landscaping.
Permission · Cork County Council, 17/6604
22 Dec 2016Conditional
1. The provision of a new pedestrian access route and gate through the existing northern boundary wall onto the public footpath adjoining the public road; 2. The provision of a new vehicular entrance and gates through the existing south-eastern boundary wall from the public road onto the school grounds; 3. The provision of 36 no. new car parking spaces, alteration of existing car parking to accommodate proposed works with entry for vehicles from the public road via a one-way system through the new vehicular entrance; 4. All associated site development works.
Permission · Cork County Council, 16/7278
7 Jul 2014Conditional
Construction of new two-storey primary school building which comprises of 24 no. general classrooms, general purpose hall with servery area, staff room, library and resource room, special educate tuition rooms, offices, staff areas, sanitary and ancillary accommodation. Proposed site works to include provision of 37 no. surface car parking spaces including accessible parking via new internal vehicular and pedestrian access from existing site entrance, new internal access road to include bus turning circle, drop-off and pick-up facilities. External works to include bicycle parking, formation of 3no. basketball courts, junior play area, external bin store, ESB substation and ancillary site works. The overall site will be landscaped with grass/planted areas with new boundary treatment to the South and West of the school site
Permission · Cork County Council, 14/5438
24 Apr 2012Unconditional
Completion of demolition of dwelling and existing farm buildings and construction of 403 no. dwellinghouses comprising of 203 no. four bed units, 86 no. three bed units, 96 no. two bed units and 18 no. one bed units, creche with out door play area, 2 no. tennis courts/hard surface play areas, football pitch, all weather pitch, Nionra pre school facility, gaelscoil primary school, site developments works, access provisions including integrating with public road, associated road realignments, upgrading and permitted roundabout, pedestrian crossings, bus pull-ins, boundary walls, surface car parking, landscaping , public lighting and infrastructure/services provisions - Extension of duration of permission granted under Planning Reg. No. 06/8157
Extension of duration · Cork County Council, 12/4853
16 Jun 2006Conditional
Demolition of dwelling and existing farm buildings and construction of 435 no. dwellinghouses comprising of 200 no. four bed units, 99 no. three bed units, 114 no. two bed units and 22 no. one bed units, creche with out door play area, 2 no. tennis courts/hard surface play areas, football pitch, all weather pitch, Nionra pre school facility, gaelscoil primary school, site developments works, access provisions including integrating with public road, associated road realignments, upgrading and permitted roundabout, pedestrian crossings, bus pull-ins, boundary walls, surface car parking, landscaping , public lighting and infrastructure/services provisions
Permission · Cork County Council, 06/8157
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
- At the centre of this parcel, 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.
- 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
- 101.1 ha
- 250 acres
- Land parcels
- 226
- registered freehold, median 300 m²
- Zoning
- R2
- Existing Residential/Mixed Residential and Other Uses
- Planning
- 68
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
226 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Baneshane, from 0 m² to 236,150 m² (23.61 ha, 58.35 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 26 neighbouring parcels touch it.
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Zoning
Development plans, national zoning
- R2Existing Residential/Mixed Residential and Other Uses (Existing residential)
Cork County Development Plan 2022, Cork County · 175 parcels The zoning objective in the plan - R1Residential (New/proposed residential)
Cork County Development Plan 2022, Cork County · 10 parcels The zoning objective in the plan - P1Agriculture
Cork County Development Plan 2022, Cork County · 2 parcels The zoning objective in the plan - S5Community (Mixed/general community services/facilities uses)
Cork County Development Plan 2022, Cork County · 1 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
28 Sept 2026Awaiting admin validation
1) the construction of a new single storey extension to the north and south side elevations; 2) the construction of a single storey home office to the rear garden connected to the new northern single storey extension by a connecting low pitch roof; 3) changes to the existing elevations to allow for new windows and doors; and all associated site works, all to the existing two storey detached dwelling
Permission · Cork County Council, 26/2504
15 Mar 2026Awaiting f.i. response
The proposed development will consist of: a 10-year permission for a residential development of 173 no. dwellings, comprising 74 no. apartments and duplex units within apartment and duplex blocks and 99 no. houses (including 4-bed, 3-bed, 2-bed and 1-bed units). The development will also include a creche (c.137.5 sq.m) with capacity for approximately 20 children, a pumping station, alterations to the junction at Abbey Wood Estate and Ballintubber Road, and all associated site development works including internal roads and services, car parking, bicycle parking, public open space, landscaping, drainage infrastructure, footpaths and cycleways, lighting, plant and ancillary works. A Natura Impact Statement (NIS) has been prepared in respect of the proposed development in relation to potential impacts on European Sites and accompanies this planning application. The Planning application and the Natura Imapact Statement may be inspected online at the following website set up by the applicant: www.rockspringpropertieslimited.com
Lrd permission · Cork County Council, 26/0639
28 Nov 2025Grant with conditions
Permission for continuance use of existing detached pre-fabricated classroom accommodation for use as a Pre-school to the rear of the existing crèche (previously granted no. 16/6431) and all associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 25/6614
24 Sept 2025Invalid - case closed
A 10 Year Permission for the following large-scale residential development (LRD) consisting of 173 no. residential units (comprising 74 no. apartments and duplexes: Block E1 - 11 x 2 bed and 6 x 1-bed; Block E2 - 3 x 3-bed, 6 x 2-bed and 3 x 1-bed; Block E3 - 9 x 2-bed and 6 x 1-bed'; Block D1 - 4 x 2-bed and 4 x 1-bed; Duplex D2 - 5 x 2-bed and 5 x 1-bed; Duplex D3 - 9 x 2-bed and 3 x 1-bed, and 99no. houses comprising 11 x 4-bed semi-detached, 76 x 3-bed (33 semi-detached, 27 end-of-terrace and 16 mid-terrace), 10 x 2-bed (3 end-of-terrace, 1 terraced and 6 bungalows) and 2x 1-bed bungalows, a creche of c137.5 sqm gross floor area with capacity for c.20 children, a pumping station, alterations to the junction at Abbey Wood Estate and Ballintubber Road, and all associated car parking (273 spaces), bicycle parking (161 spaces), public open space, landscaping, amenity and open space areas, drainage, footpaths and cycle lanes, storage, plant, public lighting and all other ancillary site development works. The application may be inspected online at the following website setup by the applicant: www.Rockspringpropertieslimited.com
Lrd permission · Cork County Council, 25/6020
7 Mar 2025Conditional
Permission for a single storey rear extension to an existing detached dwelling. Elevational changes including the addition of a sliding door and high level window to the western elevation, the alteration of windows and addition of a door to the eastern elevation and change of the roof on an existing extension from pitched to flat. Along with site and ancillary works as required.
Permission · Cork County Council, 25/4395
20 Jan 2025Conditional
Permission to convert existing attic space to provide an office, staff room and store room, to install velux windows on the roof (eastern side), to install dormer windows on the roof (western side), to carry out internal and external modifications to existing building and all associated site works.
Permission · Cork County Council, 25/4048
26 Jan 2024Withdrawn
Permission for retention of a detached log cabin for ancillary family accommodation separate to main existing dwelling, retention of supplementary septic tank connected to the existing septic tank, retention of widening to existing entrance and all associated site works
Retention · Cork County Council, 24/4112
12 Jul 2023Unconditional
Construction of 65 no. dwelling units and all associated ancillary development works including access, parking, drainage (including pumping station) and landscaping. Extension of Duration to Permission granted under Planning Ref. No. 17/6604
Extension of duration · Cork County Council, 23/5440
8 Jun 2023Refused
Construction of 65 no. dwelling units and all associated ancillary development works including access, parking, drainage (including pumping station) and landscaping _ Extension of Duration of Planning Reference Number 17/6604.
Extension of duration · Cork County Council, 23/5170
13 Apr 2023Conditional
Construction of a ground floor extension to the northern side of the existing dwelling house and all associated site works.
Permission · Cork County Council, 23/4705
5 Apr 2023Refused
Construction of a new vehicular access road from the existing L-76491-0 road to connect to the residential development permitted under 17/6604 to the east (currently under construction) including 1 no. raised table at the proposed junction to the L-76491-0 and all associated ancillary development works.
Permission · Cork County Council, 23/4650
24 Feb 2022Conditional
Permission to install a new window on the southern end gable of their existing dwelling house and all associated site work
Permission · Cork County Council, 22/4393
25 Jan 2022Conditional
Permission is sought for retention of dwelling as constructed (change of plan to that permitted under Pl. Reg. No. 96/0877), timber balcony with external access stairs, 2 no. garden sheds and 2 no pitched roof shelters.
Retention · Cork County Council, 22/4121
10 Dec 2021Incompleted application
Retention of material alterations to our dwelling constructed (previously permitted under S/96/0877). The alterations include the conversion of the attic to habitable room and minor elevation changes. Retention is also sought for alterations to the site layout including the addition of two garden sheds, two pitched roof shelters, a timber balcony and revised orientation of the dwelling house.
Retention · Cork County Council, 21/7310
17 Jun 2021Refused
A residential development comprising the construction of 70 no. dwelling houses and all associated ancillary development works including access, parking, footpaths, drainage (including the provision of a pumping station), landscaping and amenity areas (the proposed residential development will replace 74 no residential units previously permitted under 06/8157 and extended under 12/4853). - Extension of duration of permission granted under planning reference: 15/6969 - An Bord Pleanála reference: PL04.247875
Extension of duration · Cork County Council, 21/5676
23 Mar 2021Conditional
Construction of a single storey domestic dwelling, septic tank and associated site works.
Permission · Cork County Council, 21/4728
30 Mar 2020Conditional
Demolish a utility room and ancillary storage accommodation on northern and western side of dwelling, and for planning permission to construct a new single storey extension to the rear and northern side of existing dwelling, containing new main entrance door, living room, kitchen/dining room, a utility room and a TV area, to make modifications to doors and to some windows on eastern and western elevation of the existing dwelling, to erect a detached domestic garage, together with all associated site development works, and for permission to retain an existing detached steel framed wood store.
Permission · Cork County Council, 20/4653
17 May 2019Conditional
The construction of 6 no. semi-detached dwelling houses and all associated ancillary development works including access roads, parking footpaths, drainage and landscaping. The proposed dwelling units will replace 3 no. detached units previously permitted under Planning Ref: 16/4331
Permission · Cork County Council, 19/5242
2 Apr 2019Withdrawn
Construction of a two storey dwelling, waste water treatment system and ancillary site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 19/4806
25 Feb 2019Incompleted application
Construction of a two storey dwelling, waste water treatment system and ancillary site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 19/4449
24 Jan 2019Conditional
To construct a rear ground floor extension with associated alterations to elevations to existing dwelling house.
Permission · Cork County Council, 19/4134
18 Dec 2018Incompleted application
Construct a rear ground floor extension with associated alterations to existing elevations.
Permission · Cork County Council, 18/7350
21 Jun 2018Conditional
Provision of a new all-weather playing surface, perimeter fencing and netting, concrete ball wall, associated flood lighting and all associated site development works.
Permission · Cork County Council, 18/5612
3 Apr 2018Conditional
Construction of a single storey extension to rear of existing dwellinghouse and installation of additional ground floor windows to side elevations of the existing dwelling and for all associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 18/4795
29 Mar 2018Conditional
To construct a new single storey style extension to rear of dwelling along with elevational changes to rear and side of dwelling, namely the back door is changed to a window and the gable window is changed to a door
Permission · Cork County Council, 18/4769
The 25 most recent of 68 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 Baneshane.
Recorded monuments
- CO076-021 Enclosure
Description
In level pasture. Oval area (c. 120m N-S; c. 90m E-W) enclosed by earthen bank SE->NE; bank NE->SE levelled c. 1975. Interior level. 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
No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands in the townland of Baneshane.
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
- At the centre of the townland of Baneshane, 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 low, low, partly inferred. Parts of the land are made ground.
- Terrain model
- No LiDAR survey of the Office of Public Works covers the centre of the townland of Baneshane.
- 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 Baneshane with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Cork.
The townland
- Name
- Baneshane · Bán Sheáin
- Area
- 1,010,594 m² (101.06 ha, 249.72 acres)
- Civil parish
- Mogeesha, and its townlands
- Barony
- Barrymore
- Electoral division
- Midleton Rural, the unit of the census
- Census 2022
- 10,049 people lived in 3,372 households in the Midleton Rural electoral division. 68% of households owned their home. 55% of homes were built since 2001. 3% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 0% were holiday homes.
- Neighbouring townlands
- Ballyannan, Ballyvodock East, Garryduff, Knockgriffin (Barrymore), Knockgriffin (Imokilly), Water-Rock
- Placenames
- Baneshane 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.