Cork Great

208 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Cork Great, from 2 m² to 36,218 m² (3.62 ha, 8.95 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 1 neighbouring parcels touch it.

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• R2Objective A (Existing residential)
  COUNTY DEVELOPMENT PLAN 2022-2028, Dun Laoghaire-Rathdown · 199 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• C2.1Objective E (Industrial, enterprise, employment)
  COUNTY DEVELOPMENT PLAN 2022-2028, Dun Laoghaire-Rathdown · 8 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• M5Mixed Use (Other mix of uses)
  Bray Municipal District Local Area Plan 2018, Wicklow · 1 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• G1Objective F (Open space, park)
  COUNTY DEVELOPMENT PLAN 2022-2028, Dun Laoghaire-Rathdown · 0 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• R1New Residential - R-HD (New/proposed residential)
  Bray Municipal District Local Area Plan 2018, Wicklow · 0 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• O2Objective GB (General)
  COUNTY DEVELOPMENT PLAN 2022-2028, Dun Laoghaire-Rathdown · 0 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• M2Objective MTC (City/Town/village Centre, central area)
  COUNTY DEVELOPMENT PLAN 2022-2028, Dun Laoghaire-Rathdown · 0 parcels The zoning objective in the plan

Source: Tailte Éireann and the Department of Housing (MyPlan), national zoning, CC BY 4.0.

• 4 Sept 2026Referral

  We intend to apply for Planning Permission of the developmnet at this site. The

  Permission · Dun Laoghaire Rathdown County Council, D26A/0668

• 2 Sept 2026Declare application invalid

  A Proposed additional new three-bedroom two storey house, with the existing hous

  Permission · Dun Laoghaire Rathdown County Council, D26A/0658

• 27 Aug 2026Assessment period

  Planning permission for attic conversion from hip roof to gable and dormer to r

  Permission · Dun Laoghaire Rathdown County Council, D26B/0472/WEB

• 4 Mar 2026Grant permission

  Permission is sought for a new rear extension of 23 sqm to existing dwelling, e

  Permission · Dun Laoghaire Rathdown County Council, D26B/0117/WEB

• 8 Jan 2026Grant permission

  Permission for the development will consist of: 1) The extension of the building

  Permission · Dun Laoghaire Rathdown County Council, D26A/0006/WEB

• 19 Aug 2025Grant permission

  The proposed development will consist of 159 no. residential units over/around

  Permission (lrd) · Dun Laoghaire Rathdown County Council, LRD25A/0644/WEB

• 12 Aug 2025Declare application invalid

  The proposed development will consist of 159 no. residential units over/around

  Permission (lrd) · Dun Laoghaire Rathdown County Council, LRD25A/0631/WEB

• 28 Jul 2025Grant permission

  The development will consist of a new single storey porch extension to the fron

  Permission · Dun Laoghaire Rathdown County Council, D25B/0424/WEB

• 25 Mar 2025Grant permission

  Planning Permission is sought for installing a ground floor window within the ga

  Permission · Dun Laoghaire Rathdown County Council, D25B/0154

• 24 Mar 2025Conditional

  mixed-use development comprising 341 no. residential units, commercial spaces (total gross floor area c. 10,778 sq.m), retail/retail services spaces (total gross floor area c. 8,155 sq.m), car and bicycle parking for residents and visitors, open spaces and associated supporting development infrastructure. The residential component will consist of: (i) 94 no. terraced houses (2-3 storeys in height) comprising 62 no. 3-bedrooms and 32 no. 4-bedrooms; all houses are provided with private open space, internal storage space, and refuse storage. (ii) 106 no. duplex own-door units (2-3 storeys in height) comprising 53 no. 2-bedrooms located at ground level and 53 no. 3-bedrooms at the upper floor level; all duplex own-door units are provided with private open space, internal storage space, and refuse storage. (iii) 109 no. apartments in Block E (3-15 storeys in height) consisting of 9 no. 1-bedroom, 83 no. 2-bedrooms, 9 no. 3-bedrooms and 8 no. 4-bedrooms and residential amenity spaces (c. 602 sq.m); all apartments are provided with balconies or terraces, internal storage space, and refuse storage within 1 no. internal refuse storage area on the undercroft floor level; (iv) 32 no. apartments in Block H (3-4 storeys in height) consisting of 18 no. 1-bedroom, 12 no. 2-bedrooms and 2 no. 3-bedrooms; all apartments are provided with balconies or terraces, internal storage space, and refuse storage within 2 no. internal refuse storage areas on the ground floor level; The commercial and retail/retail services component will consist of: (i) Block E comprising 1 no. public house (c. 804 sq.m), 2 no. retail units (combined c. 908 sq.m); (ii) Block G (1-2 storeys in height) comprising 3 no. retail units (total gross floor area c. 2,550 sq.m); (iii) Block H comprising 1 no. medical centre (c. 706 sq.m), 1 no. childcare facility (c. 762 sq.m), and 1 no. retail unit (c. 94 sq.m); and (iv) Block I (3-7 storeys in height) comprising 1 no. hotel of 150 no. rooms (c. 10,016 sq.m) with associated wellbeing centre and pool (c. 1,169 sq.m), wedding/function venue (c. 633 sq.m), rooftop restaurant (c. 883 sq.m), and 1 no. retail unit (c. 408 sq.m). In addition, the proposed development will also comprise the provision of supporting and ancillary infrastructure, including 532 car parking spaces, 1,003 bicycle parking spaces, open spaces, and all associated ancillary site works

  Permission · Wicklow County Council, 2560207

• 18 Mar 2025Declare application invalid

  Permission is sought for installing a ground floor window within the gable wall.

  Permission · Dun Laoghaire Rathdown County Council, D25B/0146

• 27 Jan 2025Grant permission

  Permission for (1) the construction of a 2-storey extension (2,430 sq. m. floor

  Permission · Dun Laoghaire Rathdown County Council, D25A/0060/WEB

• 5 Nov 2024Grant permission

  Planning permission for an attic conversion with new dormer window to the rear

  Permission · Dun Laoghaire Rathdown County Council, D24B/0465/WEB

• 24 Oct 2024Declare application invalid

  Permission for an attic conversion with new dormer window to the rear of the exi

  Permission · Dun Laoghaire Rathdown County Council, D24B/0454

• 18 Oct 2024Grant permission

  The development will consist of 1) Change of use the existing GF Insurance offic

  Permission · Dun Laoghaire Rathdown County Council, D24A/0838

• 7 Aug 2024Grant extension of duration of perm.

  Permission for a Strategic Housing Development consisting of a residential-led

  Extension of duration of permission · Dun Laoghaire Rathdown County Council, ABP30584419/E

• 26 Jul 2024Grant permission

  Permission for development at a site located within the former Industrial Yarns

  Permission · Dun Laoghaire Rathdown County Council, D24A/0563/WEB

• 4 Jul 2024Grant permission

  Castlethorn Management Services UC Intends to apply for a Permission for a Large

  Permission · Dun Laoghaire Rathdown County Council, LRD24A/0482/WEB

• 31 May 2024Grant permission

  The proposed development is referred to as Woodbrook Phase 2 and consists of 479

  Permission (lrd) · Dun Laoghaire Rathdown County Council, LRD24A/0382/WEB

• 14 May 2024Declare application invalid

  The proposed development is referred to as Woodbrook Phase 2 and consists of 479

  Permission (lrd) · Dun Laoghaire Rathdown County Council, LRD24A/0334/WEB

• 30 Aug 2023Grant permission

  The largescale residential development

  Permission (lrd) · Dun Laoghaire Rathdown County Council, LRD23A/0566

• 3 Aug 2023Grant permission for retention

  Retention of development comprising of mechanical ductwork, located to the

  Permission for retention · Dun Laoghaire Rathdown County Council, D23A/0518

• 25 May 2023Grant permission

  Change of use from permitted store and retail use to retail use including the sa

  Permission · Dun Laoghaire Rathdown County Council, D23A/0349

• 31 Jan 2023Refuse permission

  Development consists of 5 no. temporary marketing signs for a period of 5 years

  Permission · Dun Laoghaire Rathdown County Council, D23A/0056

• 27 Sept 2022N/a

  Change of use of lands former course use to residential and other uses consisting of 586 no. residential units and c.1,583 sqm of other uses comprising of 1 no. retail unit, a childcare facility, a café and 1 no. commercial unit (incorporating a gym and juice bar) of theses, 234 no. residential units, c. 1071sqm of the other uses and associated site landscaping and site development works were previously permitted by An Bord Pleanala under ABP Ref. 311181-21, and they from part of this current application again. The proposed development will also include all associated plant; refuse storage areas; communal open space; public open space; playgrounds; multi use games area, associated internal roads and drainage arrangements; utility connections; pedestrian/cycle linkages with adjoining sites; landscaping' public lighting; construction compounds; and all site development works

  N/a · Wicklow County Council, SH202206

The 25 most recent of over 100 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 Cork Great.

Recorded monuments

• DU026-068001 Church
  Description

  Formerly located in a low lying coastal situation. According to the OS Letters (1837) Cork Abbey was built on the site of an earlier abbey. The letters also record the presence of a burial ground a little to the S and W of the house where headstones and bones had been dug up (Herity 2001, 33). Corke Abbey House has since been knocked down and a housing estate built on the site (Healy 1975, 1-19). Compiled by: Geraldine Stout and Padraig Clancy. Revised upload on: 22 July 2018.

• DU026-068002 Graveyard
  Description

  The graveyard was formerly located in a low lying coastal situation. The OS Letters (1837) record the presence of a burial ground a little to the S and W of the house associated with Cork abbey where headstones and bones had been dug up (Herity 2001, 33). Corke Abbey House has since been knocked down and a housing estate built on the site (Healy 1975, 1-19). Compiled by: Geraldine Stout and Padraig Clancy. Revised upload on: 21 April 2018.

• DU026-069 Ritual site - holy well
  Description

  Annotated 'Abbey Well' on the 1837 ed. OSi 6-inch map where it is marked 70m to the S of Cork Abbey (DU026-068001-), in the parish of Oldconnaught. Annotated 'Well' on the 1863 ed. OSi 25-inch map. The 1837 Ordnance Survey Letters described the Abbey Well as a fine spring well, encased in brick and vaulted (O'Flanagan ed. 1927, 32). The site is E of Oldconnaught Village on the Bray coastline. There is a housing estate on the site today and there is no visible trace of the holy well. Compiled by: Geraldine Stout and Padraig Clancy. Revised by: Caimin O'Brien Date of revised upload: 21 April 2023

• DU026-070 Martello tower
  Description

  Cork Great or Cork Abbey Martello Tower No. 3 (Kerrigan 1995, 170). According to Kerrigan (1995, 168) construction of the Dublin area Martello Towers and their batteries commenced in 1804 under the supervision of Colonel Benjamin Fisher of the Royal Engineers and by December 1805 all towers were armed and complete. Kerrigan (ibid., 170) recorded that; ‘The towers and batteries south of Dublin are numbered from 1 to 16, but there were only fourteen towers, as at two locations there were batteries only, while several of the towers were close to adjacent batteries’. This martello tower is located along the coastline N of Bray. It is marked on Duncan's map of 1821 and on the 1st edition OS 6-inch map (1843). It was located on the coastline above Bray. It has since been removed. The coastline has been eroded at this point which probably resulted in its disappearance. In 1864 there were reports that the tower had been found shaking in its foundations by heavy seas and gales (Turner 1983, 93). Martello Tower No. 3 described by Kerrigan (1995, 171) as; 'Half a mile north [of tower 2 WI004-002----] was tower no. 3, sited on a low cliff overlooking the beach; this no longer survives, but a mid-nineteenth-century plan indicates it surrounded by a glacis a short distance from the tower'. See attached Taylor's 1816 Map showing the location of the Battery and the Martello Tower. Photo © http://www.photopol.com/martello/killiney_bay.html Taylor, J. 1816 Taylor's map of the environs of Dublin: extending 10 to 14 miles from the castle, by actual survey, on a scale of 2 inches to one mile Compiled by: Geraldine Stout and Padraig Clancy Revised by: Caimin O'Brien Date of revised upload: 23 January 2023

• DU026-124 Linear earthwork
  Description

  Rob Goodbody (pers. comm.) has identified a section of bank running through Bray Golf Course which may be part of the Pale Ditch. It follows the line of the county boundary and is in flat coastal terrain with views onto the Sugarloaf Mountain in the South. It is a continuous curving section of bank (L 150m) which runs on a NNE -WSW axis. It comprises a splayed, flat-topped bank (Wth at top 1.60m; Wth at base 10m; H.0.80m) and some mature Sycamores grow along the side. Compiled by: Geraldine Stout and Padraig Clancy. Revised upload on: 21 April 2018.

Architectural heritage

• Woodbrook, country house, 1835–1845 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached five-bay three-storey double-pile over part raised basement country house, rebuilt 1840; extant 1844, on a Palladian plan centred on (single-storey) prostyle distyle Ionic portico to ground floor with two- or four-bay single-storey wings abutting single-bay double-height pedimented pavilions; five-bay two-storey rear (east) elevation. Sold, 1880. Vacant, 1901. "Improved", 1905. Occupied, 1911. "Improved", 1966. Hipped double-pile (M-profile) slate roof behind parapet; hipped slate roofs centred on hipped slate roof (east), clay or terracotta ridge tiles, rendered chimney stacks having "Cyma Recta"- or "Cyma Reversa"-detailed cornice capping supporting yellow terracotta pots, and concealed rainwater goods retaining cast-iron octagonal or ogee hoppers and downpipes. Rendered, ruled and lined walls on cut-granite chamfered cushion course on rendered channelled base with rusticated rendered piers to corners supporting "Cyma Recta"- or "Cyma Reversa"-detailed cornice on blind frieze below balustraded parapet; rendered surface finish to rear (east) elevation on rendered chamfered plinth with rendered pilasters supporting "Cyma Recta"- or "Cyma Reversa"-detailed pediment on blind frieze on stepped entablature. Square-headed central door opening behind (single-storey) prostyle distyle Ionic portico approached by flight of seven cut-granite steps with paired columns on padstones supporting "Cyma Recta"- or "Cyma Reversa"-detailed cornice on blind frieze on entablature below blocking course. Square-headed window opening in tripartite arrangement (first floor) with rendered sill, and rendered surround with monolithic pilasters supporting "Cyma Recta"- or "Cyma Reversa"-detailed pediment on fluted consoles framing one-over-one timber sash windows. Square-headed window openings (basement) with concealed dressings framing one-over-one timber sash windows behind wrought iron bars. Square-headed window openings (ground floor) with cut-granite sills, and moulded rendered surrounds with "Cyma Recta"- or "Cyma Reversa"-detailed segmental pediments on fluted consoles framing six-over-six timber sash windows. Square-headed window openings (first floor) with rendered sill course, and moulded rendered surrounds with "Cyma Recta"- or "Cyma Reversa"-detailed hood mouldings framing six-over-six timber sash windows. Square-headed window openings (top floor) with rendered sill course, and moulded rendered lugged surrounds framing six-over-six timber sash windows. Square-headed central window openings to rear (east) elevation with cut-granite sills, and moulded rendered surrounds framing timber casement (ground floor) or one-over-one timber sash (first floor) windows. Square-headed flanking window openings in tripartite arrangement with cut-granite sills, mullions supporting hood mouldings on fluted consoles, and concealed dressings framing six-over-nine (ground floor) or six-over-six (first floor) timber sash windows having two-over-three (ground floor) or two-over-two (first floor) sidelights. Set in landscaped grounds.

• Woodbrook, walled garden, 1700–1837 · Regional interest
  Description

  Walled garden, extant 1837, on a rectangular plan with coursed rubble stone boundary wall to perimeter having rendered coping. Set in landscaped grounds shared with Woodbrook.

• Woodbrook, clubhouse, 1910–1915 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached three-bay single-storey over raised base cricket pavilion with attic, designed 1911; built 1911, on a T-shaped plan centred on single-bay single-storey gabled projecting breakfront; three-bay full-height rear (north) elevation. Adapted to alternative use, 1921. Modified producing present composition. Pitched terracotta tiled roof on a T-shaped plan centred on pitched (gabled) terracotta tiled roof extending into hipped terracotta tiled roof on timber posts, terracotta ridge tiles, rooflights to rear (north) pitch, timber bargeboards to gables on "Cavetto"-detailed timber purlins, and cast-iron rainwater goods on exposed timber rafters retaining cast-iron downpipes. Rendered walls in timber frame on roughcast base with terracotta tiled surface finish to gables. Square-headed central window openings centred on square-headed door opening with timber mullions, and concealed dressings framing fixed-pane timber fittings centred on glazed timber panelled double doors. "Diocletian Window" (gable) with timber sill, and carved timber surround with hood moulding framing timber casement windows. Set in landscaped grounds shared with Woodbrook House.

• Woodbrook, gate lodge, 1900–1909 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached three-bay single-storey gate lodge, extant 1909, on a T-shaped plan centred on single-bay single-storey gabled projecting breakfront. Renovated. Hipped slate roof on a T-shaped plan centred on pitched (gabled) slate roof (breakfront), roll moulded terracotta ridge tiles with abbreviated finials to apexes, paired yellow brick Flemish bond central chimney stacks on buttressed bases having corbelled stepped capping supporting terracotta or yellow terracotta pots, quatrefoil-perforated timber bargeboards to gable on spandrels on thumbnail beaded corbels with finial now missing, and cast-iron rainwater goods on timber eaves boards on exposed timber rafters retaining cast-iron downpipes. Roughcast walls bellcast over rendered plinth with terracotta tile "diaper work" surface finish to gable. Square-headed window openings originally in tripartite arrangement centred on square-headed window opening originally in quadripartite arrangement with cut-granite chamfered sills, and rendered "bas-relief" surrounds having chamfered reveals framing replacement uPVC casement windows replacing timber casement windows. Set back from line of road at entrance to grounds of Woodbrook.

• Woodbrook, gates/railings/walls, 1880–1909 · Regional interest
  Description

  Gateway, extant 1909, on a symmetrical plan comprising pair of granite ashlar piers having ball finial-topped "Cyma Recta"- or "Cyma Reversa"-detailed cornice capping supporting barley twist-detailed wrought iron double gates with granite ashlar outer piers having "Cyma Recta"- or "Cyma Reversa"-detailed cornice capping supporting barley twist-detailed wrought iron gates. Road fronted at entrance to grounds of Woodbrook.

• Woodbrook, gate lodge, 1900–1909 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached three-bay single-storey gate lodge, extant 1909, on a rectangular plan. Renovated. Pitched slate roof with roll moulded terracotta ridge tiles centred on roughcast chimney stack on buttressed base having concrete capping supporting yellow terracotta octagonal pot, Sycamore leaf-perforated timber bargeboards to gables on nail head-detailed timber purlins, and cast-iron rainwater goods on timber eaves boards on exposed timber rafters retaining cast-iron downpipes. Roughcast walls on yellow brick Running bond cushion course on roughcast plinth. Set back from line of road at entrance to grounds of Woodbrook with gritdashed roughcast boundary wall to perimeter having rendered rounded coping.

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 10 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels. Testing a home

Landslides

Susceptibility moderately low, low, low (inferred), on the 1:50,000 map; parts are made ground.

Terrain model

LiDAR of the Office of Public Works, flown in 2011, at 2 m: tile OPW_3360 (ZIP).

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

Name

Cork Great · Corcach Mhór

Area

799,970 m² (80 ha, 197.68 acres)

Civil parish

Oldconnaught, and its townlands

Barony

Rathdown

Electoral division

Shankill-Shanganagh, the unit of the census

Census 2022

Shankill-Shanganagh electoral division: 5,522 people in 1,931 households; 81% of households own their home; 13% of homes were built since 2001; 3% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 0% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Aske, Bray Commons (Co. Wicklow), Cork Little, Little Bray (Co. Wicklow), Oldconnaught, Ravenswell (Co. Wicklow)

Placenames

Cork Great 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.