Ballinacurra
Townland in the civil parish of Clontead, barony of Kinsale, Co. Cork; in Irish Baile an Churraigh
- Area
- 134.5 ha
- 332 acres
- Land parcels
- 37
- registered freehold, median 2,920 m² (0.29 ha, 0.72 acres)
- Zoning
- —
- not in a zoned settlement
- Planning
- 35
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
37 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Ballinacurra, from 35 m² to 129,597 m² (12.96 ha, 32.02 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 10 neighbouring parcels touch it.
Download the townland: DXF, in Irish Transverse Mercator metres, with its boundary, parcels and buildings; GeoJSON or KML.
Zoning
Development plans, national zoning
No zone of a development plan covers Ballinacurra 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.
Planning applications
Sites that touch the townland, newest first
19 Aug 2024Withdrawn
a) Extension to the existing site entrance to an existing timber storage and timber pallet manufacturing facility. b) Associated roadside drainage works (including soakway). c) Existing ground levels and wall to be reduced. d) Re-location of trees. e) New concrete pipe and aco drain to be installed and associated site works.
Permission · Cork County Council, 24/5567
19 Jul 2024Incompleted application
a) Permission for an extension to the existing site entrance to an existing timber storage and timber pallet manufacturing facility and b) Permission for associated roadside drainage and associated site works at the existing entrance.
Permission · Cork County Council, 24/5377
19 Dec 2022Conditional
The construction of a new detached dwelling house, wastewater treatment unit with percolation area and all associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 22/6806
26 Apr 2021Refused
a) Permission for retention of 2 no. detached sheds associated with the storage of timber and making of timber pallets and b) Permission for associated roadside drainage works at existing entrance.
Permission · Cork County Council, 21/5085
4 Mar 2021Incompleted application
a) Permission for retention of 2 no detached sheds associated with the storage of timber and making of timber pallets and (b) Permission for associated roadside drainage works at existing entrance.
Permission · Cork County Council, 21/4547
22 Jan 2021Incompleted application
a) Permission for Retention of 2 no. detached sheds associated with the storage of timber and making of timber pallets. b) Permission for associated drainage works at existing entrance.
Permission · Cork County Council, 21/4118
28 Oct 2020Conditional
The construction of a dwelling house, the provision of a wastewater treatment system, new vehicular entrance and all associated site works.
Permission · Cork County Council, 20/6361
12 Dec 2019Conditional
1) Construct a one-and-a-half-storey dwellinghouse and garage 2) Create new access entrance to/from public road 3) Install a waste water treatment system and percolation area and a soakaway 4) Carry out all associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 19/6959
23 Apr 2019Incompleted application
Retention of the agricultural shed for machinery and general storage
Retention · Cork County Council, 19/4996
6 Mar 2019Incompleted application
Retention of agricultural shed
Retention · Cork County Council, 19/4555
23 Apr 2018Conditional
The construction of a new dwelling house, a new detached domestic garage, new vehicular entrance, new wastewater treatment and disposal system and all ancillary site works.
Permission · Cork County Council, 18/5004
3 Jul 2015Conditional
Demolition of single storey house and the construction of a two-storey house with attached domestic garage, new wastewater treatment system and associated site works.
Permission · Cork County Council, 15/5458
21 Nov 2014Refused
Construction of a dwellinghouse and associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 14/6502
25 Mar 2013Conditional
Construction of dwelling, domestic garage and associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 13/4506
3 Jun 2011Conditional
Construction of one house and garage, associated bored well for water supply, effluent treatment plant, percolation area, soakaways and associated works
Permission · Cork County Council, 11/5212
20 May 2011Incompleted application
Construction of dwellinghouse and garage, associated bored well for water supply, effluent treatment plant, percolation area, soakaways and associated works
Permission · Cork County Council, 11/5095
9 Apr 2010Conditional
Conversion of existing attached domestic garage to bedroom, en-suite & utility area along with new window openings in the front & gable end of the existing attached garage with all associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 10/4830
12 Oct 2009Incompleted application
Split-Level Dwelling house, waste water treatment unit & associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 09/7306
15 Apr 2009Refused
Split-Level dwelling house, wastewater treatment unit & associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 09/5191
2 Feb 2009Conditional
Dwellinghouse, detached garage, treatment unit and sand polishing bed, well, re-positioning of existing agricultural entrance and associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 09/4286
23 Dec 2008Incompleted application
Dwellinghouse, new entrance, treatment unit, detached garage, repositioning of existing agricultural entrance & associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 08/10345
24 Sept 2008Conditional
Retention of entrance and shed/store for domestic use
Permission · Cork County Council, 08/9008
14 Aug 2008Refused
Split level dwellinghouse and installation of treatment unit
Outline permission · Cork County Council, 08/8392
1 Aug 2008Incompleted application
Split level dwellinghouse
Outline permission · Cork County Council, 08/8212
29 Jul 2008Refused
Demolition of dwelling and construction of dwellinghouse. garage and installation of treatment system
Permission · Cork County Council, 08/8155
The 25 most recent of 35 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 Ballinacurra.
Recorded monuments
- CO111-087 Bee-boles
Description
At least 10 bee boles noted in walled garden of Ballinacurra House. 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
- House, 1830–1870 · Regional interest
Description
Detached six-bay single-storey vernacular house, built c.1850, having single-bay single storey addition to side (west) and lean-to outbuilding to side (west). Now vacant. Pitched corrugated-iron roof with rendered chimneystacks and gable copings having uPVC rainwater goods. Corrugated-iron roof to lean-to additional outbuilding. Rubble stone walls with rendered plinth to front (south) elevation, rendered walls to side (east, west) elevations of house, rubble stone wall to rear (north) elevation. Rubble stone and concrete block walls to side (west) elevation of addition and sides (north-south, west) of outhouse. Square-headed window openings having replacement render sills and reveals, having timber casement windows throughout, some openings blocked with timber panelling. Square-headed door opening with brick surrounds, having recent rendered stepped approach and timber battened door to front elevation. Square-headed door openings with timber battened doors to front and side (west) elevations of additions. Associated outbuildings to east and west. Rubble stone enclosing walls with rendered square-profile piers, having single and double-leaf iron gates to south. Rendered enclosing wall with square-profile single leaf galvanised gate to east.
- Ballinacurra House, country house, 1760–1780 · Regional interest
Description
Detached five-bay two-storey former house, built c.1770, subsequently altered, remodelled and extended. Now in use as hotel. Pair of flanking wings added, forming U-plan, east wing c.1830, west wing c.1960. Recent two-storey block add to north-east. Hipped and pitched slate roofs with rendered chimneystacks. Rendered walls. Square-headed openings with six-over-six pane timber sliding sash windows. Round-headed door openings with moulded render surrounds and timber and glazed doors. Timber sliding sash and casement windows to flanking wings. Timber glazed single and double leaf doors to flanking wings.
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 10 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 Ballinacurra.
- 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.
Homes sold
Property Price Register
No address of the register names Ballinacurra with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Cork.
The townland
- Name
- Ballinacurra · Baile an Churraigh
- Area
- 1,344,534 m² (134.45 ha, 332.24 acres)
- Civil parish
- Clontead, and its townlands
- Barony
- Kinsale
- Electoral division
- Kinsale Rural, the unit of the census
- Census 2022
- Kinsale Rural electoral division: 5,605 people in 1,855 households; 75% of households own their home; 47% of homes were built since 2001; 6% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 8% were holiday homes.
- Neighbouring townlands
- Ardcloyne, Ardmartin, Ballinvard, Butlerstown, Cappagh, Tisaxon Beg, Tisaxon More
- Placenames
- Ballinacurra 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.