Ballinroe
Ballinroe is a townland in the civil parish of Ringrone, barony of Courceys, Co. Cork. Its name in Irish is An Baile Rua.
- Area
- 44.6 ha
- 110 acres
- Land parcels
- 21
- registered freehold, median 1,204 m²
- Zoning
- —
- not in a zoned settlement
- Planning
- 17
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
21 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Ballinroe, from 66 m² to 423,627 m² (42.36 ha, 104.68 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 21 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
No zone of a development plan covers Ballinroe 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
26 Apr 2016Incompleted application
To construct side extension to existing dwelling, waste water treatment system to replace existing septic tank and soakpit, alterations to façade of existing dwelling with associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 16/4945
12 Feb 2016Incompleted application
Construct side extension to existing dwelling waste water treatment system to replace existing septic tank and soak pit, alterations to façade of existing dwelling with associated site works.
Permission · Cork County Council, 16/4292
1 Oct 2015Conditional
Retention of existing 24m high telecommunications structure with headframe, carrying associated antennae and link dishes, associated equipment, and associated equipment cabin, and cabinets, within security compound, and existing access track. The development will continue to form part of Vodafone Irelands Ltd’s existing GSM and 3G/4G Broadband telecommunications network
Retention · Cork County Council, 15/6185
7 Jul 2014Conditional
Retention of existing 26 metre high free standing communications structure, carrying antennae and communications dishes together with associated ground mounted equipment with a 2.4 metre palisade fenced compound as previously granted under Planning Ref. No. 07/9471
Retention · Cork County Council, 14/5452
7 Apr 2010Conditional
Retention of existing 24m telecommunications support structure carrying antennae and associated equipment, fenced compound and access track
Permission · Cork County Council, 10/4807
3 Mar 2010Incompleted application
Retention of existing 24m telecommunications structure carrying antennae and associated equipment shelter, fenced compound and access track. The development forms part of Vodafone Ireland Ltd's existing GSM and 3G Broadband telecommunications network
Permission · Cork County Council, 10/4482
28 May 2009Conditional
Construction of new extension and alterations to dwelling including all associated site works and installation of a new wastewater treatment unit and polishing filter
Permission · Cork County Council, 09/5762
15 May 2009Incompleted application
Extension & alterations to dwelling including all assoociated site works & installation of new waste water treatment unit & polishing filter
Permission · Cork County Council, 09/5563
25 Sept 2008Conditional
Installation of 3 no. 2.8m antennae to extend above the top of existing Vodafone 24m high telecommunications support structure along with cabinets, GPS antenna, cabling and associated equipment
Permission · Cork County Council, 08/9033
25 Aug 2008Conditional
Conservatory to front of dwelling
Permission · Cork County Council, 08/8552
10 Jul 2007Conditional
Retention of 25m high telecommunications monopole with attached antennae, transmission dishes, equipment container and associated works
Permission · Cork County Council, 07/9471
16 Mar 2007Incompleted application
Retention of 25m high telecommunications monopole with attached antenae, transmission dishes and associated works
Permission · Cork County Council, 07/6115
6 Feb 2007Refused
Bungalow and double garage
Permission · Cork County Council, 07/4783
2 Jan 2007Incompleted application
Retention of 25m high telecommunications monopole with attached antennas, transmission dishes and associated works
Permission · Cork County Council, 07/4028
20 May 2005Conditional
Retention of 24 m. telecommunications structure carrying antennae and associated equipment shelter,fenced compound and access track
Permission · Cork County Council, 05/3471
24 Feb 2005Incompleted application
Retention of 24 m telecommunications structure carrying antennae and associated equipment shelter and access track
Permission · Cork County Council, 05/1050
18 Dec 2003Conditional
Construction of extension to dwelling and retention of extension
Permission · Cork County Council, 03/6557
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 Ballinroe.
Recorded monuments
No recorded monument lies in the townland of Ballinroe.
Architectural heritage
No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands in the townland of Ballinroe.
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 Ballinroe, about 1 in 10 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 the townland of Ballinroe.
- 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 Ballinroe with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Cork.
The townland
- Name
- Ballinroe · An Baile Rua
- Area
- 445,916 m² (44.59 ha, 110.19 acres)
- Civil parish
- Ringrone, and its townlands
- Barony
- Courceys
- Electoral division
- Ballymackean, the unit of the census
- Census 2022
- 398 people lived in 138 households in the Ballymackean electoral division. 80% of households owned their home. 31% of homes were built since 2001. 4% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 11% were holiday homes.
- Neighbouring townlands
- Ballinroe East, Ballinvredig, Ballynidon, Carrigavulleen, Dromdough, Oldcourt
- Placenames
- Ballinroe 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.