Ballintotis
Ballintotis is a townland in the civil parish of Ballyoughtera, barony of Imokilly, Co. Cork. Its name in Irish is Baile an tSóitéasaigh.
- Area
- 177 ha
- 437 acres
- Land parcels
- 75
- registered freehold, median 2,521 m² (0.25 ha, 0.62 acres)
- Zoning
- —
- not in a zoned settlement
- Planning
- 42
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
75 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Ballintotis, from 47 m² to 375,753 m² (37.58 ha, 92.85 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 26 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 Ballintotis 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
25 Jun 2025Conditional permission
Permission for extension and alteration of existing dwelling house. Proposed works will involve the construction of a single storey extension to the front and single storey extension to the rear, internal alterations and all ancillary site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 25/5238
17 Nov 2023Conditional
Construction of a dwelling, waste water treatment unit, polishing filter and associated works.
Permission · Cork County Council, 23/6299
13 May 2022Conditional
The demolition of existing cottage and existing out buildings and the construction of a 4-bed single storey dwelling. Construction of a separate building consisting of garage, private home office for remote working and private domestic art studio, keeping the existing entrance, gate and walled garden, and the construction of a new wastewater treatment plant, filter and ancillary works necessary to facilitate the dwelling and associated building and all associated site works.
Permission · Cork County Council, 22/5098
13 May 2022Conditional
Permission to construct a Double Slatted House with underground tanks, feed passage and ancillary site works, to be carried out in conjunction with all associated site works.
Permission · Cork County Council, 22/5108
8 Apr 2022Incompleted application
Permission to construct a double slatted house with underground tanks, feed passage and ancillary site works, to be carried out in conjunction with all ancillary site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 22/4790
5 Apr 2022Incompleted application
The demolition of existing cottage and existing outbuildings and the construction of a 4 bed single storey dwelling. Construction of a separate building consisting of garage, office and studio, keeping the existing entrance gate and walled garden, and the construction of a new wastewater treatment plant, filter and ancillary works necessary to facilitate the dwelling and associated building and all associated site works.
Permission · Cork County Council, 22/4740
10 Mar 2021Conditional
To renovate, make alterations and extend his existing dwelling house, install a rooflight to front roof of his existing dwelling, raising existing floor level of dwelling house, construct extension to include accommodation on ground and first floor level, construct a new domestic garage, widen existing vehicular entrance, install a new waste water treatment unit and all associated site works.
Permission · Cork County Council, 21/4603
29 Jan 2021Conditional
Construction of a 2 storey extension to the rear of the existing school, the proposed extension will accommodate 4 number new general classrooms, 2 number set rooms, universal accessible toilet and circulation space, planning permission is sought for alterations to the existing north elevation and existing east elevation of the school building, planning permission for a new waste water treatment system and all associated site services.
Permission · Cork County Council, 21/4177
2 Jul 2019Conditional
Demolition of a single storey utility room to the rear of existing dwelling house. Permission to construct a single storey side extension to the existing dwelling house, alterations to existing layouts and all associated site works.
Permission · Cork County Council, 19/5679
2 Apr 2019Unconditional
Two-storey dwelling, garage and septic tank. Extension of Duration of Permission granted under Planning Reference: 14/4165.
Extension of duration · Cork County Council, 19/4799
12 Nov 2018Conditional
Retention of i) front porch ii) front bay window and iii) sand and cement render finish to yellow and grey bricks on front elevation of dwelling.
Retention · Cork County Council, 18/6971
5 Oct 2018Incompleted application
The indefinite Permission for Retention of i) front porch ii) front bay window and iii) sand and cement render finish to yellow and grey bricks on all elevations.
Retention · Cork County Council, 18/6623
26 Aug 2016Conditional
Changes to the façade and extension of the existing dwelling, the alteration, refurbishment and conversion of existing garage and all ancillary site works.
Permission · Cork County Council, 16/6148
5 Aug 2016Incompleted application
Changes to the façade and extension to the existing dwelling, the alteration, refurbishment and conversion of existing garage and all ancillary site works.
Permission · Cork County Council, 16/5959
28 Jan 2016Conditional
Construction of a silage slab with concrete apron, crush, slatted house and associated works
Permission · Cork County Council, 16/4132
7 Dec 2015Incompleted application
Construction of a silage slab with concrete apron, crush, slatted house and associated works
Permission · Cork County Council, 15/6756
18 Mar 2014Conditional
Permission for attic conversion with dormer and velux windows. Permission for retention of existing extension to side of dwelling house, retention of existing detached domestic garage and retention and completion of additional vehicle entrance to site
Permission · Cork County Council, 14/4544
3 Mar 2014Incompleted application
Permission for attic conversion with dormer and velux windows, Permission for Retention of existing extension to side of dwelling, existing detached domestic garage and completion of additional vehicle entrance to site.
Permission · Cork County Council, 14/4416
30 Jan 2014Conditional
Two-storey dwelling, garage and septic tank
Permission consequent · Cork County Council, 14/4165
19 Nov 2013Conditional
Retention of extension to rear of dwelling and permission for retention of velux roof light to rear roof of dwelling.
Retention · Cork County Council, 13/6197
19 Oct 2012Conditional
Retention of bungalow, garage and septic tank
Retention · Cork County Council, 12/6190
27 Sept 2012Incompleted application
Retention of bungalow, garage and septic tank
Retention · Cork County Council, 12/6050
30 Jul 2012Conditional
Installation of a prefabricated classroom, prefabricated shelter and associated works
Permission · Cork County Council, 12/5645
14 Jul 2011Conditional
Demolition of sheds and rear lean-to, construction of a new single storey extension to rear and side, alterations to front and side elevations of existing dwelling house and a new waste water treatment system along with all other associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 11/5519
27 Aug 2010Conditional
Two-storey dwelling house, garage & septic tank
Outline permission · Cork County Council, 10/6140
The 25 most recent of 42 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
- Proposed Natural Heritage Area: Loughs Aderry And Ballybutler 000446
Recorded monuments
- CO077-002 Castle - tower house
Description
In level pasture, small 4-storey square tower (6.7m E-W; 6.5m N-S), standing to full height; partially ivy-clad. Entered at ground level by door near N end of W wall; pointed arch over door but jambs gone. Inside, lintelled passage leads straight through to main chamber (5.25m N-S; 3.8m E-W); on S side of doorway is entrance to straight mural stairs rising to SW corner. Ground floor chamber lit by double-splayed lintelled windows in N and S wall. First floor entered by square-headed door at W end of S wall, reached by short passage from top of mural stairs. Double-splayed, lintelled windows in S and E wall. At W end of N wall square-headed door leads into lintelled mural passage lit by slit window in N wall; access not gained. Second floor has no door, probably entered by man-hole from below, through former wooden floor; lit by splayed lintelled windows in N and S wall. Covered by bluntly pointed wicker-centred vault (axis N-S). At this level stairs rises in SW corner as spiral before rising again as straight mural stairs to NW corner where it gives access to 3rd floor chamber through square-headed door; top of stairs lit by slit window in N wall.Third floor chamber (4.1m N-S; 4.6m E-W) lit by central windows in N, E and W wall; window in E wall has traces of window seat, light has rounded head. Narrow, splayed window embrasure in W wall covered by lintels, square-headed light. Square-headed door near W end of S wall gives access E to mural garderobe chamber and W to stairway which spirals upwards in SW corner to wall walk. Garderobe chamber (3.3m E-W; 0.65m N-S) covered by lintels; at E end well-preserved stone seat for garderobe. Top of stairwell gives access to wall walk. Wall walk preserved all around and traces of crenellations survive atop S, N and E wall; part of merlon on S wall adapted as bellcote, but bell gone. According to Coleman (1913, 110) nothing of its history is known, though Healy (1988, 96) considers it may have been part of 'outer defence' of nearby Castlemartyr Castle (CO077-00503-). 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 Ballintotis.
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 Ballintotis, 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, partly inferred. Parts of the land are water.
- Terrain model
- No LiDAR survey of the Office of Public Works covers the centre of the townland of Ballintotis.
- 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
- Ballintotis, Castlemartyr9 sales
The townland
- Name
- Ballintotis · Baile an tSóitéasaigh
- Area
- 1,769,631 m² (176.96 ha, 437.29 acres)
- Civil parish
- Ballyoughtera, and its townlands
- Barony
- Imokilly
- Electoral division
- Castlemartyr, the unit of the census
- Census 2022
- 1,060 people lived in 344 households in the Castlemartyr electoral division. 87% of households owned their home. 24% of homes were built since 2001. 9% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 4% were holiday homes.
- Neighbouring townlands
- Attiquin, Ballyedekin, Butlerstown, Caherultan, Castlemartyr, Farrantrenchard, Killurriga
- Placenames
- Ballintotis 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.