Ballybeg Middle
Townland in the civil parish of Buttevant, barony of Orrery and Kilmore, Co. Cork; in Irish An Baile Beag Láir
- Area
- 205.6 ha
- 508 acres
- Land parcels
- 45
- registered freehold, median 3,297 m² (0.33 ha, 0.81 acres)
- Zoning
- G3
- Greenbelt1
- Planning
- 32
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
45 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Ballybeg Middle, from 14 m² to 390,418 m² (39.04 ha, 96.47 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 19 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
- G3Greenbelt1 (Conservation, amenity or buffer space, corridor/belt, landscape)
Cork County Development Plan 2022, Cork · 63 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
15 Oct 2025Split decision
Permission is sought to lower the entrance walls and road boundary walls and permission sought to retain; 1) garage as constructed, 2) alterations to dwelling house as permitted under planning ref; 04/8279 to include alterations to elevations, extension to first floor living space and conversion of attic into a living space, 3) altered location of site entrance, 4) altered location of advanced domestic waste water treatment system and polishing filter and 5) all associated site works.
Permission for retention · Cork County Council, 25/6198
25 Jul 2025Incompleted application
Permission sought to lower entrance walls and road boundary walls, and permission sought to retain 1) garage as constructed, 2) alterations to dwelling house as permitted under planning ref 04/8279 to include alterations to elevations, extension to first floor living space and conversion of attic into a living space, 3) altered location of site entrance, 4) altered location of septic tank & percolation area and 5) all associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 25/5491
29 Mar 2021Conditional
Permission for Retention of existing dwelling house (change of layout from that previously granted under Planning Reg. No. 75/245), rear extension and revised vehicular access location and permission for decommissioning existing septic tank and installation of new packaged wastewater treatment system and polishing filter.
Permission · Cork County Council, 21/4784
26 Mar 2019Conditional
Construct a two storey dwelling, a garage, a proprietary wastewater treatment system and polishing filter and all associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 19/4723
31 Aug 2017Conditional
Retention for alterations and extensions to existing dwelling house including the incorporation of existing detach ancillary living accommodation onto same and for a domestic stand-alone double garage onto side of dwelling house. Also full planning permission for the alteration to current elevations and the construction of a single story (disability bedroom) to front of dwelling house
Permission · Cork County Council, 17/6255
26 Jul 2017Conditional
Construct a dormer type dwelling, garage, proprietary sewage treatment system and polishing filter and all associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 17/5926
15 May 2017Withdrawn
Alteration of rear elevation and the construction of a single storey extension (disability bedroom) to side of dwelling house.
Permission · Cork County Council, 17/5184
10 Jun 2015Conditional
Dwelling House
Permission · Cork County Council, 15/5219
4 Nov 2014Refused
Construction of dormer type dwelling, garage, proprietary sewage treatment system and polishing filter and all ancillary site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 14/6346
16 Apr 2013Conditional
Construction of a new two-storey dwelling, a new site entrance, a detached garage with store area, a new potable well, waste water treatment unit and all associated site works.
Permission · Cork County Council, 13/4682
19 Jun 2012Conditional
Construction of single storey extension to side of dwelling and all associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 12/5334
24 Nov 2009Conditional
Extensions and alterations to existing one and a half storey dwellinghouse, installation of sewage treatment unit, construction of garage and associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 09/7712
5 Aug 2009Conditional
Retention of relocated septic tank serving existing dwelling and retention of domestic garage and store
Permission · Cork County Council, 09/6613
25 May 2009Conditional
Alterations and extension to existing dwelling including the incorporation of existing detached ancillary living accommodation into same, removal of existing septic tank serving the dwelling and installation of a new treatment unit and percolation area and construction of domestic garage
Permission · Cork County Council, 09/5702
20 Apr 2009Incompleted application
Alterations and extension to existing dwelling, removal of septic tank and installation of treatment unit and percolation area and construction of domestic garage
Permission · Cork County Council, 09/5224
20 Apr 2009Conditional
Construction of sunroom extension to existing dwelling
Permission · Cork County Council, 09/5221
23 Mar 2009Incompleted application
Dwelling house, domestic garage, septic tank, entrance & ancillary works
Permission · Cork County Council, 09/4891
11 Mar 2009Incompleted application
Dwelling house with domestic garage, septic tank, entrance & ancillary works
Permission · Cork County Council, 09/4756
8 Apr 2008Conditional
Dwelling, garage, septic tank and ancillary works
Permission · Cork County Council, 08/5900
14 Mar 2008Conditional
Dry sow house and associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 08/5453
2 Nov 2006Withdrawn
Dwelling and garage
Permission · Cork County Council, 06/11960
27 Jul 2006Conditional
Retention of separate building unit used ancillary to existing dwelling, containing 2 no. bedrooms, utility and boiler room
Permission · Cork County Council, 06/9291
31 Mar 2006Conditional
Two storey dwellinghouse and garage
Permission · Cork County Council, 06/6032
23 Feb 2006Conditional
Construction of extensions and retention of dwellinghouse
Permission · Cork County Council, 06/5045
25 Jan 2006Conditional
Dwelling
Permission · Cork County Council, 06/4298
The 25 most recent of 32 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 Ballybeg Middle.
Recorded monuments
- CO025-002 Ringfort - rath
Description
In rough pasture, atop hill. Depicted as circular area defined by circular line of hachures internally and by hexagonal line of hachured externally on 1842 OS 6-inch map; as hachured circular enclosure (diam. c. 40m) on 1905 and 1937 OS 6-inch maps. According to local information, levelled c. 1982. Circular area (diam. 41m) defined by low rise (H 0.1m) NW->NE and SE->SSW; steep scarp NE->SE. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 4: North Cork' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 2000). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload/revision: 14 January 2009
- CO025-003 Ring-ditch
Description
Cropmark of two concentric fosses of roughly circular enclosure (diam. <20m), visible in aerial photograph (GSIAP, R526); outer fosse truncated to S by field fence. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 4: North Cork' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 2000). 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 Ballybeg Middle.
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 5 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels. Testing a home
- Landslides
- Susceptibility 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 Ballybeg Middle.
- 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 Ballybeg Middle with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Cork.
The townland
- Name
- Ballybeg Middle · An Baile Beag Láir
- Area
- 2,055,587 m² (205.56 ha, 507.95 acres)
- Civil parish
- Buttevant, and its townlands
- Barony
- Orrery and Kilmore
- Electoral division
- Buttevant, the unit of the census
- Census 2022
- Buttevant electoral division: 1,965 people in 758 households; 72% of households own their home; 28% of homes were built since 2001; 12% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 0% were holiday homes.
- Neighbouring townlands
- Ballybeg, Ballybeg East, Ballybeg West, Ballymague, Baltydaniel East, Twopothouse
- Placenames
- Ballybeg Middle 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.