Ballybride Upper
Townland in the civil parish of Knockmourne, barony of Kinatalloon, Co. Cork; in Irish Baile an Bhrídigh Uachtarach
- Area
- 139.2 ha
- 344 acres
- Land parcels
- 26
- registered freehold, median 4,411 m² (0.44 ha, 1.09 acres)
- Zoning
- —
- not in a zoned settlement
- Planning
- 18
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
26 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Ballybride Upper, from 29 m² to 396,493 m² (39.65 ha, 97.98 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 16 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 Ballybride Upper 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
4 Oct 2022Conditional
Construction of a dwelling house, domestic garage, to install a secondary waste water treatment system with polishing filter and all associated site work
Permission · Cork County Council, 22/6232
22 Jul 2022Conditional
Construction of a dwelling house, domestic garage, to install a secondary waste water treatment system with polishing filter, to upgrade the existing agricultural entrance to serve the site and all associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 22/5742
10 Jun 2022Incompleted application
Construction of a dwelling house, domestic garage, to install a secondary wastewater treatment system with polishing filter, to upgrade the existing agricultural entrance to serve the site and all associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 22/5353
15 Dec 2021Conditional
(1) The retention of the existing single storey side extension and alterations to the existing dwelling house as constructed. (2) Demolition of the existing rear entrance door and existing flat roof rear lobby of the existing dwelling house. Construction of a new side and rear extension (part single storey and part two storey) to the existing dwelling house, new entrance door to the side of existing dwelling house, alterations to the existing dwelling house, construction of a new vehicular entrance, installation of a new wastewater treatment system (to replace and upgrade the existing waste water treatment system) and associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 21/7354
24 Nov 2020Conditional
Re-location of livestock underpass, effluent holding tank and all associated siteworks (previously granted under planning reference: 19/5683).
Permission · Cork County Council, 20/6616
2 Jul 2019Conditional
Demolition of a derelict milking parlour and adjacent derelict outbuilding, Permission is also required for the construction of a cattle underpass, slatted effluent tank and all associated site works.
Permission · Cork County Council, 19/5683
23 May 2019Incompleted application
Demolition of derelict milking parlour and adjacent derelict out building. Permission is also required for the construction of a cattle underpass, slatted effluent tank and all associated site works.
Permission · Cork County Council, 19/5306
23 Jun 2017Conditional
Construction of an animal house, silage slab, concrete apron, feed bins and associated works
Permission · Cork County Council, 17/5590
22 Jan 2016Unconditional
Storey and a half extension and modification to elevations of existing dwelling house, construction of garage, replacement of existing septic tank with new septic tank and percolation area, revised entrance details, site boundary and all ancillary works – Extension of Duration of Permission granted under planning ref: 10/8709
Extension of duration · Cork County Council, 16/4080
14 Dec 2010Conditional
Storey and a half extension and modification to elevations of existing dwellinghouse, construction of garage, replacement of existing septic tank with new septic tank and percolation area, revised entrance details, site boundary and all ancillary works
Permission · Cork County Council, 10/8709
2 Feb 2010Withdrawn
Construction of a two storey extension to existing dwelling to include a balcony and an entrance, waste water treatment system and associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 10/4170
22 Dec 2009Incompleted application
Two-storey extension to existing dwelling, entrance, wastewater treatment system & associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 09/8018
3 Oct 2007Conditional
Dormer type dwellinghouse, detached garage and installation of septic tank
Permission · Cork County Council, 07/11390
22 Aug 2006Conditional
One and half storey dwellinghouse and garage
Permission · Cork County Council, 06/9970
21 Apr 2006Refused
Dwellinghouse and garage
Permission · Cork County Council, 06/6569
21 Dec 2005Conditional
Dwellinghouse
Permission · Cork County Council, 05/9573
24 Jun 2004Incompleted application
Extension to dwellinghouse
Permission · Cork County Council, 04/4616
8 Apr 2004Conditional
Dwelling
Permission · Cork County Council, 04/2386
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 Ballybride Upper.
Recorded monuments
- CO036-030 Ringfort - rath
Description
In pasture, on SE-facing slope, lying to NE of ringfort (CO036-027---). Hachured as circular enclosure (diam. c. 30m) on OS 6-inch map. No visible surface trace. 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
- CO036-031 Ringfort - rath
Description
In pasture, on gentle E-facing slope. Roughly circular area (30m N-S; 30m E-W) defined by slight rise (H 0.3m) with shallow external fosse. Ringfort (CO036-032---) lies 60m to E. 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
- CO036-032 Ringfort - rath
Description
In pasture, on gentle E-facing slope. Roughly circular area (30m N-S; 26m E-W) defined by earthen bank (int. H 1.2m) NE->SSE, incorporated into field fence system; low rise (H 0.3m) elsewhere. 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
- CO036-061 Moated site
Description
In tillage, on level ground. A square enclosure named 'Danish Fort' is indicated on a 1774 map (no. 5) of the manors of Lismore, Lisfinny, Mogeely and Curraglass by B. Scalé (NLI MSS 7216-18). This possible moated site is not visible at ground level. A castle is indicated in this area on the Down Survey (1655-6) barony map . Another possible moated site (CO036-063----) lies c. 300m to the S. The above description is derived from 'The Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 5' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 2009). Date of upload: 22 December 2009
- CO036-062 Ringfort - rath
Description
In pasture, on elevated ground with good views in all directions. Shown as a circular enclosure, named 'Danish Fort', on a 1773-4 map (no. 5) by B. Scalé (NLI MSS 7216-18). This possible rath is not visible at ground level. A curve in the field boundary immediately to the S may be associated. Another rath (CO036-031----) is located 40m to the SE. The above description is derived from 'The Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 5' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 2009). Date of upload: 22 December 2009
Architectural heritage
No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands in the townland of Ballybride Upper.
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 Ballybride Upper.
- 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 Ballybride Upper with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Cork.
The townland
- Name
- Ballybride Upper · Baile an Bhrídigh Uachtarach
- Area
- 1,391,556 m² (139.16 ha, 343.86 acres)
- Civil parish
- Knockmourne, and its townlands
- Barony
- Kinatalloon
- Electoral division
- Knockmourne, the unit of the census
- Census 2022
- Knockmourne electoral division: 1,415 people in 481 households; 78% of households own their home; 44% of homes were built since 2001; 8% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 3% were holiday homes.
- Neighbouring townlands
- Ballybride Lower, Ballymurphy Lower, Ballymurphy Upper, Clashaganniv, Currabeha
- Placenames
- Ballybride Upper 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.