Ballycatoo
Townland in the civil parish of Ballintemple, barony of Imokilly, Co. Cork; in Irish Baile Uí Chéatú
- Area
- 107.8 ha
- 266 acres
- Land parcels
- 23
- registered freehold, median 2,774 m² (0.28 ha, 0.69 acres)
- Zoning
- —
- not in a zoned settlement
- Planning
- 16
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
23 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Ballycatoo, from 388 m² to 523,418 m² (52.34 ha, 129.34 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 20 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 Ballycatoo 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
11 Apr 2025Conditional
Permission for extension to dwelling house and associated works.
Permission · Cork County Council, 25/4668
10 Mar 2025Incompleted application
Permission for extension to dwelling house and associated works.
Permission · Cork County Council, 25/4416
28 Mar 2024Refused
The construction of a two storey extension to an existing nursing home to provide for 52 no. beds to provide specialised residential care accommodation and all associated ancillary site development works including a link from the existing building to the proposed extension, alterations to site entrance and parking, upgrading of effluent treatment system, landscaping and amenity areas. Extension of Duration to permission granted under Planning Ref. No. 18/07407.
Extension of duration · Cork County Council, 24/4545
26 Apr 2022Conditional
To part demolish an existing farm building, construct a detached storey and a half type dwelling with an on-site wastewater treatment unit, new entrance and all associated site works. Permission consequent on the grant of outline permission Ref. No. 19/5482.
Permission consequent · Cork County Council, 22/4947
5 Jun 2019Conditional
Demolish an existing farm building, and erect a dwelling house with an on-site sewage treatment system.
Outline permission · Cork County Council, 19/5482
30 Apr 2019Conditional
The installation of a new wastewater treatment plant and associated polishing filter.
Permission · Cork County Council, 19/5084
21 Dec 2018Conditional
The construction of a two storey extension to an existing nursing home to provide for 52 no. beds to provide specialised residential care accommodation and all associated ancillary site development works including a link from the existing building to the proposed extension, alterations to site entrance and parking, upgrading of effluent treatment system, landscaping and amenity areas.
Permission · Cork County Council, 18/7407
9 Aug 2013Unconditional
Demolition of existing dwelling and out buildings and construction of residential development of 27 no. sheltered housing units comprising of 17 no. one bed townhouses, 8 no. two bed townhouses and 2 no. two bed apartments, 4 no. private residential serviced sites and all ancillary site works and services including effluent treatment system, extension of duration of permission granted under planning reg. no. 08/7081
Extension of duration · Cork County Council, 13/5570
4 Jun 2008Conditional
Dormer dwelling and domestic garage
Permission · Cork County Council, 08/7083
3 Jun 2008Conditional
Demolition of existing dwelling and out buildings and construction of residential development of 27 no. sheltered housing units comprising of 17 no. one bed townhouses, 8 no. two bed townhouses and 2 no. two bed apartments, 4 no. private residential serviced sites and all ancillary site works and services including effluent treatment system
Permission · Cork County Council, 08/7081
13 May 2008Incompleted application
Demolition of existing dwellinghouse and out buildings and construction of residential development of 27 no. sheltered housing units comprising of 17 no. one bed townhouses, 8 no. two bed townhouses and 2 no. two bed apartments and 4 no. private serviced sites and all ancillary site works and services
Permission · Cork County Council, 08/6690
26 Mar 2007Refused
Demolition of existing dwelling and outbuildings and construction of residential development of 31 no. dwellinghouses to include 3 no. detached dwellings, 18 no. semi-detached dwellings and 10 no. townhouses, waste water treatment plant, pumping station and associated site works and services
Permission · Cork County Council, 07/6451
16 Feb 2007Incompleted application
Demolition of dwelling and ruined outbuildings and construction of residential development of 31 no. dwellinghouses comprising of 3 no. detached dwellings, 18 no. semi-detached dwellings and 10 no. townhouses, waste water treatment plant, pumping station and associated stie works and services
Permission · Cork County Council, 07/5163
21 Dec 2006Incompleted application
Construction of shed and roofing over existing slatted tank
Permission · Cork County Council, 06/13665
30 May 2006Conditional
Construction of three bay slatted unit incorporating slurry tank
Permission · Cork County Council, 06/7632
23 Jul 2003Conditional
Construction of single storey 50 bedroomed nursing home, ancillary accomodation and biocycle unit
Permission · Cork County Council, 03/3669
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 Ballycatoo.
Recorded monuments
- CO089-077 Enclosure
Description
Crop mark (CUCAP, BGP 67) shows sub-rectangular univallate enclosure (c. 45m N-S; c. 40m E-W); kink in field boundary forms S-side. Faint traces of linear cropmarks in same field. 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
- Sign post, 1930–1950 · Regional interest
Description
Freestanding cast-iron road sign, erected c. 1940, comprising rectangular sign with rounded corners attached to circular metal pole and with text and harp motif cast in relief.
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 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 Ballycatoo.
- 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 Ballycatoo with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Cork.
The townland
- Name
- Ballycatoo · Baile Uí Chéatú
- Area
- 1,078,161 m² (107.82 ha, 266.42 acres)
- Civil parish
- Ballintemple, and its townlands
- Barony
- Imokilly
- Electoral division
- Ballintemple, the unit of the census
- Census 2022
- Ballintemple electoral division: 635 people in 201 households; 92% of households own their home; 31% of homes were built since 2001; 9% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 7% were holiday homes.
- Neighbouring townlands
- Ballycrenane, Ballyregan, Ballyrobin North, Ballyroe, Glebe, Kilbarraree, Kilderrig
- Placenames
- Ballycatoo 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.