Ballycroneen West
Townland in the civil parish of Cloyne, barony of Imokilly, Co. Cork; in Irish Baile Mhic Cróinín Thiar
- Area
- 160.2 ha
- 396 acres
- Land parcels
- 31
- registered freehold, median 16,677 m² (1.67 ha, 4.12 acres)
- Zoning
- —
- not in a zoned settlement
- Planning
- 32
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
31 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Ballycroneen West, from 372 m² to 258,271 m² (25.83 ha, 63.82 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 24 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 Ballycroneen West 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 Jun 2026F.i. consultees/awaiting recommendation
Permission for Retention for the conversion of the attic space to habitable use and elevational changes to incorporate windows and roof lights to front and rear elevations of the existing dwelling house at Ballycroneen West, Cloyne, Co. Cork.
Permission for retention · Cork County Council, 26/1479
12 May 2026Invalid - case closed
Permission for Retention of the conversion of the attic space and elevational changes to incorporate windows and roof lights to front and rear elevations of the existing dwelling house.
Permission for retention · Cork County Council, 26/1244
27 Jun 2025Conditional permission
Permission for the installation of three no. street lights to proposed car park (granted under application no. 23/6348)
Permission · Cork County Council, 25/5260
19 May 2025Conditional permission
Permission for retention of a) demolition of a ruinous single storey out building, b) a cottage formerly used as a farm outbuilding, c) a waste water treatment unit. Also, Permission for d) change of use of said cottage to ancillary residential accommodation comprising a pilates studio/office/domestic storage area ancillary to the proposed new dwelling, e) demolition of a disused agricultural shed, f) construction of new single-storey dwelling with car port and associated site works
Permission for retention · Cork County Council, 25/4930
24 Apr 2025Incompleted application
Permission for retention of a) cottage formerly used as a farm out-building, b) a waste water treatment unit. Also, permission for c) change of use of said cottage to ancillary residential accommodation comprising a Pilates Studio/Office/Domestic storage area ancillary to the proposed new dwelling, d) construction of new single-storey dwelling with car port and associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 25/4775
10 May 2024Refused
Permission for retention of: 1) Demolition of existing ruinous single storey outbuilding on site and reconstruction of the building for use as a family dwelling, 2) Erection of 1 no. prefabricated, 1 bedroom unit for habitable use as ancillary guest accommodation, 3) Erection of 1 no. prefabricated glamping pod for ancillary domestic use, 4) Installation of 2 no. domestic waste water treatment systems. Permission for: 1) Demolition of existing agricultural shed and construction of a single storey dwelling with detached single storey garage, 2) Change of use of existing converted outbuilding from dwelling to 1 no. unit for short-term let, 3) Change of use of existing glamping pod from ancillary domestic use to short-term let, 4) All associated ancillary site works.
Permission · Cork County Council, 24/4842
23 Feb 2024Conditional
Permission for extensions and renovation of existing detached dwelling, including construction of a two-storey extension and modifications to existing elevations. Planning permission is also sought for proposed new waste-water treatment unit/septic tank & associated percolation area: Proposed new vehicular entrance from the adjoining laneway along with all associated site developments works.
Permission · Cork County Council, 24/4303
23 Nov 2023Conditional
Permission for the construction of two extensions consisting of : (i) A single classroom and (ii) A kitchenette, to the existing school building, installation of a wastewater treatment unit, removal of an existing temporary accommodation unit and construction of a new car park and ancillary works.
Permission · Cork County Council, 23/6348
26 Oct 2023Incompleted application
Construction of two extensions consisting of i) a single classroom and ii) a kitchenette, to the existing school building and construction of a new car park and ancillary works.
Permission · Cork County Council, 23/6170
18 Nov 2021Conditional
To construct a detached building for use as home office/gym with plant room and store and all associated site works.
Permission · Cork County Council, 21/7115
28 Oct 2021Incompleted application
To construct a new single storey outbuilding and all associated site works.
Permission · Cork County Council, 21/6932
22 Jan 2021Conditional
The construction of dwelling (change of plan from that permitted under Pl. Reg. No 19/4660) and all associated site works.
Permission · Cork County Council, 21/4110
21 Dec 2020Conditional
The extension and alteration of a front porch along with alterations in size of 1st floor windows, construction of a single storey extension to the side and rear of the dwelling house and a new farmyard entrance and all associated site works.
Permission · Cork County Council, 20/6915
24 Nov 2020Incompleted application
Change of plan from that previously granted under planning file number 19/4660.
Permission · Cork County Council, 20/6615
13 Nov 2020Incompleted application
The extension and alteration of a front porch along with alterations in size of 1st floor windows, construction of a single storey extension to the side and rear of the dwelling house and a new farmyard entrance and all associated site works.
Permission · Cork County Council, 20/6518
9 Dec 2019Conditional
Retention and completion of extension to rear of dwelling, permission for alterations to dwelling and permission for a detached domestic garage.
Permission · Cork County Council, 19/6928
12 Aug 2019Conditional
Alterations to elevations and construction of two storey extension to existing single storey dwelling for private family use and for occasional short term holiday letting
Permission · Cork County Council, 19/6018
15 Mar 2019Incompleted application
To construct an extension to provide an enlarged kitchen and two further bedrooms.
Permission · Cork County Council, 19/4653
15 Mar 2019Conditional
To construct a single storey detached dwelling, to construct a new entrance, to construct a new waste water treatment unit with percolation area to serve the proposed new dwelling, and all associated site works.
Permission · Cork County Council, 19/4660
23 Mar 2018Conditional
Demolition of stables with loft, domestic garage, cow stalls, partially built single storey extension to rear of dwelling and erect single and two storey extensions to side, front and rear of existing dwelling and alterations to elevations of said dwelling, internal alterations to change layout, convert calf house to studio for domestic use ancillary to the use of the dwelling and alterations to elevations of same, install new treatment system, bored well and all associated site works.
Permission · Cork County Council, 18/4719
15 Apr 2015Conditional
(1) Permission to demolish existing domestic garage and construction of new domestic garage, (2) permission for construction of new extension and modifications to dwelling, and (3) permission for installation of new treatment unit and percolation area
Permission · Cork County Council, 15/4757
25 Nov 2014Conditional
Construction of proposed flat roof extension to existing general purposes room to rear of existing school and all associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 14/6512
22 Jul 2013Unconditional
Extensions to dwellinghouse, extension of duration to permission granted under Planning Ref. No. 08/9231
Extension of duration · Cork County Council, 13/5412
21 Feb 2012Conditional
Change of use of disused agricultural yard to use of the yard as open storage for mobile homes
Permission · Cork County Council, 12/4289
21 Jul 2009Conditional
Demolition of existing single storey rear extension, construction of a two-storey extension to the rear of the existing dwelling with part single storey extension to gable side, construction of a front porch along with a new gable end window and ancillary works
Permission · Cork County Council, 09/6418
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 Ballycroneen West.
Recorded monuments
- CO100-031 Prehistoric site - lithic scatter
Description
In pasture on coastal S-facing slope. Scatter of flint found in field (UCC). 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
- CO100-055 Standing stone
Description
In pasture, on the summit of hill. This prostrate stone (0.77m x 0.15m; L 2.85m) is roughly subrectangular in plan and section. It is presently lying on the ground close to a field fence with its long axis orientated E-W. A trigonometrical point is in the immeditate vicinity. Shown on Grand Jury map of 1810 as "Ballycroneen Stone". Power (1940, 23) describes this stone as a 'beautifully slender specimen, 11ft[3.35m] x 2ft 6in[0.76m] x 1ft[0.3m]' standing on 'a small rounded hill' known locally as "an liagán". 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 Ballycroneen West.
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 high, 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 Ballycroneen West.
- 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
- Ballycroneen West, Cloyne6 sales
The townland
- Name
- Ballycroneen West · Baile Mhic Cróinín Thiar
- Area
- 1,601,802 m² (160.18 ha, 395.81 acres)
- Civil parish
- Cloyne, 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
- Ballinvoher, Ballybranagan, Ballycroneen East, Ballyrobin South, Shanahee, Tullagh
- Placenames
- Ballycroneen West 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.