Ballycurreen
Townland in the civil parish of Carrigtohill, barony of Barrymore, Co. Cork; in Irish Baile Uí Chuirrín
- Area
- 151.2 ha
- 374 acres
- Land parcels
- 90
- registered freehold, median 1,746 m²
- Zoning
- R3
- Existing Residential/Mixed Residential and Other Uses
- Planning
- 80
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
90 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Ballycurreen, from 27 m² to 460,683 m² (46.07 ha, 113.84 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 25 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
- R3Existing Residential/Mixed Residential and Other Uses (Residential, mixed residential and other uses)
Cork County Development Plan 2022, Cork · 81 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
13 Feb 2026Grant with conditions
Permission to refurbish the existing ruinous dwelling to full, to include demolition of internal walls and external nib walls as noted, alterations and elevational changes, construction of a new roof and chimney breasts, construction of a single storey extension to the front of existing dwelling footprint, installation of a new bored well, waste water treatment system and percolation area, upgrades to the existing access driveway/wayleave and all associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 26/0348
18 Dec 2025Grant with conditions
Permission for the construction of a new part single storey, part two storey, detached dwelling house, the installation of a bored well, wastewater treatment system and percolation area, creation of a new site entrance from an existing private access road and all associated site works.
Permission · Cork County Council, 25/6870
18 Dec 2025Invalid - case closed
Permission to refurbish the existing ruinous dwelling in full, to include demolition of internal walls and external nib walls as noted, alterations and elevational changes, construction of a new roof and chimney breasts, construction of a single storey extension porch to the front of the existing dwelling footprint, installation of a new bored well, waste water treatment system and percolation area, upgrades to the existing access driveway/wayleave and all associated site works.
Permission · Cork County Council, 25/6874
21 Oct 2025Grant with conditions
Permission for a) the removal of the existing roof of the main dwelling and modifications of the existing first floor dormer roof into a two storey building by raising the existing external walls, with new render finish and the construction of a new roof, b) single storey extensions to the rear and side of the existing dwelling, c) alterations to the elevations of the existing dwelling to include first floor balcony, d) construction of a first floor extension to existing detached garage and change of use of the garage to form a new granny flat with alterations to the elevations of the garage to revise the existing openings and all associated site works.
Permission · Cork County Council, 25/6242
1 Sept 2025Invalid - case closed
Permission for (a) The removal of the existing roof of the main dwelling and the modification of the existing first floor dormer roof into a two storey building by raising the existing external walls, with new render finish and the construction of a new roof, (b) Single storey extensions to the rear and side of the dwelling, (c) Minor modifications to the opes on the roadside elevation of the existing dwelling, (d The removal of the roof of the existing detached garage and the construction of an additional storey on the garage and the change of use of the garage to form a new granny flat with alterations to the elevations of the garage to revise the existing openings and all associated site works.
Permission · Cork County Council, 25/5747
16 May 2025Refused
Permission for a new two-storey dwelling house, the installation of a bored well, waste water treatment system and percolation area, creation of a new site entrance from an existing private access road and all associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 25/4928
20 Nov 2024Conditional permission
Permission to construct a new dwelling house, domestic garage, new vehicular entrance, install a waste water treatment system & all associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 24/6192
25 Oct 2024Incompleted application
Permission to construct a new dwelling house, domestic garage, new vehicular entrance, install a new wastewater treatment system & all associated site works.
Permission · Cork County Council, 24/6032
7 Oct 2024Conditional permission
Permission for construction of a new single-storey extension to side of existing dwelling house (in addition to extension and alterations permitted under Pl.Reg.No. 23/5559) and all other associated ancillary site works.
Permission · Cork County Council, 24/5871
16 Sept 2024Withdrawn
Permission to construct a new dwelling house, domestic garage, new vehicular entrance, install a new wastewater treatment system & all associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 24/5744
31 Jul 2023Conditional
Extension and alterations to existing dwelling house including: (1) Construction of new first floor, with new raised pitched roof over incorporating 3 No. box dormer windows to front; (2) Elevational changes to dwelling house; (3) Construction of new domestic storage shed; (4) Alterations to existing roadside boundary wall including widening of existing entrance together with new roadside fencing; (5) All other associated ancillary site works.
Permission · Cork County Council, 23/5559
16 Jun 2023Conditional
To erect a dwelling house, an on-site sewage treatment system and all associated site development works.
Outline permission · Cork County Council, 23/5239
24 Jan 2023Conditional
Construction of a part single storey/ part one and half storey/ part two storey detached dwelling with incorporated car port and garage; a proposed waste water treatment unit/ septic tank and associated percolation area; modifications to existing vehicular entrance serving existing adjacent dwelling providing a new vehicular entrance from the adjoining public road to serve the new dwelling; along with all associated site development works
Permission · Cork County Council, 23/4073
15 Feb 2022Conditional
Construction of a domestic single storey garage with associated works within the curtilage of the existing dwellinghouse.
Permission · Cork County Council, 22/4305
9 Aug 2021Conditional
Construct a domestic dwellinghouse, waste water treatment unit, percolation area and all associated site works.
Permission · Cork County Council, 21/6193
8 May 2020Withdrawn
To construct a two-storey dwellinghouse, domestic garage, domestic vehicle entrance, treatment unit and percolation area and all associated site works.
Permission · Cork County Council, 20/4919
1 Apr 2020Conditional
Demolish existing utility room, erect an extension, partially single storey and partially 2 storey to an existing single storey dwelling, to carry out all necessary alterations to windows, doors and roof of the existing dwelling structure to accommodate this extension, and to carry out all other associated site development works, including the upgrading of the existing percolation area which is part of the existing sewage treatment system serving dwelling on site.
Permission · Cork County Council, 20/4677
15 Aug 2019Unconditional
Construction of a two-storey dwelling with a waste water treatment system, upgrading of existing entrance and associated site works - Extension of Duration of Permission granted under Planning Ref: 14/5020 and An Bord Pleanála Ref: PL.04.243977
Extension of duration · Cork County Council, 19/6039
18 Apr 2019Conditional
Decommissioning of existing septic tank and construction of a new waste water treatment system and polishing filter and all associated site works and retention of minor elevational changes as constructed to existing dwellinghouse
Permission · Cork County Council, 19/4983
15 Mar 2019Incompleted application
Decommissioning of existing septic tank and construction of a new wastewater treatment system and polishing filter and all associated site works. Retention of minor elevational changes as constructed to existing dwelling house.
Permission · Cork County Council, 19/4648
1 Feb 2019Refused
Construct a dwellinghouse
Permission · Cork County Council, 19/4214
14 Dec 2018Incompleted application
Construct a dwellinghouse
Permission · Cork County Council, 18/7300
4 Oct 2018Conditional
The construction of a dwellinghouse with solar panels, a new site entrance and all associated site works including a new wastewater treatment system and polishing filter
Permission · Cork County Council, 18/6608
26 Apr 2018Conditional
Alterations to dwelling; consisting of a two storey extension to the rear, elevational changes & addition of rooflights along with associated site works.
Permission · Cork County Council, 18/5032
16 Jan 2018Conditional
Construction of extension to existing dwelling incorporating elevational changes to existing dwelling and all associated works.
Permission · Cork County Council, 18/4084
The 25 most recent of 80 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 Ballycurreen.
Recorded monuments
- CO064-070 Mill - paper
Description
Ruins of early 19th century cruciform mill on E bank of Glenmore river; named 'Glenmore Paper Mill' on 1842 OS 6-inch map. Roofless rectangular building (int: 18.2m NE-SW; 7.4m NW-SE) with central rectangular projection on NW side (4.9m NW-SE) giving T-shaped ground plan. Water-filled wheel-pit (Wth c. 1.65m) at NE end fed by mill race from E; tail-race exits along W side of building flowing under central projection. Three conglomerate mill stones in interior indicate alternative use. Fourth arm of cross is rebuilt; 1-storey central projection on SE side (14.4m NW-SE) used as warehouse. 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 Ballycurreen.
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 Ballycurreen.
- 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 Ballycurreen with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Cork.
The townland
- Name
- Ballycurreen · Baile Uí Chuirrín
- Area
- 1,512,427 m² (151.24 ha, 373.73 acres)
- Civil parish
- Carrigtohill, and its townlands
- Barony
- Barrymore
- Electoral division
- Carrigtohill, the unit of the census
- Census 2022
- Carrigtohill electoral division: 8,181 people in 2,751 households; 72% of households own their home; 61% of homes were built since 2001; 5% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 0% were holiday homes.
- Neighbouring townlands
- Ballynagaul, Johnstown, Killahora, Killeena, Lackenroe
- Placenames
- Ballycurreen 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.