Ballyda
Townland in the civil parish of Gortroe, barony of Barrymore, Co. Cork; in Irish Baile Dháith
- Area
- 121.2 ha
- 299 acres
- Land parcels
- 29
- registered freehold, median 2,565 m² (0.26 ha, 0.63 acres)
- Zoning
- —
- not in a zoned settlement
- Planning
- 25
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
29 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Ballyda, from 7 m² to 308,778 m² (30.88 ha, 76.3 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 38 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 Ballyda 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
8 Aug 2025Conditional permission
Permission for retention of the domestic garage with first floor home gym as built at his property
Permission for retention · Cork County Council, 25/5590
11 Jul 2025Incompleted application
Permission for retention of the domestic garage as built at his property
Retention · Cork County Council, 25/5389
23 Dec 2024Conditional permission
Within County Cork, the proposed development will consist of refurbishment works to 39.3km of overhead line, 14 no. steel towers and 204 no. wooden polesets. These lie between Knockraha Substation, in the townland of Ballynenelagh, and the border with County Tipperary in the townland of Glenduff, crossing the County Cork townlands of : Ballynanelagh, Knockraha East, Meeleen, Shanballyreagh, Barnetstown, Mitchellsfort, Meenane, Skahanagh South, Skahanagh North, Coolquane, Scartbarry, Ballyready, Ballyda, Baneena South, Lackabeha East, Hollyhill, Ballinterry, Clykeel South, Ballynanelagh, Clykeel North, Knockauduff, Ballinvarrig West, Kill-Saint-Anne South, Kill-Saint-Anne North, Ballyoran, Glenarousk, Strawhall, Ballyvadona, Carrigabrick, Gearagh, Carrigatoortane, Mountrivers, Moorepark, Ballyderown, Knockanohill, Glansheskin, Kilclogh, Macroney Upper, Castlecooke, Coolaneague, Curraghanolomer, Ballard, Curraghavoe, and Glenduff. The proposed development includes 4 no. temporary construction compounds in the townlands of Moorepark, Ballinvarrig West, Barnetstown, and Skeheen. The works in County Cork will consist of: the replacement ('restringing') of the existing overhead line (OHL) circuit conductor wires; replacement of 7 no. towers and 82 no. polesets with similar dimensions and heights as the existing; installation of 5 no. new towers and 1 new no. poleset at Barrymore Substation and the removal of 2 no. towers; installation of replacement parts on towers and polesets; foundation refurbishment/strengthening and recapping/clearing of shear blocks; all associated site development works, including temporary works areas; clearance of shear block bases; vegetation maintenance works; ancillary site preparation works, site clearance and levelling at the 4 no. temporary construction compounds, temporary works to existing tracks and new temporary access routes to each structure; and all associated works required to facilitate the proposed development. A Natura Impact Statement (NIS) will be submitted to the Planning Authority with the application.
Permission · Cork County Council, 24/6468
9 Oct 2023Conditional
Permission for construction of a dwelling house, domestic garage and associated site development works.
Permission · Cork County Council, 23/6035
30 Nov 2022Conditional
Construction of part single storey/part two storey detached dwelling house incorporating existing stone building on site, detached garage, proprietary treatment system and percolation area, vehicular entrance and all ancillary site works.
Permission · Cork County Council, 22/6656
11 Jun 2019Conditional
A part single storey, part two storey dwellinghouse, lofted garage, entrance, treatment system raised percolation area, bored well, landscaping and all necessary ancillary site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 19/5525
13 Apr 2016Conditional
Construction of extension to dwelling
Permission · Cork County Council, 16/4805
21 Feb 2011Refused
Dwelling, domestic garage and effluent treatment system
Permission · Cork County Council, 11/4327
26 Feb 2008Refused
Dwellinghouse, garage and installation of septic tank
Permission · Cork County Council, 08/5009
6 Sept 2007Conditional
Dwellinghouse, garage and installation of treatment unit
Permission · Cork County Council, 07/10792
6 Sept 2007Refused
Construction of lake for fishing and construction of car park and entrance
Permission · Cork County Council, 07/10796
26 Jul 2007Incompleted application
Construction of lake for purpose of fishing, provision for car parking and construction of entrance
Permission · Cork County Council, 07/9884
28 Jul 2006Refused
Construction of dwellinghouse and garage
Outline permission · Cork County Council, 06/9309
4 Jul 2006Incompleted application
Dwellinghouse and garage
Outline permission · Cork County Council, 06/8577
14 Jun 2006Refused
Two storey dwellinghouse and garage
Permission · Cork County Council, 06/8078
11 May 2006Incompleted application
Two storey dwelling and garage
Permission · Cork County Council, 06/7085
27 Jul 2005Conditional
Dwelling and garage
Permission · Cork County Council, 05/5366
7 Feb 2005Conditional
Domestic garage
Permission · Cork County Council, 05/624
19 Oct 2004Conditional
Dwelling
Permission · Cork County Council, 04/7813
22 Sept 2004Incompleted application
Dwelling
Permission · Cork County Council, 04/7174
10 Aug 2004Incompleted application
Dwellinghouse
Permission · Cork County Council, 04/6088
5 Jul 2004Incompleted application
Dwellinghouse
Permission · Cork County Council, 04/5056
28 Nov 2003Conditional
Retention of alterations to elevations of dwellinghouse
Permission · Cork County Council, 03/6045
21 Aug 2003Conditional
Dwellinghouse, garage and treatment unit
Permission · Cork County Council, 03/4198
28 Jan 2003Refused
Dwellinghouse and garage
Outline permission · Cork County Council, 03/288
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
- Special Area of Conservation: Blackwater River (Cork/Waterford) SAC 002170
Recorded monuments
- CO053-018 Ringfort - rath
Description
In pasture on N-facing slope. Circular area (c. 32m N-S; c. 35m E-W) defined by slight rise (H 0.4m) surrounded by shallow depression. Interior level, scattered with stones. 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
- CO053-021 Enclosure
Description
In tillage, on N-facing slope. Shown as roughly oval enclosure (diam. c. 20m E-W; c. 10m N-S) on 1842 OS 6-inch map. Levelled; no visible surface trace. According to Power (1923, 169) 'Two "forts" ...have been levelled within living memory'. 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 Ballyda.
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 Ballyda.
- 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 Ballyda with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Cork.
The townland
- Name
- Ballyda · Baile Dháith
- Area
- 1,211,877 m² (121.19 ha, 299.46 acres)
- Civil parish
- Gortroe, and its townlands
- Barony
- Barrymore
- Electoral division
- Gortroe, the unit of the census
- Census 2022
- Gortroe electoral division: 815 people in 273 households; 90% of households own their home; 35% of homes were built since 2001; 5% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 0% were holiday homes.
- Neighbouring townlands
- Ballyglissane, Ballyready, Baneena North, Baneena South, Gneeves, Hightown, Lackabeha West, Monananig
- Placenames
- Ballyda 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.