Ballydesmond

156 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Ballydesmond, from 1 m² to 361,888 m² (36.19 ha, 89.42 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 15 neighbouring parcels touch it.

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• G4Green Infrastructure (Active open space)
  Cork County Development Plan 2022, Cork County · 2 parcels The zoning objective in the plan

Source: Tailte Éireann and the Department of Housing (MyPlan), national zoning, CC BY 4.0.

• 11 Feb 2026Grant with conditions

  Permission for the construction of a dwelling house, the construction of a detached domestic garage, alterations to existing vehicular entrance and all associated site works.

  Permission · Cork County Council, 26/0305

• 9 Dec 2025Invalid - case closed

  Permission for the construction of (1) A dwelling house, (2) A detached domestic garage and (3) All associated site works.

  Permission · Cork County Council, 25/6734

• 12 Nov 2025Grant with conditions

  Permission for installing 5 no. 5m high lamp posts and light fittings to walkway including all ancillary site works.

  Permission · Cork County Council, 25/6448

• 4 Nov 2025Grant with conditions

  Permission to demolish existing workshop & construct new domestic storage shed in new location within same site

  Permission · Cork County Council, 25/6379

• 26 Sept 2025Invalid - case closed

  Planning Permission to demolish existing workshop and construct new storage shed in new location within same site.

  Permission · Cork County Council, 25/6034

• 23 Sept 2025Invalid - case closed

  Permission for installing 5 no. 5m high lamp posts and light fittings to walkway including all ancillary site works.

  Permission · Cork County Council, 25/6007

• 27 Feb 2025Conditional permission

  Permission for an upgrade of the Ballydesmond wastewater treatment plant and will generally comprise of the following; to construct a new forward feed pumping station, construct a new inlet works, construct new combined aeration and stormwater tanks with associated access stairs and platform, construct a new final settlement tank, construct a new ferric dosing system, construct new sodium hydroxide dosing system, construct new tertiary disc filters, construct a new polymer dosing system, construct a new supernatant pump station, construct a new potable water booster pump station, construct a new control kiosk and welfare unit, construct a new sludge holding tank, and all associated site development works including hard and soft landscaping, demolition of the existing wastewater treatment plant. A Natura Impact Statement (NIS) has been prepared in respect of the proposed development.

  Permission · Cork County Council, 25/4302

• 22 Apr 2024Conditional

  Permission to renovate an existing dwelling, comprising the construction of a two-storey rear extension, minor façade changes to the front elevation, the demolition of a garden shed, and all ancillary site works

  Permission · Cork County Council, 24/4680

• 25 Mar 2024Conditional

  Permission for the construction of 2 single storey extensions to the rear of existing dwelling house, alterations to all elevations including revised window and door locations and fenestrations, along with all ancillary site works

  Permission · Cork County Council, 24/4507

• 19 Mar 2024Incompleted application

  Permission to renovate an existing dwelling, comprising the construction of a single storey rear extension, Minor façade changes to the front elevation, the demolition of a garden shed, and all ancillary site works.

  Permission · Cork County Council, 24/4465

• 12 Apr 2023Conditional

  Retention of dwellinghouse with basement as constructed and all associated site works within revised boundaries

  Retention · Cork County Council, 23/4691

• 8 Mar 2023Incompleted application

  Dwelling house with basement as constructed and all associated site works within revised boundaries.

  Retention · Cork County Council, 23/4411

• 3 Mar 2023Conditional

  (A) Renovations to existing dwelling house and extension to rear of existing dwelling house (B) Demolition of existing defective roof and replace same with new along with the installation of a new solar pv array (C) Demolition of structurally defective first floor external walls and replace same with new along with the installation of new external insulation and render, (D) Alterations to all elevations including revised window and door locations, along with all ancillary site works.

  Permission · Cork County Council, 23/4372

• 17 Feb 2023Refused

  1 no. dwelling house with attached garage

  Permission · Cork County Council, 23/4270

• 19 Dec 2022Incompleted application

  Construction of 1 no. dwelling house.

  Permission · Cork County Council, 22/6810

• 25 Nov 2022Conditional

  (A) Retain attic development along with roof light windows to the side and rear of existing dwelling house and (B) retain existing as built domestic garage on site along with all ancillary site works.

  Retention · Cork County Council, 22/6630

• 4 Feb 2022Conditional

  Construction of 3 no. dwelling houses with domestic garages, along with all associated site works.

  Outline permission · Cork County Council, 22/4219

• 24 Jan 2022Conditional

  To construct a bungalow, domestic garage / gym and all site development works.

  Permission · Cork County Council, 22/4109

• 20 Dec 2021Incompleted application

  The construction of 3 no. dwelling houses with domestic garages, along with all associated site works.

  Outline permission · Cork County Council, 21/7427

• 17 Dec 2021Incompleted application

  To construct a bungalow, domestic garage/ gym and all site development works.

  Permission · Cork County Council, 21/7392

• 19 Mar 2020Conditional

  The construction of 3 no. two storey dwelling houses with domestic garages, individual treatment units and sand polishing filters, together with new access road and all associated site works, a Natura Impact Statement has been submitted to the planning authority with the application.

  Permission · Cork County Council, 20/4571

• 18 Feb 2020Incompleted application

  The construction of 3 no. two storey dwelling houses with domestic garages, individual treatment units and sand polishing filters, together with new access road and all associated site works.

  Permission · Cork County Council, 20/4305

• 8 Jun 2018Unconditional

  (i) Installation of diesel pump with canopy in car park at rear of existing shop, (ii) overground diesel storage tanks at rear of existing shop, and (iii) signage. Extension of Duration of Permission granted under Planning Reference: 12/05865.

  Extension of duration · Cork County Council, 18/5499

• 5 Jun 2018Refused

  The construction of 3 no. two storey dwelling houses with domestic garages, together with new access road and all associated site works.

  Permission · Cork County Council, 18/5444

• 7 Feb 2018Conditional

  CCTV system within Ballydesmond Village

  Permission · Cork County Council, 18/4318

The 25 most recent of 89 applications.

Source: National Planning Applications, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, CC BY 4.0. Applicants are not shown.

Designated sites

• Special Area of Conservation: Blackwater River (Cork/Waterford) SAC 002170
• Special Protection Area: Stack's to Mullaghareirk Mountains, West Limerick Hills and Mount Eagle SPA 004161

Recorded monuments

No recorded monument lies in the townland of Ballydesmond.

Architectural heritage

• Kingwilliamstown Bridge, bridge, 1820–1840 · Regional interest
  Description

  Double-arch limestone road bridge over River Blackwater, built c. 1830, with segmental arches, that to middle being wider and flatter. Coursed rubble stone walls with some render having tooled limestone string course to each elevation above arch level. Tooled voussoirs to arches. Parapet walls have render copings and terminate in square-plan piers. U-cutwaters to both sides.

• Saint Patrick's Catholic Church, church/chapel, 1870–1890 · Regional interest
  Description

  Freestanding gable-fronted Roman Catholic church, built c. 1880, facing west, having seven-bay nave elevations, gabled sacristy to east end of north elevation, and lean-to porch to east end of south elevation. Pitched slate roof with decorative cast-iron ridge tiles, curved limestone brackets to corners, bracket course and rainwater spouts. Limestone ashlar and rusticated sandstone openwork rectangular-plan bellcote to gable-front, with round-arched opening. Cross finial to east gable having lightning rod attached. Snecked rusticated red sandstone and limestone walls, having limestone ashlar bands at sill and impost level of windows, also limestone ashlar bands elsewhere to gables, plinth course with moulded limestone coping, and rusticated limestone quoins. Buttresses to ends of gable-front and flanking main entrance, and between windows of nave elevations. Chamfered tooled limestone block-and-start surrounds to pointed arch window openings, with limestone hood-mouldings and having trefoils in high relief to voussoirs. Triple lancet window openings to gables with circular window openings above, having stained-glass windows. Triple square-headed window opening to east gable of sacristy having stained-glass windows. Circular window opening to upper east and west gables of sacristy. Pointed arch main entrance with limestone surround, hood-moulding, trefoil detail to voussoirs, and having replacement timber battened double-leaf doors, flanked by holy water stoups with chamfered surrounds and having carved limestone Greek crosses over. Side entrance at lean-to porch to south side, having square-headed door opening with chamfered limestone surround and recent glazed timber door. Shouldered door opening to south side of sacristy having limestone surround and timber battened door. Flat roofed extension with square-headed door opening to west gable of sacristy. Exposed scissors-truss roof to interior. Replacement timber gallery to west end of nave. Marble altar with mosaic backdrop. Graveyard to west of church.

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).

Radon

At the centre of the townland of Ballydesmond, about 1 in 5 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels. Testing a home

Landslides

The 1:50,000 map rates the landslide susceptibility here as moderately high, moderately low, low, partly inferred.

Terrain model

No LiDAR survey of the Office of Public Works covers the centre of the townland of Ballydesmond.

Flooding

The Office of Public Works publishes its flood maps on floodinfo.ie.

Radon Risk Map of Ireland, Environmental Protection Agency, and Landslide Susceptibility Classification, Geological Survey Ireland, both under 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.

• Ballydesmond, Mallow5 sales

Name

Ballydesmond · An Tuairín Caoch

Area

1,020,180 m² (102.02 ha, 252.09 acres)

Civil parish

Nohavaldaly, and its townlands

Barony

Duhallow

Electoral division

Williamstown, the unit of the census

Census 2022

504 people lived in 194 households in the Williamstown electoral division. 75% of households owned their home. 30% of homes were built since 2001. 12% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 2% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Ballynahulla (Co. Kerry), Carriganes, Glencollins Lower, Glencollins Upper, Knocknaboul (Co. Kerry)

Placenames

Ballydesmond 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.