# Ballyhandle, Co. Cork: townland, land parcels and planning Townland in the civil parish of Knockavilly, barony of Kinalea, Co. Cork; in Irish Baile Shandair. - Area (Tailte Éireann): 1,610,119 m² (161.01 ha, 397.87 acres) - Land parcels (Tailte Éireann): 31 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in it, median 4,580 m² (0.46 ha, 1.13 acres) - Zoning (national zoning, MyPlan): not in a zoned settlement - Planning (National Planning Applications): 30 applications since 2010 - Civil parish: Knockavilly, https://everytownland.com/cork/parish/knockavilly.md - Barony: Kinalea - Electoral division: Ballymurphy, the unit of the census - Census 2022 (Central Statistics Office): Ballymurphy electoral division: 994 people in 309 households; 88% of households own their home; 49% of homes were built since 2001; 4% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 1% were holiday homes. - County: Co. Cork, https://everytownland.com/cork.md - Placenames Database of Ireland: https://www.logainm.ie/en/8088 - Townland number at Tailte Éireann: 40516 - Centre: latitude 51.810103, longitude -8.661331 (WGS 84) ## Land parcels (registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann) 31 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Ballyhandle, from 1,191 m² to 360,705 m² (36.07 ha, 89.13 acres); 18 neighbouring parcels touch its boundary. Largest first: - Parcel 2213238: 360,705 m² (36.07 ha, 89.13 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2213238.md - Parcel 2276287: 250,726 m² (25.07 ha, 61.96 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2276287.md - Parcel 2213234: 240,311 m² (24.03 ha, 59.38 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2213234.md - Parcel 5795514: 143,081 m² (14.31 ha, 35.36 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5795514.md - Parcel 2213239: 141,884 m² (14.19 ha, 35.06 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2213239.md - Parcel 5492224: 105,153 m² (10.52 ha, 25.98 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5492224.md - Parcel 2276286: 94,972 m² (9.5 ha, 23.47 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2276286.md - Parcel 2213236: 92,880 m² (9.29 ha, 22.95 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2213236.md - Parcel 2276292: 62,166 m² (6.22 ha, 15.36 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2276292.md - Parcel 2213231: 24,704 m² (2.47 ha, 6.1 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2213231.md - Parcel 2213237: 20,204 m² (2.02 ha, 4.99 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2213237.md - Parcel 5795513: 11,555 m² (1.16 ha, 2.86 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5795513.md - Parcel 2276285: 10,354 m² (1.04 ha, 2.56 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2276285.md - Parcel 5589720: 7,720 m² (0.77 ha, 1.91 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5589720.md - Parcel 2213232: 5,316 m² (0.53 ha, 1.31 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2213232.md - Parcel 2276283: 4,580 m² (0.46 ha, 1.13 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2276283.md - Parcel 2276289: 4,288 m² (0.43 ha, 1.06 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2276289.md - Parcel 2213242: 4,086 m² (0.41 ha, 1.01 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2213242.md - Parcel 2213240: 2,683 m² (0.27 ha, 0.66 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2213240.md - Parcel 2213246: 2,551 m² (0.26 ha, 0.63 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2213246.md - Parcel 2213243: 2,442 m² (0.24 ha, 0.6 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2213243.md - Parcel 2276284: 2,417 m² (0.24 ha, 0.6 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2276284.md - Parcel 2213235: 2,320 m² (0.23 ha, 0.57 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2213235.md - Parcel 2213241: 2,189 m² (0.22 ha, 0.54 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2213241.md - Parcel 2213245: 1,967 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/2213245.md - Parcel 2276288: 1,947 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/2276288.md - Parcel 2276290: 1,831 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/2276290.md - Parcel 2213244: 1,620 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/2213244.md - Parcel 2276282: 1,514 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/2276282.md - Parcel 2276291: 1,254 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/2276291.md - Parcel 2213233: 1,191 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/2213233.md ## Zoning (national zoning of development plans, MyPlan) No zone of a development plan covers Ballyhandle in the national zoning. Outside zoned towns and villages, the county development plan's rural policies apply to each application. ## Planning applications whose site touches the townland (National Planning Applications, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage) 30 applications, newest first. - 28 May 2026, Cork County Council 26/1425: Awaiting f.i. response. Permission. Full planning permission for a) the demolition of an existing rear extension and outbuildings, b) the construction of an extension to an existing dwelling c) alterations to the existing elevations, d) the construction of a new treatment system and percolation area, e) all associated site works at Ballyhandle, Innishannon, Co. Cork.. File: https://planning.agileapplications.ie/corkcoco/application-details/?ref=26/1425 - 30 Mar 2026, Cork County Council 26/0801: Grant with conditions. Permission. A 10 Year planning permission for a 100% carbon negative renewable energy c.600 Panel, 420 Kilo Watt (c1875m2) ground mounted solar PV array and all associated works. This development is covered by the provisions of the Renewable Energy Directive III (Directive(EU)2023/2024) and it is important to note that the planning application may be subject to section 34D of the Planning and Development Act 2000, as amended. When a notice issues in accordance with section 34D(b), the provisions of article 26A of the Planning and Development regulations 2001 to 2025 shall apply.. File: https://planning.agileapplications.ie/corkcoco/application-details/?ref=26/0801 - 12 Mar 2026, Cork County Council 26/0616: Application withdrawn. Permission. A 10 Year planning permission for 100% Carbon Negative Renewable Energy c.600 panel, 420 Kilo Watt (c.1875m2) Ground mounted solar PV array and all associated works. This development is covered by the provisions of the renewable energy directive III (Directive(EU) 2023/2413) and it is important to note that the planning application may be subject to section 34D of the Planning and Development Act 2000, as amended. When a notice issues in accordance with section 34D(b), the provisionS of article 26A of the Planning and Development Regulations 2001 to 2025 shall apply.. File: https://planning.agileapplications.ie/corkcoco/application-details/?ref=26/0616 - 28 Oct 2025, Cork County Council 25/6300: Invalid - case closed. Permission. A 10 Year Planning Permission for a 100% Carbon Negative Renewable Energy c.600 panel, 420 Kilo Watts (c.1875m2) ground mounted solar PV array and all associated works. This development is covered by the provisions of the Renewable Energy Directive III (Directive(EU)2023/2413) and it is important to note that the planning application may be subject to section 34D of the Planning and Development Act 2000, as amended. When a notice issues in accordance with section 34D(b), the provisions of article 26A of the Planning and Development regulations 2001 to 2025 shall apply.. File: https://planning.agileapplications.ie/corkcoco/application-details/?ref=25/6300 - 19 Sept 2025, Cork County Council 25/5970: Invalid - case closed. Permission. A 10 Year Planning Permission for 100% Carbon Negative Renewable Energy c.600 panel, 420 kilowatt (c.1875m2) ground mounted solar PV array and all associated works. File: https://planning.agileapplications.ie/corkcoco/application-details/?ref=25/5970 - 25 Aug 2025, Cork County Council 25/5693: Invalid - case closed. Permission. Permission for a 100% carbon negative renewable energy c.600 panel, 420 kilo watt (c.1875m2) ground mounted solar PV array and all associated works. File: https://planning.agileapplications.ie/corkcoco/application-details/?ref=25/5693 - 29 Nov 2021, Cork County Council 21/7207: Incompleted application. Permission. (a) Retention of an existing cubicle shed, straw bedded area and underground slatted tanks (b) Retention of a calf rearing shed (c) Extension of existing cubicle shed to include additional cubicles and 1 no. underground slatted tank (d) Construction of a double silage pit (e) Erection of a meal bin and water storage tank (f) Construction of a milking parlour, handling area, dairy, waiting yard, flow channel and underground slatted tank along with all associated siteworks.. File: https://planning.agileapplications.ie/corkcoco/application-details/?ref=21/7207 - 15 Oct 2019, Cork County Council 19/6480: Withdrawn. Permission. Revised site boundaries for dwelling. File: https://planning.agileapplications.ie/corkcoco/application-details/?ref=19/6480 - 30 Aug 2019, Cork County Council 19/6161: Incompleted application. Permission. Revised site boundaries for dwelling.. File: https://planning.agileapplications.ie/corkcoco/application-details/?ref=19/6161 - 26 Jul 2019, Cork County Council 19/5894: Incompleted application. Permission. Revised site boundaries for dwelling.. File: https://planning.agileapplications.ie/corkcoco/application-details/?ref=19/5894 - 13 Jun 2019, Cork County Council 19/5556: Incompleted application. Permission. Alteration to site boundary.. File: https://planning.agileapplications.ie/corkcoco/application-details/?ref=19/5556 - 29 Mar 2019, Cork County Council 19/4772: Conditional. Permission. To erect a dwellinghouse. File: https://planning.agileapplications.ie/corkcoco/application-details/?ref=19/4772 - 4 Mar 2019, Cork County Council 19/4508: Incompleted application. Permission. Dwellinghouse. File: https://planning.agileapplications.ie/corkcoco/application-details/?ref=19/4508 - 10 Dec 2018, Cork County Council 18/7239: Conditional. Retention. Retention of dwellinghouse as constructed (original planning Reg. No. 00/0609) and a detached domestic garage and associated site works. File: https://planning.agileapplications.ie/corkcoco/application-details/?ref=18/7239 - 24 Mar 2017, Cork County Council 17/4497: Conditional permission. Permission. The development will consist of continued use and extension (c.6 hectares) of the existing quarry over a total extraction area of c.10 hectares and to a final floor level of c.57mOD; screening berms; final restoration; and related ancillary works; all within an overall application area of c.12.6 hectares.. File: https://planning.agileapplications.ie/corkcoco/application-details/?ref=17/4497 - 15 Dec 2015, Cork County Council 15/6842: Conditional. Permission. Permission to waive Condition No. 3 of planning ref: 05/5026 to allow for the continuance of use for the duration of quarry extraction operations at the site, of the existing asphalt plant previously permitted under planning ref: No. 05/5026 with associated aggregate storage areas and settlement lagoons within an overall application area of c.2.75 hectares. Planning ref: 05/5026 was previously permitted for the installation and operation of an asphalt plant (with an overall stack height of 27 meters).. File: https://planning.agileapplications.ie/corkcoco/application-details/?ref=15/6842 - 19 Nov 2015, Cork County Council 15/6608: Incompleted application. Permission. Permission to waive Condition No. 3 of planning ref: 05/5026 to allow for the continuance of use for the duration of quarry extraction operations at the site, of the existing asphalt plant previously permitted under planning ref: No. 05/5026 with associated aggregate storage areas and settlement lagoons within an overall application area of c.2.75 hectares. Planning ref: 05/5026 was previously permitted for the installation and operation of an asphalt plant (with an overall stack height of 27 meters).. File: https://planning.agileapplications.ie/corkcoco/application-details/?ref=15/6608 - 21 Oct 2015, Cork County Council 15/6357: Conditional. Retention. Retention of extension to existing quarry (granted under planning ref 01/3907) including an extraction area of c.2.35 hectares, washing and screening plant, associated aggregate storage areas, settlement lagoons, stone cutting shed (114sq.m), machinery storage shed (180sq.m), all overburden storage areas, use of blasting, internal access roads and ancillary development beyond that permitted under planning reg.ref.no 01/3907, all within an overall quarry area of c.8.7 hectares. File: https://planning.agileapplications.ie/corkcoco/application-details/?ref=15/6357 - 9 Oct 2015, Cork County Council 15/6253: Incompleted application. Permission. Retention of extension to existing quarry (granted under planning ref 01/3907) including an extraction area of c.2.35 hectares, washing and screening plant, associated aggregate storage areas, settlement lagoons, stone cutting shed (114sq.m), machinery storage shed (180sq.m), all overburden storage areas, use of blasting, internal access roads and ancillary development beyond that permitted under planning ref: 01/3907 all within an overall quarry area of c.8.7 hectares.. File: https://planning.agileapplications.ie/corkcoco/application-details/?ref=15/6253 - 18 Sept 2015, Cork County Council 15/6088: Incompleted application. Permission. Retention of extension to existing quarry (granted under planning ref 01/3907) including an extraction area of c.2.35 hectares, washing and screening plant, associated aggregate storage areas, settlement lagoons, stone cutting shed (114sq.m), machinery storage shed (180sq.m), all overburden storage areas, internal access roads and ancillary development beyond that permitted under planning ref: ref: 01/3907 all within an overall planning area of c.8.7 hectares. Permission is also sought for the continuance of use of blasting at the quarry as previously permitted under planning ref: 03/3458. File: https://planning.agileapplications.ie/corkcoco/application-details/?ref=15/6088 - 4 Aug 2015, Cork County Council 15/5723: Incompleted application. Retention. The continuance of use and retention with a planning application area of c.8.7 hectares of: [a] the existing quarry extraction area of c.2.35 hectares beyond that permitted under planning permission ref. nos. S/01/3907 and S/03/3458; [b] the existing washing and screening plant and associated aggregate storage areas and settlement lagoons located beyond that permitted under planning permission ref. S/05/5026; [c] machinery storage shed of 180 sq.m.; [d] stone cutting shed of 114 sq.m., and [e] all overburden storage areas, internal access roads and all other ancillary development beyond that permitted under planning permission ref. S/01/3907, S/03/3458 and S/05/5026. File: https://planning.agileapplications.ie/corkcoco/application-details/?ref=15/5723 - 2 Mar 2012, Cork County Council 12/4364: Unconditional. Extension of duration. construction of one and a half storey dwelling, extension of duration of permission granted under planning reg.no. 07/4899. File: https://planning.agileapplications.ie/corkcoco/application-details/?ref=12/4364 - 10 Jun 2011, Cork County Council 11/5255: Conditional. Permission. Construction of single storey extension to side of dormer dwelling and construction of a detached domestic garage. File: https://planning.agileapplications.ie/corkcoco/application-details/?ref=11/5255 - 9 Feb 2007, Cork County Council 07/4899: Conditional. Permission. One and half storey dwellinghouse. File: https://planning.agileapplications.ie/corkcoco/application-details/?ref=07/4899 - 5 Jan 2007, Cork County Council 07/4083: Incompleted application. Permission. One and half storey dwellinghouse. File: https://planning.agileapplications.ie/corkcoco/application-details/?ref=07/4083 - 12 May 2006, Cork County Council 06/7144: Refused. Permission. One and half storey dwellinghouse. File: https://planning.agileapplications.ie/corkcoco/application-details/?ref=06/7144 - 14 Jul 2005, Cork County Council 05/5026: Conditional. Permission. Installation & operation of an asphalt plant with an overall stack height of 27 meters, aggregate storage area , washing and screening facility, settlement lagoons and fuel storage. File: https://planning.agileapplications.ie/corkcoco/application-details/?ref=05/5026 - 28 May 2004, Cork County Council 04/3821: Conditional. Permission. Concrete products batching plant including provision of truck wash-out facility, site office, including canteen & washrom facility, 4 no. car parking spaces, aggregate storage, septic tank and percolation area.. File: https://planning.agileapplications.ie/corkcoco/application-details/?ref=04/3821 - 11 Jul 2003, Cork County Council 03/3458: Conditional. Permission. Blasting at existing quarry. File: https://planning.agileapplications.ie/corkcoco/application-details/?ref=03/3458 - 5 Feb 2003, Cork County Council 03/413: Conditional. Permission. Dwellinghouse and treatment plant and installation of treatment plant to serve adjacent existing dwelling. File: https://planning.agileapplications.ie/corkcoco/application-details/?ref=03/413 Applicants are not shown. ## Designated sites (National Parks and Wildlife Service) No designated site (Special Area of Conservation, Special Protection Area, Natural Heritage Area or proposed one) touches the townland of Ballyhandle. ## Recorded monuments (Sites and Monuments Record, National Monuments Service) - CO097-008: Ringfort - rath, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CCO097-008----. In pasture, on N-facing slope. Circular area (35.7m N-S; 36.6m E-W) enclosed by earthen bank (Int. H 0.8m; ext. H 0.35m); external fosse (D 1.8m) NE->SW. Entrance (Wth 4m) to NW; gap (Wth 3m) to ESE. 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 - CO097-009: Castle - Anglo-Norman masonry castle, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CCO097-009----. Straddling terrace between steep drop to stream on S side and rising S-facing slope to N; rectangular area (40m E-W; 35m N-S) enclosed by fosse (Wth 7.5m; D 3m) on W, N and E sides, steep drop on S side; causeway at NW corner (Wth 7m). N of centre is overgrown fragmentary ruin of rectangular structure (8m E-W; 6m N-S). Walls now stand only to one storey, NE and SW corners fallen. Tower at least one floor higher as upper parts of N and S walls incline inwards as the springings for a vault now fallen. Broken remains of three double-splayed window opes in W, S and E walls. Part of wall (L c. 1.5m) runs N from E end of N wall. Ruin stands in cairn of fallen masonry. Barry Oge castle (Collins 1940, 45); tower probably late medieval in date but enclosing fosse is more typical of 13th/14th century moated site. 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 - CO097-010: Ringfort - rath, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CCO097-010----. In pasture, on N-facing slope. Circular area (33m N-S; 34m E-W) enclosed by low earthen bank; external fosse (D 1.2m) W->N; farm building adjacent to bank to SW. Interior saucer-shaped and raised on S side to compensate for hillslope; planted with conifers. 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 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). ## Architectural heritage (National Inventory of Architectural Heritage) No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands in the townland of Ballyhandle. ## Ground and risks (Radon Risk Map of Ireland, EPA; Landslide Susceptibility Classification and LiDAR, Geological Survey Ireland) - Radon: About 1 in 5 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels. Testing a home: https://www.epa.ie/environment-and-you/radon/radon-testing/#d.en.82887 - 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 Ballyhandle. - Flooding: the flood maps of the Office of Public Works, https://www.floodinfo.ie/map/floodmaps/, linked only: their licence does not allow re-use. 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. ## Downloads - DXF, in Irish Transverse Mercator metres, with its boundary, parcels and buildings, for a drawing program: https://everytownland.com/cork/ballyhandle.dxf - GeoJSON, in WGS 84, for a map: https://everytownland.com/cork/ballyhandle.geojson - KML, for Google Earth: https://everytownland.com/cork/ballyhandle.kml ## Homes sold (Residential Property Price Register) No address of the register names Ballyhandle with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Cork: https://everytownland.com/cork.md ## Neighbouring townlands (National Statutory Boundaries, Tailte Éireann) - Ballymurphy North: https://everytownland.com/cork/ballymurphy-north.md - Ballymurphy South: https://everytownland.com/cork/ballymurphy-south.md - Belrose: https://everytownland.com/cork/belrose.md - Kill: https://everytownland.com/cork/kill-43403.md - Killeen: https://everytownland.com/cork/killeen-43456.md - Lissagroom: https://everytownland.com/cork/lissagroom.md - Lissanisky: https://everytownland.com/cork/lissanisky-44171.md - Russelhill: https://everytownland.com/cork/russelhill.md 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. --- Everytownland reads the registered freehold land and the statutory boundaries of Tailte Éireann, the national zoning, planning file and heritage records of the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, and the Residential Property Price Register. A parcel is the land of a title, not an address. The owner's name is in the Land Registry of Tailte Éireann: a copy of the folio can be ordered on landdirect.ie, for a fee; this site names no owner. A price is the price recorded for a past sale, not a valuation. Sources: Cadastral Parcels Freehold, Townlands, Civil Parishes, Baronies, Electoral Divisions and Buildings, Tailte Éireann, CC BY 4.0; national zoning of development plans (GZT, MyPlan) and National Planning Applications, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, CC BY 4.0, applicants not shown; designated sites, National Parks and Wildlife Service, CC BY 4.0; Sites and Monuments Record, National Monuments Service, CC BY 4.0; National Inventory of Architectural Heritage, CC BY 4.0; Residential Property Price Register, Property Services Regulatory Authority, re-used with the source acknowledged. - Page: https://everytownland.com/cork/ballyhandle - In JSON: https://everytownland.com/api/townland/cork/ballyhandle