Ballyhennick

41 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Ballyhennick, from 185 m² to 342,113 m² (34.21 ha, 84.54 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 44 neighbouring parcels touch it.

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• R3Existing Residential/Mixed Residential and Other Uses (Residential, mixed residential and other uses)
  Cork County Development Plan 2022, Cork · 13 parcels The zoning objective in the plan

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

• 25 Jul 2025Grant with conditions

  Demolition of 2 no. existing industrial buildings and construction of a new warehouse building and all ancillary site development works. Access to the proposed development will be provided via the internal road network of the Rockgrove Industrial Estate.

  Permission · Cork County Council, 25/5498

• 2 May 2025Grant with conditions

  Permission for 1) construction of a single storey shed building comprising of 2 no. workshops and a W.C, 2) relocation of existing site entrance further north and provision of a widened 4m wide entrance for vehicular and pedestrian access, 3) provision of 10 no. car parking spaces inclusive of 1no. accessible car parking space, and 4) all ancillary works necessary to facilitate the development inclusive of landscaping, drainage (including the provision of a rainwater harvesting system on site, and the provision of rooftop solar panels

  Permission · Cork County Council, 25/4731

• 25 Nov 2024Conditional

  Permission for the construction of a storage shed and ancillary site works in the existing paving materials yard.

  Permission · Cork County Council, 24/6223

• 31 Oct 2023Withdrawn

  Permission for dwelling (change of house design previously granted under Pl.Reg.No. 14/5143), garage and associated site works.

  Permission · Cork County Council, 23/6184

• 18 Aug 2023Conditional

  Permission to a) demolish existing extension to the rear, b) construct an extension to the side and rear, c) alterations to the side (west) and front (north) elevations, d) new roof light to the rear of existing roof all to existing bungalow and e) install a proprietary treatment plant and all associated site works.

  Permission · Cork County Council, 23/5682

• 28 Jul 2023Incompleted application

  (A) Demolish existing extension to rear (B) Construct an extension to the side and rear (C) Alterations to the side (west) and front (north) elevations (D) New roof-light to the rear of existing roof all to existing bungalow and (E) Install a proprietary treatment plant and all associated site works.

  Permission · Cork County Council, 23/5551

• 13 Apr 2022Conditional

  Alterations and extensions to existing chemical process and mixing building, to include extensions to south and west of building and new raised roof over entire building, also to include canopy on north side of building over part of existing hardstand storage area and all associated site works

  Permission · Cork County Council, 22/4828

• 18 Aug 2021Conditional

  The construction of a detached dwelling house and associated detached garage and detached storage shed, a new site entrance and all associated site works.

  Permission · Cork County Council, 21/6286

• 7 Jan 2021Conditional

  The construction of a detached dwelling with a detached garage, a new site entrance and all associated site works.

  Permission · Cork County Council, 21/4012

• 2 Dec 2020Incompleted application

  The construction of a detached dwelling with a detached garage, a new site entrance and all associated site works.

  Permission · Cork County Council, 20/6695

• 30 Jan 2019Unconditional

  Construction of a new detached dwelling, waste water treatment unit and polishing filter, and all associated site works. Extension of Duration of Permission granted under planning reference 14/5143.

  Extension of duration · Cork County Council, 19/4189

• 24 Oct 2018Conditional

  Construction of a new storey and a half extension to the rear of the existing storey and half dwellinghouse together with all ancillary development

  Permission · Cork County Council, 18/6823

• 11 Oct 2018Refused

  Phase 1 of a residential development comprising the construction of 40 no. dwelling houses (6 no. units will have the option of a ground floor annex to the rear of the proposed dwellings) and all associated ancillary site development works including access, parking, footpaths, drainage, landscaping and amenity areas on land. The development includes the creation of a new vehicular entrance along the site’s southern boundary via the Ballynaroon Road.

  Permission · Cork County Council, 18/6684

• 23 Jul 2018Conditional

  Demolition of existing commercial garage and erection of storage building including security office.

  Permission · Cork County Council, 18/5931

• 9 Jul 2018Conditional

  Demolition of existing domestic garage and erection of larger domestic garage for storage of vintage cars for personal use

  Permission · Cork County Council, 18/5790

• 6 Jun 2018Incompleted application

  Demolition of existing domestic garage and erection of larger domestic garage for storage of vintage cars for personal use.

  Permission · Cork County Council, 18/5468

• 20 Feb 2018Conditional

  Demolish existing single storey storage and office/administration buildings ancillary to workshop, construction of a single storey extension for office/administration use ancillary to existing workshop use (mechanical services/steelwork fabrication), Permission for construction of new carpark area to cater for 9 number car parking spaces and for new boundary walls to replace the remaining demolished single storey buildings, Retention of single storey extension, and Permission for all associated site works.

  Permission · Cork County Council, 18/4435

• 21 Dec 2017Incompleted application

  Demolish existing single storey storage and office/administration buildings ancillary to workshop, construction of a single storey extension for office/administration use ancillary to existing workshop use (mechanical services/steelwork fabrication), construction of new carpark area to cater for 11 number car parking spaces and for new boundary walls to replace the remaining demolished single storey buildings, Retention of single storey extension, and Permission for all associated site works.

  Permission · Cork County Council, 17/7412

• 21 Aug 2017Incompleted application

  Demolish existing single storey storage and office/administration buildings ancillary to workshop, construction of a single storey extension for office/administration use ancillary to existing workshop use (Mechanical Services/Steelwork Fabrication), construction of new carpark area to cater for 10 no. car parking spaces to replace the remaining demolished single storey buildings, and all associated site works.

  Permission · Cork County Council, 17/6156

• 17 Jul 2017Incompleted application

  Permission to demolish existing single storey commercial buildings, permission for renovation of existing commercial building incorporating a new mono-pitched roof and new building envelope over existing floor area, permission for construction of new carpark area to cater for 10 number car parking spaces to replace the remaining demolished single storey buildings, and all associated site works.

  Permission · Cork County Council, 17/5828

• 13 Apr 2017Conditional

  The construction of a single storey extension and renovations to the existing dwellinghouse, including all associated and ancillary site works

  Permission · Cork County Council, 17/4906

• 9 Feb 2017Conditional

  Retention of a single storey extension with a roof terrace balcony to the south elevation of an existing two storey dwelling.

  Retention · Cork County Council, 17/4275

• 9 Dec 2016Conditional

  Retention of dwellinghouse as constructed

  Retention · Cork County Council, 16/7087

• 2 Dec 2015Conditional

  Construction of a two storey detached dwelling including a single storey detached garage, a new waste water treatment system and polishing filter, a new site entrance and all associated site works

  Permission · Cork County Council, 15/6734

• 28 Oct 2015Conditional

  Construction of a two storey dwellinghouse, waste water treatment system, site entrance and associated works

  Permission · Cork County Council, 15/6410

The 25 most recent of 60 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: Great Island Channel SAC 001058

Recorded monuments

No recorded monument lies in the townland of Ballyhennick.

Architectural heritage

• Little Island Railway Station, railway station, 1855–1860 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached multiple-bay single-storey railway station, built 1859, having gabled projecting west bay to north elevation, flat-roofed extension to east and incorporating recessed waiting area. Pitched slate roofs with red brick chimneystack and cast-iron rainwater goods. Red brick walls with carved rusticated limestone quoins. Camber-arched window opening to east bay, and east and west elevations of gabled projecting bay, with red brick voussoirs and moulded red brick sills, two-over-two pane timber sliding sash windows to east bay, one-over-one pane timber sliding sash windows to projecting bay. Square-headed door openings with replacement timber panelled doors. Timber panelling to interior incorporating timber panelled ticket hatch.

• Station master's house, 1855–1860 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached L-plan two-bay two-storey former station master's house, built 1859, having flat-roofed extension to east elevation. Now in use as house. Intersecting hipped slate roofs with overhanging sheets eaves having carved timber eaves brackets. Rendered chimneystack. Rendered walls with render cornice. Square-headed window openings, paired to ground floor, having concrete sills supported by render console brackets. Replacement uPVC windows throughout. Square-headed door opening with replacement timber panelled door and overlight.

• Little Island Railway Station, foot bridge, 1855–1860 · Regional interest
  Description

  Freestanding single-span cast-iron foot bridge over railway track, erected 1859, with staircases to east and west elevations, one to each platform. Depressed-arch bridge supported on cast-iron columns, four to each platform, with fluted bases and decorative capitals. Latticed parapets to bridge and staircases. Base of staircases terminated by decorative cast-iron colonettes. Maker's mark to column shaft.

• Rockgrove, country house, 1750–1770 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached five-bay three-storey over half-basement former country house, built c. 1760, with breakfront to central bay, bowed bays and two-bay two-storey wings to east and west elevations and two-storey extensions to rear (north). Now in commercial usage. Hipped slate roof with rendered chimneystacks and cast-iron rainwater goods. Rendered walls with render quoin. Square-headed diminishing window openings with moulded render surrounds and sill courses and one-over-one pane timber sliding sash windows to ground floor, replacement uPVC windows elsewhere. Venetian window opening to central bay, first floor, having replacement uPVC windows and moulded render surround comprising pilasters, cornices and archivolt with keystone detail. Ornate cast-iron grilles to basement windows. Round-headed door opening with timber panelled double-leaf doors and fanlight. Moulded render doorcase comprising columns flanking door and supporting entablature and broken pediment, with flanking sidelights. Approached by flight of cut limestone steps. Round-headed opening to basement having replacement uPVC double-leaf doors. Remains of grotto to east of site with rubble stone walls and pointed arch openings. Detached single-bay single-storey gate lodge to south-west of site with gabled porch to east elevation, hipped slate roofs, rendered chimneystacks, rendered walls with decorative pilasters to south elevation, segmental-headed and square-headed openings with render surrounds and replacement windows and doors. Square-profile dressed limestone gate piers to site entrance, paired and joined to form pedestrian entrances by dressed limestone lintels with carved cornices. Double-leaf and single cast-iron gates.

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

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; parts are made ground.

Terrain model

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

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.

No address of the register names Ballyhennick with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Cork.

Name

Ballyhennick · Baile Sheinic

Area

944,035 m² (94.4 ha, 233.28 acres)

Civil parish

Caherlag, and its townlands

Barony

Barrymore

Electoral division

Caherlag, the unit of the census

Census 2022

Caherlag electoral division: 3,626 people in 1,264 households; 84% of households own their home; 28% of homes were built since 2001; 5% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 1% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Ballynaroon, Courtstown, Kilcoolishal, Rowgarrane

Placenames

Ballyhennick 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.