Ballyhilloge
Ballyhilloge is a townland in the civil parish of Grenagh, barony of Barretts, Co. Cork. Its name in Irish is Baile Shaileog.
- Area
- 386 ha
- 954 acres
- Land parcels
- 86
- registered freehold, median 4,471 m² (0.45 ha, 1.1 acres)
- Zoning
- —
- not in a zoned settlement
- Planning
- 60
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
86 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Ballyhilloge, from 52 m² to 275,754 m² (27.58 ha, 68.14 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 43 neighbouring parcels touch it.
Download the townland as DXF, in Irish Transverse Mercator metres, with its boundary, parcels and buildings, or as GeoJSON or KML.
Zoning
Development plans, national zoning
No zone of a development plan covers Ballyhilloge 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
18 Mar 2025Conditional permission
Permission for retention of dwelling house and wastewater treatment system as constructed
Permission for retention · Cork County Council, 25/4456
28 Feb 2025Incompleted application
Permission for retention of dwelling house and wastewater treatment system as constructed
Retention · Cork County Council, 25/4327
7 Feb 2025Incompleted application
Permission for retention of dwelling house and wastewater treatment system as constructed
Retention · Cork County Council, 25/4160
21 Jun 2024Conditional
Permission for retention for extensions and alterations to existing dwelling and for 1 no. domestic shed all as constructed on site. Permission for retention is also sought for 3 no. farm buildings for use as storage of farm equipment and housing animals, all as constructed on site and all associated site works
Retention · Cork County Council, 24/5158
27 May 2024Incompleted application
Permission for retention for extensions and alterations to existing dwelling. Permission for retention is also sought for existing domestic outhouses and farm buildings all as constructed on site and all associated site works
Retention · Cork County Council, 24/4951
23 Mar 2023Conditional
Permission to construct a single storey dwelling, detached garage, new site entrance, a septic tank and percolation area and all associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 23/4529
8 Jun 2022Conditional permission
Permission for construction of dwelling (change of house design and layout and revised site boundaries to that permitted under Pl.Reg.No. 20/5229).
Permission · Cork County Council, 22/5314
6 May 2022Incompleted application
Construction of dwelling (change of design to that permitted under Pl. Reg. 20/5229)
Permission · Cork County Council, 22/5035
12 Feb 2021Conditional
The construction of a shed for (a) the storage of earth moving and related plant operator equipment and (b) the storage classic and vintage vehicles and all associated site works.
Permission · Cork County Council, 21/4330
17 Jun 2020Conditional
A dwellinghouse, garage/study, septic tank and percolation area, bored well, entrance and all ancillary site works.
Permission · Cork County Council, 20/5229
17 Feb 2020Withdrawn
A dwellinghouse, garage/study, septic tank and percolation area, bored well, entrance and all ancillary site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 20/4301
1 Jul 2019Conditional
To construct a dwelling house, garage, on-site waste water treatment unit and all associated site works.
Permission · Cork County Council, 19/5671
5 Jun 2019Conditional
The construction of a single storey rear extension and single storey front and side extension to an existing dwelling house, material alterations to existing elevations and roof, and all associated landscaping and ancillary site works.
Permission · Cork County Council, 19/5471
25 Jan 2019Conditional
Retention and completion of dwelling (change of plan from that permitted under PL. Reg. No. 06/12273). Permission to construct car port, domestic garage, on site waste water treatment unit and all associated site works.
Permission · Cork County Council, 19/4145
11 Dec 2018Incompleted application
To construct a first floor extension over existing dwelling, single story extension to south west elevation, two story extension to north east elevation, modifications to window layouts all to existing partly completed dwelling house permitted under 06/12273, new domestic garage, on-site waste water treatment unit and all associated site works.
Permission · Cork County Council, 18/7256
21 Jun 2018Refused
New dwelling house, septic tank and percolation area, bored well, entrance and all associated site works.
Permission · Cork County Council, 18/5608
28 Jun 2017Conditional
Construct dwelling, garage, entrance, septic tank and percolation area and all associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 17/5629
9 Oct 2013Conditional
Construction of domestic garage and all associated services
Permission · Cork County Council, 13/5940
16 Nov 2011Conditional
Construction of a two storey dwelling, alterations and change of use of existing dwelling from residential to garage and farm storage, partial demolition and alteration of existing stone outbuilding, removal of existing metal farm shed, redesigning existing site entrance, a new sewage treatment system with percolation area, associated ground works and landscaping
Permission · Cork County Council, 11/6415
31 Dec 2010Conditional
Alterations to the existing dwelling with outbuildings and associated ground works. The alterations refer to: demolition of the previous single floor extension with a flat roof on the original cottage style dwelling, construction of a new extension-partial one and ½ storey and partial single storey-on the existing dwelling, internal layout changes on the existing dwelling and general constructive refurbishing, demolition and reconstruction of one of the existing outbuildings on stone(previous shed)in order to incorporate it in the proposed extension, partial demolition of the second outbuilding (previous shed) and its incorporation in the proposed garden layout, redesigning the existing site entrance and reorganization of the services. The associated ground works relate to the installation of a new well, new sewage treatment system with percolation area and landscaping. The proposed extension includes hall with stairs, kitchen with dining area, utility room, bathroom and storage space on the ground floor and one bedroom with en-suite and a bathroom on the 1st floor.
Permission · Cork County Council, 10/8844
1 Dec 2010Incompleted application
Alterations on the existing dwelling with outbuildings and the associated ground works. The alterations refer to: demolition of the previous single floor extension with a flat roof on the original cottage style dwelling, construction of a new extension-partial one and 1/2 storey and partial single storey-on the existing dwelling, internal layout changes on the existing dwelling and general constructive refurbishing, demolition and reconstruction of one of the existing outbuildings on stone (previous shed) in order to incorporate in the proposed extension, partial demolition of the second outbuilding (previous shed) and its incorporation in the proposed garden layout, redesigning the existing site entrance and reorganization of the services. The associated ground works relate to the installation of a new well, new sewage treatment system with percolation area and landscaping. The proposed extension includes hall with stairs, kitchen with dining area, utility room, bathroom and storage space on the ground floor and one bedroom with en-suite and a bathroom on the 1st floor.
Permission · Cork County Council, 10/8610
3 Sept 2010Conditional
Demolition of existing front porch and rear extension of existing dwelling and alterations and extension to existing dwelling including removal of front door and installation of window
Permission · Cork County Council, 10/6213
29 May 2009Conditional
Construction of sunroom extension to existing dwelling & construction of a detached workshop for domestic use with all associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 09/5764
10 Oct 2007Conditional
Retention of dwellinghouse and detached garage
Permission · Cork County Council, 07/11554
31 Aug 2007Refused
Dwellinghouse and installation of septic tank
Permission · Cork County Council, 07/10645
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.
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 Ballyhilloge.
Recorded monuments
- CO051-019 Standing stone
Description
Inaccessible due to heavy afforestation. According to local information, stone still standing. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 3: Mid Cork' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1997). 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 Ballyhilloge.
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
- At the centre of the townland of Ballyhilloge, 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 Ballyhilloge.
- 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.
Homes sold
Property Price Register
No address of the register names Ballyhilloge with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Cork.
The townland
- Name
- Ballyhilloge · Baile Shaileog
- Area
- 3,859,846 m² (385.98 ha, 953.79 acres)
- Civil parish
- Grenagh, and its townlands
- Barony
- Barretts
- Electoral division
- Knockantota, the unit of the census
- Census 2022
- 1,074 people lived in 335 households in the Knockantota electoral division. 85% of households owned their home. 50% of homes were built since 2001. 7% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 0% were holiday homes.
- Neighbouring townlands
- Ballyknockane, Garrynagearagh, Glynn, Knockantota North, Lahakinneen, Lissard, Lyradane
- Placenames
- Ballyhilloge 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.