Ballyhimikin
Townland in the civil parish of Garryvoe, barony of Imokilly, Co. Cork; in Irish Baile Shimicín
- Area
- 128.6 ha
- 318 acres
- Land parcels
- 42
- registered freehold, median 2,908 m² (0.29 ha, 0.72 acres)
- Zoning
- —
- not in a zoned settlement
- Planning
- 44
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
42 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Ballyhimikin, from 37 m² to 267,325 m² (26.73 ha, 66.06 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 36 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 Ballyhimikin 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
21 Jan 2026Grant with conditions
Permission for construction of a dwelling house, new vehicular entrance, installation of a waste water treatment system and all associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 26/0099
19 Nov 2025Application withdrawn
1) Permission for the retention of the importation of clean inert soil and stone to raise the level of part of an agricultural field, 2) Permission for the importation of additional clean inert soil and stone to raise the levels of part of an agricultural field and regrading of this soil/stone material to merge with existing site levels and 3) All ancillary site development works at Ballylongane (Townland), Garryvoe, Co. Cork. Access will be provided from an existing entrance via the R632.
Permission for retention · Cork County Council, 25/6517
11 Sept 2025Grant with conditions
Permission to construct a new single storey dwelling, garage, site entrance, wastewater treatment system and all associated site works and services
Permission · Cork County Council, 25/5882
27 Nov 2024Incompleted application
Permission for construction of 4no two storey detached five-bedroom dwellings, each dwelling serviced by an individual waste water treatment unit. Create 2no double vehicular entrances to replace existing vehicular entrances and to serve proposed dwellings. Close up existing agriculture entrance and replace with a new relocated agricultural entrance. Demolition of 2no existing single storey derelict dwelling, 3no derelict sheds and part-demolition of 1no existing shed & all associated site works.
Permission · Cork County Council, 24/6252
13 Aug 2024Conditional
Permission for the construction of a new single storey dwelling , new waste water treatment system and percolation area, new driveway and vehicular entrance off the R632 and all associated site development works
Permission · Cork County Council, 24/5528
19 Jul 2024Incompleted application
Permission for construction of a new single storey dwelling, new waste water treatment system and percolation area, new driveway and vehicular entrance off the R632 and all associated site development work
Permission · Cork County Council, 24/5373
28 Feb 2023Conditional
(1) Elevational changes to existing dwelling house, (2) Domestic garage as constructed and all associated site works.
Retention · Cork County Council, 23/4348
30 Nov 2022Conditional
Installation of a new replacement proprietary waste water treatment system and infiltration area to serve the existing Ard Na Mara respite home, including decommissioning and removal of the existing wastewater treatment system and all associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 22/6655
9 Mar 2022Conditional
Construct a new single storey dwelling, garage, site entrance, waste water treatment system and all associated site works and services.
Permission · Cork County Council, 22/4523
16 Jul 2021Conditional permission
Construction of 9 no. detached dwelling houses. This development forms part of lands for which site development works were permitted for 9no. residential building sites under Planning Reg. No. 17/6918.
Permission · Cork County Council, 21/5957
17 Jun 2021Incompleted application
Construction of 8no detached dwellings with individual wastewater treatment units and all associated site works. This development forms part of lands for which site development works were permitted for 9no dwelling houses under planning reg.no. 17/9618 and permission for change of plan for the dwelling house previously permitted on site no.3 under planning reg.no. 19/4955.
Permission · Cork County Council, 21/5674
10 May 2021Conditional
Construction of an animal house, milking parlour complex and associated works.
Permission · Cork County Council, 21/5253
27 Oct 2020Conditional permission
Retention and completion of vehicular entrance
Permission for retention · Cork County Council, 20/6332
15 Feb 2019Conditional
Construct a dwellinghouse
Permission · Cork County Council, 19/4355
13 Nov 2017Conditional
Site development works for 9 no residential building sites. This development will include construction of access roadway from public road, internal footpaths, services, storm water collection system, and landscaping of open space. Each of the 9 sites will have a stand-alone proprietary foul sewage treatment system.
Permission · Cork County Council, 17/6918
3 Oct 2016Unconditional
Dwellinghouse (change of plan and elevation, relocation of site boundary, percolation area and wastewater treatment unit and all associated site development works from that granted under planning permission no. S/06/7094) - Extension of duration of permission granted under Planning Reg. No. 10/8074
Extension of duration · Cork County Council, 16/6441
25 Apr 2016Conditional
Permission for (a) Retention of existing storage and packaging extension to rear of existing fish processing facility (south elevation) (b) Retention of existing side extensions to the facility comprising staff area, chill/storage, plant and tray cleaning area (west and east elevation) (c) Permission for a new ancillary shop extension to the front of the facility (north elevation) (d) Permission for an extension to the rear of the existing staff facilities (e) Retention of existing stand-alone chill unit (f) Permission for change of use of existing on-site residence from residential to ancillary office use and for a new entrance lobby extension to these offices (g) for all associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 16/4938
2 Jun 2015Conditional
Retention of alterations and extension to existing dwelling and Permission for construction of new waste water treatment system to serve dwelling
Permission · Cork County Council, 15/5156
16 Jan 2015Unconditional
Two storey extension to existing cottage including all renovation works, ancillary site development works, new waste water treatment unit and domestic garage, extension of duration of permission granted under planning reg. no. 09/7382
Extension of duration · Cork County Council, 15/4073
20 May 2013Unconditional
Site development works for 12 no. residential sites and installation of on-site sewage treatment unit, extension of duration of permission granted under planning reg. no. 08/4028
Extension of duration · Cork County Council, 13/4931
27 Mar 2012Conditional
Demolition of existing single storey garage attached to the side of the existing two storey family home and construction of a two storey extension for use as a separate residential unit, installation of a new sewage treatment system and all associated site development works
Permission · Cork County Council, 12/4596
5 Aug 2011Withdrawn
Completion of dwellinghouse (change of plan), relocation of site boundary, percolation area and septic tank permitted under Planning Reg. No. 06/7094
Extension of duration · Cork County Council, 11/5693
28 Sept 2010Conditional
Dwellinghouse (change of plan and elevation, relocation of site boundary, percolation area and wastewater treatment unit and all associated site development works from that granted under planning permission no. S/06/7094)
Permission · Cork County Council, 10/8074
20 Oct 2009Conditional
Two storey extension to existing cottage including all renovation works, ancillary site development works, new waste water treatment unit and domestic garage
Permission · Cork County Council, 09/7382
8 Jun 2009Unconditional
Completion of dwelling, alterations to existing entrance, waste water treatment unit & associated site works granted under Pl. Reg. No. 04/13 (New permission to expire on 13/03/2010)
Extension of duration · Cork County Council, 09/5878
The 25 most recent of 44 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 Ballyhimikin.
Recorded monuments
- CO077-035 Ringfort - rath
Description
On S-facing slope, overlooking Ballycotton Bay. Shown on 1842 OS 6-inch map as semicircular enclosure (diam. c. 40m), abutted to W and N by field fences. Site visible as semicircular platform cut into hill to N; raised on S side. 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
- CO077-036 Ringfort - rath
Description
In tillage, on E-facing slope. Circular area (diam. 31m) defined by earthen bank (H 1m) NNE->SE, incorporated into field fence system, with shallow external fosse; slight scarp elsewhere. Bank stone faced in parts. According to local information levelled c. 1979, apart from field fence. 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
- CO089-010 Ringfort - rath
Description
On S-facing slope. Shown on 1842 OS 6-inch map as circular enclosure (diam. c. 25m). Shown as semicirculr area with S half removed on 1902 OS 6-inch map. Levelled; site bisected by field fence; low stony rise visible to S of fence. 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 Ballyhimikin.
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 Ballyhimikin.
- 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 Ballyhimikin with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Cork.
The townland
- Name
- Ballyhimikin · Baile Shimicín
- Area
- 1,285,812 m² (128.58 ha, 317.73 acres)
- Civil parish
- Garryvoe, and its townlands
- Barony
- Imokilly
- Electoral division
- Garryvoe, the unit of the census
- Census 2022
- Garryvoe electoral division: 699 people in 236 households; 87% of households own their home; 33% of homes were built since 2001; 5% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 8% were holiday homes.
- Neighbouring townlands
- Ballylongane, Garryvoe Lower, Moanroe, Monacreagh, Rooskagh, Shanagarry North, Shanavagoon
- Placenames
- Ballyhimikin 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.