Ballyhobert
Townland in the civil parish of Youghal, barony of Imokilly, Co. Cork; in Irish Baile an Hoibeardaigh
- Area
- 127.6 ha
- 315 acres
- Land parcels
- 56
- registered freehold, median 3,208 m² (0.32 ha, 0.79 acres)
- Zoning
- G3
- Greenbelt1
- Planning
- 36
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
56 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Ballyhobert, from 171 m² to 369,299 m² (36.93 ha, 91.26 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 19 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
- G3Greenbelt1 (Conservation, amenity or buffer space, corridor/belt, landscape)
Cork County Development Plan 2022, Cork · 41 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
Source: Tailte Éireann and the Department of Housing (MyPlan), national zoning, CC BY 4.0.
Planning applications
Sites that touch the townland, newest first
2 Apr 2026Grant with conditions
Permission consequent on the grant of outline permission 23/04264 to construct detached single storey dwellinghouse with effluent treatment plant, site entrance and all associated site development works.
Permission consequent · Cork County Council, 26/0832
23 Jan 2025Refused
Permission to construct a single storey dwelling and domestic garage served by wastewater treatment unit and polishing filter.
Permission · Cork County Council, 25/4067
16 Feb 2023Conditional
Construction of a detached single storey dwelling with domestic effuent treatment plant, site entrance and all associated site development works
Outline permission · Cork County Council, 23/4264
15 Jul 2022Conditional
Permission to construct a single storey dwelling, garage, site entrance, waste water treatment system and all associated site works and services.
Permission · Cork County Council, 22/5666
23 Feb 2022Conditional
Permission for retention of first floor living space, rooflights and elevational changes to existing dwelling, garage as constructed and associated works.
Retention · Cork County Council, 22/4382
9 Aug 2021Conditional
Retention of extension and alterations to dwelling (change of plan to that permitted under Pl. Reg. 16/5847).
Retention · Cork County Council, 21/6201
8 Jul 2021Incompleted application
Permission for retention to retain indefinitely alterations to extension under previous planning permission no. 05847/16. Alterations include 2 no. velux rooflights to front of dwelling, omission of extension to west of dwelling and increase of width of extension to east of dwelling and extension to rear of dwelling. Also permission sought for indefinite retention for alterations to windows to front of dwelling house.
Retention · Cork County Council, 21/5899
16 Mar 2021Conditional
Construction of a straw bedded shed, seepage tank and associated works.
Permission · Cork County Council, 21/4677
17 Feb 2021Conditional
To construct a single storey dwelling and domestic garage served by wastewater treatment unit and polishing filter.
Permission · Cork County Council, 21/4374
18 Apr 2018Conditional
Construction of a dwellinghouse with detached garage, new site entrance and all associated site works including a new sewage treatment system.
Permission · Cork County Council, 18/4963
12 Feb 2018Conditional
Construction of split level storey and a half bungalow type dwelling along with a double garage, waste water treatment system and all associated site works (change of house type and garage type from that permitted under Planning Reg. No. 16/6836)
Permission · Cork County Council, 18/4359
16 Jan 2018Incompleted application
Change of house type and garage type granted under planning ref: 16/6836 to a split level storey and a half/bungalow type dwelling along with a double garage, waste water treatment system and all associated site works.
Permission · Cork County Council, 18/4096
23 Aug 2017Conditional
Construct a slatted shed and all associated site works.
Permission · Cork County Council, 17/6187
8 Dec 2016Conditional
Construction of a single storey dwelling, new site entrance, wastewater treatment system, polishing filter and associated site works.
Permission · Cork County Council, 16/7065
14 Nov 2016Conditional
Construction of dwelling, garage, waste water treatment system and all associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 16/6836
25 Jul 2016Conditional
Alterations and extensions to an existing dwelling
Permission · Cork County Council, 16/5847
2 Sept 2015Conditional
Construction of a new single storey dwelling, a detached domestic garage, a new sewerage treatment system and all associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 15/5964
12 Jun 2015Conditional
Dwelling, garage, waste water treatment system and all associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 15/5242
28 May 2008Conditional
Single storey dwellinghouse, garage and installation of septic tank
Permission · Cork County Council, 08/6963
29 Apr 2008Conditional
Dwelling,wastewater treatment system & associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 08/6372
16 Apr 2008Conditional
Conversion of attic space to provide living accommodation and installation of velux rooflights to existing dwelling
Permission · Cork County Council, 08/6108
27 Feb 2008Incompleted application
Conversion of attic of dwellinghouse for living accommodation and installation of velux rooflights
Permission · Cork County Council, 08/5027
21 Dec 2007Withdrawn
Dwellinghouse and installation of waste water treatment system
Permission · Cork County Council, 07/13425
29 Jun 2007Conditional
Construction of animal house incorporating slatted tank, straw bedded area and feed passage and ancillary concrete works
Permission · Cork County Council, 07/9231
31 May 2007Incompleted application
Construction of animal house incorporating slatted tank, straw bedded area and feed passage and ancillary concrete aprons
Permission · Cork County Council, 07/8274
The 25 most recent of 36 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 Ballyhobert.
Recorded monuments
No recorded monument lies in the townland of Ballyhobert.
Architectural heritage
No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands in the townland of Ballyhobert.
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 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 Ballyhobert.
- 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 Ballyhobert with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Cork.
The townland
- Name
- Ballyhobert · Baile an Hoibeardaigh
- Area
- 1,275,586 m² (127.56 ha, 315.2 acres)
- Civil parish
- Youghal, and its townlands
- Barony
- Imokilly
- Electoral division
- Youghal Rural, the unit of the census
- Census 2022
- Youghal Rural electoral division: 1,367 people in 486 households; 78% of households own their home; 40% of homes were built since 2001; 5% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 4% were holiday homes.
- Neighbouring townlands
- Ballinvarrig Upper, Ballyvergan West, Barnageehy West, Coolaha, Gortaroo, Knockmonalea East, Kyle
- Placenames
- Ballyhobert 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.