Ballyhook
Townland in the civil parish of Corkbeg, barony of Imokilly, Co. Cork; in Irish Baile Uí Dhubháin
- Area
- 177.1 ha
- 438 acres
- Land parcels
- 22
- registered freehold, median 52,379 m² (5.24 ha, 12.94 acres)
- Zoning
- M1
- Special Policy Area
- Planning
- 16
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
22 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Ballyhook, from 835 m² to 560,395 m² (56.04 ha, 138.48 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 24 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
- M1Special Policy Area (Mixed Use, general development, opportunity/proposal site)
Cork County Development Plan 2022, Cork · 25 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
17 Sept 2024Conditional permission
Permission the importation of soil & stone for the raising of an agricultural field in order to improve the agricultural output of the field and the construction of a temporary haul road. An Environmental Impact Assessment Report (EIAR) has been prepared and is submitted with the application. A Natura Impact Statement (NIS) has been prepared and is submitted with the application
Permission · Cork County Council, 24/5747
4 Sept 2024Incompleted application
Permission for the importation of soil & stone for the raising of an agricultural field in order to improve the agricultural output of the field and the construction of a temporary haul road. An Environmental Impact Assessment Report (EIAR) has been prepared and submitted with the application. A Natura Impact Statement (NIS) has been prepared and is submitted with the application.
Permission · Cork County Council, 24/5669
6 Aug 2024Conditional permission
Permission to construct a new dwelling house
Permission · Cork County Council, 24/5479
22 Sept 2022Conditional
The development will consist of a new 24 metres lattice telecommunications support structure with headframe, carrying antennas, dishes, associated equipment, ground-based equipment cabinets, fencing and all associated site development works for high-speed wireless data and broadband services
Permission · Cork County Council, 22/6134
23 Aug 2022Incompleted application
The development will consist of a new 24 metres lattice telecommunications support structure with headframe, carrying antennas, dishes, associated equipment, ground-based equipment cabinets, fencing and all associated site development works for high-speed wireless data and broadband services
Permission · Cork County Council, 22/5925
10 Sept 2020Conditional
Construction of a slatted shed and associated site works.
Permission · Cork County Council, 20/5968
22 May 2020Conditional
The demolition of existing entrance lobby, kitchen, toilet/bathroom/wet area to existing dwelling house and the construction of an extension comprising of an entrance area, living room, kitchen, toilet, wet area and internal alterations, together with associated site works.
Permission · Cork County Council, 20/5026
5 Sept 2019Conditional
The importation of soil & stone for the raising of an agricultural field in order to improve the agricultural output of the field and the construction of a temporary new haul road. A Natura Impact Statement (NIS) has been prepared and will be submitted to the authority with this application.
Permission · Cork County Council, 19/6189
17 Jun 2019Incompleted application
Importation of soil and stone for the raising of an agricultural field in order to improve the agricultural output of the field and the construction of a temporary haul road. A Natura Impact Statement (NIS) has been prepared and will be submitted to the authority with this application.
Permission · Cork County Council, 19/5576
10 May 2019Incompleted application
The importation of soil & stone for the raising of an agricultural field in order to improve the agricultural output of the field and the construction of a temporary haul road. A Natura Impact Statement (NIS) has been prepared and will be submitted to the authority with this application.
Permission · Cork County Council, 19/5184
10 Aug 2017Conditional
Construction of a machinery shed, roofing of existing holding yard, roofing of existing feed area and construction of an animal house incorporating slatted cubicle area and loose house and associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 17/6079
4 Jun 2010Conditional
Retention and completion of 1 no. micro generation 6kw wind turbine with dimensions of 19.6m total height including blade swept diameter of 8m, and ancillary site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 10/5403
28 Mar 2007Conditional
Dwellinghouse and garage
Permission · Cork County Council, 07/6509
15 Nov 2006Conditional
Construction of overground steel slurry store, installation of slatted tank within existing loose animal shed and retention of maize silage slab
Permission · Cork County Council, 06/12306
9 May 2006Conditional
Construction of livestock unit and shed
Permission · Cork County Council, 06/7016
23 Sept 2003Refused
Dormer type dwelling and garage
Outline permission · Cork County Council, 03/4762
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 Ballyhook.
Recorded monuments
- CO100-006 Ringfort - rath
Description
In tillage, on N-facing slope. Circular area (20.7m E-W; 20.3m N-S) enclosed by earthen bank (int. H 0.55m); external fosse (max. D 1m) SSE->NNE. Interior slopes down to N; used for grazing. Once part of Roche Mount estate; planted with trees. 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 Ballyhook.
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 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 Ballyhook.
- 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 Ballyhook with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Cork.
The townland
- Name
- Ballyhook · Baile Uí Dhubháin
- Area
- 1,771,154 m² (177.12 ha, 437.66 acres)
- Civil parish
- Corkbeg, and its townlands
- Barony
- Imokilly
- Electoral division
- Corkbeg, the unit of the census
- Census 2022
- Corkbeg electoral division: 2,810 people in 873 households; 79% of households own their home; 47% of homes were built since 2001; 5% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 12% were holiday homes.
- Neighbouring townlands
- Ardnabourkey, Ballyknock, Ballynookery, Ballytigeen, Ballyvaloon, Finure, Glanturkin, Trabolgan
- Placenames
- Ballyhook 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.