Ballyleigh
Townland in the civil parish of Inishkenny, barony of Muskerry East, Co. Cork; in Irish Baile Ailí
- Area
- 181.2 ha
- 448 acres
- Land parcels
- 87
- registered freehold, median 1,801 m²
- Zoning
- —
- not in a zoned settlement
- Planning
- 76
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
87 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Ballyleigh, from 4 m² to 467,082 m² (46.71 ha, 115.42 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
No zone of a development plan covers Ballyleigh 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
23 Jun 2026Grant with conditions
Permission for construction of a dwellinghouse, domestic garage, wastewater treatment plant and all associated site works.
Permission · Cork County Council, 26/1667
29 May 2026Invalid - prepare letters
Construction of new dwellinghouse, domestic garage, wastewater treatment plant and all associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 26/1439
7 May 2026Invalid - prepare letters
Construction of new dwellinghouse, domestic garage, wastewater treatment plant and all associated site works.
Permission · Cork County Council, 26/1200
12 Mar 2026Grant with conditions
Construction of an agricultural livestock shed to include cubicles, feeding area and underground slatted slurry storage tanks and construction of a calf shed over existing underground slatted slurry storage tank and all associated siteworks.
Permission · Cork County Council, 26/0613
23 Dec 2025Refused
Permission for the construction of a dwellinghouse, domestic garage, wastewater treatment plant and all associated site works.
Permission · Cork County Council, 25/6976
28 Oct 2025Prepare invalid letter
Permission for the construction of a dwellinghouse, domestic garage, wastewater treatment plant and all associated site works.
Permission · Cork County Council, 25/6298
19 Sept 2025Invalid - case closed
Permission for the construction of a dwellinghouse, domestic garage, wastewater treatment plant and all associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 25/5981
19 Jun 2025Conditional permission
Permission to construct a single storey dwelling house, construct a new domestic vehicular entrance, install a new wastewater treatment system and to carry out all associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 25/5183
20 May 2025Conditional
Permission for 1) construction of a single storey extension to the front and rear of the existing dwelling, 2) alterations to elevations of the existing dwelling, to include 1 no. roof light and all associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 25/4951
23 Apr 2025Conditional
Permission to construct a new dwelling house, new vehicular entrance and new wastewater treatment system with percolation area and all ancillary site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 25/4764
4 Apr 2025Incompleted application
Permission to construct a new dwelling house, new vehicular entrance and new waste water treatment system with percolation area and all ancillary site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 25/4604
23 Dec 2024Withdrawn
Permission to construct a single storey dwelling house, construct a new domestic vehicular entrance, install a new wastewater treatment system and to carry out all associated site works.
Permission · Cork County Council, 24/6507
9 Sept 2024Conditional
Retention Permission for (a) Dwelling as constructed (change of plan of that permitted under 77/2553), (b) Link between garage and dwellinghouse and (c) conversion of garage to habitable use and incorporation of same into the dwellinghouse and all associated site and development works.
Retention · Cork County Council, 24/5700
2 Aug 2024Incompleted application
Permission for retention of changes to a dwelling previously permitted under 77/2553 and all associated site works
Retention · Cork County Council, 24/5476
31 May 2024Withdrawn
Permission for Retention for the construction of link between existing house and previously exempt development, conversion of previously exempt development to bedrooms, alterations to windows and door at rear of existing house and all associated site works.
Retention · Cork County Council, 24/5015
29 Nov 2023Conditional
Permission for construction of a dwelling house, septic tank and percolation area
Permission · Cork County Council, 23/6396
3 Nov 2023Incompleted application
Permission for construction of a dwelling house, septic tank and percolation area
Permission · Cork County Council, 23/6217
13 Jul 2023Conditional
Permission for a) change of use from shop (disused) to residential use and b) Permission for retention of single storey extension to rear of dwelling
Permission · Cork County Council, 23/5445
7 Sept 2020Conditional
1) Construction of a single storey extension to the rear of the existing dwelling with 1 no. rooflight, 2) Alterations to elevations of the existing dwelling, to include 1 no. rooflight and all associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 20/5928
6 Aug 2020Incompleted application
1.A single storey extension to the rear with 1 no. rooflight, 2. Alterations to elevations to include 1 no. rooflight and all associated site works.
Permission · Cork County Council, 20/5675
20 Dec 2019Conditional
Teach cónaithe a thógail, garáiste tí a thógáil, córas séarachas tí a chur isteach, mar aon le h-oibreacha atá bainteach leis an forbairt
Permission · Cork County Council, 19/7044
15 Oct 2019Withdrawn
The construction of a two-storey dwelling; the relocation of an existing polytunnel for domestic use; and all associated ancillary site development works including a new wastewater treatment system, landscaping and parking on land. Access will be provided via the existing entrance and driveway permitted under planning reference 12/05826.
Permission · Cork County Council, 19/6483
30 May 2019Refused
Single storey dwelling with proprietary treatment plant
Permission · Cork County Council, 19/5433
15 Jan 2019Refused
Demolition of an existing polytunnel and for the construction of a 2 storey dwellinghouse, waste water treatment unit and all associated site works relevant to the development.
Permission · Cork County Council, 19/4053
7 Dec 2018Incompleted application
The demolition of an existing polytunnel and construction of a 2 storey dwellinghouse, waste water treatment unit and all associated site works relevant to the development
Permission · Cork County Council, 18/7217
The 25 most recent of 76 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 Ballyleigh.
Recorded monuments
- CO085-076 Barrow - ring-barrow
Description
Circular area (diam. 18.5m) enclosed by earthen bank (H 1.5m). Interior inaccessible due to overgrowth. According to Hartnett (1939, 240), wet fosse inside bank 'encircles a low central platform'. 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
- CO085-081 Ringfort - rath
Description
In pasture. Circular area (diam. 30.5m) enclosed by earthen bank (H 1.7m) with shallow external fosse surviving in parts. Field boundary skirting enclosure and fosse area NNW->SE incorporates, according to Hartnett (1939,240), remains of an outer bank. Interior used in 1976 for growing vegetables (OPW). 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
- CO085-082 Fulacht fia
Description
Shown on 1940 OS 6-inch map as mound adjacent to springs. No visible surface trace. 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
- CO085-083 Fulacht fia
Description
Shown on 1940 OS 6-inch map as mound to S of stream. Spread of burnt material noted. 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
- Abbey Bridge, bridge, 1830–1870 · Regional interest
Description
Single-arch sandstone bridge, built c.1850, carrying railway over road. Cut limestone piers flanking segmental-arch, having cut limestone voussoirs and impost course. Dressed sandstone to soffit and spandrels, having dressed sandstone parapet walls over cut limestone string course.
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 Ballyleigh.
- 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
- Ballyleigh, Waterfall6 sales
The townland
- Name
- Ballyleigh · Baile Ailí
- Area
- 1,812,155 m² (181.22 ha, 447.79 acres)
- Civil parish
- Inishkenny, and its townlands
- Barony
- Muskerry East
- Electoral division
- Dunderrow, the unit of the census
- Census 2022
- Dunderrow electoral division: 1,734 people in 558 households; 86% of households own their home; 37% of homes were built since 2001; 5% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 1% were holiday homes.
- Neighbouring townlands
- Ballyhooleen, Corran, Gogganshill, Liskillea, Oldabbey, Rearour and Barrettshill
- Placenames
- Ballyleigh 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.