Ballyluck
Ballyluck is a townland in the civil parish of Island, barony of Ibane and Barryroe, Co. Cork. Its name in Irish is Baile Loc.
- Area
- 74 ha
- 183 acres
- Land parcels
- 26
- registered freehold, median 2,750 m² (0.28 ha, 0.68 acres)
- Zoning
- —
- not in a zoned settlement
- Planning
- 25
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
26 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Ballyluck, from 97 m² to 76,570 m² (7.66 ha, 18.92 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 23 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 Ballyluck 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
30 Jan 2026Grant with conditions
Decommissioning of existing septic tank system and installation of waste water treatment system and associated site development works
Permission · Cork County Council, 26/0183
20 Mar 2024Conditional
The proposed development will consist of the removal of an existing 14.445 metres telecommunications monopole and replacement with a new 18 metres telecommunications monopole together with antennas, remote radio units (RRU's), dish, GPS, cable ladder, gantry poles, nominal wind turbine affixed on top of monopole, supporting fixtures, concrete foundation, extension of an existing fence and all associated site development works to provide for high-speed wireless data and broadband services
Permission · Cork County Council, 24/126
17 Nov 2022Conditional
Retention of domestic garage / store and associated site development works
Retention · Cork County Council, 22/700
1 Jun 2022Conditional
Changes to site layout to granted permission, reference number 21/440, for dwelling house. The site layout changes include (a) Alterations to site boundary to allow for the exclusion of site entrance as previously permitted. (b) Formation of new vehicular entrance to give access to dwelling as permitted and access to adjoining existing family dwelling. (c) Closing of existing entrance to adjoining existing family dwellling. (d) Alterations to house location within site and all associated site works.
Permission · Cork County Council, 22/371
30 Aug 2021Conditional
Permission is sought for the following for use as family holiday home: (a) Restore existing stone cottage to its original use as dwelling unit including modifications and alterations to same, (b) Demolition of existing extensions to north east, south east and south west elevations, (d) Installation of proprietary effluent treatment system, (e) All associated site development works
Permission · Cork County Council, 21/591
25 Jun 2021Conditional
Construction of a two-storey dwelling house, wastewater treatment system and all associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 21/440
21 May 2021Incompleted application
Construction of a two-storey dwelling house, wastewater treatment system and all associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 21/329
21 Jun 2019Conditional
Retention of a conservatory extension to the side of existing dwelling
Retention · Cork County Council, 19/413
15 Jan 2018Conditional
(a) extension to existing dwelling house (b) the replacement of existing septic tank system with new proprietary effluent treatment system and percolation area and (c) all associated site development works
Permission · Cork County Council, 18/19
9 Oct 2014Conditional
Permission to retain dwelling house, domestic garage and all associated site works
Retention · Cork County Council, 14/584
4 Mar 2014Conditional
Construct private guest accommodation unit for use ancillary to main dwelling. The development will include the removal of a ruinous structure (the site upon which the proposed development will be located)
Permission · Cork County Council, 14/162
22 Aug 2013Conditional
Construct a new sunroom extension to the side of the existing dwelling and to replace the existing septic tank/percolation area with a new sewage treatment system and all associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 13/490
13 Apr 2012Conditional
Construction of a storey and a half dwelling house, separate domestic garage and associated site works.
Permission · Cork County Council, 12/250
13 Mar 2009Conditional
Dwellinghouse (change of house type from that permitted under planning reg. 07/521) garage and associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 09/280
29 Jun 2007Conditional
Construct cattle house, geo-membrane lined slurry holding lagoon, leak detection chamber, 2no. soiled water holding tanks, slatted slurry tank, 2no. cattle holding yards, silage slab, concrete aprons and associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 07/1731
26 Feb 2007Conditional
Demolish existing dwelling ruin, construct new dwelling and associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 07/521
23 Jan 2007Incompleted application
Demolish existing dwelling ruin and construct new dwelling and associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 07/161
26 Sept 2006Conditional
Construction of extensions and alterations to existing dwellinghouse and associated site works including taking down part of existing dwelling
Permission · Cork County Council, 06/1949
22 Aug 2006Incompleted application
Construction of an extension to existing dwelling and to carry out associated site works which shall include the taking down of part of existing dwelling
Permission · Cork County Council, 06/1676
1 Oct 2004New application
Extension to dwelling
Permission · Cork County Council, 04/7439
2 Nov 2001Conditional
Alterations and extension to dwellinghouse
Permission · Cork County Council, 01/6007
14 May 2001Conditional
Dwelling
Permission · Cork County Council, 01/2692
8 Dec 2000Conditional
Alterations & extension to dwelling
Permission · Cork County Council, 00/7424
6 Apr 2000Conditional
Retention of garage cum boathouse with ancillary sleeping accommodation
Permission · Cork County Council, 00/1990
1 Sept 1999Refused
Dwellinghouse
Permission · Cork County Council, 99/4767
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
- Special Protection Area: Galley Head to Duneen Point SPA 004190
Recorded monuments
- CO144-018 Ringfort - rath
Description
In tillage, on N-facing slope of valley running E towards the sea. Circular area (39m N-S; 39.2m E-W) enclosed by earthen bank (max. int. H 2.55m) W->SSW; scarp with internal lip SSW->W; external fosse E->SW. Bank stone faced in parts; gap to SE. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 1: West Cork' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1992). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload/revision: 14 January 2009
- CO144-019 Ringfort - rath
Description
In rough ground on SW shoulder of steep narrow valley. No visible surface trace. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 1: West Cork' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1992). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload/revision: 14 January 2009
- CO144-055 Promontory fort - coastal
Description
The Archaeological Survey of Ireland (ASI) is in the process of providing information on all monuments on The Historic Environment Viewer (HEV). Currently the information for this record has not been uploaded. To access available information for research purposes please make an appointment in advance with the Archive Unit (open Fridays 10.00 am – 5.00 pm), Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, The Custom House, Dublin 1 D01W6XO or email NMarchive@housing.gov.ie.
Architectural heritage
No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands in the townland of Ballyluck.
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 Ballyluck, 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 high, moderately high, moderately low, low.
- Terrain model
- No LiDAR survey of the Office of Public Works covers the centre of the townland of Ballyluck.
- 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 Ballyluck with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Cork.
The townland
- Name
- Ballyluck · Baile Loc
- Area
- 740,449 m² (74.04 ha, 182.97 acres)
- Civil parish
- Island, and its townlands
- Barony
- Ibane and Barryroe
- Electoral division
- Ardfield, the unit of the census
- Census 2022
- 838 people lived in 287 households in the Ardfield electoral division. 87% of households owned their home. 32% of homes were built since 2001. 7% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 21% were holiday homes.
- Neighbouring townlands
- Brownstown, Dunnycove, Mountain Common
- Placenames
- Ballyluck 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.