Ballymacrown

153 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Ballymacrown, from 5 m² to 161,455 m² (16.15 ha, 39.9 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 24 neighbouring parcels touch it.

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No zone of a development plan covers Ballymacrown 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.

• 27 Nov 2025Grant with conditions

  Conversion of two existing houses (one derelict) into one family dwelling, demolition of previous extensions and outbuildings, new site entrance, new wastewater treatment system and percolation area and associated site works.

  Permission · Cork County Council, 25/6603

• 23 Dec 2024Conditional

  Permission for proposed demolitions, alterations and extension to an existing dwelling and all associated site works

  Permission · Cork County Council, 24/717

• 16 Aug 2024Conditional

  Permission to construct a dwellinghouse, detached domestic garage, waste water treatment system, new site entrance and associated site works

  Permission · Cork County Council, 24/446

• 15 Mar 2023Conditional

  Construct a dwelling house and install treatment plant and all associated site works

  Permission · Cork County Council, 23/137

• 13 Feb 2023Incompleted application

  Construct a dwelling house and install treatment plant and all associated site works

  Permission · Cork County Council, 23/58

• 18 Nov 2022Conditional

  Permission for: (i) retention of replacement dwelling house, (ii) installation of replacement septic tank and percolation area, and (iii) associated site works

  Permission · Cork County Council, 22/708

• 5 Aug 2021Conditional

  Demolish existing dwelling and for the construction of new dwelling including installation of treatment plant and all associated site works

  Permission · Cork County Council, 21/540

• 10 Nov 2020Conditional

  Permission for alterations and extensions to dwelling and for construction of a single storey domestic garage including all associated site works

  Permission · Cork County Council, 20/638

• 25 Oct 2019Conditional

  Retention of site layout and altered site boundaries for dwelling house permitted under planning reg. W/99/3305 and associated site development works

  Retention · Cork County Council, 19/687

• 3 Oct 2019Incompleted application

  Retention of site layout and altered site boundaries for dwelling house permitted under planning reg. W/99/2205 and associated site development works

  Retention · Cork County Council, 19/640

• 9 May 2016Conditional

  Permission for: (i) the installation of a waste water treatment system to serve main house and ancillary dwelling unit; (ii) the construction of a sun porch and first floor balcony to ancillary dwelling unit; (iii) alterations to the front, side and rear elevation fenestration of the main house; (iv) the installation of two roof lights to main house and one roof light to ancillary dwelling unit (v) installation of bathroom in main house; (vi) the construction of a domestic workshop and (vii) all associated works

  Permission · Cork County Council, 16/280

• 29 Apr 2016Incompleted application

  Permission for: (i) the installation of a waste water treatment system to serve main house and ancillary dwelling unit; (ii) the construction of a sun porch and first floor balcony to ancillary dwelling unit; (iii) alterations to the front, side and rear elevation fenestration of the main house; (iv) the installation of two roof lights to main house and one roof light to ancillary dwelling unit (v) installation of bathroom in main house; (vi) the construction of a domestic workshop and (vii) all associated works at an existing house

  Permission · Cork County Council, 16/257

• 25 Jul 2011Conditional

  Single storey extension to the rear and side of an existing single storey dwelling, alterations to the front elevation and relocation of an existing shed

  Permission · Cork County Council, 11/458

• 20 May 2011Conditional

  Dwelling and ancillary dwelling unit (change of previously permitted plan under Planning Permission ref. 09/2178) and associated site development works

  Permission · Cork County Council, 11/301

• 6 Dec 2010Conditional

  Retention of dwellinghouse and associated site development works

  Retention · Cork County Council, 10/837

• 6 Apr 2010Conditional

  Demolition of existing dwelling house, two sheds and tin barn; construction of new dwelling house together with installation of septic tank and percolation area

  Permission · Cork County Council, 10/236

• 9 Mar 2010Incompleted application

  Demolition of existing dwelling house, two sheds and tin barn; construction of new dwelling house together with installation of septic tank and percolation area

  Permission · Cork County Council, 10/166

• 18 Dec 2009Conditional

  Demolition of dwellinghouse and ancillary dwelling unit and for permission for construction of new dwellinghouse, ancillary dwelling unit, entrance, a septic tank and associated site works

  Permission · Cork County Council, 09/2178

• 17 Nov 2009Incompleted application

  Demolition of dwelling and construction of dwellinghouse and installation of septic tank and percolation area

  Permission · Cork County Council, 09/2106

• 17 Oct 2008Conditional

  Alter and extend existing two storey glazed wall to front of dwelling

  Permission · Cork County Council, 08/1872

• 17 Jun 2008Conditional

  Construct boathouse with storage loft and associated site works

  Permission · Cork County Council, 08/1148

• 28 Apr 2008Withdrawn

  Retention of change of design of rear projection of dwelling house (granted planning under 95/3627) and permission to construct extensions and alterations to said dwelling comprising (i) front entrance, (ii) conservatory and (iii) detached garage and install septic tank and percolation area and associated site works all on enlarged site

  Permission · Cork County Council, 08/780

• 28 Mar 2008Incompleted application

  Retention of change of design of rear projection of dwelling house (granted planning under 95/3627) and permission to construct extensions and alterations to said dwelling comprising (i) front entrance, (ii) conservatory and (iii) detached garage and install septic tank and percolation area and associated site works all on enlarged site

  Permission · Cork County Council, 08/567

• 30 Nov 2007Conditional

  Dwelling house and associated site works

  Permission · Cork County Council, 07/2997

• 16 Nov 2007Incompleted application

  Construct dwelling house and associated site works

  Permission · Cork County Council, 07/2888

The 25 most recent of 59 applications.

Source: National Planning Applications, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, CC BY 4.0. Applicants are not shown.

Designated sites

• Special Protection Area: Sheep's Head to Toe Head SPA 004156

Recorded monuments

• CO150-044 Burial ground
  Description

  In pasture. Subrectangular area (L 21m; Wth 18.4m) partially enclosed by low stone wall (H 0.65m) to NE and SE. Shallow fosse to NE. Burials marked by small cairns. Cross slab (CO150-053---) in NE quadrant. 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

• CO150-046 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  In pasture, on W-facing slope. Circular area (25.1m N-S; 23.8m E-W) enclosed by earthen bank (H 2.5m) NW->W; scarp W->NW. Interior raised on W side to compensate for hillslope. 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

• CO150-053 Cross
  Description

  Rectangular stone (H 1.19m; 0.43m x 0.15m) long axis N-S, standing in NE quadrant of burial ground (CO150-044---). Upper portion roughly shaped to give impression of ringed cross (diam. 0.4m); N side damaged. Top of stone extends c. 0.15m above circle. (Mould 1963) 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

• CO150-068 Standing stone
  Description

  In rough pasture, on the crest of a NE-SW ridge partially covered by gorse and heather. This standing stone (1.45m x 0.15m; H 1.47m) is rectangular in plan and is orientated NE-SW. The above description is derived from 'The Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 5' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 2009). Date of upload: 22 December 2009

• CO150-069 Hut site
  Description

  In rough pasture, on the E side of a N-S hollow which is sheltered by rocky ridges to the E and the W. The remains of a square hut site (1.85m NE-SW; 1.75m NW-SE) defined by the lower courses of a partially collapsed drystone wall (T 0.9m; H 0.7m), which is faced with rubble internally and externally. The entrance (Wth c. 0.4m) is in the S corner. Rubble is scattered along the perimeter and in the interior and the entire hut site is covered with ferns, gorse and briars. The above description is derived from 'The Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 5' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 2009). Date of upload: 22 December 2009

Architectural heritage

No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands in the townland of Ballymacrown.

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).

Radon

At the centre of the townland of Ballymacrown, 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, partly inferred.

Terrain model

No LiDAR survey of the Office of Public Works covers the centre of the townland of Ballymacrown.

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.

No address of the register names Ballymacrown with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Cork.

Name

Ballymacrown · Baile Mhic Eiriúin

Area

2,695,934 m² (269.59 ha, 666.18 acres)

Civil parish

Tullagh, and its townlands

Barony

Carbery West (East Division)

Electoral division

Tullagh, the unit of the census

Census 2022

833 people lived in 336 households in the Tullagh electoral division. 71% of households owned their home. 29% of homes were built since 2001. 10% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 42% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Ardagh South, Ballinard, Ballylinchy, Knockanoulty, Rathmore

Placenames

Ballymacrown 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.