Ballymah

133 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Ballymah, from 10 m² to 148,295 m² (14.83 ha, 36.64 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 32 neighbouring parcels touch it.

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• P5City Hinterland (Mixed/general primary sector uses, including 'rural')
  Cork City Development Plan 2022-2028, Cork · 8 parcels The zoning objective in the plan

Source: Tailte Éireann and the Department of Housing (MyPlan), national zoning, CC BY 4.0.

• 25 Jul 2026Awaiting recommendation

  Permission for change of use of existing detached domestic garage to a granny flat, ancillary to the main dwelling, Permission for alterations and extension to the same garage and all associated site works.

  Permission · Cork County Council, 26/1989

• 30 May 2025Conditional

  Permission to construct a single storey extension to the side, southwestern elevation of existing 2 storey dwelling and to carry out all associated site works

  Permission · Cork County Council, 25/5045

• 4 Feb 2025Conditional

  Permission for a front entrance porch to our existing dwelling, which will involve removing the existing entrance canopy and associated site works

  Permission · Cork County Council, 25/4131

• 12 Jul 2024Conditional

  Permission for works to existing two-storey dwelling to comprise 1. Construction of single-storey extension to side of dwelling, 2. Modifications to windows to rear elevation and all associated site works.

  Permission · Cork County Council, 24/5324

• 29 Nov 2021Unconditional

  Ref: 06/13669 - Demolition of existing shed and construction of residential development of 42 no. detached two storey dwellinghouses (1 no.with home cinema, guest suite and pool house) and associated service buildings/garages with lofts, 1 no. footbridge over existing watercourse and culverting of watercourse over portion of site, amenity path, playground, ESB substation, boundary fencing/planting, 2no. attenuation tanks and waste water treatment plant on separate site with separate entrance and all associated site works and services. Also the subsequent alterations & revisions granted under Planning Permission References: 08/5420, 13/4843, 15/4483 & 17/6373. (Extension of Duration).

  Extension of duration · Cork County Council, 21/7218

• 31 May 2021Refused

  Permission is sought to construct a dwelling house and new site access roadway, to install a domestic waste water treatment system to carry out all associated site works

  Outline permission · Cork City Council, 2140246

• 18 May 2020Unconditional

  36 no. dwellinghouses and associated site works (changes of house type and minor amendments to individual site entrances, at sites numbered 7 to 42, to that permitted under planning reg. nos. 06/13669 and 08/5420 and Extension of Duration references 12/5948 and 13/4843). Permitted service buildings/garages with lofts to remain unchanged...Extension of Duration of Permission granted under Planning Reference: 15/04483

  Extension of duration · Cork County Council, 20/4983

• 20 Jan 2020Conditional

  The refurbishment and alteration of all 4 elevations of a existing dwelling, construction of a new extension, new shed and store area, wider vehicle entrance and all associated site works.

  Permission · Cork County Council, 20/4058

• 17 Dec 2019Incompleted application

  The refurbishment and alteration of all 4 elevations of existing dwelling, construction of a new extension, new shed and store area, wider vehicle entrance and all associated site works.

  Permission · Cork County Council, 19/6994

• 29 Mar 2019N/a

  Dwellinghouse, site access road and associated site works

  Permission · Cork City Council, 194774

• 29 Mar 2019N/a

  Dwellinghouse, site access road and associated site works

  Permission · Cork City Council, 194775

• 2 Oct 2018Conditional

  Retention of 1) an existing as built dwelling differing from that granted under previous applications 1743/87 & 97/3134, 2) for the closing up of a former vehicular access to the site. Permission is further sought for the formation of a new vehicular access to the site.

  Permission · Cork County Council, 18/6578

• 17 Oct 2017Unconditional

  Completion of demolition of existing shed and construction of residential development of 42 no. detached two storey dwellinghouses(1 no.with home cinema, guest suite and pool house) and associated service buildings/garages with lofts, 1 no. footbridge over existing watercourse and culverting of watercourse over portion of site, amenity path, playground, ESB substation, boundary fencing/planting, 2no. attenuation tanks and waste water treatment plant on separate site with separate entrance and all associated site works and services - Extension of Duration of Permission granted under Pl. Reg. Nos. 06/13669 & 12/5948

  Extension of duration · Cork County Council, 17/6685

• 21 Feb 2017Conditional

  Demolition of a derelict house, construction of a detached single storey residence and garage together with all associated drainage, services, external and access works.

  Permission · Cork County Council, 17/4376

• 5 Jan 2017Incompleted application

  Demolition of a derelict house, construction of a detached single storey residence and garage together with all associated drainage, services, external and access works.

  Permission · Cork County Council, 17/4008

• 25 Jan 2016Conditional

  Extend existing roof to erect two storey extension with dormer roof over at northern gable, install window in southern gable at ground floor, erect glazed sunroom at rear eastern side, remove part of wall eastern side ground floor and fit window to dwelling house

  Permission · Cork County Council, 16/4091

• 22 Dec 2015Incompleted application

  Extended existing roof to erect two storey extension to northern gable, utility on ground floor, first floor walk-in-robe, with dormer on northern roof, install new window at ground floor level in the southern gable, erect glazed sunroom at rear eastern side, remove part of wall at rear (eastern side) & install new window at ground floor level.

  Permission · Cork County Council, 15/6959

• 20 Oct 2015Conditional

  Construction of a dwelling, a wastewater treatment system and associated site works

  Permission · Cork County Council, 15/6343

• 30 Sept 2015Incompleted application

  Construction of a dwelling consequent of outline permission ref: 10/8112 with an adjusted footprint and dwelling position, a wastewater treatment system and associated site works

  Permission consequent · Cork County Council, 15/6172

• 28 Aug 2015Conditional

  Retention of single storey extension to side and single storey extension to rear of dwellinghouse

  Retention · Cork County Council, 15/5942

• 30 Mar 2015Conditional

  Retention of kitchen and bedroom extension

  Retention · Cork County Council, 15/4608

• 11 Mar 2015Conditional

  36 no. dwellinghouses and associated site works (changes of house type and minor amendments to individual site entrances, at sites numbered 7 to 42, to that permitted under planning reg. nos. 06/13669 and 08/5420 and Extension of Duration references 12/5948 and 13/4843). Permitted service buildings/garages with lofts to remain unchanged

  Permission · Cork County Council, 15/4483

• 26 Feb 2015Incompleted application

  Change of house type to replace 13no. House type A, 4no. House type B, 10no. House type C and 9no. House type D/D1 (total 36no. detached two-storey houses) as permitted under Planning Ref. No. 06/13669, 08/5420, and Extension of Duration Ref No. 12/5948 & 13/4843, with 4no. House type D1, 3no. House type E1, 6no. House type E2, 7no. House type F1, 3no. House type F2, 9no. House type G1 and 4no. House type G2 (total of 36no. two-storey detached houses) and associated minor amendments to individual site entrances and site curtilages. Permitted service buildings/garages with lofts to remain unchanged

  Permission · Cork County Council, 15/4376

• 3 Feb 2015Conditional

  Construction of a single storey extension to the side and rear of existing dwelling house, alterations to existing elevations, demolition of existing garage and construction of domestic garage including office space and kids play area and all associated site works

  Permission · Cork County Council, 15/4194

• 19 Dec 2014Incompleted application

  Construction of a single storey extension to the side and rear of the existing dwellinghouse, the demolition of the existing garage and construction of a domestic garage and all associated site works

  Permission · Cork County Council, 14/6738

The 25 most recent of 94 applications.

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

Designated sites

No designated site (Special Area of Conservation, Special Protection Area, Natural Heritage Area or proposed one) touches the townland of Ballymah.

Recorded monuments

• CO085-135 Mass-rock
  Description

  In forestry, on outcropping rock, overlooking a river to the W. This mass-rock comprises outcropping rock (L 2.6m; T 0.3m; H 1m) which is orientated SW-NE. A metal cross and plaque records (in Irish) that mass was celebrated at the rock during penal times. 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

• Sign post, 1930–1950 · Regional interest
  Description

  Freestanding cast-iron sign post, erected c.1940, having raised lettering and harp insignia. Located to roadside.

• Auburn Villa, house, 1890–1930 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached three-bay two-storey house, built c.1910, having gable-fronted porch to front (south-east). Currently vacant. Pitched slate roof with rendered chimneystacks and gable copings, having timber clad eaves. Rendered walls, having rendered quoins to front elevation. Square-headed window openings with render sills, block-and-start surrounds and chamfered reveals. One-over-one-pane timber sliding sash window to side (north-east) elevation. Two-over-two pane timber sliding sash window to side (north-east) elevation of porch, bipartite timber framed window to front elevation of porch having one-over-one pane timber sliding sash windows. Square-headed door opening to porch, having timber battened door. Set within own grounds having rendered boundary wall to front of site with square-profile piers flanking wrought-iron gate. Remains of rubble stone wall and active farmyard to rear.

• Bridge, 1830–1870 · Regional interest
  Description

  Single-arch sandstone bridge, built c.1850, carrying railway over road. Currently disused. Dressed piers flanking segmental-arch with cut limestone voussoirs and impost course. Dressed sandstone to soffit. Dressed sandstone spandrels and parapets having dressed limestone coping stones, tooled limestone stringcourse to base of parapet.

• Sign post, 1930–1950 · Regional interest
  Description

  Freestanding cast-iron sign post, erected c.1940, having raised lettering and harp insignia. Located to roadside.

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

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 Ballymah.

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.

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

Name

Ballymah · Baile Mhá

Area

904,341 m² (90.43 ha, 223.47 acres)

Civil parish

Inishkenny, and its townlands

Barony

Cork

Electoral division

Inishkenny, the unit of the census

Census 2022

Inishkenny electoral division: 1,084 people in 332 households; 91% of households own their home; 38% of homes were built since 2001; 4% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 0% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Ballynora, Inishkenny, Rochfordstown

Placenames

Ballymah 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.