Ballymurphy South
Townland in the civil parish of Knockavilly, barony of Kinalea, Co. Cork; in Irish Baile Uí Mhurchú Theas
- Area
- 197.1 ha
- 487 acres
- Land parcels
- 45
- registered freehold, median 3,120 m² (0.31 ha, 0.77 acres)
- Zoning
- —
- not in a zoned settlement
- Planning
- 24
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
45 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Ballymurphy South, from 40 m² to 345,618 m² (34.56 ha, 85.4 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 22 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 Ballymurphy South 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
20 May 2025Conditional permission
Permission for the construction of the following: 1) new entrance & access road to existing farm yard, 2) agricultural building to include milking parlour, ancillary rooms, waiting yards & livestock handling facilities along with slatted soiled water tanks, 3) extension to the northern elevations of 2 no. existing agricultural buildings to include cubicle livestock housing and slatted slurry tank and flow channel along with partial raising of roof of existing cubicle livestock housing, 4) installation of milk silo, water storage tanks & 2 no. meal bins, rainwater harvesting tanks and a flood wash tank along with associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 25/4931
29 Jul 2024Conditional permission
Permission to construct a new dwelling house.
Permission · Cork County Council, 24/5438
30 Dec 2021Conditional
Dwelling house, wastewater treatment system and all associated site works.
Permission · Cork County Council, 21/7519
12 May 2021Conditional
(A) Retention of alterations to existing agricultural storage building including raising existing roof level. (B) Change of use of existing agricultural storage building to milking facilities, dairy & ancillary rooms and a livestock separation area. (C) Construction of an agricultural building to include milking facilities, livestock feeding area, storage area and an underground slatted slurry tank. (D) Erection of a meal bin & water storage tank and all associated site works.
Permission · Cork County Council, 21/5294
9 Apr 2021Incompleted application
(A) Retention of alterations to existing agricultural building including raising existing roof level. (B) Change of use of existing storage building to milking facilities, dairy & ancillary rooms and a livestock separation area. (C) Construction of an agricultural building to include milking facilities, livestock feeding area, storage area and an underground slatted slurry tank. (D) Erection of a meal bin & water storage tank and all associated site works.
Permission · Cork County Council, 21/4932
26 Feb 2021Conditional
To construct a dwelling house, a garage for domestic purpose, to install a domestic waste water treatment system and to carry out all associated site works.
Permission · Cork County Council, 21/4487
16 Jun 2020Conditional
Permission for retention of extension to side of existing dwelling and permission for the following alterations to existing dwelling and site, namely; demolition of extension to rear of dwelling and chimney stacks, construction of new extension to rear of dwelling, along with construction of new pitched roof over existing extension to side of dwelling, elevation changes to include smooth rendered walls throughout and slate roof finish throughout, relocated main house entrance, blocking up of pedestrian gate on front boundary and new waste water treatment system.
Permission · Cork County Council, 20/5226
28 Mar 2019Conditional
Construction of a dwellinghouse, installation of a domestic water treatment system, alterations to existing vehicular entrance and to carry out all associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 19/4756
5 Dec 2018Refused
Construction of a dwelling house ,a garage for domestic purpose, to install a domestic water treatment system, alterations to existing vehicular entrance and to carry out all associated site works.
Permission · Cork County Council, 18/7186
7 Jun 2017Conditional
Construction of a single storey extension to the northern elevation of existing dwelling house and all associated site works.
Permission · Cork County Council, 17/5421
15 May 2012Conditional
Retention of dwellinghouse with granny flat and all associated site works including relocation of entrance, change in location of septic tank/percolation area and permission for changes to site boundaries
Permission · Cork County Council, 12/5002
3 Apr 2012Incompleted application
Permission for retention of dwellinghouse with granny flat and all associated site works, including relocation of entrance, change in site boundary, change in location of septic tank/percolation area
Permission · Cork County Council, 12/4649
28 Mar 2012Conditional
Construction of dormer bungalow, wastewater treatment unit, percolation area, bored well and associated site works
Permission consequent · Cork County Council, 12/4603
5 Mar 2012Incompleted application
Construction of dormer bungalow, wastewater treatment unit, percolation area, bored well and associated site works
Permission consequent · Cork County Council, 12/4390
18 Mar 2011Conditional
Alterations and extension to existing single storey dwelling to include: [1] reconstruction of east facade and construction of new front porch, [2] removal of existing flat roof areas to east and south extensions, [3] construction of new dormer roof over entire ground floor with new bedrooms at first floor, [4] associated site works linking 2 no. existing entrances and part removal of existing roadside banking, [5] installation of new waste water system, and [6] re-roofing of existing carport to north elevation
Permission · Cork County Council, 11/4542
1 Dec 2010Conditional
Construction of dormer bungalow, waste water treatment unit and all associated site works
Outline permission · Cork County Council, 10/8611
27 Mar 2009Conditional
Partial demolition of existing flat roof extensions to east frontage and southern gable of existing single storey dwellinghouse to include removal of existing pitched roof of dwelling and reconstruction of east facade and addition of new porch, reconstruction of reduced extension to south facade, construction of new dormer extension over entire ground floor comprising of bedrooms at new first floor level, construction of new sunroom to rear and associated site works linking the 2 existing entrances and removal of part of roadside boundary banking and installation of new septic tank
Permission · Cork County Council, 09/4950
23 Jul 2008Withdrawn
Dwellinghouse and installation of septic tank
Outline permission · Cork County Council, 08/8037
5 Mar 2007Withdrawn
Dwellinghouse
Permission · Cork County Council, 07/5643
14 Aug 2006Conditional
Quarrying of 37.1 ha to include processing of aggregates, landscaping, restoration and associated works
Permission · Cork County Council, 06/9751
29 Jun 2006Refused
2 no. single storey dwellinghouses
Outline permission · Cork County Council, 06/8510
20 Feb 2006Conditional
Bungalow
Permission · Cork County Council, 06/4903
17 Feb 2006Conditional
Alterations and extension to dwelling and installation of biocycle treatment unit
Permission · Cork County Council, 06/4894
26 Sept 2005Refused
Bungalow
Permission · Cork County Council, 05/6966
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 Ballymurphy South.
Recorded monuments
- CO085-139 Enclosure
Description
In large tillage field, circular cropmark c. 45m visible on Apple Imagery. Information supplied by Jean-Charles Caillere. Compiled by: Matt Kellehe Date of upload/revision: 8 March 2023 Attached image uploaded courtesy of Jean-Charles Caillere
Architectural heritage
No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands in the townland of Ballymurphy South.
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 high, moderately high, moderately low, low, on the 1:50,000 map.
- Terrain model
- No LiDAR survey of the Office of Public Works covers the centre of the townland of Ballymurphy South.
- 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 Ballymurphy South with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Cork.
The townland
- Name
- Ballymurphy South · Baile Uí Mhurchú Theas
- Area
- 1,971,334 m² (197.13 ha, 487.13 acres)
- Civil parish
- Knockavilly, and its townlands
- Barony
- Kinalea
- Electoral division
- Ballymurphy, the unit of the census
- Census 2022
- Ballymurphy electoral division: 994 people in 309 households; 88% of households own their home; 49% of homes were built since 2001; 4% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 1% were holiday homes.
- Neighbouring townlands
- Ballinphellic, Ballyhandle, Ballymurphy North, Coolatooder, Corran, Curra, Killeen
- Placenames
- Ballymurphy South 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.