Ballymurphy Upper

28 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Ballymurphy Upper, from 96 m² to 331,586 m² (33.16 ha, 81.94 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 12 neighbouring parcels touch it.

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No zone of a development plan covers Ballymurphy Upper 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.

• 25 Oct 2024Conditional

  Permission for the construction of a dwelling, garage, wastewater treatment unit, polishing filter and associated works (change of plan from that previously permitted under planning Ref. P.I. 23/4766).

  Permission · Cork County Council, 24/6033

• 16 Sept 2024Incompleted application

  Permission for the relocation on site of dwelling, garage, wastewater treatment unit, polishing filter and associated works previously granted under planning ref. P.I. 23/4766

  Permission · Cork County Council, 24/5745

• 19 Apr 2024Refused

  Permission for construction of a dwelling, garage, wastewater treatment unit, polishing filter and associated site works

  Permission · Cork County Council, 24/4667

• 31 May 2023Conditional

  a) Permission for retention of agricultural building for the storage of ancillary agricultural machinery and dry goods, b) permission for the construction of the following : 1) extension to the south eastern elevation of existing agricultural building to include cubicle livestock housing with slatted slurry storage tank, 2) earthen bank silage pit with apron, 3) agriculrual building over existing unroofed collecting yard along with soiled water tank, 4) agricultural building to include straw bedded livestock housing along with associated site works

  Permission · Cork County Council, 23/5113

• 21 Apr 2023Conditional

  Construction of a dwelling, garage, wastewater treatment unit, polishing filter and associated works.

  Permission · Cork County Council, 23/4766

• 15 Feb 2023Conditional permission

  Permission for retention of domestic garage/shed, wastewater treatment unit and percolation area to the rear of his existing dwelling

  Permission for retention · Cork County Council, 23/4239

• 11 Apr 2022Conditional

  Permission for the construction of a dwelling house, a detached domestic use garage, an on-site wastewater treatment system, a new splayed vehicular access to the site from the public road & all other associated site works

  Permission · Cork County Council, 22/4797

• 17 Sept 2019Conditional

  Construction of a dwelling, waste water treatment system, domestic garage, and associated site works.

  Permission · Cork County Council, 19/6269

• 5 Jul 2018Conditional

  a) Partial demolition of farm building to include straw bedded livestock housing b) Construction of 1 no. agricultural building to include cubicle livestock housing with slatted slurry storage tank along with unroofed soiled yard c) Construction of 1 no. agricultural building to include straw bedded livestock housing and livestock crush/race, along with extension to south western elevation of existing silage pit along with associated site works.

  Permission · Cork County Council, 18/5768

• 6 Jul 2016Conditional

  Construction of a slatted cubicle house, silage pits with concrete apron, milking parlour, drafting facilities, holding yard with a slatted tank / dairy washings tank, pump house, dairy & straw bedded area and associated works.

  Permission · Cork County Council, 16/5673

• 17 Aug 2015Conditional

  Retention of: (a) easy feed slatted cubicle house, (b) hay barn extension and canopy over, (c) slatted tank under milking parlour holding yard and Permission for: (a) construction of easy feed slatted cubicle house, (b) construction of cow calving house, (c) construction of roof over race and exit from milking parlour, (d) construction of roof over holding yard and milking parlour, (e) construction of calf house and underground collection tank for the seepage from calf houses, (f) erection of 2 no. feed bin silos, (g) construction of silage slab extension, (h) alteration and construction of race inside existing slatted easy feed unit and associated site works.

  Permission · Cork County Council, 15/5817

• 6 Jul 2015Conditional

  Construction of new dwelling with detached garage, a new site entrance and all associated site works including a new waste water treatment system.

  Permission · Cork County Council, 15/5479

• 14 Apr 2015Conditional

  Construction of a two-storey dwelling house, detached garage, installation of septic tank and all associated site works

  Permission · Cork County Council, 15/4739

• 27 Jan 2015Conditional

  Two-storey extension to rear of existing dwelling & alteration to side and rear elevation of existing dwelling

  Permission · Cork County Council, 15/4135

• 23 Apr 2014Conditional

  Retention of extension to house which differs materially from the design granted permission on foot of application Ref. No. 07/11236, retention of garage and kennels and for permission to build an underground wastewater tank beneath the kennels and to upgrade the existing septic tank to a proprietary domestic wastewater treatment system in accordance with the relevant EPA Code of Practice 2009

  Permission · Cork County Council, 14/4827

• 18 Jul 2012Conditional

  Erection of a single storey extension to rear, change windows to front elevation and alterations to rear and side elevations of an existing dwelling

  Permission · Cork County Council, 12/5572

• 13 Jun 2012Incompleted application

  Construction of a single storey extension to the rear of an existing dwellinghouse and make alterations to windows to the front elevation of dwellinghouse

  Permission · Cork County Council, 12/5293

• 8 Apr 2011Incompleted application

  Installation of biocycle treatment unit, installation of window on southern elevation of existing cottage and retention of dwelling extension, dog kennels, garage and associated works

  Permission · Cork County Council, 11/4725

• 29 Jan 2010Refused

  Installation of new septic tank and percolation area, installation of new window to side elevation and retention of extension to side and rear of existing dwelling

  Permission · Cork County Council, 10/4150

• 18 Dec 2009Incompleted application

  Retention of extension to side and rear of existing dwelling and installation of new septic tank and percolation area

  Permission · Cork County Council, 09/7974

• 3 Apr 2009Refused

  Construction of a storage shed for storage of scaffolding and a load all machine

  Permission · Cork County Council, 09/5056

• 13 Mar 2009Incompleted application

  Construction of storage shed

  Permission · Cork County Council, 09/4788

• 17 Nov 2008Conditional

  Dwellinghouse and wastewater treatment system

  Permission · Cork County Council, 08/9710

• 15 Apr 2008Conditional

  Dwelling, entrance, wastewater treatment system and associated works

  Permission · Cork County Council, 08/6060

• 20 Feb 2008Incompleted application

  Dwellinghouse and installation of waste water treatment system

  Permission · Cork County Council, 08/4876

The 25 most recent of 30 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 Ballymurphy Upper.

Recorded monuments

• CO036-024 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  In tillage, on N-facing slope. Circular area (40m N-S; 42m E-W) enclosed by earthen bank (H 0.5m), now forming field fence SW->NE; low arc of levelled bank NE->SW. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 2: East and South Cork' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1994). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload/revision: 14 January 2009

• CO036-025 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  In tillage, on S-facing slope, to SE of ringfort (CO036-024---). Shown on 1842 OS 6-inch map as circular platform (diam. c. 45m). No visible surface trace. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 2: East and South Cork' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1994). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload/revision: 14 January 2009

• CO036-026 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  Incorporated into E-W field fence. Circular area (diam. c. 32m) enclosed by overgrown earthen bank (int. H 1.1m); gaps to N (Wth 6m) and W (Wth 4m). Overgrown fosse SE->SW. Interior heavily overgrown. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 2: East and South Cork' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1994). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload/revision: 14 January 2009

• CO036-027 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  In level pasture. Circular area (diam. 38m) enclosed by earthen bank (H 0.7m) with external fosse (D 1.1m), shallow NW->NE. Break in bank (Wth 10m) to N which may be original entrance. Interior level and raised above surrounding land. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 2: East and South Cork' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1994). 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

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

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 Ballymurphy Upper, 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 low.

Terrain model

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

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 Ballymurphy Upper with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Cork.

Name

Ballymurphy Upper · Baile Uí Mhurchú Uachtarach

Area

1,340,605 m² (134.06 ha, 331.27 acres)

Civil parish

Knockmourne, and its townlands

Barony

Barrymore

Electoral division

Coole, the unit of the census

Census 2022

1,210 people lived in 405 households in the Coole electoral division. 82% of households owned their home. 46% of homes were built since 2001. 10% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 1% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Aghern East, Ballybride Upper, Ballymurphy Lower, Ballytrasna, Currabeha, Kilmagner

Placenames

Ballymurphy Upper 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.