Ballynoran

31 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Ballynoran, from 48 m² to 285,771 m² (28.58 ha, 70.62 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 21 neighbouring parcels touch it.

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No zone of a development plan covers Ballynoran 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.

• 10 Sept 2025Application withdrawn

  Permission to construct a single storey dwelling house and detached garage for domestic usage and all associated site works.

  Permission · Cork County Council, 25/5868

• 28 Jan 2025Refused

  Permission to construct a single storey dwelling house and detached garage for domestic usage and all associated site works

  Permission · Cork County Council, 25/4091

• 19 Dec 2023Incompleted application

  Permission to construct a barbican wooden foot bridge entrance to a holiday home and garden shed. Landscaped fruit bushes, vegetable garden and a hawe, apple and plum tree boundary with low environment impact.

  Permission · Cork County Council, 23/6533

• 17 Oct 2023Conditional

  The development will consist of an application for a 10-year planning permission for the construction of, and 40-year operation and subsequent decommissioning of, a development consisting of a 92.75-hectare solar farm and underground grid connection route (red line boundary). The underground grid connection route will run underneath private lands and L5527, L5528 and L5529 public roads for 1km where it will connect the proposed development to the previously consented electricity grid interconnector (Cork County Council Pl. Ref 22/5933). The solar farm comprises of four separate land parcels divided by local roads. The proposed solar farm will consist of a series of ground mounted solar photovoltaic (PV) panels, mounted on steel support structures and in some areas concrete shoes to protect possible underground archaeological features, together with electrical transformation enclosures, underground cabling, temporary construction compounds, the use of existing farm access tracks, existing site entrances, widening of 1 No. existing site entrance, inverters, CCTV poles and cameras, deer type security/boundary fencing with some areas of boundary development on concrete shoes to further protect possible underground archaeological features, landscaping and biodiversity measures and all associated ancillary development works, for the purpose of generating renewable energy electricity and transmitting it. A Natura Impact Statement will also be submitted to the Planning authority with this application.

  Permission · Cork County Council, 23/6099

• 13 Sept 2022Conditional permission

  The installation of two 33kV electricity grid interconnectors with a combined total length of 2,217m of underground cable with a joint bay and 1,146m of over head line supported by 8 triple pole sets and 5 double pole sets, a temporary construction compound and 4 transformer stations. The proposed development is to connect the permitted but not built solar farm development at Fiddane (pl.ref 17/05799 & ABP-308846-20) to the consented but not built Ballyroe solar farm (pl/ref. 20/04041), co.Cork and the proposed solar farm development at Coolcaum to the consented but not built Ballyroe solar farm (pl.Ref 20/04041), co.Cork. The cables will be under public road and private lands. The location of the proposed development is in the townlands of Fiddane, Cooliney, Ballynoran, Coolcaum, and Ballyroe near Charleville. A Natura Impact Statement will be submitted to the planning authority with this application.

  Permission · Cork County Council, 22/5933

• 28 Jul 2022Incompleted application

  The installation of two 33kV electricity grid interconnectors with a combined total length of 2,217m of underground cable with a joint bay and 1,146m of overhead line supported by 8 triple pole sets and 5 double pole sets, a temporary construction compound and two transformer stations. The proposed development is to connect the permitted but not built solar farm development at Fiddane (Pl. Ref. 17/05799 & ABP-308846-20) to the consented but not built Ballyroe Solar Farm (Pl. Ref. 20/04041), Co. Cork and the proposed solar farm development at Coolcaum to the consented but not built Ballyroe Solar Farm (Pl. Ref. 20/04041), Co. Cork. The cables will be under public road and private lands. A Natura Impact Statement will be submitted to the Planning Authority with this application.

  Permission · Cork County Council, 22/5777

• 18 Jul 2022Conditional

  A 10 year planning permission for the construction of, and a 40 year operation and subsequent decommissioning of, a development consisting of a 42.6 hectare solar farm. The proposed solar farm will consist of a series of ground mounted solar photovoltaic (PV) panels, mounted on steel support structures and in some areas of potential archaeological remains on concrete blocks/shoes, together with 28 no. electrical transformation enclosures, a temporary construction compound, use of existing farm access tracks, existing site entrance, underground cabling, inverters, CCTV poles and cameras, deer type security/boundary fencing, landscaping and biodiversity measures and all associated ancillary development works, for the purpose of generating renewable energy electricity. A Natura Impact Statement will be submitted to the Planning Authority with this application.

  Permission · Cork County Council, 22/5681

• 21 Jun 2022Incompleted application

  A 10 year planning permission for the construction of, and a 40 year operation and subsequent decommissioning of, a development consisting of a 42.6 hectare solar farm. The proposed solar farm will consist of a series of ground mounted solar photovoltaic (PV) panels, mounted on steel support structures and in some areas of potential archaeological remains on concrete blocks/shoes, together with 28 no. electrical transformation enclosures, a temporary construction compound, use of existing farm access tracks, existing site entrance, underground cabling, inverters, CCTV poles and cameras, deer type security/boundary fencing, landscaping and biodiversity measures and all associated ancillary development works, for the purpose of generating renewable energy electricity. A Natura Impact Statement will be submitted to the Planning Authority with this application.

  Permission · Cork County Council, 22/5460

• 13 Apr 2021Refused

  To construct a new dwelling and all associated site works.

  Permission · Cork County Council, 21/4955

• 19 May 2020Refused

  To construct a new dwelling and all associated site works.

  Permission · Cork County Council, 20/5003

• 17 Apr 2020Incompleted application

  To construct a new dwelling and all associated site works.

  Permission · Cork County Council, 20/4782

• 25 Sept 2019Refused

  To construct a dwelling and all associated site works.

  Permission · Cork County Council, 19/6333

• 1 Mar 2017Conditional

  Retention of extension and alterations to existing cottage and all associated site works-This application involves a protected/listed structure.

  Retention · Cork County Council, 17/4460

• 2 Feb 2015Withdrawn

  The removal of condition no. 20 of planning permission granted under planning reference number 14/4817. This condition is in relation to maintenance of hedging and grass margin on the opposite roadside boundary to proposed vehicular entrance

  Permission · Cork County Council, 15/4171

• 23 Apr 2014Conditional

  Construction of dwellinghouse, alterations to existing entrance of adjoining to form double entrance, waste water treatment system and all associated site works

  Permission · Cork County Council, 14/4817

• 8 Apr 2014Incompleted application

  Construction of dwelling house, waste water treatment system and all associated site works

  Permission · Cork County Council, 14/4708

• 31 Oct 2012Withdrawn

  Dwellinghouse, garage, entrance & wastewater treatment system

  Permission · Cork County Council, 12/6260

• 20 Jan 2012Withdrawn

  Construction of a dwelling house, garage, entrance and a waste water treatment system

  Permission · Cork County Council, 12/4057

• 1 Feb 2005Conditional

  Garage

  Permission · Cork County Council, 05/471

• 28 May 2003Conditional

  Bungalow

  Permission · Cork County Council, 03/2546

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

Designated sites

• Special Area of Conservation: Blackwater River (Cork/Waterford) SAC 002170

Recorded monuments

• CO007-044 Earthwork
  Description

  In low-lying pasture. Depicted as hachured semicircular arc of bank on 1842 OS 6-inch map, abutting townland boundary to NW. Levelled; semicircular, grass-covered, level area (straight side 20m NE-SW; projecting 16m to SE) slightly raised by 0.1m above level of surrounding field. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 4: North Cork' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 2000). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload/revision: 14 January 2009

• CO007-156 Castle - motte
  Description

  In pasture, on elevated site. Oval flat-topped mound (diam. at base: 38m E-W; 48m N-S; top of mound c. 13m E-W; 18m N-S; H c. 1.5m). Side of mound less-noticeably steep on SW side. Mound surrounded by fosse (D 0.5m); traces of outer bank NW->SE. Fosse deepest and partially infilled NW->SE, where incorporated into field boundary system. Medieval parish church of Cooliney (14414) c. 1km to NNW. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 4: North Cork' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 2000). 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

• Ballynoran House, house, 1770–1810 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached five-bay single-storey house, built c. 1790, with canted-bay windows to front elevation, gabled porch addition to entrance, and flat-roof extension to rear. Hipped thatched roof with low rendered chimneystacks, and with moulded rendered copings to bay windows. Pitched thatched roof to porch with timber bargeboards and timber battened gable. Painted smooth rendered walls with render quoins. Porch comprising painted smooth rendered walls to sill level on all sides, having square-headed timber-framed glazing above. Square-headed window openings to bay windows, with rendered sills and uPVC windows. Square-headed opening to porch with timber glazed door. Rendered gate piers and boundary walls to west of site.

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 Ballynoran, 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, partly inferred.

Terrain model

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

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

Name

Ballynoran · Baile an Fhuaráin

Area

1,114,007 m² (111.4 ha, 275.28 acres)

Civil parish

Aglishdrinagh, and its townlands

Barony

Orrery and Kilmore

Electoral division

Springfort, the unit of the census

Census 2022

636 people lived in 226 households in the Springfort electoral division. 79% of households owned their home. 24% of homes were built since 2001. 9% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 0% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Ardnageehy, Ballynadrideen, Ballyroe, Coolcaum, Cooliney, Farranshonikeen, Rathnacally

Placenames

Ballynoran 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.