# Ballyoneen, Co. Cork: townland, land parcels and planning Townland in the civil parish of Gortroe, barony of Barrymore, Co. Cork; in Irish Baile Uí Uaithnín. - Area (Tailte Éireann): 692,652 m² (69.27 ha, 171.16 acres) - Land parcels (Tailte Éireann): 9 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in it, median 2,175 m² (0.22 ha, 0.54 acres) - Zoning (national zoning, MyPlan): not in a zoned settlement - Planning (National Planning Applications): 9 applications since 2010 - Civil parish: Gortroe, https://everytownland.com/cork/parish/gortroe.md - Barony: Barrymore - Electoral division: Kilcor, the unit of the census - Census 2022 (Central Statistics Office): 408 people lived in 152 households in the Kilcor electoral division. 92% of households owned their home. 32% of homes were built since 2001. 7% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 1% were holiday homes. - County: Co. Cork, https://everytownland.com/cork.md - Placenames Database of Ireland: https://www.logainm.ie/en/10235 - Townland number at Tailte Éireann: 40771 - Centre: latitude 52.018935, longitude -8.240315 (WGS 84) ## Land parcels (registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann) 9 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Ballyoneen, from 116 m² to 544,012 m² (54.4 ha, 134.43 acres); 13 neighbouring parcels touch its boundary. Largest first: - Parcel 2207962: 544,012 m² (54.4 ha, 134.43 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2207962.md - Parcel 2207961: 137,685 m² (13.77 ha, 34.02 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2207961.md - Parcel 2207963: 2,377 m² (0.24 ha, 0.59 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2207963.md - Parcel 2281081: 2,261 m² (0.23 ha, 0.56 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2281081.md - Parcel 2207960: 2,175 m² (0.22 ha, 0.54 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2207960.md - Parcel 2281079: 2,007 m² (0.2 ha, 0.5 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2281079.md - Parcel 2281080: 974 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/2281080.md - Parcel 2281082: 806 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/2281082.md - Parcel 2207959: 116 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/2207959.md ## Zoning (national zoning of development plans, MyPlan) No zone of a development plan covers Ballyoneen in the national zoning. Outside zoned towns and villages, the county development plan's rural policies apply to each application. ## Planning applications whose site touches the townland (National Planning Applications, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage) 9 applications, newest first. - 25 Nov 2025, Cork County Council 25/6573: Invalid - case closed. Permission. A 10 year planning permission for a solar farm with a total area of circa 51 hectares. The solar farm will consist of solar panels on ground mounted frames, 7 no. single storey electrical inverter/transformer stations, 3 no. single storey spare parts containers, 3 no. Ring Main Units, 2 no. weather stations, underground electrical ducting and cabling within the development site, private lands and within the L5816, L5813, R626, L7692 and L7691 public roads (including 2 no. Horizontal Directional Drill under the Owenageeragh River and the Ballyerra Stream) to connect solar farm field parcels, security fencing, CCTV, access tracks, 6 no. stream/drain deck crossings, temporary construction compounds, landscaping and all associated ancillary development and drainage works. Construction and operational vehicle access will be via 4 no. entrances from the L5816. Sections of the proposed underground electrical cabling will traverse the solar farm proposed under Cork County Council Reference 24/5630, but will not alter infrastructure proposed under that application. The operational lifespan of the solar farm will be 40 years and planning permission is requested for this duration. A Natura Impact Statement (NIS) has been prepared and will be submitted to the Planning Authority with the application. The NIS includes an assessment of the grid connection for the solar farm project comprising a 220kV electricity substation and underground electricity cabling to the existing Knockraha 220kV substation which has been consented by An Coimisiún Pleanála (ABP-321518-24) and is situated in the townlands of Aghaduff, Ballinbrittig, Ballynabrannagh West, Ballynagaul, Ballynaglogh, Ballynanelagh, Ballynaskeha, Ballysallagh, Ballyvatta, Glengarriff More, Killeena and Pigeonhill (Townlands), Co. Cork. This development is covered by the provisions of the Renewable Energy Directive III (Directive (EU) 2023/2413) and it is important to note that the planning application may be subject to section 34D of the Planning and Development Act 2000, as amended. When a notice issues in accordance with section 34D(b), the provisions of article 26A of the Planning and Development Regulations 2001 to 2025 shall apply.. File: https://planning.agileapplications.ie/corkcoco/application-details/?ref=25/6573 - 18 Sept 2025, Cork County Council 25/5960: Grant with conditions. Permission for retention. Permission for retention of an existing single storey building to the side of an existing dwelling house. The building which has a total gross floor area of 105 sq.m, is being used partly for domestic use ancillary to the dwelling (20.4 sq.m), with the remainder of the building (84.6 sq.m) containing a storage area for service and repair equipment for the garage & tyre trade and an office associated with this use.. File: https://planning.agileapplications.ie/corkcoco/application-details/?ref=25/5960 - 25 Aug 2025, Cork County Council 25/5699: Invalid - case closed. Permission for retention. Permission for retention of an existing single storey shed, to the side of an existing dwelling house. The shed which has a total gross floor area of 105sq.m, is being used partly for domestic use ancillary to the dwelling (20.4 sq.m) with the remainder of the building (84.6 sq.m) containing a storage area and office associated with a commercial use.. File: https://planning.agileapplications.ie/corkcoco/application-details/?ref=25/5699 - 22 Apr 2025, Cork County Council 25/4729: Refused. Permission. Permission for the construction of a single storey extension to the side of an existing dwelling house, including all ancillary site works.. File: https://planning.agileapplications.ie/corkcoco/application-details/?ref=25/4729 - 2 May 2023, Cork County Council 23/4827: Conditional permission. Permission. Roofing of 3 No. feed areas, roofing of existing holding yard and construction of a soiled water tank.. File: https://planning.agileapplications.ie/corkcoco/application-details/?ref=23/4827 - 20 Mar 2023, Cork County Council 23/4503: Incompleted application. Permission. Roofing of 3 no. feed areas, roofing of existing holding yard and construction of a soiled water tank.. File: https://planning.agileapplications.ie/corkcoco/application-details/?ref=23/4503 - 11 Nov 2016, Cork County Council 16/6815: Conditional. Permission. Installation of a cattle underpass incorporating a soiled water storage tank and associated works. File: https://planning.agileapplications.ie/corkcoco/application-details/?ref=16/6815 - 28 Aug 2014, Cork County Council 14/5828: Conditional. Permission. Extension to existing dwelling house, construction of new entrance, installation of waste water treatment unit and polishing filter, and associated site works. File: https://planning.agileapplications.ie/corkcoco/application-details/?ref=14/5828 - 22 Jul 2014, Cork County Council 14/5583: Incompleted application. Permission. Extension to existing dwellinghouse, new entrance and associated site works. File: https://planning.agileapplications.ie/corkcoco/application-details/?ref=14/5583 Applicants are not shown. ## Designated sites (National Parks and Wildlife Service) No designated site (Special Area of Conservation, Special Protection Area, Natural Heritage Area or proposed one) touches the townland of Ballyoneen. ## Recorded monuments (Sites and Monuments Record, National Monuments Service) - CO054-065: Ringfort - rath, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CCO054-065----. In pasture. Shown on 1842 OS 6-inch map as circular area (diam. c. 22m). Levelled; 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 - CO054-126: Earthwork, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CCO054-126----. Cropmark (GSI, W213) shows univallate rectangular enclosure (c. 50m E-W) in centre of field. Shape of site corresponds exactly to shape of surrounding field. Could possibly result from ploughing marks. 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 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). ## Architectural heritage (National Inventory of Architectural Heritage) No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands in the townland of Ballyoneen. ## Ground and risks (Radon Risk Map of Ireland, EPA; Landslide Susceptibility Classification and LiDAR, Geological Survey Ireland) - Radon: at the centre of the townland of Ballyoneen, about 1 in 5 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels. Testing a home: https://www.epa.ie/environment-and-you/radon/radon-testing/#d.en.82887 - Landslides: The 1:50,000 map rates the landslide susceptibility here as 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 Ballyoneen. - Flooding: the flood maps of the Office of Public Works, https://www.floodinfo.ie/map/floodmaps/, linked only: their licence does not allow re-use. 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. ## Downloads - DXF, in Irish Transverse Mercator metres, with its boundary, parcels and buildings, for a drawing program: https://everytownland.com/cork/ballyoneen-40771.dxf - GeoJSON, in WGS 84, for a map: https://everytownland.com/cork/ballyoneen-40771.geojson - KML, for Google Earth: https://everytownland.com/cork/ballyoneen-40771.kml ## Homes sold (Residential Property Price Register) No address of the register names Ballyoneen with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Cork: https://everytownland.com/cork.md ## Neighbouring townlands (National Statutory Boundaries, Tailte Éireann) - Ballyoneen: https://everytownland.com/cork/ballyoneen-40772.md - Ballyrobert: https://everytownland.com/cork/ballyrobert-40795.md - Ballyrobert: https://everytownland.com/cork/ballyrobert-40797.md - Caherduggan: https://everytownland.com/cork/caherduggan.md - Caherduggan Demesne: https://everytownland.com/cork/caherduggan-demesne.md - Caherduggan East: https://everytownland.com/cork/caherduggan-east.md - Caherduggan West: https://everytownland.com/cork/caherduggan-west.md - Killamurren: https://everytownland.com/cork/killamurren.md - Rathaneague: https://everytownland.com/cork/rathaneague.md 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. --- Everytownland reads the registered freehold land and the statutory boundaries of Tailte Éireann, the national zoning, planning file and heritage records of the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, and the Residential Property Price Register. A parcel is the land of a title, not an address. The owner's name is in the Land Registry of Tailte Éireann: a copy of the folio can be ordered on landdirect.ie, for a fee; this site names no owner. A price is the price recorded for a past sale, not a valuation. Sources: Cadastral Parcels Freehold, Townlands, Civil Parishes, Baronies, Electoral Divisions and Buildings, Tailte Éireann, CC BY 4.0; national zoning of development plans (GZT, MyPlan) and National Planning Applications, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, CC BY 4.0, applicants not shown; designated sites, National Parks and Wildlife Service, CC BY 4.0; Sites and Monuments Record, National Monuments Service, CC BY 4.0; National Inventory of Architectural Heritage, CC BY 4.0; Residential Property Price Register, Property Services Regulatory Authority, re-used with the source acknowledged. - Page: https://everytownland.com/cork/ballyoneen-40771 - In JSON: https://everytownland.com/api/townland/cork/ballyoneen-40771