Ballyroe

8 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Ballyroe, from 3,390 m² (0.34 ha, 0.84 acres) to 391,887 m² (39.19 ha, 96.84 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 9 neighbouring parcels touch it.

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No zone of a development plan covers Ballyroe 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.

• 23 Dec 2022Refused

  Permission to amend the design of the previously approved development (pl. ref. no 20/4041) which comprises consent for a solar PV energy development . The proposed amendments include: (1) increase in number of transformers, (2) increase in size of transformers, (3) reduction in the spacing of solar PV rows (strings), (4)increase in size of solar panels, (5) reduction in the number of solar panels, (6) increase in solar panel output, (7) change in solar panel tilt (degree), (8) reduction in height of solar array, (9) omission of development within the SAC and (10)operational period is proposed to be extended from 25 to 40 years. A Natura Impact Statement will also be submitted to the planning authority for this proposed development

  Permission · Cork County Council, 22/6901

• 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

• 20 Jan 2020Conditional permission

  A 10 year planning permission for the development of a 102.76 hectare solar PV farm and 3.425 kilometre underground electricity grid connection (0.34 hectares) giving a total combined area for both the solar farm and underground grid connection of 103.1 hectares. The proposed solar farm will consist of the installation of a 40 year operation and subsequent decommissioning of a series of ground mounted solar photovoltaic (PV) panels, mounted on steel support structures, together with 1 single storey ESB control room, 12 electrical transformation enclosures, underground cabling, inverters, CCTV poles and cameras, deer type security fencing, existing site entrance from the L5529 road, access tracks, hardstanding area, landscaping and biodiversity measures and all associated ancillary development works, for the purpose of generating renewable energy electricity. The proposed solar farm is located in the townlands of Ballyroe and Dromin, Ballyhea, Charleville, County Cork. The proposed underground electricity grid connection is to be installed entirely under public roads from the proposed solar farm at Ballyroe to Charleville 110kV ESB substation, which passes through the townlands of Ballyroe, Ballynadrideen, Ardnageehy, Rathnacally and Clashganniv in Ballyhea, Charleville, County Cork. A Natura Impact Statement will be submitted to the planning authority with this application.

  Permission · Cork County Council, 20/4041

• 13 Dec 2019Incompleted application

  A 10 year planning permission for the development of a 102.76 hectare solar PV farm and 3.425 kilometre underground electricity grid connection (0.34 hectares) giving a total combined area for both the solar farm and underground grid connection of 103.1 hectares. The proposed solar farm will consist of the installation of a 40 year operation and subsequent decommissioning of a series of ground mounted solar photovoltaic (PV) panels, mounted on steel support structures, together with 1 single storey ESB control room, 12 electrical transformation enclosures, underground cabling, inverters, CCTV poles and cameras, deer type security fencing, existing site entrance from the L5529 road, access tracks, hardstanding area, landscaping and biodiversity measures and all associated ancillary development works, for the purpose of generating renewable energy electricity. The proposed solar farm is located in the townlands of Ballyroe and Dromin, Ballyhea, Charleville, County Cork. The proposed underground electricity grid connection is to be installed entirely under public roads from the proposed solar farm at Ballyroe to Charleville 110kV ESB substation, which passes through the townlands of Ballyroe, Ballynadrideen, Ardnageehy, Rathnacally and Clashganniv in Ballyhea, Charleville, County Cork. A Natura Impact Statement will be submitted to the planning authority with this application.

  Permission · Cork County Council, 19/6966

• 7 Apr 2015Conditional permission

  Sand and gravel quarry with an extraction area of approximately 1.7ha and all associated ancillary development works

  Permission · Cork County Council, 15/4659

• 11 Jun 2012Conditional

  Retention of extensions to existing light industrial engineering workshop: (1) extension housing gantry crane, (2) single storey extension to rear (west), (3) single storey storage tanks extension area to side (south), (4) new location of septic tank and percolation area, and (5) elevation changes and associated site works

  Retention · Cork County Council, 12/5271

• 1 Feb 2012Incompleted application

  Retention of extension to existing light industrial engineering workshop housing gantry crane and associated site works

  Retention · Cork County Council, 12/4138

• 18 Jan 2012Incompleted application

  Retention of Gantry Crane structure and associated site works

  Retention · Cork County Council, 12/4053

• 14 Apr 2005Conditional

  Construction of portal frame building consisting of offices, steel fabrication workshop and electropolishing plant

  Permission · Cork County Council, 05/2386

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

• CO007-077 Enclosure
  Description

  In pasture, on gentle NW-facing slope. Depicted as hachured circular enclosure (diam. c. 15m) on 1842 OS 6-inch map; as hachured circular mound or raised area (diam. c. 10m) on 1936 OS 6-inch map. According to local information, levelled in 1970s. No visible surface trace. 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

• CO007-078 Quarry
  Description

  Listed as a 'potential site - cartographic' in the SMR (1988) and the RMP (1998). Depicted as a roughly circular area (diam. c. 150m) enclosed by a broken line on the 1842 OS 6-inch map, c. 60m W of the Awbeg River. This is a gravel quarry and is not an archaeological monument. Compiled by: Matt Kelleher Date of upload: 30 April 2014

• CO007-176 Enclosure
  Description

  The Archaeological Survey of Ireland (ASI) is in the process of providing information on all monuments on The Historic Environment Viewer (HEV). Currently the information for this record has not been uploaded. To access available information for research purposes please make an appointment in advance with the Archive Unit (open Fridays 10.00 am – 5.00 pm), Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, The Custom House, Dublin 1 D01W6XO or email NMarchive@housing.gov.ie.

Architectural heritage

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

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 Ballyroe, 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 Ballyroe.

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

Name

Ballyroe · Baile an Róigh

Area

1,588,913 m² (158.89 ha, 392.63 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

Ballynadrideen, Ballynageragh, Ballynoran, Caherconnor, Coolcaum, Dromin

Placenames

Ballyroe 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.