Ballyrussell
Townland in the civil parish of Cloyne, barony of Imokilly, Co. Cork; in Irish Baile an Ruiséalaigh
- Area
- 120.6 ha
- 298 acres
- Land parcels
- 34
- registered freehold, median 5,366 m² (0.54 ha, 1.33 acres)
- Zoning
- —
- not in a zoned settlement
- Planning
- 25
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
34 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Ballyrussell, from 77 m² to 472,731 m² (47.27 ha, 116.81 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 14 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 Ballyrussell 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
22 Sept 2025Grant with conditions
Permission for Retention of a domestic storage shed as constructed and all associated siteworks.
Permission for retention · Cork County Council, 25/5998
23 May 2024Conditional
Permission for retention of a detached domestic garage incorporating domestic stores and glass house
Retention · Cork County Council, 24/4928
9 Feb 2023Conditional
1) a new single storey extension to the western gable end; 2) alterations to the existing facades; 3) and including all associated site works; all to the existing detached two storey dwelling
Permission · Cork County Council, 23/4215
16 Jul 2020Conditional
The construction of a joinery workshop building and associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 20/5498
22 Jan 2020Incompleted application
The construction of a workshop building and associated site works.
Permission · Cork County Council, 20/4074
19 Dec 2014Conditional
Construction of a new two storey dwelling, entrance, treatment unit and domestic garage
Permission · Cork County Council, 14/6749
9 Dec 2013Conditional
Retention of existing extension constructed onto rear of existing dwelling, retention of existing garage constructed onto side of existing dwelling, retention of detached hobby room as constructed along with all associated site works (previously granted under Planning Ref. No. 96/2617)
Retention · Cork County Council, 13/6331
22 Dec 2009Refused
Dwellinghouse, domestic garage, septic tank, entrance and associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 09/8045
22 Dec 2009Refused
Dwellinghouse, domestic garage, treatment unit and associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 09/8043
31 Jul 2009Conditional
Demolition of existing dwelling & construction of new single storey dwelling with waste water treatment system
Permission · Cork County Council, 09/6578
16 Mar 2009Conditional
Dwelling house & septic tank
Permission · Cork County Council, 09/4807
12 Feb 2009Incompleted application
Dwellinghouse & septic tank
Permission · Cork County Council, 09/4420
5 Jun 2008Refused
Dwellinghouse and installation of septic tank
Permission · Cork County Council, 08/7123
2 May 2008Incompleted application
Dwellinghouse and septic tank
Permission · Cork County Council, 08/6474
30 Apr 2007Refused
Dwellinghouse
Outline permission · Cork County Council, 07/7385
2 Nov 2006Conditional
Dwellinghouse
Permission · Cork County Council, 06/11941
19 Sept 2006Conditional
Dwellinghouse and garage
Permission · Cork County Council, 06/10720
19 Jul 2006Incompleted application
Dwellinghouse and garage
Permission · Cork County Council, 06/9016
7 Jul 2006Conditional
Dwelling with attached granny flat
Permission · Cork County Council, 06/8692
7 Oct 2005Conditional
Dwellinghouse (change of plan)
Permission · Cork County Council, 05/7370
8 Sept 2005Incompleted application
Dwellinghouse (change of plan)
Permission · Cork County Council, 05/6493
30 Jun 2004Refused
Dwellinghouse and garage
Permission · Cork County Council, 04/4853
30 Mar 2004Conditional
Construction of additional transfer station and ancillary works including provision of weigh bridge facility, effluent storage tanks, waste segregation building and office/canteen and retention of material change of use of cattle shed to transfer station
Permission · Cork County Council, 04/2087
16 Mar 2004Incompleted application
Dormer dwelling and garage
Permission · Cork County Council, 04/1764
18 Feb 2004Conditional
Dwellinghouse
Permission · Cork County Council, 04/935
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 Ballyrussell.
Recorded monuments
No recorded monument lies in the townland of Ballyrussell.
Architectural heritage
No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands in the townland of Ballyrussell.
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 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 Ballyrussell.
- 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 Ballyrussell with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Cork.
The townland
- Name
- Ballyrussell · Baile an Ruiséalaigh
- Area
- 1,205,841 m² (120.58 ha, 297.97 acres)
- Civil parish
- Cloyne, and its townlands
- Barony
- Imokilly
- Electoral division
- Ightermurragh, the unit of the census
- Census 2022
- Ightermurragh electoral division: 3,052 people in 1,085 households; 74% of households own their home; 61% of homes were built since 2001; 6% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 1% were holiday homes.
- Placenames
- Ballyrussell 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.