# Ballyshehan, Co. Cork: townland, land parcels and planning Townland in the civil parish of Carrigleamleary, barony of Fermoy, Co. Cork; in Irish Baile Uí Fhiacháin. - Area (Tailte Éireann): 1,110,522 m² (111.05 ha, 274.42 acres) - Land parcels (Tailte Éireann): 23 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in it, median 3,305 m² (0.33 ha, 0.82 acres) - Zoning (national zoning, MyPlan): G3 Greenbelt1, the zone with the most parcels - Planning (National Planning Applications): 17 applications since 2010 - Civil parish: Carrigleamleary, https://everytownland.com/cork/parish/carrigleamleary.md - Barony: Fermoy - Electoral division: Carrig, the unit of the census - Census 2022 (Central Statistics Office): Carrig electoral division: 225 people in 87 households; 96% of households own their home; 24% of homes were built since 2001; 13% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 0% were holiday homes. - County: Co. Cork, https://everytownland.com/cork.md - Placenames Database of Ireland: https://www.logainm.ie/en/11714 - Townland number at Tailte Éireann: 40813 - Centre: latitude 52.158008, longitude -8.604479 (WGS 84) ## Land parcels (registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann) 23 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Ballyshehan, from 48 m² to 361,883 m² (36.19 ha, 89.42 acres); 18 neighbouring parcels touch its boundary. Largest first: - Parcel 2270675: 361,883 m² (36.19 ha, 89.42 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2270675.md - Parcel 2219589: 145,465 m² (14.55 ha, 35.95 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2219589.md - Parcel 2219592: 130,105 m² (13.01 ha, 32.15 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2219592.md - Parcel 2219596: 116,371 m² (11.64 ha, 28.76 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2219596.md - Parcel 2270680: 110,380 m² (11.04 ha, 27.28 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2270680.md - Parcel 5412277: 63,383 m² (6.34 ha, 15.66 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5412277.md - Parcel 2270679: 58,390 m² (5.84 ha, 14.43 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2270679.md - Parcel 2219588: 37,010 m² (3.7 ha, 9.15 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2219588.md - Parcel 2219586: 23,412 m² (2.34 ha, 5.79 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2219586.md - Parcel 2219587: 7,741 m² (0.77 ha, 1.91 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2219587.md - Parcel 2219594: 4,257 m² (0.43 ha, 1.05 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2219594.md - Parcel 5969753: 3,305 m² (0.33 ha, 0.82 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5969753.md - Parcel 2270674: 2,970 m² (0.3 ha, 0.73 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2270674.md - Parcel 2219595: 2,295 m² (0.23 ha, 0.57 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2219595.md - Parcel 2270678: 2,099 m² (0.21 ha, 0.52 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2270678.md - Parcel 2270676: 2,025 m² (0.2 ha, 0.5 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2270676.md - Parcel 4063655: 1,955 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/4063655.md - Parcel 2219593: 1,945 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/2219593.md - Parcel 2219591: 1,288 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/2219591.md - Parcel 2219590: 1,162 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/2219590.md - Parcel 2270677: 446 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/2270677.md - Parcel 5164346: 130 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/5164346.md - Parcel 5412279: 48 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/5412279.md ## Zoning (national zoning of development plans, MyPlan) - G3 Greenbelt1 (Conservation, amenity or buffer space, corridor/belt, landscape): Cork County Development Plan 2022, Cork; 34 parcels. The zoning objective in the plan: https://www.corkcoco.ie/sites/default/files/2022-06/volume-3-north-cork.pdf ## Planning applications whose site touches the townland (National Planning Applications, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage) 17 applications, newest first. - 4 Jan 2018, Cork County Council 18/4011: Withdrawn. Permission. Demolition of the existing dwellinghouse and domestic garage, construction of a dwelling with garage, new site entrance in place of the existing site entrance, septic tank with percolation area and all other associated site works. File: https://planning.agileapplications.ie/corkcoco/application-details/?ref=18/4011 - 26 Jun 2015, Cork County Council 15/5388: Conditional. Permission. 1) Retention of existing dwelling, adjacent domestic garage, septic tank and retention of alterations to existing entrance from public road, 2) retention of 2 no. agricultural buildings for the use as stabling of horses and related storage of straw and feedstuffs, and 3) Permission for alterations to existing elevations and construction of an extension to the existing dwelling as well as replacing the existing garage with a new garage and replacing the existing septic tank with a propriety treatment unit. File: https://planning.agileapplications.ie/corkcoco/application-details/?ref=15/5388 - 10 Jun 2015, Cork County Council 15/5221: Incompleted application. Permission. (1) Permission for Retention of existing dwelling, adjacent domestic garage, septic tank and alterations to existing entrance from the public road, (2) Permission for Retention of 2no. agricultural buildings for use as stabling of horses and related storage of straw and feedstuffs, and (3) Permission for construction of extension to existing dwelling as well as replacing the existing garage with a new garage and replacing the existing septic tank with a proprietary treatment unit. File: https://planning.agileapplications.ie/corkcoco/application-details/?ref=15/5221 - 6 Oct 2014, Cork County Council 14/6152: Refused. Permission. Construction of an extension to an existing dwelling including replacing of existing garage with a new garage and replacement of existing septic tank with a treatment unit. File: https://planning.agileapplications.ie/corkcoco/application-details/?ref=14/6152 - 10 Jul 2014, Cork County Council 14/5480: Conditional. Permission. Retention of communications site as constructed, the development consists of existing 24m telecommunications structure carrying associated telecommunications equipment, associated equipment cabin, (previous Planning Ref. No. 09/7333, and also Permission for proposed telecommunications equipment and associated cabinets, all within existing secure compound and existing access track. The development will continue to form part of Vodafone Ireland Ltd’s existing GSM and 3G Broadband telecommunications network. File: https://planning.agileapplications.ie/corkcoco/application-details/?ref=14/5480 - 10 Sept 2013, Cork County Council 13/5751: Withdrawn. Permission. Permission for retention for telecommunications site as constructed, the development consists of existing 24m telecommunications structure carrying associated telecommunications equipment, associated equipment cabin, (previous Planning Ref. No. 09/7333), and also Permission for proposed telecommunications equipment and associated cabinets, all within existing secure compound, and existing access track. The development will continue to form part of Vodafone Ireland Ltd’s existing GSM & 3G broadband telecommunications network. File: https://planning.agileapplications.ie/corkcoco/application-details/?ref=13/5751 - 30 Jan 2013, Cork County Council 13/4153: Conditional. Permission. (a) Construction of extension to existing office building, (b) installation of ancillary proprietary wastewater treatment unit and percolation area, and (c) all associated site works. File: https://planning.agileapplications.ie/corkcoco/application-details/?ref=13/4153 - 28 Dec 2012, Cork County Council 12/6639: Incompleted application. Permission. Construction of extension to existing office building, installation of ancillary proprietary treatment unit and percolation area, and all associated site works. File: https://planning.agileapplications.ie/corkcoco/application-details/?ref=12/6639 - 22 Jun 2012, Cork County Council 12/5372: Conditional. Permission. [a] Construction of 3 no. bull sheds, each to contain individual semen collection areas and ancillary underground storage tanks, [b] construction of new entrance from public road to serve proposed and existing facilities, [c] closing up two existing entrances from public road which serve existing facility, [d] provision of bored well, and [e] all associated site works. File: https://planning.agileapplications.ie/corkcoco/application-details/?ref=12/5372 - 13 Dec 2011, Cork County Council 11/6584: Conditional. Permission. Demolition of existing dwellinghouse and domestic garage and construction of dwellinghouse, domestic garage, new domestic entrance in place of an existing domestic entrance, septic tank with percolation area and all other associated site works. File: https://planning.agileapplications.ie/corkcoco/application-details/?ref=11/6584 - 4 Nov 2011, Cork County Council 11/6352: Conditional. Permission. (a) Construction of 3 no. bull sheds, each to contain individual semen collection areas, dungsteds and ancillary underground storage tanks, (b) construction of utility building with ancillary septic tank ,(c) erection of a liquid nitrogen storage tank, (d) construction of new entrance from public road, (e) provision of bored water well, and (f) all associated site works. File: https://planning.agileapplications.ie/corkcoco/application-details/?ref=11/6352 - 25 Oct 2011, Cork County Council 11/6278: Incompleted application. Permission. (a) Construction of 3 no. bull sheds, each to contain individual semen collection areas, dungsteds and ancillary underground storage tanks. (b) construction of utility building with ancillary septic tank, (c) erection of a liquid nitrogen storage tank, (d) construction of new entrance from public road, (e) provision of bored water well and (f) all associated site works. File: https://planning.agileapplications.ie/corkcoco/application-details/?ref=11/6278 - 14 Oct 2009, Cork County Council 09/7333: Conditional. Permission. 24m high telecommunications antennae support structure with associated equipment attached & equipment cabinets within a palisade fenced compound using an existing access. File: https://planning.agileapplications.ie/corkcoco/application-details/?ref=09/7333 - 4 Mar 2008, Cork County Council 08/5179: Conditional. Permission. Installation of velux windows to rear and construction of ground and first floor extension to dwelling. File: https://planning.agileapplications.ie/corkcoco/application-details/?ref=08/5179 - 20 Dec 2007, Cork County Council 07/13242: Conditional. Permission. Sunroom extension to dwellinghouse. File: https://planning.agileapplications.ie/corkcoco/application-details/?ref=07/13242 - 7 Apr 2006, Cork County Council 06/6194: Incompleted application. Outline permission. 2 no. dormer dwellinghouses. File: https://planning.agileapplications.ie/corkcoco/application-details/?ref=06/6194 - 22 Aug 2005, Cork County Council 05/6031: Conditional. Permission. Retention of alterations and extension to dwelling. File: https://planning.agileapplications.ie/corkcoco/application-details/?ref=05/6031 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 Ballyshehan. ## Recorded monuments (Sites and Monuments Record, National Monuments Service) - CO025-082: Ringfort - rath, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CCO025-082----. Depicted as hachured circular enclosure (diam. c. 15m) on 1842 OS 6-inch map. Access denied; bivallate circular enlcosure (diam. c. 20m) visible in aerial photograph (GSIAP, R525) as cropmark of banks and external fosses. 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 - CO025-083: House - vernacular house, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CCO025-083----. At end of passage, to N of road. Late 17th/early 18th- century two-storey, gable-ended house. Rectangular structure (15.66m NE-SW; 6.18m NW-SE), of random-rubble limestone construction. Front elevation (SE) of five bays, window opes on end bays blocked; sash windows with glazing bars appear to be inserted; central rectangular door ope; two small 1st-floor sash windows. Outbuildings attached to NE gable blocking door ope on SE end of gable and small attic window overhead. Attic window in SW gable. Small ground floor central window in rear elevation. Brick chimney atop internally projecting stone chimney breasts. Thatched roof in poor repair; thatch of wheaten straw atop oaten straw, reeds used at rear (pers. comm. J. Letts). Central hall provides access to parlour at SW end, kitchen at NE end and small central bedroom. Large open fireplace on NE side of kitchen, with crane and bellows; circular brick-domed bread oven (diam. 0.68m; H c. 0.4m) on NW side of fireplace. Wooden stairs in NW corner of kitchen rises to 1st-floor landing, gives access to three bedrooms. Vacant. (Sleeman et al. 1998) 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 - CO033-027: Ringfort - rath, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CCO033-027----. In undulating pasture, on E side of farmyard. Depicted as hachured circular enclosure (diam. c. 20m) on 1842 and 1935 OS 6-inch maps; as hachured circular raised area (diam. c. 20m) on 1905 OS 6-inch map. Circular area (21m N-S) enclosed by worn earthen bank (int. H 0.2m; ext. H 0.35m) E->W; low rise visible W->N. Bank heavily overgrown to SE; incorporated into field fence system to SW. Slurry pit built up against external face of bank to W. Interior surface cut up by cattle. 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 - CO033-028001: Quarry, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CCO033-028001-. Listed as a ‘quarry’ in the SMR (1988) and the RMP (1998). The evidence is not sufficient to warrant accepting this as the location of an archaeological monument. Compiled by: Matt Kelleher Date of upload: 12 September 2014 - CO033-028002: Quarry, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CCO033-028002-. Listed as a ‘quarry’ in the SMR (1988) and the RMP (1998). The evidence is not sufficient to warrant accepting this as the location of an archaeological monument. Compiled by: Matt Kelleher Date of upload: 12 September 2014 - CO033-095: Fulacht fia, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CCO033-095----. In tillage, on SE side of Poulduff (waterlogged hollow). Slightly raised arc of burnt material (L 28m; Wth 10m; H 0.4m) encloses SE side of hollow. 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 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 Ballyshehan. ## Ground and risks (Radon Risk Map of Ireland, EPA; Landslide Susceptibility Classification and LiDAR, Geological Survey Ireland) - Radon: 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: Susceptibility moderately high, moderately low, low, low (inferred), on the 1:50,000 map. - Terrain model: LiDAR of the Office of Public Works, flown in 2011, at 2 m: tile OPW_983, https://gsi.geodata.gov.ie/downloads/LiDAR/OPW_NASC/OPW_983.zip (ZIP). - 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/ballyshehan.dxf - GeoJSON, in WGS 84, for a map: https://everytownland.com/cork/ballyshehan.geojson - KML, for Google Earth: https://everytownland.com/cork/ballyshehan.kml ## Homes sold (Residential Property Price Register) No address of the register names Ballyshehan 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) - Ballyviniter Lower: https://everytownland.com/cork/ballyviniter-lower.md - Ballyviniter Middle: https://everytownland.com/cork/ballyviniter-middle.md - Ballyvorisheen: https://everytownland.com/cork/ballyvorisheen-40876.md - Carrigoon: https://everytownland.com/cork/carrigoon.md - Lackanamona: https://everytownland.com/cork/lackanamona.md - Lissanisky: https://everytownland.com/cork/lissanisky-44172.md - Mountnagle: https://everytownland.com/cork/mountnagle.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/ballyshehan - In JSON: https://everytownland.com/api/townland/cork/ballyshehan