Ballytrasna

454 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Ballytrasna, from 3 m² to 439,190 m² (43.92 ha, 108.53 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 34 neighbouring parcels touch it.

• R3Existing Residential/Mixed Residential and Other Uses (Residential, mixed residential and other uses)
  Cork County Development Plan 2022, Cork · 299 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• C6Existing Mixed/General Business/Industrial Uses (Mixed/general commercial/industrial/enterprise uses)
  Cork County Development Plan 2022, Cork · 164 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• G4Green Infrastructure (Active open space)
  Cork County Development Plan 2022, Cork · 8 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• C2.1Business and General Employment (Industrial, enterprise, employment)
  Cork County Development Plan 2022, Cork · 5 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• M1Special Policy Area (Mixed Use, general development, opportunity/proposal site)
  Cork County Development Plan 2022, Cork · 4 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• R1Residential Reserve (New/proposed residential)
  Cork County Development Plan 2022, Cork · 4 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• C2.1Industry (Industrial, enterprise, employment)
  Cork County Development Plan 2022, Cork · 1 parcels The zoning objective in the plan

Source: Tailte Éireann and the Department of Housing (MyPlan), national zoning, CC BY 4.0.

• 29 Jun 2026Awaiting final schedule

  Permission for a 35m2 extension to the south side of the existing dwelling house and all associated site works.

  Permission · Cork County Council, 26/1741

• 29 May 2026Grant with conditions

  The development will consist of the re-construction of previously fire damaged warehouse, new partial first floor mezzanine office space, building signage and all associated siteworks including connection to existing public services, external yard, car parking, boundary treatment and all other ancillary site works.

  Permission · Cork County Council, 26/1433

• 21 May 2026Grant with conditions

  The construction of a new blow-down tank and exhaust chimney and all associated site works at an existing food colouring production facility at Little Island Business Park, Ballytrasna, Little Island, Co. Cork.

  Permission · Cork County Council, 26/1344

• 15 May 2026Grant with conditions

  Retention permission for an existing single storey loading bay store (c.20sqm) and for permission to extend same by c.40.2sqm at their premises. The proposed development consists of the retention of an existing single storey loading bay store and the construction of an extension to same, together with all associated site works.

  Permission for retention · Cork County Council, 26/1284

• 6 May 2026Grant with conditions

  Permission for the following development to their dwelling house, namely; Permission to demolish existing detached domestic garage, demolish existing front porch of dwelling house, extend existing dwelling house at front, rear and north facing side with single storey extensions, change in window configuration at front and rear elevations with new window at south facing side gable. Permission for new detached single storey granny flat dwelling unit located at rear garden of property, alteration and repositioning existing vehicular site entrance, alteration to existing driveway, new boundary wall at front boundary to replace existing and all associated site works.

  Permission · Cork County Council, 26/1182

• 5 May 2026Invalid - case closed

  Permission for development consisting of the re-construction of previously fire damaged warehouse, new partial first floor mezzanine office space, building signage and all associated siteworks including connection to existing public services, external yard, car parking, boundary treatment and all other ancillary site works.

  Permission · Cork County Council, 26/1171

• 10 Sept 2025Grant with conditions

  Permission for a residential development for the construction of 67 no. residential units (comprising a mix 1,2,3 and 4 bedroom units to include 39 no. detached, semi-detached and terraced dwelling units; 20 no. apartments and 8 no. duplex units), 1 no. creche, 2 no. retail units to provide for a range of uses which may include Class 1 ' shop' and Class 2 ' Financial and Professional Services' , and all associated ancillary development works including footpaths, cycle lanes, parking, drainage, landscaping and amenity areas at Courtstown (Townland), Little Island, County Cork. Access from the site to Ballytrasna Park Road will be via the entrance and distributor road permitted under Planning Reference 24/05328.

  Permission · Cork County Council, 25/5854

• 27 May 2025Conditional permission

  Permission for the demolition of an existing workshop and office building and the construction of 20 No. two-storey dwellinghouses (comprising a mix of 2,3 and 4 bedroom semi-detached and townhouse/terraced units) together with all associated site works. A Natura Impact Statement will be submitted to the Planning Authority with the application.

  Permission · Cork County Council, 25/4989

• 22 Apr 2025Incompleted application

  Permission for the demolition of an existing workshop and office building and the construction of 20 No. two-storey dwellinghouses (comprising a mix of 2,3 and 4 bedroom semi-detached and townhouse/terraced units) together with all associated site works. A Natura Impact Statement will be submitted with the application.

  Permission · Cork County Council, 25/4745

• 14 Apr 2025Conditional permission

  Permission to construct a new dwelling house (change of house and layout from that granted under 23/5469).

  Permission · Cork County Council, 25/4670

• 27 Sept 2024Conditional

  Permission to construct a new dwelling house

  Permission · Cork County Council, 24/5826

• 23 Aug 2024Incompleted application

  Permission to construct a new dwelling house

  Permission · Cork County Council, 24/5598

• 10 Jul 2024Application invalid

  Permission for the following Large Scale Residential Development (LRD) comprising: (a) The construction of 172 no. residential units to include 146 no. dwelling houses (with 83 no. dwelling houses to include the option for constructing a ground floor extension to the rear); 6 no. duplex units; and 20 no. apartments. (b) Provision of 1 no. creche and 4 no. commercial units. (c) Upgrading of the existing vehicular access to the site and the creation of a signalised junction on Ballytrasna Park Road (L-2985-0), including footpaths, cycle lanes and pedestrian/bicycle crossing points, to facilitate access into the site. (d) The provision of a new distributor road, including footpaths and cycle lanes, connecting the proposed residential development with Ballytrasna Park Road. (e) All associated infrastructure and ancillary developments works to include the provision of roads, footpaths and cycle lanes as well as the provision of vehicular connections to adjoining lands with pedestrian/cycle facilities; Proposed diversion and undergrounding of the existing 10KV overhead electricity line and associated poles traversing the site; landscaping & amenity areas, lighting, drainage and services connections; bicycle and car parking; bin storage; and boundary treatments including fencing and landscape buffer of mixed native hedge planting along the eastern boundary of the site. The application may be inspected online at the following website set up by the applicant: www.vickeryshalllrd.ie .

  Lrd permission · Cork County Council, 24/5248

• 8 Jul 2024Conditional permission

  Permission for (1) construction of an expansion to the existing production and warehouse building to provide an additional 12,207 sqm floor space over 4 no. levels to a maximum height of 28.21 m. (2) Construction of 2 no. new dock levellersstations together with adjustments to internal roads. (3) Provision of new site vehicle entrance from the L7088-2 public road. (4) Construction of 3 no. areas of permanent contractor’s compound at the south west yard to accommodate; up to 16 no. 20ft cabins (aggregate floor area 283sqm and max height 2.7m); 15 no. 40ft workshop cabins (aggregate floor area 531 sqm and max. height of 2.7m); temporary provision of 2 no. contractors welfare facilities (aggregate floor area 34.1 sqm and max. height of 2.7m) and a contractor's communications room (floor area of 17.7m2 and max. height of 2.7m). (5) Construction of a communications building (floor area 22.8m2 and max height of 3.42m). (6) Provision of a temporary construction compound to accommodate a modular porta-cabin offices (floor area of 40.1sqm and max. height of 2.7m and a laydown area. (7) Relocation of 54 no. car parking spaces and hard standing HGV trailer park to south west yard from the existing food flavours building to include a communications building (floor area 22.8m2 and max. height of 3.42m). (8) Construction of new surface water attenuation tank and fire water attenuation tank with associated drainage connections under the L7088-0 local public road. (9) Upgrade and repositioning of the existing south west yard vehicle entrance to the L7088-0 public road and provision of new pedestrian road crossing on the L7088-0 public road with upgrades to the public footpath. (10) Provision of site fencing to include internal 2.4m louvered screen wall at the southwest yard (11) all associated site development works, internal access roads, landscaping and underground services provisions. A Natura Impact Statement (NIS) has been prepared and will be submitted to the Planning Authority with the application.

  Permission · Cork County Council, 24/5268

• 21 Jun 2024Conditional

  Permission for retention of alterations to existing light industrial unit, namely; the construction of a first floor storage room and associated first floor window to the west elevation

  Retention · Cork County Council, 24/5173

• 29 May 2024Incompleted application

  Permission for Retention of alterations to existing light industrial unit, namely; the construction of a first-floor storage room and associated first floor window to the west elevation.

  Retention · Cork County Council, 24/4985

• 29 May 2024Conditional

  Permission for retention of alterations of south elevation first floor windows. (originally permitted under planning ref 22/5379) and retention of the construction of first floor offices, at an existing light industrial unit.

  Retention · Cork County Council, 24/4984

• 7 May 2024Conditional permission

  Permission for the following: 1) Temporary Permission for a period of 3 years for the installation and operation of a storage Pod to facilitate food delivery and collection by workers at site 500, 2) Permission for the erection of a totem sign and 3) All associated site works.

  Permission · Cork County Council, 24/4811

• 22 Apr 2024Conditional

  Permission to construct 2 no. two storey detached dwellings. New vehicular access to the south west of the site onto Clash Road and a 4.0M access laneway and all associated ancillary site development works.

  Permission · Cork County Council, 24/4683

• 5 Apr 2024Incompleted application

  Permission for the following: 1) Temporary permission for a period of three-years for the installation and operation of a storage pod, 2) Permission for the erection of a totem sign linked to the occupants of Site 500 and 3) all associated site works.

  Permission · Cork County Council, 24/4581

• 7 Mar 2024Withdrawn

  Outline Permission for a) the demolition of existing house extension and sheds, b) the alteration of existing site entrance, and c) the construction of 3 no. dwelling houses, site entrances and associated site works

  Outline permission · Cork County Council, 24/4403

• 24 Jan 2024Conditional

  Permission for the removal of the existing (temporary) storage structures on the western side of the existing light industrial building and the construction of 2 no. single storey extensions (totaling 1,026 sq.metres) to the west and north of the existing light industrial building and all associated ancillary site development works. The two extensions will be used for storage ancillary to the existing light industrial (commercial laundry) building.

  Permission · Cork County Council, 24/4094

• 21 Nov 2023Conditional

  Permission for an extension to their ancillary office on the ground and first floor. The extension on the first floor is for an increase in sanitary facilities at the office.

  Permission · Cork County Council, 23/6329

• 10 Aug 2023Conditional

  Permission to extend existing two storey manufacturing/office building; new signage with associated lighting and associated site works

  Permission · Cork County Council, 23/5638

• 31 Jul 2023Conditional

  Erection of 1 no. single-sided totem sign (4m in height and 1.075m in width) and associated site works

  Permission · Cork County Council, 23/5556

The 25 most recent of over 100 applications.

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

Designated sites

• Special Protection Area: Cork Harbour SPA 004030
• Proposed Natural Heritage Area: Rockfarm Quarry, Little Island 001074
• Proposed Natural Heritage Area: Great Island Channel 001058

Recorded monuments

No recorded monument lies in the townland of Ballytrasna.

Architectural heritage

• Saint Lappan's Church of Ireland Church, church/chapel, 1860–1870 · Regional interest
  Description

  Freestanding gable-fronted Church of Ireland church, built 1865, having three-bay nave elevation, four-stage spired bell tower to south-west, on square-plan to base and polygonal-plan to upper stages, entrance porch and vestry to south elevation and chancel to east elevation. Pitched slate roofs with carved limestone coping, carved limestone chimneystack and cast-iron rainwater goods. Snecked tooled limestone walls with ashlar limestone quoins and buttresses and having tooled red sandstone stringcourses. Chamfered ashlar limestone corner to south-west elevation of tower. Paired pointed arch window openings to gable-front, with carved chamfered limestone surrounds, red sandstone voussoirs, and having quarry glazed windows. Pointed oval window opening to apex of gable-front having red sandstone voussoirs, chamfered limestone surrounds and circular tracery and quarry glazing. Paired trefoil-headed openings to nave elevations, single trefoil-headed opening to chamfered corner of first stage of bell tower, all having chamfered limestone surrounds and stained glass windows. Trefoil-headed louvered openings to third stage of tower with pointed arch chamfered carved limestone surrounds . Pointed arch door opening to south porch, having red sandstone voussoirs, carved limestone chamfered surround and double-leaf timber battened doors. Trefoil-headed chamfered limestone boot scrape to porch. Retains internal features such as decorative carved timber roof bracing. Carved timber panelling to chancel, incorporating reredos. Rubble limestone boundary walls with dressed limestone square-profile gate piers, having carved caps and cast-iron double-leaf gates.

• House, 1920–1940 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached four-bay single-storey house, built c. 1930, having gable-fronted half-glazed porch to front (east) elevation and recent gabled extension joined by corridor to rear (west) elevation. Hipped artificial slate roof with render eaves course, timber eaves, rendered chimneystacks and cast-iron rainwater goods. Pitched artificial slate roof to porch with painted metal pinnacle and dentilated carved timber bargeboard. Roughcast rendered walls. Square-headed openings with smooth render surrounds, render sills and two-over-six two timber sliding sash windows. Square-headed door opening to porch with timber panelled half-glazed door. Smooth rendered and pebble-dashed boundary walls to site with square-profile piers and metal gate.

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).

No address of the register names Ballytrasna with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Cork.

Name

Ballytrasna · An Baile Trasna

Area

1,554,264 m² (155.43 ha, 384.07 acres)

Civil parish

Little Island, and its townlands

Barony

Barrymore

Electoral division

Caherlag, the unit of the census

Neighbouring townlands

Carrigrenan, Castleview, Courtstown, Wallingstown

Placenames

Ballytrasna on logainm.ie, the Placenames Database of Ireland

Townlands, civil parishes, baronies and electoral divisions, National Statutory Boundaries, Tailte Éireann, 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.