Ballinbrittig

66 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Ballinbrittig, from 138 m² to 367,237 m² (36.72 ha, 90.75 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 37 neighbouring parcels touch it.

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No zone of a development plan covers Ballinbrittig 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.

• 10 Mar 2026Grant with conditions

  Permission for alterations to the existing part two-storey dwelling and the construction of a single-storey extension to the back; to the front the construction of a single-storey detached double garage with inline skylights; alterations to the existing single-storey agricultural shed for storage of machinery and the construction of a single-storey extension to the back; alterations to the front boundary treatment, together with all ancillary development works.

  Permission · Cork County Council, 26/0586

• 23 Sept 2025Invalid - case closed

  10 year planning permission for the construction of, and a 40 year operation and subsequent decommissioning of, a development consisting of a 118-hectare solar farm, Battery Energy Storage System (BESS) and underground grid connection route (red line boundary). The solar farm comprises of four separate land parcels divided by local roads. The underground cable route comprises public roads L7634, L7635, L7637, L7633, L7631, L7604, L7609, L7610, L3617 and R626 to connect to Knockraha 220kV substation & Lysaghtstown 110kV substation. The proposed solar farm and Battery Energy Storage System (BESS) will consist of a series of ground mounted solar photovoltaic (PV) panels, mounted on steel support structures and in some areas on concrete shoes to protect possible underground archaeological features, together with electrical transformation enclosures, underground cabling, 3 no. HDDs, 3 no. temporary construction compounds, 1no. storage container, battery units, a synchronous condenser, the use of existing farm access tracks, existing site entrances, 1 no. new maintenance entrance connecting to an existing private access track ,inverters, CCTV poles and cameras, deer type security/boundary fencing, palisade fencing, landscaping and biodiversity measures and all associated ancillary development works, for the purpose of generating and storing renewable energy electricity and transmitting it in the townlands of Condonstown, Pigeonhill, Aghaduff, Ballynabrannagh East, Ballynabrannagh West, Ballyvatta, Lysaghtstown, Ballinbrittig, Ballyleary, Ballynakilla, Cloneen, Garranes, Lackenbehy, Dooneen and Woodstock, Co.Cork. A Natura Impact Statement has been prepared in respect of the planning application. The proposed development is covered by the provision of the Renewable Energy Directive III (directive2023/2024).

  Permission · Cork County Council, 25/6005

• 12 Dec 2024Conditional

  Permission for retention for the change of use of ground floor stables into living accommodation and incorporation of same into existing dwelling at first floor level. Permission for retention is also sought for renovation works to the existing building, elevational changes and an extension to the existing dwelling house, permission is also sought for the conversion of the existing agricultural entrance to residential access. Permission to include all necessary associated site works

  Permission · Cork County Council, 24/6383

• 22 Nov 2024Conditional permission

  Permission to refurbish the existing dwelling house, construct a new single storey side & rear extension, install roof lights & new box dormer to existing rear roof of his dwelling house, new vehicular entrance, install a new waste water treatment system & percolation area and all associated site works

  Permission · Cork County Council, 24/6207

• 19 Nov 2024Incompleted application

  Permission for retention of a single storey extension to the first floor of an existing dwelling, permission to include retention of change of use of the ground floor stables to living accommodation and renovation of the entire building and all elevations. Permission is also sought for the conversion of existing agricultural entrance to residential access. Permission to include all necessary site works

  Permission · Cork County Council, 24/6185

• 18 Nov 2024Conditional

  Permission for construction of dwelling house, detached domestic garage, splayed entrance, sewerage treatment system and all associated site works.

  Permission · Cork County Council, 24/6176

• 26 Aug 2024Conditional permission

  Permission to construct a new dwelling house

  Permission · Cork County Council, 24/5600

• 6 Aug 2024Refused

  Permission for construction of two storey dwelling house, detached domestic garage, splayed entrance, sewerage treatment system and all associated site works

  Permission · Cork County Council, 24/5494

• 29 Aug 2023Conditional

  Permission for demolition of an existing detached dwelling and detached farm shed; the construction of a new part two storey/part single storey detached dwelling; a detached single storey block containing home office space & garden shed; a proposed waste water treatment unit/ septic tank & associated percolation area along with all associated site development works

  Permission · Cork County Council, 23/5749

• 1 Aug 2023Incompleted application

  Permission for demolition of an existing detached dwelling and detached farm shed; the construction of a new part two storey/part single storey detached dwelling; a detached single storey block containing home office space & garden shed; a proposed waste-water treatment unit/septic tank & associated percolation area along with all associated site development works

  Permission · Cork County Council, 23/5576

• 5 Apr 2022Conditional

  To construct a dwelling house, install a waste water treatment system with polishing filter, new entrance and all associated site works.

  Permission · Cork County Council, 22/4739

• 1 Mar 2022Incompleted application

  Construction of a dwelling house, install a waste water treatment system with polishing filter, new entrance and all associated site works.

  Permission · Cork County Council, 22/4431

• 28 May 2021Conditional

  Construction of a new dwelling, a new site entrance and all associated site works including a new septic tanks system and percolation area.

  Permission · Cork County Council, 21/5481

• 25 May 2021Conditional

  To construct a detached dwelling and domestic garage, upgrades to existing entrance and lane, installation of a septic tank system and percolation area and all associated site works.

  Permission · Cork County Council, 21/5431

• 11 May 2021Incompleted application

  The construction of a new dwelling, a new site entrance and all associated site works including a new septic tank system and percolation area.

  Permission · Cork County Council, 21/5274

• 22 Apr 2021Conditional

  To construct a calf house and ancillary works.

  Permission · Cork County Council, 21/5062

• 10 Feb 2021Refused

  To construct a new dwelling house and detached domestic garage.

  Permission · Cork County Council, 21/4313

• 20 Apr 2020Conditional

  To construct a dwelling house, install a secondary treatment plant and all associated site works.

  Permission · Cork County Council, 20/4789

• 19 Jul 2019Conditional

  Construct a single storey dwellinghouse, vehicular entrance, wastewater treatment system and all associated site works

  Permission · Cork County Council, 19/5812

• 31 Aug 2018Conditional

  Construct a dwellinghouse

  Permission · Cork County Council, 18/6297

• 24 Feb 2017Conditional

  The importation of soil & stone, bricks, tiles, ceramics, concrete for the raising of an agricultural field in order to improve the agricultural output of the field and construction of a new haul road. An Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) will be submitted to the planning authority with the application. The Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) will be available for inspection or purchase at a fee not exceeding the reasonable cost of making a copy during office hours at the offices of the relevant planning authority.

  Permission · Cork County Council, 17/4422

• 23 Jan 2017Conditional

  Construction of dwellinghouse, domestic garage and associated site works

  Permission · Cork County Council, 17/4109

• 25 Nov 2016Incompleted application

  The importation of soil & stone, bricks, tiles, ceramics, concrete for the raising of an agricultural field in order to improve the agricultural output of the field and construction of a new haul road. An Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) will be submitted to the planning authority with the application.

  Permission · Cork County Council, 16/6940

• 8 Nov 2016Withdrawn

  Retention of domestic entrance and completion of same and permission for retention of alterations to dwelling as built i.e. windows to the side and rear elevations, and chimney stack location, from that previously granted under Pl. Reg. No. 14/5091

  Retention · Cork County Council, 16/6796

• 24 Oct 2016Incompleted application

  The importation of soil & stone, bricks, tiles, ceramics, concrete for the raising of an agricultural field in order to improve the agricultural output of the field and construction of a new haul road. An Environmental impact Statement (EIS) will be submitted to the planning authority with the application.

  Permission · Cork County Council, 16/6653

The 25 most recent of 56 applications.

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

Designated sites

No designated site (Special Area of Conservation, Special Protection Area, Natural Heritage Area or proposed one) touches the townland of Ballinbrittig.

Recorded monuments

• CO064-078 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  In pasture, on S-facing slope. Roughly circular area (36m N-S; 32m E-W) enclosed by two earthen banks with intervening fosse; entrance to E. Inner bank (H 0.7m) levelled SW->N; outer bank (H 1.6m) incorporated into field fence system W->NE. Interior slopes down gently to E. 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

• CO064-079 Ritual site - holy well
  Description

  On E-facing slope on W bank of stream. Inaccessible due to overgrowth. According to Power (1923, 191) '"rounds" are made chiefly on St. John's Day (June 24)'. 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

• CO064-080 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  In pasture, on SW-facing slope. Circular area (31m E-W; 29m N-S) enclosed by earth and stone bank (H 1.3m), with external fosse (D 0.3m) surviving to N. Interior raised on SW side to compensate for hillslope. Break in bank to SW. 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

• CO064-081 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  In pasture, below crest of ridge, on N-facing slope. Circular area (33.2m N-S; 32m E-W) enclosed by earthen bank (H 1.4m), stone faced in parts. Fosse (D 0.6m) survives W->ESE. Gaps in bank to N and ESE; probable entrance to WSW. Interior raised on N side to compensate for hillslope. 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

• CO064-082 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  In pasture, on N-facing crest of ridge. Roughly circular area (36m N-S; 31m E-W) enclosed by earth and stone bank (H 2.45m), with external fosse (D 0.15m) NW->NNE. Low terrace (Wth 2.5m) at foot of bank internally E->WNW. Gaps in bank to NE, S and NNW. Interior raised slightly on N side to compensate for hillslope. 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

• CO064-083 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  In pasture, on S-facing slope. Arc (S->NNW) formed by heavily overgrown earthen bank (max. H 1.4m); incorporated into field fence system. Locally known as fort. 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

• CO064-084 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  In pasture, on SSW-facing slope. Circular area (33m N-S; 32m E-W) enclosed by earth and stone bank (H 1.8m). Interior planted with trees. 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

• CO064-085 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  In pasture, on S-facing slope. Depicted on 1842 OS 6-inch map as hachured circular enclosure. Earthen bank (H 1.35m) survives in field fence system W->NNE. 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

• CO064-086 Ritual site - holy well
  Description

  In grove, on break in S-facing slope. Stone-faced well; cross of quartz pebbles in wall. According to Power (1923, 191), 'Forty years ago "rounds" were quite frequent here'. 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

• CO064-089002 Church
  Description

  In marshy area, on W side of stream. Scarped-up rectangular platform (max. H 0.5m; 6m N-S; 5.5m E-W); scatter of large stones on platform, one in depression which could be collapsed grave. At NW corner of platform double arc of stones set on edge; exact nature unclear but might be feature described by Power (1918, 187) as 'foundations of a building presumably an early church or oratory type... measuring 18 feet by 9 feet'. According to Power (ibid.), site of 'Cill na Cluana - Church of the Sequestered Place'. Power locates site in Killacloyne townland, but OS 6-inch map shows it just inside Ballinbrittig. 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

Architectural heritage

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

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

About 1 in 5 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels. Testing a home

Landslides

Susceptibility high, high (inferred), moderately high, moderately low, moderately low (inferred), low, low (inferred), on the 1:50,000 map.

Terrain model

No LiDAR survey of the Office of Public Works covers the centre of the townland of Ballinbrittig.

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.

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

Name

Ballinbrittig · Baile an Bhriotaigh

Area

3,738,915 m² (373.89 ha, 923.91 acres)

Civil parish

Carrigtohill, and its townlands

Barony

Barrymore

Electoral division

Carrigtohill, the unit of the census

Census 2022

Carrigtohill electoral division: 8,181 people in 2,751 households; 72% of households own their home; 61% of homes were built since 2001; 5% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 0% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Ballyregan, Cloneen, Forest-Town, Killacloyne, Killeena

Placenames

Ballinbrittig 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.