Ballybride Lower
Ballybride Lower is a townland in the civil parish of Knockmourne, barony of Kinatalloon, Co. Cork. Its name in Irish is Baile an Bhrídigh Íochtarach.
Parcel 2137752
- Area
- 407,822 m² (40.78 ha, 100.78 acres)
- Buildings
- 6 buildings touch it. Their footprint covers 1,762 m².
- Zoning
- No zone of a development plan covers it in the national zoning. Outside zoned towns and villages, the county development plan's rural policies apply.
- Townland
- Ballybride Lower
Planning applications on this parcel
8 Jul 2025Conditional permission
Permission to construct 1) cubicle shed with underground slatted tanks, 2) loose shed with underground slatted tanks, 3) storage shed, 4) two calf sheds with manure area, 5) silage pit with concrete yard and all associated site works. Demolition of 1) loose shed with slatted tank, 2)silage pit, 3) below ground slurry pit, 4) storage shed with concrete yard and all associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 25/5346
19 Jun 2025Incompleted application
Permission to construct, 1) cubicle shed with underground slatted tanks, 2) loose shed with underground slatted tanks, 3) storage shed, 4) two calf sheds with manure area, 5) silage pit with concrete yard and all associated site works. Demolition of 1) loose shed with slatted tank, 2) silage pit, 3) below ground slurry pit, 4) storage shed with concrete yard and all associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 25/5187
5 Sept 2018Conditional
Construction of a two storey rear extension and alterations to the existing dwellinghouse and associated site works.
Permission · Cork County Council, 18/6346
12 Jul 2016Conditional
The extension and associated site works of an existing agricultural building housing cow cubicles, feed passages and waiting yards. The new extension would house, a calving shed and livestock handling facilities. Proposed works also include a new silage pit yard
Permission · Cork County Council, 16/5722
21 Jun 2007Conditional
Construction of single storey extension to rear of dwelling and retention of single storey extension to same
Permission · Cork County Council, 07/8878
4 May 2006Conditional
Dwellinghouse (change of house type and site layout)
Permission · Cork County Council, 06/6887
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 this parcel.
Recorded monuments around it
No zone of notification of a recorded monument touches this parcel.
Architectural heritage
No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands on this parcel.
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
- At the centre of this parcel, 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 this parcel.
- 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.
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Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann, CC BY 4.0. 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.
- Area
- 137.6 ha
- 340 acres
- Land parcels
- 20
- registered freehold, median 4,625 m² (0.46 ha, 1.14 acres)
- Zoning
- —
- not in a zoned settlement
- Planning
- 22
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
20 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Ballybride Lower, from 857 m² to 407,822 m² (40.78 ha, 100.78 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 22 neighbouring parcels touch it.
Download the townland as DXF, in Irish Transverse Mercator metres, with its boundary, parcels and buildings, or as GeoJSON or KML.
Zoning
Development plans, national zoning
No zone of a development plan covers Ballybride Lower 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
18 Aug 2020Conditional
Construction of extension to rear of existing single storey dwelling house comprising storey and a half extension, new treatment system and percolation area and all ancillary works.
Permission · Cork County Council, 20/5764
5 Sept 2018Conditional
Construction of a two storey rear extension and alterations to the existing dwellinghouse and associated site works.
Permission · Cork County Council, 18/6346
13 Apr 2015Conditional
Permission for Retention of dwelling house as constructed, Retention of existing septic tank on site and Permission for new percolation area and all ancillary site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 15/4724
26 Mar 2015Incompleted application
Permission for Retention of dwelling house as constructed, Retention of existing septic tank on-site and Permission for a new percolation area & all ancillary works
Permission · Cork County Council, 15/4586
25 Feb 2015Incompleted application
Permission for retention of dwellinghouse as constructed, and retention of septic tank and all ancillary works
Retention · Cork County Council, 15/4359
7 Nov 2014Conditional
A single storey office attached to our existing shed
Permission · Cork County Council, 14/6368
4 Mar 2014Conditional
Single storey office attached to shed
Permission · Cork County Council, 14/4430
27 Aug 2010Conditional
Retention of building for tractor dismantling, storage of parts and associated office, toilet building, open storage area, depollution area, bunded oil tank area, septic tank, security fencing and associated works
Permission · Cork County Council, 10/6145
17 Aug 2010Incompleted application
Retention of tractor dismantling, associated buildings and works
Permission · Cork County Council, 10/6059
25 Apr 2008Refused
Dwellinghouse and proprietary treatment system
Outline permission · Cork County Council, 08/6297
27 Mar 2008Incompleted application
Dwellinghouse and installation of proprietary treatment system
Outline permission · Cork County Council, 08/5685
21 Jun 2007Conditional
Construction of single storey extension to rear of dwelling and retention of single storey extension to same
Permission · Cork County Council, 07/8878
25 May 2007Withdrawn
Dwellinghouse
Outline permission · Cork County Council, 07/8121
22 Feb 2007Conditional
Construction of extension to livestock housing, 2 no. slatted tanks, silage slab with concrete apron and associated works
Permission · Cork County Council, 07/5328
11 Oct 2006Refused
Dwellinghouse and wastewater treatment plant
Permission · Cork County Council, 06/11327
22 Aug 2006Conditional
One and half storey dwellinghouse and garage
Permission · Cork County Council, 06/9970
4 May 2006Conditional
Dwellinghouse (change of house type and site layout)
Permission · Cork County Council, 06/6887
21 Apr 2006Refused
Dwellinghouse and garage
Permission · Cork County Council, 06/6569
5 Sept 2005Conditional
Flower shop and store
Permission · Cork County Council, 05/6470
8 Aug 2005Incompleted application
Construction of flower shop and store
Permission · Cork County Council, 05/5659
8 Apr 2005Conditional
Dwellinghouse and garage
Permission · Cork County Council, 05/2212
28 Feb 2005Conditional
Retention of use of part of grounds of house as a garden centre including joint use of forecourt, drive, vehicular access and septic tank
Permission · Cork County Council, 05/1132
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 Ballybride Lower.
Recorded monuments
- CO045-119 Kiln - lime
Description
In quarry, built against N-facing slope. Front N-facing; arched recess (Wth 2m) partially obscured by dumped material. Rear of kiln destroyed; remains of ramp to S. 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 Ballybride Lower.
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
- At the centre of the townland of Ballybride Lower, 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 moderately high, moderately low, low, partly inferred.
- Terrain model
- No LiDAR survey of the Office of Public Works covers the centre of the townland of Ballybride Lower.
- 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.
Homes sold
Property Price Register
No address of the register names Ballybride Lower with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Cork.
The townland
- Name
- Ballybride Lower · Baile an Bhrídigh Íochtarach
- Area
- 1,376,048 m² (137.6 ha, 340.03 acres)
- Civil parish
- Knockmourne, and its townlands
- Barony
- Kinatalloon
- Electoral division
- Knockmourne, the unit of the census
- Census 2022
- 1,415 people lived in 481 households in the Knockmourne electoral division. 78% of households owned their home. 44% of homes were built since 2001. 8% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 3% were holiday homes.
- Neighbouring townlands
- Aghern East, Ballybride Upper, Ballymurphy Lower, Clashaganniv, Glebe, Kilclare Lower
- Placenames
- Ballybride Lower 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.