Ballyhimikin

42 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Ballyhimikin, from 37 m² to 267,325 m² (26.73 ha, 66.06 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 36 neighbouring parcels touch it.

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No zone of a development plan covers Ballyhimikin 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.

• 21 Jan 2026Grant with conditions

  Permission for construction of a dwelling house, new vehicular entrance, installation of a waste water treatment system and all associated site works

  Permission · Cork County Council, 26/0099

• 19 Nov 2025Application withdrawn

  1) Permission for the retention of the importation of clean inert soil and stone to raise the level of part of an agricultural field, 2) Permission for the importation of additional clean inert soil and stone to raise the levels of part of an agricultural field and regrading of this soil/stone material to merge with existing site levels and 3) All ancillary site development works at Ballylongane (Townland), Garryvoe, Co. Cork. Access will be provided from an existing entrance via the R632.

  Permission for retention · Cork County Council, 25/6517

• 11 Sept 2025Grant with conditions

  Permission to construct a new single storey dwelling, garage, site entrance, wastewater treatment system and all associated site works and services

  Permission · Cork County Council, 25/5882

• 27 Nov 2024Incompleted application

  Permission for construction of 4no two storey detached five-bedroom dwellings, each dwelling serviced by an individual waste water treatment unit. Create 2no double vehicular entrances to replace existing vehicular entrances and to serve proposed dwellings. Close up existing agriculture entrance and replace with a new relocated agricultural entrance. Demolition of 2no existing single storey derelict dwelling, 3no derelict sheds and part-demolition of 1no existing shed & all associated site works.

  Permission · Cork County Council, 24/6252

• 13 Aug 2024Conditional

  Permission for the construction of a new single storey dwelling , new waste water treatment system and percolation area, new driveway and vehicular entrance off the R632 and all associated site development works

  Permission · Cork County Council, 24/5528

• 19 Jul 2024Incompleted application

  Permission for construction of a new single storey dwelling, new waste water treatment system and percolation area, new driveway and vehicular entrance off the R632 and all associated site development work

  Permission · Cork County Council, 24/5373

• 28 Feb 2023Conditional

  (1) Elevational changes to existing dwelling house, (2) Domestic garage as constructed and all associated site works.

  Retention · Cork County Council, 23/4348

• 30 Nov 2022Conditional

  Installation of a new replacement proprietary waste water treatment system and infiltration area to serve the existing Ard Na Mara respite home, including decommissioning and removal of the existing wastewater treatment system and all associated site works

  Permission · Cork County Council, 22/6655

• 9 Mar 2022Conditional

  Construct a new single storey dwelling, garage, site entrance, waste water treatment system and all associated site works and services.

  Permission · Cork County Council, 22/4523

• 16 Jul 2021Conditional permission

  Construction of 9 no. detached dwelling houses. This development forms part of lands for which site development works were permitted for 9no. residential building sites under Planning Reg. No. 17/6918.

  Permission · Cork County Council, 21/5957

• 17 Jun 2021Incompleted application

  Construction of 8no detached dwellings with individual wastewater treatment units and all associated site works. This development forms part of lands for which site development works were permitted for 9no dwelling houses under planning reg.no. 17/9618 and permission for change of plan for the dwelling house previously permitted on site no.3 under planning reg.no. 19/4955.

  Permission · Cork County Council, 21/5674

• 10 May 2021Conditional

  Construction of an animal house, milking parlour complex and associated works.

  Permission · Cork County Council, 21/5253

• 27 Oct 2020Conditional permission

  Retention and completion of vehicular entrance

  Permission for retention · Cork County Council, 20/6332

• 15 Feb 2019Conditional

  Construct a dwellinghouse

  Permission · Cork County Council, 19/4355

• 13 Nov 2017Conditional

  Site development works for 9 no residential building sites. This development will include construction of access roadway from public road, internal footpaths, services, storm water collection system, and landscaping of open space. Each of the 9 sites will have a stand-alone proprietary foul sewage treatment system.

  Permission · Cork County Council, 17/6918

• 3 Oct 2016Unconditional

  Dwellinghouse (change of plan and elevation, relocation of site boundary, percolation area and wastewater treatment unit and all associated site development works from that granted under planning permission no. S/06/7094) - Extension of duration of permission granted under Planning Reg. No. 10/8074

  Extension of duration · Cork County Council, 16/6441

• 25 Apr 2016Conditional

  Permission for (a) Retention of existing storage and packaging extension to rear of existing fish processing facility (south elevation) (b) Retention of existing side extensions to the facility comprising staff area, chill/storage, plant and tray cleaning area (west and east elevation) (c) Permission for a new ancillary shop extension to the front of the facility (north elevation) (d) Permission for an extension to the rear of the existing staff facilities (e) Retention of existing stand-alone chill unit (f) Permission for change of use of existing on-site residence from residential to ancillary office use and for a new entrance lobby extension to these offices (g) for all associated site works

  Permission · Cork County Council, 16/4938

• 2 Jun 2015Conditional

  Retention of alterations and extension to existing dwelling and Permission for construction of new waste water treatment system to serve dwelling

  Permission · Cork County Council, 15/5156

• 16 Jan 2015Unconditional

  Two storey extension to existing cottage including all renovation works, ancillary site development works, new waste water treatment unit and domestic garage, extension of duration of permission granted under planning reg. no. 09/7382

  Extension of duration · Cork County Council, 15/4073

• 20 May 2013Unconditional

  Site development works for 12 no. residential sites and installation of on-site sewage treatment unit, extension of duration of permission granted under planning reg. no. 08/4028

  Extension of duration · Cork County Council, 13/4931

• 27 Mar 2012Conditional

  Demolition of existing single storey garage attached to the side of the existing two storey family home and construction of a two storey extension for use as a separate residential unit, installation of a new sewage treatment system and all associated site development works

  Permission · Cork County Council, 12/4596

• 5 Aug 2011Withdrawn

  Completion of dwellinghouse (change of plan), relocation of site boundary, percolation area and septic tank permitted under Planning Reg. No. 06/7094

  Extension of duration · Cork County Council, 11/5693

• 28 Sept 2010Conditional

  Dwellinghouse (change of plan and elevation, relocation of site boundary, percolation area and wastewater treatment unit and all associated site development works from that granted under planning permission no. S/06/7094)

  Permission · Cork County Council, 10/8074

• 20 Oct 2009Conditional

  Two storey extension to existing cottage including all renovation works, ancillary site development works, new waste water treatment unit and domestic garage

  Permission · Cork County Council, 09/7382

• 8 Jun 2009Unconditional

  Completion of dwelling, alterations to existing entrance, waste water treatment unit & associated site works granted under Pl. Reg. No. 04/13 (New permission to expire on 13/03/2010)

  Extension of duration · Cork County Council, 09/5878

The 25 most recent of 44 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 Ballyhimikin.

Recorded monuments

• CO077-035 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  On S-facing slope, overlooking Ballycotton Bay. Shown on 1842 OS 6-inch map as semicircular enclosure (diam. c. 40m), abutted to W and N by field fences. Site visible as semicircular platform cut into hill to N; raised on S side. 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

• CO077-036 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  In tillage, on E-facing slope. Circular area (diam. 31m) defined by earthen bank (H 1m) NNE->SE, incorporated into field fence system, with shallow external fosse; slight scarp elsewhere. Bank stone faced in parts. According to local information levelled c. 1979, apart from field fence. 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

• CO089-010 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  On S-facing slope. Shown on 1842 OS 6-inch map as circular enclosure (diam. c. 25m). Shown as semicirculr area with S half removed on 1902 OS 6-inch map. Levelled; site bisected by field fence; low stony rise visible to S of fence. 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 Ballyhimikin.

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

At the centre of the townland of Ballyhimikin, 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 Ballyhimikin.

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.

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

Name

Ballyhimikin · Baile Shimicín

Area

1,285,812 m² (128.58 ha, 317.73 acres)

Civil parish

Garryvoe, and its townlands

Barony

Imokilly

Electoral division

Garryvoe, the unit of the census

Census 2022

699 people lived in 236 households in the Garryvoe electoral division. 87% of households owned their home. 33% of homes were built since 2001. 5% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 8% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Ballylongane, Garryvoe Lower, Moanroe, Monacreagh, Rooskagh, Shanagarry North, Shanavagoon

Placenames

Ballyhimikin 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.