Ballyleary

4 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Ballyleary, from 1,784 m² to 340,542 m² (34.05 ha, 84.15 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 12 neighbouring parcels touch it.

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No zone of a development plan covers Ballyleary 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.

• 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

• 15 May 2024Conditional

  Permission for retention 1) change of alignment of eastern site boundary, 2) alterations to the existing facades including changes to external windows and doors, additional & altered roof lights, and the addition of an A-frame roof feature over the main entrance door, 3) the conversion of the attic storage space to habitable domestic accommodation, 4) the repositioning of the main site entrance relative to the location granted under the original planning permission reference 06/11680, 5) permission for retention of domestic garage as constructed; all to an existing single storey detached dwelling house with converted attic.

  Retention · Cork County Council, 24/4868

• 23 Apr 2024Incompleted application

  Permission for retention of 1) change of alignment of eastern site boundary, 2) alterations to the existing facades including changes to external windows and doors, additional & altered rooflights, and the addition of an A-frame roof feature over the main entrance door, 3) the conversion of the attic storage space to habitable domestic accommodation, 4) the repositioning of the main site entrance relative to the location granted under the original planning permission reference 06/11680, 5) permission for retention of domestic garage as constructed, all to an existing single single storey detached dwelling house with converted attic.

  Retention · Cork County Council, 24/4699

• 20 Feb 2024Incompleted application

  Permission for retention for: 1) change of alignment of eastern site boundary, 2) alterations to the existing facades including changes to external windows and doors, additional & altered roof lights, and the addition of an A-Frame roof feature over the main entrance door, 3) conversion of the attic storage space to habitable domestic accommodation, 4) re-positioning of the main site entrance relative to the location granted under the original planning permission reference 06/11680, 5) orientation of the garage rotated 90 degrees & finish floor level of the garage lowered in relation to the original planning permission 08/8128.

  Retention · Cork County Council, 24/4276

• 29 Mar 2021Incompleted application

  A 10 year planning permission for 2 no.33kv underground electricity interconnector cables of c.2.59 km in length to be provided predominantly in excavated trenches and include associated underground ducting, joint bays, communication chambers and all associated site development and reinstatement works. The proposed development provides for a change of plan to part of the solar farm previously permitted under Cork County Council planning reference 18/6769 (as amended by 20/6891), 19/5729 and 19/6882 and will provide for the laying of underground interconnector cabling between inverters permitted under these applications. The works will be carried out within the solar farm boundary, on private lands and within the L-7634 public road. A Natura Impact Statement (NIS) has been prepared and will be submitted to the Planning Authority with the application.

  Permission · Cork County Council, 21/4787

• 9 Jul 2019Conditional

  A 10 year Planning Permission for a solar farm consisting of up to 221,500m2 of solar panels on ground mounted frames, 15 no. single storey electrical inverter/transformer stations, security fencing, satellite pole, CCTV, landscaping and all associated ancillary development works. Construction and operational access will be via existing field entrances from the L-7634. The project will connect with and represents an extension to the adjacent solar farm permitted under Cork County Council Planning Reference 18/6769. The operational lifespan of the solar farm will be 35 years.

  Permission · Cork County Council, 19/5729

• 21 Apr 2016Refused

  Retention of alterations to include widening and changes to gradient of farm access passageway

  Retention · Cork County Council, 16/4907

• 29 Feb 2016Incompleted application

  Retention of alterations to farm access passageway.

  Retention · Cork County Council, 16/4459

• 12 May 2014Conditional

  Construction of an extension to the front of the existing dwelling and associated site works

  Permission · Cork County Council, 14/4955

• 27 Jun 2011Conditional

  Change of use of existing attic space to living space and construction of an extension to dwelling and associated works

  Permission · Cork County Council, 11/5394

• 22 Mar 2007Conditional

  Construction of animal housing incorporating 2 no. slatted tanks, feed passage, feed rails, feed troughs and crush and associated concrete works

  Permission · Cork County Council, 07/6314

• 28 Jul 2006Conditional

  Dwelling

  Outline permission · Cork County Council, 06/9311

• 4 Feb 2005Refused

  Dwellinghouse and conversion of existing dwellinghouse to tack room and feed store

  Permission · Cork County Council, 05/571

• 23 Dec 2004Incompleted application

  Dwelling house, septic tank and associated works in new location on lands to replace existing house which will be converted for use as tack room and feed store

  Permission · Cork County Council, 04/9633

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

Designated sites

• Proposed Natural Heritage Area: Leamlara Wood 001064

Recorded monuments

• CO065-056 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  In rough grazing, on N-facing slope. Shown on 1842 OS 6-inch map as circular enclosure (diam. c. 30m). Levelled; no visible surface trace. 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

• CO065-057 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  In pasture, on E-facing slope. Circular area (29.5m N-S; 29m E-W) enclosed by two earthen banks with intervening fosse. Inner bank (int. H 1.3m) heavily overgrown; gap to E. Outer bank (H 0.85m) stone faced in parts. Interior slopes down to NE. 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 Ballyleary.

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 Ballyleary, 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 high, 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 Ballyleary.

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 Ballyleary with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Cork.

Name

Ballyleary · Baile Uí Laoire

Area

646,261 m² (64.63 ha, 159.69 acres)

Civil parish

Carrigtohill, and its townlands

Barony

Barrymore

Electoral division

Carrigtohill, the unit of the census

Census 2022

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

Neighbouring townlands

Ballycurrany West, Ballynaclashy, Curragh, Lackenbehy, Lysaghtstown, Woodstock

Placenames

Ballyleary 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.