Ballyorban
Ballyorban is a townland in the civil parish of Carrigaline, barony of Cork, Co. Cork. Its name in Irish is Baile Orbáin.
Parcel 2280433
- Area
- 280,374 m² (28.04 ha, 69.28 acres)
- Buildings
- 3 buildings touch it. Their footprint covers 389 m².
- Zoning
- P5 City Hinterland (Cork City Development Plan 2022-2028 Variation No. 3 (NPF Implementation)) The objective
- Townland
- Ballyorban
Planning applications on this parcel
26 May 2026Grant with conditions
Permission for construction of a new two storey extension to the eastern side, demolish existing front porch, and modify window arrangements of the existing dwelling house, replacement of the existing septic tank with an new waste-water treatment unit and a percolation area with all associated landscaping and site development works. Permission for Retention for the existing two storey south facing extension to the rear of the existing dwelling house.
Permission · Cork County Council, 26/1405
17 Feb 2026Invalid - case closed
Permission to demolish the existing front (north) facing entrance porch to our existing dwelling house and to construct a new two storey extension to the eastern side of our dwelling house, with modifications to window arrangements to the north, west and south elevations of the existing dwelling house to facilitate the new development, with modifications to the existing entrance piers to facilitate improved sightlines, the replacement of the existing septic tank system with a new waste water treatment unit and percolation area with all associated landscaping and site development works. Permission for Retention for the existing two storey south facing extension to the rear of the existing dwelling house.
Permission · Cork County Council, 26/0376
27 Feb 2024Incompleted application
Demolish the existing front (north) facing entrance porch to our existing dwellinghouse and to construct a new two storey extension to the eastern side of our dwellinghouse, with modifications to window arrangements to the north, west and south elevations of the existing dwellinghouse to facilitate the new development, with modifications to the existing entrance piers to facilitate improved sightlines, the replacement of the existing septic tank system with a new waste water treatment unit and percolation area with all associated landscaping and site development works. Retention is also sought for the existing two storey south facing extension to the rear of the existing dwellinghouse. Extension of Duration to Permission granted under Planning Ref. No. 18/06257
Extension of duration · Cork County Council, 24/4326
27 Aug 2018Conditional
Demolish the existing front (north) facing entrance porch to our existing dwellinghouse and to construct a new two storey extension to the eastern side of our dwellinghouse, with modifications to window arrangements to the north, west and south elevations of the existing dwellinghouse to facilitate the new development, with modifications to the existing entrance piers to facilitate improved sightlines, the replacement of the existing septic tank system with a new waste water treatment unit and percolation area with all associated landscaping and site development works. Retention is also sought for the existing two storey south facing extension to the rear of the existing dwellinghouse
Permission · Cork County Council, 18/6257
27 Mar 2014Unconditional
Single storey dwelling house, detached garage, closing of existing entrance, part alterations to roadside ditch to accommodate new entrance & all associated site works, Extension of duration to Permission granted under Planning Ref. No. 09/4654
Extension of duration · Cork County Council, 14/4604
3 Mar 2009Conditional
Single storey dwelling house, detached garage, closing of existing entrance, part alterations to roadside ditch to accommodate new entrance & all associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 09/4654
9 Feb 2009Incompleted application
Single storey dwelling and detached garage, closing of existing entrance and formation of a new vehicular entrance with part alterations to roadside ditch, septic tank and associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 09/4383
20 Sept 2005Conditional
Change of use from agricultural to commercial use as a parking compound for 6 no. tractor and 12 no. large trailer units, provision of 2 no. temporary buildings for use as office/ toilet facilities and canteen/store room, installation of septic tank and percolation unit and relocation and widening of vehicular access
Permission · Cork County Council, 05/6823
11 Aug 2005Incompleted application
Change of use of lands from agriculture to commercial use as a parking compound for 6 no. tractor and 12 no. large trailer units, provision of removable temporary facilities, septic tank and percolation area and relocation and widening of vehicular entrance
Permission · Cork County Council, 05/5770
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 moderately high, moderately low, 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.
Download this parcel as DXF, in Irish Transverse Mercator metres, with its neighbours and buildings, for a drawing program. GeoJSON, in WGS 84, suits a map, and KML opens in Google Earth.
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
- 40.2 ha
- 99 acres
- Land parcels
- 10
- registered freehold, median 1,486 m²
- Zoning
- P5
- City Hinterland
- Planning
- 15
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
10 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Ballyorban, from 61 m² to 280,374 m² (28.04 ha, 69.28 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 18 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
- P5City Hinterland (Mixed/general primary sector uses, including 'rural')
Cork City Development Plan 2022-2028 Variation No. 3 (NPF Implementation), Cork City · 4 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
Source: Tailte Éireann and the Department of Housing (MyPlan), national zoning, CC BY 4.0.
Planning applications
Sites that touch the townland, newest first
26 May 2026Grant with conditions
Permission for construction of a new two storey extension to the eastern side, demolish existing front porch, and modify window arrangements of the existing dwelling house, replacement of the existing septic tank with an new waste-water treatment unit and a percolation area with all associated landscaping and site development works. Permission for Retention for the existing two storey south facing extension to the rear of the existing dwelling house.
Permission · Cork County Council, 26/1405
17 Feb 2026Invalid - case closed
Permission to demolish the existing front (north) facing entrance porch to our existing dwelling house and to construct a new two storey extension to the eastern side of our dwelling house, with modifications to window arrangements to the north, west and south elevations of the existing dwelling house to facilitate the new development, with modifications to the existing entrance piers to facilitate improved sightlines, the replacement of the existing septic tank system with a new waste water treatment unit and percolation area with all associated landscaping and site development works. Permission for Retention for the existing two storey south facing extension to the rear of the existing dwelling house.
Permission · Cork County Council, 26/0376
19 Dec 2024Conditional
Permission for (a) retention permission to retain the existing sunroom as constructed to the existing dwelling house (b) full Planning Permission to demolish existing porch construct extensions to the existing dwelling house including a new porch gym room utility room larger kitchen and larger family room make alterations to the existing dwelling house and all associated works (d) full planning permission to decommission the existing septic tank install a mechanical wastewater treatment unit and polishing filter and all other associated site works.
Retention · Cork City Council, 2443523
27 Feb 2024Incompleted application
Demolish the existing front (north) facing entrance porch to our existing dwellinghouse and to construct a new two storey extension to the eastern side of our dwellinghouse, with modifications to window arrangements to the north, west and south elevations of the existing dwellinghouse to facilitate the new development, with modifications to the existing entrance piers to facilitate improved sightlines, the replacement of the existing septic tank system with a new waste water treatment unit and percolation area with all associated landscaping and site development works. Retention is also sought for the existing two storey south facing extension to the rear of the existing dwellinghouse. Extension of Duration to Permission granted under Planning Ref. No. 18/06257
Extension of duration · Cork County Council, 24/4326
27 Aug 2018Conditional
Demolish the existing front (north) facing entrance porch to our existing dwellinghouse and to construct a new two storey extension to the eastern side of our dwellinghouse, with modifications to window arrangements to the north, west and south elevations of the existing dwellinghouse to facilitate the new development, with modifications to the existing entrance piers to facilitate improved sightlines, the replacement of the existing septic tank system with a new waste water treatment unit and percolation area with all associated landscaping and site development works. Retention is also sought for the existing two storey south facing extension to the rear of the existing dwellinghouse
Permission · Cork County Council, 18/6257
27 Mar 2014Unconditional
Single storey dwelling house, detached garage, closing of existing entrance, part alterations to roadside ditch to accommodate new entrance & all associated site works, Extension of duration to Permission granted under Planning Ref. No. 09/4654
Extension of duration · Cork County Council, 14/4604
3 Mar 2009Conditional
Single storey dwelling house, detached garage, closing of existing entrance, part alterations to roadside ditch to accommodate new entrance & all associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 09/4654
9 Feb 2009Incompleted application
Single storey dwelling and detached garage, closing of existing entrance and formation of a new vehicular entrance with part alterations to roadside ditch, septic tank and associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 09/4383
9 Nov 2007Withdrawn
Construction of sunroom extension to dwelling and new garden storage shed
Permission · Cork County Council, 07/12267
20 Sept 2007Incompleted application
Sunroom extension to existing dwelling and new garden storage shed
Permission · Cork County Council, 07/11110
20 Sept 2006Conditional
Dwellinghouse
Outline permission · Cork County Council, 06/10775
20 Sept 2005Conditional
Change of use from agricultural to commercial use as a parking compound for 6 no. tractor and 12 no. large trailer units, provision of 2 no. temporary buildings for use as office/ toilet facilities and canteen/store room, installation of septic tank and percolation unit and relocation and widening of vehicular access
Permission · Cork County Council, 05/6823
11 Aug 2005Incompleted application
Change of use of lands from agriculture to commercial use as a parking compound for 6 no. tractor and 12 no. large trailer units, provision of removable temporary facilities, septic tank and percolation area and relocation and widening of vehicular entrance
Permission · Cork County Council, 05/5770
16 Sept 2004Conditional
Dwellinghouse and biocycle unit (change of plan)
Permission · Cork County Council, 04/7062
12 Feb 2004Withdrawn
Extension to dwelling and construction of 2 no. stables
Permission · Cork County Council, 04/781
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 Ballyorban.
Recorded monuments
No recorded monument lies in the townland of Ballyorban.
Architectural heritage
No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands in the townland of Ballyorban.
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 Ballyorban, 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 Ballyorban.
- 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 Ballyorban with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Cork.
The townland
- Name
- Ballyorban · Baile Orbáin
- Area
- 402,216 m² (40.22 ha, 99.39 acres)
- Civil parish
- Carrigaline, and its townlands
- Barony
- Cork
- Electoral division
- Douglas, the unit of the census
- Census 2022
- 162 people lived in 47 households in the Douglas electoral division. 80% of households owned their home. 19% of homes were built since 2001. 6% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 0% were holiday homes.
- Neighbouring townlands
- Ballyfouloo, Ballymot, Raffeen, Raheenering
- Placenames
- Ballyorban 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.