Ballyhemiken

12 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Ballyhemiken, from 1,445 m² to 71,885 m² (7.19 ha, 17.76 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 13 neighbouring parcels touch it.

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• R1Special Policy Area (New/proposed residential)
  Cork County Development Plan 2022, Cork County · 2 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• R3Existing Residential/Mixed Residential and Other Uses (Residential, mixed residential and other uses)
  Cork County Development Plan 2022, Cork County · 0 parcels The zoning objective in the plan

Source: Tailte Éireann and the Department of Housing (MyPlan), national zoning, CC BY 4.0.

• 4 Mar 2026Grant with conditions

  Large-Scale Residential Development (LRD). The proposed development will consist of the demolition of existing farmyard with associated agricultural buildings and the construction of a residential development of 229 no. residential units consisting of 194 no. dwelling houses and 35 no. own door access apartments and all ancillary site development works. The proposed 194 no. dwelling houses will include 6 no. 4 bedroom semi-detached dwellings, 149 no. 3 bedroom semi-detached/townhouse dwelling houses, 35 no. 2 bedroom semi-detached/townhouse dwelling houses and 4 no. 1 bedroom townhouse dwelling houses. The proposed 35 no. apartment units will include 34 no. 1 bedroom units and 1 no. 3 bedroom unit. 32 no. of the proposed apartment units will be provided in 6 no. two storey apartment buildings in southern areas of the site. The proposed development includes the partial demolition and restoration of an existing two storey farmhouse and ancillary building to the northeast of the site, which will accommodate the additional 3 no. apartment units. The proposed development includes a new vehicular estate entrance to Janeville from the Rock Road (L-2490) to the east in addition to the extension of footpath and public realm upgrades on Rock Road, permitted in Cork County Council Planning Reference 22/4809 to the south. Access to the proposed development will also be accommodated by the existing internal road network of Janeville and the permitted eastern Janeville estate entrance (permitted by Cork County Council Planning Reference 22/4809) and the existing western Janeville estate entrance from the Cork Road. Ancillary site development works include landscape and amenity areas, servicing and drainage proposals, bicycle parking, bin storage facilities and the installation of a noise attenuation screen along the northern boundary. The proposed development also comprises minor amendments to the permitted road and footpath networks of previous phases at Janeville to the south, (Planning References 21/5556, 21/5936 and 22/4809) to facilitate access to the proposed development. A Natura Impact Statement (NIS) has been prepared and will be submitted to the Planning Authority with the application. LRD Website : www.JanevilleLRD.ie

  Lrd permission · Cork County Council, 26/0518

• 30 Nov 2023Conditional

  Permission for the construction of a hay/straw store/ machinery shed and associated works

  Permission · Cork County Council, 23/6399

• 14 Aug 2023Conditional permission

  Permission for retention of construction of a hay/ straw store/ machinery shed and associated works

  Permission for retention · Cork County Council, 23/5636

• 7 Mar 2022Withdrawn

  Construction of a grain store shed, wash tank and associated site works. Extension of Duration to Permission granted under Planning Ref. No. 17/4259

  Extension of duration · Cork County Council, 22/4480

• 13 Sept 2021Conditional

  Alterations, including partial demolition, and new extension to dwelling incorporating a granny flat, demolition of existing shed and associated site works.

  Permission · Cork County Council, 21/6509

• 11 Aug 2021Incompleted application

  Alterations, including partial demolition, and new extension to dwelling incorporating a granny flat and associated site work.

  Permission · Cork County Council, 21/6220

• 8 Feb 2017Conditional

  Construction of a grain store shed, wash tank and associated site works.

  Permission · Cork County Council, 17/4259

• 2 Oct 2009Refused

  Bungalow & septic tank

  Outline permission · Cork County Council, 09/7226

• 3 Sept 2009Incompleted application

  Bungalow & septic tank

  Outline permission · Cork County Council, 09/6914

• 3 Dec 2008Incompleted application

  Bungalow & septic tank

  Outline permission · Cork County Council, 08/9936

• 24 Aug 2006Conditional permission

  Continuation of quarrying activities to include processing of aggregates, landscaping, restoration and associated works

  Permission · Cork County Council, 06/10037

• 31 Oct 2003Refused

  Bungalow

  Outline permission · Cork County Council, 03/5424

• 2 May 2003Refused

  12 no. semi-detached holiday homes for short-term letting with associated site development works

  Permission · Cork County Council, 03/2096

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 Ballyhemiken.

Recorded monuments

• CO087-113 Standing stone
  Description

  According to local information, stone stood "until recently" on S side of Glounatouig stream and adjacent to well. Site now under new Ringaskiddy road; stone (2m x 0.5m x 0.5m) lies beside field boundary c. 100m to E of original site (CO087-159----). (pers. comm. S. O'Mahony) 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 revision: 16 December 2009 Revised by: Mary Tunney

• CO087-114 Standing stone
  Description

  Stone (H c. 1m; c. 0.75m x c. 0.4) removed in 1960s during reclamation (pers. comm. S. O'Mahony). Possibly same stone described by O'Leary (1919, 35) as 'a block of limestone with curved top 32in by 24in by 14in'. 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

• Ballyhemiken Bridge, bridge, 1900–1905 · Regional interest
  Description

  Triple-span red brick road bridge, built 1903, spanning former railway line. Square-headed arches, having coursed red brick piers with rock-faced limestone quoins. Cast-iron girder and concrete deck to flat arch, with English bond red brick parapets having tooled limestone coping stones.

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 Ballyhemiken, 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 Ballyhemiken.

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

Name

Ballyhemiken · Baile Thoimicín

Area

235,133 m² (23.51 ha, 58.1 acres)

Civil parish

Liscleary, and its townlands

Barony

Kerrycurrihy

Electoral division

Monkstown Rural, the unit of the census

Census 2022

1,262 people lived in 429 households in the Monkstown Rural electoral division. 71% of households owned their home. 52% of homes were built since 2001. 4% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 1% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Ballynametagh, Carrigaline, Carrigaline Middle, Hilltown, Raffeen

Placenames

Ballyhemiken 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.