Ballinteosig

64 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Ballinteosig, from 49 m² to 1,237,282 m² (123.73 ha, 305.74 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 37 neighbouring parcels touch it.

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No zone of a development plan covers Ballinteosig 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.

• 13 Aug 2026Invalid - prepare letters

  We, Perigus Energy Ireland Midco Ltd., intend to apply for permission for development at this site: Knocknagappagh, Barnaviddane, Ballyneague, Ballydaniel, Youghalpark, Ballydaheen and Cornaveigh in County Cork. The development will consist of: • A 323.28 ha solar farm with ca. 210ha of solar panels fixed on ground-mounted frames or precast concrete solar panel footings, gabion basket, or ballasted solutions. • The provision of 54 no. Inverter/transformer stations placed on concrete pads on hardcore sized 120m2. • Site access tracks formed from the provision of 5,135m of new site access tracks and the upgrade of 7,115m of existing access tracks/roads to facilitate access to all onsite infrastructure. • The provision of 1 no. new permanent site entrance for construction and operational access, with the addition of a temporary overrun area from the R634 regional road in the townland of Ballydaniel (site entrance 1). • The permanent realignment of 1 no. existing field access for construction and operational access from the L7806 local road in the townland of Knocknagappagh (site entrance 2). • The provision of 1 no. new permanent site entrance for construction and operational access from the L3803 local road in the townland of Barnaviddane (site entrance 3). • The permanent realignment of 1 no. existing entrance for construction and operational access from the L3808 local road in the townland of Youghalpark (site entrance 4). • The permanent realignment of 1 no. existing entrance for construction and operational access from the L38081 local road in the townland of Cornaveigh (site entrance 5). • The permanent realignment of 2 no. existing field entrances for construction and operational access from the L7828 local road in the townland of Ballyneague (site entrance 6 and 7). • The permanent realignment of 3 no. existing field access for construction and operational access from the L7829 local road in the townland of Ballydaniel (site entrance 8, 9 and 10). • The permanent realignment of 1 no. existing entrance for construction and operational access from the L38032 local road in the townland of Knocknagappagh (site entrance 11). • Underground electrical ducting and cabling, including 3 no. road crossings (local roads L7829, L3803 and L78281) and 3 no. culvert crossings on the L3808. • The provision of 5 no. Temporary construction compounds of which there will be 1 main temporary construction compound (Compound No. 1 located in Ballyneague) ca. 5,200m2 with associated temporary offices, staff facilities parking and security fencing, and 4 no. additional temporary laydown areas of ca. 2,000m2 each located in the townlands of Ballydaniel, Barnaviddane, Cornaveigh and Youghalpark. • Landscaping works encompassing the removal of 395m hedgerow, the planting of 1,400m of new hedgerow and up to 31,000m of linear hedgerow and mosaic hedgerow as required all included in a Landscape Mitigation Plan. • The provision of Biodiversity Enhancement Areas. • The provision of 1 no. temporary spoil storage area. • The construction of a ca. 7,800m2 Battery Energy Storage System (BESS) compound including 56 no. Battery Container Units, 7 no. Inverter Twin Skid Units each consisting of 2 no. Inverters and 1 no. Transformer housed in Modular Enclosures, Communications Building housing switchgear and controls, House Transformer, Back-up Generator and Fuel Supply located in a Bunded Reinforced Concrete Plinth Area, Control Building, Internal Access Tracks, Security Fencing, CCTV, Lighting, Drainage any all other ancillary infrastructure. • All ancillary development such as drainage infrastructure (clean water cut off drains), security fencing, CCTV, weather stations and storage containers for spare parts. The application is requesting a 10-year planning permission for the development of a solar farm with an operational life of 40 years. A separate planning application for the on-site 220kV AIS Substation and loop in Grid

  Permission · Cork County Council, 26/2133

• 19 Dec 2025Invalid - case closed

  The application is requesting a 10-year planning permission for the development of a solar farm with an operational life of 40 years. We, Orsted Onshore Ireland Midco Ltd, intend to apply for permission for development at this site: Knocknagappagh, Barnaviddane, Ballyneague, Ballydaniel, Youghalpark, Ballydaheen and Cornaveigh in County Cork. The development will consist of: • A 323.28 ha solar farm with ca. 210 ha of solar panels fixed on ground-mounted frames. • The provision of 54 no. Inverter/transformer stations placed on concrete pads on hardcore sized 120m2. • Site access tracks formed from the provision of 5,135m of new site access tracks and the upgrade of 7,115m of existing access tracks/roads to facilitate access to all onsite infrastructure. • The provision of 1 no. new permanent site entrance for construction and operational access, with the addition of a temporary overrun area from the R634 regional road in the townland of Ballydaniel (site entrance 1). • The permanent realignment of 1 no. existing field access for construction and operational access from the L7806 local road in the townland of Knocknagappagh (site entrance 2). • The provision of 1 no. new permanent site entrance for construction and operational access from the L3803 local road in the townland of Barnaviddane (site entrance 3). • The permanent realignment of 1 no. existing entrance for construction and operational access from the L3808 local road in the townland of Youghalpark (site entrance 4). • The permanent realignment of 1 no. existing entrance for construction and operational access from the L38081 local road in the townland of Cornaveigh (site entrance 5). • The permanent realignment of 2 no. existing field entrances for construction and operational access from the L7828 local road in the townland of Ballyneague (site entrance 6 and 7). • The permanent realignment of 3 no. existing field access for construction and operational access from the L7829 local road in the townland of Ballydaniel (site entrance 8, 9 and 10). • The permanent realignment of 1 no. existing entrance for construction and operational access from the L38032 local road in the townland of Knocknagappagh (site entrance 11). • Underground electrical ducting and cabling, including 3 no. road crossings (local roads L7829, L3803 and L78281) and 3 no. culvert crossings on the L3808. • The provision of 5 no. Temporary construction compounds of which there will be 1 main temporary construction compound (Compound No. 1 located in Ballyneague) ca. 5,200m2 with associated temporary offices, staff facilities parking and security fencing, and 4 no. additional temporary laydown areas of ca. 2,000m2 each located in the townlands of Ballydaniel, Barnaviddane, Cornaveigh and Youghalpark. • Landscaping works encompassing the removal of 395m hedgerow, the planting of 1,400m of new hedgerow and up to 31,000m of linear hedgerow and mosaic hedgerow as required all included in a Landscape Mitigation Plan. • The provision of Biodiversity Enhancement Areas. • The provision of 1 no. temporary spoil storage area. • The construction of a ca. 7,800m2 Battery Energy Storage System (BESS) compound including 56 no. Battery Container Units, 7 no. Inverter Twin Skid Units each consisting of 2 no. Inverters and 1 no. Transformer housed in Modular Enclosures, Communications Building housing switchgear and controls, House Transformer, Back-up Generator and Fuel Supply located in a Bunded Reinforced Concrete Plinth Area, Control Building, Internal Access Tracks, Security Fencing, CCTV, Lighting, Drainage any all other ancillary infrastructure. • All ancillary development such as drainage infrastructure (clean water cut off drains), security fencing, CCTV, weather stations and storage containers for spare parts. The application is requesting a 10-year planning permission for the development of a solar farm with an operational life of 40 years. A separate planning applicatio

  Permission · Cork County Council, 25/6876

• 13 Dec 2023Conditional

  Permission for the construction of a dwelling, garage, wastewater treatment unit, polishing filter, well, new site entrance and associated works.

  Permission · Cork County Council, 23/6484

• 21 May 2021Conditional

  Permission for retention of 1). Dwellinghouse as constructed 2). Two number vehicular entrances as constructed 3). Site boundaries as constructed and 4). Domestic garage as constructed and all associated site works.

  Retention · Cork County Council, 21/5393

• 22 Feb 2021Conditional

  Retention permission of an existing telecommunications support structure (previously granted under Plan Ref No. 10/4881) together with associated ground equipment within a fenced compound.

  Retention · Cork County Council, 21/4434

• 7 Mar 2017Conditional

  Retention of attic conversion. Installation of 1 no. rooflight on the existing front elevation and 2 no. rooflights on the existing rear elevation to existing dwelling hosue and for a detached domestic garage as constructed and Permission for 3 no. new first floor gable windows rear & side elevations of existing dwelling house.

  Permission · Cork County Council, 17/4527

• 26 Apr 2016Unconditional

  Construction of extensions on north and south-west sides of existing building, installation of new patent wastewater treatment system and percolation area and associated site works – Extension of Duration of Permission granted under Planning Reg. No. 11/4500

  Extension of duration · Cork County Council, 16/4943

• 29 Jan 2015Conditional

  Construction of dwellinghouse, domestic garage, entrance, treatment unit and associated site works

  Permission · Cork County Council, 15/4150

• 14 Jun 2013Unconditional

  Bungalow and wastewater treatment unit - Extension of duration to permission granted under Planning Reg. No. 08/7464

  Extension of duration · Cork County Council, 13/5125

• 14 Mar 2011Conditional

  Construction of extensions on north and south-west sides of existing building, installation of new patent wastewater treatment system and percolation area and associated site works

  Permission · Cork County Council, 11/4500

• 4 Feb 2011Conditional

  Construction of a dormer dwellinghouse with attached garage, new site entrance, wastewater treatment system, percolation area and all associated site works

  Permission · Cork County Council, 11/4186

• 5 Oct 2010Conditional

  Granny flat extension to existing dwelling

  Permission · Cork County Council, 10/8127

• 30 Aug 2010Incompleted application

  Granny flat extension to existing dwelling

  Permission · Cork County Council, 10/6148

• 15 Apr 2010Conditional

  Retention of the existing 30metre high telecommunications support structure carrying antennae & link dishes together with associated equipment containers & security fencing

  Permission · Cork County Council, 10/4881

• 12 Apr 2010Conditional

  Retention of foundations and floor slab and permission to complete dwellinghouse with garage and proprietary treatment unit

  Permission · Cork County Council, 10/4849

• 18 Mar 2010Incompleted application

  Retention of foundations & floor slab, & completion of dwelling house with garage & treatment unit

  Permission · Cork County Council, 10/4620

• 28 May 2009Conditional

  Alteration to vehicular entrance to property permitted under Pl. Reg. No. 06/7811 and retention of one-and-a-half storey dwelling and outbuilding as constructed

  Permission · Cork County Council, 09/5755

• 24 Jun 2008Conditional

  Bungalow and wastewater treatment unit

  Permission · Cork County Council, 08/7464

• 14 Apr 2008Incompleted application

  Bungalow and wastewater treatment unit

  Permission · Cork County Council, 08/6016

• 25 Jun 2007Conditional

  Dwelling and garage

  Permission · Cork County Council, 07/8984

• 1 May 2007Conditional

  Dwellinghouse

  Permission consequent · Cork County Council, 07/7443

• 27 Apr 2007Withdrawn

  Dormer dwelling and garage

  Permission · Cork County Council, 07/7380

• 23 Mar 2007Incompleted application

  Dwellinghouse

  Permission consequent · Cork County Council, 07/6384

• 20 Feb 2007Incompleted application

  Dwellinghouse

  Permission consequent · Cork County Council, 07/5251

• 11 Sept 2006Conditional

  Dwellinghouse

  Outline permission · Cork County Council, 06/10503

The 25 most recent of 33 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 Ballinteosig.

Recorded monuments

• CO055-042001 House - vernacular house
  Description

  Front (NW) of 3 bays; central doorway concealed by modern porch; extension to right. Gable-ended, thatched roof; attic window in W gable; off-centre chimney to right. Occupied. 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

• CO055-042002 Kiln - lime
  Description

  Roadside, built against natural slope. Front W-facing, partially collapsed; arched recess (Wth 2m), stoking hole evident. Funnel collapsed; ramp on N 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

• CO055-044 Mill - fulling
  Description

  To W of Tourig river, short distance N of Inch settlement. W wall of tuck mill (4m N-S) survives with wheel-pit (Wth 2.4m) along external side. Rest of mill structure replaced by now overgrown remains of residential house which incorporates W wall of tuck mill. Named on 1842 OS 6-inch map. 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

• CO055-045001 Settlement cluster
  Description

  Shown on 1842 OS 6-inch map as village settlement named Inch, with R.C. chapel and national school (CO055-045002-). Two thatched structures remain, both 4-bay, 1-storey, hipped-roof with off-centre door to left and off-centre chimney to right. Several outhouses also remain. School now a community centre. Bridging point over small stream. 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

• House, 1800–1840 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached six-bay single-storey thatched house, built c. 1820, having seven-bay extension to west end of rear (north) elevation with thatched bay window to south end. Hipped reed thatched roofs with red brick chimneystack. Painted rendered walls with square-headed openings having replacement uPVC windows and concrete sills. Square-headed opening with timber battened half-glazed door.

• House, 1780–1820 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached three-bay single-storey thatched house with attic, built c. 1800, having recent gabled porch to front (east) elevation, extended lengthways to north, and with recent multiple-bay pitched-roofed extension to rear (west) elevation. Pitched reed thatched roof with rendered chimneystack. Pitched slate roof to north extension. Smooth rendered walls. Square-headed openings with two-over-two pane timber sliding sash windows and with bipartite one-over-one pane timber sliding sash window to south opening, front elevation. Replacement timber door. Yard to south with single-storey outbuildings and cut stone steps and cast-iron gate leading to house.

• Water pump, 1850–1890 · Regional interest
  Description

  Freestanding cast-iron water pump, erected c. 1870, having fluted spout and head and fluted cap with finial, banded shaft, and curved handle. Now disused.

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 Ballinteosig, 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 Ballinteosig.

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

Name

Ballinteosig · Baile an tSeosaigh

Area

3,284,887 m² (328.49 ha, 811.71 acres)

Civil parish

Ardagh, and its townlands

Barony

Imokilly

Electoral division

Ardagh, the unit of the census

Census 2022

750 people lived in 245 households in the Ardagh electoral division. 92% of households owned their home. 41% of homes were built since 2001. 6% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 2% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Ballycolman, Ballyknock, Ballymackibbot, Ballynaheila, Barnaviddane, Meenoughter, Monaloo, Monavarnoge, Parkmountain, Reanduff

Placenames

Ballinteosig 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.