Bellmount Lower

129 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Bellmount Lower, from 18 m² to 242,312 m² (24.23 ha, 59.88 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 Bellmount Lower 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.

• 30 Jul 2026Grant permission

  Permission to construct: 1) 1 no. natural grass playing pitch with 1.3m high perimeter fencing, and installation of 2 no. high level ball retention nets, goal posts and dugouts; 2) new single-storey dressing room building with ancillary sanitary facilities; 3) new site entrance and gravel access road with pedestrian footpath connecting facility with the village and provision of new car parking area to serve development; 4) to relocate existing agricultural access gate serving adjoining land to the north - east corner of the site; 5) permission for retention of existing gravel surface area, currently forming part of access road serving part of the site, to be incorporated in aforementioned new access road; 6) installation of new wastewater treatment system and percolation area to serve development; 7) to demolish derelict pump house located in the south-east corner of site; 8) provision of new amenity walkway around periphery of new playing pitch; 9) provision of new hedgerow along proposed access road, to replace 2 no. existing hedgerows to be removed from site; and 10) all associated site works at site, site located in the proximity of Bellmount Mills (Recorded Monument RMP CO083-033; Recorded Protected Structure RPS 00551). Extension of Duration to Permission granted under Planning Ref. No. 20/6777.

  Extension of duration · Cork County Council, 26/2026

• 20 Apr 2026Awaiting f.i. response

  Bellmount Developments Ltd intend to apply for Planning Permission for a proposed residential development at Bellmount Lower, Crookstown, Co. Cork. The development will consist of the construction of 4 No. detached dwelling houses. The proposed development will also include, new internal driveways, car parking, landscaping, boundary treatments, surface water drainage, foul water treatment by means of individual on-site wastewater treatment plants with sand polishing filters, and all associated site development works. All works are within the curtilage of a protected structure.

  Permission · Cork County Council, 26/1004

• 20 Mar 2026Invalid - case closed

  Bellmount Developments Ltd intend to apply for Planning Permission for a proposed residential development at Bellmount Lower, Crookstown, Co. Cork. The development will consist of the construction of 4 No. detached dwelling houses. The proposed development will also include, new internal driveways, car parking, landscaping, boundary treatments, surface water drainage, foul water treatment by means of individual on-site wastewater treatment plants with sand polishing filters, and all associated site development works.

  Permission · Cork County Council, 26/0692

• 1 Aug 2024Conditional

  Permission for proposed single storey dwelling house with attached domestic garage, effluent treatment system and all associated site works

  Permission · Cork County Council, 24/5471

• 21 Jun 2024Incompleted application

  Permission for proposed single storey dwelling house with attached domestic garage, effluent treatment system and all associated site works.

  Permission · Cork County Council, 24/5169

• 6 Jun 2024Unconditional

  Construction of a dwelling, detached domestic garage, packaged waste water treatment system and polishing filter, demolition of existing shed and all associated site works. Extension of Duration to Permission granted under Planning Ref. No. 19/5589

  Extension of duration · Cork County Council, 24/5041

• 24 May 2024Incompleted application

  Permission for proposed single storey dwelling house with attached domestic garage, effluent treatment system and all associated site works

  Permission · Cork County Council, 24/4946

• 20 Mar 2023Conditional permission

  The development will consist of : a) the demolition of existing out houses/sheds, b) the construction of a domestic shed, c) the construction of an extension to the rear of the existing dwelling, d) elevational changes and material alterations to the internal layout of the ground and first floor plans to incorporate new extension and all associated site works

  Permission · Cork County Council, 23/4478

• 5 Oct 2021Conditional

  To construct storey and a half dwelling house. Proposed works to include: 1) to construct new site entrance from public road and new access driveway to serve new dwelling, 2) new on site bored well; 3) to install new waste water treatment system to serve new dwelling; and, 4) all associated site works including new boundary treatments and on site landscaping works.

  Permission · Cork County Council, 21/6698

• 25 Aug 2021Incompleted application

  To construct new storey and a half dwellinghouse. Proposed works to include: 1) to construct new site entrance from public road and new access driveway to serve new dwelling, 2) new on site bored well; 3) to install new waste water treatment system to serve new dwelling; and, 4) all associated site works including new boundary treatments and on site landscaping works.

  Permission · Cork County Council, 21/6344

• 27 May 2021Conditional

  To demolish the existing single storey rear extension and existing garage and construct a new 2 storey extension to the rear of the existing dwelling, including all associated site works.

  Permission · Cork County Council, 21/5475

• 11 Dec 2020Conditional permission

  To construct: 1) 1 no. natural grass playing pitch with 1.3m high perimeter fencing, and installation of 2 no. high level ball retention nets, goal posts and dugouts; 2) new single-storey dressing room building with ancillary sanitary facilities; 3) new site entrance and gravel access road with pedestrian footpath connecting facility with the village and provision of new car parking area to serve development; 4) to relocate existing agricultural access gate serving adjoining land to the north – east corner of the site; 5) permission for retention of existing gravel surface area, currently forming part of access road serving part of the site, to be incorporated in aforementioned new access road; 6) installation of new wastewater treatment system and percolation area to serve development; 7) to demolish derelict pump house located in the south-east corner of site; 8) provision of new amenity walkway around periphery of new playing pitch; 9) provision of new hedgerow along proposed access road, to replace 2 no. existing hedgerows to be removed from site; and 10) all associated site works at site, site located in the proximity of Bellmount Mills (Recorded Monument RMP CO083-033; Recorded Protected Structure RPS 00551).

  Permission for retention · Cork County Council, 20/6777

• 31 Jan 2020Conditional

  To realign part of existing private laneway and to relocate existing entrance from public road and all associated siteworks.

  Permission · Cork County Council, 20/4160

• 18 Jun 2019Conditional

  Construction of a dwelling, detached domestic garage, packaged waste water treatment system and polishing filter, demolition of existing shed and all associated site works.

  Permission · Cork County Council, 19/5589

• 23 Apr 2019Conditional

  Dwellinghouse, an effluent treatment system and all associated site works. Permission Consequent on the grant of Outline Permission Ref. No. 15/6831

  Permission consequent · Cork County Council, 19/4998

• 3 Oct 2016Conditional

  The demolition of an existing single-storey dwelling and outbuildings, the construction of a one-and-a-half storey dwelling with an attached garage, a new wastewater treatment system, changes to a vehicular and pedestrian access, and all associated site works

  Permission · Cork County Council, 16/6443

• 14 Dec 2015Conditional

  Dwellinghouse, effluent treatment system and associated site works

  Outline permission · Cork County Council, 15/6831

• 16 Nov 2015Incompleted application

  Outline planning permission for a dwelling house, effluent treatment system and associated site works.

  Outline permission · Cork County Council, 15/6575

• 2 Jun 2015Conditional

  (a) Retention of 1no. agricultural building consisting of slatted slurry storage and cattle lying area, (b) retention of dungstead, and (c) permission for construction of 1no. agricultural building consisting of slatted slurry storage, cattle lying area and storage of machinery and straw, and all associated site works

  Permission · Cork County Council, 15/5153

• 13 May 2014Conditional

  27 no. dwelling units with sewage treatment plant including all ancillary site development works - Extension of duration to permission granted under Planning Ref. No. 04/9468

  Extension of duration · Cork County Council, 14/4974

• 6 Mar 2014Refused

  Retention of intensified use of land for short term parking of vehicles including cars, trucks and heavy trailers, and for storage of machinery and tanks, all ancillary to the adjacent commercial garage

  Retention · Cork County Council, 14/4439

• 27 Sept 2013Refused

  27 no. dwelling units, with sewage treatment plant including all ancillary site development works - Extension of duration of permission granted under Planning Reg. No. 04/9468

  Extension of duration · Cork County Council, 13/5875

• 13 Sept 2011Refused

  Construction of dwelling, detached garage, waste water treatment system, entrance and associated site works

  Permission · Cork County Council, 11/5970

• 27 Oct 2009Conditional

  Dwelling house, septic tank & percolation area

  Permission · Cork County Council, 09/7461

• 7 Oct 2009Incompleted application

  Dwelling house, septic tank & percolation area

  Permission · Cork County Council, 09/7260

The 25 most recent of 50 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 Bellmount Lower.

Recorded monuments

• CO083-033 Mill - corn
  Description

  Flour mill to SW of Crookstown. According to local tradition, Herricks originally built mill (no longer survives) 1km to SW, near weir shown on 1842 OS 6-inch map; due to insufficient head of water, mills moved to present location, shown on 1842 OS 6-inch map as 'Bellmount Mills'. Howards leased mill from Herricks in 1848; mill then powered by overshot water wheel (diam 26ft; L 7ft) (Kerins et al. 1985, 11). Rectangular mill (long axis E-W), 6-storey with attic, gable-ended; W gable plus addition to N weatherslated. Date stone of 1810 recently uncovered on lintel over door. Wheel pit along W gable with mill pond to W; in early 20th century a Gilbert, Gilkes and Gordon turbine (52HP) installed, powering machinery within mill via pulley and belt system. National Gas and Diesel engine installed in 1926 to supplement power; electricity provided full power after 1958; turbine and engine removed. Grain drying kiln on W end of S wall used as carpenter's work shop in early part of 20th century; another addition on W end of N wall. Later addition onto E end of S wall which now houses two pairs of French burr millstones, set on iron table, installed in 1920s; now electrically driven with modern spindles underneath. Numerous modern mill buildings/silos along N side. Pair of semi-detached early 19th-century 2-storey residential mill houses to N still occupied. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 3: Mid Cork' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1997). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload/revision: 14 January 2009

• CO083-075001 Graveyard
  Description

  Approached by laneway from N, on SE side of Crookstown village; rectangular graveyard (c. 65m E-W; c. 50m N-S) enclosed by poorly preserved stone wall. In occasional use. At centre are ruins of Moviddy C of I parish church (CO083-075004-). Earliest noted headstone dated 1764; roofless mausoleum to E of church contains classical wall plaque dated 1719 (Anon. 1898-1900, 10-11); there are other family vaults in E section of graveyard and some chest tombs. The 1842 OS 6-inch map shows dotted circle labelled 'site of Old Building' (CO083-075002-) immediately N of graveyard; no visible surface trace. Glebe house (CO083-076----) c. 300m to ENE. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 3: Mid Cork' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1997). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload/revision: 14 January 2009

• CO083-075002 Building
  Description

  The 1842 OS 6-inch map shows a dotted circle labelled 'site of Old Building' immediately N of the graveyard (CO083-075001-). There are no visible remains of this building. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 3: Mid Cork' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1997). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload/revision: 14 January 2009

• CO083-075003 Church
  Description

  The ruined 18th-century C of I parish church (CO083-075004-) of Moviddy is built on or near the site of the ancient parish church of Moviddy. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 3: Mid Cork' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1997). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload/revision: 14 January 2009

• CO083-075004 Church
  Description

  In centre of graveyard (CO083-075001-), ruin of former C of I parish church of Moviddy. Rectangular nave (13.85m E-W; 7.7m N-S), to which was added semicircular apse (7.7m N-S; 4.3m E-W) at E end, and rectangular porch (4.3m E-W; 4.95m N-S) at W end. Porch entered through door in N wall, recently blocked up; surround has rounded arch with prominent keystone, jambs and arch stones deeply chamfered, base and capital on each side appear re-used and may be 18th-century in date. Addition of chancel and nave, and complete re-modelling of existing structure, took place in late 1890s (Cole 1903, 91-2); amongst these renovations was insertion of paired lights with limestone surrounds, three in N wall and three in S; these replaced 'old plain wooden frames' (ibid.). Earlier core probably built in early 18th century, and had already been repaired in early 19th century (Lewis 1837, vol. 2, 398) when described as 'very neat edifice in the early English style'. Built on or near site of ancient parish church (CO083-075003-) of Moviddy. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 3: Mid Cork' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1997). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload/revision: 14 January 2009

• CO083-161 Bullaun stone (present location)
  Description

  In the village of Crookstown, In pasture, on private land. A possible bullaun stone was found lying along a field boundary, and reported to NMS in April 2021. It is a rather large block of limestone, sub-rectangular in shape originally (L 0.56m; Wth 0.48m; H c. 0.30m) with rounded corners. A significant portion of the stone is broken off (c. 050m by 0.40m). The longer surviving side of the stone is flat, while the other sides are rounded and slant inwardly, suggesting that the stone may have been set against a wall or flat surface. The hollow is circular (Diam. 0.28m; D 0.15m), but it is not centred within the stone. This is not the original location of the bullaun stone, and it may be associated with the early graveyard and church located c. 50m to the NE of the field where it is currently located (CO083-075001- and CO083-075002-).   Compiled by: Anne-Julie Lafaye   Date of upload: 25 November 2025

Architectural heritage

• Sign post, 1930–1950 · Regional interest
  Description

  Freestanding cast-iron pole mounted rectangular road sign, erected c.1940, with text in Irish and English and harp motif cast in raised relief.

• House, 1860–1900 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached four-bay two-storey house, built c.1880. Pitched slate roof with rendered chimneystacks and uPVC rainwater goods. Roughcast rendered walls having rendered plinth band. Square-headed window openings with painted stone sills throughout, having render surrounds and one-over-one pane timber sliding sash windows. Square-headed door opening within moulded render surround to front elevation, having timber panelled door with overlight. Double-height outbuilding to east, having pitched slate roof, roughcast rendered walls and square-headed openings with timber-framed windows. Rendered boundary walls with roughcast rendered square-profile piers having wrought-iron pedestrian gate.

• St Helen's Church of Ireland Church, church/chapel, 1800–1840 · Regional interest
  Description

  Ruinous remains of freestanding double-height Church of Ireland church, built c.1820, altered and renovated c.1890, comprising four-bay nave, bowed apse to east, porch to west and vestry to north elevation. Roof now absent. Rendered walls with rubble stone walls exposed to north elevation. Paired pointed arch window openings with chamfered stone sills throughout, having triple pointed arch opening to north elevation of nave, single-light round-headed window openings to chancel all having cut limestone block-and-start surrounds. Round-headed door opening to porch with cut limestone surround and with carved impost blocks. Camber-headed door opening to vestry with cut limestone block-and-start surround. Set back from road within disused graveyard with rubble stone enclosing walls, having square-profile rubble stone piers to front of site having cut limestone caps.

• Bellmount Mills, mill (water), 1780–1820 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached multiple-bay five-storey with dormer attic former corn mill, built c.1800, having double-pile three-storey five-bay extension to the north-east, with corner-sited five-storey extension and corrugated-iron tower. Site currently disused. Pitched corrugated-iron roofs with rendered chimneystacks and remains of cast-iron rainwater goods. Rendered walls with hanging slate to south-west elevation of original mill. Concrete loading bay and platform to north-east elevation. Square-headed window openings with render and stone sills throughout, openings to original block now blocked with multiple-pane timber casement and three-over-three pane timber sash windows to additional blocks. Set within larger mill complex of recently built buildings.

• Bellmount House, house, 1830–1850 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached double-pile three-bay two-storey house, built c.1840, having gabled half dormers to front (north). Single-bay two-storey wing to side (west) elevation abutting outbuildings, gable-fronted break-front end-bay to side (east) with single-storey canted bay and gable-fronted break-front end-bay to rear (south) with single-storey box bay. Recent open front porch to front and single-storey addition to side (west) elevation of rear block. Pitched slate roofs with rendered chimneystacks, eave courses and uPVC rainwater goods. Roughly dressed rubble limestone walls with tooled limestone quoins, line-and-ruled rendered walls to rear elevation of single-storey addition and rear break-front end-bay. Square-headed window openings with tooled limestone sills and ashlar limestone block-and-start surrounds. Single and paired timber sliding sash windows to wing, and replacement aluminium casements elsewhere. Square-headed door opening with double-leaf glazed timber door set within porch. Abutting multiple-bay single- and two-storey outbuildings to west, having pitched slate roofs and rubble stone walls. Square-headed openings with timber battened fittings throughout with occasional looped openings with quarry glazing. Outbuilding complex to south-east of site comprising two-storey and single-storey multiple-bay outbuildings opening onto yard. Pitched slate roofs with rubble stone walls. Square-headed and camber-headed openings to two-storey outbuilding having red brick block-and-start surrounds. Square-headed openings to single-storey building. House set within own grounds.

• Bellmount House, gate lodge, 1835–1840 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached gable-fronted three-bay two-storey over basement gate lodge, date 1837, having three-storey elevation to rear (south). Single-storey extensions to side (west) elevation. Now ruinous. Roof now missing, having tooled limestone gable copings with carved limestone finials, inscribed date to front (north) finial. Rendered walls with oriel to front and side (east) elevations and exposed rubble stone walls to extension. Square-headed window openings with stone sills and remains of timber frames to some openings. Square-headed door opening to front elevation, now blocked. Single-span rubble stone bridge to east of site, having segmental-headed arch with dressed voussoirs and prominent keystone. Located at entrance to Bellmount House.

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 Bellmount Lower, 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 Bellmount Lower.

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

Name

Bellmount Lower · Ard an Chloig Íochtarach

Area

1,919,527 m² (191.95 ha, 474.33 acres)

Civil parish

Moviddy, and its townlands

Barony

Muskerry East

Electoral division

Moviddy, the unit of the census

Census 2022

1,592 people lived in 517 households in the Moviddy electoral division. 85% of households owned their home. 40% of homes were built since 2001. 7% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 0% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Bellmount Upper, Castlemore, Clodah, Currabeha, Farranduff, Garranenamuddagh, Inchirahilly

Placenames

Bellmount Lower 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.