Ballynacubby
Townland in the civil parish of Ringcurran, barony of Kinsale, Co. Cork; in Irish Baile an Chobaigh
Parcel 5328547
- Area
- 6,129 m² (0.61 ha, 1.51 acres)
- Buildings
- 2 buildings touch it, 2,679 m² on the ground
- Zoning
- R2 Existing Residential/Mixed Residential and Other Uses (Cork County Development Plan 2022) The objective
- Townland
- Ballynacubby
Planning applications on this parcel
24 Apr 2017Conditional
Retention of an all weather playing pitch with ball catching posts and nets. Permission for (1) all weather running track (2) 8 no. 15.2m high floodlights to the existing all weather running playing pitch and proposed all weather running track to an average lighting level of 250 Lux and (3) Permission for 4 no. 10.0m high floodlights to the existing playing courts to an average lighting level of 675 Lux and associated site works within the boundary of the existing school
Permission · Cork County Council, 17/4980
20 Feb 2017Incompleted application
Construction of 8 no. 15.2m high floodlights to the existing sports pitch and track to an average lighting level of 250 Lux and 2 no. 10.0m high floodlights to the existing playing courts to an average lighting level of 200 Lux and associated site works within the boundary of the existing school
Permission · Cork County Council, 17/4366
23 Apr 2015Conditional
Extensions to existing nursing home building including a link extension at first floor level to apartment block A, alterations and change of use at 1st floor level of apartment block A of 5 no. apartments to 14 no. bedrooms and extension of apartment block A at eastern gable attaching to existing apartment block B and associated site works. Permission is also sought for retention of the existing nursing home building as constructed (change of design and layout from that permitted under Planning Ref. No. 05/7843), retention of minor elevational and internal alterations and minor repositioning of apartment blocks A & B, alterations to site boundaries to those permitted under Planning Ref. No. 05/7843 and associated site works and services including bin storage areas, landscaping and car parking
Permission · Cork County Council, 15/4835
12 Mar 2015Incompleted application
Retention of existing nursing home rooms at basement level - floor area 694m². Retention of minor overal elevational changes to buildings from original permission - site area 1.1 hectares. Proposed extensions of 2,001m² to nursing home and conversion of five existing apartments to fourteen nursing home bedrooms and associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 15/4484
7 Mar 2014Conditional
Construction of 3 no. temporary prefabricated classrooms and associated site works within the boundary of existing school
Permission · Cork County Council, 14/4463
9 May 2013Conditional
Construction of 2no. temporary prefabricated classrooms and associated site works within the boundary of the existing school
Permission · Cork County Council, 13/4866
2 May 2013Incompleted application
Construction of 2no. temporary prefabricated classrooms and associated site works within the boundary of the existing school
Permission · Cork County Council, 13/4812
30 Apr 2013Conditional
A 5398sq.m new secondary school accommodation to include new three-storey classroom block, a new sports hall facility, a new single storey classroom extension and a new two-storey extension to the existing school building together with associated general refurbishment to the existing school, a new ESB sub-station, 2no. new vehicular entrances with associated boundary walls and 2no. new pedestrian entrances, a new access road, on-site car park and set-down area, new hard play courts, arrival terrace, multi-sensory garden and all associated site works with removal of existing vehicular and pedestrian entrance gates and associated boundary walls and all existing temporary classroom accommodation
Permission · Cork County Council, 13/4791
5 Apr 2013Incompleted application
Construction of 5398 square metre new secondary school accommodation to include a new three storey classroom block, a new sports hall facility, a new single storey classroom extension and a new two storey extension to the existing school building together with associated general refurbishment to the existing school, a new ESB sub-station, two new vehicular entrances with associated boundary walls and two new pedestrian entrances, a new access road, on site car park and set down area, new hard play courts, arrival terrace, multi-sensory garden and all associated site works with removal of existing vehicular and pedestrian entrance gates and associated boundary walls and all existing temporary accommodation
Permission · Cork County Council, 13/4606
17 Apr 2007Conditional
Construction of one prefab classroom block north of existing school consisting of 2 no. classrooms and one resource room
Permission · Cork County Council, 07/7079
26 Oct 2005Conditional
Construction of two storey nursing home (comprising of 50 beds, treatment rooms, common room, catering, laundry facilities, oratory, doctors surgery, basement parking and ancillary spaces), construction of 41 no. sheltered apartment units (comprising of three storey block of 15 no. apartments, two storey block of 8 no. apartments and two storey block of 18 no. apartments), car parking and associated site works including temporary sewerage treatment works
Permission · Cork County Council, 05/7843
2 Mar 2004Conditional
2 no. prefab classroom units, containing 4 no. classrooms, 7 no. toilets and 1 no. office
Permission · Cork County Council, 04/1322
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
- About 1 in 10 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels. Testing a home
- Landslides
- Susceptibility low, on the 1:50,000 map.
- Terrain model
- No LiDAR survey of the Office of Public Works covers the centre of this parcel.
- Flooding
- The flood maps of the Office of Public Works: floodinfo.ie.
Radon Risk Map of Ireland, Environmental Protection Agency; Landslide Susceptibility Classification, Geological Survey Ireland; both 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.
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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
- 30.6 ha
- 76 acres
- Land parcels
- 415
- registered freehold, median 198 m²
- Zoning
- R2
- Existing Residential/Mixed Residential and Other Uses
- Planning
- 100
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
415 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Ballynacubby, from 0 m² to 41,631 m² (4.16 ha, 10.29 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 29 neighbouring parcels touch it.
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Zoning
Development plans, national zoning
- R2Existing Residential/Mixed Residential and Other Uses (Existing residential)
Cork County Development Plan 2022, Cork · 438 parcels The zoning objective in the plan - R1Residential (New/proposed residential)
Cork County Development Plan 2022, Cork · 4 parcels The zoning objective in the plan - N2.2Utility and Infrastructure (Wastewater)
Cork County Development Plan 2022, Cork · 1 parcels The zoning objective in the plan - G4Green Infrastructure (Active open space)
Cork County Development Plan 2022, Cork · 1 parcels The zoning objective in the plan - G3Green Infrastructure (Conservation, amenity or buffer space, corridor/belt, landscape)
Cork County Development Plan 2022, Cork · 0 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
25 Aug 2026Awaiting recommendation
Permission for Retention of the use of an existing detached garage structure as ancillary accommodation to the existing main dwelling house, namely; a bedroom and ensuite, along with retention of change of garage door to glazed doors on the front elevation. Dwelling and Garage previously permitted under planning ref 21-5984.
Permission for retention · Cork County Council, 26/2218
17 Jul 2026Invalid - case closed
Retention of the use of an existing detached garage structure as ancillary accommodation to the existing main dwelling house, namely; a bedroom and ensuite, along with retention of change of garage door to glazed doors on the front elevation. Dwelling and Garage previously permitted under planning ref 21-5984.
Permission for retention · Cork County Council, 26/1904
18 Mar 2026Grant with conditions
The installation of a free standing 13.04m x 4.2m x 4.1m (L x W x H) Containerised Biomass Boiler unit, with all ancillary services and associated site works at the grass verge area and part of the existing car parking area to the east of Kinsale Community School, Ballynacubby, Kinsale, Co. Cork. This development is covered by the provisions of the Renewable Energy Directive III (Directive (EU) 2023/2413) and it is important to note that the planning application may be subject to section 34D of the Planning and Development Act 2000, as amended. When a notice issues in accordance with section 34D(b), the provisions of article 26A of the Planning and Development Regulations 2001 to 2025 shall apply.
Permission · Cork County Council, 26/0658
18 Mar 2026Grant with conditions
Permission for alterations & extension to dwelling house consisting of a rear & side ground floor extension, conversion of attic to living accommodation, elevational changes & any associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 26/0669
27 Feb 2026Invalid - case closed
Permission for alterations and extension to dwelling house consisting of a rear and side ground floor extension, conversion of attic to living accommodation, elevational changes and any associated site works.
Permission · Cork County Council, 26/0486
18 Feb 2026Invalid - prepare letters
The installation of a free standing 13.04m x 4.2m x 4.1m (L x W x H) Biomass Boiler unit, with all ancillary services and associated site works at the grass verge area and part of the existing car parking area adjacent Kinsale Community School, Ballynacubby, Kinsale, Co. Cork. The proposed works are to be carried out within the curtilage of Kinsale Community School.
Permission · Cork County Council, 26/0385
17 Feb 2026Grant with conditions
Permission for alterations and extensions to existing dwelling including 117m2 front extension linked to existing dwelling, 15.5m2 rear extension, internal alterations to existing dwelling and all assocaited site works.
Permission · Cork County Council, 26/0377
30 Jan 2026Invalid - case closed
Permission for alterations and extension to dwelling house consisting of a rear ground floor extension, conversion of attic to living accommodation, elevational changes and any associated site works.
Permission · Cork County Council, 26/0191
22 Jan 2026Invalid - case closed
Permission for alterations and extensions to existing dwelling including 117m2 front extension linked to existing dwelling, 15.5m2 rear extension, internal alterations to existing dwelling and all assocaited site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 26/0109
23 Jul 2025Conditional permission
Permission for:- 1) Demolition of existing extension to the side of an existing dwelling, 2) Construction of a new extension to the side and rear, 3) Alterations to existing elevations including installation of new solar panels, 4) All associated site development works.
Permission · Cork County Council, 25/5468
3 Mar 2025Conditional permission
Permission for (1) The reduction in in the size of the existing garden and curtilage to the existing dwelling house (No.26) and the relocation of the existing car parking spaces, (2) The construction of a new attached dwelling house and associated site works, (3) All associated site development works.
Permission · Cork County Council, 25/4324
28 Jan 2025Conditional permission
Permission for the removal of existing pre-fabricated buildings on site and general site clearance, the construction of a 1 and 2 storey school building including general and specialist classrooms, Special Education Needs (SEN) units, general purpose rooms, servery, library, offices, staff room, stores, toilets and ancillary spaces, provision of a one-way vehicular entrance to the south of the site from the L7249-0 local road, an adjacent pedestrian and cyclist entrance, and a new internal road network, provision of bicycle, car parking and set-down areas within the school campus, provision of upgrades to existing junctions on the L7249-0 local road in the townland Ballinacubby to include new pedestrian crossings at the junction of Harbor Heights and Abbey Court estate, provision of external play and amenity areas including a SEN play area/garden, 2 no. ballcourts, social areas, biodiversity areas, and all associated landscaping, boundary treatments and site lighting, provision of external bin stores, storage shelters, associated drainage, attenuation and other site services, and all related site development works
Permission · Cork County Council, 25/4086
19 Dec 2024Incompleted application
Permission for the removal of existing pre-fabricated buildings on site and general site clearance; the construction of 1 and 2 storey school building including general and specialist classrooms, special education needs (SEN) units, general purpose rooms, servery, library, offices, staff room, stores, toilets and ancillary spaces; provision of a one-way vehicular entrance to the south of the site from the L7249-0 local road, an adjacent pedestrian and cyclist entrance, and a new internal road network, provision of bicycle, car parking and set-down areas within the school campus, provision of upgrades to existing pedestrian crossings on the L7249-0 local road; provision of external play and amenity areas including SEN play area/garden, 2 no. ballcourts, social areas, biodiversity areas, and all associated landscaping, boundary treatments and site lighting; provision of external bin stores, storage shelters, associated drainage, attenuation and other site services, and all related site development works. The site contains a National Monuments (CO112-090).
Permission · Cork County Council, 24/6452
7 Oct 2024Conditional
Permission for the proposed demolition of an existing dwelling, the provision of a proposed replacement dwelling and all associated site works.
Permission · Cork County Council, 24/5880
2 Jan 2024Conditional permission
Permission to develop 2 no. all weather 'astro' playing pitches (soccer & hockey) including drainage, 2.4m high perimeter protective fencing with 3m high ballstop netting above, 6 no. 15.24m high & 2 no. 24.38m high floodlights, earth retaining structures, reduce in size existing all weather pitch, remove existing basketball/tennis court together with all site development works.
Permission · Cork County Council, 23/6599
27 Nov 2023Conditional permission
Permission to demolish existing house and detached garage and to construct a new dwelling house and detached domestic garage.
Permission · Cork County Council, 23/6356
9 Mar 2023Withdrawn
To develop 2 no. all weather "astro" playing pitches (soccer and hockey) including drainage, 2.4m high perimeter protective fencing with 3m high ballstop netting above, 6 no. 15.24m high and 2 no. 24.38m high floodlights, earth retaining structures, reduce in size existing all weather pitch, remove existing basketball/tennis court together with all site development works
Permission · Cork County Council, 23/4424
15 Jul 2022Conditional
Alterations and extensions to dwelling; consisting of a front porch extension incorporating a new flat roof with entrance canopy, a ground floor side extension and all associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 22/5677
27 Jun 2022Unconditional
Permission to erect one temporary classroom to the southwest of the existing school building and all associated site works.
Permission · Cork County Council, 22/5509
27 Apr 2022Conditional permission
The construction of 9 no dwelling houses and associated site works, including a new vehicular entrance and connection to public services. this application is for permission for modifications to previously granted residential development planning red 18/6381 and an Bord Pleanala ref ABP-304796-19 and includes (1)modifications to house types C and D with revised internal layouts, elevations and facades (2) updated road layouts and access point for the 4 no lower houses and ancillary site development works
Permission · Cork County Council, 22/4920
25 Apr 2022Unconditional permission
The construction of an extension of the living space to the west and south of the above dwelling house, some internal modification and associated infrastructure.
Permission · Cork County Council, 22/4895
25 Mar 2022Incompleted application
The construction of an extension of the living space to the west and south of the above property, some internal modification and associated infrastructure.
Permission · Cork County Council, 22/4652
21 Mar 2022Incompleted application
The construction of 9 No dwellinghouses and associated site works, including a new vehicular entrance and connection to public services. This application is for permission for modifications to previously granted residential development (Planning Ref 18/6381 and An Bord Pleanala Ref ABP – 304796-19) and includes; (1) modifications to house types C and D with revised internal layouts, elevations and facades (2) updated road layout and access point for the 4 No lower houses and ancillary site development works.
Permission · Cork County Council, 22/4612
11 Mar 2022Conditional
Permission for retention for 1) rear two storey flat roof extension, 2) single storey side bay window, 3) rear facing roof light, 4) second floor side window to existing dwelling. Permission for retention for 1) detached domestic garage with associated side access steps, 2) rear garden shed, 3) alterations to boundary walls including access door onto side lane, 4) construction of boundary wall with access door onto side lane with associated site works. Permission to demolish single storey store room.
Permission · Cork County Council, 22/4554
4 Feb 2022Incompleted application
Permission for retention for 1) rear two storey flat roof extension, 2) single storey side bay window, 3) rear facing roof light, 4) second floor side window to existing dwelling. Permission for retention for 1) detached domestic garage with associated side access steps, 2) rear garden shed, 3) alterations to boundary walls including access door onto side lane, 4) construction of boundary wall with access door onto side lane with associated site works. Permission to demolish single storey store room.
Permission · Cork County Council, 22/4220
The 25 most recent of over 100 applications.
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 Ballynacubby.
Recorded monuments
- CO112-082 Burial ground
Description
Uncovered c. 1978 during building of housing estate on SW side of Kinsale, just outside, and to W of, town walls (CO112-034---). Excavation revealed c. 40 skeletons laid out in single interments in separate grave pits c. 0.4m-0.6m below ground level; orientation E-W; clear rows observed. No coffins used. Arms extended, hands crossed over the genital region. No signs of church or associated structures located. Ring on finger of one skeleton dates site to 16th-17th century (pers. comm. J. Barber). 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 Ballynacubby.
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
- About 1 in 10 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels. Testing a home
- Landslides
- Susceptibility moderately low, low, on the 1:50,000 map; parts are made ground and water.
- Terrain model
- No LiDAR survey of the Office of Public Works covers the centre of the townland of Ballynacubby.
- Flooding
- The flood maps of the Office of Public Works: floodinfo.ie.
Radon Risk Map of Ireland, Environmental Protection Agency; Landslide Susceptibility Classification, Geological Survey Ireland; both 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 Ballynacubby with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Cork.
The townland
- Name
- Ballynacubby · Baile an Chobaigh
- Area
- 305,713 m² (30.57 ha, 75.54 acres)
- Civil parish
- Ringcurran, and its townlands
- Barony
- Kinsale
- Electoral division
- Kinsale Rural, the unit of the census
- Census 2022
- Kinsale Rural electoral division: 5,605 people in 1,855 households; 75% of households own their home; 47% of homes were built since 2001; 6% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 8% were holiday homes.
- Neighbouring townlands
- Abbey-Lands, Cappagh, Commoge, Mansfield's-Land, Town-Plots
- Placenames
- Ballynacubby 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.