Bealad West
Bealad West is a townland in the civil parish of Kilkerranmore, barony of Ibane and Barryroe, Co. Cork. Its name in Irish is Béalad Thiar.
Parcel 5344783
- Area
- 95,236 m² (9.52 ha, 23.53 acres)
- Buildings
- 2 buildings touch it. Their footprint covers 89 m².
- Zoning
- No zone of a development plan covers it in the national zoning. Outside zoned towns and villages, the county development plan's rural policies apply.
- Townland
- Bealad West
Planning applications on this parcel
No planning application touches this parcel in the national file, which goes back to 2010.
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 10 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 low.
- 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.
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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
- 232 ha
- 573 acres
- Land parcels
- 86
- registered freehold, median 5,238 m² (0.52 ha, 1.29 acres)
- Zoning
- —
- not in a zoned settlement
- Planning
- 63
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
86 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Bealad West, from 18 m² to 326,568 m² (32.66 ha, 80.7 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 24 neighbouring parcels touch it.
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Zoning
Development plans, national zoning
No zone of a development plan covers Bealad West 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.
Planning applications
Sites that touch the townland, newest first
3 Dec 2025Grant with conditions
Construct a geomembrane lined slurry holding lagoon and carry out all associated site works.
Permission · Cork County Council, 25/6664
1 Sept 2025Application withdrawn
Construction of a detached dwelling house and all associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 25/492
15 Aug 2025Incompleted application
Construction of a detached dwelling house and all associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 25/471
20 Jun 2023Conditional
Construction of a two storey dwelling house, detached garage, wastewater treatment unit, new vehicular entrance and all associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 23/330
26 May 2023Incompleted application
Construction of a two storey dwelling house, detached garage, wastewater treatment unit, new vehicular entrance and all associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 23/282
30 Jan 2023Conditional
Construct a conservatory extension to dwelling house and permission for retention of single storey extension to dwelling house, and all associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 23/32
26 Aug 2022Refused
Construction of a two storey dwelling house, detached garage, wastewater treatment unit, new vehicular entrance and all associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 22/549
8 Jul 2020Unconditional
Dwelling, garage and associated site development works
Extension of duration · Cork County Council, 20/357
27 May 2020Conditional
Construct a cattle house with two no. slatted slurry tanks, construct a soiled water tank and carry out associated site works (alterations to plan previously permitted under planning ref no. 16/00458)
Permission · Cork County Council, 20/268
29 Apr 2020Refused
Construct a dwelling house, installation of a waste water treatment plant unit and carry out associated site works.
Permission · Cork County Council, 20/229
2 Apr 2020Conditional
Construction of detached dwellinghouse, waste water treatment system and all associated site works.
Permission · Cork County Council, 20/188
29 Jan 2018Conditional
Construction of side ground floor extension, alterations to the façade, all to existing dwelling house and all associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 18/41
17 Oct 2017Conditional
Construct dwelling, domestic garage and all associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 17/667
25 Sept 2017Conditional
The construction of a proposed dwelling house and garage and all associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 17/626
18 Jul 2016Conditional
Construct an extension to existing cattle house, extend existing cattle crush, construct two no. slatted slurry tanks, calf house, soiled water tank and carry out associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 16/458
18 Dec 2015Conditional
Erection of dwellinghouse, garage and associated site development works.
Permission · Cork County Council, 15/717
3 Sept 2012Conditional
Permission for retention sought for (A) dwelling house base (B) domestic garage base and Permission sought to construct dwelling house and domestic garage (alterations to design of dwelling house as previously granted under pl. reg. no. 05/4262 and extended under pl. reg. no. 10/833) and to carry out associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 12/570
5 Jul 2011Unconditional
Dwelling and detached garage
Extension of duration · Cork County Council, 11/399
30 Jun 2011Incompleted application
Dwelling and detached garage
Extension of duration · Cork County Council, 11/388
20 Dec 2010Unconditional
Construction of dwelling with domestic garage and carry out all associated site works
Extension of duration · Cork County Council, 10/864
6 Dec 2010Unconditional
Dwelling house
Extension of duration · Cork County Council, 10/833
22 Oct 2010Unconditional
Dwelling house and garage
Extension of duration · Cork County Council, 10/717
20 Oct 2009Conditional
Demolition of existing two storey extension to existing dwellinghouse and construction of new two storey extension to existing dwellinghouse and associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 09/2006
13 Jun 2007Withdrawn
Dwellinghouse and associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 07/1545
2 May 2007Conditional
Construction of traditional two storey dwelling, domestic garage and associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 07/1169
The 25 most recent of 63 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 Bealad West.
Recorded monuments
- CO134-028 Burial ground
Description
In pasture, on S-facing slope. Irregular area (c. 70m E-W; c. 20m N-S) partially enclosed by stone-walling; interior heavily overgrown and scattered with loose boulders. Known locally as burial ground. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 1: West Cork' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1992). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload/revision: 14 January 2009
- CO134-095 Ringfort - rath
Description
In pasture, atop rock outcropping, on break in SW-facing slope. Originally circular enclosure, scarp (H 0.75m) survives to S, topped by stone field fence which respects line of enclosure to the S and W. Souterrain (CO134-097---) in interior. (GSAP). The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 1: West Cork' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1992). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload/revision: 14 January 2009
- CO134-097 Souterrain
Description
In ringfort (CO134-095---). Ground collapsed some time ago and stone-lined 'tunnel' exposed, according to local information. No visible surface trace. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 1: West Cork' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1992). 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 Bealad West.
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 Bealad West, about 1 in 10 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 Bealad West.
- 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 Bealad West with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Cork.
The townland
- Name
- Bealad West · Béalad Thiar
- Area
- 2,319,929 m² (231.99 ha, 573.27 acres)
- Civil parish
- Kilkerranmore, and its townlands
- Barony
- Ibane and Barryroe
- Electoral division
- Argideen, the unit of the census
- Census 2022
- 382 people lived in 139 households in the Argideen electoral division. 90% of households owned their home. 33% of homes were built since 2001. 12% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 4% were holiday homes.
- Neighbouring townlands
- Bealad East, Castleventry, Clasharusheen, Clashatarriff, Derrybaun, Knockatlowig, Knocks, Knocks
- Placenames
- Bealad West 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.