Ballygriggan
Ballygriggan is a townland in the civil parish of Wallstown, barony of Fermoy, Co. Cork. Its name in Irish is Baile Uí Ghrigín.
Parcel 5568019
- Area
- 85 m²
- Buildings
- No building touches it.
- 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
- Ballygriggan
Planning applications on this parcel
15 Sept 2016Conditional
Permission for retention of renovations and conversion of derelict building to dwelling (variations to that permitted under planning reg. no. N/01/1162), septic tank, entrance driveway, site boundaries the provision of a side extension to dwelling house, and for permission for a new waste water treatment system to replace the existing septic tank.
Permission · Cork County Council, 16/6295
29 Jul 2016Incompleted application
Permission for retention for variations from planning permission N/01/1162 including the addition of two chimneys, variation of doors and windows on the external elevations, omission of front porch and reduced roof pitch on the dwelling house and variations to the septic tank, entrance driveway, site boundaries and the provision of a side extension to the dwelling house
Retention · Cork County Council, 16/5907
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 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 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.
Download this parcel as DXF, in Irish Transverse Mercator metres, with its neighbours and buildings, for a drawing program. GeoJSON, in WGS 84, suits a map, and KML opens in Google Earth.
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
- 62.4 ha
- 154 acres
- Land parcels
- 14
- registered freehold, median 4,695 m² (0.47 ha, 1.16 acres)
- Zoning
- —
- not in a zoned settlement
- Planning
- 12
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
14 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Ballygriggan, from 85 m² to 396,960 m² (39.7 ha, 98.09 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 14 neighbouring parcels touch it.
Download the townland as DXF, in Irish Transverse Mercator metres, with its boundary, parcels and buildings, or as GeoJSON or KML.
Zoning
Development plans, national zoning
No zone of a development plan covers Ballygriggan 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
24 Feb 2026Grant with conditions
Permission for a) retention of extension to rear of existing agricultural shed, b) construction of an extension of side of aforementioned agricultural shed incorporating dry bed stabling, c) construction of dungstead with ancillary holding tank, d) construction of equine arena, e) construction of a roofed equine lunging arena, including all associated concrete and hard standing areas plus to carry out all ancillary site works
Permission for retention · Cork County Council, 26/0451
24 Jun 2025Refused
Permission for construction of part two storey/part single storey dwelling house with a detached garage, wastewater treatment plant and associated services and site entrance
Permission · Cork County Council, 25/5225
30 Mar 2021Refused
Construction of part two storey/ part single storey dwelling house with attached garage, wastewater treatment plant and associated services and site entrance.
Permission · Cork County Council, 21/4795
7 Aug 2019Refused
Construction of part two storey/part single storey dwellinghouse with attached garage, wastewater treatment plant and associated services and site entrance
Permission · Cork County Council, 19/5970
10 Jul 2019Incompleted application
Construction of part two storey/part single storey dwelling house with attached garage, wastewater treatment plant and associated services and site entrance.
Permission · Cork County Council, 19/5748
5 Jun 2019Conditional
(A) Construct a farm shed incorporating, loose animal dry bed housing, machinery storage and dry waste dung storage facilities. (B) Construct an under ground waste water storage tank including all associated ancillary concrete and hard standing areas.
Permission · Cork County Council, 19/5476
5 Jun 2019Incompleted application
Development will consist of construction of a two storey dwelling house, wastewater treatment plant and associated services and site entrance.
Permission · Cork County Council, 19/5485
15 Sept 2016Conditional
Permission for retention of dwelling as constructed (variations to that permitted under planning reg. no. N/01/3831), septic tank, entrance, site boundaries, conversion of derelict house to use as a domestic double garage and for permission for a first floor window at the side of the existing dwelling house and new waste water treatment system to replace the existing septic tank
Permission · Cork County Council, 16/6298
15 Sept 2016Conditional
Permission for retention of renovations and conversion of derelict building to dwelling (variations to that permitted under planning reg. no. N/01/1162), septic tank, entrance driveway, site boundaries the provision of a side extension to dwelling house, and for permission for a new waste water treatment system to replace the existing septic tank.
Permission · Cork County Council, 16/6295
29 Jul 2016Incompleted application
Permission for retention for variations from planning permission N/01/3831 including the as built dwelling house, septic tank, entrance, site boundaries, conversion of derelict house to use as a domestic double garage and for permission for a first floor window at the side of the existing house
Permission · Cork County Council, 16/5906
29 Jul 2016Incompleted application
Permission for retention for variations from planning permission N/01/1162 including the addition of two chimneys, variation of doors and windows on the external elevations, omission of front porch and reduced roof pitch on the dwelling house and variations to the septic tank, entrance driveway, site boundaries and the provision of a side extension to the dwelling house
Retention · Cork County Council, 16/5907
4 Nov 2010Conditional
Construction of dwelling, wastewater treatment plant and associated services
Permission · Cork County Council, 10/8375
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
- Special Area of Conservation: Blackwater River (Cork/Waterford) SAC 002170
- Proposed Natural Heritage Area: Awbeg Valley (Below Doneraile) 000074
Recorded monuments
- CO026-146 Bridge
Description
Mid 19th century road bridge (Wth 7.45m; long axis E-W), over Awbeg River. Indicated on 1842 OS 6-inch map with approaching road under construction. Random-rubble limestone construction. Three wide segmental arches; dressed limestone voussoirs; low rounded cutwaters. D-shaped limestone coping atop parapet, piered abutments at either ends. Recently repaired. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 4: North Cork' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 2000). 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 Ballygriggan.
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 Ballygriggan, 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 Ballygriggan.
- 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 Ballygriggan with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Cork.
The townland
- Name
- Ballygriggan · Baile Uí Ghrigín
- Area
- 623,968 m² (62.4 ha, 154.19 acres)
- Civil parish
- Wallstown, and its townlands
- Barony
- Fermoy
- Electoral division
- Wallstown, the unit of the census
- Census 2022
- 270 people lived in 89 households in the Wallstown electoral division. 90% of households owned their home. 34% of homes were built since 2001. 16% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 3% were holiday homes.
- Neighbouring townlands
- Annesgrove, Ballyellis, Ballywalter Demesne, Carrigaunroe, Dannanstown, Doonawanly, Knockacappul, Shanballymore Lower
- Placenames
- Ballygriggan 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.