Balgaddy
Townland in the civil parish of Balscaddan, barony of Balrothery East, Co. Dublin; in Irish Baile Gadaí
- Area
- 57 ha
- 141 acres
- Land parcels
- 13
- registered freehold, median 8,635 m² (0.86 ha, 2.13 acres)
- Zoning
- P1
- RU - Rural
- Planning
- 9
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
13 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Balgaddy, from 1,923 m² to 226,864 m² (22.69 ha, 56.06 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 13 neighbouring parcels touch it.
Download the townland: DXF, in Irish Transverse Mercator metres, with its boundary, parcels and buildings; GeoJSON or KML.
Zoning
Development plans, national zoning
- P1RU - Rural (Agriculture)
The Fingal Development Plan 2023 – 2029, Fingal · 19 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
28 Feb 2025Grant permission
The development will consist of a single storey dwelling, waste water
Permission · Fingal County Council, F25A/0166E
4 Jun 2024Refuse permission
A single storey dwelling, waste water treatment system, closure and re
Permission · Fingal County Council, F24A/0505E
25 Oct 2023Refuse permission
The development will consist of a single storey dwelling, waste water
Permission · Fingal County Council, F23A/0646
20 Apr 2022Refuse permission
The development will consist of a single storey dwelling,
Permission · Fingal County Council, F22A/0206
26 Mar 2020Refuse permission
A single storey dwelling, domestic garage, agricultural shed, waste wa
Permission · Fingal County Council, F20A/0140
25 Jul 2017Grant permission
Extension and amendments to the existing dwelling. The proposed devel
Permission · Fingal County Council, F17A/0271
12 Sept 2016Refuse permission
A proposed two storey flat roofed extension to the front, first floor
Permission · Fingal County Council, F16A/0398
31 Mar 2015Grant permission
Alterations and extensions to existing dwellinghouse, along with assoc
Permission · Fingal County Council, F14A/0440
16 Dec 2013Invalid application due to site notice
Alterations and extensions to existing dwellinghouse, along with assoc
Permission · Fingal County Council, F13B/0208
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 Balgaddy.
Recorded monuments
- DU004-055 Field system
Description
A field system visible as a crop mark on Digital Globe orthoimage taken between 2011-13 together with other features (SMR file; pers. comm. T. Condit). The sites are within south-facing fields sloping from a high point in the surrounding landscape with views south to Knockbrack. No visible remains. See attached Digital Globe orthoimage taken between 2011-13 Compiled by: David O’Connor Updated by: Christine Baker Date of upload: 6 November 2014
- DU004-056 Enclosure
Description
A circular enclosure visible as a crop mark on an aerial photograph together with other features that indicate a field system (DU004-057----) (SMR file; pers. comm. T. Condit). The sites are within south-facing fields sloping from a high point in the surrounding landscape with views south to Knockbrack. No visible remains. Compiled by: David O’Connor Updated by: Christine Baker Date of upload: 6 November 2014
- DU004-057 Field system
Description
A field system visible as a crop mark on Digital Globe orthoimage taken between 2011-13 together with a circular enclosure within the same field to the southeast (DU004-056----) (SMR file; pers. comm. T. Condit). The sites are within south-facing fields sloping from a high point in the surrounding landscape with views south to Knockbrack. See attached Digital Globe orthoimage taken between 2011-13 Compiled by: David O’Connor Updated by: Christine Baker Date of upload: 6 November 2014
Architectural heritage
No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands in the townland of Balgaddy.
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 20 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 the townland of Balgaddy.
- 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 Balgaddy with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Dublin.
The townland
- Name
- Balgaddy · Baile Gadaí
- Area
- 569,609 m² (56.96 ha, 140.75 acres)
- Civil parish
- Balscaddan, and its townlands
- Barony
- Balrothery East
- Electoral division
- Balscadden, the unit of the census
- Census 2022
- Balscadden electoral division: 743 people in 229 households; 90% of households own their home; 28% of homes were built since 2001; 7% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 0% were holiday homes.
- Neighbouring townlands
- Coolfores, Fortyacres, Grange, Tobertown, Whitestown, Winnings
- Placenames
- Balgaddy 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.