Balheary
Townland in the civil parish of Swords, barony of Nethercross, Co. Dublin; in Irish Baile Anraí
- Area
- 163.6 ha
- 404 acres
- Land parcels
- 54
- registered freehold, median 5,325 m² (0.53 ha, 1.32 acres)
- Zoning
- M1
- MRE - Metro and Rail Economic Corridor
- Planning
- 18
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
54 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Balheary, from 165 m² to 203,487 m² (20.35 ha, 50.28 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 39 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
- M1MRE - Metro and Rail Economic Corridor (Mixed Use, general development, opportunity/proposal site)
The Fingal Development Plan 2023 – 2029, Fingal · 36 parcels The zoning objective in the plan - G3GB - Green Belt (Conservation, amenity or buffer space, corridor/belt, landscape)
The Fingal Development Plan 2023 – 2029, Fingal · 33 parcels The zoning objective in the plan - G4OS - Open Space (Active open space)
The Fingal Development Plan 2023 – 2029, Fingal · 19 parcels The zoning objective in the plan - P1RU - Rural (Agriculture)
The Fingal Development Plan 2023 – 2029, Fingal · 3 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
21 Aug 2026Referral
Planning Permission for the construction of a new front prch, The re
Permission · Fingal County Council, F26A/0764
22 May 2026Grant permission
Planning permission for replacement waste water treatment plant and pe
Permission · Fingal County Council, F26A/0426E
26 Jan 2026Grant permission for retention
Retention Planning permission for a two storey garage, WC & utility to
Retention · Fingal County Council, F26A/0046E
16 Jan 2026Invalid application
Retention Planning permission for a two storey garage, WC & utility to
Retention · Fingal County Council, F26A/0025E
21 Nov 2025Grant permission
Planning Permission to carry out alterations to existing dwelling, con
Permission · Fingal County Council, F25A/1078
12 Mar 2024Grant permission
The proposed development will consist of the construction of 96 no. re
Permission · Fingal County Council, F23A/0504
7 Mar 2024Grant permission
The construction of an agricultural/Machinery shed and minor alteratio
Permission · Fingal County Council, F24A/0198
27 Feb 2024Grant permission
The development will consist of:
Permission · Fingal County Council, F23A/0481
16 Oct 2023Grant permission
Planning permission is sought for the construction of a new glasshouse
Permission · Fingal County Council, F23A/0619
29 Nov 2022Grant permission
The development of grid connection infrastructure to connect the appro
Permission · Fingal County Council, F22A/0365
12 Apr 2022Decision to be made by other body
The proposed development will consist of the construction of 1 no. cre
Strategic housing development · Fingal County Council, SHD/004/20
16 Aug 2021Grant permission
The development will consist of a single storey sun room
Permission · Fingal County Council, F21B/0294
21 Dec 2020Refuse permission
The development will consist of: (i) Construction of a new two storey
Permission · Fingal County Council, F20A/0689
23 Dec 2019Refuse permission
Construction of a new detached 2 storey 4 bedroom dormer bungalow loca
Permission · Fingal County Council, F19A/0637
21 Aug 2018Grant permission
Extension to existing glass house and erection of 1 no. new rainwater
Permission · Fingal County Council, F18A/0483
9 Aug 2017Grant permission
Dwelling house, detached garage, new site entrance via an existing agr
Permission · Fingal County Council, F17A/0147
26 Jul 2017Grant permission for retention
Retention Permission for a single storey conservatory extension to the
Retention · Fingal County Council, F17B/0173
5 Dec 2013Grant permission
Demolish existing farmhouse and outbuildings, raise yard and floor lev
Permission · Fingal County Council, F13A/0199
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 Balheary.
Recorded monuments
- DU011-120 Enclosure
Description
A circular enclosure visible as a crop mark on an aerial photograph (SMR file; pers. comm. T. Condit). Located on relatively flat ground three fields north of the Broadmeadow river. No visible remains at ground level. Compiled by: David O’Connor Updated by: Christine Baker Date of upload: 09 January 2015
- DU011-166 Ring-ditch
Description
Located in large arable field. The S boundary of the field is formed by the Broadmeadow River. The site is located c. 48m SE of another ring-ditch (DU011-167----). The ring-ditch is visible on the Digital Globe coverage (13 July 2013). The site comprises two concentric ring-ditches enclosing a circular central area (int. diam. c. 3.7m). The inner ring-ditch (diam. c. 7.2m) sits within a larger ring-ditch (diam. c. 15.6m overall) with a continuous fosse (Wth c. 2m). There is no evidence for an entrance gap through the ditches. Compiled by: Tom Condit Uploaded on: 17 October 2020
- DU011-168 Enclosure
Description
Located in a large arable field in level terrain with restricted views in all directions, c. 640m N of Broadmeadow River. Another cropmark enclosure (DU011-120--) lies c.300m to WNW. The cropmarks can be seen on Google Earth coverage (24 June 2018) where they are visible as a series of positive cropmarks defining a subsurface ditch. The enclosure is subcircular in plan (diam. c. 35m N–S and c. 32.5m E-W) There is no clear evidence for an entrance gap through the ditch (Wth c. 1.6m). Compiled by: Tom Condit Uploaded on: 19 October 2020
Architectural heritage
- Murray's Bridge, bridge, 1750–1810 · Regional interest
Description
Double-span granite bridge over river, c.1780, with round-headed and lintel arches. Altered to one side, c.1980.
- Catholic Church of the Immaculate Conception, church/chapel, 1840–1870 · Regional interest
Description
Detached gable-fronted Catholic church, c.1855. Five-bays to side elevations, with single-bay gabled projecting porch to south side. Single-bay chancel to west having single-bay sacristy attached to north side.ROOF: Double pitched; slate; terracotta ridge tiles; limestone coping to gables; limestone chimney stack to rear. WALLS: Snecked and tooled limestone of rougher texture to side walls, having buttressing to front and side elevations. OPENINGS: Lancet windows; limestone surrounds; canted cills; stained glass; pointed arched doors; limestone surrounds; original tongue and groove doors leaves; ornate hinges; limestone thresholds. INTERIOR: Single cell interior; exposed timber truss; arched ceiling; stained glass windows; recessed apse; marble steps and altar; c1980 confessionals and doors to rear.
- Sommerville, farm house, 1870–1890 · Regional interest
Description
Detached five-bay two-storey farmhouse, c.1880, with off-centre canted bay, gablets to terminating bays and return to rear. Farm building attached to east. Farmyard complex to rear.ROOF: Double pitched slate roof with terracotta ridge tiles; timber finials to gable and canted bay; rendered chimney stacks with a moulded cornice; cast-iron rainwater goods. WALLS: Nap rendered; ruled and lined with quoins and rendered plinth course. OPENINGS: Square headed with rendered reveals; granite cills and uPVC casements; originally bipartite windows to ground floor; square headed door with fluted plaster surround and uPVC door.
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, low (inferred), on the 1:50,000 map.
- Terrain model
- No LiDAR survey of the Office of Public Works covers the centre of the townland of Balheary.
- 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 Balheary with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Dublin.
The townland
- Name
- Balheary · Baile Anraí
- Area
- 1,636,432 m² (163.64 ha, 404.37 acres)
- Civil parish
- Swords, and its townlands
- Barony
- Nethercross
- Electoral division
- Swords-Lissenhall, the unit of the census
- Census 2022
- Swords-Lissenhall electoral division: 12,065 people in 3,928 households; 66% of households own their home; 58% of homes were built since 2001; 4% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 0% were holiday homes.
- Neighbouring townlands
- Balheary Demesne, Belinstown, Broadmeadow, Dollards, Jamestown, Magillstown, Newtown, Oldtown, Skidoo
- Placenames
- Balheary 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.