Ballalease North
Townland in the civil parish of Portraine, barony of Nethercross, Co. Dublin; in Irish Baile Eilís Thuaidh
- Area
- 26.7 ha
- 66 acres
- Land parcels
- 245
- registered freehold, median 230 m²
- Zoning
- R2
- RS - Residential
- Planning
- 35
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
245 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Ballalease North, from 2 m² to 152,010 m² (15.2 ha, 37.56 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 35 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
- R2RS - Residential (Existing residential)
The Fingal Development Plan 2023 – 2029, Fingal · 220 parcels The zoning objective in the plan - G4OS - Open Space (Active open space)
The Fingal Development Plan 2023 – 2029, Fingal · 10 parcels The zoning objective in the plan - R1RA - Residential Area (New/proposed residential)
The Fingal Development Plan 2023 – 2029, Fingal · 6 parcels The zoning objective in the plan - M3LC - Local Centre (District, neighbourhood centre)
The Fingal Development Plan 2023 – 2029, Fingal · 5 parcels The zoning objective in the plan - S3CI - Community Infrastructure (Community facilities)
The Fingal Development Plan 2023 – 2029, Fingal · 1 parcels The zoning objective in the plan - G3HA - High Amenity (Conservation, amenity or buffer space, corridor/belt, landscape)
The Fingal Development Plan 2023 – 2029, Fingal · 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
23 Oct 2025Grant permission
We, Glenveagh Living Limited, intend to apply for a Large Scale Reside
Lrd application · Fingal County Council, LRD0053/S3
19 Sept 2025Grant permission
Construction of a two-storey side and single-storey rear extension alo
Permission · Fingal County Council, F25A/0851E
24 Oct 2024Grant permission
planning permission for alterations to previously approved Reg. Ref. 2
Permission · Fingal County Council, F24A/0941E
13 Aug 2024Grant permission
The development will consist of re-design & some alterations to previo
Permission · Fingal County Council, F24A/0733E
8 Aug 2024Grant permission
Planning permission for a single storey, flat roof extension to the re
Permission · Fingal County Council, F24A/0720
31 Jul 2024Invalid application
The development will consist of re-design & some alterations to previo
Permission · Fingal County Council, F24A/0692E
30 Apr 2024Grant permission
1. The construction of 364 no. new residential dwellings consisting of
Lrd application · Fingal County Council, LRD0039/S3
21 Dec 2022Grant permission
Construction of a new detached two storey 3 bedroom house and new vehi
Permission · Fingal County Council, F22A/0145
16 Sept 2022Grant permission
A ten year permission for a large scale residential development (LRD)
Lrd application · Fingal County Council, LRD0008/S3
1 Dec 2021Grant permission
Alterations to previously aproved planning ref F19B/0166 by modifying
Permission · Fingal County Council, F21B/0388
19 Jul 2019Grant permission
An extension to the rear at first floor level, and the construction of
Permission · Fingal County Council, F19B/0186
4 Oct 2018Grant permission
Permission for 1) change of use of existing attached garage to additio
Permission · Fingal County Council, F18A/0550
29 Mar 2018Grant permission
Permission for conversion of attic to non-habitable storage space with
Permission · Fingal County Council, F18B/0061
6 Oct 2017Grant permission
A small extension of 27m² to the west side of the existing house. The
Permission · Fingal County Council, F17A/0610
29 Aug 2017Grant permission
Permission for change of use from Butchers to Bakery with new signage
Permission · Fingal County Council, F17A/0518
30 Jun 2017Grant permission
A residential development of 151 no. residential units and 1 no. crech
Permission · Fingal County Council, F17A/0373
4 Apr 2017Grant permission & grant retention
The erection of 6 no. floodlighting columns and associated floodlighti
Permission and retention · Fingal County Council, F16A/0372
21 Mar 2017Grant permission
The demolition of an 8.3m² GFA single storey extension and constructio
Permission · Fingal County Council, F17B/0057
8 Mar 2017Grant permission
Alterations to previously approved F16A/0074. Alterations to comprise
Permission · Fingal County Council, F17A/0136
25 Jan 2017Invalid application due to site notice
Alterations to reduce ground floor plan area to 161sq.m. & add of 37 s
Permission · Fingal County Council, F17A/0033
13 Oct 2016Grant permission
1 Nr roof light to the front and 1 Nr rooflight to the rear of existin
Permission · Fingal County Council, F16B/0270
13 Oct 2016Grant permission
1 Nr roof light to the front and 1 Nr rooflight to the rear of existin
Permission · Fingal County Council, F16B/0269
13 Oct 2016Grant permission
1 Nr roof light to the front and 1 Nr rooflight to the rear of existin
Permission · Fingal County Council, F16B/0268
8 Jul 2016Grant permission
Demolition of existing house and construction of new replacement dwell
Permission · Fingal County Council, F16A/0074
5 Jul 2016Invalid application due to site notice
a development consisting of the erection of 6 no. flood lighting colum
Permission and retention · Fingal County Council, F16A/0296
The 25 most recent of 35 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 Ballalease North.
Recorded monuments
No recorded monument lies in the townland of Ballalease North.
Architectural heritage
- Portrane National Schools, school, 1870–1890 · Regional interest
Description
Detached eight-bay two-storey red brick former school, c.1880, with gable-fronted projecting central block flanked by single-bay single-storey lean-to entrance porches. Single-bay single-storey porch to right gable end, c.2000. Yellow brick rear elevation having two-storey lean-to to rear. Now in apartments.ROOF: Double pitched slate roof; decorative terracotta ridge tiles; granite coping and corbels to gable ends; brick chimneys with granite coping; uPVC rooflight; copper clad spire; catslips roofs to porches; cast-iron rainwater goods. WALLS: Machine made red brick; English garden wall bond; high brick plinth; chamfered brick cornice; limestone carved tablets; yellow brick. OPENINGS: Originally segmental headed openings divided into two with insertion of limestone; brick arches; keystones; reveals and granite and brick cills; uPVC casement windows; squareheaded door and timber panelled door, c.2000.
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 Ballalease North.
- 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 Ballalease North with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Dublin.
The townland
- Name
- Ballalease North · Baile Eilís Thuaidh
- Area
- 267,203 m² (26.72 ha, 66.03 acres)
- Civil parish
- Portraine, and its townlands
- Barony
- Nethercross
- Electoral division
- Donabate, the unit of the census
- Census 2022
- Donabate electoral division: 11,783 people in 3,900 households; 79% of households own their home; 50% of homes were built since 2001; 3% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 2% were holiday homes.
- Neighbouring townlands
- Ballisk, Ballisk Common, Ballymastone, Beaverstown, Portraine Demesne, Rahillion
- Placenames
- Ballalease North 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.