Ballough
Townland in the civil parish of Lusk, barony of Balrothery East, Co. Dublin; in Irish Baile Locha
- Area
- 160.8 ha
- 397 acres
- Land parcels
- 76
- registered freehold, median 2,286 m² (0.23 ha, 0.56 acres)
- Zoning
- P1
- RU - Rural
- Planning
- 27
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
76 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Ballough, from 52 m² to 334,794 m² (33.48 ha, 82.73 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 43 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 · 66 parcels The zoning objective in the plan - R3RC - Rural Cluster (Residential, mixed residential and other uses)
The Fingal Development Plan 2023 – 2029, Fingal · 19 parcels The zoning objective in the plan - M2TC - Town and District Centre (City/Town/village Centre, central area)
The Fingal Development Plan 2023 – 2029, Fingal · 10 parcels The zoning objective in the plan - R2RS - Residential (Existing residential)
The Fingal Development Plan 2023 – 2029, Fingal · 3 parcels The zoning objective in the plan - R1RA - Residential Area (New/proposed residential)
The Fingal Development Plan 2023 – 2029, Fingal · 2 parcels The zoning objective in the plan - C2.1GE - General Employment (Industrial, enterprise, employment)
The Fingal Development Plan 2023 – 2029, Fingal · 1 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 - C7RB - Rural Business (Other commerce/industrial/enterprise uses)
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
7 Jul 2026Grant permission & grant retention
I Pat White, intend to apply for Retention Permission & Planning Permi
Permission and retention · Fingal County Council, F26A/0592E
30 Sept 2025Grant permission & grant retention
1. Permission to construct a new Agricultural Grain Storage shed - 123
Permission and retention · Fingal County Council, F25A/0877E
22 May 2025Grant permission
Dwyer Nolan Developments ltd. seeks permission to modify a permitted S
Lrd application · Fingal County Council, LRD0054/S3E
14 Jun 2024Grant permission
Planning permission is sought for
Permission · Fingal County Council, F24A/0535E
22 Apr 2024Grant permission
The construction of an extension (c.2469 m2 GFA. Height 13.6m) to an
Permission · Fingal County Council, F24A/0365E
23 Jun 2022Grant permission
Refurbishment of existing house, demolition of existing shed, new sing
Permission · Fingal County Council, F22B/0144
22 Jun 2022Grant perm. consequent to outline perm.
Construct a single storey dwelling to site No. 4, re-locate site entra
Perm.consequent on grant of outline perm · Fingal County Council, F22A/0158
6 May 2022Grant permission
Permission for the construction of 2 No. 780m2 new portal frame agricu
Permission · Fingal County Council, F22A/0085
28 Mar 2022Decision to be made by other body
The development will consist of 312 no. dwellings, comprised of 205 no
Strategic housing development · Fingal County Council, SHD/007/21
13 Oct 2021Grant permission
Extension to existing agricultural store, storm water attenuation stor
Permission · Fingal County Council, F21A/0549
23 Jul 2021Grant permission & grant retention
Retention permission for the construction of a portal frame agricultur
Permission and retention · Fingal County Council, F21A/0204
7 Apr 2021App withdrawn as no ai recd in 6 months
Permission for refurbishment of existing house, demolition of existing
Permission · Fingal County Council, F21B/0117
10 Feb 2021Refuse permission
The construction of an extension (c.2469m² GFA) to an existing warehou
Permission · Fingal County Council, F20A/0011
6 May 2020Grant permission
Dormer style two storey house and for waste water treatment system on
Permission · Fingal County Council, F19A/0559
17 Oct 2019Decision to be made by other body
Permission for a Strategic Housing Development for 359 no. dwellings,
Strategic housing development · Fingal County Council, SHD/007/18
9 Apr 2019Refuse permission
Planning permission is sought to construct a new one and a half storey
Permission · Fingal County Council, F18A/0486
20 Dec 2018Grant permission
For works to an existing Above Ground Natural Gas Installation. The wo
Permission · Fingal County Council, F18A/0746
31 Oct 2018Grant permission & grant outline perm.
1. Permission to construct access road with new entrance onto public r
Permission and outline permission · Fingal County Council, F18A/0077
20 Aug 2018Grant permission
The development will consist of a new proprietary wastewater treatment
Permission · Fingal County Council, F18A/0482
7 Mar 2018Withdraw application
Construct a new one and a half storey dwelling with secondary treatme
Permission · Fingal County Council, F17A/0438
21 Dec 2017Grant permission
The construction of a residential development consisting of 228 No. dw
Permission · Fingal County Council, F17A/0327
30 Aug 2017Grant permission
Permission for the erection of a new portal frame agricultural shed (1
Permission · Fingal County Council, F17A/0522
17 Jul 2017Invalid application due to site notice
Erection of a new portal frame agricultural shed (1016m²) for the stor
Permission · Fingal County Council, F17A/0421
13 May 2014Refuse permission
Construction of Anaerobic Digestion Facility comprising of 1 no. recep
Permission · Fingal County Council, F14A/0187
23 Apr 2013Grant permission
The reclamation of unused land to prime agricultural land to include t
Permission · Fingal County Council, F12A/0377
The 25 most recent of 27 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 Ballough.
Recorded monuments
- DU008-007 Windmill
Description
Foundations of a windmill marked on the 1837 OS 6-inch map. The base of this windmill is evident as a slightly raised area (Diam. 18.50m) enclosed by a ditch (Wth 8m, D 0.40m). According to the owner the ditch had been deeper prior to levelling c. 1985. Post-1700 AD in date. Compiled by: Geraldine Stout Date of upload: 26 August 2011
- DU008-099 Habitation site
Description
This site was identified during pre-development test-excavation (Licence no. 01E0384). The results indicate a typical medieval plot. Towards the street front are a number of structural features; a broad ditch forms a sub-division beyond which are pits from which 12th-14th century pottery was recovered. The archaeological remains are preserved within the open space of a housing development (Baker 2001, 6). Compiled by: Christine Baker Date of upload: 5 February 2015
Architectural heritage
No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands in the townland of Ballough.
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 Ballough.
- 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 Ballough with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Dublin.
The townland
- Name
- Ballough · Baile Locha
- Area
- 1,607,511 m² (160.75 ha, 397.22 acres)
- Civil parish
- Lusk, and its townlands
- Barony
- Balrothery East
- Electoral division
- Lusk, the unit of the census
- Census 2022
- Lusk electoral division: 10,774 people in 3,341 households; 78% of households own their home; 62% of homes were built since 2001; 4% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 0% were holiday homes.
- Neighbouring townlands
- Baldrumman, Ballystrane, Colecot, Greatcommon, Hedgestown, Jordanstown, Lusk, Newtowncorduff, Oberstown, Regeens, Regles
- Placenames
- Ballough 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.