Ballustree
Townland in the civil parish of Lusk, barony of Balrothery East, Co. Dublin; in Irish Baile Lostraí
- Area
- 38.5 ha
- 95 acres
- Land parcels
- 43
- registered freehold, median 1,991 m²
- Zoning
- G3
- HA - High Amenity
- Planning
- 14
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
43 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Ballustree, from 25 m² to 53,901 m² (5.39 ha, 13.32 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 22 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
- G3HA - High Amenity (Conservation, amenity or buffer space, corridor/belt, landscape)
The Fingal Development Plan 2023 – 2029, Fingal · 22 parcels The zoning objective in the plan - P1RU - Rural (Agriculture)
The Fingal Development Plan 2023 – 2029, Fingal · 21 parcels The zoning objective in the plan - R2RS - Residential (Existing residential)
The Fingal Development Plan 2023 – 2029, Fingal · 16 parcels The zoning objective in the plan - S3CI - Community Infrastructure (Community facilities)
The Fingal Development Plan 2023 – 2029, Fingal · 2 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 Nov 2024Grant permission
Planning application for three x two storey houses with Biocycle waste
Permission · Fingal County Council, F24A/0986E
1 Mar 2024Grant permission & grant retention
Retention Planning Permission for Prefabricated Office (c. 20.0m2), Pr
Permission and retention · Fingal County Council, F24A/0171
19 May 2023Refuse permission
Planning permission on Lands at Ballustree, Rush, Co. Dublin
Permission · Fingal County Council, F23A/0270
14 Mar 2023Refuse permission
To construct stables, a fodder shed, a roofed manure pit, all weather
Permission · Fingal County Council, F23A/0097
24 May 2022Grant permission
Construction of proposed domestic garage/storage shed and associated w
Permission · Fingal County Council, F22B/0127
4 Feb 2020Grant permission
To apply for the construction of 4. no single storey boiler houses, 1
Permission · Fingal County Council, F20A/0047
30 Oct 2018Grant permission
Permission for works to an existing above ground natural gas installat
Permission · Fingal County Council, F18A/0611
11 Aug 2017Grant permission & grant retention
Retention permission for floor slabs/foundations constructed
Permission and retention · Fingal County Council, F17A/0485
20 Jan 2017Grant permission
Material change of use of an existing detached dwelling to a residenti
Permission · Fingal County Council, F17A/0024
7 May 2015Grant permission
Revised and screened balcony (from that previously proposed and omitte
Permission · Fingal County Council, F15B/0110
28 Nov 2014Grant permission
Permission for (a) Alterations ( incl. demolition of existing single s
Permission · Fingal County Council, F14B/0283
28 Jul 2014Grant permission
Development of 5 no. detached two storey houses, each with own waste w
Permission · Fingal County Council, F14A/0299
18 Nov 2013Grant permission
Construct a new vehicular entrance with wing walls and gate.
Permission · Fingal County Council, F13A/0427
18 Nov 2013Grant permission
Construct a secondary treatment plant with percolation area and ancill
Permission · Fingal County Council, F13A/0428
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 Protection Area: North-West Irish Sea cSPA 004236
Recorded monuments
No recorded monument lies in the townland of Ballustree.
Architectural heritage
No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands in the townland of Ballustree.
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 moderately low, 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 Ballustree.
- 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 Ballustree with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Dublin.
The townland
- Name
- Ballustree · Baile Lostraí
- Area
- 384,753 m² (38.48 ha, 95.07 acres)
- Civil parish
- Lusk, and its townlands
- Barony
- Balrothery East
- Electoral division
- Holmpatrick, the unit of the census
- Census 2022
- Holmpatrick electoral division: 4,147 people in 1,390 households; 92% of households own their home; 35% of homes were built since 2001; 5% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 0% were holiday homes.
- Neighbouring townlands
- Carnhill, Drumanagh, Loughshinny, Rush, Rush Demesne, Thomastown
- Placenames
- Ballustree 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.