Ballystrahan
Townland in the civil parish of Finglas, barony of Nethercross, Co. Dublin; in Irish Baile an tSrutháin
- Area
- 61.7 ha
- 152 acres
- Land parcels
- 19
- registered freehold, median 3,589 m² (0.36 ha, 0.89 acres)
- Zoning
- G3
- GB - Green Belt
- Planning
- 21
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
19 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Ballystrahan, from 299 m² to 161,165 m² (16.12 ha, 39.82 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 18 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
- G3GB - Green Belt (Conservation, amenity or buffer space, corridor/belt, landscape)
The Fingal Development Plan 2023 – 2029, Fingal · 29 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
6 Aug 202649 day assessment
A 10 Year Planning Permission for a solar farm and energy storage comp
Rediii permisssion · Fingal County Council, FW26A/0308E/R3
23 Jul 2026Invalid application
a 10 Year Planning Permission for a solar farm and energy storage comp
Rediii permisssion · Fingal County Council, FW26A/0299E/R3
27 Mar 2025Withdraw application
The Development consists of an extension at ground floor of 289 sq.m.
Permission · Fingal County Council, F25A/0260E
27 Mar 2025Grant permission
The development consists of an extension at ground floor of 289 sq.m.
Permission · Fingal County Council, F25A/0261E
21 Mar 2025Invalid application
The development consists of an extension at ground floor of 289 sq.m.
Permission · Fingal County Council, F25A/0231
6 Feb 2025App withdrawn as no ai recd in 6 months
: In accordance with Section 34B of the Planning and Development Act,
Permission · Fingal County Council, F25A/0094E
20 Dec 2024Invalid application
In accordance with Section 34B of the Planning and Development Act, 20
Permission · Fingal County Council, F24A/1178E
3 Jul 2024Grant permission for retention
Retention permission for change of use from agriculture of a single st
Retention · Fingal County Council, F24A/0594
19 Jun 2024Invalid application
Retention Permission for change of use from agriculture
Permission · Fingal County Council, F24A/0547
15 Dec 2023Sai consultees
The proposed development relates to the entirety of the Airport
Permission · Fingal County Council, F23A/0781
2 Nov 2023Grant permission for retention
Planning permission for retention of two single storey prefabricated u
Retention · Fingal County Council, F23A/0661
9 Nov 2021Grant permission
Permission for the provision of a single storey over basement domestic
Permission · Fingal County Council, F21B/0371
26 Feb 2021Grant permission
The development will principally consist of part single storey and par
Permission · Fingal County Council, F21A/0106
20 Jan 2021Grant permission
Extension to the single family house.
Permission · Fingal County Council, F21B/0011
14 Mar 2019Grant permission
Demolition of a portion of an existing agricultural shed (101.75 sq.m.
Permission · Fingal County Council, F18A/0226
13 Dec 2018Grant permission
Demolition of a portion of an existing agricultural shed (101.75 sq.m.
Permission · Fingal County Council, F18A/0225
20 Jun 2018Refuse permission
Permission for a storey-and-a-half domestic extension to the southeast
Permission · Fingal County Council, F18A/0342
26 Sept 2016Refuse permission
Amendments and modifications to previously approved planning permissio
Permission · Fingal County Council, F16B/0251
10 Apr 2015Grant permission
Single storey extensions to the sides of the existing Complex Building
Permission · Fingal County Council, F15A/0146
14 Mar 2014Grant permission
Construction of a detached garage, domestic extension to side, front p
Permission · Fingal County Council, F14B/0047
10 Feb 2014Invalid application due to site notice
Construction of a detached garage, domestic extension to side, front p
Permission · Fingal County Council, F14A/0050
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 Ballystrahan.
Recorded monuments
- DU011-124 Enclosure
Description
A large circular enclosure visible as a crop mark on an aerial photograph together with other features that could indicate an associated field system (DU011-125----) (SMR file; pers. comm. T. Condit). Located in open field that rises slightly from the roadway. No visible remains at ground level. Compiled by: David O’Connor Updated by: Christine Baker Date of upload: 09 January 2015
- DU011-125 Field system
Description
A field system visible as a crop mark on Digital Globe orthoimage taken between 2011-13. Adjacent to a large circular enclosure DU011-124---- (SMR file; pers. comm. T. Condit). Located in open field that rises slightly from the roadway. No visible remains at ground level. See attached Digital Globe orthoimage taken between 2011-13 Compiled by: David O’Connor Updated by: Christine Baker Date of upload: 09 January 2015
- DU011-169 Ring-ditch
Description
Located in large arable field close to the field’s S boundary, c. 485m E of cropmark enclosure (DU011-124----), a cropmark indicates the presence of a ring-ditch visible on Google Earth imagery ( 24 June 2018; viewed on September 17, 2020). The ring-ditch is circular in plan (ext. diam. c. 10.9m) enclosed by a continuous ditch (Wth c. 1.1m). Compiled by: Tom Condit Uploaded on: 27 October 2020
Architectural heritage
No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands in the townland of Ballystrahan.
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, 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 Ballystrahan.
- 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 Ballystrahan with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Dublin.
The townland
- Name
- Ballystrahan · Baile an tSrutháin
- Area
- 617,012 m² (61.7 ha, 152.47 acres)
- Civil parish
- Finglas, and its townlands
- Barony
- Nethercross
- Electoral division
- Kilsallaghan, the unit of the census
- Census 2022
- Kilsallaghan electoral division: 2,406 people in 761 households; 79% of households own their home; 24% of homes were built since 2001; 4% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 0% were holiday homes.
- Placenames
- Ballystrahan 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.