Balscaddan
Townland in the civil parish of Balscaddan, barony of Balrothery East, Co. Dublin; in Irish Baile Scadán
- Area
- 135.1 ha
- 334 acres
- Land parcels
- 125
- registered freehold, median 3,340 m² (0.33 ha, 0.83 acres)
- Zoning
- G3
- GB - Green Belt
- Planning
- 40
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
125 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Balscaddan, from 9 m² to 130,820 m² (13.08 ha, 32.33 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 52 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 · 71 parcels The zoning objective in the plan - M2RV - Rural Village (City/Town/village Centre, central area)
The Fingal Development Plan 2023 – 2029, Fingal · 61 parcels The zoning objective in the plan - P1RU - Rural (Agriculture)
The Fingal Development Plan 2023 – 2029, Fingal · 26 parcels The zoning objective in the plan - R3RC - Rural Cluster (Residential, mixed residential and other uses)
The Fingal Development Plan 2023 – 2029, Fingal · 6 parcels The zoning objective in the plan - G4OS - Open Space (Active open space)
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
26 Jun 2026Refuse permission
The development consists of the demolition of existing disused agricul
Permission · Fingal County Council, F26A/0553E
26 Jun 2026Request additional information
The development consists of the demolition of existing disused agricul
Permission · Fingal County Council, F26A/0554E
26 Jun 2026Grant permission
The development consists of the decommissioning of existing spetic tan
Permission · Fingal County Council, F26A/0552E
3 Oct 2025Grant permission & grant retention
I Oleg Toderici, intend to apply for Retention Permission & Permission
Permission and retention · Fingal County Council, F25A/0902E
14 Mar 2025Refuse permission
Permission to erect a domestic garage and store building.
Permission · Fingal County Council, F25A/0214E
25 Jul 2024Refuse permission
Permission to erect a garage
Permission · Fingal County Council, F24A/0668
3 Jul 2024Grant permission & grant retention
Retention of a single storey extension to rear of existing dwelling wi
Permission and retention · Fingal County Council, F24A/0596E
21 Mar 2024Grant permission & grant retention
(a) Permission to alter and extend their dwelling house and (b) Retent
Permission and retention · Fingal County Council, F24A/0258
9 Feb 2024Grant permission
The development will consist of
Permission · Fingal County Council, F24A/0093
1 Nov 2023Grant permission
The proposed development will consist of the
Permission · Fingal County Council, F23A/0354
31 Aug 2023Refuse permission for retention
The development consists of
Retention · Fingal County Council, F23A/0102
13 Jul 2023Grant permission for retention
The development consists of the retention of single storey extension
Retention · Fingal County Council, F23A/0058
3 Nov 2022Refuse permission
A Modifications to existing entrance including set back of existing ac
Permission · Fingal County Council, F22A/0617
26 Jul 2022Grant permission
New part dormer/part two storey detached dwelling with new onsite wast
Permission · Fingal County Council, F22A/0180
15 Jul 2022Refuse permission
Modifications to an existing entrance set back c.12m from Flemington R
Permission · Fingal County Council, F22A/0369
17 Sept 2021Refuse permission
Construction of a two-storey detached dwelling, a detached garage
Permission · Fingal County Council, F21A/0496
23 Apr 2021Grant permission
Permission to alter and extend garage to accommodate a home office.
Permission · Fingal County Council, F21B/0144
24 Apr 2020Refuse permission
New split-level, dormer-style dwellinghouse to rear of existing dwelli
Permission · Fingal County Council, F20A/0186
19 Dec 2019Grant permission
For revisions to previously granted planning permission reg. ref. F19A
Permission · Fingal County Council, F19A/0624
28 Jun 2019Grant perm. consequent to outline perm.
The development will consist / consists of: Planning Permission conseq
Perm.consequent on grant of outline perm · Fingal County Council, F19A/0278
13 Jun 2019Grant permission for retention
The development consists of retention for a) Domestic Garage b) Domest
Retention · Fingal County Council, F19A/0250
14 Mar 2019Refuse perm. consequent to outline perm.
Planning permission consequent on the grant of outline planning permis
Perm.consequent on grant of outline perm · Fingal County Council, F18A/0542
17 Dec 2018Refuse permission
For new split-level
Permission · Fingal County Council, F18A/0726
28 Jun 2018Grant outline permission
Outline permission for (i) construction of 1 no. two storey four bedro
Outline permission · Fingal County Council, F18A/0369
1 Jun 2018Invalid application due to site notice
Outline permission for (i) construction of 1 no. two storey four bedro
Outline permission · Fingal County Council, F18A/0309
The 25 most recent of 40 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 Balscaddan.
Recorded monuments
- DU001-036 Quarry
Description
Quarry depicted on the 1837 ed. OSi six-inch map as a small D-shaped excavated area (approx. dims. 12m N-S x 17m E-W) in the NE corner of a field on the townland boundary with Flemingtown. Outlined as a small semi-circular shaped area on the last edition of the OSi six-inch map. Depicted as a semi-circular shaped area on the S side of a field boundary running E-W on the 1863 ed. OSi 25-inch map. Not visible on the 2013-2018 MapGenie orthoimagery of the area. Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien
- DU004-003 Enclosure
Description
Located in low-lying, poorly drained pasture. An aerial photograph (CUCAP, BGL 6) taken in 1971 shows a cropmark of a roughly circular enclosure (diam. c. 50m) with a levelled field bank radiating from the N. Not visible at ground level. Compiled by: Geraldine Stout Updated by Christine Baker Date of upload: 24 October 2014
Architectural heritage
- Balscaddan House, house, 1900–1910 · Regional interest
Description
Detached three-bay two-storey house, c.1905, with projecting gabled bay to left-hand side and returns to rear. Central entrance canopy flanked by projecting bays to ground floor. ROOF: Double pitched m-profile roof with red diamond shaped tiles, terracotta ridge tiles, rough cast rendered chimney stacks with terracotta pots, timber barge boards, cast-iron rain water goods, double pitched and hipped roof to farm buildings. Projecting dormer roof to front pitch with terracotta apron and timber barge boards to front. WALLS: Rough cast rendered rubble stone farm buildings and carriage building with limestone quioins and brick dressings, c.1830.OPENINGS: Square headed openings with rough-cast rendered reveals, concrete cills, uPVC window casements, probably original timber panelled door with coloured glass, side light and overlight; limestone and tiled step.Rubble stone farm buildings, c.1820, and barrel vaulted corrugated-iron hay shed, c.1970, to site.
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 high, 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 Balscaddan.
- 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 Balscaddan with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Dublin.
The townland
- Name
- Balscaddan · Baile Scadán
- Area
- 1,351,234 m² (135.12 ha, 333.9 acres)
- Civil parish
- Balscaddan, and its townlands
- Barony
- Balrothery East
- Electoral division
- Balscadden, the unit of the census
- Census 2022
- Balscadden electoral division: 743 people in 229 households; 90% of households own their home; 28% of homes were built since 2001; 7% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 0% were holiday homes.
- Neighbouring townlands
- Clonard or Folkstown Great, Commons (1st Division), Commons (2nd Division), Flemingtown, Folkstown Little, Grange, Newtown, Tobersool, Tobertown
- Placenames
- Balscaddan 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.