# Ballinla, Co. Galway: townland, land parcels and planning Townland in the civil parish of Isertkelly, barony of Loughrea, Co. Galway; in Irish Baile an Leá. - Area (Tailte Éireann): 258,270 m² (25.83 ha, 63.82 acres) - Land parcels (Tailte Éireann): 1 registered freehold parcel lies mostly in it, median 258,133 m² (25.81 ha, 63.79 acres) - Zoning (national zoning, MyPlan): not in a zoned settlement - Planning (National Planning Applications): 3 applications since 2010 - Civil parish: Isertkelly, https://everytownland.com/galway/parish/isertkelly.md - Barony: Loughrea - Electoral division: Killogilleen, the unit of the census - Census 2022 (Central Statistics Office): 981 people lived in 308 households in the Killogilleen electoral division. 93% of households owned their home. 57% of homes were built since 2001. 8% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 2% were holiday homes. - County: Co. Galway, https://everytownland.com/galway.md - Placenames Database of Ireland: https://www.logainm.ie/en/20008 - Townland number at Tailte Éireann: 60211 - Centre: latitude 53.170048, longitude -8.718215 (WGS 84) ## Land parcels (registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann) 1 registered freehold parcel lies mostly in Ballinla, from 258,133 m² (25.81 ha, 63.79 acres) to 258,133 m² (25.81 ha, 63.79 acres); 13 neighbouring parcels touch its boundary. Largest first: - Parcel 1983618: 258,133 m² (25.81 ha, 63.79 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1983618.md ## Zoning (national zoning of development plans, MyPlan) No zone of a development plan covers Ballinla in the national zoning. Outside zoned towns and villages, the county development plan's rural policies apply to each application. ## Planning applications whose site touches the townland (National Planning Applications, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage) 3 applications, newest first. - 17 Apr 2025, Galway County Council 2560440: Conditional. Permission. to further develop the existing quarry and all associated site works. The Proposed Development being applied for under this planning application includes for the continuance of quarrying operations within the permitted extraction area to a finished floor level of 40 metres above ordnance datum (mAOD). The Proposed Development also includes for the continuance of operation of a concrete batching plant permitted under ABP PL 07.117549 (Pl. Ref: 99/1449). The extraction will take place within the existing quarry site boundary and permitted area. The proposed development comprises: • The continued extraction of limestone rock from an area measuring approximately 31 hectares to a finished floor level of 40 mAOD • Aggregate product stockpiles • The continued operation of the on-site concrete batching plant (permitted under planning permission Pl. Ref: 99/1449 and ABP PPL07.117549) • Earthen berm construction along the extraction boundary • Phased restoration of the site • The proposed development will utilise the existing quarry infrastructure including internal roads, site office, weighbridge, wheelwash, refuelling area, welfare facilities and other ancillaries. The development will include the use of conventional drilling and blasting techniques and the use of mobile crushing and screening plant. Permission is sought for a period of 27 years. An Environmental Impact Assessment Report (EIAR) and Natura Impact Statement (NIS) have been prepared and will accompany the planning application. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/GalwayCC/AppFileRefDetails/2560440/0 - 25 Mar 2025, Galway County Council 2560316: Conditional. Permission. for a period of 25 years for the continued operation and expansion of an existing quarry at this site (site area 12.66 Hectares) for extraction of limestone rock. The proposed development will increase the extraction area to a total of 10.565 hectares (additional volume to be extracted = 1.33 million m³ approximately) and will include the crushing, screening/processing of rock from the site using mobile plant. The development will include the removal of all existing temporary buildings from the site and replacement with permanent structures including the following: site office 104 m², weigh bridge office 16 m², maintenance shed 483 m². Other works will include the installation of a fuel tank including refueling pad and petrol interceptor, construction of carpark/ lorry parking, installation of signage, street lighting and fencing. The site perimeter will include landscaped soil berms to screen the site. On completion of extraction the site will be restored to a natural habitat. An Environmental Impact Assessment Report (EIAR) and screening for an Appropriate Assessment has been prepared in respect of this planning application & will be submitted to the planning authority with the planning application. Gross floor space of proposed works: 603.00 sqm. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/GalwayCC/AppFileRefDetails/2560316/0 - 3 Jun 2020, Galway County Council 20682: Unconditional. Extension of duration. for the erection and operation of a semi-mobile asphalt/macadam mixing plant on C.0.3 hectares at Kilchreest Quarry. Previous application 15/359.. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/GalwayCC/AppFileRefDetails/20682/0 Applicants are not shown. ## Designated sites (National Parks and Wildlife Service) No designated site (Special Area of Conservation, Special Protection Area, Natural Heritage Area or proposed one) touches the townland of Ballinla. ## Recorded monuments (Sites and Monuments Record, National Monuments Service) No recorded monument lies in the townland of Ballinla. ## Architectural heritage (National Inventory of Architectural Heritage) No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands in the townland of Ballinla. ## Ground and risks (Radon Risk Map of Ireland, EPA; Landslide Susceptibility Classification and LiDAR, Geological Survey Ireland) - Radon: at the centre of the townland of Ballinla, about 1 in 5 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels. Testing a home: https://www.epa.ie/environment-and-you/radon/radon-testing/#d.en.82887 - Landslides: The 1:50,000 map rates the landslide susceptibility here as low, partly inferred. - Terrain model: no LiDAR survey of the Office of Public Works covers the centre of the townland of Ballinla. - Flooding: the flood maps of the Office of Public Works, https://www.floodinfo.ie/map/floodmaps/, linked only: their licence does not allow re-use. 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. ## Downloads - DXF, in Irish Transverse Mercator metres, with its boundary, parcels and buildings, for a drawing program: https://everytownland.com/galway/ballinla.dxf - GeoJSON, in WGS 84, for a map: https://everytownland.com/galway/ballinla.geojson - KML, for Google Earth: https://everytownland.com/galway/ballinla.kml ## Homes sold (Residential Property Price Register) No address of the register names Ballinla with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Galway: https://everytownland.com/galway.md ## Neighbouring townlands (National Statutory Boundaries, Tailte Éireann) - Ballyshea: https://everytownland.com/galway/ballyshea.md - Isertkelly North: https://everytownland.com/galway/isertkelly-north.md - Killeenpatrick: https://everytownland.com/galway/killeenpatrick.md - Pollnashinnagh: https://everytownland.com/galway/pollnashinnagh.md 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. --- Everytownland reads the registered freehold land and the statutory boundaries of Tailte Éireann, the national zoning, planning file and heritage records of the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, and the Residential Property Price Register. A parcel is the land of a title, not an address. The owner's name is in the Land Registry of Tailte Éireann: a copy of the folio can be ordered on landdirect.ie, for a fee; this site names no owner. A price is the price recorded for a past sale, not a valuation. Sources: Cadastral Parcels Freehold, Townlands, Civil Parishes, Baronies, Electoral Divisions and Buildings, Tailte Éireann, CC BY 4.0; national zoning of development plans (GZT, MyPlan) and National Planning Applications, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, CC BY 4.0, applicants not shown; designated sites, National Parks and Wildlife Service, CC BY 4.0; Sites and Monuments Record, National Monuments Service, CC BY 4.0; National Inventory of Architectural Heritage, CC BY 4.0; Residential Property Price Register, Property Services Regulatory Authority, re-used with the source acknowledged. - Page: https://everytownland.com/galway/ballinla - In JSON: https://everytownland.com/api/townland/galway/ballinla