Ballydavid North
Townland in the civil parish of Monivea, barony of Athenry, Co. Galway; in Irish Baile Dháibhí Thuaidh
- Area
- 80.1 ha
- 198 acres
- Land parcels
- 41
- registered freehold, median 3,163 m² (0.32 ha, 0.78 acres)
- Zoning
- —
- not in a zoned settlement
- Planning
- 9
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
41 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Ballydavid North, from 160 m² to 104,169 m² (10.42 ha, 25.74 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 13 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
No zone of a development plan covers Ballydavid North in the national zoning. Outside zoned towns and villages, the county development plan's rural policies apply to each application.
Source: Tailte Éireann and the Department of Housing (MyPlan), national zoning, CC BY 4.0.
Planning applications
Sites that touch the townland, newest first
15 May 2026Conditional
to construct a new dwelling house with wastewater treatment plant, polishing filter, domestic garage and all associated site works
Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 2660772
29 Sept 2025Refused
for a period of 10 years for a development consisting of the provision of the following: i. 8 no. wind turbines with an overall turbine total tip height range of 178m - 185m, a rotor diameter range of 149m - 163m, and turbine hub height range of 101m - 104m, and associated foundations and hard standing areas; ii. A permanent 38kV substation compound (including a control building (157.6 sqm) with welfare facilities, all associated electrical plant and apparatus, security fencing, underground cabling, storage containers, wastewater holding tank, site drainage and all ancillary works); iii. Permanent underground electrical (38kV) and communications cabling to the existing Cashla Substation in the townland of Barrettspark (including joint bays, communication and earth sheath link chambers and all ancillary works along the route). This cabling route is primarily located within the public road corridor which includes protected structures (RPS No. 3747, RPS No. 146). iv. Underground electrical (20/33kV) and communications cabling connecting the wind turbines and meteorological mast to the proposed on-site substation; v. 2 no. temporary construction compounds (including site offices and welfare facilities (with a combined floor area of 202.5 sqm); vi. A meteorological mast with a height of 30 meters, security fencing and associated foundation and hard-standing area; vii. Upgrade of existing site tracks/ roads and provision of new site access roads, junctions and hardstand areas, including a new site entrance off the L3115; viii. Peat and Spoil Management Areas; ix. Tree felling and vegetation removal; x. Biodiversity enhancement measures (including peatland habitat enhancement, Marsh Fritillary habitat enhancement and management, establishment of hedgerows and native woodland planting); xi. Site drainage; xii. Operational stage site signage; and xiii. All ancillary works and apparatus. A thirty five-year operational life from the date of full commissioning of the wind turbines and subsequent decommissioning is being sought. An Environmental Impact Assessment Report (EIAR) and Natura Impact Statement (NIS) have been prepared in respect of the proposed development and accompany this application. An Opinion on Unconfirmed Details issued by Galway County Council (Opinion Ref. No. 25/MP/2) on 29th May 2025 accompanies this application. The details unconfirmed in this application are the turbine total tip height, rotor diameter and hub height. The range of parameters un
Permission · Galway County Council, 2561412
26 Aug 2025Refused
to construct a new dwelling house with wastewater treatment plant, polishing filter, domestic garage and all associated site works
Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 2561185
27 Mar 2025Refused
to construct a new dwelling house with wastewater treatment plant polishing filter domestic garage and all associated site works. Gross floor space of proposed works: 157.00 sqm(H), 40.50 sqm(G)
Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 2560324
18 Nov 2024Refused
to construct a new dwelling house with wastewater treatment plant, polishing filter, domestic garage and all associated site works. Gross floor space of proposed works: 157.50 sqm(H), 40.50 sqm(G)
Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 2461557
22 Apr 2022Conditional
for the construction of new dwelling along with garage, treatment septic tank system and all associated site works .Gross floor space of proposed works 247 sqm.
Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 2260389
28 Jan 2022Conditional
to construct a Dwelling house, treatment plant, Domestic Garage and associated service. Gross floor space of proposed works: 239 sqm.
Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 2260041
2 Feb 2021Conditional
for the construction of a dwelling house, detached garage, Treatment plant and percolation area and all associated works. Gross floor space of proposed works: Dwelling: 254 sqm, Garage: 60 sqm
Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 2198
13 Apr 2017Conditional
for construction of new extension to an existing dwelling, also to include garage and all necessary associated site works. (Gross floor space of proposed works: 178.99 sqm.)
Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 17497
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 Ballydavid North.
Recorded monuments
No recorded monument lies in the townland of Ballydavid North.
Architectural heritage
No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands in the townland of Ballydavid North.
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 5 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
- The Geological Survey did not answer.
- 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 Ballydavid North with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Galway.
The townland
- Name
- Ballydavid North · Baile Dháibhí Thuaidh
- Area
- 801,063 m² (80.11 ha, 197.95 acres)
- Civil parish
- Monivea, and its townlands
- Barony
- Athenry
- Electoral division
- Aughrim, the unit of the census
- Census 2022
- Aughrim electoral division: 1,317 people in 436 households; 89% of households own their home; 45% of homes were built since 2001; 6% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 0% were holiday homes.
- Neighbouring townlands
- Ballydavid Middle, Carrowntober East, Montpelier, Skeaghaderreen
- Placenames
- Ballydavid North 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.