Ballycowan

23 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Ballycowan, from 104 m² to 266,416 m² (26.64 ha, 65.83 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 8 neighbouring parcels touch it.

Download the townland: DXF, in Irish Transverse Mercator metres, with its boundary, parcels and buildings; GeoJSON or KML.

• P5RA - Rural Area (Mixed/general primary sector uses, including 'rural')
  Meath County Development Plan 2021-2027, Meath · 1 parcels The zoning objective in the plan

Source: Tailte Éireann and the Department of Housing (MyPlan), national zoning, CC BY 4.0.

• 1 Jun 2026N/a

  The development will consist of planning permission to construct two new rear dormer windows and ancillary site works. Planning permission to retain existing first floor attic conversion consisting of 2no bedrooms, 1 bathroom and 1 storage area and ancillary site works.

  Retention · Kildare County Council, 2660570

• 2 Oct 2023Conditional

  1. Quarry development and associated processing previously permitted under P. Reg. Ref. No. 99/2042 and ABP Ref. PL09.123207) to include drilling, blasting, crushing and screening of rock; and lateral extension to same, with an overall extraction area of c. 6.2 hectares with no vertical deepening below the existing quarry floor. The appropriate period of planning register reference 99/2042 was extended by order dated 03/02/2017 by P. Reg. Ref. No. 16/1246; 2. Importation of up to 35,000 tonnes per annum of processed fine aggregate, principally sand for use in readymix concrete production on site; 3. Use of buildings and structures associated with the sand and gravel pit previously granted planning permission under P. Reg. Ref. No. 03/2754 comprising of the crushing, washing and screening plant with associated silt disposal lagoons; readymix concrete batching plant including powerhouse; prefabricated office; weighbridge; workshop building with concrete laboratory and bunded fuel tanks; aggregate storage bays; and one liquid effluent treatment system unit; 4. Closure of the existing site entrance with provision of a new site entrance located to the north of the existing entrance; realignment of the main internal site access road from the new site entrance to the central processing area with provision of a new wheelwash system; acoustic fence screening (c.2m in height x 170m in length); and a new screening berm along the western site boundary; 5. Restoration of the site lands will be to a combination of beneficial agricultural and ecological after-uses; 6. All associated site works within an overall application area of c. 51.7 hectares. The proposed operational period is for 10 years plus 2 years to complete restoration (total duration sought 12 years); and 7. Provision is also made for 3 no. sections of road improvements (widening) along the haul route between the site entrance and the R148 regional road. The proposals at the identified locations include for works in the public road and verge that aim to achieve a consistent carriageway width of 6.0m along with provision of verge widening on the inside of the three bends to improve forward visibility and intervisibility for all opposed traffic including traffic generated by the proposed development. An Environmental Impact Assessment Report (EIAR) and Natura Impact Statement (NIS) have been prepared in respect of this planning application

  Permission · Kildare County Council, 2360266

• 29 Aug 2023Conditional

  for construction of a bungalow type dwelling, detached domestic garage, proprietary effluent treatment system, upgrading of an existing recessed entrance to form a dual recessed vehicular entrance, and all associated ancillary site-works

  Permission, 1 home · Kildare County Council, 2360154

• 28 Jan 2022Refused

  (1) Quarry development and associated processing previously permitted under Pl. Reg. Ref. No. 99/2042 and ABP Ref. PL09.123207 to include drilling, blasting, crushing and screening of rock; and extension to same with deepening to 40m AOD, with an overall extraction area of c. 6.2 hectares with associated water settlement lagoon and hydrocarbon interceptor for discharge of clean water off-site. The appropriate period of planning register reference 99/2042 was extended by order dated 03/02/2017 by Pl. Reg. Ref. No. 16/1246: (2) Extension of c. 20.3 hectares to the current sand and gravel extraction area (Pl. Reg. Ref. No. 03/2754 / ABP Ref. PL09.209480 and Pl. Reg. Ref. No. 97/1731) with processing that includes crushing, washing and screening; and provision of perimeter screening berms. The sand and gravel extraction will be dry working above the water table; (3) Continued use of buildings and structures associated with the sand and gravel pit previously granted planning permission under Pl. Reg. Ref. No. 03/2754 comprising of the crushing, washing and screening plant with associated silt disposal lagoons: readymix concrete batching plant including powerhouse: prefabricated office; weighbridge; workshop building with concrete laboratory and bunded fuel tanks; aggregate storage bays; and one liquid effluent treatment system unit; (4) Closure of the existing site entrance with provision of a new site entrance located to the north of the existing entrance; realignment of the main internal site access road from the new site entrance to the central processing area; provision of a screening berm along western site boundary and relocation of the existing wheelwash; (5) Restoration of the site lands will be to a combination of beneficial agricultural and ecological after-uses; (6) All associated site works within an overall application area of c. 71.3 hectares. The proposed operational period is for 20 years plus 2 years to complete restoration (total duration sought 22 years). An Environmental Impact Assessment Report (EIAR) and Natura Impact Statement (NIS) have been prepared in respect of this planning application. Revised by Significant Further Information which consists of alterations/changes to the EIAR and the NIS and also includes a Hydrogeological Risk Assessment

  Permission · Kildare County Council, 2283

Source: National Planning Applications, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, CC BY 4.0. Applicants are not shown.

Designated sites

No designated site (Special Area of Conservation, Special Protection Area, Natural Heritage Area or proposed one) touches the townland of Ballycowan.

Recorded monuments

No recorded monument lies in the townland of Ballycowan.

Architectural heritage

No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands in the townland of Ballycowan.

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).

Radon

About 1 in 10 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 Ballycowan.

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.

No address of the register names Ballycowan with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Kildare.

Name

Ballycowan

Area

693,660 m² (69.37 ha, 171.41 acres)

Civil parish

Nurney, and its townlands

Barony

Carbury

Electoral division

Kilrainy, the unit of the census

Census 2022

Kilrainy electoral division: 773 people in 241 households; 82% of households own their home; 41% of homes were built since 2001; 6% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 0% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Ballyboggan (Co. Meath), Brackagh, Killinagh, Kilrainy, Kilrathmurry

Placenames

Ballycowan 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.