Ballymount

71 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Ballymount, from 12 m² to 221,873 m² (22.19 ha, 54.83 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 29 neighbouring parcels touch it.

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

No zone of a development plan covers Ballymount 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.

• 19 Jun 2026N/a

  (A) refurbishment of existing derelict vernacular cottage complete with new natural slate roof and the restoration of existing stone walls with the insertion of new window fenestration to front (north west) elevation and side (south west) elevation, (B) single storey extension to Side (south west) elevation and Rear (south east) elevation (C) the installation of a proprietary wastewater treatment plant with polishing filter percolation area and (D) upgrading of existing agricultural entrance to a new vehicular recessed entrance gate and piers and all associated site works.

  Permission · Kildare County Council, 2660675

• 2 Mar 2026N/a

  the construction of a detached domestic garage and all associated site development works

  Permission · Kildare County Council, 2660221

• 3 Sept 2025Refused

  for alterations and refurbishment of an existing single storey vernacular dwelling and a new single storey extension to the rear along with wastewater treatment system with percolation area and upgrading of the existing entrance to form a vehicular entrance and all associated site works

  Permission · Kildare County Council, 2561010

• 1 Jul 2023Conditional

  a) Retain Single Storey Extension to Side of Existing Bungalow. b) Retain Fanlight to Roof to Light Corridor in existing Bungalow. c) Retain Modifications to Single Storey Extension to Side of Existing Bungalow, Previously Granted under Planning Ref: 95/1218. d) Retain Domestic Sheds as Constructed on site and all associated site works

  Retention · Kildare County Council, 2360003

• 21 Apr 2023Conditional

  the development will consist/consists of retention of alterations to permitted dwelling and garage (Pl. Ref.: 21/908) and for permission to complete the development with further minor alterations to the external elevations. The alterations to be retained include (a) increase of floor area to dwelling (b) increase of floor area to garage, (c) alterations to external elevations to dwelling and, (c) alterations to external elevations to garage

  Retention · Kildare County Council, 23417

• 23 Jun 2021Conditional

  for a new two storey dwelling with part single storey, new single storey domestic garage, new recessed entrance, septic tank & percolation area and all ancillary site development works

  Permission, 1 home · Kildare County Council, 21908

• 13 Aug 2018Conditional

  the construction of a detached, part single / part two- storey dwelling; the provision of a new vehicular entrance and driveway; the provision of landscaping, including boundary treatments; and the provision of all other associated site excavation, infrastructural and site development works above and below ground, including waste water treatment system and percolation area.

  Permission, 1 home · Kildare County Council, 18980

• 20 Nov 2017Conditional

  2 storey extension to rear of existing house

  Retention, 1 home · Kildare County Council, 171295

• 2 Nov 2017N/a

  2 storey extension to rear of existing

  Retention, 1 home · Kildare County Council, 171225

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 Ballymount.

Recorded monuments

• KD032-052 Ringfort - unclassified
  Description

  Aerial photograph (GB89.AF.31) shows cropmark of a circular enclosure (approx. diam. 30m) defined by a fosse with entrance gap at E and second gap at SSW. First recorded as a positive cropmark in July 1989 by Dr. Gillian Barrett. See attached images taken from Google Earth aerial photographs taken 28/06/2018 Compiled by: Gillian Barrett Revised by: Caimin O'Brien Date of revised upload: 12 December 2011

• KD032-089 Enclosure
  Description

  Partial cropmark of roughly circular-shaped enclosure (approx. diam. 26m) with cropmark of irregular shaped feature immediately to S visible on Google earth aerial imagery. See attached image taken from Google Earth aerial photographs taken 28/06/2018 Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien based on details provided by Jean-Charles Caillère Date of upload: 28 May 2019

Architectural heritage

• Saint Joseph's Catholic Church, church/chapel, 1875–1880 · Regional interest
  Description

  Freestanding five-bay double-height Catholic church, built 1878, on a cruciform plan comprising three-bay double-height nave opening into single-bay (single-bay deep) double-height transepts centred on single-bay double-height chancel to crossing (north); pyramidal spire-topped single-bay three-stage tower (south-east) on a square plan. Pitched slate roof on a cruciform plan with crested ridge tiles, roll topped coping to gables on cut-granite "Cavetto" kneelers, and cast-iron rainwater goods on cut-granite eaves with cast-iron octagonal hoppers and downpipes. Roughcast walls on rendered chamfered plinth; roughcast surface finish (tower) with benchmark-inscribed repointed diagonal stepped buttresses to corners. Lancet window openings with cut-granite chamfered flush sills, and concealed dressings framing fixed-pane fittings having margined square glazing bars. Paired lancet window openings (transepts) with cut-granite chamfered flush sills, and concealed dressings framing storm glazing over fixed-pane fittings having margined square glazing bars. Paired lancet window openings (north) with cut-granite chamfered flush sills, and concealed dressings framing storm glazing over fixed-pane fittings having leaded stained glass panels. Paired lancet window openings (south) with cut-granite chamfered flush sills, and concealed dressings framing storm glazing over fixed-pane fittings having margined square glazing bars. Pointed-arch door opening (tower) with concealed dressings framing timber boarded double doors. Lancet window openings with concealed dressings framing fixed-pane fittings. Paired lancet openings (bell stage) with cut-granite chamfered flush sills, and concealed dressings framing louvered fittings. Set in landscaped grounds with roughcast piers to perimeter having stepped capping supporting Cross finial-topped cast-iron double gates.

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

At the centre of the townland of Ballymount, about 1 in 10 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels. Testing a home

Landslides

The 1:50,000 map rates the landslide susceptibility here as moderately high, moderately low, low, partly inferred.

Terrain model

No LiDAR survey of the Office of Public Works covers the centre of the townland of Ballymount.

Flooding

The Office of Public Works publishes its flood maps on floodinfo.ie.

Radon Risk Map of Ireland, Environmental Protection Agency, and Landslide Susceptibility Classification, Geological Survey Ireland, both under 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.

• Ballymount, Colbinstown5 sales

Name

Ballymount

Area

1,280,276 m² (128.03 ha, 316.36 acres)

Civil parish

Usk, and its townlands

Barony

Narragh and Reban East

Electoral division

Usk, the unit of the census

Census 2022

566 people lived in 194 households in the Usk electoral division. 91% of households owned their home. 32% of homes were built since 2001. 4% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 0% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Blackrath, Calverstown Little, Dalkinstown, Kilgowan, Kingsland, Usk Little

Placenames

Ballymount 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.