Ballintogher
Townland in the civil parish of Lea, barony of Portnahinch, Co. Laois; in Irish Baile an Tóchair
- Area
- 247.1 ha
- 611 acres
- Land parcels
- 74
- registered freehold, median 10,009 m² (1 ha, 2.47 acres)
- Zoning
- —
- not in a zoned settlement
- Planning
- 24
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
74 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Ballintogher, from 580 m² to 354,707 m² (35.47 ha, 87.65 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 35 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 Ballintogher 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
3 Jul 2026Conditional
retain renovations to and extensions to rear of, and attic of, dwelling; change of location and design of 4 no. ancillary steel frame units from that granted under Planning File 2460416; new two storey steel frame unit for storage and office space for use ancillary to the main dwelling; and all associated site works
Retention · Laois County Council, 2660436
17 Oct 2025Conditional
carry out development which will consist of; Refurbishment of the house to conservation standard; Integration of the adjoining shed into the dwelling with new single-storey connecting link of 9.8m2; Rebuilding of a ruined outbuilding with 6 no. solar panels on its roof; New waste water treatment system
Permission · Laois County Council, 2560671
6 Oct 2025N/a
carry out work on house which is a protected structure. Development will consist of; Refurbishment of the house to conservation standard; Integration of the adjoining shed into the dwelling with new single-storey connecting link of 6m2; Rebuilding of a ruined outbuilding with 6 no. solar panels on its roof; New waste water treatment system.
Permission · Laois County Council, 2560634
9 Apr 2025N/a
Recreational Fishing Lakes & Associated On-Site Parking Using Existing Vehicular Entrance and all associated site works.
Permission · Laois County Council, 2560190
4 Dec 2024Conditional
construct a domestic garage and all associated site works
Permission, 1 home · Laois County Council, 2460731
1 Aug 2024Conditional
construct an agricultural building to include animal fodder storage, equipment storage and bedding storage , a rainwater harvesting system, and connection to the existing on -site water mains, access through the existing site entrance and all associated site works
Permission · Laois County Council, 24110
26 Jul 2024N/a
construct an agricultural building, to include animal fodder storage, equipment storage and bedding storage, access through the existing site entrance and all associated site works
Permission · Laois County Council, 24108
15 Jul 2024Conditional
CHANGE USE FROM A DWELLING / BED AND BREAKFAST / RESTAURANT TO A RESIDENTIAL CARE HOME; NEW SHED FOR USE ANCILLARY TO RESIDENTIAL CARE HOME; NEW REAR EXTENSION; AUGMENTED ENTRANCE; NEW SITE BOUNDARY, AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS
Permission, 1 home · Laois County Council, 2460416
15 Jul 2024N/a
(a) to extend existing yard space and (b) to construct new American style barn, new horse walker & new straw/hay storage barn, all on existing stud farm and all associated site works.
Permission · Laois County Council, 2460417
27 May 2024Conditional
construct a Storey & Half Type Dwelling with Effluent Treatment System & Percolation Area With New Vehicular Entrance and all associated site works.
Permission, 1 home · Laois County Council, 2460292
27 May 2024Conditional
construct a Storey & Half Type Dwelling with Effluent Treatment System & Percolation Area With New Vehicular Entrance and all associated site works.
Permission, 1 home · Laois County Council, 2460293
7 Nov 2023Conditional
construct proposed dwelling house, domestic garage, new site entrance, septic tank treatment system, percolation area and all associated site works.
Permission, 2 homes · Laois County Council, 2360473
2 Nov 2023N/a
Proposed dwelling house, domestic garage, new site entrance, septic tank treatment system, percolation area and all associated site works.
Permission · Laois County Council, 2360464
29 Jul 2022Conditional
construct A) single storey house, effluent treatment plant, upgraded site access, extensive landscaping and all associated site development works; B) 6 box stable block, dungstead and all associated site development works
Permission, 2 homes · Laois County Council, 22474
28 Feb 2022Refused
construct proposed dwelling house, septic tank treatment system, percolation area, new site entrance and all associated site works
Permission, 1 home · Laois County Council, 2286
22 Nov 2021Conditional
erect dwelling house, effluent waste water treatment system including percolation system, new well and all ancillary work
Permission, 1 home · Laois County Council, 21793
18 Nov 2021N/a
erect dwelling house, effluent waste water treatment system including percolation system, new well and all ancillary work
Permission · Laois County Council, 21784
27 Nov 2020Refused
(a) retainchange of use from garage to granny flat ancillary to existing dwelling and (b) install new effluent treatment system & percolation using existing entrance and all associated site works
Permission, 1 home · Laois County Council, 20623
1 Mar 2019Conditional
extend and renovate existing cottage, decommission septic tank, install new septic tank system and percolation area, new site entrance and all associated site works
Permission, 1 home · Laois County Council, 19128
28 Feb 2019N/a
extend and renovate existing cottage, decommission septic tank, install new septic tank system and percolation area and all associated site works
Permission · Laois County Council, 19125
14 Jun 2018Conditional
construct (a) 1 no. new two storey type dwelling house, (b) installation of a new waste water treatment system (c) 1 no. new domestic garage, (d) new vehicular entrance (e) new landscaping and all associated site development works
Permission, 1 home · Laois County Council, 18354
26 Mar 2018Refused
(a) construct 1 no. new two storey type dwelling house, (b) installation of a new waste water treatment system, (c) new vehicular entrance (d) new landscaping and all associated site development works
Permission, 1 home · Laois County Council, 18177
23 Mar 2018N/a
(a) construct 1 no. new two storey type dwelling house, (b) installation of a new waste water treatment system, (c) new vehicular entrance (d) new landscaping and all associated site development works
Permission · Laois County Council, 18171
26 Sept 2017Conditional
change house design from that previously granted under grant of permission, reference 16/484
Permission, 1 home · Laois County Council, 17518
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
- Proposed Natural Heritage Area: Grand Canal 002104
Recorded monuments
No recorded monument lies in the townland of Ballintogher.
Architectural heritage
- Farm house, 1770–1790 · Regional interest
Description
Detached three-bay single-storey direct entry thatched farmhouse, c.1780, on a rectangular plan with single-bay single-storey windbreak. Wall-mounted cast-iron post box with "VR [Victoria Regina]" royal cipher.
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 10 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
- LiDAR of the Office of Public Works, flown in 2011, at 2 m: tile OPW_2245 (ZIP).
- 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 Ballintogher with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Laois.
The townland
- Name
- Ballintogher · Baile an Tóchair
- Area
- 2,471,381 m² (247.14 ha, 610.69 acres)
- Civil parish
- Lea, and its townlands
- Barony
- Portnahinch
- Electoral division
- Jamestown, the unit of the census
- Census 2022
- Jamestown electoral division: 532 people in 174 households; 90% of households own their home; 36% of homes were built since 2001; 5% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 1% were holiday homes.
- Neighbouring townlands
- Ballycarroll, Bolnagree, Closeland or Cloneen, Derrynafunshion, Jamestown or Ballyteigeduff, Killaglish, Killinure
- Placenames
- Ballintogher 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.