# Ballybeg, Co. Laois: townland, land parcels and planning

Townland in the civil parish of Tankardstown, barony of Ballyadams, Co. Laois; in Irish An Baile Beag.

- Area (Tailte Éireann): 521,694 m² (52.17 ha, 128.91 acres)
- Land parcels (Tailte Éireann): 17 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in it, median 7,249 m² (0.72 ha, 1.79 acres)
- Zoning (national zoning, MyPlan): not in a zoned settlement
- Planning (National Planning Applications): 5 applications since 2010
- Civil parish: Tankardstown, https://everytownland.com/laois/parish/tankardstown.md
- Barony: Ballyadams
- Electoral division: Tankardstown, the unit of the census
- Census 2022 (Central Statistics Office): 405 people lived in 121 households in the Tankardstown electoral division. 94% of households owned their home. 36% of homes were built since 2001. 8% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 0% were holiday homes.
- County: Co. Laois, https://everytownland.com/laois.md
- Placenames Database of Ireland: https://www.logainm.ie/en/28240
- Townland number at Tailte Éireann: 100068
- Centre: latitude 52.933396, longitude -6.986075 (WGS 84)

## Land parcels (registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann)

17 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Ballybeg, from 3,049 m² (0.3 ha, 0.75 acres) to 296,410 m² (29.64 ha, 73.24 acres); 13 neighbouring parcels touch its boundary. Largest first:

- Parcel 230751: 296,410 m² (29.64 ha, 73.24 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/230751.md
- Parcel 262712: 85,461 m² (8.55 ha, 21.12 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/262712.md
- Parcel 254950: 24,400 m² (2.44 ha, 6.03 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/254950.md
- Parcel 230750: 23,949 m² (2.39 ha, 5.92 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/230750.md
- Parcel 230749: 17,543 m² (1.75 ha, 4.33 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/230749.md
- Parcel 261266: 11,596 m² (1.16 ha, 2.87 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/261266.md
- Parcel 5237601: 11,229 m² (1.12 ha, 2.77 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5237601.md
- Parcel 265443: 8,940 m² (0.89 ha, 2.21 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/265443.md
- Parcel 241334: 7,249 m² (0.72 ha, 1.79 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/241334.md
- Parcel 267632: 7,188 m² (0.72 ha, 1.78 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/267632.md
- Parcel 258961: 5,719 m² (0.57 ha, 1.41 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/258961.md
- Parcel 240650: 4,624 m² (0.46 ha, 1.14 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/240650.md
- Parcel 241317: 3,914 m² (0.39 ha, 0.97 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/241317.md
- Parcel 5041119: 3,815 m² (0.38 ha, 0.94 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5041119.md
- Parcel 264303: 3,491 m² (0.35 ha, 0.86 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/264303.md
- Parcel 5396368: 3,264 m² (0.33 ha, 0.81 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5396368.md
- Parcel 232369: 3,049 m² (0.3 ha, 0.75 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/232369.md

## Zoning (national zoning of development plans, MyPlan)

No zone of a development plan covers Ballybeg 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)

5 applications, newest first.

- 29 May 2026, Laois County Council 2660323: Conditional. Permission. - Replace (“restringing”) and uprating of c.10.2km section of the conductor along the existing Athy - Carlow 110 kV OHL circuit; - Provision of fibre communication connection on the uprated circuit; - Replacement of 14No. existing Intermediate Wooden Polesets, with similar structures. The replacement of these structures will result in standardised heights from 16m to 23m, with height increases between 1m and 2m; - Replacement of 15No. existing Intermediate Wooden Poleset crossarms; - Bar member replacements to 2No. existing steel angle masts; - Recapping works on shear blocks at 2No. existing steel angle masts; and, - All associated works/development to existing structures, including insulator/hardware replacement (strain clamps, suspension clamps and vibration dampers), replacement of step bolts, replacement of line identification and danger notices, painting of angle masts, replacement/installation of anti-climbing guards, access tracks, vegetation clearance, temporary construction compounds and all other works necessary to facilitate the development. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/LaoisCC/AppFileRefDetails/2660323/0
- 26 May 2026, Kildare County Council 2660550: Conditional. Permission. Replacement (“restringing”) and uprating of c.8.89km section of the conductor along the existing Athy - Carlow 110 kV OHL circuit; - Provision of fibre communication connection on the uprated circuit; - Replacement of 11No. existing Intermediate Wooden Polesets, with similar structures. The replacement of these structures will result in standardised heights from 16m to 24m, with height increases between 1m and 3m; - Replacement of 12No. existing intermediate Wooden Polesets crossarms; - Recapping works on shear blocks at 1No. existing steel angle mast; - Foundation strengthening of 1No. existing steel angle mast; - Bar member replacements to 8No. existing steel angle masts; - Separation of the existing double OHL circuit to provide for a new bypass OHL section measuring approximately 422m, connecting from the existing Athy 110 kV substation to the following proposed new structures on the existing Athy - Portlaoise 110 kV OHL: 2no. new single circuit angle masts (approximately 22.5m maximum height) and 1no. new wooden poleset (approximately 23.6m maximum height); and, - All associated works/development to existing structures, including hardware replacement (strain clamps, suspension clamps and vibration dampers), replacement of step bolts, replacement of line identification and danger notices, painting of angle masts, replacement/installation of anti-climbing guards, access tracks, vegetation clearance, temporary construction compounds and all other works necessary to facilitate the development. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/KildareCC/AppFileRefDetails/2660550/0
- 25 Jun 2024, Laois County Council 2460370: Conditional. Permission, 1 home. construct new dwelling house, shed/stables, waste water treatment system and polishing filter, new site entrance and all associated works. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/LaoisCC/AppFileRefDetails/2460370/0
- 25 Jan 2022, Laois County Council 2230: Conditional. Permission, 2 homes. construct a dwelling house, domestic garage, waste water treatment system, percolation area, new bored well, new splayed entrance and associated site work. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/LaoisCC/AppFileRefDetails/2230/0
- 17 Nov 2017, Laois County Council 17611: Conditional. Permission, 1 home. construct a dormer style dwelling, single storey detached garage, new waste water treatment system, bored well, use of existing agricultural entrance and laneway (incluyding a new domestic erntrance off the existing laneway) and all associated site works. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/LaoisCC/AppFileRefDetails/17611/0

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 Ballybeg.

## Recorded monuments (Sites and Monuments Record, National Monuments Service)

- LA026-008: Enclosure, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CLA026-008----. Cropmark of oval enclosure visible on aerial photograph (GSI, S 137-8). No visible surface remains. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Laois' (Dublin Stationery Office, 1995) compiled by P. David Sweetman, Olive Alcock and Bernie Moran. In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload: 17 December 2007
- LA026-043: Enclosure, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CLA026-043----. Aerial photograph (GB90.BW.14) shows cropmark of a curvilinear enclosure defined by a fosse. First recorded as a positive cropmark in July 1990. The above report has been compiled by Dr. G.F. Barrett and supplied to the Archaeological Survey of Ireland. Date of this report: 27 November 2009 Compiled by Caimin O'Brien Date of upload / revision : 13 August 2010

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).

## Architectural heritage (National Inventory of Architectural Heritage)

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

## 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 Ballybeg, 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.
- Terrain model: LiDAR of the Office of Public Works, flown in 2011, at 2 m: tile OPW_2402, https://gsi.geodata.gov.ie/downloads/LiDAR/OPW_NASC/OPW_2402.zip (ZIP).
- 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/laois/ballybeg.dxf
- GeoJSON, in WGS 84, for a map: https://everytownland.com/laois/ballybeg.geojson
- KML, for Google Earth: https://everytownland.com/laois/ballybeg.kml

## Homes sold (Residential Property Price Register)

No address of the register names Ballybeg with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Laois: https://everytownland.com/laois.md

## Neighbouring townlands (National Statutory Boundaries, Tailte Éireann)

- Clonpierce: https://everytownland.com/laois/clonpierce.md
- Coolgarragh: https://everytownland.com/laois/coolgarragh.md
- Cullenagh: https://everytownland.com/laois/cullenagh-100468.md
- Maghareagh: https://everytownland.com/laois/maghareagh.md
- Monebrock: https://everytownland.com/laois/monebrock.md
- Tankardstown: https://everytownland.com/laois/tankardstown.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.

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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/laois/ballybeg
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