# Ballyfin Upper, Co. Laois: townland, land parcels and planning Townland in the civil parish of Clonenagh and Clonagheen, barony of Maryborough West, Co. Laois; in Irish An Baile Fionn Uachtarach. - Area (Tailte Éireann): 6,946,614 m² (694.66 ha, 1,716.55 acres) - Land parcels (Tailte Éireann): 50 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in it, median 12,878 m² (1.29 ha, 3.18 acres) - Zoning (national zoning, MyPlan): not in a zoned settlement - Planning (National Planning Applications): 11 applications since 2010 - Civil parish: Clonenagh and Clonagheen, https://everytownland.com/laois/parish/clonenagh-and-clonagheen.md - Barony: Maryborough West - Electoral division: Ballyfin, the unit of the census - Census 2022 (Central Statistics Office): Ballyfin electoral division: 711 people in 225 households; 94% of households own their home; 35% of homes were built since 2001; 11% 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/28308 - Townland number at Tailte Éireann: 100096 - Centre: latitude 53.062477, longitude -7.464795 (WGS 84) ## Land parcels (registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann) 50 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Ballyfin Upper, from 391 m² to 250,491 m² (25.05 ha, 61.9 acres); 50 neighbouring parcels touch its boundary. Largest first: - Parcel 228897: 250,491 m² (25.05 ha, 61.9 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/228897.md - Parcel 266674: 150,453 m² (15.05 ha, 37.18 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/266674.md - Parcel 267417: 136,418 m² (13.64 ha, 33.71 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/267417.md - Parcel 224979: 115,171 m² (11.52 ha, 28.46 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/224979.md - Parcel 258814: 101,046 m² (10.1 ha, 24.97 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/258814.md - Parcel 243696: 100,043 m² (10 ha, 24.72 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/243696.md - Parcel 262347: 77,497 m² (7.75 ha, 19.15 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/262347.md - Parcel 236285: 71,409 m² (7.14 ha, 17.65 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/236285.md - Parcel 237648: 69,103 m² (6.91 ha, 17.08 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/237648.md - Parcel 230481: 64,542 m² (6.45 ha, 15.95 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/230481.md - Parcel 261561: 54,471 m² (5.45 ha, 13.46 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/261561.md - Parcel 255538: 36,627 m² (3.66 ha, 9.05 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/255538.md - Parcel 256762: 33,281 m² (3.33 ha, 8.22 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/256762.md - Parcel 266563: 30,198 m² (3.02 ha, 7.46 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/266563.md - Parcel 228000: 29,193 m² (2.92 ha, 7.21 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/228000.md - Parcel 229402: 29,027 m² (2.9 ha, 7.17 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/229402.md - Parcel 229193: 28,775 m² (2.88 ha, 7.11 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/229193.md - Parcel 256726: 28,680 m² (2.87 ha, 7.09 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/256726.md - Parcel 257587: 27,269 m² (2.73 ha, 6.74 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/257587.md - Parcel 232458: 23,761 m² (2.38 ha, 5.87 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/232458.md - Parcel 231047: 17,864 m² (1.79 ha, 4.41 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/231047.md - Parcel 247898: 17,293 m² (1.73 ha, 4.27 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/247898.md - Parcel 257406: 16,535 m² (1.65 ha, 4.09 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/257406.md - Parcel 259823: 15,985 m² (1.6 ha, 3.95 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/259823.md - Parcel 264756: 12,934 m² (1.29 ha, 3.2 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/264756.md - Parcel 242134: 12,821 m² (1.28 ha, 3.17 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/242134.md - Parcel 267443: 12,588 m² (1.26 ha, 3.11 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/267443.md - Parcel 5611874: 12,110 m² (1.21 ha, 2.99 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5611874.md - Parcel 266635: 12,013 m² (1.2 ha, 2.97 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/266635.md - Parcel 252342: 10,429 m² (1.04 ha, 2.58 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/252342.md - Parcel 4949937: 9,437 m² (0.94 ha, 2.33 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/4949937.md - Parcel 255036: 8,851 m² (0.89 ha, 2.19 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/255036.md - Parcel 228622: 8,320 m² (0.83 ha, 2.06 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/228622.md - Parcel 230217: 7,715 m² (0.77 ha, 1.91 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/230217.md - Parcel 230577: 7,657 m² (0.77 ha, 1.89 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/230577.md - Parcel 4404371: 6,991 m² (0.7 ha, 1.73 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/4404371.md - Parcel 262802: 6,347 m² (0.63 ha, 1.57 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/262802.md - Parcel 256372: 4,575 m² (0.46 ha, 1.13 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/256372.md - Parcel 245901: 3,961 m² (0.4 ha, 0.98 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/245901.md - Parcel 228288: 3,549 m² (0.35 ha, 0.88 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/228288.md - Parcel 6198087: 3,497 m² (0.35 ha, 0.86 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/6198087.md - Parcel 2875470: 3,354 m² (0.34 ha, 0.83 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2875470.md - Parcel 264370: 3,210 m² (0.32 ha, 0.79 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/264370.md - Parcel 3256719: 3,163 m² (0.32 ha, 0.78 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/3256719.md - Parcel 234433: 2,779 m² (0.28 ha, 0.69 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/234433.md - Parcel 4553014: 2,540 m² (0.25 ha, 0.63 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/4553014.md - Parcel 264960: 2,465 m² (0.25 ha, 0.61 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/264960.md - Parcel 253560: 2,293 m² (0.23 ha, 0.57 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/253560.md - Parcel 244583: 657 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/244583.md - Parcel 5611905: 391 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/5611905.md ## Zoning (national zoning of development plans, MyPlan) No zone of a development plan covers Ballyfin Upper 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) 11 applications, newest first. - 21 Apr 2026, Laois County Council 2660218: N/a. Permission. change house design and boundary alteration to previously granted permission 2560674. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/LaoisCC/AppFileRefDetails/2660218/0 - 21 Apr 2026, Laois County Council 2660220: Conditional. Permission, 1 home. change house design and boundary alteration to previously granted permission 2560674. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/LaoisCC/AppFileRefDetails/2660220/0 - 17 Oct 2025, Laois County Council 2560674: Conditional. Permission, 1 home. construct new dwelling house, domestic garage, waste water treatment system and polishing filter, bored well, new site entrance and all associated works. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/LaoisCC/AppFileRefDetails/2560674/0 - 16 Oct 2025, Laois County Council 2560665: N/a. Permission. construct new dwelling house, domestic garage , waste water treatment system and polishing filter, bored well , new site entrance.. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/LaoisCC/AppFileRefDetails/2560665/0 - 14 Oct 2025, Laois County Council 2560656: N/a. Permission. construct new dwelling house, domestic garage , waste water treatment system and polishing filter, bored well , new site entrance and all associated works. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/LaoisCC/AppFileRefDetails/2560656/0 - 17 Sept 2021, Laois County Council 21650: N/a. Retention, 1 home. retention of a slatted unit, associated cattle shed and all associated site works. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/LaoisCC/AppFileRefDetails/21650/0 - 4 Aug 2020, Laois County Council 20397: N/a. Permission. retain a slatted unit, associated cattle shed and all associated site works; construct three stables and all associated site works. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/LaoisCC/AppFileRefDetails/20397/0 - 13 Jul 2020, Laois County Council 20352: N/a. Retention. retain a slatted unit , associated cattle shed and all associated site works and construct three stables and all associated site works. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/LaoisCC/AppFileRefDetails/20352/0 - 14 May 2020, Laois County Council 20223: Conditional. Retention, 1 home. Retention planning permission for extension to existing dwelling house and all associated site works.. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/LaoisCC/AppFileRefDetails/20223/0 - 12 Feb 2018, Laois County Council 1865: Conditional. Permission, 1 home. construct a dwelling house, garage, wastewater treatment system & percolation area, new entrance and all associated site works. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/LaoisCC/AppFileRefDetails/1865/0 - 26 Apr 2017, Laois County Council 16599: Conditional. Permission, 1 home. construct a dormer style extension to the rear of existing house, new roof to the existing house, new garage, new septic tank, percolation area and all associated site works. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/LaoisCC/AppFileRefDetails/16599/0 Applicants are not shown. ## Designated sites (National Parks and Wildlife Service) - Special Area of Conservation: Slieve Bloom Mountains SAC, site code 000412, https://www.npws.ie/protected-sites/sac/000412 - Special Protection Area: Slieve Bloom Mountains SPA, site code 004160, https://www.npws.ie/protected-sites/spa/004160 - Proposed Natural Heritage Area: Slieve Bloom Mountains, site code 000412 ## Recorded monuments (Sites and Monuments Record, National Monuments Service) No recorded monument lies in the townland of Ballyfin Upper. ## Architectural heritage (National Inventory of Architectural Heritage) No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands in the townland of Ballyfin Upper. ## Ground and risks (Radon Risk Map of Ireland, EPA; Landslide Susceptibility Classification and LiDAR, Geological Survey Ireland) - Radon: About 1 in 20 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: Susceptibility high, moderately high, 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 Ballyfin Upper. - 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/ballyfin-upper.dxf - GeoJSON, in WGS 84, for a map: https://everytownland.com/laois/ballyfin-upper.geojson - KML, for Google Earth: https://everytownland.com/laois/ballyfin-upper.kml ## Homes sold (Residential Property Price Register) No address of the register names Ballyfin Upper 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) - Ballyfin Demesne: https://everytownland.com/laois/ballyfin-demesne.md - Ballyhuppahane: https://everytownland.com/laois/ballyhuppahane.md - Briscula: https://everytownland.com/laois/briscula.md - Cavansheath: https://everytownland.com/laois/cavansheath.md - Deerpark: https://everytownland.com/laois/deerpark-100484.md - Knocks: https://everytownland.com/laois/knocks.md - Rossmore: https://everytownland.com/laois/rossmore-101006.md - Sconce Upper: https://everytownland.com/laois/sconce-upper.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. --- 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/ballyfin-upper - In JSON: https://everytownland.com/api/townland/laois/ballyfin-upper