Ballyhide

113 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Ballyhide, from 20 m² to 364,953 m² (36.5 ha, 90.18 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 37 neighbouring parcels touch it.

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No zone of a development plan covers Ballyhide 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.

• 2 Mar 2025Conditional

  A new single storey dwelling, domestic garage, on-site wastewater treatment system and all associated site works and to include the removal of the existing (unauthorised) cabin and the use of the existing site entrance.

  Permission, 2 homes · Laois County Council, 2560100

• 8 Feb 2024Conditional

  carry out essential maintenance and repair works to the Barrow Navigation, in accordance with Waterways Ireland’s statutory remit, comprising the following: (i) Maintenance and repair works to the Barrow Navigation comprising post-flood spot dredging and maintenance dredging, (ii) A new temporary access road providing access to the Barrow trackway from Leighlin Road to facilitate the proposed works, (iii) Temporary mobile welfare units and , (iv) All works ancillary and incidental to the maintenance and repair works referred to above. A Natura Impact Statement (NIS) has been prepared in respect of the planning application and will be submitted with the planning application.

  Permission, 1 home · Laois County Council, 2460049

• 10 Mar 2023N/a

  carry out development which will consist of essential maintenance and repair works to the Barrow Navigation, in accordance with Waterways Ireland's statutory remit, comprising the following: (I) Maintenance and repair works to the Barrow Navigation comprising post-flood spot dredging and maintenance dredging; (ii) a new temporary access road providing access to the Barrow trackway from Leighlin Road to facilitate the proposed works, and (iii) all works ancillary and incidental to the maintenance and repair works referred to above. A Natura Impact Statement has been prepared in respect of this planning application

  Permission · Laois County Council, 2384

• 9 Mar 2023Conditional

  Change of use of existing garage attached to existing dormer style dwelling house for use as a granny flat, to carry out alterations to the existing building to accommodate same, to increase percolation area to accommodate additional bedroom, all ancillary site works and services

  Permission, 1 home · Laois County Council, 2360084

• 7 Dec 2022Conditional

  develop as follows: 1. retention permission for alterations to existing dwelling to include the conversion of attic space to use as habitable space, 3no. dormer type windows, 3no. velux type windows to roof, and the construction of a single storey rear extension. 2. Permission for the construction of an additional single storey rear extension and all associated site works

  Permission, 2 homes · Laois County Council, 2260024

• 14 Oct 2022N/a

  1. retain alterations to my existing dwelling to include the conversion of attic space to use as habitable space, 3 no. dormer type windows, 3 no. velux type windows to roof, and the construction of a single storey rear extension. 2. Permission for the construction of an additional single storey rear extension and all associated site works

  Permission, 1 home · Laois County Council, 22641

• 24 Aug 2022Conditional

  construct a new part single storey, part two storey detached dwelling and associated single storey detached garage, a new wastewater treatment unit and percolation area, a new site entrance and including all associated site works and associated landscaping

  Permission, 2 homes · Laois County Council, 22521

• 8 Jul 2022Conditional

  erect a new two storey dwelling, domestic use shed, proprietary treatment system and all ancillary site services

  Permission, 2 homes · Laois County Council, 21790

• 1 Jul 2021Conditional

  construct a two storey dwelling, single storey detached garage and storage area, bored well, waste water treatment system, percolation area, new entrance and all associated site works

  Permission, 1 home · Laois County Council, 21473

• 19 Nov 2018Conditional

  retain minor alterations to previously granted dwelling (planning ref 13/226) alterations to include redesign of porch to the front façade, additional velux windows to the front, changes to windows and doors of granted garage and all associated site works

  Retention, 1 home · Laois County Council, 18697

• 30 Apr 2018Conditional

  demolition of an existing dwelling, the construction of a new 2 storey replacement dwelling, new septic tank and percolation area, a domestic shed, new entrance and all associated site works

  Permission, 1 home · Laois County Council, 18261

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

Designated sites

• Special Area of Conservation: River Barrow and River Nore SAC 002162

Recorded monuments

• LA037-006 Enclosure
  Description

  Situated in gently undulating countryside. Marked on the 1841 edition of the OS 6-inch map: a subcircular enclosure (max. diam. c. 40m N-S). No visible surface remains. Aerial photograph (GB89.Y.08) taken by Dr. G. Barrett on the 15th of July shows cropmark of a circular enclosure defined by a fosse. 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/revision: 05 August 2012

• LA037-014 Enclosure
  Description

  Aerial photograph (GB89.W.29) shows cropmark of a sub-circular enclosure defined by a fosse.

Architectural heritage

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

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 Ballyhide, about 1 in 5 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 high, moderately high, moderately low, low, partly inferred.

Terrain model

LiDAR of the Office of Public Works, flown in 2011, at 2 m: tile OPW_2407 (ZIP).

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.

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

Name

Ballyhide · Baile an Ídigh

Area

1,981,166 m² (198.12 ha, 489.56 acres)

Civil parish

Killeshin, and its townlands

Barony

Slievemargy

Electoral division

Rossmore, the unit of the census

Census 2022

464 people lived in 148 households in the Rossmore electoral division. 96% of households owned their home. 24% of homes were built since 2001. 5% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 1% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Clogrenan, Crossneen, Monure, Mortarstown Upper (Co. Carlow), Olderrig, Rossmore, Springhill

Placenames

Ballyhide 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.