# Ballyhide, Co. Laois: townland, land parcels and planning Townland in the civil parish of Killeshin, barony of Slievemargy, Co. Laois; in Irish Baile an Ídigh. - Area (Tailte Éireann): 1,981,166 m² (198.12 ha, 489.56 acres) - Land parcels (Tailte Éireann): 113 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in it, median 2,197 m² (0.22 ha, 0.54 acres) - Zoning (national zoning, MyPlan): not in a zoned settlement - Planning (National Planning Applications): 11 applications since 2010 - Civil parish: Killeshin, https://everytownland.com/laois/parish/killeshin.md - Barony: Slievemargy - Electoral division: Rossmore, the unit of the census - Census 2022 (Central Statistics Office): 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. - County: Co. Laois, https://everytownland.com/laois.md - Placenames Database of Ireland: https://www.logainm.ie/en/28870 - Townland number at Tailte Éireann: 100113 - Centre: latitude 52.821223, longitude -6.971708 (WGS 84) ## Land parcels (registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann) 113 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Ballyhide, from 20 m² to 364,953 m² (36.5 ha, 90.18 acres); 37 neighbouring parcels touch its boundary. Largest first: - Parcel 228204: 364,953 m² (36.5 ha, 90.18 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/228204.md - Parcel 5286471: 220,071 m² (22.01 ha, 54.38 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5286471.md - Parcel 5992438: 160,584 m² (16.06 ha, 39.68 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5992438.md - Parcel 261184: 109,089 m² (10.91 ha, 26.96 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/261184.md - Parcel 266935: 84,842 m² (8.48 ha, 20.96 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/266935.md - Parcel 237999: 68,543 m² (6.85 ha, 16.94 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/237999.md - Parcel 250340: 65,261 m² (6.53 ha, 16.13 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/250340.md - Parcel 5320555: 40,799 m² (4.08 ha, 10.08 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5320555.md - Parcel 261202: 40,213 m² (4.02 ha, 9.94 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/261202.md - Parcel 248844: 38,306 m² (3.83 ha, 9.47 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/248844.md - Parcel 235221: 37,626 m² (3.76 ha, 9.3 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/235221.md - Parcel 265228: 31,613 m² (3.16 ha, 7.81 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/265228.md - Parcel 239964: 23,582 m² (2.36 ha, 5.83 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/239964.md - Parcel 248952: 22,366 m² (2.24 ha, 5.53 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/248952.md - Parcel 247611: 20,145 m² (2.01 ha, 4.98 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/247611.md - Parcel 236029: 18,132 m² (1.81 ha, 4.48 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/236029.md - Parcel 267110: 11,774 m² (1.18 ha, 2.91 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/267110.md - Parcel 266516: 11,262 m² (1.13 ha, 2.78 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/266516.md - Parcel 247671: 9,987 m² (1 ha, 2.47 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/247671.md - Parcel 230979: 9,114 m² (0.91 ha, 2.25 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/230979.md - Parcel 3441690: 8,775 m² (0.88 ha, 2.17 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/3441690.md - Parcel 5835594: 8,596 m² (0.86 ha, 2.12 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5835594.md - Parcel 245206: 8,390 m² (0.84 ha, 2.07 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/245206.md - Parcel 230604: 6,809 m² (0.68 ha, 1.68 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/230604.md - Parcel 6054174: 6,336 m² (0.63 ha, 1.57 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/6054174.md - Parcel 260958: 4,879 m² (0.49 ha, 1.21 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/260958.md - Parcel 265574: 4,846 m² (0.48 ha, 1.2 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/265574.md - Parcel 240141: 4,523 m² (0.45 ha, 1.12 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/240141.md - Parcel 6015633: 4,195 m² (0.42 ha, 1.04 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/6015633.md - Parcel 2647858: 4,141 m² (0.41 ha, 1.02 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2647858.md - Parcel 5198617: 4,091 m² (0.41 ha, 1.01 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5198617.md - Parcel 4362146: 3,982 m² (0.4 ha, 0.98 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/4362146.md - Parcel 5417301: 3,951 m² (0.4 ha, 0.98 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5417301.md - Parcel 268147: 3,915 m² (0.39 ha, 0.97 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/268147.md - Parcel 250221: 3,841 m² (0.38 ha, 0.95 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/250221.md - Parcel 261717: 3,684 m² (0.37 ha, 0.91 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/261717.md - Parcel 4035659: 3,628 m² (0.36 ha, 0.9 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/4035659.md - Parcel 245023: 3,599 m² (0.36 ha, 0.89 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/245023.md - Parcel 267076: 3,414 m² (0.34 ha, 0.84 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/267076.md - Parcel 226708: 3,413 m² (0.34 ha, 0.84 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/226708.md - Parcel 247268: 3,310 m² (0.33 ha, 0.82 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/247268.md - Parcel 2533079: 3,254 m² (0.33 ha, 0.8 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2533079.md - Parcel 266299: 3,210 m² (0.32 ha, 0.79 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/266299.md - Parcel 6054191: 3,162 m² (0.32 ha, 0.78 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/6054191.md - Parcel 225237: 2,751 m² (0.28 ha, 0.68 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/225237.md - Parcel 246141: 2,744 m² (0.27 ha, 0.68 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/246141.md - Parcel 6035703: 2,677 m² (0.27 ha, 0.66 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/6035703.md - Parcel 256547: 2,603 m² (0.26 ha, 0.64 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/256547.md - Parcel 262360: 2,566 m² (0.26 ha, 0.63 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/262360.md - Parcel 262605: 2,496 m² (0.25 ha, 0.62 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/262605.md - Parcel 247355: 2,442 m² (0.24 ha, 0.6 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/247355.md - Parcel 236904: 2,439 m² (0.24 ha, 0.6 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/236904.md - Parcel 250129: 2,356 m² (0.24 ha, 0.58 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/250129.md - Parcel 267535: 2,289 m² (0.23 ha, 0.57 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/267535.md - Parcel 261660: 2,247 m² (0.22 ha, 0.56 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/261660.md - Parcel 266830: 2,214 m² (0.22 ha, 0.55 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/266830.md - Parcel 260365: 2,197 m² (0.22 ha, 0.54 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/260365.md - Parcel 266447: 2,163 m² (0.22 ha, 0.53 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/266447.md - Parcel 261006: 2,160 m² (0.22 ha, 0.53 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/261006.md - Parcel 226252: 2,158 m² (0.22 ha, 0.53 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/226252.md - Parcel 5721762: 2,148 m² (0.21 ha, 0.53 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5721762.md - Parcel 239122: 2,123 m² (0.21 ha, 0.52 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/239122.md - Parcel 261203: 2,119 m² (0.21 ha, 0.52 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/261203.md - Parcel 261371: 2,116 m² (0.21 ha, 0.52 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/261371.md - Parcel 260408: 2,109 m² (0.21 ha, 0.52 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/260408.md - Parcel 261696: 2,093 m² (0.21 ha, 0.52 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/261696.md - Parcel 238288: 2,038 m² (0.2 ha, 0.5 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/238288.md - Parcel 5598121: 2,032 m² (0.2 ha, 0.5 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5598121.md - Parcel 263018: 2,005 m² (0.2 ha, 0.5 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/263018.md - Parcel 261118: 2,004 m² (0.2 ha, 0.5 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/261118.md - Parcel 266441: 1,985 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/266441.md - Parcel 5668176: 1,864 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/5668176.md - Parcel 267341: 1,824 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/267341.md - Parcel 247551: 1,822 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/247551.md - Parcel 243019: 1,796 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/243019.md - Parcel 230252: 1,731 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/230252.md - Parcel 249864: 1,651 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/249864.md - Parcel 225181: 1,651 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/225181.md - Parcel 265371: 1,645 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/265371.md - Parcel 238313: 1,577 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/238313.md - Parcel 248400: 1,536 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/248400.md - Parcel 246857: 1,533 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/246857.md - Parcel 267381: 1,473 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/267381.md - Parcel 237317: 1,444 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/237317.md - Parcel 262515: 1,440 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/262515.md - Parcel 239751: 1,431 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/239751.md - Parcel 225189: 1,430 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/225189.md - Parcel 242556: 1,385 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/242556.md - Parcel 247047: 1,256 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/247047.md - Parcel 264288: 1,157 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/264288.md - Parcel 239867: 1,084 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/239867.md - Parcel 227035: 1,073 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/227035.md - Parcel 236977: 1,047 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/236977.md - Parcel 5198640: 1,039 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/5198640.md - Parcel 5725847: 940 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/5725847.md - Parcel 266387: 899 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/266387.md - Parcel 264101: 683 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/264101.md - Parcel 242865: 542 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/242865.md - Parcel 242536: 541 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/242536.md - Parcel 6054192: 525 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/6054192.md - Parcel 243301: 384 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/243301.md - Parcel 260585: 381 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/260585.md - Parcel 3576845: 370 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/3576845.md - Parcel 266695: 287 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/266695.md - Parcel 239378: 282 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/239378.md - Parcel 265351: 268 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/265351.md - Parcel 5725850: 261 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/5725850.md - Parcel 245354: 221 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/245354.md - Parcel 267186: 208 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/267186.md - Parcel 268045: 179 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/268045.md - Parcel 261816: 177 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/261816.md - Parcel 263675: 138 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/263675.md - Parcel 264401: 20 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/264401.md ## Zoning (national zoning of development plans, MyPlan) 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. ## Planning applications whose site touches the townland (National Planning Applications, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage) 11 applications, newest first. - 2 Mar 2025, Laois County Council 2560100: Conditional. Permission, 2 homes. 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.. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/LaoisCC/AppFileRefDetails/2560100/0 - 8 Feb 2024, Laois County Council 2460049: Conditional. Permission, 1 home. 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.. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/LaoisCC/AppFileRefDetails/2460049/0 - 10 Mar 2023, Laois County Council 2384: N/a. Permission. 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. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/LaoisCC/AppFileRefDetails/2384/0 - 9 Mar 2023, Laois County Council 2360084: Conditional. Permission, 1 home. 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. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/LaoisCC/AppFileRefDetails/2360084/0 - 7 Dec 2022, Laois County Council 2260024: Conditional. Permission, 2 homes. 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. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/LaoisCC/AppFileRefDetails/2260024/0 - 14 Oct 2022, Laois County Council 22641: N/a. Permission, 1 home. 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. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/LaoisCC/AppFileRefDetails/22641/0 - 24 Aug 2022, Laois County Council 22521: Conditional. Permission, 2 homes. 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. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/LaoisCC/AppFileRefDetails/22521/0 - 8 Jul 2022, Laois County Council 21790: Conditional. Permission, 2 homes. erect a new two storey dwelling, domestic use shed, proprietary treatment system and all ancillary site services. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/LaoisCC/AppFileRefDetails/21790/0 - 1 Jul 2021, Laois County Council 21473: Conditional. Permission, 1 home. 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. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/LaoisCC/AppFileRefDetails/21473/0 - 19 Nov 2018, Laois County Council 18697: Conditional. Retention, 1 home. 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. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/LaoisCC/AppFileRefDetails/18697/0 - 30 Apr 2018, Laois County Council 18261: Conditional. Permission, 1 home. 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. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/LaoisCC/AppFileRefDetails/18261/0 Applicants are not shown. ## Designated sites (National Parks and Wildlife Service) - Special Area of Conservation: River Barrow and River Nore SAC, site code 002162, https://www.npws.ie/protected-sites/sac/002162 ## Recorded monuments (Sites and Monuments Record, National Monuments Service) - LA037-006: Enclosure, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CLA037-006----. 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, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CLA037-014----. Aerial photograph (GB89.W.29) shows cropmark of a sub-circular enclosure defined by a fosse. 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 Ballyhide. ## 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 Ballyhide, 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 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, https://gsi.geodata.gov.ie/downloads/LiDAR/OPW_NASC/OPW_2407.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/ballyhide.dxf - GeoJSON, in WGS 84, for a map: https://everytownland.com/laois/ballyhide.geojson - KML, for Google Earth: https://everytownland.com/laois/ballyhide.kml ## Homes sold (Residential Property Price Register) No address of the register names Ballyhide 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) - Clogrenan: https://everytownland.com/laois/clogrenan.md - Crossneen: https://everytownland.com/laois/crossneen.md - Monure: https://everytownland.com/laois/monure.md - Mortarstown Upper (Co. Carlow): https://everytownland.com/carlow/mortarstown-upper.md - Olderrig: https://everytownland.com/laois/olderrig.md - Rossmore: https://everytownland.com/laois/rossmore-101005.md - Springhill: https://everytownland.com/laois/springhill-101049.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/ballyhide - In JSON: https://everytownland.com/api/townland/laois/ballyhide