# Balrobin, Co. Louth: townland, land parcels and planning Townland in the civil parish of Barronstown, barony of Dundalk Upper, Co. Louth; in Irish Baile Roibín. - Area (Tailte Éireann): 871,719 m² (87.17 ha, 215.41 acres) - Land parcels (Tailte Éireann): 31 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in it, median 388 m² - Zoning (national zoning, MyPlan): not in a zoned settlement - Planning (National Planning Applications): 3 applications since 2010 - Civil parish: Barronstown, https://everytownland.com/louth/parish/barronstown.md - Barony: Dundalk Upper - Electoral division: Barronstown, the unit of the census - Census 2022 (Central Statistics Office): 752 people lived in 255 households in the Barronstown electoral division. 92% of households owned their home. 28% of homes were built since 2001. 7% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 1% were holiday homes. - County: Co. Louth, https://everytownland.com/louth.md - Placenames Database of Ireland: https://www.logainm.ie/en/33669 - Townland number at Tailte Éireann: 140079 - Centre: latitude 54.014696, longitude -6.487123 (WGS 84) ## Land parcels (registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann) 31 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Balrobin, from 12 m² to 843,228 m² (84.32 ha, 208.37 acres); 15 neighbouring parcels touch its boundary. Largest first: - Parcel 1094933: 843,228 m² (84.32 ha, 208.37 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1094933.md - Parcel 5163020: 4,914 m² (0.49 ha, 1.21 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5163020.md - Parcel 1119198: 3,608 m² (0.36 ha, 0.89 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1119198.md - Parcel 1128803: 3,031 m² (0.3 ha, 0.75 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1128803.md - Parcel 1130500: 1,826 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1130500.md - Parcel 1100751: 1,673 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1100751.md - Parcel 1096829: 1,542 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1096829.md - Parcel 1094544: 1,510 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1094544.md - Parcel 1115892: 1,469 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1115892.md - Parcel 1104257: 1,465 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1104257.md - Parcel 1117010: 1,442 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1117010.md - Parcel 1091242: 1,410 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1091242.md - Parcel 5983911: 1,293 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/5983911.md - Parcel 1132200: 888 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1132200.md - Parcel 5983909: 621 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/5983909.md - Parcel 1091339: 388 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1091339.md - Parcel 1127257: 342 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1127257.md - Parcel 1129209: 329 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1129209.md - Parcel 1131231: 226 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1131231.md - Parcel 1137630: 193 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1137630.md - Parcel 1129835: 136 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1129835.md - Parcel 5983912: 83 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/5983912.md - Parcel 6170869: 70 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/6170869.md - Parcel 6105198: 58 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/6105198.md - Parcel 1136298: 56 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1136298.md - Parcel 6170892: 46 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/6170892.md - Parcel 1135865: 36 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1135865.md - Parcel 6105273: 30 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/6105273.md - Parcel 6105270: 25 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/6105270.md - Parcel 6170873: 19 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/6170873.md - Parcel 5983934: 12 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/5983934.md ## Zoning (national zoning of development plans, MyPlan) No zone of a development plan covers Balrobin 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) 3 applications, newest first. - 28 Jul 2023, Louth County Council 23343: Conditional. Permission. Development that will consist of proposed New Roof over existing cattle feeding yard (36.52m X 24.45m x 6.15m high ) and all associated works. **Significant further information receivedon 18.10.23 includes design details for a soakaway to facilitate the percolation of stormwater to ground and two areas of proposed landscape planting within an overall revised application area of 0.2 hectare**. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/LouthCC/AppFileRefDetails/23343/0 - 11 May 2023, Louth County Council 2360101: Conditional. Permission, 1 home. Permission for the demolition of existing extension and sheds to rear of existing cottage, removal of chimney, provision of a single storey rear extension and all associated and ancillary site development works. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/LouthCC/AppFileRefDetails/2360101/0 - 15 Feb 2018, Louth County Council 18110: Conditional. Retention. (a) RETENTION permission to retain existing stone clad pillars & double security gates and (b) full planning permission to construct new associated stone clad wing walls, pillars, boundary wall, all ancillary works and the removal of existing concrete post & rail fence at an existing agricultural entrance.. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/LouthCC/AppFileRefDetails/18110/0 Applicants are not shown. ## Designated sites (National Parks and Wildlife Service) - Proposed Natural Heritage Area: Drumcah, Toprass And Cortial Loughs, site code 001462 ## Recorded monuments (Sites and Monuments Record, National Monuments Service) - LH006-034001: Church, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CLH006-034001-. The following description is derived from both the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Louth' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1986) and the 'Archaeological Survey of County Louth' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1991). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload/revision: 17 July 2007 Foundations of rectangular structure (L 13m, Wth 5m). No visible surface remains. Bullaun stone in nearby field fence. (CLAJ 1933, 36; CLAJ 1941, 14) - LH006-034002: Bullaun stone, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CLH006-034002-. The Archaeological Survey of Ireland (ASI) is in the process of providing information on all monuments on The Historic Environment Viewer (HEV). Currently the information for this record has not been uploaded. To access available information for research purposes please make an appointment in advance with the Archive Unit (open Fridays 10.00 am – 5.00 pm), Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, The Custom House, Dublin 1 D01W6XO or email NMarchive@housing.gov.ie. - LH006-035: Earthwork, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CLH006-035----. The following description is derived from both the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Louth' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1986) and the 'Archaeological Survey of County Louth' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1991). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload/revision: 17 July 2007 Irregular earthen platform of uncertain date. - LH006-036: Standing stone, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CLH006-036----. The following description is derived from both the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Louth' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1986) and the 'Archaeological Survey of County Louth' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1991). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload/revision: 17 July 2007 Large boulder (H 2.5m, 2.2m by 0.7m in section) with narrow sides aligned NE-SW. Situated in large field in undulating countryside. (CLAJ 1962, 166) - LH006-129: Souterrain, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CLH006-129----. The following description is derived from both the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Louth' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1986) and the 'Archaeological Survey of County Louth' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1991). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload/revision: 17 July 2007 Isolated souterrain, discovered during foundation trenching of house garden in 1980. Modern entrance appears to be close to the original one. A passage runs SE from the entrance (L 11.2m, Wth 0.6m-1m, H 0.8m). Four metres from the end of the passage there is a small chamber to the E, with constricted entrance, (Wth 0.5m, H 0.7m). This chamber is sub-circular (max. dims. 1.3m by 1.1m, H 1m). At the SE end of the first passage the width increases to 1.5m and a drop-hole in the floor gives access to a second passage, running at a lower level in a SW direction. The passage widens gradually to form a sub-circular chamber at the SW end. The overall length of passage and chamber is 8.6m (H 0.8m-1.7m). Maximum width of chamber 1.7m. The entire souterrain is drystone-built, of local greywacke slabs, with larger stones at the base of the walling. 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 Balrobin. ## 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 Balrobin, about 1 in 10 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, partly inferred. - Terrain model: LiDAR of the Office of Public Works, flown in 2011, at 2 m: tile OPW_2925, https://gsi.geodata.gov.ie/downloads/LiDAR/OPW_NASC/OPW_2925.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/louth/balrobin.dxf - GeoJSON, in WGS 84, for a map: https://everytownland.com/louth/balrobin.geojson - KML, for Google Earth: https://everytownland.com/louth/balrobin.kml ## Homes sold (Residential Property Price Register) No address of the register names Balrobin with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Louth: https://everytownland.com/louth.md ## Neighbouring townlands (National Statutory Boundaries, Tailte Éireann) - Ballinurd: https://everytownland.com/louth/ballinurd.md - Barronstown: https://everytownland.com/louth/barronstown.md - Glebe: https://everytownland.com/louth/glebe-140293.md - Glebe Bog: https://everytownland.com/louth/glebe-bog.md - Milltown: https://everytownland.com/louth/milltown-140429.md - Milltown Bog: https://everytownland.com/louth/milltown-bog.md - Plaster: https://everytownland.com/louth/plaster-140523.md - Rathmore: https://everytownland.com/louth/rathmore.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/louth/balrobin - In JSON: https://everytownland.com/api/townland/louth/balrobin