Broughattin

18 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Broughattin, from 475 m² to 24,513 m² (2.45 ha, 6.06 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 17 neighbouring parcels touch it.

Download the townland as DXF, in Irish Transverse Mercator metres, with its boundary, parcels and buildings, or as GeoJSON or KML.

No zone of a development plan covers Broughattin 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.

• 17 Jun 2026Conditional

  Permission for alterations and extensions to existing two storey dwelling, new single storey domestic garage, new effluent treatment system/percolation area, new soakaways, alterations to the existing vehicular entrance with all associated site development works *Significant Further Information received on 07/09/2026*

  Permission, 2 homes · Louth County Council, 2660383

• 1 Oct 2025N/a

  PERMISSION FOR A A SINGLE STOREY TYPE DWELLING HOUSE, A WASTE WATER TREATMENT SYSTEM AND DOMESTIC GARAGE, INCLUSIVE OF ALL ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS

  Permission, 2 homes · Louth County Council, 2560618

• 5 Aug 2025Conditional

  The development will consist of the removal of an existing shed and construction of a detached independent living unit for an immediate family member located in the rear garden of an existing dwelling and all associated site works.

  Permission, 1 home · Louth County Council, 2560497

• 29 Jul 2025N/a

  The development will consist of the removal of an existing shed and construction of a detached independent living unit for an immediate family member located in the rear garden of an existing dwelling and all associated site works.

  Permission, 1 home · Louth County Council, 2560488

• 24 Jul 2025N/a

  The development will consist of the removal of an existing shed and construction of a detached independent living unit for an immediate family member located in the rear garden of an existing dwelling and all associated site works.

  Permission, 1 home · Louth County Council, 2560477

• 23 Mar 2023Conditional

  Permission for Retention of as constructed roof over extension granted permission under planning ref. no. 05/160 and all associated site development works.**Significant further information received on 23.11.23 includes upgrading of existing septic tank and soak pit with new wast water treatment plant and percolation and all associated site works**

  Retention, 1 home · Louth County Council, 23139

• 11 Oct 2021Conditional

  Permission for 1. Conversion of existing garage to side of house to habitable accommodation. 2. Extension to side and rear of dwelling and domestic garage to side of dwelling

  Permission, 3 homes · Louth County Council, 211268

• 1 Jul 2021Conditional

  Permission for a storey and a half type dwelling house, domestic garage, waste water treatment system and all associated site development works

  Permission, 1 home · Louth County Council, 21811

• 19 Jan 2021N/a

  Permission for development that will consist of new vehicular access, wing walls and gates to their land and family Home Located in Broughattin, a tack and feed store and farm machinery store located Poleek and all associated site works

  Permission · Louth County Council, 2144

• 11 Dec 2019Conditional

  Permission for a single storey 'granny flat' extension to an existing residential dwelling, comprising kitchen, living room, dining room and ancillary facilities within 50m2 floor area. The development also comprises conversion of the garage of approx. 20m2 within the existing dwelling into the granny flat bedroom. **Significant Further Information received 15/05/2020**

  Permission, 1 home · Louth County Council, 191035

• 5 Apr 2019Conditional

  Permission for construction of new front boundary wall (1.9m high) incorporating piers at existing vehicular entrance to existing dwelling and all associated site works.

  Permission, 1 home · Louth County Council, 19251

• 18 Dec 2018Refused

  Retention Permission for 1) Single storey extension to the rear of an existing dwelling house. 2)Domestic garage 3) Dependent relative accommodation 4) Extension and alterations to existing stables 5) Horse exercise arena 6) And all associated site development works.

  Retention, 4 homes · Louth County Council, 181041

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

Designated sites

No designated site (Special Area of Conservation, Special Protection Area, Natural Heritage Area or proposed one) touches the townland of Broughattin.

Recorded monuments

• LH004-076001 Enclosure
  Description

  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 Marked as a 'fort' on 1867 revision of OS 6-inch map. Shown as polygonal enclosure in latest ed. of 6-inch map. Souterrain (LH004-076002-) discovered in interior in the 1960s. Both enclosure and souterrain now destroyed.

• LH004-076002 Souterrain
  Description

  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 Situated at N end of polygonal enclosure (LH004-076001-) which was removed in 1968. During clearance a section of drystone-built passage (L c. 2m), extending ENE-WSW, was uncovered. The passage ended in a curved wall at ENE and was blocked by collapse at WSW.

Architectural heritage

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

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 Broughattin, 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 low, partly inferred.

Terrain model

No LiDAR survey of the Office of Public Works covers the centre of the townland of Broughattin.

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 Broughattin with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Louth.

Name

Broughattin · Bruach Aitinne

Area

282,521 m² (28.25 ha, 69.81 acres)

Civil parish

Ballymascanlan, and its townlands

Barony

Dundalk Lower

Electoral division

Ballymascanlan, the unit of the census

Census 2022

2,272 people lived in 737 households in the Ballymascanlan electoral division. 91% of households owned their home. 27% of homes were built since 2001. 9% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 3% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Doolargy, Drumnasillagh, Proleek, Proleek Acres

Placenames

Broughattin 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.