# Broughattin, Co. Louth: townland, land parcels and planning Townland in the civil parish of Ballymascanlan, barony of Dundalk Lower, Co. Louth; in Irish Bruach Aitinne. - Area (Tailte Éireann): 282,521 m² (28.25 ha, 69.81 acres) - Land parcels (Tailte Éireann): 18 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in it, median 2,728 m² (0.27 ha, 0.67 acres) - Zoning (national zoning, MyPlan): not in a zoned settlement - Planning (National Planning Applications): 12 applications since 2010 - Civil parish: Ballymascanlan, https://everytownland.com/louth/parish/ballymascanlan.md - Barony: Dundalk Lower - Electoral division: Ballymascanlan, the unit of the census - Census 2022 (Central Statistics Office): 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. - County: Co. Louth, https://everytownland.com/louth.md - Placenames Database of Ireland: https://www.logainm.ie/en/33653 - Townland number at Tailte Éireann: 140113 - Centre: latitude 54.047156, longitude -6.3439 (WGS 84) ## Land parcels (registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann) 18 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Broughattin, from 475 m² to 24,513 m² (2.45 ha, 6.06 acres); 17 neighbouring parcels touch its boundary. Largest first: - Parcel 5395102: 24,513 m² (2.45 ha, 6.06 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5395102.md - Parcel 1123431: 15,460 m² (1.55 ha, 3.82 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1123431.md - Parcel 1137952: 7,453 m² (0.75 ha, 1.84 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1137952.md - Parcel 1132268: 7,420 m² (0.74 ha, 1.83 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1132268.md - Parcel 2759700: 5,573 m² (0.56 ha, 1.38 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2759700.md - Parcel 6025162: 4,921 m² (0.49 ha, 1.22 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/6025162.md - Parcel 1133510: 3,820 m² (0.38 ha, 0.94 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1133510.md - Parcel 5592382: 3,679 m² (0.37 ha, 0.91 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5592382.md - Parcel 5500407: 3,131 m² (0.31 ha, 0.77 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5500407.md - Parcel 2486411: 2,325 m² (0.23 ha, 0.57 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2486411.md - Parcel 1137915: 2,146 m² (0.21 ha, 0.53 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1137915.md - Parcel 1134207: 1,745 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1134207.md - Parcel 3568443: 1,566 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/3568443.md - Parcel 1131219: 1,361 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1131219.md - Parcel 1116965: 1,356 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1116965.md - Parcel 1096975: 832 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1096975.md - Parcel 1115001: 712 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1115001.md - Parcel 1102386: 475 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1102386.md ## Zoning (national zoning of development plans, MyPlan) 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. ## Planning applications whose site touches the townland (National Planning Applications, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage) 12 applications, newest first. - 17 Jun 2026, Louth County Council 2660383: Conditional. Permission, 2 homes. 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*. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/LouthCC/AppFileRefDetails/2660383/0 - 1 Oct 2025, Louth County Council 2560618: N/a. Permission, 2 homes. PERMISSION FOR A A SINGLE STOREY TYPE DWELLING HOUSE, A WASTE WATER TREATMENT SYSTEM AND DOMESTIC GARAGE, INCLUSIVE OF ALL ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/LouthCC/AppFileRefDetails/2560618/0 - 5 Aug 2025, Louth County Council 2560497: Conditional. Permission, 1 home. 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.. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/LouthCC/AppFileRefDetails/2560497/0 - 29 Jul 2025, Louth County Council 2560488: N/a. Permission, 1 home. 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.. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/LouthCC/AppFileRefDetails/2560488/0 - 24 Jul 2025, Louth County Council 2560477: N/a. Permission, 1 home. 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.. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/LouthCC/AppFileRefDetails/2560477/0 - 23 Mar 2023, Louth County Council 23139: Conditional. Retention, 1 home. 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**. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/LouthCC/AppFileRefDetails/23139/0 - 11 Oct 2021, Louth County Council 211268: Conditional. Permission, 3 homes. 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. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/LouthCC/AppFileRefDetails/211268/0 - 1 Jul 2021, Louth County Council 21811: Conditional. Permission, 1 home. Permission for a storey and a half type dwelling house, domestic garage, waste water treatment system and all associated site development works. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/LouthCC/AppFileRefDetails/21811/0 - 19 Jan 2021, Louth County Council 2144: N/a. Permission. 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. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/LouthCC/AppFileRefDetails/2144/0 - 11 Dec 2019, Louth County Council 191035: Conditional. Permission, 1 home. 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**. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/LouthCC/AppFileRefDetails/191035/0 - 5 Apr 2019, Louth County Council 19251: Conditional. Permission, 1 home. 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.. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/LouthCC/AppFileRefDetails/19251/0 - 18 Dec 2018, Louth County Council 181041: Refused. Retention, 4 homes. 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.. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/LouthCC/AppFileRefDetails/181041/0 Applicants are not shown. ## Designated sites (National Parks and Wildlife Service) No designated site (Special Area of Conservation, Special Protection Area, Natural Heritage Area or proposed one) touches the townland of Broughattin. ## Recorded monuments (Sites and Monuments Record, National Monuments Service) - LH004-076001: Enclosure, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CLH004-076001-. 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, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CLH004-076002-. 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. 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 Broughattin. ## 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 Broughattin, 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 low, partly inferred. - Terrain model: no LiDAR survey of the Office of Public Works covers the centre of the townland of Broughattin. - 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/broughattin.dxf - GeoJSON, in WGS 84, for a map: https://everytownland.com/louth/broughattin.geojson - KML, for Google Earth: https://everytownland.com/louth/broughattin.kml ## Homes sold (Residential Property Price Register) No address of the register names Broughattin 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) - Doolargy: https://everytownland.com/louth/doolargy.md - Drumnasillagh: https://everytownland.com/louth/drumnasillagh.md - Proleek: https://everytownland.com/louth/proleek.md - Proleek Acres: https://everytownland.com/louth/proleek-acres.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/broughattin - In JSON: https://everytownland.com/api/townland/louth/broughattin