Balgree

46 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Balgree, from 184 m² to 262,614 m² (26.26 ha, 64.89 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 31 neighbouring parcels touch it.

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• P5RA - Rural Area (Mixed/general primary sector uses, including 'rural')
  Meath County Development Plan 2021-2027 (As Varied), Meath · 77 parcels The zoning objective in the plan

Source: Tailte Éireann and the Department of Housing (MyPlan), national zoning, CC BY 4.0.

• 28 May 2025Conditional

  the development will consist of: repositioning, recessing and widening of the existing vehicular entrance to the property along with all site works. Significant further information/revised plans submitted on this application

  Permission · Meath County Council, 2560542

• 10 Feb 2023Conditional

  the development consists of to (1) construct single storey extension to existing cottage (2) to construct a new roof over existing porch and minor alterations to layout and elevations of existing dwelling (3) to demolish domestic store to the rear of the house (4) closing up existing septic tank and soakpit (5) Installing a new proprietary waste water treamtment unit and percolation area (6) and all associated and ancillary site works

  Permission, 1 home · Meath County Council, 23125

• 23 Jul 2021Conditional

  the development will consist of the extraction of sand and gravel (approx. 280,000 cu m), construction of new entrance gate, ancillary structures to include wheel wash, remove hedge boundaries, alter public road and levels near entrance, remove disused public pump and well to facilitate adequate sightlines and haul the extracted material by road approximately 550metres to existing authorised Plant for processing. Restoration of the site to beneficial agricultural after-use and all associated site works within an overall application area of 6.23 hectares and all for a period of 7 years. An Environmental Impact Assessment Report (EIAR) and a Natura Impact Statement (NIS) have been prepared in respect of this planning application. Significant Further Information/Revised plans submitted on this application

  Permission · Meath County Council, 211415

• 2 Nov 2018Conditional

  the construction of a private residence, garage, septic tank and percolation area, together with connection to existing services and including all ancillary site works. Significant further information/revised plans submitted on this application

  Permission, 1 home · Meath County Council, KA181295

• 19 Oct 2018N/a

  the construction of a private residence, garage, septic tank and percolation area, together with connection to existing services and including all ancillary site works

  Permission, 1 home · Meath County Council, KA181235

• 27 Jul 2018Conditional

  construction of detached two storey dwelling, detached domestic garage/stable building with external dung stead, proprietary treatment unit and all ancillary site works

  Permission, 2 homes · Meath County Council, KA180838

• 3 Jul 2018Conditional

  a cattle housing unit with underground slurry storage tank, concrete apron and all site works

  Permission, 1 home · Meath County Council, KA180728

• 22 Sept 2017Conditional

  the development will consist of two storey style dwelling house, domestic garage, proprietary effluent treatment system including mechanical aeration system and percolation area, new entrance onto roadway and all ancillary site development works

  Permission, 2 homes · Meath County Council, KA171111

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 Boyne and River Blackwater SAC 002299
• Special Protection Area: River Boyne and River Blackwater SPA 004232

Recorded monuments

• ME010-030 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  Located towards the bottom of a NE-facing slope. A circular embanked enclosure (ext. diam. c. 40m) is represented on the 1836 edition of the OS 6-inch map where it is described as a ‘Fort’, and an arc of hachures is represented on the 1912 edition NW-E (Chord c. 40m). This is a circular grass-covered area (diam. c. 38m N-S; c. 37m E-W) defined by a slight scarp (max. dims at N: Wth 2.8m; H 1.3m). The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Meath' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1987). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of revision: 22 February 2019

• ME010-031 Enclosure
  Description

  Located on a ridge towards the outer, N edge of a shelf. It is represented as a circular embanked enclosure (ext. diam. c. 50m) on the 1836 edition of the OS 6-inch map and as a small enclosed copse on the 1912 edition. This is an oval, overgrown area (dims 31.5m E-W; 21m N-S) with some rock outcrop that slopes down to the E. It is defined by a fosse feature (Wth 2-2.8m; max. D 0.4m) SW-W-NE and a low scarp (H 0.4m to 1m at SE) elsewhere. An original entrance is not identified. Coniferous trees were planted outside it at some time, and it is now surrounded by a field bank and hedge. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Meath' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1987). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of revision: 22 February 2019

• ME010-032 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  Situated towards the bottom of the NE-facing slope of a hill. This is represented as a subrectangular embanked enclosure described as a ‘Fort’ on the 1836 edition of the OS 6-inch map and as a rectangular hachured feature on the 1912 edition. It is a rectangular grass-covered area (dims 37m E-W; 34m N-S) defined by earthen banks (Wth of base 4-4.4m; int. H 0.2-0.6m; ext. H 1-1.8m) and hedges on each side except the W where there is a stone wall. There is no visible fosse but the original entrance is probably a gap (Wth of base 2.5m) towards the N end of the E side, which is slightly convex. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Meath' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1987). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of revision: 27 February 2019

• ME010-034 Castle - motte
  Description

  Situated on a S-facing slope. Flat-topped, tree-covered and circular earthen mound (diam. of top 14.4m N-S; 14m E-W; diam. of base c. 35m; H 4-5m N-E to 7.5m S-W), with a fosse (at SSW: Wth of top 6m; Wth of base 3m; ext. D c. 1m) SSW-NW. An earthen bank extending SW from the fosse at SW and a scarp extending NW from the fosse at NW could create a crescentic baily (dim. c. 15m E-W) defined by the curved boundary of the woodland SW-NW. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Meath' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1987). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of revision: 13 May 2016

Architectural heritage

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

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 Balgree, about 1 in 10 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 moderately high, moderately low, low, partly inferred.

Terrain model

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

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.

• Balgree, Carnaross7 sales

Name

Balgree · Baile Graí

Area

1,985,033 m² (198.5 ha, 490.51 acres)

Civil parish

Kilskeer, and its townlands

Barony

Kells Upper

Electoral division

Castlekeeran, the unit of the census

Census 2022

513 people lived in 169 households in the Castlekeeran electoral division. 77% of households owned their home. 34% of homes were built since 2001. 11% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 1% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Ballyhist, Derver, Pottlebane, Pottlereagh

Placenames

Balgree 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.