# Ballestran, Co. Meath: townland, land parcels and planning Townland in the civil parish of Stamullin, barony of Duleek Upper, Co. Meath. - Area (Tailte Éireann): 522,289 m² (52.23 ha, 129.06 acres) - Land parcels (Tailte Éireann): 3 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in it, median 4,377 m² (0.44 ha, 1.08 acres) - Zoning (national zoning, MyPlan): P5 RA - Rural Area, the zone with the most parcels - Planning (National Planning Applications): 2 applications since 2010 - Civil parish: Stamullin, https://everytownland.com/meath/parish/stamullin.md - Barony: Duleek Upper - Electoral division: Stamullin, the unit of the census - Census 2022 (Central Statistics Office): 5,471 people lived in 1,655 households in the Stamullin electoral division. 88% of households owned their home. 61% of homes were built since 2001. 4% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 0% were holiday homes. - County: Co. Meath, https://everytownland.com/meath.md - Placenames Database of Ireland: https://www.logainm.ie/en/38516 - Townland number at Tailte Éireann: 160088 - Centre: latitude 53.625105, longitude -6.29058 (WGS 84) ## Land parcels (registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann) 3 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Ballestran, from 3,009 m² (0.3 ha, 0.74 acres) to 517,679 m² (51.77 ha, 127.92 acres); 5 neighbouring parcels touch its boundary. Largest first: - Parcel 215157: 517,679 m² (51.77 ha, 127.92 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/215157.md - Parcel 148185: 4,377 m² (0.44 ha, 1.08 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/148185.md - Parcel 172798: 3,009 m² (0.3 ha, 0.74 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/172798.md ## Zoning (national zoning of development plans, MyPlan) - P5 RA - Rural Area (Mixed/general primary sector uses, including 'rural'): Meath County Development Plan 2021-2027 (As Varied), Meath; 8 parcels. The zoning objective in the plan: https://consult.meath.ie/en/consultation/consolidated-meath-county-development-plan-2021-2027-incl-variations-1-2 ## Planning applications whose site touches the townland (National Planning Applications, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage) 2 applications, newest first. - 16 Feb 2024, Meath County Council 2460111: Conditional. Retention. retention for reuse of existing agricultural buildings to temporary accommodation for seasonal work. Change of use of existing agricultural building to seasonal farm produce shop. Retention of Porta-cabins for temporary accommodation for seasonal work. Retention of buildings for temporary accommodation and associated use for seasonal work. Retention of recycling building and associated storage area. Retention of wastewater treatment works with proposed upgraded percolation area & all associated site works. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/MeathCC/AppFileRefDetails/2460111/0 - 18 Jul 2023, Meath County Council 23719: Conditional. Permission. the alteration development works will consist of the importation of 48,150 tonnes of inert soil and stones to create the correct levels for an 8 furlong horse training gallop as already authorised, the provision of a wheel wash during the works and all associated site works. A three-year construction period is required and all works will use the authorised entrance and site works as authorised under planning permission 22/18. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/MeathCC/AppFileRefDetails/23719/0 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 Ballestran. ## Recorded monuments (Sites and Monuments Record, National Monuments Service) - ME034-015: Enclosure, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CME034-015----. A circular enclosure visible as a crop mark on an aerial photograph together with other features that could indicate a possible field system (ME034-016----) (SMR file; pers. comm. T. Condit). Compiled by: David O’Connor Date of upload: 31 October 2013 - ME034-016: Field system, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CME034-016----. A possible field system adjacent to a circular enclosure (ME034-016----) visible as a crop mark on an aerial photograph (SMR file; pers. comm. T. Condit). Compiled by: David O’Connor Date of upload: 1 November 2013 - ME034-017: Ring-ditch, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CME034-017----. A circular ring-ditch (int. diam. c. 7m) defined by a single continuous ditch feature is visible as a crop mark on an aerial photograph (Bing 2013). (pers. comm. T. Condit) Compiled by: David O’Connor Date of upload: 1 November 2013 - ME034-018: Field system, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CME034-018----. A series of linear crop marks on an aerial photograph suggesting a field system within the same field as possible ring-ditch (ME034-017----) (SMR file; pers. comm. T. Condit). Compiled by: David O’Connor Date of upload: 1 November 2013 - ME034-019: Enclosure, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CME034-019----. A roughly square-shaped enclosure (dims. c. 47m NNW-SSE; c. 40m ENE-WSW) defined by a single fosse feature with rounded corners is visible as a crop mark on an aerial photograph (Bing 2013). Its E side is parallel with a filed bank immediately to its E. (pers. comm. T. Condit) Compiled by: David O’Connor Date of upload: 1 November 2013 - ME034-020: Ring-ditch, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CME034-020----. A circular ring-ditch (diam. c. 13m) defined by a single continuous ditch feature is visible as a cropmark on an aerial photograph (Bing 2013). It is situated close to ring-ditch ME034-017---- and within field containing field system (ME034-018----). (pers. comm. T. Condit) Compiled by: David O’Connor Date of upload: 1 November 2013 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 Ballestran. ## 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 Ballestran, 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 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 Ballestran. - 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/meath/ballestran.dxf - GeoJSON, in WGS 84, for a map: https://everytownland.com/meath/ballestran.geojson - KML, for Google Earth: https://everytownland.com/meath/ballestran.kml ## Homes sold (Residential Property Price Register) No address of the register names Ballestran with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Meath: https://everytownland.com/meath.md ## Neighbouring townlands (National Statutory Boundaries, Tailte Éireann) - Clinstown: https://everytownland.com/meath/clinstown.md - Mullaghteelin: https://everytownland.com/meath/mullaghteelin.md - Stadalt: https://everytownland.com/meath/stadalt.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/meath/ballestran - In JSON: https://everytownland.com/api/townland/meath/ballestran