Ballymurphy
Townland in the civil parish of Dunshaughlin, barony of Ratoath, Co. Meath
- Area
- 79 ha
- 195 acres
- Land parcels
- 27
- registered freehold, median 2,598 m² (0.26 ha, 0.64 acres)
- Zoning
- P5
- RA - Rural Area
- Planning
- 17
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
27 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Ballymurphy, from 44 m² to 302,085 m² (30.21 ha, 74.65 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 21 neighbouring parcels touch it.
Download the townland: DXF, in Irish Transverse Mercator metres, with its boundary, parcels and buildings; GeoJSON or KML.
Zoning
Development plans, national zoning
- P5RA - Rural Area (Mixed/general primary sector uses, including 'rural')
Meath County Development Plan 2021-2027, Meath · 37 parcels The zoning objective in the plan - G1F1 - Open Space (Open space, park)
Meath County Development Plan 2021-2027, Meath · 6 parcels The zoning objective in the plan - C2.1E2 - General Enterprise and Employment (Industrial, enterprise, employment)
Meath County Development Plan 2021-2027, Meath · 4 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
Source: Tailte Éireann and the Department of Housing (MyPlan), national zoning, CC BY 4.0.
Planning applications
Sites that touch the townland, newest first
4 Mar 2026N/a
1) Construct a building for the purposes of wholesale warehousing, light manufacturing, storage, administration and welfare facilities, 2) construct a carparking area and yard area, 3) construct perimeter fencing to boundaries of site and 4) all associated site works
Permission · Meath County Council, 2660248
3 Jun 2025Conditional
1) Changes to external elevations which include window and door locations, cladding colour, signage and 2) all associated site works
Retention · Meath County Council, 2560558
31 May 2025Conditional
1) Construct an extension for the purposes of light manufacturing, storage, administration and welfare facilities to the existing building on site, and 2) all associated site works
Permission · Meath County Council, 2560557
26 Feb 2025Conditional
amendments to previously approved planning register no. 24/60207 for development at Ballymurphy, Dunshaughlin, Co. Meath. The amendments will include rearranging the internal office space to allow for a ground, first and second floor between gridlines A1 – A6. It includes a new two-level storage mezzanine constructed in steel and concrete. The storage mezzanine will include a new steel escape stairs and exit. At gridlines C1 – C2 and D1 – D2 the extent of offices has been reduced at ground floor level and a level of offices added at second floor. External alterations include the removal of the external metal canopy to the rear. It includes modifications to glazing and architectural cladding panels reflecting the new office layout. These alterations are on the South and West elevations. All of the above will include other minor changes to plans and elevation to accommodate the main changes.
Permission · Meath County Council, 2560182
16 May 2024Conditional
the development will consist of a modular building manufacturing facility and ancillary development. The proposed development includes: 1) Construction of approx. 7,632 sq. m. gross floor area (GFA) building, consisting of a single storey factory section of approx. 6,054 sq. m. GFA and a two storey offices and staff facilities section of approx. 1,578 sq. m. GFA; 2) Provision of hardstanding areas providing vehicle circulation areas, an area for storage of completed modular units and an area for storage of modular units for hiring; 3) Provision of 169 no. car parking spaces, including 34. no. provided with EV charging points; 4) Provision of 18 no. bicycle parking spaces; 5) Provision of internal access roads and footpaths; 6) Provision of surface water drainage infrastructure; 7) Provision of roof-mounted solar panels on the proposed building; 8) Site landscaping works; 9) Provision of fencing and gates; 10) Provision of signage consisting of 3 no. building elevation signs and 1 no. ground mounted sign at the site vehicular entrance; and 11) All associated and ancillary works. Significant further information/revised plans submitted on this application
Permission · Meath County Council, 2460348
7 May 2024N/a
the demolition of existing detached two storey dwelling house, construction of a new detached two storey dwelling house, new percolation area, with onsite treatment unit, construction of a new garage at rear of the site, new proposed metal gates to existing site entrance, proposed garden walls with access gates and all ancillary site works
Permission, 1 home · Meath County Council, 24198
25 Mar 2024Conditional
the development will consist of the construction of a warehouse building housing two separate commercial light industry warehouse spaces. The proposed use is light manufacturing, storage and distribution. The development will include office and administration facilities, welfare facilities, car parking, vehicle parking, cycle parking, roads, footpaths, fencing, yards, dock levellers and hard standings. It will also include all associated landscaping, ancillary works and services. Significant further information/revised plans submitted on this application
Permission · Meath County Council, 2460207
15 Mar 2024N/a
the development will consist of the construction of a warehouse building housing two separate commercial light industry warehouse spaces. The proposed use is light manufacturing, storage and distribution. The development will include office and administration facilities, welfare facilities, car parking, vehicle parking, cycle parking, roads, footpaths, fencing, yards, dock levellers and hard standings. It will also include all associated landscaping, ancillary works and services
Permission · Meath County Council, 2460192
6 Apr 2023Conditional
(1) construct a building for the purposes of light manufacturing, storage, administration and welfare facilities, (2) construct a carparking area and yard area, (3) construct perimeter fencing to boundaries of site and (4) all associated site works
Permission · Meath County Council, 23372
19 Dec 2022Conditional
(1) construct a building for the purposes of light manufacturing, storage, administration and welfare facilities (2) construct a carparking area and yard area (3) construct permimeter fencing to boundaries of site and (4) all associated site works
Permission · Meath County Council, 221663
12 Dec 2022Refused
the retention of an existing self-service laundromat facility
Retention · Meath County Council, 221620
13 Jun 2022Conditional
planning permission for the following 1) Construct a road, with footpath, bicycle lane, signage and lighting to access and service the lands zoned E2 - General Enterprise and Employment, onto the proposed Dunshaughlin Outer Relief Road, and 2) all associated site works. Significant further information/revised plans submitted on this application
Permission · Meath County Council, 22776
23 May 2022Refused
the proposed development will consist of (i) An extension (83sqm) to the existing service station amenity building to facilitate a revised internal layout incorporating revised staff and back of house areas and including an ancillary off license (7.9 sqm) resulting in a net retail floor area of 86sqm and an overall floor area of 195sqm, (ii) Elevational changes to building including relocated signage, new entrance doors and glazing (iii) Associated revisions to the site layout incorporating 15 no. new car parking spaces, including 1 no. disabled space, codex payment terminal, car wash, new paved seating area, bin storage and the relocation of laundry unit and car services unit (iv) All associated drainage works and other side development works. Significant further information/revised plans submitted on this application
Permission · Meath County Council, 22668
7 Sept 2021Conditional
the development will consist of: First-floor extension. Change of roof profile from dormer style single-storey dwelling to full two-story dwelling
Permission · Meath County Council, 211747
21 Jun 2021Conditional
the construction of a single storey extension to the rear of existing dwelling with proposed roof light & single-storey flat roof link back to the existing dwelling with all associated site works and landscaping
Permission, 1 home · Meath County Council, 211202
13 Dec 2017Conditional
the proposed development consists of the construction of a flat roof, single storey extension to the rear and an apex roof, single storey extension to the side of existing dwelling. It is also proposed to upgrade existing percolation area on site
Permission, 1 home · Meath County Council, RA171434
1 Dec 2017N/a
the proposed development consists of the construction of a flat roof, single storey extension to the rear and an apex roof, single storey extension to the side of existing dwelling. It is also proposed to upgrade existing percolation area on site
Permission · Meath County Council, RA171391
Source: National Planning Applications, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, CC BY 4.0. Applicants are not shown.
Nature and heritage
Designated sites and recorded monuments
Designated sites
No designated site (Special Area of Conservation, Special Protection Area, Natural Heritage Area or proposed one) touches the townland of Ballymurphy.
Recorded monuments
No recorded monument lies in the townland of Ballymurphy.
Architectural heritage
No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands in the townland of Ballymurphy.
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).
Ground and risks
Radon, landslides, flooding
- Radon
- About 1 in 20 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels. Testing a home
- Landslides
- Susceptibility low, low (inferred), on the 1:50,000 map.
- Terrain model
- No LiDAR survey of the Office of Public Works covers the centre of the townland of Ballymurphy.
- Flooding
- The flood maps of the Office of Public Works: floodinfo.ie.
Radon Risk Map of Ireland, Environmental Protection Agency; Landslide Susceptibility Classification, Geological Survey Ireland; both 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.
Homes sold
Property Price Register
No address of the register names Ballymurphy with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Meath.
The townland
- Name
- Ballymurphy
- Area
- 789,626 m² (78.96 ha, 195.12 acres)
- Civil parish
- Dunshaughlin, and its townlands
- Barony
- Ratoath
- Electoral division
- Dunshaughlin, the unit of the census
- Census 2022
- Dunshaughlin electoral division: 8,517 people in 2,904 households; 82% of households own their home; 50% of homes were built since 2001; 3% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 0% were holiday homes.
- Neighbouring townlands
- Ballinlough, Dunshaughlin, Lagore Big, Mooretown, Rath Hill
- Placenames
- Ballymurphy 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.