Balnagon Upper

84 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Balnagon Upper, from 107 m² to 439,933 m² (43.99 ha, 108.71 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 37 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 · 121 parcels The zoning objective in the plan

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

• 16 Jan 2026N/a

  the development will consist of: the refurbishment and adaptive reuse of the former mill as a dwelling including all associated alterations and repairs to the existing structure, the construction of new single and two-storey extensions and a three-storey staircase block to the north-west side and new foul & surface water drainage including the provision of a new waste-water treatment system, a new entrance onto the existing private road together with all associated site works

  Permission, 1 home · Meath County Council, 2660061

• 18 Aug 2025Conditional

  the development will consist of new proprietary effluent treatment system & soil polishing filter area, & stormwater soakaway, new vehicular entrance, close up existing entrance, & all ancillary site works. Significant Further Information/Revised Plans submitted on this application

  Permission · Meath County Council, 2560871

• 18 Mar 2025Conditional

  the development will consist of alterations and refurbishment of the existing two storey farm house to include provision of a two-storey rear and side extension, demolition of the existing porch and provision of a porch & front door to the existing side elevation (North East), a rear bay window and external canopy, an effluent treatment system & percolation area, a new vehicular entrance to the site and associated site works. (Significant further information/revised plans submitted on this application.)

  Permission · Meath County Council, 2560264

• 29 Oct 2024Conditional

  Planning Permission for (a) Construction of a single storey dwelling house. (b) Installation of septic tank and percolation area. (c) Relocate existing agricultural entrance to allow for access to lands to rear of dwelling. (d) All associated site development works

  Permission, 1 home · Meath County Council, 2460908

• 27 May 2022Conditional

  retention for (1) amendments and alterations to elevations and floor plans of existing storey and half type dwelling (2) all ancillary works. All previously granted under reference no KA190900

  Retention · Meath County Council, 22699

• 8 Apr 2022Conditional

  the development will consist of the following: (1) to demolish an existing habitable dwelling house (2) to close up and de-omission and existing septic tank and soak-pit (3) to construct a replacement single storied dwelling house and a detached domestic store (4) to install a proprietary waste water treatment unit and percolation area (5) to upgrade the existing entrance to the site to include new entrance piers, gates and wing walls (6) and all ancillary site development works

  Permission, 2 homes · Meath County Council, 22454

• 22 Nov 2021Conditional

  the development will consist of provision of an on site milk sterilisation and canning facility to be housed in a modified transport container at the existing farmyard

  Permission · Meath County Council, 212209

• 3 Nov 2021N/a

  the development will consist of provision of an on site milk sterilisation and canning facility to be housed in a modified transport container at the existing farmyard

  Permission · Meath County Council, 212115

• 22 Jun 2020Conditional

  construction of a single storey dwelling, including new septic tank and percolation area, new site entrance and all associated site works

  Permission, 1 home · Meath County Council, KA200780

• 6 Aug 2019Conditional

  (1) Construction of a 4 bay slatted shed, (2) Provision of an underground soiled water storage tank to comply with the Nitrates Directive, (3) Up-grade existing cattle crush & penning area and (4) All ancillary site services

  Permission · Meath County Council, KA191036

• 8 Jul 2019Conditional

  (a) Construction of a dwelling house, part single storey, part storey and a half, (b) Installation of septic tank and percolation area. (c) All associated site development works. Significant further information/revised plans submitted on this application

  Permission, 1 home · Meath County Council, KA190900

• 3 Nov 2017Conditional

  a two storey house with wastewater treatment system & percolation area, a stand alone domestic garage, a vehicular entrance to the site and associated site works . Significant Further Information/Revised plans submitted on this application

  Permission, 2 homes · Meath County Council, KA171281

• 15 Jun 2017Conditional

  (1) Construction of an extension to an existing dairy cow cubicle shed with underground slurry storage tank to comply with the Nitrates Directive, (2) construction of a new machinery and feed storage shed and (3) all ancillary site services

  Permission · Meath County Council, KA170690

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 Balnagon Upper.

Recorded monuments

• ME016-020 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  Situated on the E-facing slope of a hill. A circular embanked enclosure (ext. diam. c. 40m) is depicted on the 1836 edition of the OS 6-inch map where it is described as a ‘Fort’, and it is represented as a circular hachured feature on the 1912 edition. This was described in 1965 as a circular area (diam. c. 40m) defined by an earthen bank (ext. H c. 1.5m) with an outer stone facing and hedge, and a fosse (D c. 0.6m) on the W side (SMR file). By 1969 only a curve in a field bank (Chord c. 40m) NE-SE indicates the monument. 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: 25 February 2019

• ME016-052 Standing stone
  Description

  Located in a hollow in an undulating landscape. This is a red slate stone (dims 0.6m x 0.2m; full H 2m) aligned E-W and leaning to the S. Standing stone (ME016-053----) is c. 200m to the ESE. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 2 January 2018

• ME016-053 Standing stone
  Description

  Situated on a rise in an undulating landscape. This is a rectangular limestone upright (dims 0.5m x 0.25-0.3ml; H 1.4m) aligned NNE-SSW and hammered into a rough rectangular shape. Standing stone (ME016-052----) is c. 200m to the WNW. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 2 January 2017

Architectural heritage

• New Grove, demesne walls/gates/railings, 1740–1780 · Regional interest
  Description

  Channelled limestone gate piers, built c.1760, with pair of wrought-iron gates, flanked by wrought-iron pedestrian gates, having channelled limestone gate piers. Set in rubble stone boundary walls. Two-bay single-storey former gate lodge to the site.

• New Grove, stables, 1740–1780 · Regional interest
  Description

  Three ranges of stable buildings, built c.1760, set around a central courtyard. Pitched slate roofs, with stone bellcote to east range. Rendered walls with lozenge patterned vents. Buttresses to south elevation of south range. Timber sash windows set in segmental-arched openings with stone sills. Timber battened doors set in square-headed openings with ashlar limestone dressings. Segmental-arched carriage arched with ashlar limestone dressings. East range now also in use as private dwelling.

• New Grove, outbuilding, 1740–1780 · Regional interest
  Description

  Three ranges of multiple-bay single-storey outbuildings, built c.1760, set around a central cobbled courtyard, which is closed to the west by a two-storey range. Pitched slate roofs. Rubble stone walls with segmental-arched and round-headed openings with brick, ashlar and stone dressings. Some timber sash windows.

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 Balnagon Upper, 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 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 Balnagon Upper.

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 Balnagon Upper with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Meath.

Name

Balnagon Upper

Area

2,673,318 m² (267.33 ha, 660.59 acres)

Civil parish

Kilskeer, and its townlands

Barony

Kells Upper

Electoral division

Boherboy, the unit of the census

Census 2022

324 people lived in 110 households in the Boherboy electoral division. 96% of households owned their home. 24% of homes were built since 2001. 7% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 1% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Balnagon Lower, Boltown, Crossakeel, Drumbaragh, Seymourstown White, Springville or Dandlestown

Placenames

Balnagon Upper 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.