# Billis, Co. Monaghan: townland, land parcels and planning Townland in the civil parish of Donagh, barony of Trough, Co. Monaghan; in Irish Na Bilí. - Area (Tailte Éireann): 989,022 m² (98.9 ha, 244.39 acres) - Land parcels (Tailte Éireann): 65 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in it, median 3,182 m² (0.32 ha, 0.79 acres) - Zoning (national zoning, MyPlan): not in a zoned settlement - Planning (National Planning Applications): 5 applications since 2010 - Civil parish: Donagh, https://everytownland.com/monaghan/parish/donagh.md - Barony: Trough - Electoral division: Glaslough, the unit of the census - Census 2022 (Central Statistics Office): 964 people lived in 325 households in the Glaslough electoral division. 76% of households owned their home. 38% of homes were built since 2001. 10% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 4% were holiday homes. - County: Co. Monaghan, https://everytownland.com/monaghan.md - Placenames Database of Ireland: https://www.logainm.ie/en/40756 - Townland number at Tailte Éireann: 170176 - Centre: latitude 54.296408, longitude -6.934169 (WGS 84) ## Land parcels (registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann) 65 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Billis, from 5 m² to 202,112 m² (20.21 ha, 49.94 acres); 29 neighbouring parcels touch its boundary. Largest first: - Parcel 334284: 202,112 m² (20.21 ha, 49.94 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/334284.md - Parcel 334285: 164,495 m² (16.45 ha, 40.65 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/334285.md - Parcel 334286: 94,372 m² (9.44 ha, 23.32 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/334286.md - Parcel 3996082: 53,861 m² (5.39 ha, 13.31 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/3996082.md - Parcel 4951100: 46,281 m² (4.63 ha, 11.44 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/4951100.md - Parcel 3996083: 35,439 m² (3.54 ha, 8.76 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/3996083.md - Parcel 340132: 31,102 m² (3.11 ha, 7.69 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/340132.md - Parcel 4682927: 29,750 m² (2.97 ha, 7.35 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/4682927.md - Parcel 340939: 29,647 m² (2.96 ha, 7.33 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/340939.md - Parcel 339871: 29,493 m² (2.95 ha, 7.29 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/339871.md - Parcel 333885: 27,792 m² (2.78 ha, 6.87 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/333885.md - Parcel 1530965: 21,044 m² (2.1 ha, 5.2 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1530965.md - Parcel 348215: 17,236 m² (1.72 ha, 4.26 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/348215.md - Parcel 2398519: 14,381 m² (1.44 ha, 3.55 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2398519.md - Parcel 340938: 14,228 m² (1.42 ha, 3.52 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/340938.md - Parcel 5667436: 13,521 m² (1.35 ha, 3.34 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5667436.md - Parcel 339959: 13,051 m² (1.31 ha, 3.22 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/339959.md - Parcel 3996084: 12,533 m² (1.25 ha, 3.1 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/3996084.md - Parcel 343953: 11,200 m² (1.12 ha, 2.77 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/343953.md - Parcel 5667431: 9,516 m² (0.95 ha, 2.35 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5667431.md - Parcel 339874: 8,325 m² (0.83 ha, 2.06 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/339874.md - Parcel 4113822: 8,186 m² (0.82 ha, 2.02 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/4113822.md - Parcel 327914: 6,065 m² (0.61 ha, 1.5 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/327914.md - Parcel 322624: 5,449 m² (0.54 ha, 1.35 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/322624.md - Parcel 3559171: 5,077 m² (0.51 ha, 1.25 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/3559171.md - Parcel 4097054: 4,862 m² (0.49 ha, 1.2 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/4097054.md - Parcel 5134985: 4,500 m² (0.45 ha, 1.11 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5134985.md - Parcel 336137: 4,429 m² (0.44 ha, 1.09 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/336137.md - Parcel 339456: 4,365 m² (0.44 ha, 1.08 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/339456.md - Parcel 327182: 3,783 m² (0.38 ha, 0.93 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/327182.md - Parcel 324811: 3,732 m² (0.37 ha, 0.92 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/324811.md - Parcel 338842: 3,518 m² (0.35 ha, 0.87 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/338842.md - Parcel 4118643: 3,182 m² (0.32 ha, 0.79 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/4118643.md - Parcel 349701: 3,179 m² (0.32 ha, 0.79 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/349701.md - Parcel 322131: 3,141 m² (0.31 ha, 0.78 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/322131.md - Parcel 4776287: 3,025 m² (0.3 ha, 0.75 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/4776287.md - Parcel 4110742: 2,865 m² (0.29 ha, 0.71 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/4110742.md - Parcel 346936: 2,782 m² (0.28 ha, 0.69 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/346936.md - Parcel 346197: 2,748 m² (0.27 ha, 0.68 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/346197.md - Parcel 323386: 2,660 m² (0.27 ha, 0.66 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/323386.md - Parcel 4776302: 2,305 m² (0.23 ha, 0.57 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/4776302.md - Parcel 350314: 2,275 m² (0.23 ha, 0.56 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/350314.md - Parcel 324040: 2,255 m² (0.23 ha, 0.56 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/324040.md - Parcel 317550: 2,254 m² (0.23 ha, 0.56 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/317550.md - Parcel 352978: 2,102 m² (0.21 ha, 0.52 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/352978.md - Parcel 5036663: 1,793 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/5036663.md - Parcel 4454688: 1,650 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/4454688.md - Parcel 323233: 1,576 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/323233.md - Parcel 341737: 1,487 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/341737.md - Parcel 335527: 1,394 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/335527.md - Parcel 317757: 1,316 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/317757.md - Parcel 328257: 1,027 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/328257.md - Parcel 338923: 894 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/338923.md - Parcel 328326: 803 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/328326.md - Parcel 355382: 647 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/355382.md - Parcel 337538: 467 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/337538.md - Parcel 348918: 444 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/348918.md - Parcel 347141: 302 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/347141.md - Parcel 5763260: 259 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/5763260.md - Parcel 5574840: 250 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/5574840.md - Parcel 348153: 149 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/348153.md - Parcel 337699: 61 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/337699.md - Parcel 316326: 52 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/316326.md - Parcel 4707773: 11 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/4707773.md - Parcel 4707775: 5 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/4707775.md ## Zoning (national zoning of development plans, MyPlan) No zone of a development plan covers Billis 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) 5 applications, newest first. - 15 Dec 2020, Monaghan County Council 20550: Conditional. Permission, 1 home. Permission to erect a two storey dwelling, detached domestic garage, treatment plant, percolation area, revised boundary and entrance to the previously approved application no. 19/351 and all associated site works. Significant further information relates to flood risk assessment report.. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/MonaghanCC/AppFileRefDetails/20550/0 - 1 Dec 2020, Monaghan County Council 20515: Conditional. Permission, 1 home. permission to construct a two storey detached dwelling, new waste water treatment system, new entrance with gates and piers and all associated works. Significant further information relates to a revised site boundary and site layout. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/MonaghanCC/AppFileRefDetails/20515/0 - 12 Oct 2020, Monaghan County Council 20415: Conditional. Permission, 1 home. permission for development consist of a change of house design and associated plans from a two storey dwelling house to a dormer house, the addition of a domestic garage, an increase in site area and alteration to site layout plan and all associated site works. The previous planning reference is 19/556.. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/MonaghanCC/AppFileRefDetails/20415/0 - 13 Dec 2019, Monaghan County Council 19556: Conditional. Permission, 1 home. permission to erect a two storey dwelling with attached sunroom, treatment plant, percolation area, new entrance and all associated site works. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/MonaghanCC/AppFileRefDetails/19556/0 - 30 Jul 2019, Monaghan County Council 19351: Conditional. Permission, 1 home. permission for the erection of a single storey style dwelling house with a detached domestic garage, install waste water treatment system and percolation area, construct new domestic entrance and all associated works. Significant further information relates to the submission of a flood risk assessment, revisions to the position of the house and garage on site.. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/MonaghanCC/AppFileRefDetails/19351/0 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 Billis. ## Recorded monuments (Sites and Monuments Record, National Monuments Service) - MO006-016: Ringfort - unclassified, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CMO006-016----. Located on the S-facing slope W of a small NE-SW drumlin ridge. A circular earthwork is depicted on McCrea’s map of County Monaghan (1793) at Billis. A subrectangular field (dims c. 35m NW-SE; c. 30m NE-SW) defined by curving field banks on all sides except NW-NE is depicted on the 1907 edition. These field banks are still extant. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Monaghan' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1986). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of revision: 29 August 2017 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 Billis. ## 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 Billis, 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 Billis. - 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/monaghan/billis.dxf - GeoJSON, in WGS 84, for a map: https://everytownland.com/monaghan/billis.geojson - KML, for Google Earth: https://everytownland.com/monaghan/billis.kml ## Homes sold (Residential Property Price Register) No address of the register names Billis with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Monaghan: https://everytownland.com/monaghan.md ## Neighbouring townlands (National Statutory Boundaries, Tailte Éireann) - Derryveen: https://everytownland.com/monaghan/derryveen.md - Drumsheeny: https://everytownland.com/monaghan/drumsheeny-170935.md - Faulkland: https://everytownland.com/monaghan/faulkland.md - Hillhall: https://everytownland.com/monaghan/hillhall.md - Mullabrack (Shaw): https://everytownland.com/monaghan/mullabrack-shaw.md - Mullaghduff: https://everytownland.com/monaghan/mullaghduff-171500.md - Mullaloughan: https://everytownland.com/monaghan/mullaloughan.md - Tonygarvey: https://everytownland.com/monaghan/tonygarvey.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/monaghan/billis - In JSON: https://everytownland.com/api/townland/monaghan/billis