# Balleek, Co. Offaly: townland, land parcels and planning

Townland in the civil parish of Durrow, barony of Ballycowan, Co. Offaly; in Irish Baile Liag.

- Area (Tailte Éireann): 1,301,040 m² (130.1 ha, 321.49 acres)
- Land parcels (Tailte Éireann): 28 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in it, median 3,951 m² (0.4 ha, 0.98 acres)
- Zoning (national zoning, MyPlan): not in a zoned settlement
- Planning (National Planning Applications): 11 applications since 2010
- Civil parish: Durrow, https://everytownland.com/offaly/parish/durrow.md
- Barony: Ballycowan
- Electoral division: Durrow, the unit of the census
- Census 2022 (Central Statistics Office): Durrow electoral division: 798 people in 254 households; 92% of households own their home; 27% of homes were built since 2001; 7% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 0% were holiday homes.
- County: Co. Offaly, https://everytownland.com/offaly.md
- Placenames Database of Ireland: https://www.logainm.ie/en/42032
- Townland number at Tailte Éireann: 180049
- Centre: latitude 53.32361, longitude -7.489308 (WGS 84)

## Land parcels (registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann)

28 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Balleek, from 45 m² to 388,052 m² (38.81 ha, 95.89 acres); 23 neighbouring parcels touch its boundary. Largest first:

- Parcel 277367: 388,052 m² (38.81 ha, 95.89 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/277367.md
- Parcel 282400: 259,517 m² (25.95 ha, 64.13 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/282400.md
- Parcel 296227: 117,679 m² (11.77 ha, 29.08 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/296227.md
- Parcel 290997: 102,338 m² (10.23 ha, 25.29 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/290997.md
- Parcel 282401: 97,737 m² (9.77 ha, 24.15 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/282401.md
- Parcel 2388532: 92,672 m² (9.27 ha, 22.9 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2388532.md
- Parcel 309628: 67,021 m² (6.7 ha, 16.56 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/309628.md
- Parcel 300115: 55,210 m² (5.52 ha, 13.64 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/300115.md
- Parcel 268840: 46,657 m² (4.67 ha, 11.53 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/268840.md
- Parcel 302229: 13,111 m² (1.31 ha, 3.24 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/302229.md
- Parcel 269892: 10,877 m² (1.09 ha, 2.69 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/269892.md
- Parcel 3789173: 10,182 m² (1.02 ha, 2.52 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/3789173.md
- Parcel 305882: 4,989 m² (0.5 ha, 1.23 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/305882.md
- Parcel 6062222: 4,008 m² (0.4 ha, 0.99 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/6062222.md
- Parcel 5421429: 3,894 m² (0.39 ha, 0.96 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5421429.md
- Parcel 2519867: 3,668 m² (0.37 ha, 0.91 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2519867.md
- Parcel 291464: 3,649 m² (0.36 ha, 0.9 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/291464.md
- Parcel 5764304: 3,594 m² (0.36 ha, 0.89 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5764304.md
- Parcel 2471352: 3,045 m² (0.3 ha, 0.75 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2471352.md
- Parcel 5421492: 3,000 m² (0.3 ha, 0.74 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5421492.md
- Parcel 2471320: 2,544 m² (0.25 ha, 0.63 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2471320.md
- Parcel 284151: 2,307 m² (0.23 ha, 0.57 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/284151.md
- Parcel 308641: 1,259 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/308641.md
- Parcel 2388533: 1,222 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/2388533.md
- Parcel 288934: 1,014 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/288934.md
- Parcel 279327: 921 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/279327.md
- Parcel 310611: 822 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/310611.md
- Parcel 303918: 45 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/303918.md

## Zoning (national zoning of development plans, MyPlan)

No zone of a development plan covers Balleek 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)

11 applications, newest first.

- 23 Jul 2025, Offaly County Council 2560321: Conditional. Permission. the construction of a 6 bay slatted shed with lie-back to house cattle and ancillary works (i.e. concrete yards, gates, boundary fence) including demolition of existing derelict farm buildings. All for agricultural purposes only in the existing farmyard. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/OffalyCC/AppFileRefDetails/2560321/0
- 30 May 2025, Offaly County Council 2560210: N/a. Permission. the construction of a 6 bay slatted shed with lie-back to house cattle and ancillary works (i.e. concrete yards, gates, boundary fence) including demolition of existing derelict farm buildings. All for agricultural purposes only in the existing farmyard. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/OffalyCC/AppFileRefDetails/2560210/0
- 1 Apr 2025, Offaly County Council 2560101: N/a. Permission. the construction of a 6 bay slatted shed with lie-back to house cattle and ancillary works (i.e. concrete yards, gates, boundary fence) including demolition of existing derelict farm buildings. All for agricultural purposes only in the existing farmyard. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/OffalyCC/AppFileRefDetails/2560101/0
- 30 Apr 2021, Offaly County Council 21266: Refused. Permission, 1 home. THE CONSTRUCTION OF A DWELLING HOUSE, GARAGE, INSTALLATION OF SEWERAGE TREATMENT TANK WTH PERCOLATION AREA AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/OffalyCC/AppFileRefDetails/21266/0
- 29 Apr 2021, Westmeath County Council 21233: Conditional. Permission, 1 home. Permission to construct a dwelling with converted attic, detached domestic garage and store, install a proprietary wastewater treatment system and all associated site development works. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/WestmeathCC/AppFileRefDetails/21233/0
- 7 Apr 2021, Offaly County Council 21182: N/a. Permission. THE CONSTRUCTION OF A DWELLING HOUSE, GARAGE, INSTALLATION OF SEWERAGE TREATMENT TANK WTH PERCOLATION AREA AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/OffalyCC/AppFileRefDetails/21182/0
- 27 Oct 2020, Offaly County Council 20527: Refused. Permission, 1 home. THE CONSTRUCTION OF A DWELLING HOUSE, GARAGE, INSTALLATION OF SEWERAGE TREATMENT TANK WITH PERCOLATION AREA AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/OffalyCC/AppFileRefDetails/20527/0
- 20 Aug 2020, Westmeath County Council 206218: Conditional. Permission. Planning Permission for the erection of a greenhouse for domestic use.. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/WestmeathCC/AppFileRefDetails/206218/0
- 12 Jun 2019, Offaly County Council 19279: Conditional. Retention, 1 home. A DOMESTIC GARAGE. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/OffalyCC/AppFileRefDetails/19279/0
- 24 Oct 2018, Offaly County Council 18467: Conditional. Permission. CONSTRUCTION OF A 6 BAY SLATTED SHED WITH LIEBACK TO HOUSE CATTLE AND ANCILLARY WORKS (I.E. CONCRETE YARDS, GATES, BOUNDARY FENCE) INCLUDING DEMOLITION OF EXISTING DERELICT FARM BUILDINGS. ALL FOR AGRICULTURAL PURPOSES ONLY IN THE EXISTING FARMYARD. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/OffalyCC/AppFileRefDetails/18467/0
- 26 Sept 2018, Offaly County Council 18408: N/a. Permission. CONSTRUCTION OF A 6 BAY SLATTED SHED WITH LIEBACK TO HOUSE CATTLE AND ANCILLARY WORKS (I.E. CONCRETE YARDS, GATES, BOUNDARY FENCE) INCLUDING DEMOLITION OF EXISTING DERELICT FARM BUILDINGS. ALL FOR AGRICULTURAL PURPOSES ONLY IN THE EXISTING FARMYARD. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/OffalyCC/AppFileRefDetails/18408/0

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## 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 Balleek.

## Recorded monuments (Sites and Monuments Record, National Monuments Service)

- OF009-011: Barrow - ring-barrow, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2COF009-011----. Not visible at ground level. Described by Davies (1942) as a conical shaped mound (H 3ft) enclosed by an inner fosse (Wth 6ft) and external bank (H 2ft). The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Offaly' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1997). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload: 23 May 2011
- OF009-012: Hut site, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2COF009-012----. On an esker ridge in undulating countryside. Hollow depression (5.5m E-W x 6m N-S) enclosed by a bank (Wth 1.5m; int. H 0.3m) of earth and stone construction. Overall the site measures 10m N-S. The hollow depression has a very even surface which indicates possible habitation site. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Offaly' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1997). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload: 23 May 2011
- OF009-013: Ringfort - rath, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2COF009-013----. Situated on an esker ridge in undulating countryside with extensive views in all directions. Poorly preserved ringfort consisting of a circular area (30m E-W; 27m N-S) enclosed by an earth and stone bank (Wth 1m; ext. H 0.5m) with clear evidence of stone revetment in its construction. Possible remains of a causewayed entrance at NW. There is slight evidence for an enclosing fosse and external bank however its poor condition makes it difficult to be certain. Originally the site would appear to be a bivallate ringfort with a causeway entrance at NW. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Offaly' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1997). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload: 23 May 2011
- OF009-016: Mass-rock, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2COF009-016----. No surface remains of any mass rock in the area marked on the OS 6-inch map. Described as a mass-rock by Davies in 1942 who describes 'in a small valley. The rock is either a rock outcrop or a large limestone boulder, and beside it are pile some other stones. I do not think that it is an old megalith. On S, is a small recess in the rock, and on W is a ledge. On the rock grows a crabapple' (ITA Survey 1942). The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Offaly' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1997). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload: 23 May 2011
- OF009-041: Earthwork, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2COF009-041----. Situated in pasture, with ringfort (OF009-009----) 40m to N, field boundary immediately to N marks townland boundary with Balleek Beg. Partial outline of circular shaped area (approx. diam. 40m) defined by a fosse with traces of an outer enclosing element to NW visible on Google Earth orthoimage and on Digital Globe orthophoto taken 2011-13. See attached Google Earth orthoimage taken 26/01/2018 Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien based on details provided by Jean-Charles Caillère Date of upload: 12 November 2020

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 Balleek.

## Ground and risks (Radon Risk Map of Ireland, EPA; Landslide Susceptibility Classification and LiDAR, Geological Survey Ireland)

- Radon: About 1 in 5 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: Susceptibility moderately low, 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 Balleek.
- 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/offaly/balleek.dxf
- GeoJSON, in WGS 84, for a map: https://everytownland.com/offaly/balleek.geojson
- KML, for Google Earth: https://everytownland.com/offaly/balleek.kml

## Homes sold (Residential Property Price Register)

No address of the register names Balleek with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Offaly: https://everytownland.com/offaly.md

## Neighbouring townlands (National Statutory Boundaries, Tailte Éireann)

- Acantha: https://everytownland.com/offaly/acantha.md
- Aghancarnan: https://everytownland.com/offaly/aghancarnan.md
- Balleek Beg: https://everytownland.com/offaly/balleek-beg.md
- Ballybought: https://everytownland.com/offaly/ballybought.md
- Ballycallaghan: https://everytownland.com/offaly/ballycallaghan.md
- Ballynamona: https://everytownland.com/offaly/ballynamona-180188.md
- Frevanagh (Co. Westmeath): https://everytownland.com/westmeath/frevanagh.md
- Lug: https://everytownland.com/offaly/lug.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.

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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.

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