# Ballyteige Big, Co. Offaly: townland, land parcels and planning

Townland in the civil parish of Ballycommon, barony of Philipstown Lower, Co. Offaly; in Irish Baile Thaidhg Mór.

- Area (Tailte Éireann): 1,964,201 m² (196.42 ha, 485.36 acres)
- Land parcels (Tailte Éireann): 31 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in it, median 3,912 m² (0.39 ha, 0.97 acres)
- Zoning (national zoning, MyPlan): not in a zoned settlement
- Planning (National Planning Applications): 10 applications since 2010
- Civil parish: Ballycommon, https://everytownland.com/offaly/parish/ballycommon.md
- Barony: Philipstown Lower
- Electoral division: Ballycommon, the unit of the census
- Census 2022 (Central Statistics Office): 659 people lived in 208 households in the Ballycommon electoral division. 91% of households owned their home. 35% of homes were built since 2001. 4% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 1% were holiday homes.
- County: Co. Offaly, https://everytownland.com/offaly.md
- Placenames Database of Ireland: https://www.logainm.ie/en/41932
- Townland number at Tailte Éireann: 180212
- Centre: latitude 53.289409, longitude -7.394612 (WGS 84)

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

31 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Ballyteige Big, from 142 m² to 582,432 m² (58.24 ha, 143.92 acres); 13 neighbouring parcels touch its boundary. Largest first:

- Parcel 273067: 582,432 m² (58.24 ha, 143.92 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/273067.md
- Parcel 271147: 358,656 m² (35.87 ha, 88.63 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/271147.md
- Parcel 289167: 180,710 m² (18.07 ha, 44.65 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/289167.md
- Parcel 307284: 163,896 m² (16.39 ha, 40.5 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/307284.md
- Parcel 309588: 144,098 m² (14.41 ha, 35.61 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/309588.md
- Parcel 291041: 43,707 m² (4.37 ha, 10.8 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/291041.md
- Parcel 294541: 36,491 m² (3.65 ha, 9.02 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/294541.md
- Parcel 5594657: 23,741 m² (2.37 ha, 5.87 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5594657.md
- Parcel 275535: 20,091 m² (2.01 ha, 4.96 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/275535.md
- Parcel 4759490: 16,372 m² (1.64 ha, 4.05 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/4759490.md
- Parcel 3885816: 8,416 m² (0.84 ha, 2.08 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/3885816.md
- Parcel 304145: 7,686 m² (0.77 ha, 1.9 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/304145.md
- Parcel 300448: 7,201 m² (0.72 ha, 1.78 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/300448.md
- Parcel 294542: 5,096 m² (0.51 ha, 1.26 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/294542.md
- Parcel 294696: 4,903 m² (0.49 ha, 1.21 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/294696.md
- Parcel 6185784: 3,912 m² (0.39 ha, 0.97 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/6185784.md
- Parcel 4692222: 3,543 m² (0.35 ha, 0.88 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/4692222.md
- Parcel 2388682: 3,098 m² (0.31 ha, 0.77 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2388682.md
- Parcel 4680365: 2,804 m² (0.28 ha, 0.69 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/4680365.md
- Parcel 296284: 2,472 m² (0.25 ha, 0.61 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/296284.md
- Parcel 3885851: 2,469 m² (0.25 ha, 0.61 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/3885851.md
- Parcel 305610: 2,292 m² (0.23 ha, 0.57 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/305610.md
- Parcel 6185798: 1,641 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/6185798.md
- Parcel 2606365: 1,458 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/2606365.md
- Parcel 307705: 1,186 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/307705.md
- Parcel 2388665: 1,059 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/2388665.md
- Parcel 360486: 313 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/360486.md
- Parcel 5657334: 306 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/5657334.md
- Parcel 5657331: 263 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/5657331.md
- Parcel 5657343: 261 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/5657343.md
- Parcel 5657330: 142 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/5657330.md

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

No zone of a development plan covers Ballyteige Big 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)

10 applications, newest first.

- 11 Feb 2026, Offaly County Council 2660071: Conditional. Permission. an amendment to a previously consented development (RED III) (Planning Reference 2198 by Offaly County Council) comprising of; (i) removal of the 38kV substation and infrastructure within the most northern field (Field 1), (ii) internal access track reduced from c.3.4km to c. 3.2km,relocated and tweaked to include turning areas, (iii) replacement of string inverters instead of combined central inverters and MV transformers, the central MV transformers remain, and increase from 11No. to 12 No., however there will be a reduction in their associated hardstanding areas and the number of string inverters is 128, (iv) table layout updated (reduced), (v) PV angle tilt reduced from 10º and 40º to 10º and 30º, (vi) separation area between infrastructure and OHL towers increased, (vii) an additional badger sett buffer added (viii) temporary construction compound has been relocated from Field 1 to Field 4, (ix) alter Condition No. 10 to increase the boundary fencing from 1.8m-2m high to 2.4m high and reduce in the perimeter fence length, (x) CCTV number increase from 81 to 118 and their locations have been amended, (xi) adjustment of the development period from 5 years to 10 years, and (xii) alter Condition No. 11 to change the operational lifetime from 35 years to 40 years. The planning application area comprises of 60.53hectares and comprises of a Solar PV development (i.e. a relevant solar energy development as per the Renewable Energy Directive III). This planning application is accompanied by a Natura Impact Statement (NIS). This development is covered by the provision of the Renewable Energy Directive III (Directive (EU) 2023/2413) and it is important to note that the planning application may be subject to section 34D of the Planning and Development Act 2000, as amended. When a notice issues in accordance with section 34D(b), the provisions of article 26A of the Planning and Development Regulations 2001 to 2025 shall apply. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/OffalyCC/AppFileRefDetails/2660071/0
- 29 Jan 2026, Offaly County Council 2660044: N/a. Permission. the amendment to a previously consented development (Planning Reference 2198 by Offaly County Council) comprising of; (i) removal of the 38kV substation and infrastructure within the most northern field (Field 1), (ii) internal access track reduced from c.3.4km to c. 3.2km,relocated and tweaked to include turning areas, (iii) replacement of string inverters instead of combined central inverters and MV transformers, the central MV transformers remain, and increase from 11No. to 12 No., however there will be a reduction in their associated hardstanding areas and the number of string inverters is 128, (iv) table layout updated (reduced), (v) PV angle tilt reduced from 10º and 40º to 10º and 30º, (vi) separation area between infrastructure and OHL towers increased, (vii) an additional badger sett buffer added (viii) temporary construction compound has been relocated from Field 1 to Field 4, (ix) alter Condition No. 10 to increase the boundary fencing from 1.8m-2m high to 2.4m high and reduce in the perimeter fence length, (x) CCTV number increase from 81 to 118 and their locations have been amended, (xi) adjustment of the development period from 5 years to 10 years, and (xii) alter Condition No. 11 to change the operational lifetime from 35 years to 40 years. The planning application area comprises of 60.53hectares and comprises of a Solar PV development (i.e. a relevant solar energy development as per the Renewable Energy Directive III). This planning application is accompanied by a Natura Impact Statement (NIS). (RED III) This development is covered by the provision of the Renewable Energy Directive III (Directive (EU) 2023/2413) and it is important to note that the planning application may be subject to section 34D of the Planning and Development Act 2000, as amended. When a notice issues in accordance with section 34D(b), the provisions of article 26A of the Planning and Development Regulations 2001 to 2025 shall apply. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/OffalyCC/AppFileRefDetails/2660044/0
- 18 Dec 2025, Offaly County Council 2560659: N/a. Permission. an amendment to a previously consented development (Planning Reference 2198 by Offaly County Council) comprising of; (i) removal of the 38kV substation and infrastructure within the most northern field (Field 1), (ii) internal access track reduced from c.3.4km to c. 3.2km,relocated and tweaked to include turning areas, (iii) replacement of string inverters instead of combined central inverters and MV transformers, the central MV transformers remain, and increase from 11No. to 12 No., however there will be a reduction in their associated hardstanding areas and the number of string inverters is 128, (iv) table layout updated (reduced), (v) PV angle tilt reduced from 10º and 40º to 10º and 30º, (vi) separation area between infrastructure and OHL towers increased, (vii) an additional badger sett buffer added (viii) temporary construction compound has been relocated from Field 1 to Field 4, (ix) alter Condition No. 10 to increase the boundary fencing from 1.8m-2m high to 2.4m high and reduce in the perimeter fence length, (x) CCTV number increase from 81 to 118 and their locations have been amended, (xi) adjustment of the development period from 5 years to 10 years, and (xii) alter Condition No. 11 to change the operational lifetime from 35 years to 40 years. The planning application area comprises of 60.53hectares. This planning application is accompanied by a Natura Impact Statement (NIS) This development is covered by the provision of the Renewable Energy Directive III (Directive (EU) 2023/2413) and it is important to note that the planning application may be subject to section 34D of the Planning and Development Act 2000, as amended. When a notice issues in accordance with section 34D(b), the provisions of article 26A of the Planning and Development Regulations 2001 to 2025 shall apply.. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/OffalyCC/AppFileRefDetails/2560659/0
- 18 Dec 2024, Offaly County Council 24180: Conditional. Permission, 1 home. THE DEVELOPMENT OF A TWO-STOREY DWELLING HOUSE, GARAGE, SECONDARY TREATMENT SYSTEM AND POLISHING FILTER AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS AND SERVICES.. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/OffalyCC/AppFileRefDetails/24180/0
- 29 Jul 2022, Offaly County Council 22378: Conditional. Permission. A PERIOD OF 10 YEARS TO CONSTRUCT AND COMPLETE A SOLAR PV ENERGY DEVELOPMENT WITH A TOTAL SITE AREA OF 73.9 HECTARES, TO INCLUDE A CONTROL BUILDING, INVERTER SUBSTATIONS, MODULES, SOLAR PV GROUND MOUNTED ON SUPPORT STRUCTURES, TEMPORARY CONSTRUCTION COMPOUNDS, INTERNAL ACCESS TRACKS, SECURITY FENCING, ELECTRICAL CABLING AND DUCTING, CCTV AND OTHER ANCILLARY INFRASTRUCTURE, DRAINAGE, ADDITIONAL LANDSCAPING AND HABITAT ENHANCEMENT AS REQUIRED AND ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS RELATING TO ACCESS OF THE SITE. A NATURA IMPACT ASSESSMENT (NIS) HAS BEEN SUBMITTED WITH THIS APPLICATION. THE SOLAR FARM WILL BE OPERATIONAL FOR 35 YEARS. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/OffalyCC/AppFileRefDetails/22378/0
- 15 Jul 2022, Offaly County Council 22352: N/a. Permission. A PERIOD OF 10 YEARS TO CONSTRUCT AND COMPLETE A SOLAR PV ENERGY DEVELOPMENT WITH A TOTAL SITE AREA OF 73.9 HECTARES, TO INCLUDE A CONTROL BUILDING, INVERTER SUBSTATIONS, MODULES, SOLAR PV GROUND MOUNTED ON SUPPORT STRUCTURES, TEMPORARY CONSTRUCTION COMPOUNDS, INTERNAL ACCESS TRACKS, SECURITY FENCING, ELECTRICAL CABLING AND DUCTING, CCTV AND OTHER ANCILLARY INFRASTRUCTURE, DRAINAGE, ADDITIONAL LANDSCAPING AND HABITAT ENHANCEMENT AS REQUIRED AND ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS RELATING TO THE ACCESS OF THE SITE. A NATURA IMPACT STATEMENT (NIS) HAS BEEN SUBMITTED WITH THIS APPLICATION. THE SOLAR FARM WILL BE OPERATIONAL FOR 35-YEARS. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/OffalyCC/AppFileRefDetails/22352/0
- 23 Nov 2021, Offaly County Council 21724: Conditional. Permission, 1 home. CONSTRUCTION OF STOREY AND A HALF/DORMER DWELLING HOUSE, GARAGE, SECONDARY TREATEMENT SYSTEM AND POLISHING FILTER AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS AND SERVICES. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/OffalyCC/AppFileRefDetails/21724/0
- 3 Mar 2021, Offaly County Council 2198: Conditional. Permission. A PERIOD OF 5 YEARS TO CONSTRUCT AND COMPLETE A SOLAR PV ENERGY DEVELOPMENT WITH A TOTAL SITE AREA OF 60.53 HECTARES, TO INCLUDE A SINGLE STOREY ELECTRICAL SUBSTATION BUILDING, INVERTER SUBSTATIONS, MODULES, SOLAR PV GROUND MOUNTED ON SUPPORT STRUCTURES, A TEMPORARY CONSTRUCTION COMPOUND, INTERNAL ACCESS TRACKS, SECURITY FENCING, ELECTRICAL CABLING AND DUCTING, CCTV AND OTHER ANCILLARY INFRASTRUCTURE, DRAINAGE, ADDITIONAL LANDSCAPING AND HABITAT ENHANCEMENT AS REQUIRED AND ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS RELATING TO THE ACCESS OF THE SITE. THE SOLAR FARM WILL BE OPERATIONAL FOR 35-YEARS. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/OffalyCC/AppFileRefDetails/2198/0
- 12 Feb 2021, Offaly County Council 2165: N/a. Permission. A PERIOD OF 5 YEARS TO CONSTRUCT AND COMPLETE A SOLAR PV ENERGY DEVELOPMENT WITH A TOTAL SITE AREA OF 60.53 HECTARES, TO INCLUDE A SINGLE STOREY ELECTRICAL SUBSTATION BUILDING, INVERTER SUBSTATIONS, MODULES, SOLAR PV GROUND MOUNTED ON SUPPORT STRUCTURES, A TEMPORARY CONSTRUCTION COMPOUND, INTERNAL ACCESS TRACKS, SECURITY FENCING, ELECTRICAL CABLING AND DUCTING, CCTV AND OTHER ANCILLARY INFRASTRUCTURE, DRAINAGE, ADDITIONAL LANDSCAPING AND HABITAT ENHANCEMENT AS REQUIRED AND ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS RELATING TO THE ACCESS OF THE SITE. THE SOLAR FARM WILL BE OPERATIONAL FOR 35-YEARS. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/OffalyCC/AppFileRefDetails/2165/0
- 16 Jan 2017, Offaly County Council 1710: Conditional. Permission. CONSTRUCTION OF A SLATTED SHEEP SHED WITH UNDERGROUND SLURRY STORAGE TANK AND ALL ANCILLARY SITE WORKS. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/OffalyCC/AppFileRefDetails/1710/0

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## Designated sites (National Parks and Wildlife Service)

- Proposed Natural Heritage Area: Grand Canal, site code 002104

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

No recorded monument lies in the townland of Ballyteige Big.

## Architectural heritage (National Inventory of Architectural Heritage)

- Odlum's Bridge, bridge, 1830–1840, Regional interest, registry number 14917028, https://www.buildingsofireland.ie/niah/search.jsp?type=record&county=OF&regno=14917028. Single-arch masonry bridge, built c.1835, carrying minor road over disused Kilbeggan branch of Grand Canal. Regularly coursed limestone blocks. Semicircular profile arch. Parapets project slightly from dressed limestone spandrels. Spandrel faces curve outwards to terminate in finely dressed piers embellished with string course. Humped deck and ramped approaches. Tow rope marks on east quoins. The south-east pier is slightly damaged with repairs in mass concrete and concrete blocks. Towpath runs through the east side.

## 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 Ballyteige Big, 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 low.
- Terrain model: no LiDAR survey of the Office of Public Works covers the centre of the townland of Ballyteige Big.
- 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/ballyteige-big.dxf
- GeoJSON, in WGS 84, for a map: https://everytownland.com/offaly/ballyteige-big.geojson
- KML, for Google Earth: https://everytownland.com/offaly/ballyteige-big.kml

## Homes sold (Residential Property Price Register)

No address of the register names Ballyteige Big 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)

- Ballycommon: https://everytownland.com/offaly/ballycommon.md
- Ballyteige Little: https://everytownland.com/offaly/ballyteige-little.md
- Cappyroe: https://everytownland.com/offaly/cappyroe.md
- Clonmore: https://everytownland.com/offaly/clonmore-180419.md
- Colehill: https://everytownland.com/offaly/colehill.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.

- Page: https://everytownland.com/offaly/ballyteige-big
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