Ballywilliam

28 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Ballywilliam, from 126 m² to 385,063 m² (38.51 ha, 95.15 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 20 neighbouring parcels touch it.

Download the townland: DXF, in Irish Transverse Mercator metres, with its boundary, parcels and buildings; GeoJSON or KML.

No zone of a development plan covers Ballywilliam in the national zoning. Outside zoned towns and villages, the county development plan's rural policies apply to each application.

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

• 11 Nov 2025Conditional

  A) as constructed foundations, subfloor and blockwork to wall plate level for single storey extension to side of existing two storey dwelling B) Reroofing of existing sheds following storm damage, Wall plate level and roof level were raised C) Rebuilding of shed wall following storm damage with new openings formed D) as constructed foundation, subfloor and blockwork for new plant room extension to existing sheds E) demolition of the remaining rubble walls of two sheds following storm damage. Planning Permission is sought to A) complete the single storey extension to side of existing two storey dwelling B) modifications to the internal layout of the existing dwelling C) Convert part of the existing sheds into a home office and home gym D) complete the plant room extension to the existing sheds, amend site boundaries and all associated site work

  Retention, 1 home · Offaly County Council, 2560545

• 5 Nov 2025N/a

  A) as constructed foundations, subfloor and blockwork to wall plate level for single storey extension to side of existing two storey dwelling B) Reroofing of existing sheds following storm damage, Wall plate level and roof level were raised C) Rebuilding of shed wall following storm damage with new openings formed D) as constructed foundation, subfloor and blockwork for new plant room extension to existing sheds E) demolition of the remaining rubble walls of two sheds following storm damage Planning Permission is sought to A) complete the single storey extension to side of existing two storey dwelling B) modifications to the internal layout of the existing dwelling C) Convert part of the existing sheds into a home office and home gym D) complete the plant room extension to the existing sheds, amend site boundaries and all associated site work

  Retention · Offaly County Council, 2560536

• 14 May 2025N/a

  Installation of septic tank and percolation area, realignment of site boundaries and including all associated site works

  Permission · Offaly County Council, 2560171

• 20 Apr 2021Conditional

  A 10 YEAR PERMISSION FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF A SOLAR PV DEVELOPMENT WITH A MAXIMUM EXPORT CAPACITY (MEC) OF UP TO 40MW COMPRISING ON CA. 122,904 NO. PHOTOVOLTAIC PANELS LAID OUT IN ARRAYS, THE CONSTRUCTION OF A 38KV SUBSTATION (CA. 144.4M2 X 4.75M TALL), A TRANSFORMER UNIT (CA. 18M2 X 4M TALL) AND ASSOCIATED BUND, ALONG WITH ANCILLARY DEVELOPMENT INCLUDING: 16 NO. POWER HUBS (CA. 15.25M2 X 2.4M), WHICH INCORPORATE AN INVERTER AND A TRANSFORMER, 1 NO. SINGLE STOREY COMMUNICATIONS BUILDING (11.1M2 X 2.5M), 1 NO. SINGLE STOREY CLIENT SIDE SUB-STATION BUILDING (15.25M2 X 2.9M), 1 NO. SINGLE STOREY EQUIPMENT STORAGE BUILDING (7.5M2 X 2.7M), 10 NO. CCTV CAMERAS MOUNTED ON 4M HIGH POLES, PERIMETER SECURITY FENCING, 1 NO. ATTENUATION POND, LANDSCAPING ENHANCEMENT AND ALL ANCILLARY WORKS. THE TOTAL DEVELOPMENT AREA WILL BE CA. 70.2HA. A NATURA IMPACT STATEMENT (NIS) WILL ACCOMPANY THE PLANNING APPLICATION

  Permission · Offaly County Council, 21227

• 16 Jun 2020N/a

  THE CONSTRUCTION OF A SOLAR PV DEVELOPMENT WITH A MAXIMUM EXPORT CAPACITY (MEC) OF UP TO 40MW COMPRISING OF A CA. 122,904 NO. PHOTOVOLTAIC PANELS LAID OUT IN ARRAYS, THE CONSTRUCTION OF A 38KV SUBSTATION (CA.114.4M2 X 4.75M TALL), A TRANSFORMER UNIT (CA.18M2 X 4M TALL) AND ASSOCIATED BUND, ALONG WITH ANCILLARY DEVELOPMENT INCLUDING: 16 NO. POWER HUBS (CA. 15.25M2 X 2.4M), WHICH INCORPORATE AN INVERTER AND A TRANSFORMER, 1 NO. SINGLE STOREY COMMUNICATIONS BUILDING ( 11.1M2 X 2.5M), 1 NO. SINGLE STOREY CLIENT SIDE SUB-STATION (15.25M2 X 2.9M), 1 NO. SINGLE STOREY EQUIPMENT STORAGE BUILDING (7.5M2 X 2.7M), 10 NO. CCTV CAMERAS MOUNTED ON 4M HIGH POLES, PERIMETER SECURITY FENCING AND ALL ANCILLARY WORKS. THE TOTAL DEVELOPMENT AREA WILL BE CA 70.2HA

  Permission · Offaly County Council, 20223

• 22 May 2020N/a

  THE CONSTRUCTION OF A SOLAR PV DEVELOPMENT WITH A MAXIMUM EXPORT CAPACITY (MEC) OF UP TO 40MW COMPRISING OF A CA. 122,904 NO. PHOTOVOLTAIC PANELS LAID OUT IN ARRAYS, THE CONSTRUCTION OF A 38KV SUBSTATION (CA.114.4M2 X 4.75M TALL) AND A TRANSFORMER UNIT (CA.18M2 X 4M TALL) AND ASSOCIATED BUND, ALONG WITH ANCILLARY DEVELOPMENT INCLUDING: 16 NO POWER HUBS (CA. 15.25M2 X 2.4M), WHICH INCORPORATE AN INVERTER AND A TRANSFORMER, 1 NO.SINGLE STOREY COMMUNICATIONS BUILDING ( 11.1M2 X 2.5M), 1 NO.SINGLE STOREY CLIENT SIDE SUB-STATION BUILDING (15.25M2 X 2.9M), 1 NO. SINGLE STOREY EQUIPMENT STORAGE BUILDING (7.5M2 X 2.7M), 10 NO. CCTV CAMERAS MOUNTED ON 4M HIGH POLES AND PERIMETER SECURITY FENCING. THE TOTAL DEVELOPMENT AREA WILL BE CA 70.2HA

  Permission · Offaly County Council, 20190

• 1 May 2020N/a

  THE CONSTRUCTION OF A 40MW SOLAR PV DEVELOPMENT COMPRISING OF A CA. 122,904 NO. PHOTOVOLTAIC PANELS LAID OUT IN ARRAYS, THE CONSTRUCTION OF A 38KV SUBSTATION (CA.114.4M2 X 4.75M TALL) AND A TRANSFORMER UNIT (CA.18M2 X 4M TALL) AND ASSOCIATED BUND, ALONG WITH ANCILLARY DEVELOPMENT INCLUDING: 16 NO POWER HUBS (CA. 15.25M2 X 2.4M), WHICH INCORPORATE THE INVERTERS AND THE TRANSFORMERS WITHIN THE SAME UNIT, 1 NO.SINGLE STOREY COMMUNICATIONS BUILDING ( 11.1M2 X 2.5M), 1 NO.SINGLE STOREY APPLICANT BUILDING (15.25M2 X 2.9M), 1 NO. SINGLE STOREY EQUIPMENT STORAGE CONTAINER (7.5M2 X 2.7M), 10 NO. CCTV CAMERAS MOUNTED ON 4M HIGH POLES; AND PERIMETER SECURITY FENCING. THE TOTAL DEVELOPMENT AREA WILL BE CA 70.2HA

  Permission · Offaly County Council, 20161

• 18 Jun 2019Conditional

  A NEW DWELLING HOUSE, NEW SITE ENTRANCE, SEPTIC TANK & PERCOLATION AREA AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS

  Permission, 1 home · Offaly County Council, 19287

• 3 Jul 2018N/a

  CONSTRUCTION OF AN EXTENSION. THE PROPOSED GROUND FLOOR EXTENSION IS TO THE REAR OF EXISTING DWELLING. THE APPLICATION WILL ALSO INCLUDE ALL ASSOCIATED SITE-WORKS

  Permission · Offaly County Council, 18287

Source: National Planning Applications, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, CC BY 4.0. Applicants are not shown.

Designated sites

• Proposed Natural Heritage Area: Woodville Woods 000927

Recorded monuments

No recorded monument lies in the townland of Ballywilliam.

Architectural heritage

No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands in the townland of Ballywilliam.

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

About 1 in 10 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels. Testing a home

Landslides

Susceptibility moderately low, low, low (inferred), on the 1:50,000 map; parts are water.

Terrain model

LiDAR of the Office of Public Works, flown in 2011, at 2 m: tile OPW_1645 (ZIP).

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.

No address of the register names Ballywilliam with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Offaly.

Name

Ballywilliam · Baile Liam

Area

2,145,077 m² (214.51 ha, 530.06 acres)

Civil parish

Eglish, and its townlands

Barony

Eglish

Electoral division

Birr Rural, the unit of the census

Census 2022

Birr Rural electoral division: 1,300 people in 478 households; 75% of households own their home; 24% of homes were built since 2001; 8% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 2% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Ballindown, Bogderries, Killaun, Lisheen, Woodfield or Tullynisk

Placenames

Ballywilliam 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.