Balrobin

31 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Balrobin, from 12 m² to 843,228 m² (84.32 ha, 208.37 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 15 neighbouring parcels touch it.

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No zone of a development plan covers Balrobin 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.

• 28 Jul 2023Conditional

  Development that will consist of proposed New Roof over existing cattle feeding yard (36.52m X 24.45m x 6.15m high ) and all associated works. **Significant further information receivedon 18.10.23 includes design details for a soakaway to facilitate the percolation of stormwater to ground and two areas of proposed landscape planting within an overall revised application area of 0.2 hectare**

  Permission · Louth County Council, 23343

• 11 May 2023Conditional

  Permission for the demolition of existing extension and sheds to rear of existing cottage, removal of chimney, provision of a single storey rear extension and all associated and ancillary site development works

  Permission, 1 home · Louth County Council, 2360101

• 15 Feb 2018Conditional

  (a) RETENTION permission to retain existing stone clad pillars & double security gates and (b) full planning permission to construct new associated stone clad wing walls, pillars, boundary wall, all ancillary works and the removal of existing concrete post & rail fence at an existing agricultural entrance.

  Retention · Louth County Council, 18110

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: Drumcah, Toprass And Cortial Loughs 001462

Recorded monuments

• LH006-034001 Church
  Description

  The following description is derived from both the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Louth' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1986) and the 'Archaeological Survey of County Louth' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1991). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload/revision: 17 July 2007 Foundations of rectangular structure (L 13m, Wth 5m). No visible surface remains. Bullaun stone in nearby field fence. (CLAJ 1933, 36; CLAJ 1941, 14)

• LH006-034002 Bullaun stone
  Description

  The Archaeological Survey of Ireland (ASI) is in the process of providing information on all monuments on The Historic Environment Viewer (HEV). Currently the information for this record has not been uploaded. To access available information for research purposes please make an appointment in advance with the Archive Unit (open Fridays 10.00 am – 5.00 pm), Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, The Custom House, Dublin 1 D01W6XO or email NMarchive@housing.gov.ie.

• LH006-035 Earthwork
  Description

  The following description is derived from both the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Louth' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1986) and the 'Archaeological Survey of County Louth' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1991). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload/revision: 17 July 2007 Irregular earthen platform of uncertain date.

• LH006-036 Standing stone
  Description

  The following description is derived from both the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Louth' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1986) and the 'Archaeological Survey of County Louth' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1991). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload/revision: 17 July 2007 Large boulder (H 2.5m, 2.2m by 0.7m in section) with narrow sides aligned NE-SW. Situated in large field in undulating countryside. (CLAJ 1962, 166)

• LH006-129 Souterrain
  Description

  The following description is derived from both the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Louth' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1986) and the 'Archaeological Survey of County Louth' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1991). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload/revision: 17 July 2007 Isolated souterrain, discovered during foundation trenching of house garden in 1980. Modern entrance appears to be close to the original one. A passage runs SE from the entrance (L 11.2m, Wth 0.6m-1m, H 0.8m). Four metres from the end of the passage there is a small chamber to the E, with constricted entrance, (Wth 0.5m, H 0.7m). This chamber is sub-circular (max. dims. 1.3m by 1.1m, H 1m). At the SE end of the first passage the width increases to 1.5m and a drop-hole in the floor gives access to a second passage, running at a lower level in a SW direction. The passage widens gradually to form a sub-circular chamber at the SW end. The overall length of passage and chamber is 8.6m (H 0.8m-1.7m). Maximum width of chamber 1.7m. The entire souterrain is drystone-built, of local greywacke slabs, with larger stones at the base of the walling.

Architectural heritage

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

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 Balrobin, about 1 in 10 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 low, partly inferred.

Terrain model

LiDAR of the Office of Public Works, flown in 2011, at 2 m: tile OPW_2925 (ZIP).

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 Balrobin with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Louth.

Name

Balrobin · Baile Roibín

Area

871,719 m² (87.17 ha, 215.41 acres)

Civil parish

Barronstown, and its townlands

Barony

Dundalk Upper

Electoral division

Barronstown, the unit of the census

Census 2022

752 people lived in 255 households in the Barronstown electoral division. 92% of households owned their home. 28% of homes were built since 2001. 7% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 1% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Ballinurd, Barronstown, Glebe, Glebe Bog, Milltown, Milltown Bog, Plaster, Rathmore

Placenames

Balrobin 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.