Ballard East

18 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Ballard East, from 425 m² to 71,136 m² (7.11 ha, 17.58 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 19 neighbouring parcels touch it.

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

• G1Recreation and Amenity (Open space, park)
  Galway City Development Plan 2023-2029 (Variations 1,2,3), Galway City · 2 parcels The zoning objective in the plan

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

• 23 Jul 2026N/a

  for the construction of a new conservatory along the south elevation of the dwelling, generally similar in footprint to, but not identical with, the previously approved conservatory. The development also includes the retention of an existing garden room, generally similar in footprint to, but not identical with, the previously approved garage, together with all associated external landscaping and site development works

  Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 2661252

• 22 Apr 2026N/a

  for the construction of a new conservatory along the south elevation of the dwelling, generally similar in footprint to, but not identical with, the previously approved conservatory. The development also includes the retention of an existing garden room, generally similar in footprint to, but not identical with, the previously approved garage, together with all associated external landscaping and site development works

  Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 2660616

• 13 Feb 2024Conditional

  to 1. Demolish existing shed/lean-to awning to rear; 2. Construct new granny flat extension/link to rear of existing dwelling; 3. Make alterations to existing dwelling to include new roof-light to first floor bedroom; 4. Decommission existing septic tank and construct new wastewater treatment system/soil polishing filter; and 5. Carry out all associated site woks and site services. Gross floor space of proposed works: 77.30 sqm

  Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 2447

• 3 Nov 2023Conditional

  for removal of septic tank & replacement with wastewater treatment system

  Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 2361318

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

Designated sites

• Special Area of Conservation: Galway Bay Complex SAC 000268
• Proposed Natural Heritage Area: Galway Bay Complex 000268

Recorded monuments

No recorded monument lies in the townland of Ballard East.

Architectural heritage

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

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 Ballard East, about 1 in 5 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 moderately low, low, partly inferred.

Terrain model

LiDAR of the Office of Public Works, flown in 2011, at 2 m: tile OPW_403 (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 Ballard East with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Galway.

Name

Ballard East · An Baile Ard Thoir

Area

255,152 m² (25.52 ha, 63.05 acres)

Civil parish

Rahoon, and its townlands

Barony

Galway

Electoral division

Barna, the unit of the census

Census 2022

3,866 people lived in 1,287 households in the Barna electoral division. 84% of households owned their home. 47% of homes were built since 2001. 6% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 4% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Aille, Ballard West, Cloghscoltia, Knockaunnacarragh

Gaeltacht

In an Irish-speaking area

Placenames

Ballard East 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.