Ballybrophy

87 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Ballybrophy, from 58 m² to 313,535 m² (31.35 ha, 77.48 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 35 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.

No zone of a development plan covers Ballybrophy 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.

• 19 Jun 2026Conditional

  construct a calf house, ancillary concrete, overground circular steel slurry store and all associated site work

  Permission · Laois County Council, 2645

• 22 Nov 2024Conditional

  erect a part single/part two storey dwelling, a garage, a septic tank and percolation area, and associated site works

  Permission, 2 homes · Laois County Council, 2460705

• 10 Oct 2022Conditional

  retain permission and change of use permission from dwelling to hostel as follows: a. retention permission is sought for the site development and the partial construction of 7 no. camping stands including 5 no. camping huts and all associated site works. b. full planning permission is sought for the conversion of Ballybrophy house into hostel accommodation and reception rooms and associated offices for administrating the development, c. Full planning permission is also sought for the conversion of an existing outhouse/haybarn to a shower and toilet block to accommodate the camping site. d. Full planning permission is also sought for the installation of a treatment plant and all associated site works including parking and modification to the entrance

  Permission · Laois County Council, 22624

• 14 Sept 2021Conditional

  (a) retain front porch and extensions to side of existing domestic dwelling and (b) construct domestic extension to rear of dwelling (c) alter existing domestic extension to the side which will encompass the development of a self-contained unit (granny flat) (d) some internal modifications to existing dwelling including proposed window opening to south west elevation and all associated ancillary site works

  Permission, 1 home · Laois County Council, 21641

• 18 Jun 2021Conditional

  construct a new dwelling house, domestic garage, septic tank treatment system and all associatd site works

  Permission, 2 homes · Laois County Council, 21444

• 22 Dec 2020Conditional

  part demolish existing house and a proposed renovation of existing house to include a 2-storey and sunroom extension to the side of the existing house to allow for a granny flat for dual family living, wastewater treatment system, and percolation area and to include all associated site works

  Permission, 1 home · Laois County Council, 20705

• 30 Nov 2020Conditional

  construct a domestic garage and all associated site works

  Permission, 1 home · Laois County Council, 20626

• 27 Nov 2020Conditional

  extend the hard standing car park to the west of Ballybrophy train station and widen the existing access road to provide a total of 99 No. formal car parking spaces. The plans involve works within the curtilage of a protected structure. Proposals include a new bicycle shelter containing 20 No. bicycle stands, new footpaths, fencing, kerbing, safety barriers, drainage, road markings, public lighting, substation, cctv, ticketing machine, electric car charging points and all other associated site works

  Permission, 1 home · Laois County Council, 20621

• 16 Oct 2020N/a

  two storey type detached dwelling , detached garage, proprietary treatment system, percolation area, connection to watermain and all ancillary site works as indicated on submitted drawings

  Permission, 2 homes · Laois County Council, 20538

• 16 Jan 2020Conditional

  retain an existing garage & permission to extend single-storey extension to the east and west of the existing dwelling including all other associated site works

  Permission, 3 homes · Laois County Council, 2019

• 15 Jan 2020N/a

  retain an existing garage and construct a single-storey extension to the east and west of the existing dwelling including all other associated site works

  Permission · Laois County Council, 2017

• 2 Dec 2019N/a

  retain an existing garage and to construct a single-storey extension to the east and west of the existing dwelling including all other associated site works

  Permission, 1 home · Laois County Council, 19668

• 29 Nov 2019N/a

  retain an existing garage and to construct a single-storey extension to the east and west of the existing dwelling including all other associated site works

  Permission · Laois County Council, 19665

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

Designated sites

No designated site (Special Area of Conservation, Special Protection Area, Natural Heritage Area or proposed one) touches the townland of Ballybrophy.

Recorded monuments

No recorded monument lies in the townland of Ballybrophy.

Architectural heritage

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

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 Ballybrophy, 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 low, partly inferred.

Terrain model

No LiDAR survey of the Office of Public Works covers the centre of the townland of Ballybrophy.

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 Ballybrophy with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Laois.

Name

Ballybrophy · Baile Uí Bhróithe

Area

2,284,855 m² (228.49 ha, 564.6 acres)

Civil parish

Aghaboe, and its townlands

Barony

Clandonagh

Electoral division

Ballybrophy, the unit of the census

Census 2022

223 people lived in 72 households in the Ballybrophy electoral division. 88% of households owned their home. 37% of homes were built since 2001. 8% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 1% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Ballymeelish, Ballyreilly, Derrinsallagh, Grange Beg, Kilpurcel, Rathmore

Placenames

Ballybrophy 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.