Ballyfair

42 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Ballyfair, from 255 m² to 133,363 m² (13.34 ha, 32.95 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 19 neighbouring parcels touch it.

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No zone of a development plan covers Ballyfair 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.

• 10 Sept 2026N/a

  A) new three-bedroom single storey dwelling, B) alterations to existing recessed entrance to provide double recessed entrance, along with all facilitating and associated site development works

  Permission, 1 home · Kildare County Council, 2661011

• 30 Jun 2026N/a

  for A) New three-bedroom single storey and storey and a half cottage style dwelling. B) Alterations to existing recessed entrance to provide double recessed entrance, along with all facilitating and associated site development works.

  Permission, 1 home · Kildare County Council, 2660722

• 29 Jun 2026N/a

  for change of use of agricultural land for use as an existing yard for storage of land reclaimation machinery and drainage material. Retention of earth bunding to help screen the development as constructed. Retention of existing entrance as constructed, permission for the construction of a new storage shed for agricultural machinery, permission for temporary welfare facilities (portaloo and staff canteen) and all associated site works

  Retention · Kildare County Council, 2660710

• 11 Jun 2026Conditional

  RED iii - Installation of an LPG tank located on a concrete plinth with a 1.8m high perimeter screen enclosure - Installation of an Air Source Heat Pump on existing soft landscaping with a 2.8m high perimeter screen enclosure.

  Permission · Kildare County Council, 2660623

• 15 May 2026N/a

  RED III Installation of an air source heat pump on existing soft landscaping with a 2.8m high perimeter screen enclosure. Installation of an LPG tank located on a concrete plinth with a 1.8m high perimeter screen enclosure

  Permission · Kildare County Council, 2660518

• 27 Mar 2026N/a

  Installation of an Air Source Heat Pump on existing soft landscaping with a 2.8m high perimeter screen enclosure. Installation of an LPG tank located on a concrete plinth with a 1.8m high perimeter screen enclosure.

  Permission · Kildare County Council, 2660323

• 3 Nov 2025Refused

  for a two storey dwelling, domestic garage and effluent treatment system and ancillary works

  Permission · Kildare County Council, 25169

• 10 Sept 2025Conditional

  for change of house type to that previously approved under planning permission 24/60385 on sites 5,6 & 7 along with all associated site development and facilitation works

  Permission · Kildare County Council, 2561041

• 19 Sept 2024Conditional

  for 1. Construction of proposed single storey and storey and a half extensions to side of existing dwelling house, 2. Alterations to existing dwelling including reconfiguration of floor layout and alterations to elevations, 3. Upgrade existing single entrance to new double recessed entrance, 4. And all associated and auxiliary site works

  Permission · Kildare County Council, 2460928

• 30 Apr 2024Conditional

  for the construction of 3 nr. single storey detached dwellings to include civil engineering works to achieve proposed construction levels; roads; footpaths; boundary treatments; landscaping works along with all associated site development and facilitation works. Revised by Significant Further Information which consists of alterations to layout and house design

  Permission, 3 homes · Kildare County Council, 2460385

• 25 Apr 2024N/a

  for construction of 3 nr. single storey detached dwellings to include civil engineering works to achieve proposed construction levels; roads; footpaths; boundary treatments; landscaping works along with all associated site development and facilitation works

  Permission, 3 homes · Kildare County Council, 2460366

• 6 Oct 2023Refused

  for A) New 4 bedroom storey and a half type dwelling with a single storey element, B) Single storey domestic garage, C) Alterations to existing recessed entrance to provide access to the new dwelling, along with all associated site development, facilitating works.

  Permission, 1 home · Kildare County Council, 2360284

• 5 Oct 2023N/a

  for A) New 4 bedroom storey and a half type dwelling with a single storey element, B) Single storey domestic garage, C) Alterations to the existing recessed entrance to provide access to the new dwelling, along with all associated site development, facilitating works

  Permission · Kildare County Council, 2360279

• 4 Oct 2023N/a

  for A) New 4 bedroom storey and a half type dwelling with a single storey element, B) Single storey domestic garage, C) Alterations to existing recessed entrance to provide access to the new dwelling, along with all associated site development, facilitating works

  Permission · Kildare County Council, 2360275

• 3 Oct 2023N/a

  for A) New 4 bedroom storey and a half type dwelling with a single storey element. B) Single storey domestic garage, C) Alterations to the existing recessed entrance to provide access to the new dwelling, along with all associated site development, facilitating works

  Permission · Kildare County Council, 2360270

• 28 Sept 2023N/a

  for A) New 4 bedroom storey and half type dwelling with a single storey element, B) Single storey domestic garage, C) Alterations to the existing recessed entrance to provide access to the new dwelling, along with all associated site development, facilitating works

  Permission · Kildare County Council, 2360254

• 14 Dec 2022Refused

  a new 4 bedroom two-storey dwelling with a single storey element to the rear, single storey domestic garage, new shared recessed entrance, along with all associated site development, facilitating works

  Permission, 1 home · Kildare County Council, 221480

• 14 Dec 2022Refused

  new 3 bedroom dormer style dwelling with a single storey element to the rear, single storey domestic garage, new shared recessed entrance along with all associated site development facilitating works

  Permission, 1 home · Kildare County Council, 221481

• 14 Oct 2020Conditional

  a single storey extension to rear of existing single storey bungalow, minor alterations to front North elevation including removal of bay window, new story & a half domestic garage/ store and all ancillary site development works,

  Permission, 1 home · Kildare County Council, 201197

• 6 Oct 2020N/a

  a single storey extension to rear of existing single storey bungalow, minor alterations to front North elevation including removal of bay window, new storey & a half domestic garage/ store and all ancillary site development works,

  Permission · Kildare County Council, 201157

• 25 Sept 2020N/a

  a single storey extension to rear of existing single storey bungalow, minor alterations to front north elevation including removal of bay window, new storey and a half domestic garage/store and all ancillary site development works

  Permission · Kildare County Council, 201099

• 26 May 2020Conditional

  construction of a single storey side extension to existing detached single storey house and all associated site works

  Permission · Kildare County Council, 20517

• 30 Jan 2019Conditional

  amendment to the finished floor levels of previously approved houses granted under 18/490, amendment is to raise the finished floor level by 1 metre from the approved development to aid connection to existing and permitted foul sewage system and all associated site works

  Permission · Kildare County Council, 1977

• 27 Apr 2018Conditional

  the construction of a single storey bungalow, connection to public foul sewer and all associated site works

  Permission, 1 home · Kildare County Council, 18489

• 27 Apr 2018Conditional

  the construction of two number single storey bungalows (Type A – 4 bedroom and Type B – 3 bedroom). Permission to complete existing access road, permission to erect an agricultural style shed for temporary use as a builder’s store and compound and subsequent permanent use as an agricultural shed, connection to public foul sewer and all associated site works

  Permission, 2 homes · Kildare County Council, 18490

The 25 most recent of 26 applications.

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 Ballyfair.

Recorded monuments

• KD028-059 Enclosure
  Description

  Visible in tillage on a 1969 aerial photograph (CUCAP AYN 8) as the cropmark of a circular enclosure (est. diam. c. 30m). Also faintly visible in tillage on a 2010 OSi Orthophoto. Compiled by: Gearóid Conroy Date of upload: 14 May 2013

Architectural heritage

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

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 Ballyfair, 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_2571 (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 Ballyfair with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Kildare.

Name

Ballyfair

Area

567,412 m² (56.74 ha, 140.21 acres)

Civil parish

Ballysax, and its townlands

Barony

Offaly East

Electoral division

Ballysax West, the unit of the census

Census 2022

1,233 people lived in 415 households in the Ballysax West electoral division. 80% of households owned their home. 28% of homes were built since 2001. 7% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 0% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Ballysax Great, Ballysax Little, Brownstown Great, Brownstown Little, Common North, Emlagher

Placenames

Ballyfair 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.