Ballycommon

124 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Ballycommon, from 82 m² to 356,968 m² (35.7 ha, 88.21 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 28 neighbouring parcels touch it.

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No zone of a development plan covers Ballycommon 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.

• 31 Aug 2026N/a

  a new dwelling (185.85 sq m) and domestic garage (50 sq m). Permission is also sought for the installation of a septic tank and percolation area, and permission to construct a new domestic vehicular entrance and all associated site works at the above address

  Permission, 1 home · Offaly County Council, 2660459

• 14 Aug 2026N/a

  retention of dwelling house within the curtilage of an existing dwelling house, effluent treatment system and all associated site works

  Retention · Offaly County Council, 2660429

• 9 Jun 2026N/a

  the construction of a dwelling house, installation of sewerage treatment system with percolation area and all associated site works

  Permission, 1 home · Offaly County Council, 2660310

• 14 May 2026Conditional

  the construction of a new dwelling (208.13 sq m) and domestic garage (40 sq m). Permission is also sought for the installation of a wastewater treatment system and polishing filter, and permission to construct a new domestic entrance and all associated site works

  Permission, 1 home · Offaly County Council, 2660269

• 11 Feb 2026Conditional

  an amendment to a previously consented development (RED III) (Planning Reference 2198 by Offaly County Council) comprising of; (i) removal of the 38kV substation and infrastructure within the most northern field (Field 1), (ii) internal access track reduced from c.3.4km to c. 3.2km,relocated and tweaked to include turning areas, (iii) replacement of string inverters instead of combined central inverters and MV transformers, the central MV transformers remain, and increase from 11No. to 12 No., however there will be a reduction in their associated hardstanding areas and the number of string inverters is 128, (iv) table layout updated (reduced), (v) PV angle tilt reduced from 10º and 40º to 10º and 30º, (vi) separation area between infrastructure and OHL towers increased, (vii) an additional badger sett buffer added (viii) temporary construction compound has been relocated from Field 1 to Field 4, (ix) alter Condition No. 10 to increase the boundary fencing from 1.8m-2m high to 2.4m high and reduce in the perimeter fence length, (x) CCTV number increase from 81 to 118 and their locations have been amended, (xi) adjustment of the development period from 5 years to 10 years, and (xii) alter Condition No. 11 to change the operational lifetime from 35 years to 40 years. The planning application area comprises of 60.53hectares and comprises of a Solar PV development (i.e. a relevant solar energy development as per the Renewable Energy Directive III). This planning application is accompanied by a Natura Impact Statement (NIS). This development is covered by the provision of the Renewable Energy Directive III (Directive (EU) 2023/2413) and it is important to note that the planning application may be subject to section 34D of the Planning and Development Act 2000, as amended. When a notice issues in accordance with section 34D(b), the provisions of article 26A of the Planning and Development Regulations 2001 to 2025 shall apply

  Permission · Offaly County Council, 2660071

• 29 Jan 2026N/a

  the amendment to a previously consented development (Planning Reference 2198 by Offaly County Council) comprising of; (i) removal of the 38kV substation and infrastructure within the most northern field (Field 1), (ii) internal access track reduced from c.3.4km to c. 3.2km,relocated and tweaked to include turning areas, (iii) replacement of string inverters instead of combined central inverters and MV transformers, the central MV transformers remain, and increase from 11No. to 12 No., however there will be a reduction in their associated hardstanding areas and the number of string inverters is 128, (iv) table layout updated (reduced), (v) PV angle tilt reduced from 10º and 40º to 10º and 30º, (vi) separation area between infrastructure and OHL towers increased, (vii) an additional badger sett buffer added (viii) temporary construction compound has been relocated from Field 1 to Field 4, (ix) alter Condition No. 10 to increase the boundary fencing from 1.8m-2m high to 2.4m high and reduce in the perimeter fence length, (x) CCTV number increase from 81 to 118 and their locations have been amended, (xi) adjustment of the development period from 5 years to 10 years, and (xii) alter Condition No. 11 to change the operational lifetime from 35 years to 40 years. The planning application area comprises of 60.53hectares and comprises of a Solar PV development (i.e. a relevant solar energy development as per the Renewable Energy Directive III). This planning application is accompanied by a Natura Impact Statement (NIS). (RED III) This development is covered by the provision of the Renewable Energy Directive III (Directive (EU) 2023/2413) and it is important to note that the planning application may be subject to section 34D of the Planning and Development Act 2000, as amended. When a notice issues in accordance with section 34D(b), the provisions of article 26A of the Planning and Development Regulations 2001 to 2025 shall apply

  Permission · Offaly County Council, 2660044

• 18 Dec 2025N/a

  an amendment to a previously consented development (Planning Reference 2198 by Offaly County Council) comprising of; (i) removal of the 38kV substation and infrastructure within the most northern field (Field 1), (ii) internal access track reduced from c.3.4km to c. 3.2km,relocated and tweaked to include turning areas, (iii) replacement of string inverters instead of combined central inverters and MV transformers, the central MV transformers remain, and increase from 11No. to 12 No., however there will be a reduction in their associated hardstanding areas and the number of string inverters is 128, (iv) table layout updated (reduced), (v) PV angle tilt reduced from 10º and 40º to 10º and 30º, (vi) separation area between infrastructure and OHL towers increased, (vii) an additional badger sett buffer added (viii) temporary construction compound has been relocated from Field 1 to Field 4, (ix) alter Condition No. 10 to increase the boundary fencing from 1.8m-2m high to 2.4m high and reduce in the perimeter fence length, (x) CCTV number increase from 81 to 118 and their locations have been amended, (xi) adjustment of the development period from 5 years to 10 years, and (xii) alter Condition No. 11 to change the operational lifetime from 35 years to 40 years. The planning application area comprises of 60.53hectares. This planning application is accompanied by a Natura Impact Statement (NIS) This development is covered by the provision of the Renewable Energy Directive III (Directive (EU) 2023/2413) and it is important to note that the planning application may be subject to section 34D of the Planning and Development Act 2000, as amended. When a notice issues in accordance with section 34D(b), the provisions of article 26A of the Planning and Development Regulations 2001 to 2025 shall apply.

  Permission · Offaly County Council, 2560659

• 18 Dec 2024Conditional

  THE DEVELOPMENT OF A TWO-STOREY DWELLING HOUSE, GARAGE, SECONDARY TREATMENT SYSTEM AND POLISHING FILTER AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS AND SERVICES.

  Permission, 1 home · Offaly County Council, 24180

• 10 Dec 2024Conditional

  the construction of a dwelling house, garage, installation of sewerage treatment system with percolation area and all associated site works.

  Permission, 1 home · Offaly County Council, 2460501

• 30 Nov 2024N/a

  the construction of a dwelling house, garage, installation of sewerage treatment system with percolation area and all associated site works

  Permission · Offaly County Council, 2460476

• 24 Sept 2024Conditional

  three existing domestic sheds to the front and side of the existing dwelling house.

  Retention, 1 home · Offaly County Council, 2460364

• 21 May 2024Conditional

  PARTIALLY DEMOLISH AND TO EXTEND EXISTING SINGLE STOREY DWELLING, TO REPLACE EXISTING SEPTIC TANK AND SOAK HOLE WITH A PUMPED PACKAGED WASTEWATER TREATMENT SYSTEM AND POLISHING FILTER. RETENTION PERMISSION IS SOUGHT TO RETAIN EXISTING SHED ON SITE , AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS

  Permission, 2 homes · Offaly County Council, 2460176

• 9 May 2024N/a

  UPGRADE, TO PARTIALY DEMOLISH AND TO EXTEND EXISTING SINGLE STOREY DWELLING, TO REPLACE EXISTING SEPTIC TANK AND SOAK HOLE WITH A PUMPED PACKAGED WASTEWATER TREATMENT SYSTEM AND POLISHING FILTER. PERMISSION IS ALSO SOUGHT TO RETAIN EXISTING SHED ON SITE , AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS

  Permission · Offaly County Council, 2460161

• 2 Nov 2023Conditional

  THE CONSTRUCTION OF A SINGLE STOREY DWELLING, A DOMESTIC GARAGE, A WASTE WATER TREATMENT SYSTEM, A NEW SITE ENTRANCE AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS

  Permission, 1 home · Offaly County Council, 23411

• 27 Sept 2022Conditional

  THE CONSTRUCTION OF A TWO-STOREY DWELLING, DOMESTIC OUTBUILDING, A PROPOSED TREATMENT SYSTEM WITH RAISED PERCOLATION AREA, ALL ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS, INCLUDING A PROPOSED SITE ENTRANCE

  Permission, 1 home · Offaly County Council, 22497

• 23 Nov 2021Conditional

  CONSTRUCTION OF STOREY AND A HALF/DORMER DWELLING HOUSE, GARAGE, SECONDARY TREATEMENT SYSTEM AND POLISHING FILTER AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS AND SERVICES

  Permission, 1 home · Offaly County Council, 21724

• 3 Mar 2021Conditional

  A PERIOD OF 5 YEARS TO CONSTRUCT AND COMPLETE A SOLAR PV ENERGY DEVELOPMENT WITH A TOTAL SITE AREA OF 60.53 HECTARES, TO INCLUDE A SINGLE STOREY ELECTRICAL SUBSTATION BUILDING, INVERTER SUBSTATIONS, MODULES, SOLAR PV GROUND MOUNTED ON SUPPORT STRUCTURES, A TEMPORARY CONSTRUCTION COMPOUND, INTERNAL ACCESS TRACKS, SECURITY FENCING, ELECTRICAL CABLING AND DUCTING, CCTV AND OTHER ANCILLARY INFRASTRUCTURE, DRAINAGE, ADDITIONAL LANDSCAPING AND HABITAT ENHANCEMENT AS REQUIRED AND ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS RELATING TO THE ACCESS OF THE SITE. THE SOLAR FARM WILL BE OPERATIONAL FOR 35-YEARS

  Permission · Offaly County Council, 2198

• 12 Feb 2021N/a

  A PERIOD OF 5 YEARS TO CONSTRUCT AND COMPLETE A SOLAR PV ENERGY DEVELOPMENT WITH A TOTAL SITE AREA OF 60.53 HECTARES, TO INCLUDE A SINGLE STOREY ELECTRICAL SUBSTATION BUILDING, INVERTER SUBSTATIONS, MODULES, SOLAR PV GROUND MOUNTED ON SUPPORT STRUCTURES, A TEMPORARY CONSTRUCTION COMPOUND, INTERNAL ACCESS TRACKS, SECURITY FENCING, ELECTRICAL CABLING AND DUCTING, CCTV AND OTHER ANCILLARY INFRASTRUCTURE, DRAINAGE, ADDITIONAL LANDSCAPING AND HABITAT ENHANCEMENT AS REQUIRED AND ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS RELATING TO THE ACCESS OF THE SITE. THE SOLAR FARM WILL BE OPERATIONAL FOR 35-YEARS

  Permission · Offaly County Council, 2165

• 2 Mar 2020Conditional

  FIRST FLOOR WINDOW TO GABLE END OF DWELLING HOUSE. RETENTION PERMISSION FOR FUEL SHED AS CONSTRUCTED. ALSO RETENTION PERMISSION FOR GARAGE & STORE

  Retention, 2 homes · Offaly County Council, 2066

• 7 Feb 2020Conditional

  THE ERECTION OF A 48-METRE-HIGH LATTICEWORK COMMUNICATIONS TOWER WITH ASSOCIATED EQUIPMENT ATTACHED AND WITH EQUIPMENT CONTAINERS AT GROUND LEVEL ALL WITHIN A NEW PALISADE FENCE COMPOUND AND THE SUBSEQUENT REMOVAL OF AN EXISTING STAYED MAST

  Permission · Offaly County Council, 2033

• 12 Oct 2018Conditional

  CONSTRUCTION OF NEW DRESSING ROOMS, GYM/TRAINING ROOM, TOILETS & SHOWER ROOMS, STORE AND REFEREE ROOM, COVERED SPECTATOR AREA UPGRADE OF PERIMETER WALKING TRACK AND PITCH LIGHTING ALSO ALTERATION TO ENTRANCE AND ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS

  Permission · Offaly County Council, 18441

• 16 Mar 2018Conditional

  CONSTRUCTION OF A TWO STOREY DWELLING AND A DOMESTIC GARAGE AND A WASTE WATER TREATMENT SYSTEM AND A VEHICULAR ENTRANCE AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS

  Permission, 1 home · Offaly County Council, 18123

• 14 Feb 2018Conditional

  CONVERSION OF EXISTING HOUSE INTO A DOMESTIC SHED AND PLANNING PERMISSION FOR A NEW DWELLING HOUSE AND GARAGE WITH SEPTIC TANK AND PERCOLATION AREA AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS AND SERVICES

  Permission, 2 homes · Offaly County Council, 1867

• 9 Nov 2017Conditional

  A GENERAL PURPOSE SHED FOR STORAGE OF FURNITURE AND EQUIPMENT FOR OUR OWN USE WITH A TOTAL AREA OF 12 SQ. METERS

  Permission · Offaly County Council, 17441

• 9 Oct 2017N/a

  A GENERAL PURPOSE SHED FOR STORAGE OF FURNITURE AND EQUIPMENT FOR OUR OWN USE

  Permission · Offaly County Council, 17395

The 25 most recent of 27 applications.

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: Grand Canal 002104

Recorded monuments

• OF018-002 Enclosure
  Description

  Aerial photo (GSI N 539/40) shows cropmark of possible enclosure. Not visible at ground level. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Offaly' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1997). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload: 23 May 2011

• OF018-003001 Church
  Description

  Modern church on site. No surface remains of medieval church in the graveyard (OF018-003002-). Church shown in this area on Down Survey (1655-6) map. A Protestant church of 18th-century date now stands on the foundations of an earlier church of which there is no remains. (Comerford 1883, 305) The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Offaly' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1997). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload: 23 May 2011

• OF018-003002 Graveyard
  Description

  Modern church on site. No surface remains of medieval church (OF018-003001-) in the graveyard. Church shown in this area on Down Survey (1655-6) map. A Protestant church of 18th-century date now stands on the foundations of an earlier church of which there is no remains. (Comerford 1883, 305) Test-trenching was carried out as part of the planning schedule by John Purcell under licence No. 05E0093 for a single-house development adjacent to a church and graveyard at Ballycommon, Tullamore. A series of trenches were excavated by mechanical digger at the house site, entrance and percolation area. No features or finds of archaeological significance were revealed. Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien. Date of revision: 22 April 2009

Architectural heritage

• Saint Francis's Church (Ballycommon), church/chapel, 1770–1810 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached former Church of Ireland church, built c.1790, with two-bay nave, vestry to west and bellcote. Located in graveyard enclosed by boundary wall. Pitched slate roof with cast-iron rainwater goods, limestone bellcote and limestone coping. Brick chimneystack to vestry. Roughcast rendered walls with limestone eaves course. Pointed-arched window openings. Pointed-arched door opening to vestry with timber battened door. Ruled and lines rendered boundary wall. Site accessed through cast-iron double gates flanked by rendered piers with limestone cap stones.

• Ballycommon Bridge, bridge, 1785–1805 · Regional interest
  Description

  Single-arch masonry bridge, built in 1794, over the Grand Canal. Random rubble limestone construction. Abutments, quoins and voussoirs of finely dressed stone. Arch semi-elliptical profile. Parapets are coped with finely dressed limestone blocks. Finely dressed string course across parapets and piers. Humped deck.

• Outbuilding, 1840–1860 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached five-bay two-storey stable block, c.1850, on a rectangular plan. Pitched slate roof with ridge tiles, coping to gables, rooflights to front (south) pitch, and cast-iron rainwater goods on rendered eaves retaining cast-iron downpipes. Creeper- or ivy-covered rendered battered walls with drag edged tooled hammered limestone flush quoins to corners. Pair of square-headed door openings with drag edged tooled cut-limestone block-and-start surrounds centred on drag edged tooled cut-limestone keystones framing glazed timber doors. Square-headed window openings with drag edged tooled cut-limestone sills, and red brick block-and-start surrounds framing timber windows. Square-headed loops (first floor) with drag edged tooled cut-limestone surrounds framing cement rendered infill. Towpath fronted.

• Campbell Bridge, bridge, 1830–1840 · Regional interest
  Description

  Single-arch masonry towpath bridge, c.1835, erected over the junction of the disused Kilbeggan Branch of the Grand Canal. Regularly coursed dressed limestone blocks. Arch is semicircular in profile. Soffit of dressed stone blocks. A towpath runs to the east side. Parapets project from the spandrels and are of finely dressed blocks with coping. Humped deck with ramped approaches.

• 21st Lock, lock, 1785–1805 · Regional interest
  Description

  21st lock on the Grand Canal, built c.1795, with limestone lock walls splayed at either end. Lock gates still in use. Stop plank grooves to lock walls. Derelict three-bay single-storey former lock keeper's house on north bank of canal with limestone eaves course and window surrounds and remains of cast-iron casement windows.

• Bridge, 1790–1800 · Regional interest
  Description

  Single-arch masonry bridge, built c.1795, over the Grand Canal, with splayed abutments terminating in limestone piers and a limestone string course. Located west of the Kilbeggan branch of the Grand Canal. Random coursed limestone walls with squared limestone voussoirs, piers, string course and coping to parapet. Situated beside the 21st lock on the Grand Canal.

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 low, low (inferred), on the 1:50,000 map.

Terrain model

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

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 Ballycommon with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Offaly.

Name

Ballycommon · Baile Uí Chomáin

Area

4,971,101 m² (497.11 ha, 1,228.39 acres)

Civil parish

Ballycommon, and its townlands

Barony

Philipstown Lower

Electoral division

Ballycommon, the unit of the census

Census 2022

Ballycommon electoral division: 659 people in 208 households; 91% of households own their home; 35% of homes were built since 2001; 4% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 1% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Ballylennon, Ballyteige Big, Ballyteige Little, Cappanageeragh, Cappyroe, Knockballyboy, Rathdrum

Placenames

Ballycommon 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.