Ballysax Little
Ballysax Little is a townland in the civil parish of Ballysax, barony of Offaly East, Co. Kildare. Its name in Irish is Baile an tSaghasaigh Beag.
Parcel 5642351
- Area
- 3,370 m² (0.34 ha, 0.83 acres)
- Buildings
- 1 building touches it. Its footprint covers 190 m².
- Zoning
- No zone of a development plan covers it in the national zoning. Outside zoned towns and villages, the county development plan's rural policies apply.
- Townland
- Ballysax Little
Planning applications on this parcel
27 Feb 2019Conditional
A new single storey dwelling, on a “backland” site to the rear of family home of applicant, using entrance granted under planning permission ref;05/115, new effluent treatment system and all associated site development works.
Permission, 1 home · Kildare County Council, 19183
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 this parcel.
Recorded monuments around it
No zone of notification of a recorded monument touches this parcel.
Architectural heritage
No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands on this parcel.
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).
Ground and risks
- Radon
- At the centre of this parcel, 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.
- Terrain model
- LiDAR of the Office of Public Works, flown in 2011, at 2 m: tile OPW_2603 (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.
Download this parcel as DXF, in Irish Transverse Mercator metres, with its neighbours and buildings, for a drawing program. GeoJSON, in WGS 84, suits a map, and KML opens in Google Earth.
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann, CC BY 4.0. A parcel is the land of a title, not an address. The owner's name is in the Land Registry of Tailte Éireann: a copy of the folio can be ordered on landdirect.ie, for a fee.
- Area
- 109.9 ha
- 272 acres
- Land parcels
- 103
- registered freehold, median 1,320 m²
- Zoning
- —
- not in a zoned settlement
- Planning
- 13
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
103 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Ballysax Little, from 35 m² to 173,093 m² (17.31 ha, 42.77 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 40 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.
Zoning
Development plans, national zoning
No zone of a development plan covers Ballysax Little 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.
Planning applications
Sites that touch the townland, newest first
1 Sept 2026N/a
A) Change of roof profile from hip end profile to double gable end profile, B) Two storey extension to rear, C) Porch extension to front, D) All associated site works to rear of existing bungalow
Permission · Kildare County Council, 26106
14 Jul 2026Conditional
to (a) demolish existing storage shed and (b) for the construction of a one-storey extension to the rear and side of existing dwelling, internal layout changes to existing dwelling, and all associated site works
Permission · Kildare County Council, 2660803
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
13 Jul 2025N/a
for existing single storey rear extension for residential use as part of existing single storey detached bungalow on site (previous use was permitted health and beauty clinic under planning ref 80/924) and all associated site works
Retention · Kildare County Council, 2560788
21 Mar 2022Conditional
existing domestic garage and fuel store as constructed , retention permission for location of existing septic tank and percolation area as constructed and retention permission for existing entrance as constructed and associated site works
Retention · Kildare County Council, 22306
21 Sept 2021Conditional
for the blocking of the existing front door and the construction of a new front door and over-light to the front side elevation of the house; the upgrading of the existing balcony to the side of the house; the lowering of 2 no. existing window/window and door opes and installation of double doors in same to side of house; the demolition of 2 no. outbuildings at the rear of the house; the construction of a single storey extension to the rear of the house; and all associated site works at
Permission · Kildare County Council, 211351
8 Dec 2020Conditional
for the single storey extension to the rear of the original single storey dwelling, for the detached double garage to the rear and the effluent treatment system and sand polishing filter all at the existing dwelling
Retention · Kildare County Council, 201500
24 Mar 2020Conditional
the proposed erection of a dormer bungalow, garage / fuel store, and the installation of new septic tank with percolation area and is to include all associated landscaping and site development works using existing agricultural site entrance
Permission, 1 home · Kildare County Council, 20308
12 Mar 2020N/a
for the proposed erection of a dormer bungalow, garage/fuel store and the installation of new septic tank with percolation area and is to include all associated landscaping and site development works using existing agricultural site entrance
Permission, 1 home · Kildare County Council, 20253
17 Apr 2019Refused
proposed erection of a dormer bungalow, garage/fuel store and the installation of new septic tank with percolation area and is to include all associated landscaping and site development works using existing agricultural site entrance
Permission, 1 home · Kildare County Council, 19418
27 Feb 2019Conditional
A new single storey dwelling, on a “backland” site to the rear of family home of applicant, using entrance granted under planning permission ref;05/115, new effluent treatment system and all associated site development works.
Permission, 1 home · Kildare County Council, 19183
Source: National Planning Applications, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, CC BY 4.0. Applicants are not shown.
Nature and heritage
Designated sites and recorded monuments
Designated sites
No designated site (Special Area of Conservation, Special Protection Area, Natural Heritage Area or proposed one) touches the townland of Ballysax Little.
Recorded monuments
No recorded monument lies in the townland of Ballysax Little.
Architectural heritage
No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands in the townland of Ballysax Little.
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).
Ground and risks
Radon, landslides, flooding
- Radon
- At the centre of the townland of Ballysax Little, 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_2603 (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.
Homes sold
Property Price Register
No address of the register names Ballysax Little with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Kildare.
The townland
- Name
- Ballysax Little · Baile an tSaghasaigh Beag
- Area
- 1,099,491 m² (109.95 ha, 271.69 acres)
- Civil parish
- Ballysax, and its townlands
- Barony
- Offaly East
- Electoral division
- Ballysax East, the unit of the census
- Census 2022
- 2,090 people lived in 706 households in the Ballysax East electoral division. 74% of households owned their home. 30% of homes were built since 2001. 7% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 0% were holiday homes.
- Neighbouring townlands
- Ballyfair, Ballysax Great, Ballysaxplain, Emlagher, Martinstown
- Placenames
- Ballysax Little 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.