Ballyoughter

99 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Ballyoughter, from 12 m² to 77,609 m² (7.76 ha, 19.18 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 61 neighbouring parcels touch it.

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• R2Existing Residential (Existing residential)
  Roscommon County Development Plan 2022-2028, Roscommon · 37 parcels The zoning objective in the plan

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

• 22 Jun 2026N/a

  Permission is sought for Grid System Services Limited, applying for a 10-year permission to develop an Energy Storage System, which will connect to the adjoining ESB Tonroe 110kV Electricity Substation. The proposed development will have a projected life span of 35 years. The development will consist of the construction of 1) enclosed battery energy storage system within a site compound on a total of up to c. 2.33 hectare site, to include: 1 no. single storey 110kV customer substation, control and switch rooms; up to 44 battery blocks on concrete support structures including heating, ventilation and air conditioning unit (HVAC units); up to 11 transformer and inverter units; including access tracks and site entrance along existing roadway; associated electrical cabling and ducting; security gates, 2.6m palisade perimeter security fencing; CCTV system; landscaping works and all other associated ancillary infrastructure at

  Permission · Roscommon County Council, 2660302

• 23 May 2026N/a

  Permission is sought for Grid System Services Limited, applying for a 10 year permission to develop an Energy Storage System , which will connect to the adjoining ESB Tonroe 110kV Electricity Substation on land at Ballyoughter, Ballaghaderreen, County Roscommon. The proposed development will have a projected life span of 35 years. The development will consist of the construction of 1) enclosed battery energy storage system within a site compound on a total of up to c.2.33 hectare site, to include: 1 no. single storey 110kV customer substation, control and switch rooms; up to 44 battery blocks on concrete support structures including heating, ventilation and air conditioning unit (HVAC units); up to 11 transformer and inverter units; including access tracks and site entrance along existing roadway; associated electrical cabling and ducting; security gates, 2.6m palisade perimeter security fencing; CCTV system; landscaping works and all other associated ancillary infrastructure at

  Permission · Roscommon County Council, 2660243

• 15 Nov 2024Refused

  Permission is sought for Grid System Services Limited, applying for a 10 year permission to develop an Energy Storage System, which will connect to the nearby ESB Tonroe 110kV Electricity Substation on land at Ballyoughter, Ballaghaderreen, County Roscommon. The proposed development will have a projected life span of 35 years. The development will consist of the construction of 1) enclosed battery energy storage system within a site compound on a total of up to c.2.33 hectare site, to include: 1 no. single storey 110kV customer substation, control and switch rooms; up to 44 battery blocks on concrete support structures including heating, ventilation and air conditioning unit (HVAC units); up to 11 transformer and inverter units; including access tracks and site entrance along existing roadway; associated electrical cabling and ducting; security gates, 2.6m palisade perimeter security fencing; CCTV system; landscaping works and all other associated ancillary infrastructure at

  Permission · Roscommon County Council, 2460537

• 18 Apr 2024Conditional

  Permission for development at a c.1.6 ha site on ESB lands at the existing Tonroe 110kV Substation. The development will consist of a physical extension of c. 313 sq.m to the existing electricity substation compound and will include: (a) Site clearance works including the partial removal of: 1) Existing palisade fence along the north-eastern compound boundary; and 2) Existing vegetation along the north-eastern compound boundary. (b) Provision of new electrical plant and equipment including: 1) 1 No. prefabricated MV GIS module and foundation (c. 32m2 and c. 4.7m high); 2) 2 No. 38/20 kV 15 MVA transformers, associated bunds and firewall (c. 15m2 and 5.1 m high); 3) Extension of existing 38kV busbar with 2 no. new 38kV cubicles (c. 6.5m high); 4) Associated and ancillary outdoor electrical equipment and other apparatus, including installation of underground cables; and 5) Site development works including provision of extension of lighting; internal access road; new fencing; provision of site services including drainage; and all other ancillary works at

  Permission, 1 home · Roscommon County Council, 2460173

• 11 Mar 2024Conditional

  Permission for the following: (1) Construction of a new domestic garage with all associated site works at

  Permission, 1 home · Roscommon County Council, 2460120

• 3 Jun 2022Conditional

  Permission for the following: (1) Construction of a new detached dwelling house; (2) Proposed effluent treatment system and percolation area with all associated site works at

  Permission, 1 home · Roscommon County Council, 22272

• 15 Mar 2019Conditional

  for the demolition of existing dwelling house and construction of a new replacement dwelling house and attached domestic garage, together with connection to services and all associated site works at

  Permission, 1 home · Roscommon County Council, 19127

• 22 Jun 2018Conditional

  for the development of a grid system service facility within a total site area of up to 0.55 hectares , to include 1 no. single storey electrical substation building, 1 no. customer switchgear container, 15 no. electrical inverter/transformer station modules (SKIDS) 10 no. containerised battery storage modules on concrete support structures, 20 no. heating, ventilation and air conditioning units (HVAC units) access tracks and upgraded site entrance, associated electrical cabling an ducting, security gates, perimeter security fencing, CCTV security monitoring system, culvert, landscaping works and all associated ancillary infrastructure on land at

  Permission · Roscommon County Council, 18300

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 Ballyoughter.

Recorded monuments

No recorded monument lies in the townland of Ballyoughter.

Architectural heritage

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

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 Ballyoughter, about 1 in 20 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. Parts of the land are made ground and water.

Terrain model

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

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 Ballyoughter with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Roscommon.

Name

Ballyoughter

Area

1,381,168 m² (138.12 ha, 341.29 acres)

Civil parish

Kilcolman, and its townlands

Barony

Costello

Electoral division

Ballaghaderreen, the unit of the census

Census 2022

3,254 people lived in 1,218 households in the Ballaghaderreen electoral division. 58% of households owned their home. 38% of homes were built since 2001. 21% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 4% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Ballaghaderreen, Bockagh, Coolaghtane, Derrynacross, Derrynagur, Doogary, Kilcolman, Magheraboy, Toobrackan

Placenames

Ballyoughter 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.