Ballaghgar

23 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Ballaghgar, from 53 m² to 201,373 m² (20.14 ha, 49.76 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 20 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 Ballaghgar 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.

• 15 Sept 2026N/a

  a new dwelling house, domestic garage, wastewater treatment system, driveway, entrance and all associated site works

  Permission, 1 home · Tipperary County Council, 2660901

• 5 Aug 2025Conditional

  amendments to addition and alterations to dwelling house previously granted permission under planning reference 19600786 to include increased floor area of addition, alteration to windows/door opes, change to design of rear roof from "A" roof to hip roof and covered rear porch area

  Retention · Tipperary County Council, 25157

• 7 Jul 2025Conditional

  demolition of an existing porch to the north west and part of a single storey extension to the south east, removal of an existing chimney and the proposed construction of single storey extensions to both north west and south west with a two-storey extension to the the south east. Proposed additions and adjustments to existing window and door opes on all elevations, works to main roof, all internal modifications. Altering of site boundary and all associated site works.

  Permission · Tipperary County Council, 25131

• 1 May 2025Conditional

  the construction of a new single storey Fitness Centre incorporating changing rooms, additional car parking spaces and all associated ancillary site works

  Permission · Tipperary County Council, 2570

• 28 Feb 2024Conditional

  2 number outbuildings for storage use ancillary to the existing dwelling and 4 number dormer roof windows previously granted as flat roof windows under planning permission number 03510002

  Retention · Tipperary County Council, 2460140

• 22 Jan 2024Conditional

  the existing agricultural livestock shed. Planning Permission is also sought for the construction of: 1) an extension of the existing agricultural livestock shed, incorporating cubicles for dairy cows; 2) an agricultural shed, incorporating milking parlour, dairy, plant, storage, drafting and handling facilities; 3) a livestock holding yard and underground effluent storage (slatted) tank; 4) a meal bin silo to the south of the proposed milking parlour, and all ancillary site works thereto

  Retention · Tipperary County Council, 2460039

• 22 Sept 2023Refused

  (1) The construction of 7 no. wind turbines and associated hardstand areas with the following parameters a) total tip height range of 179.5m – 185m, b) rotor diameter range of 149m – 163m, c) hub height range of 103.5m to 110.5m; (2) 1 no. permanent 38kV electrical substation which will be constructed in the townland of Faddan Beg consisting of a single storey control building with welfare facilities, all associated electrical plant and equipment, battery energy storage system, security fencing, all associated underground cabling, wastewater holding tank and all ancillary works and equipment; (3) All works (within County Tipperary) associated with the connection of the proposed wind farm to the national electricity grid, via the provision of underground electrical cabling (38kV) to the existing Dallow 110kV substation in the townland of Clondallow, Co. Offaly; (4) Provision of 10 no. joint bays, communication chambers and earth sheath links along the underground electrical cabling route; (5) reinstatement of the road or track surface above the proposed cabling trench along existing roads and tracks; (6) all associated underground electrical and communications cabling connecting the turbines to the proposed wind farm substation; (7) 1 no. meteorological mast with a height of 107m above ground and associated foundation and hard-standing area; (8) upgrade of existing tracks and roads and the provision of new site access roads; (9) all works associated with the provision of a new permanent site entrance off the L5040 local road; (10) provision of 5 no. new access and egress points along the L5041 local road in the townlands of Cloncorig, Faddan More and Coolderry; (11) Provision of 4 no. peat repository areas and 3 no. spoil repository areas; (12) 2 no. temporary construction compounds with temporary site offices and staff facilities; (13) Accommodation works along the public road network along the N52 national secondary road in the townland of Ballyloughnane to facilitate the delivery of turbine components and other abnormal sized loads; (14) Site Drainage; (15) Tree Felling; (16) Operational stage site signage; and, (17) all associated site development works, ancillary works and apparatus. - Works within the curtilage of Protected Structures RPS Ref. TRPS336 (Ballyloughnane Bridge) and RPS Ref. TRPS519 (Croghan Bridge)

  Permission · Tipperary County Council, 2360763

• 14 Oct 2022Conditional

  fuel shed/domestic garage and small fuel drying shed and all associated site works

  Retention · Tipperary County Council, 22605

• 3 Mar 2020N/a

  changes to original planning permission number PLC/19222 to include the relocation of a single storey extension from the side to the rear of dwelling, relocation of septic tank and percolation area from side to the rear of the dwelling and the construction of a low level stone wall within the previously approved open plan entrance and amendments to original site boundaries, all with associated site works

  Retention · Tipperary County Council, 20195

• 10 Feb 2020N/a

  changes to original planning permission number PLC/19222 to include the relocation of a single storey extension from the side to the rear of dwelling, relocation of septic tank and percolation area from side to the rear of the dwelling and the construction of a low level stone wall within the previously approved open plan entrance all with associated site works

  Retention · Tipperary County Council, 20110

• 15 Jul 2019Conditional

  to demolish existing domestic shed, build addition and alterations to existing dwelling house, install new percolation area to service existing septic tank and all ancillary site works

  Permission · Tipperary County Council, 19600786

• 28 Jun 2019N/a

  build addition and alterations to existing dwelling house, install new percolation area to service existing septic tank and all ancillary site works

  Permission · Tipperary County Council, 19600720

• 24 Aug 2018Conditional

  construction of a walkway at the club grounds. The walkway will be lit with LED lights on 4m poles. Car park lighting will be part of this development.

  Permission · Tipperary County Council, 18601048

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 Ballaghgar.

Recorded monuments

• TN008-005 Enclosure
  Description

  Situated on a low rise of ground in undulating countryside. An aerial photograph (GSIAP, M447/N 246) shows the faint outline of a circular enclosure. Not visible at ground level - field ploughed at time of visit. The above description is derived from 'The Archaeological Inventory of County Tipperary. Vol. 1 - North Tipperary' compiled by Jean Farrelly and Caimin O'Brien (Dublin: Stationery Office, 2002). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload/revision: 22 September 2008

• TN008-008 Barrow - ditch barrow
  Description

  Situated on flat pasture in undulating countryside. An aerial photograph (CUCAP, ATC 73) shows the clear outline of a possible ditch barrow. Not visible at ground level. The above description is derived from 'The Archaeological Inventory of County Tipperary. Vol. 1 - North Tipperary' compiled by Jean Farrelly and Caimin O'Brien (Dublin: Stationery Office, 2002). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload/revision: 22 September 2008

Architectural heritage

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

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 Ballaghgar, 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 Ballaghgar.

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 Ballaghgar with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Tipperary.

Name

Ballaghgar · An Bealach Gearr

Area

1,195,307 m² (119.53 ha, 295.37 acres)

Civil parish

Loughkeen, and its townlands

Barony

Ormond Lower

Electoral division

Clohaskin, the unit of the census

Census 2022

249 people lived in 89 households in the Clohaskin electoral division. 90% of households owned their home. 30% of homes were built since 2001. 7% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 3% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Clohaskin, Doughkill, Faddan Beg, Faddan More, Lacka, Loughkeen

Placenames

Ballaghgar 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.