# Ballaghgar, Co. Tipperary: townland, land parcels and planning Townland in the civil parish of Loughkeen, barony of Ormond Lower, Co. Tipperary; in Irish An Bealach Gearr. - Area (Tailte Éireann): 1,195,307 m² (119.53 ha, 295.37 acres) - Land parcels (Tailte Éireann): 23 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in it, median 7,362 m² (0.74 ha, 1.82 acres) - Zoning (national zoning, MyPlan): not in a zoned settlement - Planning (National Planning Applications): 13 applications since 2010 - Civil parish: Loughkeen, https://everytownland.com/tipperary/parish/loughkeen.md - Barony: Ormond Lower - Electoral division: Clohaskin, the unit of the census - Census 2022 (Central Statistics Office): 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. - County: Co. Tipperary, https://everytownland.com/tipperary.md - Placenames Database of Ireland: https://www.logainm.ie/en/45920 - Townland number at Tailte Éireann: 210082 - Centre: latitude 53.056001, longitude -7.98004 (WGS 84) ## Land parcels (registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann) 23 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Ballaghgar, from 53 m² to 201,373 m² (20.14 ha, 49.76 acres); 20 neighbouring parcels touch its boundary. Largest first: - Parcel 542382: 201,373 m² (20.14 ha, 49.76 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/542382.md - Parcel 554218: 93,457 m² (9.35 ha, 23.09 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/554218.md - Parcel 508450: 57,312 m² (5.73 ha, 14.16 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/508450.md - Parcel 528734: 28,498 m² (2.85 ha, 7.04 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/528734.md - Parcel 523601: 27,818 m² (2.78 ha, 6.87 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/523601.md - Parcel 568888: 22,498 m² (2.25 ha, 5.56 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/568888.md - Parcel 573942: 20,441 m² (2.04 ha, 5.05 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/573942.md - Parcel 517730: 15,941 m² (1.59 ha, 3.94 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/517730.md - Parcel 540227: 13,463 m² (1.35 ha, 3.33 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/540227.md - Parcel 532407: 12,480 m² (1.25 ha, 3.08 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/532407.md - Parcel 555210: 9,019 m² (0.9 ha, 2.23 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/555210.md - Parcel 5403257: 7,362 m² (0.74 ha, 1.82 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5403257.md - Parcel 5295077: 4,877 m² (0.49 ha, 1.21 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5295077.md - Parcel 520654: 4,487 m² (0.45 ha, 1.11 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/520654.md - Parcel 527247: 4,376 m² (0.44 ha, 1.08 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/527247.md - Parcel 520928: 3,970 m² (0.4 ha, 0.98 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/520928.md - Parcel 513817: 3,798 m² (0.38 ha, 0.94 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/513817.md - Parcel 561567: 2,437 m² (0.24 ha, 0.6 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/561567.md - Parcel 552090: 2,414 m² (0.24 ha, 0.6 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/552090.md - Parcel 3730495: 2,236 m² (0.22 ha, 0.55 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/3730495.md - Parcel 2742899: 2,111 m² (0.21 ha, 0.52 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2742899.md - Parcel 515762: 258 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/515762.md - Parcel 522223: 53 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/522223.md ## Zoning (national zoning of development plans, MyPlan) 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. ## Planning applications whose site touches the townland (National Planning Applications, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage) 13 applications, newest first. - 15 Sept 2026, Tipperary County Council 2660901: N/a. Permission, 1 home. a new dwelling house, domestic garage, wastewater treatment system, driveway, entrance and all associated site works. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/TipperaryCC/AppFileRefDetails/2660901/0 - 5 Aug 2025, Tipperary County Council 25157: Conditional. Retention. 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. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/TipperaryCC/AppFileRefDetails/25157/0 - 7 Jul 2025, Tipperary County Council 25131: Conditional. Permission. 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.. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/TipperaryCC/AppFileRefDetails/25131/0 - 1 May 2025, Tipperary County Council 2570: Conditional. Permission. the construction of a new single storey Fitness Centre incorporating changing rooms, additional car parking spaces and all associated ancillary site works. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/TipperaryCC/AppFileRefDetails/2570/0 - 28 Feb 2024, Tipperary County Council 2460140: Conditional. Retention. 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. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/TipperaryCC/AppFileRefDetails/2460140/0 - 22 Jan 2024, Tipperary County Council 2460039: Conditional. Retention. 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. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/TipperaryCC/AppFileRefDetails/2460039/0 - 22 Sept 2023, Tipperary County Council 2360763: Refused. Permission. (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). File: https://www.eplanning.ie/TipperaryCC/AppFileRefDetails/2360763/0 - 14 Oct 2022, Tipperary County Council 22605: Conditional. Retention. fuel shed/domestic garage and small fuel drying shed and all associated site works. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/TipperaryCC/AppFileRefDetails/22605/0 - 3 Mar 2020, Tipperary County Council 20195: N/a. Retention. 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. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/TipperaryCC/AppFileRefDetails/20195/0 - 10 Feb 2020, Tipperary County Council 20110: N/a. Retention. 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. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/TipperaryCC/AppFileRefDetails/20110/0 - 15 Jul 2019, Tipperary County Council 19600786: Conditional. Permission. 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. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/TipperaryCC/AppFileRefDetails/19600786/0 - 28 Jun 2019, Tipperary County Council 19600720: N/a. Permission. build addition and alterations to existing dwelling house, install new percolation area to service existing septic tank and all ancillary site works. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/TipperaryCC/AppFileRefDetails/19600720/0 - 24 Aug 2018, Tipperary County Council 18601048: Conditional. Permission. 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.. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/TipperaryCC/AppFileRefDetails/18601048/0 Applicants are not shown. ## Designated sites (National Parks and Wildlife Service) No designated site (Special Area of Conservation, Special Protection Area, Natural Heritage Area or proposed one) touches the townland of Ballaghgar. ## Recorded monuments (Sites and Monuments Record, National Monuments Service) - TN008-005: Enclosure, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CTN008-005----. 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, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CTN008-008----. 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 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). ## Architectural heritage (National Inventory of Architectural Heritage) No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands in the townland of Ballaghgar. ## Ground and risks (Radon Risk Map of Ireland, EPA; Landslide Susceptibility Classification and LiDAR, Geological Survey Ireland) - 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: https://www.epa.ie/environment-and-you/radon/radon-testing/#d.en.82887 - 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 flood maps of the Office of Public Works, https://www.floodinfo.ie/map/floodmaps/, linked only: their licence does not allow re-use. 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. ## Downloads - DXF, in Irish Transverse Mercator metres, with its boundary, parcels and buildings, for a drawing program: https://everytownland.com/tipperary/ballaghgar.dxf - GeoJSON, in WGS 84, for a map: https://everytownland.com/tipperary/ballaghgar.geojson - KML, for Google Earth: https://everytownland.com/tipperary/ballaghgar.kml ## Homes sold (Residential Property Price Register) No address of the register names Ballaghgar with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Tipperary: https://everytownland.com/tipperary.md ## Neighbouring townlands (National Statutory Boundaries, Tailte Éireann) - Clohaskin: https://everytownland.com/tipperary/clohaskin.md - Doughkill: https://everytownland.com/tipperary/doughkill.md - Faddan Beg: https://everytownland.com/tipperary/faddan-beg.md - Faddan More: https://everytownland.com/tipperary/faddan-more.md - Lacka: https://everytownland.com/tipperary/lacka.md - Loughkeen: https://everytownland.com/tipperary/loughkeen.md 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. --- Everytownland reads the registered freehold land and the statutory boundaries of Tailte Éireann, the national zoning, planning file and heritage records of the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, and the Residential Property Price Register. 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; this site names no owner. A price is the price recorded for a past sale, not a valuation. Sources: Cadastral Parcels Freehold, Townlands, Civil Parishes, Baronies, Electoral Divisions and Buildings, Tailte Éireann, CC BY 4.0; national zoning of development plans (GZT, MyPlan) and National Planning Applications, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, CC BY 4.0, applicants not shown; designated sites, National Parks and Wildlife Service, CC BY 4.0; Sites and Monuments Record, National Monuments Service, CC BY 4.0; National Inventory of Architectural Heritage, CC BY 4.0; Residential Property Price Register, Property Services Regulatory Authority, re-used with the source acknowledged. - Page: https://everytownland.com/tipperary/ballaghgar - In JSON: https://everytownland.com/api/townland/tipperary/ballaghgar