Ballinhalla
Townland in the civil parish of Tullaghorton, barony of Iffa and Offa West, Co. Tipperary; in Irish Baile an Chalaidh
- Area
- 95.7 ha
- 237 acres
- Land parcels
- 30
- registered freehold, median 11,970 m² (1.2 ha, 2.96 acres)
- Zoning
- —
- not in a zoned settlement
- Planning
- 6
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
30 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Ballinhalla, from 971 m² to 169,146 m² (16.91 ha, 41.8 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 13 neighbouring parcels touch it.
Download the townland: DXF, in Irish Transverse Mercator metres, with its boundary, parcels and buildings; GeoJSON or KML.
Zoning
Development plans, national zoning
No zone of a development plan covers Ballinhalla 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
6 Apr 2024Conditional
(i) the existing garage attached to the existing dwelling, (ii) the existing rear kitchen extension to the existing dwelling – and all other unauthorised ancillary site development works
Retention · Tipperary County Council, 2460253
13 Mar 2024Conditional
(i) the demolition of derelict detached storage building and (ii) its replacement with a detached portal frame steel structure - to the rear of the dwelling
Retention · Tipperary County Council, 2460183
29 Feb 2024N/a
(i) demolition of derelict detached storage building and (ii) its replacement with a detached portal frame steel structure - to the rear of dwelling
Retention · Tipperary County Council, 2460152
30 May 2023Conditional
cubicle shed extension with underground effluent tank and all associated site works
Permission · Tipperary County Council, 2360362
12 Sept 2017Conditional
to construct single storey extensions to the north, south & east elevations of existing dwelling, relocate existing entrance and all associated site works
Permission · Tipperary County Council, 17601006
23 Aug 2017N/a
construction of single storey extensions to the front, rear and side of my existing dwelling, relocate existing entrance and all associated site development works including modifications to the existing dwelling
Permission · Tipperary County Council, 17600930
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
- Special Area of Conservation: Lower River Suir SAC 002137
Recorded monuments
- TS087-029001 Moated site
Description
On flat ground in gently undulating terrain. Somewhat levelled enclosure, consisting of a raised roughly square area (dims. 30.8m N-S; 29.2m E-W) enclosed by a scarp (H 0.2m) and wide, flat fosse (W 5.7m; D 0.55m). This moated site was inspected in 1958 when it was overgrown with scrub, it appeared to have an inner bank c. 1.2m wide and at least 1m above the fosse (OPW Correspondence). Within the enclosure there was a castle, 'Balllinhalla Castle' (TS087-029002-), of which no visible trace remains above ground. Compiled by: Jean Farrelly Date of upload: 25 November
- TS087-029002 Castle - unclassified
Description
On flat ground in gently undulating terrain. There is no visible trace of 'Ballinhalla Castle' above ground. It is indicated as 'site of' castle on 1st (1840) ed. and subsequent 2nd (1907) ed. The former castle is surrounded by a moated site (TS087-029001-). The monument was inspected in 1958 (OPW Correspondence), however, the interior was heavily overgrown with scrub and was not examined. The monument was subsequently levelled. Compiled by: Jean Farrelly Date of upload: 25 November 2013
Architectural heritage
No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands in the townland of Ballinhalla.
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
- About 1 in 5 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 Ballinhalla.
- 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.
Homes sold
Property Price Register
No address of the register names Ballinhalla with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Tipperary.
The townland
- Name
- Ballinhalla · Baile an Chalaidh
- Area
- 957,433 m² (95.74 ha, 236.59 acres)
- Civil parish
- Tullaghorton, and its townlands
- Barony
- Iffa and Offa West
- Electoral division
- Tullaghorton, the unit of the census
- Census 2022
- Tullaghorton electoral division: 297 people in 109 households; 90% of households own their home; 32% of homes were built since 2001; 8% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 2% were holiday homes.
- Neighbouring townlands
- Ballyhistbeg, Ballyknockane, Ballytrehy, Castlegrace, Coolbaun, Graigue
- Placenames
- Ballinhalla 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.