# Ballymackane, Co. Tipperary: townland, land parcels and planning Townland in the civil parish of St. Patricksrock, barony of Middlethird, Co. Tipperary; in Irish Baile Mhic Céin. - Area (Tailte Éireann): 122,020 m² (12.2 ha, 30.15 acres) - Land parcels (Tailte Éireann): 10 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in it, median 7,657 m² (0.77 ha, 1.89 acres) - Zoning (national zoning, MyPlan): not in a zoned settlement - Planning (National Planning Applications): 8 applications since 2010 - Civil parish: St. Patricksrock, https://everytownland.com/tipperary/parish/st-patricksrock.md - Barony: Middlethird - Electoral division: Ballysheehan, the unit of the census - Census 2022 (Central Statistics Office): Ballysheehan electoral division: 540 people in 175 households; 91% of households own their home; 26% of homes were built since 2001; 9% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 2% were holiday homes. - County: Co. Tipperary, https://everytownland.com/tipperary.md - Placenames Database of Ireland: https://www.logainm.ie/en/47529 - Townland number at Tailte Éireann: 210322 - Centre: latitude 52.534481, longitude -7.852277 (WGS 84) ## Land parcels (registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann) 10 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Ballymackane, from 2,432 m² (0.24 ha, 0.6 acres) to 41,527 m² (4.15 ha, 10.26 acres); 11 neighbouring parcels touch its boundary. Largest first: - Parcel 553399: 41,527 m² (4.15 ha, 10.26 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/553399.md - Parcel 5111677: 19,669 m² (1.97 ha, 4.86 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5111677.md - Parcel 5143806: 16,269 m² (1.63 ha, 4.02 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5143806.md - Parcel 2744482: 12,326 m² (1.23 ha, 3.05 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2744482.md - Parcel 524332: 7,669 m² (0.77 ha, 1.9 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/524332.md - Parcel 563026: 7,645 m² (0.76 ha, 1.89 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/563026.md - Parcel 585598: 6,697 m² (0.67 ha, 1.65 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/585598.md - Parcel 535878: 4,761 m² (0.48 ha, 1.18 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/535878.md - Parcel 578503: 3,032 m² (0.3 ha, 0.75 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/578503.md - Parcel 538747: 2,432 m² (0.24 ha, 0.6 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/538747.md ## Zoning (national zoning of development plans, MyPlan) No zone of a development plan covers Ballymackane 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) 8 applications, newest first. - 28 Aug 2026, Tipperary County Council 2660834: N/a. Permission. RED III development - construction of a solar photovoltaic (PV) energy development with a total site area of 151 hectares. The proposed development includes for the erection of solar panels on ground-mounted galvanised steel frames, 17 no. transformer units, a permanent operations compound, inverters, underground cabling and ducting, security fencing, pole mounted closed circuit television (CCTV) cameras, upgrade of 5 no. existing site entrances, construction of 1 no. new site entrance, internal site access tracks, landscaping, 1 no. temporary construction compound, 4 no. satellite compounds, temporary laydown areas and all associated development works. The operational lifespan of the solar PV development will be 40 years. The proposed development will incorporate a grid connection which will be subject to a separate planning application at a later date. The planning application is accompanied by a Natura Impact Statement. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/TipperaryCC/AppFileRefDetails/2660834/0 - 31 Oct 2025, Tipperary County Council 2561099: N/a. Permission. RED III development of a solar photovoltaic (PV) energy development (renewable energy development) with a total site area of 151 hectares. The proposed development includes for the erection of solar panels on ground-mounted galvanised steel frames, 17 no. transformer units, a permanent operations compound, inverters, underground cabling and ducting, security fencing, pole mounted closed circuit television (CCTV) cameras, upgrade of 5 no. existing site entrances, construction of 1 no. new site entrance, internal site access tracks, landscaping, 1 no. temporary construction compound, 4 no. satellite compounds, temporary laydown areas and all associated development works. The operational lifespan of the solar PV development will be 40 years. The proposed development will incorporate a grid connection which will be subject to a separate planning application at a later date. The planning application is accompanied by a Natura Impact Statement. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/TipperaryCC/AppFileRefDetails/2561099/0 - 15 Apr 2025, Tipperary County Council 2560316: Conditional. Permission. (i) Slatted shed with underground slurry tank and all associated site works. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/TipperaryCC/AppFileRefDetails/2560316/0 - 4 Sept 2024, Tipperary County Council 2460733: Conditional. Retention. (i) the access roadways; (ii) concrete yard and all associated site works. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/TipperaryCC/AppFileRefDetails/2460733/0 - 3 May 2024, Tipperary County Council 2460338: Conditional. Permission. slatted shed with underground slurry tank and all associated site works. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/TipperaryCC/AppFileRefDetails/2460338/0 - 4 Mar 2024, Tipperary County Council 2460156: Conditional. Permission. a 10 year planning permission for development consisting of the construction of a solar PV development on a c129 ha site consisting of: - The erection of solar panels on ground-mounted galvanised steel frames, string inverters attached to selected ground-mounted galvanised steel frames, 16 no. transformer units, underground cabling, security fencing, CCTV system with pole mounted cameras and landscaping; - 6 no. site entrances with access gates utilizing existing farm field entrances which will be upgraded and internal accesses; - the installation of underground cables, including cables under public roads; - 2 no. temporary construction compounds; and all associated ancillary development works. The operational lifespan of the solar PV development will be 40 years. A Natura Impact Statement will accompany the planning application. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/TipperaryCC/AppFileRefDetails/2460156/0 - 19 Jan 2018, Tipperary County Council 18600045: Conditional. Permission, 1 home. construction of a dwelling, entrance, septic tank/percolation area and all associated works. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/TipperaryCC/AppFileRefDetails/18600045/0 - 7 Jul 2017, Tipperary County Council 17600777: Conditional. Permission. construction of a two storey extension to the rear of existing dwelling with alterations to the existing roof and wall elevations and minor internal alterations to existing building and all associated site works, Permission for retention of alterations as constructed, including (I) additional windows to play room (ii) additional windows to the dining room. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/TipperaryCC/AppFileRefDetails/17600777/0 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 Ballymackane. ## Recorded monuments (Sites and Monuments Record, National Monuments Service) - TS061-020: Enclosure, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CTS061-020----. In improved undulating pasture, on low rise with good views in all directions. No visible surface trace. Ground surface very undulating in this area of rise, particularly on SW-side of field boundary. Depicted on 2nd (1952-4) ed. OS 6-inch map as a sub-oval area open to W and truncated by field boundary (long-axis NW-SE) across SW-sector. A sketch plan and sections drawn in 1954 show the monument as depicted on the 6-inch map (overall diam. 363ft [110m] N-S; 172ft [52.4m E-W]) with an enclosing bank which was surmounted by a field boundary (OS Field Memorandums). Compiled by: Jean Farrelly Date of upload: 26 August 2011 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 Ballymackane. ## Ground and risks (Radon Risk Map of Ireland, EPA; Landslide Susceptibility Classification and LiDAR, Geological Survey Ireland) - Radon: About 1 in 10 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: Susceptibility moderately high, moderately low, 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 Ballymackane. - 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/ballymackane.dxf - GeoJSON, in WGS 84, for a map: https://everytownland.com/tipperary/ballymackane.geojson - KML, for Google Earth: https://everytownland.com/tipperary/ballymackane.kml ## Homes sold (Residential Property Price Register) No address of the register names Ballymackane 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) - Boscabell: https://everytownland.com/tipperary/boscabell.md - Clonmore: https://everytownland.com/tipperary/clonmore-210885.md - Garranmore: https://everytownland.com/tipperary/garranmore-211442.md - Monadreela: https://everytownland.com/tipperary/monadreela.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/ballymackane - In JSON: https://everytownland.com/api/townland/tipperary/ballymackane