# Ballycahan, Co. Westmeath: townland, land parcels and planning Townland in the civil parish of Durrow, barony of Moycashel, Co. Westmeath. - Area (Tailte Éireann): 1,497,450 m² (149.75 ha, 370.03 acres) - Land parcels (Tailte Éireann): 29 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in it, median 3,042 m² (0.3 ha, 0.75 acres) - Zoning (national zoning, MyPlan): not in a zoned settlement - Planning (National Planning Applications): 4 applications since 2010 - Civil parish: Durrow, https://everytownland.com/westmeath/parish/durrow.md - Barony: Moycashel - Electoral division: Lauree, the unit of the census - Census 2022 (Central Statistics Office): Lauree electoral division: 223 people in 73 households; 89% of households own their home; 27% of homes were built since 2001; 15% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 0% were holiday homes. - County: Co. Westmeath, https://everytownland.com/westmeath.md - Placenames Database of Ireland: https://www.logainm.ie/en/51873 - Townland number at Tailte Éireann: 230111 - Centre: latitude 53.342579, longitude -7.54065 (WGS 84) ## Land parcels (registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann) 29 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Ballycahan, from 247 m² to 540,945 m² (54.09 ha, 133.67 acres); 22 neighbouring parcels touch its boundary. Largest first: - Parcel 102308: 540,945 m² (54.09 ha, 133.67 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/102308.md - Parcel 125281: 275,204 m² (27.52 ha, 68 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/125281.md - Parcel 125406: 198,886 m² (19.89 ha, 49.15 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/125406.md - Parcel 5161068: 159,931 m² (15.99 ha, 39.52 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5161068.md - Parcel 102080: 136,179 m² (13.62 ha, 33.65 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/102080.md - Parcel 125407: 86,863 m² (8.69 ha, 21.46 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/125407.md - Parcel 4896294: 16,944 m² (1.69 ha, 4.19 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/4896294.md - Parcel 125412: 14,945 m² (1.49 ha, 3.69 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/125412.md - Parcel 125405: 13,908 m² (1.39 ha, 3.44 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/125405.md - Parcel 125592: 7,604 m² (0.76 ha, 1.88 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/125592.md - Parcel 102079: 5,582 m² (0.56 ha, 1.38 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/102079.md - Parcel 102767: 4,580 m² (0.46 ha, 1.13 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/102767.md - Parcel 102516: 3,637 m² (0.36 ha, 0.9 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/102516.md - Parcel 125413: 3,043 m² (0.3 ha, 0.75 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/125413.md - Parcel 2743844: 3,042 m² (0.3 ha, 0.75 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2743844.md - Parcel 125411: 2,734 m² (0.27 ha, 0.68 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/125411.md - Parcel 125404: 2,701 m² (0.27 ha, 0.67 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/125404.md - Parcel 102081: 2,582 m² (0.26 ha, 0.64 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/102081.md - Parcel 125591: 2,528 m² (0.25 ha, 0.62 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/125591.md - Parcel 4916879: 2,472 m² (0.25 ha, 0.61 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/4916879.md - Parcel 125590: 2,235 m² (0.22 ha, 0.55 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/125590.md - Parcel 102072: 2,143 m² (0.21 ha, 0.53 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/102072.md - Parcel 102774: 2,052 m² (0.21 ha, 0.51 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/102774.md - Parcel 125593: 1,945 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/125593.md - Parcel 125410: 1,724 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/125410.md - Parcel 102517: 1,182 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/102517.md - Parcel 2722543: 1,022 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/2722543.md - Parcel 102770: 589 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/102770.md - Parcel 125282: 247 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/125282.md ## Zoning (national zoning of development plans, MyPlan) No zone of a development plan covers Ballycahan 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) 4 applications, newest first. - 8 Mar 2025, Westmeath County Council 2560095: Conditional. Permission, 1 home. renovation and restoration of existing derelict house including the construction of a single storey extension to rear of existing dwelling, construction of a detached garage, installation of a septic tank percolation area and all associated site works. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/WestmeathCC/AppFileRefDetails/2560095/0 - 16 Oct 2024, Westmeath County Council 2460391: Conditional. Retention, 1 home. Retention of extension to house and all associated site works. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/WestmeathCC/AppFileRefDetails/2460391/0 - 5 Mar 2024, Westmeath County Council 2460065: Conditional. Permission, 1 home. development which will consist of the construction of a two-storey detached dwelling, detached domestic garage, the installation of a proprietary wastewater treatment system and polishing filter, proposed entrance off the public road and all ancillary site works. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/WestmeathCC/AppFileRefDetails/2460065/0 - 20 Oct 2020, Westmeath County Council 206291: Conditional. Permission, 1 home. The development will consist of 1. External and internal alterations and remodelling of existing dwelling. 2. construction of a single storey, flat roof extension to the rear. 3. New drainage, waste water treatment system, landscaping and associated site works. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/WestmeathCC/AppFileRefDetails/206291/0 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 Ballycahan. ## Recorded monuments (Sites and Monuments Record, National Monuments Service) - OF008-013: Bridge, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2COF008-013----. This bridge is part of the nearby Big House known as Belview House and mill complex located to the south of the bridge and probably dates to the late 18th century. The present stone bridge which traverses the River Brosna where it connects county Offaly to Westmeath may have replaced an earlier bridge as in the 17th century Lismoyny was described as the 'chief entrance into Fercall' by the Lord Deputy Mountjoy in 1601 (Cal. S.P. Ire. 1600-1601, 203-264). The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Offaly' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1997). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload: 23 May 2011 - WM037-013: Bridge, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CWM037-013----. County boundary bridge (OF008-013---) associated with Belview House and mill complex located 170m S of the bridge and probably dates to the late 18th century. The present stone bridge which traverses the River Brosna connects county Offaly to Westmeath and may have replaced an earlier bridge as in the 17th century Lismoyny was described as the 'chief entrance into Fercall' by the Lord Deputy Mountjoy in 1601 (Cal. S.P. Ire. 1600-1601, 203-264). Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien Date of upload: 18 May 2017 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) - Building misc, 1760–1800, Regional interest, registry number 15403707, https://www.buildingsofireland.ie/niah/search.jsp?type=record&county=WM®no=15403707. Detached multiple-bay three-storey former bleach/linen/scutching mill, built c.1780, having a two-storey return to the west elevation. Single-bay single-storey former entrance porch with a segmental-headed opening to the centre of the east-facing elevation. Now a roofless ruin. Originally had pitched natural slate roofs, partially remaining to return. Projecting cut stone eaves course and with the remains of brick chimneystacks to main body of building. Constructed of random rubble stone with roughly dressed limestone quoins to the corners. Rendered finish to rear return and some sections of render surviving to the main body of the building. Square and segmental-headed window and door openings, fittings now gone. Segmental-headed carriage-arches. Set back from road a short distance to the south of the River Brosna. Former bleaching green to the southwest. ## Ground and risks (Radon Risk Map of Ireland, EPA; Landslide Susceptibility Classification and LiDAR, Geological Survey Ireland) - Radon: 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: Susceptibility moderately low, low, low (inferred), on the 1:50,000 map. - Terrain model: LiDAR of the Office of Public Works, flown in 2011, at 2 m: tile OPW_1935, https://gsi.geodata.gov.ie/downloads/LiDAR/OPW_NASC/OPW_1935.zip (ZIP). - 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/westmeath/ballycahan.dxf - GeoJSON, in WGS 84, for a map: https://everytownland.com/westmeath/ballycahan.geojson - KML, for Google Earth: https://everytownland.com/westmeath/ballycahan.kml ## Homes sold (Residential Property Price Register) No address of the register names Ballycahan with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Westmeath: https://everytownland.com/westmeath.md ## Neighbouring townlands (National Statutory Boundaries, Tailte Éireann) - Ballybought (Co. Offaly): https://everytownland.com/offaly/ballybought.md - Cartron (Co. Offaly): https://everytownland.com/offaly/cartron.md - Clongowly: https://everytownland.com/westmeath/clongowly.md - Keeloge: https://everytownland.com/westmeath/keeloge.md - Kilclare (Co. Offaly): https://everytownland.com/offaly/kilclare.md - Lismoyny: https://everytownland.com/westmeath/lismoyny.md - Moycashel: https://everytownland.com/westmeath/moycashel.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/westmeath/ballycahan - In JSON: https://everytownland.com/api/townland/westmeath/ballycahan