Balroe

92 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Balroe, from 42 m² to 202,292 m² (20.23 ha, 49.99 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 22 neighbouring parcels touch it.

No zone of a development plan covers Balroe 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.

• 12 Sept 2024Conditional

  construction of a single storey dwelling house (161sqm) and all associated site works at the above address. Retention permission is also sought for the existing septic tank as installed on site

  Permission, 1 home · Westmeath County Council, 2460328

• 23 Feb 2024Conditional

  development which will consist/consists of: a 10-year permission for the development of a solar farm on a site of 140 hectares consisting of the following: 781,578sqm of solar photovoltaic panels on ground mounted steel frames; 17 hardstanding locations for the installation of electrical skids; new internal access tracks; underground power and communications cables and ducts, including along the L-5802, R-393, L-5913, L-1811 and the L-5808 public roads; a new access point and an upgrade to an existing access point along the R-393 public road and a new access point along the L-5808 public road; landscaping and biodiversity enhancement measures; boundary fencing; and all associated ancillary development, site works and services. The solar farm will be operational for 40 years

  Permission · Westmeath County Council, 2460050

• 18 Feb 2021Conditional

  Permission to construct a side extension to existing dwelling, incorporating Kitchen/Dining, Bedroom & WC, decommission existing septic tank and install a new proprietary wastewater treatment system and all associated site works

  Permission, 1 home · Westmeath County Council, 2171

• 8 Nov 2019Conditional

  demolition of an existing dwelling house and attached shed, construction of a new dwelling house, decommission existing septic tank and construct new septic tank and percolation area and all ancillary site works

  Permission, 1 home · Westmeath County Council, 196314

• 22 Feb 2019Conditional

  demolition of the existing rear (northwest), lean to, extension (9.5sqm) and construction of a single storey extension (128.7sqm) to the rear (northwest) of the existing dwelling, installation of a septic tank and filter system constructed on-site and polishing filter and all associated site works. Retention permission also sought to retain the existing single storey garage (51sqm) as built on site.

  Permission, 1 home · Westmeath County Council, 196040

Source: National Planning Applications, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, CC BY 4.0. Applicants are not shown.

No address of the register names Balroe with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Westmeath.

Name

Balroe

Area

2,131,363 m² (213.14 ha, 526.67 acres)

Civil parish

Kilbixy, and its townlands

Barony

Moygoish

Electoral division

Sonna, the unit of the census

Neighbouring townlands

Ballintue, Ballyhoreen, Ballyhug, Ballysallagh (tuite), Calliaghstown, Kill, Laragh

Placenames

Balroe on logainm.ie, the Placenames Database of Ireland

Townlands, civil parishes, baronies and electoral divisions, National Statutory Boundaries, Tailte Éireann, 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.