Heritage

This is a complex issue which needs specialist attention. It is really the council who should have done proper studies of the area, but this was (legally) avoided.

For example, bats are a protected species and many people see bats at the back of the estate in the summer. One organisation worth consulting might be Bat Conservation Ireland, based in Dubshaughlin http://www.batconservationireland.org/

There is a procedure for making an Environmental Complaint i.e. when a business or person is destroying (intentionally or otherwise) a protected species. See http://www.epa.ie/environment/environmental%20complaint/

The Tara Road (on the Trim-side edge of Balreask Manor) needs a proper archaeological and historical survey of the area. There would be some irony is a section of road some miles from Tara is worthy of preservation, but a four-lane highway can be built adjacent to Tara itself!

The best approach might be to request the council to undertake a proper heritage & ecological survey in the area. A protected species might scare the developer and council sufficiently to delay matters for a while.