Ballygowan

59 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Ballygowan, from 14 m² to 389,900 m² (38.99 ha, 96.35 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 19 neighbouring parcels touch it.

Download the townland as DXF, in Irish Transverse Mercator metres, with its boundary, parcels and buildings, or as GeoJSON or KML.

No zone of a development plan covers Ballygowan 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.

• 18 May 2026Conditional

  the alterations to the existing dwelling and the construction of a single storey extension, installation of new septic tank and percolation area, and all associated site works

  Permission, 1 home · Carlow County Council, 2660148

• 7 Feb 2024Conditional

  development will consist of essential maintenance and repair works to the Barrow Navigation, in accordance with Waterways Ireland’s statutory remit, comprising the following: (i) Bank Revetment & Strengthening Works, (ii) Post-Flood Spot Dredging & Maintenance Dredging, (iii) Back-drain Maintenance, (iv) Small-scale Bank Repair Works, (v) Trackway Surface Upgrade Works, (vi) 10 no. Temporary Construction Compounds, (vii) Temporary mobile welfare units, and, (viii) All works ancillary and incidental to the maintenance and repair works referred to above. A Natura Impact Statement (NIS) has been prepared in respect of the planning application and will be submitted with the planning application

  Permission · Carlow County Council, 2460026

• 10 Mar 2023N/a

  permission for development of a c.15.358 ha site at the Barrow Navigation. The development will consist of essential maintenance and repair works to the Barrow Navigation, in accordance with Waterways Ireland's statutory remit, comprising the following; (i) Bank Revetment & Strengthening Works (ii) Post- Flood Spot Dredging & Maintenance Dredging (iii) Back-Drain Maintenance (iv) Small-scale Bank Repair Works (v) Trackway Surface Maintenance Works and (vi) A new temporary haul road located at Bestfield and Borris. Bestfield access route is indicative with final route to be agreed with landowner. A 15m haul road approximately 4m wide will be constructed from the access trackway in the Borris Estate to the Barrow track way and (vii) all works ancillary and incidental to the maintenance and repair works referred to above. A Natura Impact Statement has been prepared in respect of this Planning Application.

  Permission · Carlow County Council, 2350

• 21 Dec 2022Conditional

  1) existing extensions at the rear of dwelling, 2) steel frame shed and permission for change of use of public house to domestic dwelling and all associated site works

  Retention, 1 home · Carlow County Council, 22440

• 10 Oct 2022N/a

  retention of existing extensions at the rear of dwelling and retention permission for steel frame shed and all associated site works

  Retention · Carlow County Council, 22345

• 27 Sept 2018Conditional

  to alter previously granted Planning Ref: 17/259, alterations to include reduction in square footage of single storey extension and all associated works

  Permission, 1 home · Carlow County Council, 18376

• 31 Aug 2017Conditional

  permission for a single storey extension to the side and rear of existing single storey dwelling, demolition of existing garage, new porch area, relocation of existing treatment system and new percolation area relocation of existing entrance, single storey shed to rear, alterations to boundary and all associated works.

  Permission, 1 home · Carlow County Council, 17259

• 31 May 2017N/a

  internal alterations ; a two storey extension to the rear comprising additional living room, bedroom and bathroom accomodation, alterations to existing roof and all other associated infrastructural and site development works above and below ground.

  Permission · Carlow County Council, 17182

• 27 Mar 2017Conditional

  Permission for a single storey extension to the rear of existing single storey dwelling, use of existing entrance, new waste water treatment system and percolation area, single storey garage to rear and all associated site works

  Permission · Carlow County Council, 1789

• 27 Jan 2017Refused

  development on the Barrow Navigation (The River Barrow) through the townlands of: NEWACRE, NEWGARDEN, BESTFIELD or DUNGANSTOWN, STRAWHALL, CARLOW, GRAIGUE, CLOGRENAN, KILLEESHAL, BALLINABRANNAGH, BALLYGOWAN, PART OF TOMARD UPPER (ED Rathornan), TOMARD UPPER (ED Rathornan), PART OF TOMARD LOWER (ED Clogrenan), RATHORNAN, RATHVINDEN, BALLYKNOCKAN (Idrone West By), LEIGHLINBRIDGE, RATHELLIN, DUNLECKNY, MONEYBEG, KILREE, SLIGUFF, KILGRANEY (Idrone East By), CLOMONEY (Idrone East By), BALLYELLIN and TOMDARRAGH, BALLYTEIGELEA (Idrone East By) , BORRIS, BALLYNAGRANE, COURNELLAN, BALLYKEENAN (St. Mullin's Lower By), HARRISTOWN, TINNAHINCH, KNOCKEEN, CARRIGLEAD, BAHANA, St. MULLIN'S The proposal consists of the development of a multi-use shared leisure route (Blueway), approximately 115 Kilometres (KM) in length, on the existing navigation towpath, which is a National Waymarked Way. This will include tailored surface finishes, information, directional and safety signage, and all other associated ancillary works. The route traverses parts of counties Kildare, Laois and Carlow. The route commences in Lowtown, County Kildare, passes through County Laois and finishes in St. Mullins, County Carlow. Approximately 52KM of the route is in County Carlow, 16KM in County Laois and 47 KM in County Kildare. The proposal will involve works to or within the curtilage of the following protected structures: An Environmental Impact Statement and Natura Impact Statement have been prepared in respect of the project and are submitted with the application.

  Permission · Carlow County Council, 1718

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

Designated sites

• Special Area of Conservation: River Barrow and River Nore SAC 002162

Recorded monuments

No recorded monument lies in the townland of Ballygowan.

Architectural heritage

• Bridge, 1785–1795 · Regional interest
  Description

  Single-arch road bridge over canal, c. 1790, with ashlar voussoirs and rusticated coping.

• Bridge, 1840–1870 · Regional interest
  Description

  Three-arch road bridge over mill race, c. 1855.

• Milford House, house, 1810–1830 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached five-bay two-storey over basement house, c. 1820, with granite Ionic portico and wing to side. Reroofed and partly remodelled internally, c. 1955. Interior retains original joinery, plasterwork and some replacement chimney pieces, c. 1955.

• The Tower House, farm house, 1835–1845 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached three-bay two-storey estate farmhouse, c. 1840, with observation staircase tower on a circular plan.

• Bridge, 1860–1880 · Regional interest
  Description

  Remains of cast-iron counter-weighted lifting bridge, c. 1870.

• Milford Lock, lock, 1785–1795 · Regional interest
  Description

  Canal lock, c. 1790. Replacement gates, c. 1990. Remains of detached lock-keeper's cottage, c. 1790. Now in ruins.

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).

Radon

At the centre of the townland of Ballygowan, about 1 in 5 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels. Testing a home

Landslides

The 1:50,000 map rates the landslide susceptibility here as moderately low, low, partly inferred.

Terrain model

LiDAR of the Office of Public Works, flown in 2011, at 2 m: tile OPW_2410 (ZIP).

Flooding

The Office of Public Works publishes its flood maps on floodinfo.ie.

Radon Risk Map of Ireland, Environmental Protection Agency, and Landslide Susceptibility Classification, Geological Survey Ireland, both under 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.

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

Name

Ballygowan · Baile an Ghabhann

Area

1,603,513 m² (160.35 ha, 396.24 acres)

Civil parish

Tullowcreen, and its townlands

Barony

Idrone West

Electoral division

Clogrenan, the unit of the census

Census 2022

1,138 people lived in 393 households in the Clogrenan electoral division. 90% of households owned their home. 52% of homes were built since 2001. 3% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 0% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Ballinabrannagh, Cloghristick, Craanlusky, Tomard Lower, Tomard Upper

Placenames

Ballygowan 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.