Ballylennon

24 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Ballylennon, from 45 m² to 159,705 m² (15.97 ha, 39.46 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 29 neighbouring parcels touch it.

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

No zone of a development plan covers Ballylennon 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.

• 26 May 2026Conditional

  - Replacement (“restringing”) and uprating of c. 5.23km of the existing conductor on the Athy -Carlow 110 kV OHL circuit; - Provision of fibre communication connection on the uprated circuit; - Replacement of 10No. existing Intermediate Wooden Polesets, with similar structures. The replacement of these structures will result in standardised heights from 17m to 22m, with height increases between 1m and 2m. 1no. replacement Intermediate Wooden Poleset (structure 106) will be relocated approx. 21m from its current position; - Replacement of 6No. existing Intermediate Wooden Polesets crossarms; - Bar member replacements to 2No. existing steel angle masts and 1No. existing end mast; - Recapping works to be carried out on shear blocks at 2No. existing steel angle masts and 1No. existing end mast; - Foundation strengthening of 1No. existing steel angle mast and 1No. existing end mast; and, - All associated works/development including insulator/hardware replacement (strain clamps, suspension clamps and vibration dampers), replacement of bolt, replacement of line identification and danger notices, painting of angle masts, replacement/installation of anti-climbing guards, access tracks, vegetation clearance, temporary construction compounds and all other works necessary to facilitate the development. A Natura Impact Statement has been prepared and will be submitted to the planning authority with this planning application

  Permission · Carlow County Council, 2660163

• 26 May 2026Conditional

  Replacement (“restringing”) and uprating of c.8.89km section of the conductor along the existing Athy - Carlow 110 kV OHL circuit; - Provision of fibre communication connection on the uprated circuit; - Replacement of 11No. existing Intermediate Wooden Polesets, with similar structures. The replacement of these structures will result in standardised heights from 16m to 24m, with height increases between 1m and 3m; - Replacement of 12No. existing intermediate Wooden Polesets crossarms; - Recapping works on shear blocks at 1No. existing steel angle mast; - Foundation strengthening of 1No. existing steel angle mast; - Bar member replacements to 8No. existing steel angle masts; - Separation of the existing double OHL circuit to provide for a new bypass OHL section measuring approximately 422m, connecting from the existing Athy 110 kV substation to the following proposed new structures on the existing Athy - Portlaoise 110 kV OHL: 2no. new single circuit angle masts (approximately 22.5m maximum height) and 1no. new wooden poleset (approximately 23.6m maximum height); and, - All associated works/development to existing structures, including hardware replacement (strain clamps, suspension clamps and vibration dampers), replacement of step bolts, replacement of line identification and danger notices, painting of angle masts, replacement/installation of anti-climbing guards, access tracks, vegetation clearance, temporary construction compounds and all other works necessary to facilitate the development

  Permission · Kildare County Council, 2660550

• 21 Nov 2025Refused

  the construction of single storey dwelling, a new entrance, septic tank & percolation area, a domestic garage, connection to services and all associated works

  Permission, 1 home · Carlow County Council, 2560381

• 1 Mar 2021Conditional

  Permission for the construction of a part two storey, part single storey residence with domestic garage, mechanical aeration unit and polishing filter, a bored well and all associated site works

  Permission, 2 homes · Carlow County Council, 2163

• 18 Dec 2020N/a

  for the construction of a part two storey, part single storey residence with domestic garage, mechanical aeration unit and polishing filter, a bored well and all associated site works

  Permission · Carlow County Council, 20469

• 30 Nov 2020N/a

  Permission for the construction of a part two storey, part single storey residence with domestic garage, mechanical aeration unit and polishing filter, a bored well and all associated site works

  Permission · Carlow County Council, 20429

• 2 Nov 2020Conditional

  for (a) the erection of a single storey bungalow (b) installation of a proprietary effluent treatment system and percolation area and (c) all associated site works

  Permission, 1 home · Carlow County Council, 20385

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

Designated sites

No designated site (Special Area of Conservation, Special Protection Area, Natural Heritage Area or proposed one) touches the townland of Ballylennon.

Recorded monuments

• CW002-016 Enclosure
  Description

  Aerial photograph (GB90.CL.02, 26 July 1990) shows cropmark of a circular enclosure. Compiled by: Dr Gillian Barrett for the Archaeological Survey of Ireland. Date of upload: 29 March 2010

• CW002-017 Enclosure
  Description

  Aerial photograph (GB90.CL. 03, 26 July 1990) shows cropmark of an irregular curvilinear enclosure defined by a fosse and with annexe on the south-eastern side. Compiled by: Dr Gillian Barrett for the Archaeological Survey of Ireland. Date of upload: 29 March 2010

Architectural heritage

No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands in the townland of Ballylennon.

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

About 1 in 5 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels. Testing a home

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_2580 (ZIP).

Flooding

The flood maps of the Office of Public Works: floodinfo.ie.

Radon Risk Map of Ireland, Environmental Protection Agency; Landslide Susceptibility Classification, Geological Survey Ireland; both 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 Ballylennon with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Carlow.

Name

Ballylennon · Baile Uí Leannáin

Area

980,666 m² (98.07 ha, 242.33 acres)

Civil parish

Urglin, and its townlands

Barony

Carlow

Electoral division

Burton Hall, the unit of the census

Census 2022

Burton Hall electoral division: 529 people in 172 households; 86% of households own their home; 53% of homes were built since 2001; 4% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 1% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Ballyvergal, Burtonhall Demesne, Russellstown, Urglin or Rutland

Placenames

Ballylennon 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.