Ballyling

39 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Ballyling, from 8 m² to 250,993 m² (25.1 ha, 62.02 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 26 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 Ballyling 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.

• 27 Nov 2025Conditional

  revisions to previously permitted planning PL2560250. Revisions are 1) change of orientation of proposed dwelling and 2) change of location of proposed domestic garage

  Permission, 2 homes · Carlow County Council, 2560388

• 3 Oct 2025Conditional

  the construction of a new dormer bungalow, domestic garage, onsite wastewater treatment plant and percolation area along with all associated site and landscaping works including enhancement to an existing site entrance

  Permission, 2 homes · Carlow County Council, 2560303

• 25 Aug 2025Conditional

  the construction of a single-storey dwelling, detached garage, new wastewater treatment system, bored well and all associated site works

  Permission, 2 homes · Carlow County Council, 2560250

• 16 Dec 2024Conditional

  • the replacement (“restringing”) of the existing overhead line circuit conductor wires with a new higher capacity conductor • the strengthening of foundations at 7no. locations • shear block remedial works at 77no. locations • the strengthening of towers (i.e., member replacement) at 34no. locations • the replacement of 5.1km of earthwire • the painting of all structures • the replacement of insulating and ancillary hardware at structures • all associated works within the existing Kellis 220kV substation to accommodate the uprated 220kV OHL including uprating of the Great Island bay in Kellis 220kV substation • the installation of a temporary link between the Great Island – Kellis and Dunstown = Kellis 220kV OHLs to create a temporary circuit, which will include the erection of a temporary four-pole timber structure between the existing Angle Mast 191 on the Great Island- Kellis circuit and the existing Angle Mast 157 on the Dunstown – Kellis circuit • all associated temporary site development works to gain access to the existing structures including vegetation clearance and management, disassembly and reassembly of gate posts/piers and removal and reinstatement of existing fencing, and • other temporary associated and ancillary site development works required for the purpose of the uprate of the existing circuit, including construction compounds, silt traps, silt fences, vegetation clearance and management, stone tracks, ground protection mats, infrastructure crossing support systems (i.e., guard poles) and temporary watercourse crossings. Where required, an aerial catenary stringing system (ACSS) will be used to facilitate stringing operations over major obstacles, e.g., busy national roads, wide rivers, etc. A Natura Impact Statement will be submitted to the Planning Authority with the application. Please see Site Notice for full development description

  Permission · Carlow County Council, 2460410

• 7 Oct 2024N/a

  for development consisting of works along the ca. 70.3km Great Island – Kellis 220kV OHL between the existing Great Island 220kV substation in the townland of Great Island in southwest County Wexford and the Kellis 220kV substation located in the townland of Kellistown East, central County Carlow. The OHL has a total of 216no. supporting structures. Within the functional area of Carlow County Council, there is 44.2km of the existing OHL circuit, with 135no. structures. Within the functional area of Wexford County Council there is 26.1km, with 81no. structures. A separate planning application is being lodged with Wexford County Council. The proposed development within Co. Carlow will comprise: • the replacement (“restringing”) of the existing overhead line circuit conductor wires with a new higher capacity conductor; • the strengthening of foundations at 7no. locations; • shear block remedial works at 77no. locations; • the strengthening of towers (i.e., member replacement) at 34no. locations; • the replacement of 5.1km of earthwire; • the painting of all structures; • the replacement of insulating and ancillary hardware at structures; • all associated works within the existing Kellis 220kV substation to accommodate the uprated 220kV OHL including uprating of the Great Island bay in the Kellis 220kV substation; • the installation of a temporary link between the Great Island – Kellis and Dunstown – Kellis 220kV OHLs to create a temporary circuit, which will include the erection of a temporary four-pole timber structure between the existing Angle Mast 191 on the Great Island – Kellis circuit and the existing Angle Mast 157 on the Dunstown – Kellis circuit; • all associated temporary site development works to gain access to the existing structures including vegetation clearance and management, disassembly and reassembly of gate posts / piers and removal and reinstatement of existing fencing; and • other temporary associated and ancillary site development works required for the purpose of the uprate of the existing circuit, including construction compounds, silt traps, silt fences, vegetation clearance and management, stone tracks, ground protection mats, infrastructure crossing support systems (i.e., guard poles) and temporary watercourse crossings. Where required, an aerial catenary stringing system (ACSS) will be used to facilitate stringing operations over major obstacles, e.g., busy national roads, wide rivers, etc.

  Permission · Carlow County Council, 2460319

• 13 Aug 2024Conditional

  the erection of a dwelling house, garage store, installation of a treatment system and percolation area and all associated site works

  Permission, 2 homes · Carlow County Council, 2460235

• 20 Nov 2020Conditional

  Erection of a single storey dwelling house, domestic garage, domestic well, onsite waste water treatment system, percolation area and all associate site and landscaping works

  Permission, 2 homes · Carlow County Council, 20414

• 13 Feb 2017Conditional

  Permission for the erection of a dwelling house and domestic garage/store with treatment system and soil polishing filter and all associated site works

  Permission, 1 home · Carlow County Council, 1737

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

• CW024-046001 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  The following description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Carlow' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1993). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload/revision: 17 July 2007 Approximately circular area (diam. c. 34.5m) enclosed by inner bank lined with badly preserved stone facing (max. H 1.1m; Wth c. 2m), and outer bank, also stone-faced, c. 2-3m distant from inner bank (max. ext. H 1.3m at SE; Wth 1.6-2.1m). Gaps in inner bank at NW and SSE. No identifiable gap in outer bank. Two areas/sub-divisions (c. 15m x c. 7m) defined by low, curving collapsed banks adjoin inner bank at E and W, may represent remains of hut sites.

• CW024-046002 Hut site
  Description

  In ringfort (CW024-046001-). Two areas/sub-divisions (c. 15m x c. 7m) defined by low, curving collapsed banks adjoin inner bank at E and W, may represent remains of hut sites (see also CW024-046003-). Compiled by: Claire Breen Date of upload: 19 August 2011

• CW024-046003 Hut site
  Description

  In ringfort (CW024-046001-). Two areas/sub-divisions (c. 15m x c. 7m) defined by low, curving collapsed banks adjoin inner bank at E and W, may represent remains of hut sites (see also CW024-046002-). Compiled by: Claire Breen Date of upload: 19 August 2011

• CW024-047 Moated site
  Description

  Described by Barry (1977, 183) as a moated site. A roughly square area (int. dims. c. 23m NNE-SSW; c. 26m WNW-ESE) enclosed by a stone faced bank (H c. 1.4m) and surrounded by a fosse (Wth c. 4-5m). Outer stone faced bank which has been incorporated into a modern wall system. Stone faced entrance (Wth 2.8m) on the ESE side of inner bank. Reference: Barry, T.B. 1977 Medieval moated sites of SE Ireland. British Archaeological Reports, British Series 35. Oxford. Compiled by: Claire Breen Date of upload: 19 August 2011

Architectural heritage

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

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 high, moderately low, low, low (inferred), on the 1:50,000 map.

Terrain model

No LiDAR survey of the Office of Public Works covers the centre of the townland of Ballyling.

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 Ballyling with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Carlow.

Name

Ballyling · Baile Ling

Area

1,841,240 m² (184.12 ha, 454.98 acres)

Civil parish

St. Mullins, and its townlands

Barony

St. Mullin's Lower

Electoral division

Tinnahinch, the unit of the census

Census 2022

Tinnahinch electoral division: 654 people in 252 households; 87% of households own their home; 23% of homes were built since 2001; 11% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 9% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Bahana, Ballycrinnigan, Carriglead, Coolyhune, Marley or Knockduff, Turra

Placenames

Ballyling 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.