Ballytarsna

87 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Ballytarsna, from 6 m² to 276,480 m² (27.65 ha, 68.32 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 Ballytarsna 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.

• 4 Sept 2026N/a

  a single storey dwelling, septic tank, and percolation area, bored well, vehicular entrance and all associated site works

  Permission · Carlow County Council, 2660270

• 17 Jun 2025Conditional

  the construction of a Single Storey Dwelling, wastewater treatment system, a bored well, splayed entrance and all associated site development works

  Permission, 1 home · Carlow County Council, 2560174

• 4 Jul 2022Conditional

  (a) Retention Planning Permission to retain adjoining warehousing units 01 and 02 with combined floor area of 780m ² (presently used for storage of potatoes) and, (b) Planning permission for a change of use from existing warehousing use of storing potatoes to a maturation warehouse to store whiskey casks. (c) Proposed raising of roof profile height to warehousing unit 01 and minor alteration to both units, (d) Proposed 2 no. water storage tanks, (e) Proposed lagoon with associated perimeter fencing and landscaping, and all ancillary site works.

  Retention, 1 home · Carlow County Council, 22226

• 20 May 2022Conditional

  for a 10 year planning permission for a solar farm and associated works, comprising (1) A solar farm which will connect to the national electricity grid on lands with a total area of circa 128 hectares, consisting of solar panels on ground mounted frames, 18 no. single storey electrical inverter/transformer stations, equipment container, underground cabling within the solar farm site and within the N80 and L-3046 public roads to connect solar farm field parcels, security fencing, satellite communications pole, CCTV, access tracks inclusive of 9 no. agricultural bridges (including 1 no. bridge over the river Burrin), temporary construction compounds, landscaping and all associated ancillary development works. (2) minor amendments to a neighbouring solar farm planning permission (Carlow County Council planning reference 20143 & An Bord Pleanala reference: 307891-20) to facilitate future grid connection and additional access tracks for the proposed development. These amendments will comprise of the removal of 1,837 sqm of solar panels, provision of additional access tracks and focused removal of hedgerows to accommodate same, and the laying of 1,788 metres of 33kV underground cabling for the purposes of the future grid connection. (3) Construction and operational access for the solar farm will be via entrances from the L-7111, L-3046 and L-3049. The operational lifespan of the solar farm will be 35 years. A Natura Impact Statement (NIS) has been prepared and will be submitted to the planning authority with the application.

  Permission · Carlow County Council, 22163

• 28 Apr 2022N/a

  for a solar farm which will connect to the national grid on lands with a total area of circa 128 hectares, consisting of solar panels on ground mounted frames, 18 no. single storey electrical inverter/transformer stations, equipment container, underground cabling within the solar farm site and within the N80 and L-3046 public roads to connect solar farm field parcels, security fencing, satellite communications pole. CCTV, access tracks inclusive of 9 no. agricultural bridges (including 1 no. bridge over the rive Buren), temporary construction compounds, landscaping and all associated ancillary development works at Ballintrane, Ballbrommell, Bensinstown, Clonmacshane, Garreenleen, Graiguealug, Tinnaclash and Templpeter, Co. Carlow. As part of the proposal, permission is also sought for minor amendments to Carlow County Council planning reference 20143 (An Bord Pleanala reference: 307891-20) comprising removal of 1837sqm of solar panels, provision of additional access tracks and focused removal of hedgerows to accommodate same, and the laying of 1,788metres of 33kV underground cabling for the purposes of future grid connection. Construction and operational access will be via entrances from the L-7111, L-3046 and L-3049. The operational lifespan of the solar farm will be 35 years. A Natura Impact Statement (NIS) has been prepared and will be submitted to the planning authority with the application.

  Permission · Carlow County Council, 22142

• 21 Mar 2022Conditional

  is sought for (a) as-built modifications to front elevation and extended kitchen area to dwelling (b) as-built modifications to domestic garage which includes 1st floor storage area and all associated ancillary works (previously granted permission PL07/400)

  Retention, 2 homes · Carlow County Council, 22104

• 7 Mar 2022N/a

  Retention permission is sought for (a) as-built modifications to front elevation and extended kitchen area to dwelling (b) as-built modifications to domestic garage which includes 1st floor storage area and all associated ancillary works (previously granted permission PL07/400)

  Retention · Carlow County Council, 2286

• 22 Sept 2021Conditional

  construction of one single storey extension to the east side elevation and one two storey extension to the west side elevation of an existing single storey dwelling including removal of existing chimney and installation of 3 velux windows to the front and rear of existing loft space and all associated site works

  Permission, 1 home · Carlow County Council, 21356

• 11 Oct 2017Conditional

  Planning permission for the construction of a single storey extension to the side of an existing two storey dwelling, minor alterations and all ancillary site works

  Permission, 1 home · Carlow County Council, 17293

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 Ballytarsna.

Recorded monuments

• CW012-058 Burial ground
  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 Circular shape, name and hilltop location suggest possible ringfort adapted for religious purposes. No visible trace of grave markers. Stone wall surrounds site.

• CW012-059 Castle - tower house
  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 Rectangular structure (7.4m N-S; 10.7m E-W; wall T 1.1m) of roughly coursed granite boulders. Wall at N stands to c. 3m high. Other walls represented by lowest courses only. No evidence for entrance, loops or vault.

• CW012-060 Ring-ditch
  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 Visible on aerial photograph (GSI S 437) as small circular area enclosed by cropmark of fosse (max. diam.. c. 15m), latter visible as depressed area until recent land reclamation.

Architectural heritage

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

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 Ballytarsna.

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

Name

Ballytarsna · An Baile Tarsna

Area

3,184,565 m² (318.46 ha, 786.92 acres)

Civil parish

Nurney, and its townlands

Barony

Carlow

Electoral division

Templepeter, the unit of the census

Census 2022

Templepeter electoral division: 470 people in 160 households; 93% of households own their home; 37% of homes were built since 2001; 8% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 1% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Ballybrommell, Ballyloo, Ballyryan, Cloneen, Clonmacshane, Graiguealug, Janeville or Kilgarron, Knockbower

Placenames

Ballytarsna 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.