Ballyvergal

23 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Ballyvergal, from 781 m² to 172,234 m² (17.22 ha, 42.56 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 21 neighbouring parcels touch it.

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• C2.2Industry (General industry)
  Carlow - Graiguecullen Joint Urban Local Area Plan 2024 - 2030, Carlow · 4 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• S5Community / Education (Mixed/general community services/facilities uses)
  Carlow - Graiguecullen Joint Urban Local Area Plan 2024 - 2030, Carlow · 2 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• C2.1Enterprise and Employment (Industrial, enterprise, employment)
  Carlow - Graiguecullen Joint Urban Local Area Plan 2024 - 2030, Carlow · 2 parcels The zoning objective in the plan

Source: Tailte Éireann and the Department of Housing (MyPlan), national zoning, CC BY 4.0.

• 13 Nov 2025Conditional

  development will consist of a logistics facility comprising two units (Unit 1 comprises a warehouse measuring c. 9,596 sq m gross internal area (GIA) with a height of c. 17.0 m and an ancillary two-storey office measuring c. 867 sq m GIA. Unit 2 comprises a warehouse measuring c. 5,460 sq m GIA with a height of c. 17.0 m and an ancillary two-storey office measuring c. 867 sq m) within a business campus setting. The proposed development will also consist of: associated yard areas including 30 No. trailer and truck parking bays; level access and dock levellers; 142 No. car parking spaces (including 101 No. standard parking spaces, 32 No. electric vehicle (EV) spaces and 9 No. accessible car parking spaces); electric vehicle (EV) charging infrastructure; 54 No. bicycle parking spaces; vehicular, cyclist and pedestrian access / egress from Local Road L8184 internal pedestrian, bicycle and vehicular circulation; bin storage; signage; CCTV; ESB sub-station; boundary treatments [including gates, piers and fencing]; lighting; all hard and soft landscaping; provision of sustainable urban drainage systems (SUDS); and all other associated site excavation, infrastructural and site development works above and below ground, including changes in level and associated retaining features, and associated site servicing [water and electricity supply]

  Permission · Carlow County Council, 2560364

• 23 Oct 2025Conditional

  the renovation of an existing derelict dwelling and construction of an extension to the side and rear of the dwelling and all associated site works including upgrading waste-water treatment

  Permission, 1 home · Carlow County Council, 2560326

• 15 Oct 2025N/a

  the renovation of an existing derelict cottage and construction of an extension to the side and rear of the dwelling and all associated site works including upgrading waste-water treatment

  Permission · Carlow County Council, 2560313

• 25 Mar 2024Conditional

  development at a 1.54ha site consisting of a 38kV/MV electrical substation, underground cables (UGC) & assoc. works. Development will include: 1)Construction of a substation compound of approx. 2,850m2 gross area, with 2.6m high palisade fence around entire perimeter of substation, with the following electrical plant within the substation: 1No. prefabricated 38kV GIS module & foundation (c.31m2 & c.5.2m high); 1No. prefabricated MV GIS module & foundation (c.32m2 & c.4.7m high); 1No. prefabricated Control Room module & foundation (c.32m2 & c.4.7m high); 2No. 38/20kV 10 MVA transformers & assoc. bunds (c.15m2, c.4.5m high ea.); Telecommunication SCADA pole of c.10 metres in height; assoc. & ancillary outdoor electrical equipment & other apparatus, incl. installation of UGC; Internal access road of c.40m in length & c.5m wide within proposed substation; Compound lighting, boundary treatment, assoc. drainage, landscaping & all ancillary site development works; 2)Use of a portion of existing temporary road (c.200m in length) permitted as part of recent MSD Rathgall development (Planning Ref: 21/360 & 22/110) for permanent use to facilitate access to proposed substation; 3)Construction of new stone wall, fencing & gates at existing junction of temporary road with public road; 4)Construction of internal access road (c.140m in length) to proposed substation extending from existing temporary road on MSD lands to proposed substation; 5)Site clearance works related to proposed substation compound & access road incl. removal of existing shed, store building & flat at rear of former B&B (c.376m2 & c.7.3m high), asphalt concrete yard adjacent to shed, septic tank, associated manholes & pipework, trees & hedgerow over a distance of c.8m to facilitate construction of new internal access road, 6)Installation of c.1.3km of double-circuit 38kV UGC along R448 road between proposed substation & existing Carlow–Graigue 38kV OHL; 7)Installation of c.0.7km of single circuit 38kV UGC along R448 road between proposed substation & existing Carlow–Ballylinan 38kV OHL; 8)Installation of c.0.3km of 6 circuit MV UGC along R448 road between proposed substation & existing R448 roundabout; 9)Installation of new 12m high steel lattice mast on existing Carlow–Graigue 38kV OHL; 10)Replacement of existing timber poleset (IMP1395) with new 15m high steel lattice mast on existing Carlow–Ballylinan 38kV OHL - located in Co. Kildare. Application is accompanied by a Natura Impact Statement (NIS)

  Permission · Carlow County Council, 2460072

• 25 Mar 2024Conditional

  The development will consist of a 38 kV / MV electrical substation, underground cables and associated works. The development will include the following elements - see site notice for full description due to limited characters here. 1)Construction of a substation compound of approximately 2,850 m2 gross area, with 2.6 m high palisade fence around the entire perimeter of the substation, with the following electrical plant within the substation: 1 No. prefabricated 38 kV GIS module and foundation (c.31m2 and c.5.2 m high); 1 No. prefabricated MV GIS module and foundation (c.32m2 and c.4.7 m high); 1 No. prefabricated Control Room module and foundation (c.32m2 and c.4.7 m high); 2 No. 38/20 kV 10 MVA transformers and associated bunds (c.15m2, c.4.5 m high ea.); Telecommunication SCADA pole of c.10 metres in height; Associated and ancillary outdoor electrical equipment and other apparatus, including installation of underground cables; Internal access road of c.40 m in length and c.5m wide within the proposed substation; Compound lighting, boundary treatment, associated drainage, landscaping and all ancillary site development works; 2)Use of a portion of the existing temporary road (c.200 m in length) permitted as part of the recent MSD Rathgall development (Planning Ref: 21/360 & 22/110) for permanent use to facilitate access to the proposed substation; 3)Construction of new stone wall, fencing and gates at the existing junction of the temporary road with the public road; 4)Construction of an internal access road (c.140 m in length) to the proposed substation extending from the existing temporary road on the MSD lands to the proposed substation; 5)Site clearance works related to the proposed substation compound and access road; 6)Installation of c.1.3 kilometres of double-circuit 38 kV underground cables (UGC) along the R448 road between the proposed substation and the existing Carlow – Graigue 38 kV OHL; 7)Installation of c.0.7 kilometres of single circuit 38 kV UGC along the R448 road between the proposed substation and the existing Carlow – Ballylinan 38 kV OHL; 8)Installation of c.0.3 kilometres of six circuit MV UGC along the R448 road between the proposed substation and the existing R448 roundabout; 9)Installation of a new 12 m high steel lattice mast on the existing Carlow – Graigue 38 kV OHL; 10)Replacement of an existing timber poleset (IMP 1395) with a new 15 m high steel lattice mast on the existing Carlow – Ballylinan 38 kV OHL - this applicatio

  Permission · Kildare County Council, 2460253

• 8 Dec 2021Refused

  The development will consist of: (i) A proposed new double storey 140 bedroom nursing home and hospital; (ii) provision of bicycle parking facilities for 28 bicycles; (iii) completion of car parking, landscaping, internal services, yards, ESB transformer room and refuse area; (iv) all associated site development and ancillary works. The site was previously granted planning permission for a Health Park including a hospital and nursing home under planning permission 03/377 and 05/181

  Permission · Carlow County Council, 21487

• 11 Nov 2021N/a

  Permission for development consisting of Alterations to previously approved development for the construction of a health park reg. ref. 03/377, 05/181 & 05/692, including (i) redesign of proposed hospital and nursing home, to a proposed double storey 140 bedroom nursing home and hospital; (ii) provision of bicycle parking facilities for 28 bicycles; (iii) completion of car parking, landscaping, internal services, yards, ESB transformer room and refuse area; (iv) all associated site development and ancillary.

  Permission · Carlow County Council, 21431

• 24 Sept 2021Conditional

  Site development works comprising site excavations and regrading, including removal of excess material, all within a site area of 9.8Ha. In the east and north-east of the existing MSD facility at Dublin Road, Pollerton Little and Oakpark, Carlow. The works will include: (i) regrading of existing lamdscaped berms along the north eastern site boundary; (ii) creation of new landscaped berms on the eastern boundary of the site; (iii) installation of a temporary access road from existing roundabout on the R448 regional road to facilitate the site development works; (iv) all associated site development and landscaping works. A Natura Impact Statement (NIS) has been prepared and is submitted to the Planning Authority with the application.

  Permission · Carlow County Council, 21360

• 19 Feb 2020Conditional

  A new laboratory building and related extensions to the existing biologics formulation and filling facility. The development comprises a combined gross floor area of c.4,088sqm, including; (i) a new three-storey laboratory building (c.3,320sqm and maximum height 18.19m); (ii) a two-storey extension to the existing production building (c.448sqm and maximum height 9.20m); (iii) a single-storey extension to the existing energy centre (c.220sqm and maximum height 10.20m); (iv) a new single storey workshop building (c. 100sqm and maximum height 4.70m); (v) associated site development works

  Permission, 1 home · Carlow County Council, 2050

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 Ballyvergal.

Recorded monuments

No recorded monument lies in the townland of Ballyvergal.

Architectural heritage

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

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 10 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_2548 (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 Ballyvergal with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Carlow.

Name

Ballyvergal · Baile Uí Mhurghail

Area

445,375 m² (44.54 ha, 110.05 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

Ballylennon, Burtonhall Demesne, Knockarda, Knocknagee (Co. Kildare), Oakpark or Painestown, Pollerton Little, Urglin or Rutland

Placenames

Ballyvergal 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.