Ballycullane
Townland in the civil parish of Tankardstown, barony of Narragh and Reban East, Co. Kildare; in Irish Baile Uí Choileáin
- Area
- 194.3 ha
- 480 acres
- Land parcels
- 46
- registered freehold, median 3,342 m² (0.33 ha, 0.83 acres)
- Zoning
- —
- not in a zoned settlement
- Planning
- 6
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
46 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Ballycullane, from 18 m² to 414,186 m² (41.42 ha, 102.35 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 25 neighbouring parcels touch it.
Download the townland: DXF, in Irish Transverse Mercator metres, with its boundary, parcels and buildings; GeoJSON or KML.
Zoning
Development plans, national zoning
No zone of a development plan covers Ballycullane 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.
Planning applications
Sites that touch the townland, newest first
15 May 2025Conditional
for the demolition of 3 no. existing agricultural sheds and construction of 2 new agricultural storage sheds, 2 no. screening bins and associated dryers, hoppers and all ancillary site works
Permission · Kildare County Council, 2560500
24 Aug 2022Conditional
(a) Constructing a part single storey and part 2 storey dwelling; (b) Constructing a detached single storey garage and home office; (c) Installation of a new waste water treatment system; (d) Constructing a new vehicular access and all ancillary site works. Significant further information of A. a revised site layout plan which includes the re-location of the proposed dwelling, B. reduction in floor area and relocation of detached garage/home office and C. relocation of wastewater treatment system.
Permission, 1 home · Kildare County Council, 221038
20 May 2021Conditional
development will consist of: (a) The retention of the existing sheds and pump-house structures along the southern boundary. (b) The conversion of the existing shed structure. (c) The construction of a new single storey flat roof extension link to the side along the southern boundary to link the existing house to the proposed converted shed structure. (d) The alteration of the existing porch structure to the front. (e) The construction of a two-storey high glazed unit to the rear elevation with a roof return. (f) The removal of the existing dormer structure and roolight to the rear return and construction of a new ridgeline rooflight. (g) The construction of a new zinc box dormer at first floor level to the rear. (h) The alteration of the existing dormer structure to the front. (i) The construction of a new first floor extension to the side along the northern boundary. (j) The alteration/s of the existing turret roof and supporting walls including increase of height. (k) Elevational alterations to the dwelling. (l) New wastewater treatment plant and associated works
Retention · Kildare County Council, 21698
13 May 2021N/a
development will consist of: (a) The retention of the existing sheds and pump- house structures along the southern boundary. (b) The conversion of the existing shed structure. (c) The construction of a new single storey flat roof extension link to the side along the southern boundary to link the existing house to the proposed converted shed structure. (d) The alteration of the existing porch structure to the front. (e) The construction of a two-storey high glazed unit to the rear elevation with a roof return. (f) The removal of the existing dormer structure and roolight to the rear return and construction of a new ridgeline rooflight. (g) The construction of a new zinc box dormer at first floor level to the rear. (h) The alteration of the existing dormer structure to the front. (i) The construction of a new first floor extension to the side along the northern boundary. (j) The alteration/s of the existing turret roof and support walls including increase of height. (k) Elevational alterations to the dwelling. (l) New wastewater treatment plant and associated works
Retention · Kildare County Council, 21650
23 Dec 2020N/a
(A) The demolition of the existing single-storey extension to the rear; (B) The conversion of the existing shed structure with the installation of solar panels to the roof structure; (C) The construction of a new single storey flat roof extension link to the side along the southern boundary to link the existing house to the proposed converted shed structure; (D) The alteration of the existing porch structure to the front; (E) The construction of a two-storey high glazed unit to the rear elevation with a roof return; (F) The removal of the existing dormer structure and rooflight to the rear return and construction of a new ridgeline rooflight; (G) The construction of a new zinc box dormer at first-floor level to the rear; (H) The alteration of the existing dormer structure to the front; (I) The construction of a new first floor extension to the side along the northern boundary; (J) The alteration/s of the existing turret roof and supporting walls including increase of height; (K) Elevational alterations to the dwelling
Permission · Kildare County Council, 201613
16 Dec 2020N/a
A: The demolition of the existing single-storey extension to the rear, B: The conversion of the existing shed structure with the installation of solar panels to the roof structure, C: The construction of a new single storey flat roof extension link to the side along the southern boundary to link the existing house to the proposed converted shed structure, D: The alteration of the existing porch structure to the front, E: The construction of a two-storey high glazed unit to the rear elevation with a roof return, F: The removal of the existing dormer structure & rooflight to the rear return and construction of a new ridgeline rooflight, G: The construction of a new zinc box dormer at first-floor level to the rear, H: The alteration of the existing dormer structure to the front, I: The construction of a new first floor extension to the side along the northern boundary, J: The alteration/s of the existing turret roof & supporting walls including increase of height, K: Elevational alterations to the dwelling,
Permission · Kildare County Council, 201545
Source: National Planning Applications, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, CC BY 4.0. Applicants are not shown.
Nature and heritage
Designated sites and recorded monuments
Designated sites
No designated site (Special Area of Conservation, Special Protection Area, Natural Heritage Area or proposed one) touches the townland of Ballycullane.
Recorded monuments
- KD035-028 Ringfort - rath
Description
On a very gentle SW-facing slope in tillage. Visible on a 1968 aerial photograph (CUCAP AVM 17) as the cropmark of narrow fosse enclosing a circular area (est. max. diam. c. 45m). No visible surface trace survives. Possibly a ringfort site. Compiled by: Gearóid Conroy Date of upload: 16 December 2013
- KD035-050 Enclosure
Description
Aerial photograph (GB89.AI.11) shows cropmark of a circular enclosure defined by two very narrow, closely spaced fosses, with a rectangular annexeat N, and surrounded by linear fosses forming a rectilinear field system (KD035-050001-). Compiled by: Gillian Barrett Date of upload: 12 December 2011
- KD035-050001 Field system
Description
Aerial photograph (GB89.AI.11) shows the cropmark of four linear fosses defining a co-axial field system (incorporating a possible trackway(KD035-050002-)) surrounding an enclosure (KD035-050----). Compiled by: Gillian Barrett Date of upload: 12 December 2011
- KD035-050002 Road - road/trackway
Description
Aerial photograph (GB89.AI.11) shows the cropmark of four linear fosses defining a co-axial field system (KD035-050001-), incorporating a possible trackway(KD035-050002-) associated with an enclosure (KD035-050----). Compiled by: Gillian Barrett Date of upload: 12 December 2011
- KD035-051 Field system
Description
Aerial photograph (GB89.AI.12) shows cropmarks of an extensive sequence of fosses defining a large, rectilinear field system (partly co-axial) incorporating two enclosures (KD035-051001- and KD035-0510002-). Compiled by: Gillian Barrett Date of upload: 12 December 2011
- KD035-051001 Enclosure
Description
Aerial photograph (GB89.AI.12) shows the cropmark of a sub-circular enclosure with an entrance facing SE. A large pit is located within the enclosure near the entrance. The enclosure is set within a plough-levelled field system (KD035-051----) which also contains a second enclosure (KD035-051002-). Compiled by: Gillian Barrett Date of upload: 12 December 2011
- KD035-051002 Enclosure
Description
Aerial photograph (GB89.AI.12) shows the cropmark of a curvilinear fosse defining an enclosure set within a right-angled corner of a plough-levelled field system (KD035-051----) which also contains a second enclosure (KD035-051001-). Compiled by: Gillian Barrett Date of upload: 12 December 2011
- KD035-065 Ecclesiastical enclosure
Description
Aerial photograph (GB89.AI.12) shows the cropmark of a circular enclosure defined by a fosse, immediately west of Whitechurch church (KD035-029----). Compiled by: Gillian Barrett Date of upload: 12 December 2011
Architectural heritage
No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands in the townland of Ballycullane.
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).
Ground and risks
Radon, landslides, flooding
- Radon
- About 1 in 10 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels. Testing a home
- Landslides
- Susceptibility 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_2506 (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.
Homes sold
Property Price Register
No address of the register names Ballycullane with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Kildare.
The townland
- Name
- Ballycullane · Baile Uí Choileáin
- Area
- 1,943,449 m² (194.34 ha, 480.24 acres)
- Civil parish
- Tankardstown, and its townlands
- Barony
- Narragh and Reban East
- Electoral division
- Grangemellon, the unit of the census
- Census 2022
- Grangemellon electoral division: 647 people in 227 households; 77% of households own their home; 22% of homes were built since 2001; 9% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 0% were holiday homes.
- Neighbouring townlands
- Bray Lower, Burtown Big, Foxhill, Inch, Nicholastown, Turnerstown
- Placenames
- Ballycullane 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.