Ballyclovan
Townland in the civil parish of Callan, barony of Callan, Co. Kilkenny; in Irish Baile Uí Chlúmháin
- Area
- 78.3 ha
- 194 acres
- Land parcels
- 55
- registered freehold, median 3,364 m² (0.34 ha, 0.83 acres)
- Zoning
- —
- not in a zoned settlement
- Planning
- 6
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
55 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Ballyclovan, from 40 m² to 91,929 m² (9.19 ha, 22.72 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 Ballyclovan 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
21 Jun 2024Conditional
for the proposed development to consist of temporary road widening works and construction of temporary sections of stoned roads and all ancillary works on the R691 and R695 at bends and junctions to enable the delivery of turbine components. These works consist of; • Temporary widening of section of the R691 in the townland of Booly comprising construction of a stoned area to accommodate abnormal load deliveries. • Construction of a temporary section of stoned road off the R691 and R695 in the townland of Ballyclovan to accommodate abnormal load deliveries. • Construction of a temporary section of stoned road off the R691 in the townland of Scotsborough to accommodate abnormal load deliveries. The works at this location will include construction of a temporary bridge crossing and all associated drainage and sediment protection, a temporary crane hardstand, temporary welfare facilities and carparking, temporary refuelling area, temporary bridge assembly area and temporary stockpiles. Advisory Note: There are also works required in County Tipperary, and a separate amendment planning application will be made for these to Tipperary County Council. The planning application will be accompanied by a Natura Impact Statement.
Permission · Kilkenny County Council, 2460291
4 Dec 2023N/a
for works relating to the Turbine Delivery Route for Farranrory Wind Farm. The proposed development will consist of: • Construction of a Blade transfer area, located off the N76, in the townlands of Browns Town, and Rathaleek includes hardstanding areas for cranes, welfare facilities and parking for staff, laydown area for turbine blades, temporary removable security barrier and all associated drainage and ancillary works. • Temporary widening of a section of the R691 in the townland of Ballyclovan at the junction of the R695 comprising construction of a stoned area to accommodate abnormal load deliveries. Advisory Note : There are also works required in County Tipperary, and a separate amendment planning application will be made for these to Tipperary County Council. The planning application will be accompanied by an Natura Impact Statement.
Permission · Kilkenny County Council, 2360553
21 Nov 2023N/a
for the construction of a Blade transfer area, located off the N76, in the townlands of Browns Town, and Rathaleek includes hardstanding areas for cranes, welfare facilities and parking for staff, laydown area for turbine blades, temporary removable security barrier and all associated drainage and ancillary works. •Temporary widening of a section of the R691 in the townland of Ballyclovan at the junction of the R695 comprising construction of a stoned area to accommodate abnormal load deliveries.
Permission · Kilkenny County Council, 2360527
23 Aug 2022Conditional
for 1) garage to rear of building, 2) boiler house to rear of the building and 3) revised boundaries to site and all associated site works
Retention · Kilkenny County Council, 22553
3 Jun 2022N/a
for garage and boiler house
Retention · Kilkenny County Council, 22362
2 Nov 2018Conditional
to construct a new forest access road entrance
Permission · Kilkenny County Council, 18730
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
- Special Area of Conservation: River Barrow and River Nore SAC 002162
Recorded monuments
No recorded monument lies in the townland of Ballyclovan.
Architectural heritage
No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands in the townland of Ballyclovan.
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 5 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_3422 (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 Ballyclovan with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Kilkenny.
The townland
- Name
- Ballyclovan · Baile Uí Chlúmháin
- Area
- 783,155 m² (78.32 ha, 193.52 acres)
- Civil parish
- Callan, and its townlands
- Barony
- Callan
- Electoral division
- Callan Rural, the unit of the census
- Census 2022
- Callan Rural electoral division: 1,932 people in 628 households; 82% of households own their home; 51% of homes were built since 2001; 6% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 1% were holiday homes.
- Neighbouring townlands
- Ballyclovan Meadows, Ballyline, Killaloe, Kylenaskeagh, Kylevehagh Commons, Westcourt Commons, Westcourt North
- Placenames
- Ballyclovan 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.