Ballinclea
Ballinclea is a townland in the civil parish of Donaghmore, barony of Talbotstown Upper, Co. Wicklow. Its name in Irish is Baile an tSléibhe.
Parcel 3181769
- Area
- 126,803 m² (12.68 ha, 31.33 acres)
- Buildings
- No building touches it.
- Zoning
- No zone of a development plan covers it in the national zoning. Outside zoned towns and villages, the county development plan's rural policies apply.
- Townland
- Ballinclea
Planning applications on this parcel
No planning application touches this parcel in the national file, which goes back to 2010.
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: Slaney River Valley SAC 000781
Recorded monuments around it
No zone of notification of a recorded monument touches this parcel.
Architectural heritage
No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands on this parcel.
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
- At the centre of this parcel, about 1 in 5 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels. Testing a home
- Landslides
- The 1:50,000 map rates the landslide susceptibility here as low.
- Terrain model
- No LiDAR survey of the Office of Public Works covers the centre of this parcel.
- Flooding
- The Office of Public Works publishes its flood maps on floodinfo.ie.
Radon Risk Map of Ireland, Environmental Protection Agency, and Landslide Susceptibility Classification, Geological Survey Ireland, both under 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.
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Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann, CC BY 4.0. A parcel is the land of a title, not an address. The owner's name is in the Land Registry of Tailte Éireann: a copy of the folio can be ordered on landdirect.ie, for a fee.
- Area
- 125.7 ha
- 311 acres
- Land parcels
- 22
- registered freehold, median 2,270 m² (0.23 ha, 0.56 acres)
- Zoning
- —
- not in a zoned settlement
- Planning
- 6
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
22 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Ballinclea, from 50 m² to 994,394 m² (99.44 ha, 245.72 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 13 neighbouring parcels touch it.
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Zoning
Development plans, national zoning
No zone of a development plan covers Ballinclea 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
22 Jun 2026N/a
128.50sq.m. single storey extension to an existing 53.33sq.m. house, a wastewater treatment system and all ancillary works
Permission · Wicklow County Council, 26120
5 Mar 2026Conditional
change of use of a structure from agricultural related use to light industrial use
Permission · Wicklow County Council, 2660156
4 Mar 2026N/a
change of use of a structure from agricultural related use to light industrial use
Permission · Wicklow County Council, 2660151
2 Oct 2025Conditional
Upgrading of existing septic tank to a waste water treatment system with a sand polishing filter system and all associated site works
Permission · Wicklow County Council, 2560783
25 Jan 2019Conditional
existing single storey dwelling as constructed (Planning granted permission under File Ref 07/2516) domestic garage and treatment system, percolation area, private laneway and all ancillary site works. Full PLANNING PERMISSION for a new single storey extension to the side and rear of the existing dwelling and all associated site works
Retention, 1 home · Wicklow County Council, 1971
17 Jan 2019N/a
existing single storey dwelling as constructed (Planning granted permission under File Ref 07/2516) domestic garage and treatment system, percolation area, private laneway and all ancillary site works. Full PLANNING PERMISSION for a new single storey extension to the side and rear of the existing dwelling and all associated site works
Retention, 1 home · Wicklow County Council, 1939
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: Slaney River Valley SAC 000781
Recorded monuments
- WI022-004 Enclosure
Description
Situated on a gentle S-facing slope in improved pasture. Circular enclosure (diam. c. 35m) apparently defined by a bank, visible as a cropmark on aerial photographs (GSIAP, S 206-7). Not visible at ground level. There is no local knowledge of a site at this location. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Wicklow' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1997). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload/revision: 17 December 2008
- WI022-005 Ringfort - rath
Description
Situated on a gentle S-facing slope. Circular area (diam. c. 40m) defined at the E by an earth and stone bank (Wth c. 3m), preserved in the field boundary. The bank has drystone facing which does not appear to be original. The remainder of the perimeter is marked by a differential growth pattern but is clearly demarcated in aerial photographs (GSIAP, S 206-7). There is a steep scarp along the southern edge of the site. No indication of an entrance or external fosse. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Wicklow' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1997). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload/revision: 17 December 2008
Architectural heritage
No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands in the townland of Ballinclea.
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
- At the centre of the townland of Ballinclea, about 1 in 5 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels. Testing a home
- Landslides
- The 1:50,000 map rates the landslide susceptibility here as high, moderately high, moderately low, low, partly inferred.
- Terrain model
- No LiDAR survey of the Office of Public Works covers the centre of the townland of Ballinclea.
- Flooding
- The Office of Public Works publishes its flood maps on floodinfo.ie.
Radon Risk Map of Ireland, Environmental Protection Agency, and Landslide Susceptibility Classification, Geological Survey Ireland, both under 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 Ballinclea with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Wicklow.
The townland
- Name
- Ballinclea · Baile an tSléibhe
- Area
- 1,256,716 m² (125.67 ha, 310.54 acres)
- Civil parish
- Donaghmore, and its townlands
- Barony
- Talbotstown Upper
- Electoral division
- Imael North, the unit of the census
- Census 2022
- 257 people lived in 93 households in the Imael North electoral division. 79% of households owned their home. 32% of homes were built since 2001. 6% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 2% were holiday homes.
- Neighbouring townlands
- Ballinard, Ballyreask, Blane, Brittas, Moorspark, Seskin, Snugborough, Sugarloaf
- Placenames
- Ballinclea 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.