Ballywater Lower

8 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Ballywater Lower, from 3,670 m² (0.37 ha, 0.91 acres) to 234,122 m² (23.41 ha, 57.85 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 14 neighbouring parcels touch it.

Download the townland as DXF, in Irish Transverse Mercator metres, with its boundary, parcels and buildings, or as GeoJSON or KML.

No zone of a development plan covers Ballywater Lower 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.

• 25 Jul 2025Granted (conditional)

  Planning permission for the construction of a shed to house youngstock

  Permission · Wexford County Council, 20250923

• 10 Feb 2025Granted (conditional)

  Permission for the construction of a grain and straw storage shed

  Permission · Wexford County Council, 20250144

• 8 Nov 2024Granted (conditional)

  Permission for development at this site (The Ballywater Wind Farm)

  Permission · Wexford County Council, 20241390

• 29 Oct 2024N/a

  Permission for development at this site (The Ballywater Wind Farm)

  Permission · Wexford County Council, 20241343

• 24 May 2024Refused

  Permission for retention of existing mobile home and all associated

  Retention · Wexford County Council, 20240591

• 27 Nov 2023N/a

  Permission for the following: A) Construction of milking parlour B) Construction

  Permission · Wexford County Council, 20231408

• 27 Sept 2023Granted (conditional)

  Permission for the erection of a shed comprising garden maintenance

  Permission · Wexford County Council, 20231157

• 23 Sept 2022Granted (conditional)

  Permission to construct a roof over existing dungstead. The works are within the

  Permission · Wexford County Council, 20221267

• 15 Dec 2021Granted (conditional)

  Permission for the erection of a fully serviced dwelling house & domestic garage

  Permission, 1 home · Wexford County Council, 20211974

• 6 Dec 2021Granted (conditional)

  Permission for retention permission for 1. change of plans and elevations of she

  Permission · Wexford County Council, 20211890

• 9 Nov 2021N/a

  Retention Permission for 1. Change of plans and elevations of shed previously

  Retention · Wexford County Council, 20211732

• 18 Oct 2021N/a

  Retention permission for 1. change of plans and elevations of shed previously

  Retention · Wexford County Council, 20211604

• 9 May 2016Granted (conditional)

  ERECTION OF 3 NEW EASIFEED SLATTED LIVESTOCK SHEDS (DEMOLISH AND REPPLACE 7 NO E

  Permission · Wexford County Council, 20160470

• 28 Apr 2016N/a

  PERMISSION FOR THE ERECTION OF 3 NEW EASIFEED SLATTED LIVESTOCK SHEDS ( DEMOLISH

  Permission · Wexford County Council, 20160436

• 16 Mar 2016Granted (conditional)

  PERMISSION TO REPLACE THE EXISTING PERMITTED 40M WIND MEASURING POLE WITH A NEW

  Permission · Wexford County Council, 20160262

• 10 Mar 2016N/a

  PERMISSION TO REPLACE THE EXISTING PERMITTED 40M WIND MEASURING POLE WITH A NEW

  Permission · Wexford County Council, 20160239

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: Cahore Polders and Dunes SAC 000700
• Special Protection Area: Cahore Marshes SPA 004143
• Proposed Natural Heritage Area: Cahore Polders And Dunes 000700

Recorded monuments

• WX022-010 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  Located on a broad low hill. This is an oval grass and scrub-covered area with some trees surrounding a slight rise (dims. 59m E–W; 52m N–S). The perimeter is defined by interupted sections of an earthen bank (Wth c. 4m; int. H 0.5-0.8m; ext. H 1-1.5m) E-S and a scarp (H c. 0.3m) elsewhere. An entrance through the bank at E may be modern, and there is no visible fosse. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Wexford' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1996). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload/revision: 18 June, 2012

• WX022-031 Burnt mound
  Description

  Archaeological monitoring (04E0871) of works in preparation for a windfarm identified archaeological features, some of which were preserved in situ but others were excavated under the same licence. This is a spread of broken and burnt stone (dims 4.6m E-W; 3.5m N-S) overlying a pit or trough (1.4m E-W; 0.7m N-S) filled with a charcoal-rich black silty clay with heat-shattered sandstone. A spread of broken and burnt stone (dims 2.7m E-W; 1.4m N-S) is just E of the trough. The deposits were preserved under a layer of terram, sand and hardcore, during the laying of which further burnt mound material was identified. (McLoughlin 2007; 2008, 4) Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 18 June, 2012 Amended: 3 December 2020

Architectural heritage

• Ballywater House, farm house, 1842–1898 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached six-bay two-storey farmhouse, extant 1898, on a T-shaped plan with two-bay (two-bay deep) two-storey projecting end bay; eight-bay two-storey lower parallel range along rear (east) elevation. Occupied, 1911. Sold, 1930. Resold, 1961. Resold, 1973. Reroofed, ----. Now disused. Replacement hipped fibre-cement slate roof on a T-shaped plan overhanging replacement hipped fibre-cement slate roof (east), lichen-covered ridge tiles, cement rendered chimney stacks having concrete capping supporting yellow terracotta tapered pots, and uPVC rainwater goods on timber eaves boards on slightly overhanging box eaves retaining cast-iron downpipes. Tuck pointed coursed rubble limestone walls with red brick flush quoins to corners. Square-headed off-central door opening with red brick block-and-start surround framing glazed timber double doors having sidelights. Square-headed window opening in tripartite arrangement (first floor) with cut-granite sills, and red brick block-and-start surround framing timber casement window having fixed-pane sidelights. Square-headed window openings in bipartite arrangement with cut-granite sills, remains of engaged colonette-detailed timber mullions, and red brick block-and-start surrounds framing one-over-one (ground floor) or two-over-two (first floor) timber sash windows. Square-headed window openings to rear (east) elevation with cut-granite sills, and red brick block-and-start surrounds framing three-over-six timber sash windows without horns. Set in unkempt grounds.

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

At the centre of the townland of Ballywater Lower, about 1 in 20 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, partly inferred.

Terrain model

No LiDAR survey of the Office of Public Works covers the centre of the townland of Ballywater Lower.

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.

No address of the register names Ballywater Lower with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Wexford.

Name

Ballywater Lower · Baile Uaitéir Íochtarach

Area

1,794,555 m² (179.46 ha, 443.44 acres)

Civil parish

Donaghmore, and its townlands

Barony

Ballaghkeen North

Electoral division

Cahore, the unit of the census

Census 2022

509 people lived in 196 households in the Cahore electoral division. 85% of households owned their home. 44% of homes were built since 2001. 4% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 36% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Ballinoulart, Ballinvunnia, Ballywater Upper, Cullentra, Killannaduff, Peppardscastle, Templederry

Placenames

Ballywater Lower 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.