Ballina Lower
Ballina Lower is a townland in the civil parish of Kilmallock, barony of Ballaghkeen South, Co. Wexford. Its name in Irish is Béal an Átha Íochtarach.
Parcel 5507490
- Area
- 3,678 m² (0.37 ha, 0.91 acres)
- Buildings
- 2 buildings touch it. Their footprint covers 204 m².
- 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
- Ballina Lower
Planning applications on this parcel
9 Aug 2026Refused
Permission for retention for the following, revisions to Section 47 to
Retention · Wexford County Council, 20261052
24 Feb 2026N/a
Permission for retention of existing storage shed/garage used for the incidental
Retention · Wexford County Council, 20260224
22 Dec 2025N/a
Permission for retention of existing storage shed/garage used for
Retention · Wexford County Council, 20251720
2 Jul 2024N/a
Permission for retention of an existing agricultural storage shed and
Retention · Wexford County Council, 20240766
26 Apr 2021Granted (conditional)
Permission for the retention of alterations to the site boundaries of an existin
Retention · Wexford County Council, 20210624
7 Sept 2020Granted (conditional)
Permission for the erection of a fully serviced new Dwelling house
Permission, 1 home · Wexford County Council, 20201029
31 Jul 2020N/a
Permission for the erection of a fully serviced new dwelling house
Permission, 1 home · Wexford County Council, 20200870
30 Jan 2017Granted (conditional)
PERMISSION TO ERECT A DWELLING WITH SERVICES AND DOMESTIC GARAGE
Permission, 1 home · Wexford County Council, 20170080
28 Oct 2016Refused
RETENTION OF AN EXISTING MOBILE HOME
Retention · Wexford County Council, 20161201
28 Oct 2016Refused
PERMISSION TO ERECT A DWELLING WITH SERVICES AND DOMESTIC GARAGE
Permission, 1 home · Wexford County Council, 20161200
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 this parcel.
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 10 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.
Download this parcel as DXF, in Irish Transverse Mercator metres, with its neighbours and buildings, for a drawing program. GeoJSON, in WGS 84, suits a map, and KML opens in Google Earth.
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
- 139.1 ha
- 344 acres
- Land parcels
- 65
- registered freehold, median 2,089 m² (0.21 ha, 0.52 acres)
- Zoning
- —
- not in a zoned settlement
- Planning
- 19
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
65 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Ballina Lower, from 22 m² to 286,473 m² (28.65 ha, 70.79 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 12 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.
Zoning
Development plans, national zoning
No zone of a development plan covers Ballina 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.
Planning applications
Sites that touch the townland, newest first
9 Aug 2026Refused
Permission for retention for the following, revisions to Section 47 to
Retention · Wexford County Council, 20261052
17 Jul 2026Refused
Permission for the proposed renovation to an existing single storey accessory
Permission, 1 home · Wexford County Council, 20260960
24 Feb 2026N/a
Permission for retention of existing storage shed/garage used for the incidental
Retention · Wexford County Council, 20260224
22 Dec 2025N/a
Permission for retention of existing storage shed/garage used for
Retention · Wexford County Council, 20251720
2 Jul 2024N/a
Permission for retention of an existing agricultural storage shed and
Retention · Wexford County Council, 20240766
26 Sept 2023Refused
Permission for retention of an existing domestic garage/storage shed.
Retention · Wexford County Council, 20231150
6 Jun 2023Granted (conditional)
Permission for the erection of a fully serviced new dwelling house
Permission, 1 home · Wexford County Council, 20230637
19 Jan 2022Granted (conditional)
Permission for installation of an underground slatted effluent storage tank (659
Permission · Wexford County Council, 20220044
22 Dec 2021N/a
Permission for installation of an underground slatted effluent storage tank (659
Permission · Wexford County Council, 20212042
26 Apr 2021Granted (conditional)
Permission for the retention of alterations to the site boundaries of an existin
Retention · Wexford County Council, 20210624
7 Sept 2020Granted (conditional)
Permission for the erection of a fully serviced new Dwelling house
Permission, 1 home · Wexford County Council, 20201029
26 Aug 2020Granted (conditional)
Permission for erection of a dwelling house, domestic garage/store and associate
Permission, 1 home · Wexford County Council, 20200988
31 Jul 2020N/a
Permission for the erection of a fully serviced new dwelling house
Permission, 1 home · Wexford County Council, 20200870
14 Jul 2020Granted (conditional)
Permission for Erection of a dwelling house, domestic garage/store and associate
Permission · Wexford County Council, 20200786
19 Jul 2017Granted (conditional)
PERMISSION FOR INSTALLATION OF AN UNDERGROUND SLATTED SLURRY STORAGE TANK (C.60
Permission · Wexford County Council, 20170937
30 Jan 2017Granted (conditional)
PERMISSION TO ERECT A DWELLING WITH SERVICES AND DOMESTIC GARAGE
Permission, 1 home · Wexford County Council, 20170080
28 Oct 2016Refused
RETENTION OF AN EXISTING MOBILE HOME
Retention · Wexford County Council, 20161201
28 Oct 2016Refused
PERMISSION TO ERECT A DWELLING WITH SERVICES AND DOMESTIC GARAGE
Permission, 1 home · Wexford County Council, 20161200
28 Apr 2016Granted (conditional)
ALTERATIONS TO PLANS OF FARM BUILDINGS APPROVED UNDER PLANNING REG. NO. 20140350
Permission · Wexford County Council, 20160427
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 Ballina Lower.
Recorded monuments
- WX026-074 Enclosure
Description
Located on a slight rise at the S edge of the Rive Sow basin, with a S-N stream c. 500m to the E. The cropmark of a semi-circular feature (C c. 25m) N-S with a sub-rectangular area (dims. c. 80m N-S; c. 40m E-W) attached to the W is visible on aerial photographs (MM (57) 18, 19). Ring-ditch (WX026-075----) is c. 80m to the NE. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 11 July, 2012
- WX026-075 Ring-ditch
Description
Located on a slight rise at the S edge of the River Sow basin, with a S-N stream c. 580m to the E. The cropmark of a circular feature (diam. c. 15m) is visible on aerial photographs (MM (57) 18, 19). Enclosure (WX026-074----) is c. 80m to the SW. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 11 July, 2012
Architectural heritage
No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands in the townland of Ballina Lower.
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 Ballina Lower, about 1 in 10 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 Ballina 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.
Homes sold
Property Price Register
No address of the register names Ballina Lower with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Wexford.
The townland
- Name
- Ballina Lower · Béal an Átha Íochtarach
- Area
- 1,391,059 m² (139.11 ha, 343.74 acres)
- Civil parish
- Kilmallock, and its townlands
- Barony
- Ballaghkeen South
- Electoral division
- Kilmallock, the unit of the census
- Census 2022
- 1,550 people lived in 511 households in the Kilmallock electoral division. 83% of households owned their home. 55% of homes were built since 2001. 4% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 2% were holiday homes.
- Neighbouring townlands
- Ballina Upper, Ballynabrigadane, Clonmore Lower, Killisk, Oulartleigh
- Placenames
- Ballina 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.