Ballinavary
Townland in the civil parish of Clonmore, barony of Bantry, Co. Wexford; in Irish Béal an Átha Bhearaigh
Parcel 412686
- Area
- 22,339 m² (2.23 ha, 5.52 acres)
- Buildings
- 4 buildings touch it, 709 m² on the ground
- 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
- Ballinavary
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
- House, 1842–1853 · Regional interest
Description
Detached three-bay single-storey house with dormer attic, extant 1853, on a rectangular plan with four-bay single-storey side elevations; three-bay single-storey rear (west) elevation. Vacated, 1998. Derelict, 2004. Undergoing "restoration", 2007. Hipped slate roof on an E-shaped plan with clay or terracotta ridge tiles, cement rendered chimney stacks on axis with ridge having moss-covered concrete capping supporting terracotta pots, rooflights to rear (west) pitch, and no rainwater goods surviving on rendered slate flagged eaves. Part creeper- or ivy-covered fine roughcast walls over coursed rubble stone construction with concealed red brick flush quoins to corners. Segmental-headed central door opening approached by flight of eight cut-granite steps with cut-granite step threshold, doorcase with three quarter-engaged columns on plinths supporting shallow cornice on flush beaded frieze, and moulded rendered surround framing timber panelled double doors having fanlight. Square-headed flanking window openings with cut-granite sills, and concealed red brick block-and-start surrounds framing timber casement windows. Square-headed window openings to side elevations with cut-granite sills, and concealed red brick block-and-start surrounds framing eight-over-eight (east) or six-over-six (remainder) timber sash windows. Round- or segmental-headed central door opening to rear (west) elevation with concealed red brick block-and-start surround framing glazed timber boarded door having fanlight. Interior including central entrance hall undergoing "restoration", 2007; carved timber surrounds to door openings to remainder framing timber panelled doors with timber panelled shutters to window openings. Set in shared 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).
Ground and risks
- Radon
- About 1 in 5 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels. Testing a home
- Landslides
- Susceptibility moderately low, low, low (inferred), on the 1:50,000 map.
- Terrain model
- No LiDAR survey of the Office of Public Works covers the centre of this parcel.
- 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.
Download this parcel: DXF, in Irish Transverse Mercator metres, with its neighbours and buildings, for a drawing program; GeoJSON, in WGS 84, for a map; KML, for 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
- 273.5 ha
- 676 acres
- Land parcels
- 62
- registered freehold, median 4,806 m² (0.48 ha, 1.19 acres)
- Zoning
- —
- not in a zoned settlement
- Planning
- 27
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
62 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Ballinavary, from 286 m² to 472,818 m² (47.28 ha, 116.84 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 27 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 Ballinavary 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
10 Mar 2026Granted (conditional)
Permission for provision of new sewerage system with associated works, provision
Permission · Wexford County Council, 20260302
3 Dec 2025Granted (conditional)
Permission for erection of extension to existing pack house with alterations to
Permission · Wexford County Council, 20251589
19 Nov 2025Granted (conditional)
Permission for retention of storage containers and permission for
Retention · Wexford County Council, 20251511
16 Oct 2025N/a
Permission for retention of storage containers and permission for repositioning
Retention · Wexford County Council, 20251317
24 Sept 2025N/a
Permission for retention of storage containers and repositioning
Retention · Wexford County Council, 20251206
20 Aug 2025N/a
Permission for; 1) the erection of extension to existing agricultural shed, 2)
Permission · Wexford County Council, 20251032
13 Oct 2023Granted (conditional)
Permission for the erection of chill room extension
Permission · Wexford County Council, 20231223
28 Nov 2022N/a
Permission for retention to existing packing area with associated works,
Retention · Wexford County Council, 20221576
18 Nov 2022N/a
Permission for retention of extended chill room and for permission for
Retention · Wexford County Council, 20221532
24 Feb 2022N/a
Permission for retention of extension to existing packing area for the purpose
Retention · Wexford County Council, 20220235
24 Feb 2022Granted (conditional)
Permission for retention of change of roof height from that previously granted u
Retention · Wexford County Council, 20220234
8 Feb 2022Granted (conditional)
Permission for alterations and extension to existing dwelling with garden shed,
Permission · Wexford County Council, 20220149
14 Dec 2021N/a
Permission for retention of change of roof height from that previously granted
Retention · Wexford County Council, 20211967
14 Dec 2021N/a
Permission for retention of extension to existing packing area for the purpose o
Retention · Wexford County Council, 20211966
27 Sept 2021Granted (conditional)
Permission for retention of extension to existing packing area for the
Retention · Wexford County Council, 20211513
24 May 2021Granted (conditional)
Permission for the following: A) Construction of a new farmyard entrance and acc
Permission · Wexford County Council, 20210788
16 Oct 2020Granted (conditional)
Permission for the retention of increased floor area and change of roof pitch
Retention · Wexford County Council, 20201202
19 Feb 2019Granted (conditional)
RETENTION OF AN EXTENSION CONSTRUCTED TO THE SIDE OF AN EXISTING DWELLING
Retention · Wexford County Council, 20190210
10 Dec 2018Granted (conditional)
PERMISSION FOR RETENTION FOR THE FOLLOWING UNAUTHORISED WORKS TO AN EXISTING AS
Retention · Wexford County Council, 20181698
30 Nov 2018Granted (conditional)
PERMISSION FOR RETENTION OF; 1) CHANGE OF DESIGN OF BUILDING OVER PACKING AREA P
Retention · Wexford County Council, 20181647
18 Oct 2018Refused
RETENTION OF A SELF CONTAINED EXTENSION CONSTRUCTED TO SIDE OF EXISTING
Retention, 1 home · Wexford County Council, 20181439
19 Feb 2018Granted (conditional)
PERMISSION FOR THE DEMOLITION OF THE EXISTING UNINHABITED SUB-STANDARD DWELLIN
Permission, 1 home · Wexford County Council, 20180194
5 Feb 2018N/a
PERMISSION FOR THE DEMOLITION OF THE EXISTING UNINHABITED SUB-STANDARD DWELLING
Permission, 1 home · Wexford County Council, 20180128
9 Oct 2017Refused
PERMISSION FOR THE DEMOLITION OF THE EXISTING UNINHABITED SUB-STANDARD DWELLIN
Permission · Wexford County Council, 20171320
30 Aug 2017Granted (conditional)
PERMISSION FOR ERECTION OF EXTENSION TO EXISTING AGRICULTURAL SHED FOR THE PURPO
Permission · Wexford County Council, 20171172
The 25 most recent of 27 applications.
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
- WX025-052 Mass-rock
Description
Situated at the bottom of a steep SE facing scarp down to the flood plain of the SW-NE Boro River, with the stream c. 40m to the SE. A rock (dims. c. 4m E-W; c. 2m N-S; H c. 4m at S) rises through the slope, but the up slope side of the rock (H c. 1m) is believed locally to have been used as a mass rock, where a commemorative Mass has been celebrated every September since 2002. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 2 July, 2012
Architectural heritage
- Post box, 1906–1910 · Regional interest
Description
Wall-mounted cast-iron "wall box" post box, extant 1921, with "ER [Edwardus Rex] VII" royal cipher. Set in rendered, ruled and lined wall.
- Ballinavary House, farm house, 1855–1865 · Regional interest
Description
Detached three-bay single-storey farmhouse with half-dormer attic, built 1860, on a T-shaped plan with single-bay full-height gabled projecting end bay; two-bay (south) or single-bay (north) full-height side elevations. Occupied, 1901; 1911. Pitched slate roof on a T-shaped plan with roll moulded clay ridge tiles, grouped red brick Running bond chimney stacks on corbelled stepped stringcourses on red brick Running bond bases having stepped capping supporting terracotta pots, decorative timber bargeboards to gables on timber purlins with abbreviated timber finials to apexes, and cast-iron rainwater goods on timber eaves boards on box eaves retaining cast-iron downpipes. Rendered walls on granite ashlar chamfered plinth. Square-headed central door opening approached by flight of six lichen-spotted cut-granite steps with cut-granite step threshold, and concealed dressings framing timber panelled door having overlight. Square-headed window openings with cut-granite sills, and concealed dressings framing two-over-two timber sash windows. Interior including (ground floor): central hall retaining carved timber surrounds to door openings framing timber panelled doors; and carved timber surrounds to door openings to remainder framing timber panelled doors with carved timber surrounds to window openings framing timber panelled shutters. Set in landscaped grounds on a slightly elevated site with cast-iron octagonal piers to perimeter having polygonal capping supporting wrought iron-detailed flat iron "farm gate".
- Mill (water), 1842–1853 · Regional interest
Description
Detached six-bay two-storey double-pile mill, extant 1853, on a square plan. In alternative use, 1868. Now in ruins. Pitched double-pile (M-profile) slate roof now missing, part creeper- or ivy-covered coping to gables, and no rainwater goods surviving on red brick header bond stepped eaves. Part creeper- or ivy-covered coursed rubble limestone wall to front (east) elevation with cut- or hammered granite flush quoins to corners; rendered surface finish (remainder). Pair of elliptical-headed carriageways with red brick block-and-start surrounds. Square-headed window openings with cut-granite sills, and red brick block-and-start surrounds with no fittings surviving. Interior in ruins. Set in shared grounds.
- House, 1842–1853 · Regional interest
Description
Detached three-bay single-storey house with dormer attic, extant 1853, on a rectangular plan with four-bay single-storey side elevations; three-bay single-storey rear (west) elevation. Vacated, 1998. Derelict, 2004. Undergoing "restoration", 2007. Hipped slate roof on an E-shaped plan with clay or terracotta ridge tiles, cement rendered chimney stacks on axis with ridge having moss-covered concrete capping supporting terracotta pots, rooflights to rear (west) pitch, and no rainwater goods surviving on rendered slate flagged eaves. Part creeper- or ivy-covered fine roughcast walls over coursed rubble stone construction with concealed red brick flush quoins to corners. Segmental-headed central door opening approached by flight of eight cut-granite steps with cut-granite step threshold, doorcase with three quarter-engaged columns on plinths supporting shallow cornice on flush beaded frieze, and moulded rendered surround framing timber panelled double doors having fanlight. Square-headed flanking window openings with cut-granite sills, and concealed red brick block-and-start surrounds framing timber casement windows. Square-headed window openings to side elevations with cut-granite sills, and concealed red brick block-and-start surrounds framing eight-over-eight (east) or six-over-six (remainder) timber sash windows. Round- or segmental-headed central door opening to rear (west) elevation with concealed red brick block-and-start surround framing glazed timber boarded door having fanlight. Interior including central entrance hall undergoing "restoration", 2007; carved timber surrounds to door openings to remainder framing timber panelled doors with timber panelled shutters to window openings. Set in shared grounds.
- Ballinavary Bridge, bridge, 1860–1870 · Regional interest
Description
Single-arch road bridge over river, dated 1865. Part creeper- or ivy-covered coursed or snecked limestone walls between lichen-covered coursed or snecked limestone battered piers with lichen-covered rough hewn limestone solider course coping to parapets centred on lichen-spotted cut-limestone date stone ("1865"). Single segmental arch with lichen-spotted margined rock faced limestone ashlar voussoirs centred on margined rock faced cut-limestone keystones. Sited spanning Boro River with unkempt banks to river.
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 moderately high, moderately low, low, low (inferred), on the 1:50,000 map.
- Terrain model
- No LiDAR survey of the Office of Public Works covers the centre of the townland of Ballinavary.
- 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
- Ballinavary, Davidstown5 sales
The townland
- Name
- Ballinavary · Béal an Átha Bhearaigh
- Area
- 2,735,465 m² (273.55 ha, 675.95 acres)
- Civil parish
- Clonmore, and its townlands
- Barony
- Bantry
- Electoral division
- Bree, the unit of the census
- Census 2022
- Bree electoral division: 1,509 people in 508 households; 89% of households own their home; 44% of homes were built since 2001; 8% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 1% were holiday homes.
- Neighbouring townlands
- Ballybrennan, Ballybrittas, Ballyeden, Ballyeland, Bridgetown, Craane, Stonepark
- Placenames
- Ballinavary 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.