# Balisland, Co. Wicklow: townland, land parcels and planning

Townland in the civil parish of Moyacomb, barony of Shillelagh, Co. Wicklow; in Irish Baile Uí Aoláin.

- Area (Tailte Éireann): 3,768,262 m² (376.83 ha, 931.16 acres)
- Land parcels (Tailte Éireann): 46 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in it, median 4,773 m² (0.48 ha, 1.18 acres)
- Zoning (national zoning, MyPlan): not in a zoned settlement
- Planning (National Planning Applications): 6 applications since 2010
- Civil parish: Moyacomb, https://everytownland.com/wicklow/parish/moyacomb.md
- Barony: Shillelagh
- Electoral division: Ballingate, the unit of the census
- Census 2022 (Central Statistics Office): 415 people lived in 152 households in the Ballingate electoral division. 93% of households owned their home. 33% of homes were built since 2001. 6% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 4% were holiday homes.
- County: Co. Wicklow, https://everytownland.com/wicklow.md
- Placenames Database of Ireland: https://www.logainm.ie/en/55798
- Townland number at Tailte Éireann: 250037
- Centre: latitude 52.729255, longitude -6.560763 (WGS 84)

## Land parcels (registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann)

46 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Balisland, from 67 m² to 1,227,023 m² (122.7 ha, 303.2 acres); 21 neighbouring parcels touch its boundary. Largest first:

- Parcel 1285579: 1,227,023 m² (122.7 ha, 303.2 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1285579.md
- Parcel 1298609: 468,301 m² (46.83 ha, 115.72 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1298609.md
- Parcel 1287984: 307,913 m² (30.79 ha, 76.09 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1287984.md
- Parcel 1287985: 222,370 m² (22.24 ha, 54.95 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1287985.md
- Parcel 1262068: 166,941 m² (16.69 ha, 41.25 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1262068.md
- Parcel 1282015: 136,142 m² (13.61 ha, 33.64 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1282015.md
- Parcel 3963385: 125,362 m² (12.54 ha, 30.98 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/3963385.md
- Parcel 1297891: 113,734 m² (11.37 ha, 28.1 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1297891.md
- Parcel 1258907: 105,532 m² (10.55 ha, 26.08 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1258907.md
- Parcel 1267456: 103,850 m² (10.38 ha, 25.66 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1267456.md
- Parcel 5167809: 99,055 m² (9.91 ha, 24.48 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5167809.md
- Parcel 2657641: 92,584 m² (9.26 ha, 22.88 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2657641.md
- Parcel 1267886: 81,316 m² (8.13 ha, 20.09 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1267886.md
- Parcel 1249988: 71,918 m² (7.19 ha, 17.77 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1249988.md
- Parcel 1269308: 68,129 m² (6.81 ha, 16.84 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1269308.md
- Parcel 5634062: 54,867 m² (5.49 ha, 13.56 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5634062.md
- Parcel 4641639: 39,428 m² (3.94 ha, 9.74 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/4641639.md
- Parcel 1291154: 30,727 m² (3.07 ha, 7.59 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1291154.md
- Parcel 1294821: 23,251 m² (2.33 ha, 5.75 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1294821.md
- Parcel 1292553: 21,602 m² (2.16 ha, 5.34 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1292553.md
- Parcel 1273930: 8,552 m² (0.86 ha, 2.11 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1273930.md
- Parcel 2518553: 8,450 m² (0.84 ha, 2.09 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2518553.md
- Parcel 5661526: 4,912 m² (0.49 ha, 1.21 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5661526.md
- Parcel 5136100: 4,634 m² (0.46 ha, 1.14 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5136100.md
- Parcel 1287310: 4,139 m² (0.41 ha, 1.02 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1287310.md
- Parcel 4095013: 4,116 m² (0.41 ha, 1.02 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/4095013.md
- Parcel 1288548: 4,100 m² (0.41 ha, 1.01 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1288548.md
- Parcel 1251517: 3,850 m² (0.39 ha, 0.95 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1251517.md
- Parcel 1256841: 3,386 m² (0.34 ha, 0.84 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1256841.md
- Parcel 1273317: 2,518 m² (0.25 ha, 0.62 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1273317.md
- Parcel 1267240: 2,464 m² (0.25 ha, 0.61 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1267240.md
- Parcel 3255973: 2,299 m² (0.23 ha, 0.57 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/3255973.md
- Parcel 1258282: 2,007 m² (0.2 ha, 0.5 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1258282.md
- Parcel 5589289: 1,897 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/5589289.md
- Parcel 3254573: 1,885 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/3254573.md
- Parcel 4791614: 1,840 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/4791614.md
- Parcel 2753846: 1,824 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/2753846.md
- Parcel 5039579: 1,694 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/5039579.md
- Parcel 5039578: 1,190 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/5039578.md
- Parcel 5730008: 964 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/5730008.md
- Parcel 1298563: 914 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1298563.md
- Parcel 1277062: 621 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1277062.md
- Parcel 1256713: 566 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1256713.md
- Parcel 1256630: 408 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1256630.md
- Parcel 1287312: 382 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1287312.md
- Parcel 4684142: 67 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/4684142.md

## Zoning (national zoning of development plans, MyPlan)

No zone of a development plan covers Balisland in the national zoning. Outside zoned towns and villages, the county development plan's rural policies apply to each application.

## Planning applications whose site touches the townland (National Planning Applications, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage)

6 applications, newest first.

- 25 Jan 2024, Wicklow County Council 2430: Conditional. Retention. 1) retention of 2no cattle sheds and associated works and 2) permission to construct a slatted cattle shed, concrete aprons and all associated site works in our existing farmyard. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/WicklowCC/AppFileRefDetails/2430/0
- 11 Dec 2019, Wicklow County Council 191327: Conditional. Permission, 1 home. two storey dwelling house with a new road entrance, a percolation area and a new effluent treatment system to comply with current EPA requirements and all ancillary site works. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/WicklowCC/AppFileRefDetails/191327/0
- 1 Mar 2019, Wicklow County Council 19222: N/a. Permission, 1 home. two storey dwelling house over basement with a new road entrance, a percolation area and a new effluent treatment system to comply with current EPA requirements and all ancillary site works. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/WicklowCC/AppFileRefDetails/19222/0
- 12 Feb 2019, Wicklow County Council 19134: N/a. Permission, 1 home. two storey dwelling house over basement with a new road entrance, percolation area and a new effluent treatment system to comply with current EPA requirements and all ancillary site works. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/WicklowCC/AppFileRefDetails/19134/0
- 20 Feb 2018, Wicklow County Council 18169: Conditional. Permission. external slatted tank, concrete aprons and all associated works and retention of existing cattle shed. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/WicklowCC/AppFileRefDetails/18169/0
- 9 Feb 2018, Wicklow County Council 18132: N/a. Permission. external slatted tank, concrete aprons and all associated works and retention of existing cattle shed. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/WicklowCC/AppFileRefDetails/18132/0

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## Designated sites (National Parks and Wildlife Service)

- Special Area of Conservation: Slaney River Valley SAC, site code 000781, https://www.npws.ie/protected-sites/sac/000781

## Recorded monuments (Sites and Monuments Record, National Monuments Service)

- WI046-001: Font, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CWI046-001----. This font came to the attention of the National Museum of Ireland in 1964. It was described as ‘an old stone font which was found near an old religeen in the townland of Balisland, near Shillelagh, Co. Wicklow’ which is ’14 ins. in width, 20 ins. in length and 7½ ins. in height, externally, and 11 ins. in width, 16 ins. in length and 5 ins. in depth, internally … rather round-shaped in the front on the outside and straight on each side, and the back seems to have been pulled away from a wall, …wide at top and rather round in bottom, with a hole at one side of bottom. It has no inscription or decoration on it, just plain stone’ (OPW file 1964). This record records the original location of the font at a burial ground (WI046-003----). The font has since been moved and its present location is unknown. Compiled by: Jean Farrelly Date of upload: 17 October 2012
- WI046-003: Burial ground, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CWI046-003----. On a gentle SE-facing slope in improved pasture. The junction of the field and lane is very overgrown. This triangular-shaped area (dims. c. 25m NE-SW along roadside; c. 18m WNW-ESE along SW boundary; c. 20m NNW-SSE) is delineated by a road running NE-SW along the E side, a stream running NW-SE along the SW side and a curving boundary connecting the two, as depicted on the 2nd (1909) ed. 6-inch OS map and on the current OSI base map. A font (WI046-001----/WI046-001001-) came to the attention of the National Museum of Ireland in 1964. It was described as ‘an old stone font which was found near an old religeen in the townland of Balisland, near Shillelagh, Co. Wicklow’ (OPW file 1964). Compiled by: Jean Farrelly Date of upload: 18 October 2012
- WI047-001: Ringfort - rath, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CWI047-001----. Situated on a gentle SW-facing slope. Circular area (diam. 34m) defined by an earthen bank (Wth 2.3m; H 0.2-0.5m) and an external fosse (Wth 2.5m; D 0.3-0.6m). The entrance (Wth 3m) is at the NE. No indication of internal features. 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
- WI047-002: Graveyard, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CWI047-002----. Situated on a gentle S-facing slope. Rectangular enclosure (dims. 70m NW-SE; 45m NE-SW) defined by an earth and stone bank (Wth 3m; int. H lm; ext. H 1.3m) with external drystone facing. The entrance (Wth 2.4m) is towards the NE corner, between dressed granite pillars. The S end of the site is marked as a graveyard (dims. c. 35m NW-SE) on the 1838 OS 6-inch map, and contains small number of headstones dating from the mid-18th century onwards. Known locally as the 'Yew Tree Graveyard'. A broken granite font with a subrectangular basin, V-shaped in section and a drain-hole, lies within the graveyard. A bullaun stone (WI047-002002-) was discovered in 2012 by the Yewtree graveyard Restoration Committee. 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: 22 August 2013
- WI047-002001: Font, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CWI047-002001-. On a gentle S-facing slope, within a rectangular graveyard (WI047-002----). A broken granite font with a subrectangular basin, V-shaped in section and a drain-hole, lies within the graveyard. 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. Compiled by: Jean Farrelly Date of upload: 18 October 2012
- WI047-002002: Bullaun stone, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CWI047-002002-. A bullaun with a single hollow discovered in 2009 by the Yewtree Restoration Commitee amongst a group of stones from the boundary wall of the graveyard (WI047-002----). Now positioned on top of the boundary wall beside the stile leading into the graveyard. Compiled by: Claire Breen Date of upload: 22 August 2013

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).

## Architectural heritage (National Inventory of Architectural Heritage)

No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands in the townland of Balisland.

## Ground and risks (Radon Risk Map of Ireland, EPA; Landslide Susceptibility Classification and LiDAR, Geological Survey Ireland)

- Radon: at the centre of the townland of Balisland, about 1 in 10 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels. Testing a home: https://www.epa.ie/environment-and-you/radon/radon-testing/#d.en.82887
- Landslides: The 1:50,000 map rates the landslide susceptibility here as 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 Balisland.
- Flooding: the flood maps of the Office of Public Works, https://www.floodinfo.ie/map/floodmaps/, linked only: their licence does not allow re-use.

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.

## Downloads

- DXF, in Irish Transverse Mercator metres, with its boundary, parcels and buildings, for a drawing program: https://everytownland.com/wicklow/balisland.dxf
- GeoJSON, in WGS 84, for a map: https://everytownland.com/wicklow/balisland.geojson
- KML, for Google Earth: https://everytownland.com/wicklow/balisland.kml

## Homes sold (Residential Property Price Register)

No address of the register names Balisland with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Wicklow: https://everytownland.com/wicklow.md

## Neighbouring townlands (National Statutory Boundaries, Tailte Éireann)

- Ballingate Lower: https://everytownland.com/wicklow/ballingate-lower.md
- Ballingate Upper: https://everytownland.com/wicklow/ballingate-upper.md
- Ballyknocker: https://everytownland.com/wicklow/ballyknocker.md
- Ballyknocker East: https://everytownland.com/wicklow/ballyknocker-east.md
- Ballyknocker West: https://everytownland.com/wicklow/ballyknocker-west.md
- Barnamuinga: https://everytownland.com/wicklow/barnamuinga.md
- Coolross: https://everytownland.com/wicklow/coolross-250560.md
- Cronyhorn Lower: https://everytownland.com/wicklow/cronyhorn-lower.md
- Cronyhorn Upper: https://everytownland.com/wicklow/cronyhorn-upper.md
- Drummin: https://everytownland.com/wicklow/drummin-250655.md
- Minmore: https://everytownland.com/wicklow/minmore.md
- Park: https://everytownland.com/wicklow/park-251123.md

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.

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Everytownland reads the registered freehold land and the statutory boundaries of Tailte Éireann, the national zoning, planning file and heritage records of the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, and the Residential Property Price Register. 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; this site names no owner. A price is the price recorded for a past sale, not a valuation.

Sources: Cadastral Parcels Freehold, Townlands, Civil Parishes, Baronies, Electoral Divisions and Buildings, Tailte Éireann, CC BY 4.0; national zoning of development plans (GZT, MyPlan) and National Planning Applications, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, CC BY 4.0, applicants not shown; designated sites, National Parks and Wildlife Service, CC BY 4.0; Sites and Monuments Record, National Monuments Service, CC BY 4.0; National Inventory of Architectural Heritage, CC BY 4.0; Residential Property Price Register, Property Services Regulatory Authority, re-used with the source acknowledged.

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