Ballinacooley
Ballinacooley is a townland in the civil parish of Glenealy, barony of Newcastle, Co. Wicklow. Its name in Irish is Baile na Cúile.
- Area
- 176.2 ha
- 435 acres
- Land parcels
- 97
- registered freehold, median 1,348 m²
- Zoning
- —
- not in a zoned settlement
- Planning
- 20
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
97 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Ballinacooley, from 25 m² to 452,752 m² (45.28 ha, 111.88 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 29 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 Ballinacooley 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
14 May 2026N/a
1. 06 No detached dwellings with individual wastewater treatment systems. 2. new access road to serve item 1. 3.alterations to car parking facility previously approved under Pl. Reg. Ref. 24/60369. 4. alterations to access road serving Glenealy Hurling Club previously approved Pl. Reg. Ref. 24/60369. 5. connection to all public services together with all associated ancillary works to facilitate the above
Permission, 6 homes · Wicklow County Council, 2660416
5 Mar 2026Conditional
installation of an air-to-water heat pump system, including external heat pump unit(s) and enclosure, the installation of an LPG storage tank and enclosure, and all related underground pipework and associated site works
Permission · Wicklow County Council, 2660159
26 Feb 2026N/a
installation of an air-to-water heat pump system, including external heat pump unit(s) and enclosure, the installation of an LPG storage tank and enclosure, and all related underground pipework and associated site works
Permission · Wicklow County Council, 2660141
8 Oct 2025Conditional
for permission for demolition of existing front and rear extensions, construction of new rear and front extensions, internal modifications to existing dwelling, new garage and associate works
Permission · Wicklow County Council, 2560800
1 Oct 2025N/a
for permission for demolition of existing front and side extensions, construction of new rear and front extensions, internal modifications to existing dwelling, new garage and associate works
Permission · Wicklow County Council, 2560771
2 Sept 2025Refused
construction of a detached, part single, part two-storey, dwelling, providing a floorspace of 405 sq. metres and containing five bedrooms, a combined kitchen / dining / family room and ancillary bathroom, hallway, pantry, utility / boot room, laundry and walk-in wardrobe accommodation, as well as a garage / home gym. The new house would be accessed via an existing agricultural entrance, which is to be modified, which would lead to the house via a gravel driveway and parking area and, as well as a BAF P6 secondary waste-water treatment facility and soil polishing filter to current EPA standards, a new private well, and all site works including soakaways (to BRE Digest 365 specification) and landscaping
Permission · Wicklow County Council, 2560682
22 Jul 2025Conditional
1) existing family dwelling house as constructed; 2) retention of existing septic treatment unit and percolation area as installed; 3) and all relevant associated site works
Retention · Wicklow County Council, 25204
22 Apr 2025Conditional
alterations to an existing dwelling comprising a) new roof, b) minor changes to elevations including new external doors / windows and removal of chimneys, c) new boundary walls to front, d) relocation of wastewater treatment unit and e) all associated site works
Retention · Wicklow County Council, 2560301
25 Feb 2025N/a
proposed dwelling, waste water treatment system to EPA standards and associated site works, all access through existing entrance
Permission · Wicklow County Council, 2542
25 Jun 2024Conditional
alterations to previously approved Pl.Reg Ref. 17/706 for the following: 1. New clubhouse design. 2. New Effluent treatment system design. 3. New carparking layout. 4. Repositioning of Pitch no. 02 together with all associated ancillary works to facilitate the above at, Ballyfree West, Glenealy, Co. Wicklow.
Permission · Wicklow County Council, 2460369
24 Jul 2023N/a
the construction of 12 No. 3 Bed semi-detached dwellings, a new vehicular entrance/exit to R752 a connection to public services and all together with associated site development works
Permission · Wicklow County Council, 2360169
3 Jul 2023N/a
the construction of 12 No. 3 Bed semi-detached dwellings, a new vehicular entrance/exit to R752 a connection to public services and all together with associated site development works
Permission · Wicklow County Council, 2360135
27 Apr 2023Conditional
for outline permission for sub division of an existing site for 3 new dwellings, blocking up 2 existing entrances onto public road and constructing 2 new entrances onto public road, Removal of 2 existing septic tanks, installing 5 new wastewater treatment units and soil polishing filters for proposed 3 dwellings and two existing dwellings, demolition of existing greenhouse and associate works
Outline permission · Wicklow County Council, 2360015
21 Sept 2020Conditional
proposed new circa 19.11m2 extension to rear of existing 110sqm dwelling & all associated site works
Permission, 1 home · Wicklow County Council, 20926
22 Nov 2019Conditional
dwelling, garage, wastewater treatment system to current EPA standards, bored well and all associated ancillary site works and services
Permission, 1 home · Wicklow County Council, 191255
15 Jul 2019N/a
split level dwelling house of 211.3 sqm, garage of 27 sqm along with proposed biocycle treatment plant and soil polishing filter and associated site works and a proposed new biocycle treatment plant and soil polishing filter to upgrade the original dwelling on the site, existing site is to be split into 2 sites with the realignment of the driveway and alterations to the existing entrance
Permission, 1 home · Wicklow County Council, 19757
26 Apr 2019Conditional
Provision of a new potable water booster pump station housed in a kiosk of approximately 8.4sqm with footprint dimensions of 3.5mx2.4m and overall height above ground of approx. 2.65m; Concrete plinth for the kiosk; Aerial of overall height 5m fixed to the kiosk roof; New access in reinforced grass/permeable paving to the kiosk; Surface water drainage. The proposed development includes all necessary ancillary pipework and chambers, mechanical and electrical services, instrumentation, automation, controls and equipment as well as provision of temporary construction compound areas
Permission · Wicklow County Council, 19440
20 Aug 2018N/a
new split level dwelling house of 211.3sq. metres, garage of 27.0sq.metres along with proposed biocycle treatment plant and soil polishing filter and associated site works and a proposed new biocycle treatment plant soil polishing filter to upgrade the original dwelling on the site which is to be split into two sites along with the re-alignment of the driveway and alterations to the existing entrance
Permission · Wicklow County Council, 18943
15 Jun 2017Conditional
ten year permission for sports facilities, a Natura Impact Statement will be submitted. The development will consists of imporvement of an existing exit / entrance onto R752, a new uncontrolled pedestrian crossing, 2 no GAA pitches 145 x 90 m, 2 no juvenile pitches, a gaelic handball alley, a running track 300 lineal meters and outdoor adult gym, an all weather training pitch 65 x 45m, with rebound fencing, a reinforced concrete hurling wall 40 lineal meters, a clubhouse / dressing rooms 820 sqm a proprietary treatment plant followed by sand filter teriary treatment and soil polishing filter, associated car parking, pitch lighting, goal netting and all associated site works
Permission · Wicklow County Council, 17706
30 May 2017N/a
ten year permission for development of lands as sports facilities, a Natura Impact Statement will be submitted to the authority. The development consists of improvement of an existing exit / entrance onto R752, a new uncontrolled pedestrian crossing, 2 no GAA pitches 145 x 90m, 2 no juvenile pitches, a gaelic handball alley, a running track 300 lineal meters and outdoor adult gym, an allweather training pitch, 65 x 45m with rebound fencing, a reinforced concrete hurling wall 40 lineal meters, a clubhouse / dressing rooms 820 sqm, a proprietary treatment plant followed by sand filter tertiary treatment and soil polishing filter associated car parking, pitch lighting, goal netting and all associated site works
Permission · Wicklow County Council, 17621
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: Deputy's Pass Nature Reserve SAC 000717
- Proposed Natural Heritage Area: Glenealy Woods 001756
Recorded monuments
No recorded monument lies in the townland of Ballinacooley.
Architectural heritage
No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands in the townland of Ballinacooley.
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 Ballinacooley, 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 Ballinacooley.
- 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 Ballinacooley with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Wicklow.
The townland
- Name
- Ballinacooley · Baile na Cúile
- Area
- 1,761,931 m² (176.19 ha, 435.38 acres)
- Civil parish
- Glenealy, and its townlands
- Barony
- Newcastle
- Electoral division
- Glenealy, the unit of the census
- Census 2022
- 2,861 people lived in 1,004 households in the Glenealy electoral division. 76% of households owned their home. 30% of homes were built since 2001. 6% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 2% were holiday homes.
- Neighbouring townlands
- Ballydowling, Ballyfree East, Ballyfree West, Ballygannon Beg, Ballygannon More, Ballymanus Lower, Drumdangan, Kilcandra, Kilnamanagh More
- Placenames
- Ballinacooley 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.