Ballinahinch Upper

36 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Ballinahinch Upper, from 484 m² to 586,590 m² (58.66 ha, 144.95 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 20 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 Ballinahinch Upper 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.

• 1 May 2026Conditional

  proposed farm dwelling, garage, waste water treatment system to EPA standards, entrance, and associated works

  Permission, 1 home · Wicklow County Council, 2686

• 8 Nov 2024Conditional

  proposed new single storey dwelling, new garage, a proposed new secondary treatment system to current EPA guidelines and percolation area, a new well and a new entrance off the public road and all associated site works

  Permission · Wicklow County Council, 2460692

• 18 Jan 2023Conditional

  revised site boundaries to existing dwelling (originally granted under ref. no. 06/5427) and associated works

  Retention · Wicklow County Council, 2356

• 2 Dec 2022Refused

  proposed new single storey dwelling, new garage, a proposed new secondary treatment system to current EPA guidelines and percolation area, a new well and a new entrance off the public road and all associated site works

  Permission · Wicklow County Council, 221286

• 5 Oct 2022Conditional

  revised roof height of dwelling, velux windows to roof, and front porch to dwelling, and proposed change of use (removal of condition no. 2 of planning ref. no. 06/5427) from restricted use as a dwelling to use by all classes of persons, and associated works

  Retention · Wicklow County Council, 221068

• 22 Sept 2022N/a

  demolition of an existing side extension and bay window, construction of new two storey extension to north of existing dwelling with new bay window to west of existing dwelling, provision of new wastewater treatment system and percolation area and all associated site works and services

  Permission · Wicklow County Council, 221032

• 31 Jan 2022Conditional

  alterations & extension to existing cottage including a new extension (77m2) to the south of existing cottage, miscellaneous internal alterations to the existing ground floor layout including the incorporation of 1 no. additional bedroom, alterations to existing first floor plan including revised stair configuration, associated internal revisions and the incorporation of 3 no. dormer windows to the south elevation. Planning permission is also sought for a new effluent treatment system, all together with associated site works

  Permission · Wicklow County Council, 2273

• 14 Jan 2020Conditional

  change of use from domestic garage to home office and associated works

  Permission · Wicklow County Council, 2019

• 28 Jun 2017Conditional

  dwelling, garage, well, proposed secondary treatment system to current EPA guidelines, new percolation area, new entrance and all associated site works

  Permission, 1 home · Wicklow County Council, 17777

• 27 Mar 2017Conditional

  change of use (removal of condition 2 of planning permission reference number 92/7953) for restricted use as a dwelling to use by all classes of persons

  Permission, 1 home · Wicklow County Council, 17316

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 the townland of Ballinahinch Upper.

Recorded monuments

• WI012-038 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  Situated on a gentle NW-facing slope 13m NW of another ringfort (WI012-039----). Oval, partly levelled, ringfort (dims. 40m NW-SE; 33m NE-SW) defined by an earthen bank (Wth 3.5-4m; H 0.3-0.6m) which is incorporated into a field bank at the NE. At the NW the site is defined by a steep scarp. There is an external fosse (Wth 3-3.5m; D 0.3-0.6m) and slight evidence for an outer bank (Wth 3m) at the NNW. No indication of an entrance or 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

• WI012-039 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  Situated on a gentle NW-facing slope 13m SE of site (WI012-038----). Circular, partly levelled, bivallate ringfort (diam. 33m) defined by an earthen bank (Wth 5-7m; H 0.4m) and an external fosse (Wth 3-5m; D 0.3m). Outside these are a berm (Wth 4-5m), an outer bank (Wth 3.5m; H 0.2-0.3m) and an outer fosse (Wth 3-5m; D 0.2m) (max. ext. dimensions 65m NW-SE; 60m NE-SW). The outer bank and fosse do not survive at the W. The entrance to the inner enclosure at the SE is marked by a single visible terminal in the bank and a corresponding causeway (Wth 2m) across the fosse. The entrance to the outer enclosure is at the S and is also marked by a causeway across the fosse (Wth 2.5m). The NE sector of the site is crossed by a field boundary and a small stream (the latter appears formerly to have followed a course further to the NE, possibly along the outer fosse). 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

• WI018-004 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  Situated on a very gentle S/SW-facing slope. Circular area (diam. 43m) defined by an earth and stone bank (Wth 2.5-3.5m; int. H 0.8-1.2m; ext. H 1.2-1.8m) with modern external drystone facing. There is a marked internal NE-SW slope, and a possible disturbed entrance at the SW. The only internal features are two small clearance cairns, and there are no traces of an external fosse. A bullaun noted on an earlier visit (1977) is no longer on the site (OPW files). 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

• WI018-032 Bullaun stone
  Description

  A bullaun stone was noted in 1977 at a ringfort (WI018-004----). There was no visible trace of the stone when the monument was inspected in 1990 (SMR file). Compiled by: Paul Walsh Date of upload: 30 October 2012

Architectural heritage

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

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 Ballinahinch Upper, 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 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 Ballinahinch Upper.

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 Ballinahinch Upper with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Wicklow.

Name

Ballinahinch Upper · Baile na hInse Uachtarach

Area

2,980,971 m² (298.1 ha, 736.61 acres)

Civil parish

Upper Newcastle, and its townlands

Barony

Newcastle

Electoral division

Newcastle Upper, the unit of the census

Census 2022

4,790 people lived in 1,619 households in the Newcastle Upper electoral division. 82% of households owned their home. 37% of homes were built since 2001. 3% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 0% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Ballinahinch, Ballinahinch Middle, Callowhill Upper, Kilday, Kilmurry, Knockfadda, Tithewer

Placenames

Ballinahinch Upper 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.