Ballinteskin
Townland in the civil parish of Glenealy, barony of Arklow, Co. Wicklow; in Irish Baile an tSeiscinn
- Area
- 285.8 ha
- 706 acres
- Land parcels
- 74
- registered freehold, median 4,081 m² (0.41 ha, 1.01 acres)
- Zoning
- —
- not in a zoned settlement
- Planning
- 27
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
74 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Ballinteskin, from 59 m² to 620,745 m² (62.07 ha, 153.39 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 44 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 Ballinteskin 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
27 Apr 2026Conditional
construction of a machinery shed within the existing farmyard
Permission · Wicklow County Council, 2660346
11 Sept 2025Conditional
installation of new wastewater treatment unit and soil polishing filter to current regulations, removal of existing septic tank and associate works
Permission · Wicklow County Council, 2560719
10 Apr 2025Conditional
revisions to development permitted under WCC Reg. Ref 20/210 to provide for revisions to permitted dwelling house. All associated site development works will remain as permitted under WCC Reg. Ref 20/210
Permission · Wicklow County Council, 2560270
8 Apr 2025N/a
revisions to development permitted under WCC Reg. Ref 20/210 to provide for revisions to permitted dwelling house. All associated site development works will remain as permitted under WCC Reg. Ref 20/210
Permission · Wicklow County Council, 2560259
27 Mar 2025Conditional
proposed dwelling, waste water treatment system to EPA standards, garage, two new entrances in lieu of existing single entrance to serve existing and proposed dwellings, new driveways, boundaries, and associated works
Permission, 1 home · Wicklow County Council, 2571
31 Jul 2024N/a
a proposed new dwelling, a new garage, new well, a proposed new secondary treatment system and percolation area to current EPA guidelines, a new vehicular entrance off the public road and all associated site works
Permission, 1 home · Wicklow County Council, 2460461
24 Oct 2023Refused
a proposed new vehicular entrance off the public road (L1102 )with internal access road– this new entrance/access road is to replace the vehicular entrance and access previously granted to the applicant under file ref 21 /1390 and all associated site works
Permission · Wicklow County Council, 2360371
23 May 2023N/a
for a proposed new vehicular entrance off the public road (L1102 )with internal access road– this new entrance/access road is to replace the vehicular entrance and access previously granted to the applicant under file ref 21 /1390 and all associated site works
Permission · Wicklow County Council, 2360061
10 May 2023Conditional
for permission for a new dwelling, garage, upgrading existing laneway and entrance on to existing laneway and junction between existing lane and public road, new pullin areas on existing lane, wastewater treatment unit, soil polishing filter, new well and associate works
Permission · Wicklow County Council, 2360040
21 Sept 2022Conditional
change of use (the removal of condition no.2 of planning permission reference no. 11/4484, which restricted its use to the applicant or to other persons who comply with the provisions of Objective RH14 of the County Development Plan 2010-2016 and as the Planning Authority agrees to in writing) to use by all persons
Permission · Wicklow County Council, 221020
7 Apr 2022Conditional
for a new dwelling, new entrance onto public road, wastewater treatment unit and soil polishing filter, new well and associated works
Permission, 1 home · Wicklow County Council, 22350
26 Jan 2022Conditional
(1) alterations and revisions to the elevations and layout of the as-built dwelling along with services on revised site boundaries as opposed to that granted under Planning Register Reference 11/4213 and (2) Permission to erect a single storey extension to the side of the existing dwelling along with all associated site development works
Retention · Wicklow County Council, 2257
22 Nov 2021Conditional
dwelling, new garage, well, a proposed secondary treatment system to current EPA guidelines with percolation area, a new entrance off existing lane and all associated site works
Permission, 1 home · Wicklow County Council, 211390
27 May 2021Conditional
bungalow, garage, effluent treatment system and site ancillary works
Permission, 1 home · Wicklow County Council, 21627
4 Feb 2021Refused
1) Proposed single storey pet boarding and rehabilitation centre. 2) Provision for a second phase to include a small animal veterinary clinic. 3) Site access road, car parking, signage details. 4) New effluent disposal system to current EPA standards, 5) this new system is to replace existing plant associated with existing dwelling house and cater for new pet boarding, rehabilitation and veterinary clinic. 6) All associated site works
Permission · Wicklow County Council, 2197
19 Jan 2021N/a
1) proposed single storey pet boarding and rehabilitation centre, 2) provision for a second phase to include a small animal veterinary clinic, 3) site access road, car parking, signage details, 4) new effluent disposal system to current EPA standards, 5) this new system is to replace existing plant associated with existing dwelling house and cater for new pet boarding, rehabilitation and veterinary clinic, 6) all associated site works
Permission · Wicklow County Council, 2129
2 Nov 2020Conditional
attic conversion consisting of 2 no bedrooms bath room and storage/study area. 2 no velux roof windows each to front and rear elevations 2 no gable windows one at each end at attic level. conservatory to rear
Retention · Wicklow County Council, 201099
21 Oct 2020N/a
attic conversion consisting of 2 bedrooms, bathroom and storage study area, 2 no velux roof windows each to front and rear elevations, 2 no gable windows one at each end at attic level conservatory to rear
Retention · Wicklow County Council, 201052
26 Jun 2020Refused
reclamation of land through the filling of material comprising clay, silt, sand, gravel and stone on a site having an area of 4.88 ha for the purpose of improvement of land, together with site access and associated site works. This proposed development relates to an activity which requires a waste licence
Permission · Wicklow County Council, 20605
11 Mar 2020Unconditional
3 no 3 bed housing units, the construction of a new entrance including a culvert of the stream, and the replacement of the pipes at the existing entrance with a new culvert
Permission, 3 homes · Wicklow County Council, 20250
3 Mar 2020Conditional
single storey dwelling house comprising 210 sqm and associated site works along with works to alter neighbouring property (Known as Crammond House) roadside boundary for improvement of sightlines from access lane
Permission, 1 home · Wicklow County Council, 20210
20 Feb 2020N/a
single storey dwelling house comprising 210 sqm and associated site works along with works to alter neighbouring property (known as Crammond House) roadside boundary for improvement of sightlines from access lane
Permission, 1 home · Wicklow County Council, 20163
10 Oct 2018N/a
3 no 3 bed housing units, the construction of a new entrance including a culvert of the stream and the replacement of the pipes at the existing entrance with a new culvert
Permission, 3 homes · Wicklow County Council, 181129
8 Mar 2018Conditional
conversion of existing domestic garage to an independent living unit or 'granny flat', connection to the existing sewage treatment system and other site services and ancillary site works
Permission, 1 home · Wicklow County Council, 18232
19 Jan 2018Conditional
change of use of part of existing agricultural building to commercial storage use for the storage of biosolids and all ancillary site development works
Permission · Wicklow County Council, 1834
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
No designated site (Special Area of Conservation, Special Protection Area, Natural Heritage Area or proposed one) touches the townland of Ballinteskin.
Recorded monuments
- WI031-060 Enclosure
Description
Cropmark of a circular bivallate enclosure in tillage, visible on aerial photographs (taken by Michael Moore on 16 July 2006). Compiled by: Claire Breen Date of upload: 17 July 2013
- WI031-061 Enclosure
Description
Cropmark of a sub-rectangular enclosure in tillage, visible on aerial photographs (taken by Michael Moore on 16 July 2006). Compiled by: Claire Breen Date of upload: 17 July 2013
- WI031-062 Enclosure
Description
Cropmark of a possible circular enclosure in tillage, visible on aerial photographs (taken by Michael Moore on 16 July 2006). Compiled by: Claire Breen Date of upload: 17 July 2013
- WI031-063 Enclosure
Description
Cropmark of a circular enclosure in tillage, visible on aerial photographs (taken by Michael Moore on the 16 July 2006). Compiled by: Claire Breen Date of upload: 17 July 2013
- WI031-115 Moated site
Description
Reported by Jean-Charles Caillere: visible on GeoHive Aerial Premium (2013-2018) imagery as a square area (c. 36m NNE-SSW; c. 36m ESE-WNW) enclosed by the cropmark of a broad fosse (av. Wth c. 5m); on a gentle S-facing slope in tillage, c. 300m N of the E-flowing Three Mile Water river. See attached image: WI031-115----_01 Snip from Geohive Aerial Premium (2013-2018). Compiled by: Gearóid Conroy Date of upload: 24 July 2023
Architectural heritage
No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands in the townland of Ballinteskin.
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 20 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
- LiDAR of the Office of Public Works, flown in 2011, at 2 m: tile OPW_3391 (ZIP).
- 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
No address of the register names Ballinteskin with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Wicklow.
The townland
- Name
- Ballinteskin · Baile an tSeiscinn
- Area
- 2,858,368 m² (285.84 ha, 706.32 acres)
- Civil parish
- Glenealy, and its townlands
- Barony
- Arklow
- Electoral division
- Wicklow Rural, the unit of the census
- Census 2022
- Wicklow Rural electoral division: 10,247 people in 3,334 households; 73% of households own their home; 56% of homes were built since 2001; 4% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 3% were holiday homes.
- Neighbouring townlands
- Ballinaclogh, Ballygonnell, Ballyguile Beg, Ballykeppoge, Ballymoney, Ballymurrin Upper, Ballynerrin Upper, Bonabrocka, Coolbeg, Newtown, Raheenmore, Roscath
- Placenames
- Ballinteskin 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.