Ballinteskin
Townland in the civil parish of Kilmacanoge, barony of Rathdown, Co. Wicklow; in Irish Baile an tSeiscinn
- Area
- 134.8 ha
- 333 acres
- Land parcels
- 28
- registered freehold, median 19,258 m² (1.93 ha, 4.76 acres)
- Zoning
- —
- not in a zoned settlement
- Planning
- 15
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
28 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Ballinteskin, from 43 m² to 301,616 m² (30.16 ha, 74.53 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 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
12 May 2026Refused
new dwelling, effluent disposal system to current EPA guidelines, bored well, new access lane and entrance off existing lane off existing road, and associated siteworks
Permission, 1 home · Wicklow County Council, 2660401
2 Sept 2025Conditional
4nr dormer roof windows to front elevation roof of dwelling
Permission · Wicklow County Council, 2560683
14 Jun 2024Conditional
new dwelling, bored well, effluent disposal system to EPA guidelines 2021, new entrance on to existing lane off existing road and associated siteworks
Permission, 1 home · Wicklow County Council, 2460336
19 Sept 2023N/a
new dwelling, bored well, effluent disposal system to EPA guidelines 2021, new entrance on to existing lane off existing road and associated siteworks
Permission, 1 home · Wicklow County Council, 2360295
29 Aug 2023N/a
new dwelling, bored well, effluent disposal system to EPA guidelines 2021, new entrance on to existing lane off existing road and associated siteworks
Permission · Wicklow County Council, 2360237
21 Oct 2021Conditional
single storey extension to the side of existing house
Permission · Wicklow County Council, 211266
9 Jun 2021Conditional
extensions and alterations to existing single-storey house, including an extension to create a new first floor and a single-storey extension to side of house, alterations to external wall, roof finishes and window openings, new roof windows, demolition of existing conservatory, new soakaway, new wastewater treatment system and associated works as described in the drawings
Permission · Wicklow County Council, 21685
22 Apr 2021Refused
change of use (removal of condition 2 of PRR 14/1561 ABP Ref. No PL27.243838) from restricted use as a dwelling to use by all classes of persons
Permission · Wicklow County Council, 21453
13 Feb 2020Refused
change of use (removal of condition 2 of Planning Register Reference 14/1561, ABP Pl 27.243838) from restricted use as a dwelling to use by all classes of persons
Permission, 1 home · Wicklow County Council, 20140
6 Feb 2020N/a
change of use (removal of condition 2 of Planning Register Reference 14/1651, ABP Ref Pl27.243838) from restricted use as a dwelling to use by all classes of persons
Permission, 1 home · Wicklow County Council, 20111
1 Aug 2019Refused
demolition of 24.7 sqm of an existing extension to the south east elevation and demolition of 4.7 sqm to the south west elevation, the redesign of the ground floor layout with an extension of 32 sqm to the south east elevation, an additional new first floor of 196 sqm including dormer roofs and a new raised ridge / roof level, a new Klargester (septic tank) pump to replace the existing and all associated site works and boundary treatments
Permission · Wicklow County Council, 19846
7 May 2019Conditional
fully serviced agricultural storage shed and all associated ancillary site works
Permission · Wicklow County Council, 19485
20 Jul 2018N/a
changes to original house design granted under Reg. Ref. 94/770, which include the provision of dormer and gable windows, roof lights, higher roof ridge height, gable roof rather than the hipped roof structure previously approved all to accommodate an attic conversion for storage purposes and stone facing to front elevation. (2) retention of a single storey 23.5sq.m sunroom constructed to the side of the house. (3) retention of the construction of a 107.6sq.m lean-to roofed detached garage & store. (4) associated alterations and works
Retention · Wicklow County Council, 18831
18 May 2017Conditional
demolition of existing sunroom and 2 detached sheds and permission for the construction of new single storey extension to rear of dwelling, new porch to front and minor alterations to existing vehicle entrance along with all necessary ancillary works to facilitate this development
Permission · Wicklow County Council, 17567
15 May 2017Refused
change of use (removal of planning condition number 1 of planning ref number 89/5445) from restricted use as a dwelling to use by all classes of persons
Permission, 1 home · Wicklow County Council, 17543
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
- WI007-038 Enclosure
Description
Situated on a marked N-facing slope. Oval enclosure (dims. c. 40m x 30m). Not visible at ground level. (Information P. Healy) 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
- WI007-046 Ringfort - rath
Description
Situated on a gentle E-facing slope. A D-shaped area (dims. 61m E-W; 61m N-S) defined by a fosse (Wth 3m; D 0.15m). The modern field bank is set along the outer edge of the fosse at the N and E. The 1838 OS 6-inch map shows an inner circular enclosing element (diam. c. 40m). Possibly the remains of a bivallate ringfort. 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
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 10 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels. Testing a home
- Landslides
- Susceptibility high, 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 Ballinteskin.
- 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
- 1,347,999 m² (134.8 ha, 333.1 acres)
- Civil parish
- Kilmacanoge, and its townlands
- Barony
- Rathdown
- Electoral division
- Powerscourt, the unit of the census
- Census 2022
- Powerscourt electoral division: 889 people in 283 households; 86% of households own their home; 18% of homes were built since 2001; 4% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 1% were holiday homes.
- Neighbouring townlands
- Ballybawn Lower, Ballybawn Upper, Ballyremon Commons, Killough Upper, Longhill Commons
- 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.