Ballintombay Lower
Townland in the civil parish of Knockrath, barony of Ballinacor North, Co. Wicklow; in Irish Baile an Toim Bheithe Íochtarach
- Area
- 169.6 ha
- 419 acres
- Land parcels
- 72
- registered freehold, median 4,526 m² (0.45 ha, 1.12 acres)
- Zoning
- —
- not in a zoned settlement
- Planning
- 17
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
72 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Ballintombay Lower, from 88 m² to 284,137 m² (28.41 ha, 70.21 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 31 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 Ballintombay Lower 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
18 Feb 2026Refused
conversation of attic space for storage use, including the construction of dormer window to the front (East) roof slope of an existing chalet bungalow
Permission · Wicklow County Council, 2660113
14 Jun 2024Conditional
proposed dwelling, waste water treatment system to EPA standards, garage, entrance and associated works
Permission, 1 home · Wicklow County Council, 24270
10 Nov 2022Refused
single storey timber clad cabin. Planning permission for waste water treatment system all with associated ancillary works
Retention · Wicklow County Council, 221189
12 Aug 2022N/a
single storey timber clad cabin. Planning permission for a waste water treatment system all with associated ancillary works
Retention, 1 home · Wicklow County Council, 22884
7 Feb 2022Conditional
the demolition of the existing dwelling and pump house on site and construction of a new replacement dwelling, new wastewater system & polishing filter, new well and associated works
Permission, 1 home · Wicklow County Council, 22103
26 Nov 2021Refused
bungalow, effluent treatment and disposal system in accordance with EPA 2021 and associated site works
Permission, 1 home · Wicklow County Council, 211408
4 Dec 2020N/a
new dwelling, use of existing entrance, effluent disposal system to current EPA standards, bored well, together with all ancillary site works
Permission, 1 home · Wicklow County Council, 201236
22 Sept 2020Conditional
dwelling with garage, waste water treatment system to EPA standards, new entrance and associated works
Permission, 1 home · Wicklow County Council, 20929
21 Jan 2020Conditional
extending the existing dwelling, the change of use of the existing hay shed and its extension and material alteration to provide a living room, dining area and kitchen, with one bedroom, shower room and balconies at first floor level. In addition, the works include the change of use of part of an existing stable / byre to provide domestic ancillary facilities, and bedroom provision as well as of a percolation area and sundry associated works
Permission · Wicklow County Council, 2043
31 Oct 2018Conditional
alterations and extension to existing farmhouse dwelling, new septic tank and percolation area, retention of alterations and extension (610 sqm) to existing feed and store shed (254 sqm) as granted under Planning Register Reference 08/1878, resulting in a reduced feed and store shed of 110 sqm and an adjoining animal housing shed of 754 sqm, comprising of 610 sqm extension and 144 sqm of previously granted feed and store shed now used for animal housing, all together with associated site works
Permission · Wicklow County Council, 181212
18 Sept 2018Refused
wc unit and wastewater treatment system to EPA standards and associated works
Permission · Wicklow County Council, 181029
31 Jul 2018Conditional
dwelling, garage, bored well, wastewater treatment system to current EPA standards and all associated ancillary site works and services
Permission, 1 home · Wicklow County Council, 18873
26 Feb 2018Conditional
dwelling, garage, effluent disposal system to current EPA standards, well, proposed new entrance, together with all ancillary site works
Permission, 1 home · Wicklow County Council, 18191
14 Dec 2017N/a
dwelling, garage, effluent disposal system to current EPA standards, well, entrance, together with all ancillary site works
Permission, 1 home · Wicklow County Council, 171482
11 Dec 2017N/a
dwelling, garage, well, wastewater treatment system to current EPA standards and all associated ancillary site works and services
Permission, 1 home · Wicklow County Council, 171466
7 Jun 2017Refused
demolition of workshop (64 sqm gross floor area) previously granted retention permission under Reg Ref 12/6841 and the construction of a new workshop (161.5 gross floor area) for mechanical repairs and servicing of private cars and the relocation of the existing office unit (4 sqm gross floor area) also granted retention permission under Reg Ref 12/6841 to a new position adjacent to the new workshop including all associated site works including vehicular access driveway and forecourt to the new workshop
Permission · Wicklow County Council, 17665
18 Apr 2017N/a
dwelling, garage, effluent disposal system to current EPA standards, well, proposed new entrance, together with all ancillary site works
Permission, 1 home · Wicklow County Council, 17427
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
- Proposed Natural Heritage Area: Ballinacor Wood 001749
Recorded monuments
- WI029-005001 Bullaun stone
Description
Granite boulder (L 1.3m; Wth 1.14m; T 0.56m) with three basins (diam. 0.24-0.32m; D 0.08-0.16m) in the upper surface. Known locally as 'the Wart Stone'. (Crawford 1912, 340; Price 1959, 164, no. 10) This monument is subject to a preservation order made under the National Monuments Acts 1930 to 2014 (PO no. 125/1940). 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.
Architectural heritage
No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands in the townland of Ballintombay Lower.
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 5 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 Ballintombay Lower.
- 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 Ballintombay Lower with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Wicklow.
The townland
- Name
- Ballintombay Lower · Baile an Toim Bheithe Íochtarach
- Area
- 1,695,858 m² (169.59 ha, 419.06 acres)
- Civil parish
- Knockrath, and its townlands
- Barony
- Ballinacor North
- Electoral division
- Ballinderry, the unit of the census
- Census 2022
- Ballinderry electoral division: 508 people in 176 households; 82% of households own their home; 33% of homes were built since 2001; 6% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 12% were holiday homes.
- Neighbouring townlands
- Ballinabarny, Ballinacor, Ballinderry Upper, Ballintombay Upper, Greenan Beg, Greenan More
- Placenames
- Ballintombay Lower 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.