Ballybawn Lower
Townland in the civil parish of Kilmacanoge, barony of Rathdown, Co. Wicklow; in Irish Baile an Bháin Íochtaraigh
- Area
- 60 ha
- 148 acres
- Land parcels
- 82
- registered freehold, median 1,671 m²
- Zoning
- —
- not in a zoned settlement
- Planning
- 16
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
82 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Ballybawn Lower, from 12 m² to 108,475 m² (10.85 ha, 26.8 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 29 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 Ballybawn 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
22 Sept 2025Conditional
construction of a new, part two storey, part single storey 4 bed dwelling, at Ballybawn Lower, Enniskerry, Co. Wicklow, together with wastewater treatment plant and associated siteworks
Permission · Wicklow County Council, 2560743
5 Aug 2025Refused
provision of a new section of front boundary wall and the provision of two new piers to the existing entrance gate
Permission · Wicklow County Council, 2560600
4 Aug 2023Conditional
amendments to the granted planning application (Ref. No. 22/856) of Amy Holmes, consisting of amended position and level of the proposed dwelling, revised design and location of the proposed shed, minor amendments to the elevations, and all other associated site works
Permission · Wicklow County Council, 2360204
1 Aug 2023Refused
a) the proposed construction of a new detached single storey dwelling with associated plant room at attic level. b) Proposed access to the public road (Old Long Hill road) via the previously approved access road (reg ref 22856) and c) new waste water treatment system, new bored well and other associated ancillary site works
Permission · Wicklow County Council, 2360191
27 Jul 2023N/a
a) The proposed construction of a new detached single storey dwelling with associated plant room at attic level. b) Proposed access to the public road (Old Long Hill road) via the previously approved access road (reg ref 22856) and c) new waste water treatment system, new bored well and other associated ancillary site works
Permission, 1 home · Wicklow County Council, 2360183
22 Mar 2023Refused
for the construction of a new dwelling, bored well, effluent disposal system to EPA standards and associated site works accessed via existing entrance
Permission, 1 home · Wicklow County Council, 23279
4 Aug 2022Conditional
a new dwelling and shed, new laneway and entrance on to a public road, new secondary treatment system and pump to Ter 3 polishing filter, new bored well and percolation area, as well as all associated site works
Permission, 1 home · Wicklow County Council, 22856
1 Apr 2022Conditional
of the dwelling as-built which includes the part-completion of the dwelling as granted permission in accordance WCC reg. ref 88/4007, in addition to retention of later added extensions comprising: (I) the provision of a kitchen extension (41.5sqm) to the north; (ii) the provision of two ensuite bathrooms at ground level (5.63sqm and 3.04sqm) facing north & west; and (iii) a storage room at basement level (31sqm) facing west and garden storage area (2.59sqm). Retention permission is also sought for: elevational changes to the dwelling incl. the relocation of the front entrance; the addition of a pitched roof over the central bay, and insertion of rooflights. Application also includes: a detached Shomera studio (22.7sqm) used as a hobby room; a detached 2 No. space carport; 2 no. ancillary garden sheds comprising the vegetable patch shed (3.4sqm) and the tool shed (4sqm); a detached greenhouse (c. 7scm); a covered log store; the repositioning and upgrading of the wastewater treatment system biocycle unit
Retention · Wicklow County Council, 22320
17 Aug 2020N/a
single storey dwelling, on site effluent treatment system, entrance and driveway together with set back of existing entrances and boundaries of adjoining properties to improve sight line distances, associated works
Permission, 1 home · Wicklow County Council, 20792
25 Jun 2020Conditional
dwelling, waste water treatment system to EPA standards and associated works
Permission, 1 home · Wicklow County Council, 20596
22 Nov 2019N/a
dwelling, bored well, effluent disposal system to EPA guidelines 2009 and associated site works accessed via existing entrance
Permission, 1 home · Wicklow County Council, 191251
6 Nov 2019N/a
new dwelling, bored well, effluent disposal system to EPA guidelines 2009 and associated site works accessed via existing entrance
Permission · Wicklow County Council, 191203
22 Mar 2019Conditional
porch (4 sqm) to front of dwelling, RETENTION of home office facility (31 sqm) to rear garden, all ancillary site works
Permission · Wicklow County Council, 19307
5 Jun 2018N/a
single storey dwelling, on site effluent treatment system, entrance and driveway, together with set back of existing entrances and boundaries of adjoining properties to improve sightline distance and associated works
Permission, 1 home · Wicklow County Council, 18606
25 Oct 2017Conditional
lower the boundary wall at each side of the main entrance to comply with sightline requirements. Single ownership division of existing house with main family residence at the south end and permission for the change of use at the north end of 3 self catering holiday lets. Percolation area to existing septic tank to be upgraded to comply with current standards. RETENTION for the raised boundary wall to the Old Long Hill Road, extension of ground and first floor levels to south end of existing dwelling for the main residence to provide habitable compliance rooms, and a corridor to the road side, two conservatory style living areas and window alterations to the proposed holiday lets, all the associated site works inclusive of the redirection of the driveway from the existing field entrance to the fiend and extension of the original parking
Permission, 1 home · Wicklow County Council, 171299
7 Jun 2017Conditional
detached domestic garage, upgraded sewage treatment facility
Retention · Wicklow County Council, 17678
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 Ballybawn Lower.
Recorded monuments
No recorded monument lies in the townland of Ballybawn Lower.
Architectural heritage
No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands in the townland of Ballybawn 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 10 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
- No LiDAR survey of the Office of Public Works covers the centre of the townland of Ballybawn 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 Ballybawn Lower with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Wicklow.
The townland
- Name
- Ballybawn Lower · Baile an Bháin Íochtaraigh
- Area
- 599,959 m² (60 ha, 148.25 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
- Ballinteskin, Ballybawn Upper, Ballyorney, Coolakay, Glebe, Killough Lower, Longhill Commons, Stilebawn
- Placenames
- Ballybawn 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.