Ballybeg

80 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Ballybeg, from 45 m² to 924,083 m² (92.41 ha, 228.35 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 30 neighbouring parcels touch it.

Download the townland: DXF, in Irish Transverse Mercator metres, with its boundary, parcels and buildings; GeoJSON or KML.

No zone of a development plan covers Ballybeg 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.

• 30 Apr 2025Conditional

  change of use of the premises from its existing and permitted use as self-catering accommodation associated with Ballybeg House Events Facility (Y14 R201) to use as a private residence, and so to be retained as a separate dwelling unit from Ballybeg House Events Facility folio no: WW43307F

  Permission · Wicklow County Council, 25103

• 17 Apr 2025N/a

  change of use of the premises known as Grouse Lodge from its existing and permitted use as a self-catering accommodation to use as a private residence. Permission is also sought to remove the existing condition no. 4 on grant of planning permission Planning Register Number 13/8247. And impose the following condition: "The use of the property as a private residential dwelling will not commence until the entire dwelling Luke's Cottage at same address ceases to be used as a private residence". A concurrent, but separate planning application has been prepared and will be submitted to the planning authority seeking planning permission for a change of use of the entire premises Luke's Cottage at same address from its existing and permitted use as private residence to use as a self catering accommodation which will form part of Ballybeg House Wedding Facility folio no: WW43307F

  Permission · Wicklow County Council, 2596

• 13 May 2024Conditional

  New dwelling, upgrading of existing entrance, provision of a driveway, provision of an effluent treatment system to comply with current EPA requirements, provision of a well and all associated site works

  Permission, 1 home · Wicklow County Council, 24217

• 23 Oct 2023Refused

  4 no. Glamping Lodges, provision of 4no. carparking spaces, upgrading of existing effluent treatment system to comply with current EPA guidelines, provision of additional passing points along access laneway and associated works

  Permission · Wicklow County Council, 23792

• 20 Dec 2021Conditional

  (1) Minor alterations to elevations and layout of previously granted storage sheds under file ref 19/1274. (2) Retention of existing steel silo and ancillary works, stone walls and timber cladding-required for the installation of new heating system. Full planning permission for (3) Conversion of an existing granted machinery store under file ref 19/1274 to a new kitchen facility to service wedding guests. (4) Conversion of an existing store unit to restaurant facility for the use of wedding guests. (5) The conversion of an upper floor loft space to 2 no. bedroom en suite accommodation units. (6) Proposed new lean to extension circa 191 sq.m. to the rear of the existing reception room and store (now proposed restaurant) which will provide for more suitable location for vintage machinery store, wood store and a proposed new alcohol and keg store and all associated site works

  Retention · Wicklow County Council, 211527

• 26 Feb 2021N/a

  extend the appropriate period of 16/630 - to construct 6 no. 1-storey circular detached dwellings & ancillary site development works

  Extension of duration · Wicklow County Council, 21189

• 27 Nov 2019Conditional

  restoration of two derelict former farm buildings for use as storage buildings ancillary to the Ballybeg Wedding facility, change of use from an existing storage room to a room for use as part of the ceremony room, change of use of an existing storage building for use as 3 no accommodation units with associated kitchen ancillary, change of use from an existing storage room to a laundry, change of use of a previously permitted laundry into 1 no accommodation unit all of which will be ancillary to the use of the Ballybeg Wedding facility. Permission is also sought for changes to elevations and a new foul pipeline connection from the proposed accommodation units to the previously permitted Eurotank Wastewater Treatment system under granted planning permission 18/447 and all ancillary site development works

  Permission · Wicklow County Council, 191274

• 6 Nov 2019N/a

  restoration of two derelict former farm buildings for use as storage buildings ancillary to the Ballybeg wedding facility; change of use from an existing storage room to a room for use as part of the ceremony room; change of use of an existing storage building for use as 3 no. accommodation units with associated kitchen ancillary; change of use from an existing storage room to a laundry; change of use of a previously permitted laundry into 1 no. accommodation unit all of which will be ancillary to the use of the Ballybeg wedding facility. Permission is also sought for a new foul pipeline connection from the proposed accommodation units to the previously permitted Eurotank Wastewater Treatment System under granted planning permission Ref. no. 18/447 and all ancillary site development works

  Permission · Wicklow County Council, 191201

• 24 Oct 2019Conditional

  demolish existing dwelling and attached shed, permission to construct a replacement dwelling along with the effluent disposal system to comply with current EPA guidelines, upgrading existing entrance and associated works

  Permission, 1 home · Wicklow County Council, 191159

• 27 Apr 2018Conditional

  10 no glamping pods, 1 no utility / amenity building and permission for Eurotank Wastewater Treatment System and ancillary site development works

  Retention · Wicklow County Council, 18447

• 16 Apr 2018N/a

  10 no glamping pods, 1 no utility / amenity building and ancillary site development works

  Retention · Wicklow County Council, 18386

• 7 Feb 2018Refused

  10 no glamping pods, 1 no utility / amenity building and ancillary site development works

  Retention · Wicklow County Council, 18120

• 1 Feb 2018N/a

  10 no glamping pods, 1 no utility / amenity building

  Retention · Wicklow County Council, 1882

• 9 Oct 2017N/a

  3 no glamping pods, 1 no utility / amenity building, permission to construct 7 new glamping pods and ancillary site development works

  Retention · Wicklow County Council, 171224

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 Ballybeg.

Recorded monuments

• WI038-007 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  Situated at a break in a marked E-facing slope. Oval area (dims. 37.5m N-S; 35.5m E-W) defined by an earthen bank (Wth 3-3.5m; H 1.4-1.6m; max. H 2.2m) with a poorly defined external fosse at the W (Wth 2.3m; D 0.2m). The entrance (Wth 1.7m) is also at the W. No indication of 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

• WI038-008 Moated site
  Description

  Situated on a gentle NE-facing slope in pasture. Rectangular enclosure (dims. c. 28.5m NW-SE; 22.5m NE-SW) defined by an earthen bank and an external fosse with a possible entrance at the SE. (Information T. Barry) Not visible at ground level. 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 Ballybeg.

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

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 Ballybeg.

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.

No address of the register names Ballybeg with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Wicklow.

Name

Ballybeg · An Baile Beag

Area

3,640,613 m² (364.06 ha, 899.62 acres)

Civil parish

Kilcommon (Shillelagh Ra), and its townlands

Barony

Ballinacor South

Electoral division

Ballybeg, the unit of the census

Census 2022

Ballybeg electoral division: 217 people in 71 households; 97% of households own their home; 23% of homes were built since 2001; 13% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 5% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Ballinglen, Ballycumber South, Carrigroe, Drummin, Garryhoe, Killaveny, Mangans

Placenames

Ballybeg 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.