Ballyconnell

80 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Ballyconnell, from 122 m² to 334,084 m² (33.41 ha, 82.55 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 39 neighbouring parcels touch it.

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

No zone of a development plan covers Ballyconnell 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.

• 2 Sept 2024N/a

  an agricultural entrance on to existing laneway, all ancillary site works and services

  Permission · Wicklow County Council, 2460536

• 24 Jun 2024N/a

  a treatment system and percolation area, 1 no. log cabin ( general storage) and a garage to the rear of existing dwelling and retention for a dormer style extension and single storey extension to the original single storey cottage, retention for a change of use from original attached garage to domestic use and retention for porch area to the front and all associated site works

  Retention · Wicklow County Council, 2460364

• 24 Jun 2024Refused

  a treatment system and percolation area, 1 no. log cabin ( general storage) and a garage to the rear of existing dwelling and retention for a dormer style extension and single storey extension to the original single storey cottage, retention for a change of use from original attached garage to domestic use and retention for porch area to the front and all associated site works

  Retention · Wicklow County Council, 2460365

• 25 Jan 2021Conditional

  temporary standalone prefabricated structure containing 1 no. classroom, 1 no. SET room and sanitary facilities (floor area = 100.0sqm) to the front of existing school building, together with all associated site works

  Retention · Wicklow County Council, 2148

• 22 Dec 2020Conditional

  the demolition of existing single storey link building and erection of a two storey extension incorporating 4 no. mainstream classrooms, 2 no. SET rooms and link corridor to rear of existing single storey school building and erection of a single storey extension to front of existing school building incorporating an entrance lobby and staff accommodation, also to include internal alterations to East Wing of existing school building to provide a 2 no. classroom ASD Unit and the provision of a secure external play area to rear (total floor area of existing school = 630sqm, total floor area to be demolished = 35sqm and total floor area of extension = 660sqm), extension of existing car parking area to provide an additional 6 no. car parking spaces, together with internal alterations and minor elevational amendments to existing school building, decommissioning of existing septic tank and percolation area with proposed new connection to public waste water treatment system, revised site boundaries and all associated site works

  Permission · Wicklow County Council, 201319

• 1 Sept 2020Conditional

  construct a two-storey dwelling house, garage, new site entrance, bored well, septic tank and associated percolation area, all ancillary site works and services

  Permission, 1 home · Wicklow County Council, 20861

• 31 Jul 2020Conditional

  new private dwelling with detached garage, waste water treatment unit & percolation area, private well, site entrance and all associated site works

  Permission, 1 home · Wicklow County Council, 20741

• 7 Jul 2020N/a

  to construct a two-storey dwelling house, garage, new site entrance, bored well, septic tank and associated percolation area, all ancillary site works and services

  Permission, 1 home · Wicklow County Council, 20639

• 2 Jul 2019Conditional

  temporary stand alone prefabricated structure containing 1 no classroom and sanitary facilities (floor area: 80 sqm) to the front / side of existing school building, together with all associated site works

  Retention · Wicklow County Council, 19710

• 2 Jul 2019N/a

  two storey dwelling house, garage, new site entrance, bored well, septic tank and associated percolation area, all ancillary site works and services

  Permission, 1 home · Wicklow County Council, 19713

• 23 May 2019N/a

  new temporary stand alone prefabricated structure containing 1 no classroom and sanitary facilities (floor are: 80 sqm) to the front / side of existing school building together with all associated site works

  Permission · Wicklow County Council, 19554

• 23 Apr 2019Conditional

  livestock underpass, effluent holding tank and all associated site works

  Permission · Wicklow County Council, 19435

• 10 Apr 2019Conditional

  agricultural building to include milking parlour, livestock handling facilities, waiting yard, ancillary rooms along with slatted soiled water / parlour washing tank, erection of 2 no meal bins and 1 no water storage tank along with associated site works

  Permission · Wicklow County Council, 19386

• 10 Sept 2018Refused

  two no. log cabins to the rear of existing dwelling (30m2 and 52m2), retention permission for a garage also to the rear of existing dwelling (158m2) and retention for a dormer style extension and single storey extension to the original single storey cottage, retention for a change of use from original attached garage to domestic use and retention for porch area to the front and all associated site works

  Retention · Wicklow County Council, 18996

• 20 Mar 2017Conditional

  dwelling as constructed, retention for entrance, wastewater treatment system including percolation area, garage, boundary and all associated site works

  Retention, 1 home · Wicklow County Council, 17287

• 27 Feb 2017N/a

  relocation of granted dwelling (Pl 14/1224), relocation of entrance and wastewater treatment system including percolation area, minor alterations to front, side and rear elevations (window sizes and locations) and alterations to garage including location and external facade changes, alterations to rear boundary and all associated site works

  Retention, 1 home · Wicklow County Council, 17208

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 Ballyconnell.

Recorded monuments

• WI037-008 Moated site
  Description

  Situated on a gentle SW-facing slope immediately to the E of an area of marshy ground. Shown on the 1838 and 1909 editions of the OS 6-inch map as a small approximately square enclosure (max dims. c. 35m x 35m). 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

• WI037-009 Enclosure
  Description

  Situated on level ground over-looking a gentle W-facing slope. Circular enclosure (diam. c. 25m) with a very slight scarp surviving to mark the W perimeter. Test trenching (Excavation Licence 08E0323 and 08E0504) carried out in 2008 immediately to the W and NW of this enclosure uncovered three linear features and a possible pit and post-hole (Kavanagh 2011, 377). 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 revision: 13 December 2012 Revised by: Claire Breen

• WI037-010 Cist
  Description

  Situated on a gentle N-facing slope. Encrusted urn found inverted over a cremation in a short cist (NMI 1956-1, 2). ((Ríordáin 1955; Waddell 1990, 159) 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

• WI037-022 Enclosure
  Description

  Situated on a gentle SW-facing slope. Circular enclosure (diam. c. 20m) visible as cropmark on aerial photographs (GSIAP, S 122-3). 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

• Saint Mary's Catholic Church, church/chapel, 1870–1875 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached three-bay single-storey Catholic church, dated 1873. The church is constructed in squared granite with a bellcote. The sheeted door is set within a semicircular-headed opening. Windows are also semicircular-headed with ‘Y’ tracery. The pitched roof is finished with natural slate and cast-iron rainwater goods. Internally the church is well preserved, and has not been re-ordered; the altar rails are retained and the altar table is in its original position. The queen post trusses are exposed. The church is slightly set back behind a wrought-iron gate and a low granite rubble wall which incorporates a crudely constructed stile.

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

At the centre of the townland of Ballyconnell, about 1 in 5 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels. Testing a home

Landslides

The Geological Survey did not answer.

Terrain model

The Geological Survey did not answer.

Flooding

The Office of Public Works publishes its flood maps on floodinfo.ie.

Radon Risk Map of Ireland, Environmental Protection Agency, and Landslide Susceptibility Classification, Geological Survey Ireland, both under 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 Ballyconnell with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Wicklow.

Name

Ballyconnell · Baile Uí Chonaill

Area

3,838,326 m² (383.83 ha, 948.47 acres)

Civil parish

Crecrin, and its townlands

Barony

Shillelagh

Electoral division

Killinure, the unit of the census

Census 2022

369 people lived in 133 households in the Killinure electoral division. 85% of households owned their home. 26% of homes were built since 2001. 9% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 3% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Crecrin (Co. Carlow), Gowle, Killinure, Knockballystine (Co. Carlow), Knockeen, Liscolman, Lumcloon

Placenames

Ballyconnell 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.