# Ballycreen Lower, Co. Wicklow: townland, land parcels and planning Townland in the civil parish of Ballinacor, barony of Ballinacor South, Co. Wicklow; in Irish Baile Críonaire Íochtarach. - Area (Tailte Éireann): 1,562,943 m² (156.29 ha, 386.21 acres) - Land parcels (Tailte Éireann): 40 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in it, median 5,234 m² (0.52 ha, 1.29 acres) - Zoning (national zoning, MyPlan): not in a zoned settlement - Planning (National Planning Applications): 11 applications since 2010 - Civil parish: Ballinacor, https://everytownland.com/wicklow/parish/ballinacor.md - Barony: Ballinacor South - Electoral division: Ballinacor, the unit of the census - Census 2022 (Central Statistics Office): 369 people lived in 119 households in the Ballinacor electoral division. 82% of households owned their home. 35% of homes were built since 2001. 8% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 8% were holiday homes. - County: Co. Wicklow, https://everytownland.com/wicklow.md - Placenames Database of Ireland: https://www.logainm.ie/en/55270 - Townland number at Tailte Éireann: 250167 - Centre: latitude 52.894025, longitude -6.33603 (WGS 84) ## Land parcels (registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann) 40 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Ballycreen Lower, from 256 m² to 315,738 m² (31.57 ha, 78.02 acres); 21 neighbouring parcels touch its boundary. Largest first: - Parcel 1268834: 315,738 m² (31.57 ha, 78.02 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1268834.md - Parcel 1267998: 187,895 m² (18.79 ha, 46.43 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1267998.md - Parcel 5400587: 78,298 m² (7.83 ha, 19.35 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5400587.md - Parcel 1296290: 64,140 m² (6.41 ha, 15.85 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1296290.md - Parcel 2444892: 60,287 m² (6.03 ha, 14.9 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2444892.md - Parcel 1292380: 53,756 m² (5.38 ha, 13.28 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1292380.md - Parcel 1273589: 46,680 m² (4.67 ha, 11.53 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1273589.md - Parcel 2656661: 40,637 m² (4.06 ha, 10.04 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2656661.md - Parcel 1273091: 30,148 m² (3.01 ha, 7.45 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1273091.md - Parcel 1257482: 26,998 m² (2.7 ha, 6.67 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1257482.md - Parcel 1275496: 20,244 m² (2.02 ha, 5 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1275496.md - Parcel 1294380: 16,625 m² (1.66 ha, 4.11 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1294380.md - Parcel 5774042: 14,203 m² (1.42 ha, 3.51 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5774042.md - Parcel 5400570: 14,000 m² (1.4 ha, 3.46 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5400570.md - Parcel 1263839: 10,267 m² (1.03 ha, 2.54 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1263839.md - Parcel 1258130: 9,866 m² (0.99 ha, 2.44 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1258130.md - Parcel 1257983: 9,702 m² (0.97 ha, 2.4 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1257983.md - Parcel 1288695: 5,896 m² (0.59 ha, 1.46 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1288695.md - Parcel 1255903: 5,633 m² (0.56 ha, 1.39 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1255903.md - Parcel 1294363: 5,263 m² (0.53 ha, 1.3 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1294363.md - Parcel 1278624: 5,206 m² (0.52 ha, 1.29 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1278624.md - Parcel 1248641: 4,137 m² (0.41 ha, 1.02 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1248641.md - Parcel 1251079: 3,965 m² (0.4 ha, 0.98 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1251079.md - Parcel 1286408: 3,708 m² (0.37 ha, 0.92 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1286408.md - Parcel 5543504: 3,591 m² (0.36 ha, 0.89 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5543504.md - Parcel 1263500: 3,212 m² (0.32 ha, 0.79 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1263500.md - Parcel 1285678: 2,884 m² (0.29 ha, 0.71 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1285678.md - Parcel 4215990: 2,819 m² (0.28 ha, 0.7 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/4215990.md - Parcel 1248808: 2,357 m² (0.24 ha, 0.58 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1248808.md - Parcel 1290537: 2,159 m² (0.22 ha, 0.53 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1290537.md - Parcel 5470539: 1,992 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/5470539.md - Parcel 1281978: 1,641 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1281978.md - Parcel 1287107: 1,274 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1287107.md - Parcel 1282476: 1,126 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1282476.md - Parcel 1251111: 972 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1251111.md - Parcel 1269745: 647 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1269745.md - Parcel 1269113: 581 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1269113.md - Parcel 5400602: 528 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/5400602.md - Parcel 1276873: 371 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1276873.md - Parcel 2734882: 256 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/2734882.md ## Zoning (national zoning of development plans, MyPlan) No zone of a development plan covers Ballycreen Lower in the national zoning. Outside zoned towns and villages, the county development plan's rural policies apply to each application. ## Planning applications whose site touches the townland (National Planning Applications, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage) 11 applications, newest first. - 8 Apr 2026, Wicklow County Council 2660278: Refused. Permission. demolition of an existing unapproved single-storey concrete block agricultural shed and the erection of a new farm building containing 200 sq. metres (which is 33 sq. metres less than the floorspace of the structure which is to be removed) and extending to a ridge height of 3.5 metres (which is 1.8 metres less than the height of the existing building). It is proposed to clad the new building in corrugated metal sheeting and to undertake additional planting which will, along with existing roadside vegetation and planting, screen the building. The development will be used as a dry goods agricultural store and animal shed only. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/WicklowCC/AppFileRefDetails/2660278/0 - 24 Nov 2025, Wicklow County Council 2560953: Refused. Retention. single-storey concrete block agricultural shed, permission to clad it in corrugated metal sheeting, which is to be screened in existing and proposed planting and permission to use this structure as a dry goods agricultural store only. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/WicklowCC/AppFileRefDetails/2560953/0 - 26 Feb 2025, Wicklow County Council 2560125: Refused. Retention. single-storey concrete block agricultural shed, permission to clad it in corrugated metal sheeting, and permission to construct a slurry tank, with associated site works and planting. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/WicklowCC/AppFileRefDetails/2560125/0 - 17 Feb 2025, Wicklow County Council 2560097: N/a. Retention. single-storey concrete block agricultural shed, and permission to clad it in corrugated metal sheeting, and associated site works and planting. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/WicklowCC/AppFileRefDetails/2560097/0 - 4 Jul 2024, Wicklow County Council 24302: Refused. Retention. single storey agricultural shed and associated site works. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/WicklowCC/AppFileRefDetails/24302/0 - 13 Sept 2023, Wicklow County Council 2360280: Conditional. Permission, 1 home. the construction of a new dwelling, domestic garage, wastewater treatment unit and soil polishing filter, new well, new entrance onto public road, blocking up existing entrance and associate works. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/WicklowCC/AppFileRefDetails/2360280/0 - 20 Oct 2022, Wicklow County Council 221120: Conditional. Permission. proposed waste water treatment system to EPA standards, and associated works. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/WicklowCC/AppFileRefDetails/221120/0 - 9 Feb 2021, Wicklow County Council 21112: N/a. Permission, 1 home. dwelling, waste water treatment system to EPA standards, garage, new entrance and associated works. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/WicklowCC/AppFileRefDetails/21112/0 - 25 Feb 2020, Wicklow County Council 20189: Conditional. Permission. 12 sqm agricultural structure shed used for two horses, previously granted for a limited period of ten years under grant of planning permission PRR 09/968 and associated works. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/WicklowCC/AppFileRefDetails/20189/0 - 11 Feb 2020, Wicklow County Council 20125: N/a. Permission. 12 sqm agricultural structure shed used as shelter for 2 horses for a ten year period and associated works. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/WicklowCC/AppFileRefDetails/20125/0 - 17 Dec 2018, Wicklow County Council 181402: Conditional. Retention, 1 home. as constructed dwelling and full permission to complete same along with well, garage, effluent treatment system to comply with current EPA requirements, removal of existing entrance and improvements to existing agricultural entrance and associated works. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/WicklowCC/AppFileRefDetails/181402/0 Applicants are not shown. ## Designated sites (National Parks and Wildlife Service) No designated site (Special Area of Conservation, Special Protection Area, Natural Heritage Area or proposed one) touches the townland of Ballycreen Lower. ## Recorded monuments (Sites and Monuments Record, National Monuments Service) No recorded monument lies in the townland of Ballycreen Lower. ## Architectural heritage (National Inventory of Architectural Heritage) No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands in the townland of Ballycreen Lower. ## Ground and risks (Radon Risk Map of Ireland, EPA; Landslide Susceptibility Classification and LiDAR, Geological Survey Ireland) - Radon: at the centre of the townland of Ballycreen Lower, about 1 in 10 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels. Testing a home: https://www.epa.ie/environment-and-you/radon/radon-testing/#d.en.82887 - Landslides: The 1:50,000 map rates the landslide susceptibility here as high, moderately high, moderately low, low, partly inferred. - Terrain model: LiDAR of the Office of Public Works, flown in 2011, at 2 m: tile OPW_3156, https://gsi.geodata.gov.ie/downloads/LiDAR/OPW_NASC/OPW_3156.zip (ZIP). - Flooding: the flood maps of the Office of Public Works, https://www.floodinfo.ie/map/floodmaps/, linked only: their licence does not allow re-use. 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. ## Downloads - DXF, in Irish Transverse Mercator metres, with its boundary, parcels and buildings, for a drawing program: https://everytownland.com/wicklow/ballycreen-lower.dxf - GeoJSON, in WGS 84, for a map: https://everytownland.com/wicklow/ballycreen-lower.geojson - KML, for Google Earth: https://everytownland.com/wicklow/ballycreen-lower.kml ## Homes sold (Residential Property Price Register) No address of the register names Ballycreen Lower with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Wicklow: https://everytownland.com/wicklow.md ## Neighbouring townlands (National Statutory Boundaries, Tailte Éireann) - Ballycreen Upper: https://everytownland.com/wicklow/ballycreen-upper.md - Ballyshane: https://everytownland.com/wicklow/ballyshane.md - Macreddin West: https://everytownland.com/wicklow/macreddin-west.md - Moneymeen: https://everytownland.com/wicklow/moneymeen.md - Sheeana More: https://everytownland.com/wicklow/sheeana-more.md - Sheeanabeg (Whaley): https://everytownland.com/wicklow/sheeanabeg-whaley.md 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. --- Everytownland reads the registered freehold land and the statutory boundaries of Tailte Éireann, the national zoning, planning file and heritage records of the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, and the Residential Property Price Register. A parcel is the land of a title, not an address. The owner's name is in the Land Registry of Tailte Éireann: a copy of the folio can be ordered on landdirect.ie, for a fee; this site names no owner. A price is the price recorded for a past sale, not a valuation. Sources: Cadastral Parcels Freehold, Townlands, Civil Parishes, Baronies, Electoral Divisions and Buildings, Tailte Éireann, CC BY 4.0; national zoning of development plans (GZT, MyPlan) and National Planning Applications, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, CC BY 4.0, applicants not shown; designated sites, National Parks and Wildlife Service, CC BY 4.0; Sites and Monuments Record, National Monuments Service, CC BY 4.0; National Inventory of Architectural Heritage, CC BY 4.0; Residential Property Price Register, Property Services Regulatory Authority, re-used with the source acknowledged. - Page: https://everytownland.com/wicklow/ballycreen-lower - In JSON: https://everytownland.com/api/townland/wicklow/ballycreen-lower