Ballyduff Lower
Townland in the civil parish of Killiskey, barony of Newcastle, Co. Wicklow; in Irish An Baile Dubh Íochtarach
- Area
- 58.8 ha
- 145 acres
- Land parcels
- 18
- registered freehold, median 2,090 m² (0.21 ha, 0.52 acres)
- Zoning
- —
- not in a zoned settlement
- Planning
- 12
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
18 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Ballyduff Lower, from 105 m² to 242,412 m² (24.24 ha, 59.9 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 24 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 Ballyduff 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
25 Feb 2026Conditional
amendments to PA. Reg. Ref. 17/163 and ABP. Ref. 301391 and as amended by PA. Reg. Ref. 21/956 and PA. Reg. Ref. 22/887. The following amendments are proposed to the permitted film studios development: 1. the relocation of permitted Blocks F and F2. 2. an increase in height of permitted Block F from 16.8 m to 24.4m. 3. minor Modifications to permitted access corridors/ skywalks in Block F, F1 and F2 as a result of relocation. 4. proposed changes in Elevation to permitted Block F, F1 and F2. 5. a decrease in height of permitted Block B1 from 17.25m to 13.7m. 6. proposed changes in Elevation to Permitted Blocks B, B1 and B2
Permission · Wicklow County Council, 2660137
23 Feb 2026N/a
amendments to PA. Reg. Ref. 17/163 and ABP. Ref. 301391 and as amended by PA. Reg. Ref. 21/956 and PA. Reg. Ref. 22/887. The following amendments are proposed to the permitted film studios development: 1. the relocation of permitted Blocks F and F2. 2. an increase in height of permitted Block F from 16.8 m to 24.4m. 3. minor Modifications to permitted access corridors/ skywalks in Block F, F1 and F2 as a result of relocation. 4. proposed changes in Elevation to permitted Block F, F1 and F2. 5. a decrease in height of permitted Block B1 from 17.25m to 13.7m. 6. proposed changes in Elevation to Permitted Blocks B, B1 and B2
Permission · Wicklow County Council, 2660126
27 Jun 2025Conditional
(i) part change of use of the existing 2-storey building referred to as Boswell House ancillary building including retention of elevational changes to accommodate the change of use from offices, store, kill room and pre-existing shop to 5 no. apartments (4 no. one-bedroom and 1 no. two-bedroom) providing short stay residential accommodation ancillary to the equestrian centre (Units 1, 2, 3, 4, and 5); (ii) part change of use of the existing single storey building referred to as The Stables including retention of elevational changes to accommodate change of use from stables to 2 no. one-bedroom and 1 no. two-bedroom apartments providing short stay residential accommodation ancillary to the equestrian centre (Units 8, 9, and 10); (iii) change of use of the existing two storey building referred to as Boswell House from a residential dwelling to 1 no. four-bedroom short stay residential accommodation ancillary to the equestrian centre (Unit 7); (iv) part change of use of the existing single storey building referred to as The Gallery including retention of elevational changes to accommodate the change of use from a covered viewing gallery to a tack shop and café ancillary to the equestrian centre. Permission is also sought for a proposed wastewater treatment system and raised soil polishing filter for the site; and, all associated ancillary works necessary to facilitate the development
Retention · Wicklow County Council, 2560474
6 Oct 2023Conditional
proposed 85sqm extension to 40sqm cottage, waste water treatment system to EPA standards and all associated site works
Permission · Wicklow County Council, 23755
1 Sept 2023N/a
proposed 85 sq.m extension to 40 sq.m cottage, waste water treatment system to EPA standards and associated works
Permission · Wicklow County Council, 23682
5 Jul 2023Refused
the change of use of part of 2 no. ancillary buildings referred to as Boswell House Ancillary Building and The Stables providing for a total of 7 no. apartments providing for short stay residential accommodation ancillary to the equestrian centre; and the retention for change of use of part of The Gallery ancillary building to provide a tack shop and café as follows: (i) Part change of use of the existing 2-storey building referred to as Boswell House Ancillary Building including retention of elevational changes to accommodate the change of use from offices, store, kill room and pre-existing shop to 5 no. apartments (4 no. one-bedroom and 1 no. two-bedroom ) providing short stay residential accommodation ancillary to the equestrian centre; (ii) part change of use of the existing single storey building referred to as The Stables including retention of elevational changes to accommodate change of use from stables to 2 no. one-bedroom apartments providing short stay residential accommodation ancillary to the equestrian centre. (iii) part change of use of the existing single storey building referred to as The Gallery including retention of elevational changes to accommodate the change of use from a covered viewing gallery to a tack shop and café ancillary to the equestrian centre. Permission is also sought for a proposed wastewater treatment system and raised soil polishing filter for the site; and, all associated ancillary works necessary to facilitate the development
Retention · Wicklow County Council, 23580
12 Aug 2022Conditional
amendments to PA.Reg.Ref.17/163 and ABP.Ref.301391 and as amended by PA.Reg.Ref.21/956 to permitted Blocks B and C to result in an increase in height from 18.29m to 24.97m
Permission · Wicklow County Council, 22887
9 Jun 2022Refused
proposed 79 sqm extension to 40 sqm, cottage, waste water treatment system to EPA standards and all associated works
Permission, 1 home · Wicklow County Council, 22644
28 Jan 2021Refused
conversion of stables to 2 no. self contained apartments, together with minor elevational alterations, the change of use of the "covered viewing gallery" to retail use and external changes to the " covered viewing gallery", permission is also sought for the change of use of office and commercial space to 4 no. self contained apartments, together with retention for minor elevational alterations and all ancillary site works
Retention · Wicklow County Council, 2164
18 Dec 2018Conditional
dwelling house with services, domestic garage and all associated site works
Permission, 1 home · Wicklow County Council, 181421
15 Feb 2017Conditional
ten year permission. The development will consist of film studios with ancillary facilities in twelve buildings A, B, B1, B2, C, C1, C2, D, E, F, F1 and F2 to accommodate film making, support offices, visitors centre, costume storage, make up room, set construction, paint shop, plaster shops, metal shop, timber shop, electrical, special effects, chemical store, set assembly and toilets. Building A is four storeys, has a gross internal floor area of 9914 sqm with a total height of 16.8m. Building B is three storeys, has a gross internal floor area of 7990 sqm with a total height of 16.8 m, building B1 is four storeys, has a gross internal floor area of 4422 sqm with a total height of 16.8m, building B2 is four storeys has a gross internal floor area of 4422 sqm with a total height of 16.8m, building C is three storeys, has a gross internal floor area of 7925 sqm with a total height of 16.8m, building C1 is four storeys, has a gross internal floor area of 4422 sqm with a total height of 16.8m, Building C2 is four storeys, has a gross internal floor area of 4422 sqm with a total height of 16.8m, building D is four storeys, has a gross internal floor area of 4422 sqm with a total height of 16.8m, building E is single storey has a gross internal floor area of 952 sqm with a total height of 16.8m, building F is three storeys has a gross internal floor area of 7865 sqm with a total height of 16.8m, building F1 is four storeys has a gross internal floor area of 4422 sqm with a total height of 16.8m, building F2 is four storeys has a gross internal floor area of 4422 sqm with a total height of 16.8m giving a total gross internal floor area of 65,600 sqm, demolition of existing agricultural building covering 1024 sqm, the provision of 648 ancillary staff and 200 visitor car parking spaces and 101 coach parking spaces, site works and associated landscaping all on a site of approx 39.81 hectares, a new access onto the L5068 and use of an existing access onto R772 for emergency purposes. An EIS will be submitted to the Planning Authority with the application
Permission · Wicklow County Council, 17163
3 Feb 2017N/a
ten year permission. The development will consist of film studios with ancillary facilities in twelve buildings A, B, B1, B2, C, C1, C2, D, E, F, F1 and F2 to accommodate film making, support offices, visitors centre, costume storage, make up room, set construction, paint shop, plaster shops, metal shop, timber shop, electrical, special effects, chemical store, set assembly and toilets. Building A is four storeys, has a gross internal floor area of 9914 sqm with a total height of 16.8m. Building B is three storeys, has a gross internal floor area of 7990 sqm with a total height of 16.8 m, building B1 is four storeys, has a gross internal floor area of 4422 sqm with a total height of 16.8m, building B2 is four storeys has a gross internal floor area of 4422 sqm with a total height of 16.8m, building C is three storeys, has a gross internal floor area of 7925 sqm with a total height of 16.8m, building C1 is four storeys, has a gross internal floor area of 4422 sqm with a total height of 16.8m, Building C2 is four storeys, has a gross internal floor area of 4422 sqm with a total height of 16.8m, building D is four storeys, has a gross internal floor area of 4422 sqm with a total height of 16.8m, building E is single storey has a gross internal floor area of 952 sqm with a total height of 16.8m, building F is three storeys has a gross internal floor area of 7865 sqm with a total height of 16.8m, building F1 is four storeys has a gross internal floor area of 4422 sqm with a total height of 16.8m, building F2 is four storeys has a gross internal floor area of 4422 sqm with a total height of 16.8m giving a total gross internal floor area of 65,600 sqm, demolition of existing agricultural building covering 1024 sqm, the provision of 648 ancillary staff and 200 visitor car parking spaces and 101 coach parking spaces, site works and associated landscaping all on a site of approx 39.81 hectares, a new access onto the L5068 and use of an existing access onto R772 for emergency purposes. An EIS will be submitted to the Planning Authority with the application
Permission · Wicklow County Council, 17111
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 Ballyduff Lower.
Recorded monuments
No recorded monument lies in the townland of Ballyduff Lower.
Architectural heritage
No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands in the townland of Ballyduff 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 moderately high, moderately low, low, low (inferred), on the 1:50,000 map.
- Terrain model
- LiDAR of the Office of Public Works, flown in 2011, at 2 m: tile OPW_3370 (ZIP).
- 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 Ballyduff Lower with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Wicklow.
The townland
- Name
- Ballyduff Lower · An Baile Dubh Íochtarach
- Area
- 587,706 m² (58.77 ha, 145.23 acres)
- Civil parish
- Killiskey, and its townlands
- Barony
- Newcastle
- Electoral division
- Killiskey, the unit of the census
- Census 2022
- Killiskey electoral division: 1,637 people in 570 households; 79% of households own their home; 46% of homes were built since 2001; 4% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 1% were holiday homes.
- Neighbouring townlands
- Ballyhenry, Courtfoyle, Kellystown, Killiskey, Moorstown, Newtownboswell
- Placenames
- Ballyduff 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.