# Ballygahan Upper, Co. Wicklow: townland, land parcels and planning Townland in the civil parish of Castlemacadam, barony of Arklow, Co. Wicklow; in Irish Baile Gatháin Uachtarach. - Area (Tailte Éireann): 1,019,058 m² (101.91 ha, 251.81 acres) - Land parcels (Tailte Éireann): 31 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in it, median 3,387 m² (0.34 ha, 0.84 acres) - Zoning (national zoning, MyPlan): not in a zoned settlement - Planning (National Planning Applications): 13 applications since 2010 - Civil parish: Castlemacadam, https://everytownland.com/wicklow/parish/castlemacadam.md - Barony: Arklow - Electoral division: Ovoca, the unit of the census - Census 2022 (Central Statistics Office): 728 people lived in 263 households in the Ovoca electoral division. 74% of households owned their home. 10% of homes were built since 2001. 7% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 6% were holiday homes. - County: Co. Wicklow, https://everytownland.com/wicklow.md - Placenames Database of Ireland: https://www.logainm.ie/en/55234 - Townland number at Tailte Éireann: 250197 - Centre: latitude 52.86404, longitude -6.234083 (WGS 84) ## Land parcels (registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann) 31 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Ballygahan Upper, from 68 m² to 289,055 m² (28.91 ha, 71.43 acres); 18 neighbouring parcels touch its boundary. Largest first: - Parcel 1293627: 289,055 m² (28.91 ha, 71.43 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1293627.md - Parcel 1293485: 243,154 m² (24.32 ha, 60.08 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1293485.md - Parcel 1293484: 121,249 m² (12.12 ha, 29.96 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1293484.md - Parcel 1539793: 119,380 m² (11.94 ha, 29.5 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1539793.md - Parcel 5303380: 48,492 m² (4.85 ha, 11.98 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5303380.md - Parcel 1264614: 48,215 m² (4.82 ha, 11.91 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1264614.md - Parcel 5437980: 18,432 m² (1.84 ha, 4.55 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5437980.md - Parcel 2670322: 17,018 m² (1.7 ha, 4.21 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2670322.md - Parcel 5136717: 15,706 m² (1.57 ha, 3.88 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5136717.md - Parcel 3806467: 8,286 m² (0.83 ha, 2.05 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/3806467.md - Parcel 1297756: 6,169 m² (0.62 ha, 1.52 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1297756.md - Parcel 3806525: 4,635 m² (0.46 ha, 1.15 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/3806525.md - Parcel 1250969: 4,111 m² (0.41 ha, 1.02 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1250969.md - Parcel 1250972: 3,932 m² (0.39 ha, 0.97 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1250972.md - Parcel 1296311: 3,715 m² (0.37 ha, 0.92 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1296311.md - Parcel 1278728: 3,387 m² (0.34 ha, 0.84 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1278728.md - Parcel 1248529: 3,348 m² (0.33 ha, 0.83 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1248529.md - Parcel 1248767: 3,191 m² (0.32 ha, 0.79 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1248767.md - Parcel 1292475: 1,812 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1292475.md - Parcel 1268015: 1,801 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1268015.md - Parcel 4679863: 1,574 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/4679863.md - Parcel 3410291: 1,269 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/3410291.md - Parcel 1255539: 1,020 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1255539.md - Parcel 1251511: 965 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1251511.md - Parcel 5808850: 876 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/5808850.md - Parcel 2423302: 810 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/2423302.md - Parcel 5537911: 691 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/5537911.md - Parcel 5690230: 388 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/5690230.md - Parcel 3806490: 99 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/3806490.md - Parcel 5690229: 69 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/5690229.md - Parcel 5808854: 68 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/5808854.md ## Zoning (national zoning of development plans, MyPlan) No zone of a development plan covers Ballygahan Upper 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) 13 applications, newest first. - 30 Jul 2026, Wicklow County Council 26149: Conditional. Retention. Retention of garden playroom structure of 24sqm & Permission for its change of use to short term accommodation. Retention permission of 40ft shipping container that is used for general storage of garden equipment.. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/WicklowCC/AppFileRefDetails/26149/0 - 17 Jul 2026, Wicklow County Council 26144: N/a. Retention. garden playroom structure of 24m2 and change of use to short term accommodation , retention of40ft shipping container and change of use for general storage of garden equipment etc. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/WicklowCC/AppFileRefDetails/26144/0 - 28 Aug 2023, Wicklow County Council 23673: Conditional. Permission. construction of dwelling (183sqm), installation of sewage treatment facility and percolation area and all ancillary works and landscaping. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/WicklowCC/AppFileRefDetails/23673/0 - 8 Aug 2023, Wicklow County Council 23636: N/a. Permission. construction of dwelling ( 183 sqm) installation of sewage treatment facility and percolation area and all ancillary works and landscaping. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/WicklowCC/AppFileRefDetails/23636/0 - 25 Jul 2022, Wicklow County Council 22817: Refused. Permission. the erection of a shed type structure for use as a personal gym. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/WicklowCC/AppFileRefDetails/22817/0 - 2 Feb 2022, Wicklow County Council 2285: Conditional. Permission. change of use of area previously used as machinery workshop / yard to use as a commercial bus parking depot. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/WicklowCC/AppFileRefDetails/2285/0 - 25 Jan 2022, Wicklow County Council 2254: N/a. Permission. change of use of area previously used as machinery workshop/yard to use as a commercial bus parking depot. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/WicklowCC/AppFileRefDetails/2254/0 - 21 Dec 2021, Wicklow County Council 211543: Refused. Permission. the erection of a shed structure for use as a personal gym. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/WicklowCC/AppFileRefDetails/211543/0 - 7 Dec 2021, Wicklow County Council 211462: N/a. Permission. erection of a shed structure for use as a personal gym. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/WicklowCC/AppFileRefDetails/211462/0 - 30 Mar 2021, Wicklow County Council 21362: Conditional. Permission. change of use (the removal of condition 1 of planning register reference 05/4369) from restricted use as a dwelling to use by all classes of persons. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/WicklowCC/AppFileRefDetails/21362/0 - 10 Nov 2020, Wicklow County Council 201135: Refused. Permission. change of use (the removal of condition 1 of planning register reference 05/4369) from restricted use as a dwelling to use by all classes of persons. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/WicklowCC/AppFileRefDetails/201135/0 - 31 Aug 2020, Wicklow County Council 20857: N/a. Retention. A. retention of a storage shed (circa 252sqm) and B. the removal of condition 1 of planning registration reference 05/4369. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/WicklowCC/AppFileRefDetails/20857/0 - 23 Jan 2017, Wicklow County Council 1762: Conditional. Retention. existing domestic garage, existing entrance to dwelling house and alterations to roadside boundary to provide sightlines from existing entrance, retention of existing garden store. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/WicklowCC/AppFileRefDetails/1762/0 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 Ballygahan Upper. ## Recorded monuments (Sites and Monuments Record, National Monuments Service) - WI035-040: Barrow - ring-barrow, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CWI035-040----. Situated on the summit of a dome-topped hill with extensive panoramic views. Circular site (int. diam. 17.9m N-S; max. ext. diam. 21m N-S) defined by an earthen bank and internal fosse (int. D 0.5-0.6m; Wth 2.7m). The bank (int. H 1.1m; ext. H 0.9-1m) consists mainly of earth and may have been retouched recently as the edges are very sharp and regular. The interior of the site is flat and is crossed by five lazy-beds. There is a causeway (Wth 1.8m) at the E opposite which two large boulders form an outer facing to the bank. A trigonometrical station is set on the bank immediately N of this point. Marked as an enclosure on the first edition OS 6-inch map. (Robinson 1937, 305-6) 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 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). ## Architectural heritage (National Inventory of Architectural Heritage) No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands in the townland of Ballygahan Upper. ## 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 Ballygahan Upper, 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_3264, https://gsi.geodata.gov.ie/downloads/LiDAR/OPW_NASC/OPW_3264.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/ballygahan-upper.dxf - GeoJSON, in WGS 84, for a map: https://everytownland.com/wicklow/ballygahan-upper.geojson - KML, for Google Earth: https://everytownland.com/wicklow/ballygahan-upper.kml ## Homes sold (Residential Property Price Register) No address of the register names Ballygahan Upper 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) - Ballygahan Lower: https://everytownland.com/wicklow/ballygahan-lower.md - Ballymoneen: https://everytownland.com/wicklow/ballymoneen-250263.md - Ballymurtagh: https://everytownland.com/wicklow/ballymurtagh.md - Kilcashel: https://everytownland.com/wicklow/kilcashel.md - Killeagh: https://everytownland.com/wicklow/killeagh-250844.md - Kilqueeny: https://everytownland.com/wicklow/kilqueeny.md - Tinnahinch: https://everytownland.com/wicklow/tinnahinch.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/ballygahan-upper - In JSON: https://everytownland.com/api/townland/wicklow/ballygahan-upper