Ballygannon Beg
Townland in the civil parish of Dunganstown, barony of Arklow, Co. Wicklow; in Irish Baile Uí Ghamhnáin Beag
- Area
- 128.1 ha
- 316 acres
- Land parcels
- 14
- registered freehold, median 5,786 m² (0.58 ha, 1.43 acres)
- Zoning
- —
- not in a zoned settlement
- Planning
- 12
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
14 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Ballygannon Beg, from 433 m² to 619,900 m² (61.99 ha, 153.18 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 Ballygannon Beg 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
24 Apr 2023N/a
conversion of domestic garage to living accommodation for stud farm and permission for upgrade of existing sewerage facilities to accommodate same with all associated site works
Retention · Wicklow County Council, 23406
20 Mar 2023N/a
1) permission for retention of conversion of domestic garage to living accommodation for stud farm staff and 2) permission for upgrade of existing sewerage facilities to accommodate same with all associated works
Retention · Wicklow County Council, 23265
15 Dec 2022Conditional
change of house type to previously granted permission 22/224, to construct a garage and change of position of house on site and all associated site works
Permission · Wicklow County Council, 221342
11 Apr 2022Conditional
construct an indoor horse arena including 2 no. stables, tack room & storage room with all associated site works in existing farmyard
Permission · Wicklow County Council, 22374
10 Mar 2022Conditional
use existing entrance and create a new driveway and for the construction of a bungalow and a new effluent treatment system to current EPA standards and all ancillary site works
Permission, 1 home · Wicklow County Council, 22224
14 Sept 2021N/a
existing entrance and driveway and permission for the construction of a split-level dwelling with garage and for new effluent treatment system to current EPA standards and all ancillary site works
Retention, 1 home · Wicklow County Council, 211130
1 Apr 2021Refused
split-level dwelling with garage using the existing entrance and driveway and for a new effluent treatment system to current EPA standards and all ancillary site works
Permission, 1 home · Wicklow County Council, 21363
2 Apr 2020Conditional
proposed shale surfaced internal service road to service paddocks within a farm holding, and associated works
Permission · Wicklow County Council, 20328
19 Jul 2017Refused
machinery shed / private workshop and material change of use of land for use as storage compound for plant machinery and trucks and associated works
Retention · Wicklow County Council, 17874
18 Jul 2017Refused
importation and deposition of inert subsoil and top soil for land profiling and recontouring purposes including all ancillary site works at an existing agricultural holding of 7.53 hectares. A Waste Facility Permit is required for this development. The planning application is accompanied by a Natura Impact Statement
Permission · Wicklow County Council, 17866
12 Jul 2017N/a
importation and deposition of inert subsoil and top soil for land profiling and recontouring purposes including all ancillary site works at an existing agricultural holding of 7.53 hectares. The purpose of this work is to improve the site for agriculture. A Waste Facility Permit is required for this development
Permission · Wicklow County Council, 17839
28 Mar 2017Conditional
livestock shed with underground slatted tank and straw lieback area, construction of cattle handling area and all associated site works
Permission · Wicklow County Council, 17322
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
- Special Area of Conservation: Deputy's Pass Nature Reserve SAC 000717
- Proposed Natural Heritage Area: Glenealy Woods 001756
Recorded monuments
No recorded monument lies in the townland of Ballygannon Beg.
Architectural heritage
No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands in the townland of Ballygannon Beg.
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 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 Ballygannon Beg.
- 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 Ballygannon Beg with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Wicklow.
The townland
- Name
- Ballygannon Beg · Baile Uí Ghamhnáin Beag
- Area
- 1,280,687 m² (128.07 ha, 316.46 acres)
- Civil parish
- Dunganstown, and its townlands
- Barony
- Arklow
- Electoral division
- Dunganstown West, the unit of the census
- Census 2022
- Dunganstown West electoral division: 481 people in 181 households; 82% of households own their home; 24% of homes were built since 2001; 5% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 3% were holiday homes.
- Neighbouring townlands
- Ballinacooley, Ballygannon More, Kilcandra, Kilmanoge, Kilnamanagh More, Westaston Demesne
- Placenames
- Ballygannon Beg 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.