Ballygannon More
Townland in the civil parish of Dunganstown, barony of Arklow, Co. Wicklow; in Irish Baile Uí Ghamhnáin Mór
- Area
- 127.8 ha
- 316 acres
- Land parcels
- 47
- registered freehold, median 4,078 m² (0.41 ha, 1.01 acres)
- Zoning
- —
- not in a zoned settlement
- Planning
- 15
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
47 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Ballygannon More, from 74 m² to 166,595 m² (16.66 ha, 41.17 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 15 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 More 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
1 Oct 2025Conditional
for permission for new agriculture entrance and associate works
Permission · Wicklow County Council, 2560776
18 Jul 2024Conditional
an effluent treatment system and percolation area in accordance with current EPA standards in a revised location on site from that as previously granted under PRR 00/2619 & 13/8474 (not installed) to serve existing dwelling as constructed on site under PRR 00/2619 & 13/8474; all together with associated site works
Permission · Wicklow County Council, 2460427
11 Dec 2023Conditional
(1) retention of alterations to my dwelling as a change to that permitted under Planning No. 18930 and (2) retention of existing Biocrete wastewater treatment system installed as an alternative to that permitted under Planning No. 18930 and all associated site and ancillary works
Retention · Wicklow County Council, 23896
28 Nov 2023N/a
alterations to my dwelling as a change to that permitted under Planning No. 18/930 and all associated site and ancillary works
Retention · Wicklow County Council, 23869
12 Oct 2023Conditional
domestic garage as built on site and permission for removal of planning condition no 2 of planning ref 99/466 ( From restricted use of dwelling to use by all classes of persons )
Retention · Wicklow County Council, 2360343
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
8 Aug 2022Conditional
change of use (removal of planning condition no.11 of planning ref. no. 98/9140) from restricted use as a dwelling to use by all classes of persons
Permission · Wicklow County Council, 22869
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
20 Mar 2019Conditional
78 sqm single storey animal isolation unit, 70 sqm single storey cattery and isolation unit and associated 29 sqm wire fenced open air kennels, 192 sqm agricultural style barn and associated 14 sqm open air pen, 56 sqm single storey training area storage shed and associated 2937 sqm 2.0m high fenced training area, 40 sqm single storey storage shed to the rear and north side of previously approved barn (Planning Reg Ref 5484/90) and associated 13 sqm open air wire fenced kennels to southern side of existing barn. PERMISSION is sought for 215 sqm single storey barn style building incorporating 20 indoor kennels, viewing areas, feed preparation and reception areas, all under roof, provision of 328 sq m 6 bay exercise area to the north of new kennel building and removal of existing exercise bays to the south, provision of 2 effluent treatment systems to cater for human and animal effluent and decommissioning of existing septic tank system, additional parking bays, general landscaping, pathways and fencing / walls of affected areas, associated works
Retention · Wicklow County Council, 19295
16 Aug 2018Conditional
bungalow, garage, effluent treatment system, extension of existing site access road, new agricultural entrance for access to farm land and associated site works
Permission, 1 home · Wicklow County Council, 18930
3 Aug 2018N/a
bungalow, garage, effluent treatment system, extension of existing site access road and associated site works
Permission, 1 home · Wicklow County Council, 18887
23 Mar 2017Conditional
dwelling incorporating granny flat, double garage, wastewater treatment plant and all associated site works
Permission, 1 home · Wicklow County Council, 17310
8 Feb 2017N/a
dwelling, double garage, wastewater treatment plant and all associated site works
Permission, 1 home · Wicklow County Council, 17130
30 Jan 2017Conditional
single storey detached dwelling, separate single storey detached domestic garage, new proprietary on site wastewater treatment system and percolation areas, landscaping and all ancillary site works including new entrance drive from an existing access lane
Permission, 1 home · Wicklow County Council, 1781
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 More.
Architectural heritage
No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands in the townland of Ballygannon More.
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 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 More.
- 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 More with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Wicklow.
The townland
- Name
- Ballygannon More · Baile Uí Ghamhnáin Mór
- Area
- 1,278,127 m² (127.81 ha, 315.83 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
- Bahana, Ballinacooley, Ballygannon Beg, Cunniamstown Big, Cunniamstown Little, Drumdangan, Kilcandra
- Placenames
- Ballygannon More 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.