Ballyknockan More
Townland in the civil parish of Glenealy, barony of Newcastle, Co. Wicklow; in Irish Baile an Chnocáin Mór
- Area
- 159.3 ha
- 394 acres
- Land parcels
- 23
- registered freehold, median 2,295 m² (0.23 ha, 0.57 acres)
- Zoning
- —
- not in a zoned settlement
- Planning
- 9
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
23 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Ballyknockan More, from 20 m² to 1,128,765 m² (112.88 ha, 278.92 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 21 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 Ballyknockan 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
9 Oct 2024N/a
development of an equestrian farm. The development will generally comprise a new entrance access road; 3 stable blocks incorporating stores and tack rooms; outdoor arena; indoor arena with viewing area; staff facilities; sheds / buildings for storage of hay, straw, dung, waste management, machinery, lorries; a lunge / walker pen; breeding barn and operators’ residence together with associated site development works / services; effluent treatment / disposal; and other infrastructure / welfare provisions for the project. This planning submission includes a Natura Impact Statement
Permission · Wicklow County Council, 2460617
18 Jun 2024Conditional
demolition of single-storey extension to side and erection of single/two-storey extension to rear with new sewage treatment system, and ancillary site works
Permission · Wicklow County Council, 2460344
20 Nov 2023N/a
demolition of single-storey extension to side and erection of two-storey extension to rear with new sewage treatment system, and ancillary site works
Permission · Wicklow County Council, 2360427
28 Jun 2023Conditional
a new sewage treatment system to EPA standards and all associated ancillary site works and connection to services
Permission · Wicklow County Council, 23563
1 Jun 2023N/a
a new sewerage treatment system to EPA standards and all associated ancillary site works and connection to services
Permission · Wicklow County Council, 23503
20 Apr 2023Refused
for demolition of single-storey extension to side and erection of two-storey extension to rear with new sewage treatment system, relocation of recessed vehicular access and ancillary site works
Permission · Wicklow County Council, 2360006
25 Jul 2018Conditional
(a) the erection of 5 number polytunnels for use in herb production with associated 3m high & 20m diameter water storage tank and (b) the relocation of the existing carpark to a new 53 space car park to the east of the site to allow for improved access and vehicular circulation within the site generally
Permission · Wicklow County Council, 18847
13 Jul 2018N/a
5 number 550 sqm polytunnels for use in herb production with associated 3m high and 20m diameter water storage tank and the relocation of the existing car park to the east of the site to allow for improved access and vehicular circulation within the site generally
Permission · Wicklow County Council, 18793
23 Aug 2017Conditional
modifications and extensions to previously granted house type and site layout under PRR 14/1880. The application will include permission for a new garage and canopy area on site number 1. The following additional works are proposed on site number 1 : extensions to the side and rear ground floor plan - circa 18 sqm, additional circa 27 sqm upper floor bedroom extension to rear of existing dwelling, alterations to existing elevations and internal layout, a new garage and canopy connecting garage to main dwelling for site 2, the following works are proposed: extension to the side and rear ground floor plan - circa 17.5 sqm, additional circa 27.5 sqm upper floor bedroom extension to rear of existing dwelling, alterations to existing elevations and the internal layout. In addition to the above, alterations are being sought to boundaries, entrance walls and gate details to the previously granted permission and all associated site works
Permission, 2 homes · Wicklow County Council, 171014
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
- Proposed Natural Heritage Area: Glenealy Woods 001756
Recorded monuments
No recorded monument lies in the townland of Ballyknockan More.
Architectural heritage
No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands in the townland of Ballyknockan 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
- LiDAR of the Office of Public Works, flown in 2011, at 2 m: tile OPW_3347 (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 Ballyknockan More with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Wicklow.
The townland
- Name
- Ballyknockan More · Baile an Chnocáin Mór
- Area
- 1,593,088 m² (159.31 ha, 393.66 acres)
- Civil parish
- Glenealy, and its townlands
- Barony
- Newcastle
- Electoral division
- Glenealy, the unit of the census
- Census 2022
- Glenealy electoral division: 2,861 people in 1,004 households; 76% of households own their home; 30% of homes were built since 2001; 6% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 2% were holiday homes.
- Neighbouring townlands
- Aghowle Lower, Aghowle Upper, Ballymacsimon, Ballymanus Upper, Ballymoat, Coolnakilly
- Placenames
- Ballyknockan 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.