# Ballyloughlin, Co. Wicklow: townland, land parcels and planning Townland in the civil parish of Lower Newcastle, barony of Newcastle, Co. Wicklow; in Irish Baile Mhaoileachlainn. - Area (Tailte Éireann): 534,010 m² (53.4 ha, 131.96 acres) - Land parcels (Tailte Éireann): 3 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in it, median 235,953 m² (23.6 ha, 58.31 acres) - Zoning (national zoning, MyPlan): not in a zoned settlement - Planning (National Planning Applications): 0 applications since 2010 - Civil parish: Lower Newcastle, https://everytownland.com/wicklow/parish/lower-newcastle.md - Barony: Newcastle - Electoral division: Kilcoole, the unit of the census - Census 2022 (Central Statistics Office): 12,163 people lived in 4,109 households in the Kilcoole electoral division. 74% of households owned their home. 68% of homes were built since 2001. 3% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 0% were holiday homes. - County: Co. Wicklow, https://everytownland.com/wicklow.md - Placenames Database of Ireland: https://www.logainm.ie/en/55542 - Townland number at Tailte Éireann: 250247 - Centre: latitude 53.093134, longitude -6.055208 (WGS 84) ## Land parcels (registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann) 3 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Ballyloughlin, from 3,345 m² (0.33 ha, 0.83 acres) to 297,290 m² (29.73 ha, 73.46 acres); 10 neighbouring parcels touch its boundary. Largest first: - Parcel 1267035: 297,290 m² (29.73 ha, 73.46 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1267035.md - Parcel 1289192: 235,953 m² (23.6 ha, 58.31 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1289192.md - Parcel 1278439: 3,345 m² (0.33 ha, 0.83 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1278439.md ## Zoning (national zoning of development plans, MyPlan) No zone of a development plan covers Ballyloughlin 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) No planning application touches the townland of Ballyloughlin in the national file, which goes back to 2010. ## Designated sites (National Parks and Wildlife Service) - Special Protection Area: The Murrough cSPA, site code 004186, https://www.npws.ie/protected-sites/spa/004186 - Proposed Natural Heritage Area: The Murrough, site code 000730 ## Recorded monuments (Sites and Monuments Record, National Monuments Service) - WI013-034: Enclosure, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CWI013-034----. Situated on level ground overlooking a short gentle drop to a stream to the S. Subcircular enclosure (diam. c. 30m) defined by a fosse visible as a cropmark on aerial photograph (CUCAP, BGE 87). A gap and a possible annexe (diam. c. 40m) are also visible at the S. Not visible at ground level. 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 - WI013-036: Enclosure, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CWI013-036----. Situated on level ground in tillage. Two enclosures, one oval (dims. c. 40m x c. 35m) and one circular (diam. c. 25m), occurring side by side, with a rectangular enclosure (min. dims. c. 50m x 45m) superimposed. All are defined by fosses and are visible as cropmarks on aerial photograph (CUCAP, BDJ 98). The circular enclosure may have a second (outer) fosse and the rectangular enclosure has an entrance gap on the S side. Other fosses are visible in the immediate vicinity. Not visible at ground level. 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) - Bridge, 1690–1710, Regional interest, registry number 16401303, https://www.buildingsofireland.ie/niah/search.jsp?type=record&county=WI®no=16401303. Freestanding three-arch road bridge, built c.1700. The bridge is constructed in rubble field stone. Parapet walls are also in field stone. The central arch is taller than the side flood arches. It is 6.15m (20 feet) wide. It carries the main carriageway over a mountain stream. ## 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 Ballyloughlin, about 1 in 20 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 low, partly inferred. - Terrain model: LiDAR of the Office of Public Works, flown in 2011, at 2 m: tile OPW_3396, https://gsi.geodata.gov.ie/downloads/LiDAR/OPW_NASC/OPW_3396.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/ballyloughlin.dxf - GeoJSON, in WGS 84, for a map: https://everytownland.com/wicklow/ballyloughlin.geojson - KML, for Google Earth: https://everytownland.com/wicklow/ballyloughlin.kml ## Homes sold (Residential Property Price Register) No address of the register names Ballyloughlin 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) - Ballycrone: https://everytownland.com/wicklow/ballycrone.md - Ballyphilip: https://everytownland.com/wicklow/ballyphilip.md - Cooldross Lower: https://everytownland.com/wicklow/cooldross-lower.md - Leabeg Middle: https://everytownland.com/wicklow/leabeg-middle.md - Leabeg Upper: https://everytownland.com/wicklow/leabeg-upper.md - Woodstock Demesne: https://everytownland.com/wicklow/woodstock-demesne.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/ballyloughlin - In JSON: https://everytownland.com/api/townland/wicklow/ballyloughlin