Ballymacsimon
Townland in the civil parish of Glenealy, barony of Newcastle, Co. Wicklow; in Irish Baile Mhic Shíomoin
- Area
- 170.6 ha
- 422 acres
- Land parcels
- 23
- registered freehold, median 5,463 m² (0.55 ha, 1.35 acres)
- Zoning
- —
- not in a zoned settlement
- Planning
- 8
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
23 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Ballymacsimon, from 673 m² to 656,777 m² (65.68 ha, 162.29 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 29 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 Ballymacsimon 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
8 Nov 2024Conditional
(1) Repositioning of proposed Waste Water Treatment polishing filter unit as granted under PRR 24/60466 and (2) Repositioning of existing field gate
Permission · Wicklow County Council, 2460693
1 Aug 2024Conditional
(1) energy efficiency upgrade of an existing dwelling house (2) extensions to the dwelling including: sitting room to the south and master bedroom with ensuite to the north (3) existing roof replacement and external insulation (4) demolition of an existing two chimneys and rear boiler house (5) new garage (6) a new wastewater treatment system with a sand polishing filter (7) decommission of an existing septic tank and (8) associated site development works
Permission · Wicklow County Council, 2460466
10 Jun 2024N/a
(1) energy efficiency upgrade of an existing dwelling house (2) extensions to the dwelling including: sitting room to the south and master bedroom with ensuite to the north (3) existing roof replacement and external insulation (4) demolition of an existing two chimneys and rear boiler house (5) new garage (6) a new wastewater treatment system with a sand polishing filter (7) decommission of an existing septic tank and (8) associated site development works
Permission · Wicklow County Council, 2460311
15 Aug 2022N/a
1) removal of condition No.3 of 1995/3126. (Dormer bungalow and septic tank.) Condition no.3: No other dwelling shall be erected on the 30 acre farm. 2) This removal is to allow for the provision of a family home for a family member
Permission · Wicklow County Council, 22890
7 Jun 2022N/a
1) two story dwelling house on family farm, 2) domestic garage, 3) sewage treatment unit and percolation area to EPA guidelines, 4) connection to existing public water mains, 5) upgrade existing farm entrance to comply with sight line regulations, 6) all associated site works
Permission, 1 home · Wicklow County Council, 22629
9 May 2022N/a
1) two story dwelling house on family farm, 2) garage, 3) sewage treatment unit and percolation area to EPA guidelines, 4) connection to existing public water mains, 5) upgrade existing farm entrance to comply with sight lines regulations, 6) all associated site works
Permission, 1 home · Wicklow County Council, 22510
26 Feb 2021Conditional
change of use (removal of condition 2 of PRN 04/1887) from restricted use as a dwelling to use by all classes of persons
Permission · Wicklow County Council, 21190
11 Feb 2021N/a
change of use (removal of condition 2 of PRN 04/1887) from restricted use as a dwelling to use by all classes of persons
Permission · Wicklow County Council, 21129
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 Ballymacsimon.
Architectural heritage
No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands in the townland of Ballymacsimon.
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
- LiDAR of the Office of Public Works, flown in 2011, at 2 m: tile OPW_3346 (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 Ballymacsimon with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Wicklow.
The townland
- Name
- Ballymacsimon · Baile Mhic Shíomoin
- Area
- 1,705,873 m² (170.59 ha, 421.53 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, Ballyknockan Beg, Ballyknockan More, Ballylusk, Coolnakilly
- Placenames
- Ballymacsimon 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.