Ballymanus Lower
Townland in the civil parish of Glenealy, barony of Newcastle, Co. Wicklow; in Irish Baile Mhánais Íochtarach
- Area
- 60.4 ha
- 149 acres
- Land parcels
- 121
- registered freehold, median 444 m²
- Zoning
- —
- not in a zoned settlement
- Planning
- 10
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
121 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Ballymanus Lower, from 5 m² to 261,971 m² (26.2 ha, 64.73 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 33 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 Ballymanus Lower 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 Jul 2023N/a
the construction of 12 No. 3 Bed semi-detached dwellings, a new vehicular entrance/exit to R752 a connection to public services and all together with associated site development works
Permission · Wicklow County Council, 2360169
3 Jul 2023N/a
the construction of 12 No. 3 Bed semi-detached dwellings, a new vehicular entrance/exit to R752 a connection to public services and all together with associated site development works
Permission · Wicklow County Council, 2360135
14 Jul 2021Refused
(a) 19 No. dwellings comprising 10 no. (113 sq.m.) 3 bedroom dormer bunglaows, 07 no. (138 sq.m.) 4 bedroom dormer bungalows and 02 no. (102 sq.m.) 3 bedroom dormer bungalows.(b) New pedestrian links. (c) New vehicular entrance off R752. (d) Connection to all public services. (e) All necessary ancillary and site works to facilitate the above
Permission, 1 home · Wicklow County Council, 21840
12 Jul 2021Conditional
removal of planning condition no. 2 of planning reg. ref. no. 96/5066 (from restricted use as a dwelling to use by all classes of persons) and retention of domestic garage as constructed on site
Permission · Wicklow County Council, 21831
18 Jun 2021Conditional
two storey dormer extension to the rear of the existing house
Retention · Wicklow County Council, 21720
28 May 2021Refused
the construction of an 18 metre monopole support structure (overall height of 19.5 metres) carrying telecommunications antennas, dishes and associated equipment, together with new ground level equipment cabinets, landscaping and all associated site works
Permission · Wicklow County Council, 21631
26 May 2021Conditional
change of use (removal of planning condition no. 2 of planning ref. no. 02/6113) from restricted use as a dwelling to use by all classes of persons and retention of domestic garage as constructed on site
Permission · Wicklow County Council, 21626
27 Oct 2020N/a
20 no dwellings comprising 10 no (113 sqm), 3 bedroom dormer bungalows, 7 no (138 sqm) 4 bedroom dormer bungalows and 3 no (102 sqm) 3 bedroom dormer bungalows, new pedestrian links, new vehicular entrance off R752, connection to al public services, all necessary ancillary and site works to facilitate the above
Permission, 1 home · Wicklow County Council, 201077
15 Aug 2019N/a
4 no dwellings with associated wastewater treatment systems, house numbers 1 and 2 each comprising 221 sqm, 4 bedroom detached dwelling, house no 3 comprising 214 sqm 4 bedroom detached dwelling and house no 4 comprising 372 sqm 4 bedroom detached dwelling with basement, new civic space comprising a hard landscape level area with a stepped and ramped approach, new vehicular entrance off R752 to serve item a above, connection to all public services all necessary ancillary and site works to facilitate the above
Permission, 1 home · Wicklow County Council, 19889
25 Jul 2019N/a
4 dwellings with associated wastewater treatment systems, house numbers 1 and 2 each comprising 221 sqm, 4 bedroom detached dwellings, house no 3 comprising 151 sqm 3 bedroom detached dwelling and house no 4 comprising 372 sqm 4 bedroom detached dwelling with basement, new civic space comprising a hard landscape level area with a stepped and ramped approach, new vehicular entrance off R752 to serve item (a) above, connection to all public services, all necessary ancillary and site works to facilitate the above
Permission, 1 home · Wicklow County Council, 19817
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 Ballymanus Lower.
Architectural heritage
- Saint Joseph's Catholic Church, church/chapel, 1860–1880 · Regional interest
Description
Detached six-bay single-storey Catholic Church, built c.1870. The church is constructed in squared rubble granite and is articulated with reducing buttresses. The plan is cruciform with a canted sanctuary and a gabled sacristy. The timber sheeted double door has decorative strap hinges and is set within a pointed arched opening with drip moulding. Windows are generally lancet with cusps. To the west elevation there is a large spoked rose window while to the east side there is a large plate tracery window. The pitched and partly hipped roof is finished with natural slate with cast-iron rainwater goods. Internally the building is well preserved. The exposed trusses, stations of the cross, and original altar have been retained along with some decorative leaded glass. The church is pleasantly sited by the side of the road.
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 Ballymanus Lower with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Wicklow.
The townland
- Name
- Ballymanus Lower · Baile Mhánais Íochtarach
- Area
- 604,459 m² (60.45 ha, 149.37 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
- Ballinaclogh, Ballinacooley, Ballyfree East, Ballykillavane, Ballymanus Upper, Ballymoat, Ballynagran, Kilcandra
- Placenames
- Ballymanus Lower 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.