# Ballymorris, Co. Wicklow: townland, land parcels and planning Townland in the civil parish of Bray, barony of Rathdown, Co. Wicklow; in Irish Baile Mhuiris. - Area (Tailte Éireann): 100,778 m² (10.08 ha, 24.9 acres) - Land parcels (Tailte Éireann): 27 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in it, median 179 m² - Zoning (national zoning, MyPlan): R2 Existing Residential, the zone with the most parcels - Planning (National Planning Applications): 4 applications since 2010 - Civil parish: Bray, https://everytownland.com/wicklow/parish/bray.md - Barony: Rathdown - Electoral division: Kilmacanoge, the unit of the census - Census 2022 (Central Statistics Office): 15,082 people lived in 4,983 households in the Kilmacanoge electoral division. 74% of households owned their home. 20% 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/55069 - Townland number at Tailte Éireann: 250269 - Centre: latitude 53.187459, longitude -6.125084 (WGS 84) ## Land parcels (registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann) 27 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Ballymorris, from 52 m² to 50,544 m² (5.05 ha, 12.49 acres); 22 neighbouring parcels touch its boundary. Largest first: - Parcel 1271829: 50,544 m² (5.05 ha, 12.49 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1271829.md - Parcel 1277518: 23,057 m² (2.31 ha, 5.7 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1277518.md - Parcel 1297490: 8,457 m² (0.85 ha, 2.09 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1297490.md - Parcel 1289168: 5,162 m² (0.52 ha, 1.28 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1289168.md - Parcel 5066266: 2,758 m² (0.28 ha, 0.68 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5066266.md - Parcel 1278859: 2,033 m² (0.2 ha, 0.5 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1278859.md - Parcel 1276185: 1,715 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1276185.md - Parcel 1265695: 1,552 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1265695.md - Parcel 1275009: 913 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1275009.md - Parcel 1298692: 806 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1298692.md - Parcel 5435498: 323 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/5435498.md - Parcel 1274073: 180 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1274073.md - Parcel 1299861: 179 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1299861.md - Parcel 1274559: 179 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1274559.md - Parcel 1275567: 175 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1275567.md - Parcel 1251297: 167 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1251297.md - Parcel 1282898: 158 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1282898.md - Parcel 2737201: 157 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/2737201.md - Parcel 1273193: 151 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1273193.md - Parcel 4944085: 147 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/4944085.md - Parcel 6209262: 139 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/6209262.md - Parcel 1256136: 134 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1256136.md - Parcel 4692758: 130 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/4692758.md - Parcel 5012271: 122 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/5012271.md - Parcel 2655395: 120 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/2655395.md - Parcel 2694024: 115 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/2694024.md - Parcel 1263705: 52 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1263705.md ## Zoning (national zoning of development plans, MyPlan) - R2 Existing Residential (Existing residential): Bray Municipal District Local Area Plan 2018, Wicklow; 17 parcels. The zoning objective in the plan: https://www.wicklow.ie/Living/Services/Planning/Development-Plans-Strategies/Local-Area-Town-Settlement-Plans/Bray/Bray-Municipal-District-Local-Area-Plan-2018-CDP - C2.1 Employment (Industrial, enterprise, employment): Bray Municipal District Local Area Plan 2018, Wicklow; 16 parcels. The zoning objective in the plan: https://www.wicklow.ie/Living/Services/Planning/Development-Plans-Strategies/Local-Area-Town-Settlement-Plans/Bray/Bray-Municipal-District-Local-Area-Plan-2018-CDP - S5 Community & Education (Mixed/general community services/facilities uses): Bray Municipal District Local Area Plan 2018, Wicklow; 9 parcels. The zoning objective in the plan: https://www.wicklow.ie/Living/Services/Planning/Development-Plans-Strategies/Local-Area-Town-Settlement-Plans/Bray/Bray-Municipal-District-Local-Area-Plan-2018-CDP - G4 Active Open Space (Active open space): Bray Municipal District Local Area Plan 2018, Wicklow; 1 parcel. The zoning objective in the plan: https://www.wicklow.ie/Living/Services/Planning/Development-Plans-Strategies/Local-Area-Town-Settlement-Plans/Bray/Bray-Municipal-District-Local-Area-Plan-2018-CDP - G1 Open Space (Open space, park): Bray Municipal District Local Area Plan 2018, Wicklow; 1 parcel. The zoning objective in the plan: https://www.wicklow.ie/Living/Services/Planning/Development-Plans-Strategies/Local-Area-Town-Settlement-Plans/Bray/Bray-Municipal-District-Local-Area-Plan-2018-CDP ## Planning applications whose site touches the townland (National Planning Applications, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage) 4 applications, newest first. - 6 Jul 2023, Wicklow County Council 23587: N/a. Permission. demolition of the small branch library at the rear of WCC Library HQ building, take down the railings in front of the south pavilion on Boghall Road, move the rest of the railings and gates closer to the headquarters building, widen the footpath to provide spaces for bicycle parking, disabled parking for library users, form a new public entrance off Boghall Road leading directly into the library which is a two storey building with a round reading room, top lit by clerestory windows, with student study spaces overlooking the reading room. The form of the building is a cylinder within a square plan, with exhibition room, children's library ( including a storytelling theatre), changing places, a community meeting room, as well as eighteen small offices in a work from home hub. A sensory garden is proposed at the southeast of the building opposite the Community Centre. The library HQ courtyard, (including the mobile library garage) will be retained. Attention to WCC policy for Near Zero Energy building is part of the design of the new library. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/WicklowCC/AppFileRefDetails/23587/0 - 21 Aug 2020, Wicklow County Council 20825: Unconditional. Permission. 14 no apartments and all associated works. The accommodation will consist of 4 storey development of the following: 8 no one bed apartments, 3 no 2 bed apartments, 3 no 3 bed apartments. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/WicklowCC/AppFileRefDetails/20825/0 - 9 Dec 2019, Wicklow County Council 191317: Conditional. Permission. ground floor extension (25 sqm) to eastern side of existing dwelling (57 sqm) including relocation of existing front door to southern elevation of extension, new patio door to northern elevation and alterations to other existing windows and doors, proposed first floor extension (40 sqm) to existing roof of dwelling, all ancillary site works. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/WicklowCC/AppFileRefDetails/191317/0 - 30 Aug 2017, Wicklow County Council 171052: Unconditional. Extension of duration. extend the appropriate period of a permission - 11/630115 - the construction of a new Sports, Recreation and Headquarters building comprising of a Sports hall with a 9.5m clear internal height, single and two-storey accommodation. Permission is also sought for the increase in height of the park railing and gates to School’s Road and to the Ballywaltrim Community Centre boundaries, the widening of the existing gateway to the park from the carpark between the library and Ballywaltrim Community Centre, the provision of vehicular access at the rear of the library and the realignment of paths within the park to maintain rights-of way at their site within the park. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/WicklowCC/AppFileRefDetails/171052/0 Applicants are not shown. ## Designated sites (National Parks and Wildlife Service) No designated site (Special Area of Conservation, Special Protection Area, Natural Heritage Area or proposed one) touches the townland of Ballymorris. ## Recorded monuments (Sites and Monuments Record, National Monuments Service) No recorded monument lies in the townland of Ballymorris. ## Architectural heritage (National Inventory of Architectural Heritage) - Saint Fergal's Catholic Church, church/chapel, 1975–1980, Regional interest, registry number 16400813, https://www.buildingsofireland.ie/niah/search.jsp?type=record&county=WI®no=16400813. Detached multiple-bay single-storey modern style Catholic church, built 1980. The building is finished in render and shuttered concrete. The building is fan-shaped; the copper roof curves upward to the tall narrow sanctuary end. The part glazed front double doors are set within a decorative leaded glazed screen; this is set within a flat-headed opening. Other windows are generally flat-headed and also have decorative leaded glazing; all windows sport modern ecclesiastical art. The church is slightly set back from the road. Close to the door on the north-east side there is a tall freestanding reinforced concrete bellcote. Adjacent to this is the parochial house; this is a plain 1960s two-storey pitched roof house typical of that era. ## 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 Ballymorris, 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. Parts of the land are made ground. - Terrain model: the Geological Survey did not answer. - 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/ballymorris.dxf - GeoJSON, in WGS 84, for a map: https://everytownland.com/wicklow/ballymorris.geojson - KML, for Google Earth: https://everytownland.com/wicklow/ballymorris.kml ## Homes sold (Residential Property Price Register) No address of the register names Ballymorris 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) - Ballywaltrin: https://everytownland.com/wicklow/ballywaltrin.md - Kilbride: https://everytownland.com/wicklow/kilbride-250811.md - Oldcourt: https://everytownland.com/wicklow/oldcourt-251115.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/ballymorris - In JSON: https://everytownland.com/api/townland/wicklow/ballymorris