Ballymorris
Townland in the civil parish of Bray, barony of Rathdown, Co. Wicklow; in Irish Baile Mhuiris
Parcel 1281687
- Area
- 15,648 m² (1.56 ha, 3.87 acres)
- Buildings
- 68 buildings touch it, 2,990 m² on the ground
- Zoning
- R2 Existing Residential (Bray Municipal District Local Area Plan 2018) The objective
- Townland
- Ballymorris
Planning applications on this parcel
31 Oct 2025Conditional
subdivision of existing site & the provision of a new two storey house (No. 44A) attached to the side of existing house No. 44, together with alterations to existing car parking area and all associated siteworks
Permission · Wicklow County Council, 25311
29 Oct 2025N/a
subdivision of existing site & the provision of a new two storey house (No. 44A) attached to the side of existing house No. 44, together with alterations to existing car parking area and all associated siteworks
Permission · Wicklow County Council, 25306
24 Oct 2025Conditional
change of use from existing retail unit to doctor’s surgery. The doctors surgery will comprise of a reception area, waiting area, 2 No. surgery rooms, wheelchair accessible toilet
Retention · Wicklow County Council, 2560858
14 Apr 2024N/a
the change of use from commercial premises to residential dwelling. The residential dwelling will comprise of a 2 – bedroom single storey apartment, with kitchen / living area, wheelchair accessible bathroom, storage area, replace existing door entrance with windows, a new entrance door & windows to side elevation of building, a new ramp to new entrance with safety rail 1100mm high, new roof windows and all associated site works
Permission · Wicklow County Council, 2460212
28 Jun 2023Conditional
construction of a double storey extension to the side of the dwelling. Removal of existing chimney stacks. Internal alterations to the existing dwelling; new side entrance to rear garden on Killarney Road; widening the existing vehicular access onto Glenthorn and all ancillary site works
Permission · Wicklow County Council, 23565
25 May 2023Conditional
relocation of driveway access wall opening and all associated site works
Permission · Wicklow County Council, 2360067
26 Oct 2021Conditional
A) Proposed attic conversion to include a dormer window to the rear and three rooflights to the front. B) Enclosure of existing side passageway to create a storage space to the side, widening of vehicular site access along with associated siteworks
Permission · Wicklow County Council, 211278
7 Apr 2021Conditional
18 no. apartments and all associated works, the accommodation shall consist of a 4 storey development of the following: 4 no. one bed apartments, 14 no. 2 bed apartments, gated vehicular access and secure pedestrian access is provided to carpark spaces, communal stores, bin stores & bicycle storage areas at ground floor. Provision of 19 no. car parking spaces including 4 no. on street car parking spaces
Permission, 1 home · Wicklow County Council, 21378
15 Nov 2019Conditional
single storey extension consisting of bathroom, bedroom and study to side of house
Permission · Wicklow County Council, 191232
25 Oct 2019N/a
single storey extension consisting of bathroom, bedroom & study to side of house
Permission, 1 home · Wicklow County Council, 191166
27 Aug 2019N/a
hoarding
15 May 2018Conditional
hoarding
Source: National Planning Applications, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, CC BY 4.0. Applicants are not shown.
Designated sites
No designated site (Special Area of Conservation, Special Protection Area, Natural Heritage Area or proposed one) touches this parcel.
Recorded monuments around it
No zone of notification of a recorded monument touches this parcel.
Architectural heritage
No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands on this parcel.
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
- About 1 in 20 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels. Testing a home
- Landslides
- Susceptibility low, on the 1:50,000 map; parts are made ground.
- Terrain model
- LiDAR of the Office of Public Works, flown in 2011, at 2 m: tile OPW_3341 (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.
Download this parcel: DXF, in Irish Transverse Mercator metres, with its neighbours and buildings, for a drawing program; GeoJSON, in WGS 84, for a map; KML, for Google Earth.
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann, CC BY 4.0. 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.
- Area
- 10.1 ha
- 25 acres
- Land parcels
- 27
- registered freehold, median 179 m²
- Zoning
- R2
- Existing Residential
- Planning
- 4
- applications since 2010
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). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 22 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
- R2Existing Residential (Existing residential)
Bray Municipal District Local Area Plan 2018, Wicklow · 17 parcels The zoning objective in the plan - C2.1Employment (Industrial, enterprise, employment)
Bray Municipal District Local Area Plan 2018, Wicklow · 16 parcels The zoning objective in the plan - S5Community & Education (Mixed/general community services/facilities uses)
Bray Municipal District Local Area Plan 2018, Wicklow · 9 parcels The zoning objective in the plan - G4Active Open Space (Active open space)
Bray Municipal District Local Area Plan 2018, Wicklow · 1 parcels The zoning objective in the plan - G1Open Space (Open space, park)
Bray Municipal District Local Area Plan 2018, Wicklow · 1 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
Source: Tailte Éireann and the Department of Housing (MyPlan), national zoning, CC BY 4.0.
Planning applications
Sites that touch the townland, newest first
6 Jul 2023N/a
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
Permission · Wicklow County Council, 23587
21 Aug 2020Unconditional
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
Permission · Wicklow County Council, 20825
9 Dec 2019Conditional
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
Permission · Wicklow County Council, 191317
30 Aug 2017Unconditional
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
Extension of duration · Wicklow County Council, 171052
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
No designated site (Special Area of Conservation, Special Protection Area, Natural Heritage Area or proposed one) touches the townland of Ballymorris.
Recorded monuments
No recorded monument lies in the townland of Ballymorris.
Architectural heritage
- Saint Fergal's Catholic Church, church/chapel, 1975–1980 · Regional interest
Description
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.
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 20 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels. Testing a home
- Landslides
- Susceptibility low, on the 1:50,000 map; parts are made ground.
- Terrain model
- LiDAR of the Office of Public Works, flown in 2011, at 2 m: tile OPW_3341 (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 Ballymorris with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Wicklow.
The townland
- Name
- Ballymorris · Baile Mhuiris
- Area
- 100,778 m² (10.08 ha, 24.9 acres)
- Civil parish
- Bray, and its townlands
- Barony
- Rathdown
- Electoral division
- Kilmacanoge, the unit of the census
- Census 2022
- Kilmacanoge electoral division: 15,082 people in 4,983 households; 74% of households own their home; 20% of homes were built since 2001; 3% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 0% were holiday homes.
- Neighbouring townlands
- Ballywaltrin, Kilbride, Oldcourt
- Placenames
- Ballymorris 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.