Ballynapark

53 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Ballynapark, from 174 m² to 99,933 m² (9.99 ha, 24.69 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 23 neighbouring parcels touch it.

Download the townland: DXF, in Irish Transverse Mercator metres, with its boundary, parcels and buildings; GeoJSON or KML.

No zone of a development plan covers Ballynapark 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.

• 11 Jun 2025Conditional

  amendment to previously approved WCC ref. 24/60566. The development will consist of the installation of a compact modular substation and ancillary site development works

  Permission · Wicklow County Council, 2560431

• 19 Sept 2024Conditional

  Installation of a compact modular substation and ancillary site development works; to facilitate 4 no. shared electric vehicle charging units and 8 no. charging bays and ancillary site works within a partially reconfigured parking area.

  Permission · Wicklow County Council, 2460566

• 11 May 2023Refused

  proposed dwelling, waste water treatment system to EPA standards, garage, entrance and associated works

  Permission · Wicklow County Council, 23456

• 28 Mar 2023Conditional

  for proposed tourism related development comprising of a camper van, shepherd's huts/glamping park (circa 57 pitches) including a toilet/shower block, reception/ offices/ shop, machinery store, circulation road, paths, car parking, landscaping/ planting & site services with foul sewerage connection to proposed sewage treatment plant & outfall to Redcross River (subject of separate planning application ref. 22/1309) all located to the rear/ side (south-east) of Jack Whites Inn Public House

  Permission · Wicklow County Council, 23312

• 20 Dec 2022Conditional

  proposed ground mounted photovoltaic/solar array (peak power output 150 KWp) and boundary fencing to the rear (east) of Jack Whites Inn Public House

  Permission · Wicklow County Council, 221376

• 8 Dec 2022Conditional

  proposed sewage treatment plant incorporating primary, secondary & tertiary treatment & 2m high security fencing at Jack Whites Inn Public House, Ballynapark, Arklow together with a foul rising main to be laid southwards along the verge of the old N11 (R772) through the townlands of Cronakip, Clonpadden & Ballyrogan Lower for a distance of circa 2.5km to outfall into the Redcross Rover to the east of Scratenagh Interchange. The planning application is accompanied by a Natura Impact Statement & the development will be subject of an application to Wicklow County Council for a Discharge Licence

  Permission · Wicklow County Council, 221309

• 28 Nov 2022N/a

  proposed sewage treatment plant incorporating primary, secondary & tertiary treatment & 2m high security fencing at Jack Whites Inn Public House, Ballynapark, Arklow together with a foul rising main to be laid southwards along the verge of the old N11 (R772) through the townlands of Cronakip, Clonpadden & Ballyrogan Lower for a distance of circa 2.5km to outfall into the Redcross River to the east of Scratenagh Interchange. The planning application is accompanied by a NIS and the development will be subject of an application to Wicklow County Council for a Discharge Licence

  Permission · Wicklow County Council, 221261

• 15 Jul 2021Refused

  Section 254 - Roadside Directional Signs - Location 10 Map WH4

  N/a · Wicklow County Council, 21887

• 29 Jan 2021Conditional

  alterations to boundaries of previously approved dwelling house and ancillary works under planning file reference 09/901

  Permission · Wicklow County Council, 2172

• 3 Nov 2017Conditional

  single storey dwelling, waste water treatment system to EPA 2009 standards, garage, new domestic entrance and associated works

  Permission, 1 home · Wicklow County Council, 171329

• 18 Aug 2017Conditional

  alterations to existing dwelling, proposed single storey rear extension 86.6 sqm and proposed new bio treatment unit in accordance with EPA 2009 standards

  Permission · Wicklow County Council, 17999

• 11 Jul 2017N/a

  alterations to existing dwelling, proposed single storey rear extension of 86.6 sqm and proposed new bio treatment unit in accordance with EPA 2009 standards

  Permission · Wicklow County Council, 17831

• 16 Jun 2017Refused

  dwelling, garage, wastewater treatment system to EPA 2009 standards, domestic entrance and associated works

  Permission, 1 home · Wicklow County Council, 17714

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 the townland of Ballynapark.

Recorded monuments

• WI036-031 Moated site
  Description

  In low-lying, wet marshy ground and extremely overgrown at time of inspection in 1998. A sub-rectangular platform (c. 41m NNW-SSE, c. 30m ENE-WSW) defined by a scarp (c. 1m H at N; 0.2m H at SE; 0.5m H at S) with a gap (Wth c. 8-10m) at the E. A NNW-SSE ditch (Wth 1m; D 0.8m) flanked by an earthen bank on the W side appears to truncate the site at the W and there are no visible remains W of this field fence. At the base of the scarp at the N is a wet flat bottomed ditch (Wth at base 2m; D 0.6m) which continues along the NE. There is no trace of this fosse at the E or SE, however at the S there are traces of an overgrown fosse (Wth at base 2m; D 0.3-0.4m) and a low counter scarp bank (Wth 2m; H 0.1-0.2m). The site is known locally as a fort. Compiled by: Claire Breen Date of upload: 13 September 2013

• WI036-049 Burnt mound
  Description

  This is the record for the burnt mound excavated by Ellen O'Carroll (E3222) on the N11 road improvement scheme. (O'Carroll 2009c) Compiled by: Denis Power Date of upload: 14 January 2013

• WI036-051 Burnt spread
  Description

  This is the record for the burnt spread and associated features excavated by Goorik Dehaene (E3220) on the N11 road improvement scheme. These features were dated to the neolithic period through their association with 468 lithic artefacts. (Dehaene 2009i) Compiled by: Denis Power Date of upload: 14 January 2013

• WI036-052 Burnt spread
  Description

  This is the record for two burnt spreads that sealed two troughs and three pits excavated by Goorik Dehaene (E3220) on the N11 road improvement scheme. These features were dated to the Bronze Age. (Dehaene 2009i) Compiled by: Denis Power Date of upload: 14 January 2013

• WI036-053 Burnt spread
  Description

  This is the record fora burnt spreads that sealed two troughs excavated by Goorik Dehaene (E3220) on the N11 road improvement scheme. It dates to the early Bronze Age. (Dehaene 2009i) Compiled by: Denis Power Date of upload: 14 January 2013

• WI036-080 Burnt mound
  Description

  This is the record for the burnt mound excavated by Goorik Dehaene (E3223) on the N11 road improvement scheme. The burnt material sealed a trough and three pits. Poorly preserved remnants of timber lining was evident in the trough and of a clay lining around the top. A radiocarbon date places this feature in the early/middle Bronze Age. (Dehaene 2009j) Comprised by: Denis Power Date of upload: 23 January 2013

• WI036-081 Burnt mound
  Description

  This is the record for a burnt mound excavated by Goorik Dehaene (E3223) on the N11 road improvement scheme. This was a secondary area of burnt mound activity to the east of the main burnt material activity at this site (WI036-080----). It comprised two pits, a posthole and the truncated remains of a burnt spread. It is considered as being contemporary with the main area activity ehich was dated by a radiocarbon date to the early/middle Bronze Age. Dehaene 2009j) Comprised by: Denis Power Date of upload: 23 January 2013

Architectural heritage

No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands in the townland of Ballynapark.

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).

Radon

About 1 in 20 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels. Testing a home

Landslides

Susceptibility low, low (inferred), on the 1:50,000 map.

Terrain model

No LiDAR survey of the Office of Public Works covers the centre of the townland of Ballynapark.

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.

No address of the register names Ballynapark with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Wicklow.

Name

Ballynapark · Baile na Páirce

Area

784,283 m² (78.43 ha, 193.8 acres)

Civil parish

Dunganstown, and its townlands

Barony

Arklow

Electoral division

Dunganstown South, the unit of the census

Census 2022

Dunganstown South electoral division: 954 people in 320 households; 78% of households own their home; 36% of homes were built since 2001; 4% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 27% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Ballinaclea, Ballynamona, Ballysallagh East, Ballysallagh West, Bellpark, Cloghoge, Cranagh, Cronakip

Placenames

Ballynapark 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.