# Ballyraine Middle, Co. Wicklow: townland, land parcels and planning

Townland in the civil parish of Arklow, barony of Arklow, Co. Wicklow; in Irish Baile an Ráithín Láir.

- Area (Tailte Éireann): 913,761 m² (91.38 ha, 225.8 acres)
- Land parcels (Tailte Éireann): 10 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in it, median 7,756 m² (0.78 ha, 1.92 acres)
- Zoning (national zoning, MyPlan): G1 Passive Open Space, the zone with the most parcels
- Planning (National Planning Applications): 16 applications since 2010
- Civil parish: Arklow, https://everytownland.com/wicklow/parish/arklow.md
- Barony: Arklow
- Electoral division: Arklow Rural, the unit of the census
- Census 2022 (Central Statistics Office): 1,415 people lived in 498 households in the Arklow Rural electoral division. 80% of households owned their home. 30% of homes were built since 2001. 7% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 6% were holiday homes.
- County: Co. Wicklow, https://everytownland.com/wicklow.md
- Placenames Database of Ireland: https://www.logainm.ie/en/55150
- Townland number at Tailte Éireann: 250305
- Centre: latitude 52.804813, longitude -6.185269 (WGS 84)

## Land parcels (registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann)

10 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Ballyraine Middle, from 303 m² to 319,009 m² (31.9 ha, 78.83 acres); 24 neighbouring parcels touch its boundary. Largest first:

- Parcel 1278773: 319,009 m² (31.9 ha, 78.83 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1278773.md
- Parcel 1271441: 258,332 m² (25.83 ha, 63.84 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1271441.md
- Parcel 1289579: 53,886 m² (5.39 ha, 13.32 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1289579.md
- Parcel 1260958: 31,568 m² (3.16 ha, 7.8 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1260958.md
- Parcel 1255542: 9,617 m² (0.96 ha, 2.38 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1255542.md
- Parcel 5238261: 5,895 m² (0.59 ha, 1.46 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5238261.md
- Parcel 5184744: 4,049 m² (0.4 ha, 1 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5184744.md
- Parcel 1256691: 2,533 m² (0.25 ha, 0.63 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1256691.md
- Parcel 1296342: 1,045 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1296342.md
- Parcel 1265353: 303 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1265353.md

## Zoning (national zoning of development plans, MyPlan)

- G1 Passive Open Space (Open space, park): Arklow and Environs Local Area Plan, Wicklow; 4 parcels. The zoning objective in the plan: https://www.wicklow.ie/Living/Services/Planning/Development-Plans-Strategies/Local-Area-Town-Settlement-Plans/Arklow/Arklow-and-Environs-Local-Area-Plan-2018-2024
- R1 New Residential - R28 (New/proposed residential): Arklow and Environs Local Area Plan, Wicklow; 4 parcels. The zoning objective in the plan: https://www.wicklow.ie/Living/Services/Planning/Development-Plans-Strategies/Local-Area-Town-Settlement-Plans/Arklow/Arklow-and-Environs-Local-Area-Plan-2018-2024
- S5 Community & Education (Mixed/general community services/facilities uses): Arklow and Environs Local Area Plan, Wicklow; 1 parcel. The zoning objective in the plan: https://www.wicklow.ie/Living/Services/Planning/Development-Plans-Strategies/Local-Area-Town-Settlement-Plans/Arklow/Arklow-and-Environs-Local-Area-Plan-2018-2024

## Planning applications whose site touches the townland (National Planning Applications, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage)

16 applications, newest first.

- 30 Jan 2023, Wicklow County Council 2378: N/a. Retention. the as constructed dwelling houses (House Type F3h) at sites 7, 8 & 9 The Rise to replace as granted (House Type F3, Reg Ref 20/235) together with all associated site works within an existing estate (Heatherside being constructed at present) pursuant to Plan Reg. Ref 08/610066, 13/610035, 19/373, 20/235 & 21/1218. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/WicklowCC/AppFileRefDetails/2378/0
- 8 Oct 2021, Wicklow County Council 211218: Unconditional. Extension of duration. extend the appropriate period of 08/610066 - residential development comprising a creche; 185 houses with 4 house types; 8 duplex units over 8 apartments; new access/relief road and infrastructure linking Vale Road to Lamberton Avenue; all services and ancillary site development works; relocation of part of existing overhead ESB lines; with temporary effluent treatment plant and sewerage pumping station at Yardland Td. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/WicklowCC/AppFileRefDetails/211218/0
- 31 May 2021, Wicklow County Council 21647: Conditional. Permission. the change of use of an existing retail unit to assembly and recreation use including the provision of a coffee dock and a gift shop, removal of condition no. 5 from previous planning permission Reg. Ref. 99/785 and the installation of a playground adjacent to the building; together with associated ancillary site works. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/WicklowCC/AppFileRefDetails/21647/0
- 20 Apr 2021, Wicklow County Council 21437: N/a. Permission, 1 home. the proposed development will consist of revisions to development permitted under Reg. Ref. 08/610066 (as extended by Reg. Refs. 13/610035 and 19/373 and revised by Reg. Refs. 16/1418, 18/1033, 19/266 and 20/187 and concurrent revisions application Reg. Ref. 20/235 and shall provide for the replacement of 55 no. previously permitted units located in ‘Phase3’ (comprising 6 no. Type B, 16 no. Type C, 17 no. Type D and 16 no. Type X 3 bedroom semi-detached/terraced 2 storey house units) with 83 no. residential units (comprising 67 no. 2 storey houses and 16 no. apartment /duplex units arranged across 3 storeys). Permission is also being sought for the omission of 22 no. previously permitted units comprising 6 no. houses (consisting of 2 no. 3 bedroom semi-detached 2 storey Type C house units and 4 no. 3 bedroom terraced 2 storey Type D house units) and 16 no. apartments (consisting of 8 no. 2 bedroom single storey/ground floor apartment units and 8 no. 3 bedroom 2 storey/duplex apartment units) located to the north of the site and in their place the provision of an enlarged area of public open space. The 83 no. residential units shall comprise 6 no. 2 bedroom terraced 2 storey Type A house units c.81.3 sq m each; 27 no. 3 bedroom terraced /semi-detached 2 storey Type C house units c.96.8 sq m each; 4 no. 3 bedroom semi-detached 2 storey Type D house units c.97.6 sq m each; 30 no. 2 bedroom terraced 2 storey Type F house units c. 81.8 sq m each; 8 no. 1 bedroom single storey/ground floor apartment units c.45.3 sq m each and 8 no. 2 bedroom 2 storey/duplex apartment units c.77.7 sq m each with north-east facing balconies at 2nd floor level and associated private open space throughout. All associated landscaping works, open space, boundary treatments; bin storage; car and bicycle parking; residential access roads and pedestrian access; all associated site development works and services provision. All other development within the site will remain as permitted under Reg. Ref. 08/610066 (as amended and extended). File: https://www.eplanning.ie/WicklowCC/AppFileRefDetails/21437/0
- 9 Apr 2021, Wicklow County Council 21392: N/a. Permission, 1 home. the proposed development will consist of revisions to development permitted under Reg. Ref. 08/610066 (as extended by Reg. Refs. 13/610035 and 19/373 and revised by Reg. Refs. 16/1418, 18/1033, 19/266 and 20/187 and concurrent revisions application Reg. Ref. 20/235 and shall provide for the replacement of 55 no. previously permitted units located in ‘Phase3’ (comprising 6 no. Type B, 16 no. Type C, 17 no. Type D and 16 no. Type X 3 bedroom semi-detached/terraced 2 storey house units) with 83 residential units (comprising 67 no. 2 storey houses and 16 no. apartment /duplex units arranged across 3 storeys). Permission is also being sought for the omission of 22 no. previously permitted units comprising 6 no. houses (consisting of 2 no. 3 bedroom semi-detached 2 storey Type C house units and 4 no. 3 bedroom terraced 2 storey Type D house units) and 16 no. apartments (consisting of 8 no. 2 bedroom single storey/ground floor apartment units and 8 no. 3 bedroom 2 storey/duplex apartment units) located to the north of the site and in their place the provision of an enlarged area of public open space. The 83 no. residential units shall comprise 6 no. 2 bedroom terraced 2 storey Type A house units c.81.3 sq m each; 27 no. 3 bedroom terraced /semi-detached 2 storey Type C house units c.96.8 sq m each; 4 no. 3 bedroom semi-detached 2 storey Type D house units c.97.6 sq m each; 30 no. 2 bedroom terraced 2 storey Type F house units c. 81.8 sq m each; 8 no. 1 bedroom single storey/ground floor apartment units c.45.3 sq m each and 8 no. 2 bedroom 2 storey/duplex apartment units c.77.7 sq m each with north-east facing balconies at 2nd floor level and associated private open space throughout. All associated landscaping works, open space, boundary treatments; bin storage; car and bicycle parking; residential access roads and pedestrian access; all associated site development works and services provision. All other development within the site will remain as permitted under Reg. Ref. 08/610066 (as amended and extended). File: https://www.eplanning.ie/WicklowCC/AppFileRefDetails/21392/0
- 2 Dec 2020, Wicklow County Council 201228: Conditional. Permission, 1 home. replacement of 2 no. semi detached houses (House Type C) at sites 1a & 2a The Drive to 2 no semi-detached houses (House Type ABs) and for the replacement of 4 no. terrace houses (House Type E) at sites 8, 9, 10 & 11 The Green to 4 no. terrace houses (House Type D1t), together with all associated site works within an existing estate (Heatherside being constructed at present) pursuant to Plan Reg. Ref 08/610066, 13/610035 & 19/373. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/WicklowCC/AppFileRefDetails/201228/0
- 1 May 2020, Wicklow County Council 20235: Conditional. Permission, 1 home. revisions to development permitted under Reg Ref 08/610066 (as extended by Reg Refs 13/610035 and 19/373 and revised by Reg Refs 16/1418, 18/1033 and 19/266 and concurrent revisions applications Reg Ref 20/187 and shall provide for the replacement of 55 no previously permitted units located in 'Phase 3' (comprising 6 no type B, 16 no type C, 17 no type D and 16 no type X 3 bedroom semi detached / terraced two storey house units), with 84 no residential units (comprising 68 no 2 storey houses and 16 no apartment / duplex units arranged across 3 storeys). Permission is also being sought for the omission of 22 no previously permitted units comprising 6 no houses (consisting of 2 no 3 bedroom semi detached two storey type C house units and 4 no 3 bedroom terraced 2 storey type D house units) and 16 no apartments (consisting of 8 no 2 bedroom single storey / ground floor apartment unit and 8 no 3 bedroom 2 storey / duplex apartment units) located to the north of the site and in their place the provision of an enlarged area of public open space. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/WicklowCC/AppFileRefDetails/20235/0
- 25 Feb 2020, Wicklow County Council 20187: Conditional. Permission, 1 home. revisions to development permitted under Reg Ref 08/610066 ( as extended by Reg Refs 13/610035 and 19/373 and revised by Reg Refs 16/1418, 18/1033 and 19/266) and shall provide for (1) the omission of 3 no residential units (comprising 2 no 4 bedroom semi detached two storey Type A house units and 1 no 4 bedroom detached 2 storey type A house unit) and the provision of 5 no new residential units (2 no type C2 units and 3 no type C2 units) at an alternative location within the site and (2) omission of a permitted community / crèche facility and delivery of a new crèche facility of c 353.9 sqm GFA at an alternative location within the site. The new residential units shall comprise 5 no 3 bedroom house units (2 storeys in height) in the form of 2 no type C1 end of terrace units (c 96.8 sqm each) and 3 no type C2 mid terrace units (c96.8 sqm each) and associated private open space to the rear of each unit. The new crèche facility shall comprise a single storey building of c353.9 sqm GFA, associated outdoor play space of c 344.8 sqm, 2 no baby rooms, 2 no activity rooms, 1 no sleep room, entry foyer / shared central space, accessible WC, admin office, sluice / laundry area, staff tea station / kitchen, and dining area / family room / multipurpose space. The proposal shall also provide for 18 no car parking spaces (10 no car paring spaces to serve the 5 no residential units and 8 no car parking spaces to serve the new crèche facility), all associated landscaping works including boundary treatment, bin storage facilities, and all associated residential access roads and site development works. All other development within the site shall remain as permitted under Reg Ref 08/610066 (as amended and extended). File: https://www.eplanning.ie/WicklowCC/AppFileRefDetails/20187/0
- 5 Apr 2019, Wicklow County Council 19373: Unconditional. Extension of duration, 1 home. extend the appropriate period of a permission - 08/66 - residential development comprising a creche; 185 houses with 4 house types; 8 duplex units over 8 apartments; new access/relief road and infrastructure linking Vale Road to Lamberton Avenue; all services and ancillary site development works; relocation of part of existing overhead ESB lines; with temporary effluent treatment plant and sewerage pumping station at Yardland Td. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/WicklowCC/AppFileRefDetails/19373/0
- 13 Mar 2019, Wicklow County Council 19266: Conditional. Permission, 1 home. replacement of 1 no detached house (house type B) at site formerly known as Number 2 The Green to 2 no semi detached houses (house type C1s) and for the omittance of 2 no (house type B) semi detached at sites numbers 19 and 20 The Drive together with all associated site works within an existing estate (Heatherside being constructed at present) pursuant to Plan Reg Ref 08/610066 & 13/610035. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/WicklowCC/AppFileRefDetails/19266/0
- 4 Mar 2019, Wicklow County Council 19224: N/a. Permission, 1 home. sites numbers 1 and 2 The Green from 1 no house type B (detached) to 2 no house type C1s (semi detached) which is 1 no additional house and for the ommitance of 2 no house type B (semi detached at sites numbers 19 and 20 The Drive and associated site works within an existing estate (Heatherside been constructed at present) pursuant to Plan Reg Ref P08/610066 and P13/610035. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/WicklowCC/AppFileRefDetails/19224/0
- 11 Dec 2018, Wicklow County Council 181382: N/a. Extension of duration. extend the appropriate period of a permission - 08/66 - residential development comprising a creche; 185 houses with 4 house types; 8 duplex units over 8 apartments; new access/relief road and infrastructure linking Vale Road to Lamberton Avenue; all services and ancillary site development works; relocation of part of existing overhead ESB lines; with temporary effluent treatment plant and sewerage pumping station at Yardland Td. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/WicklowCC/AppFileRefDetails/181382/0
- 18 Sept 2018, Wicklow County Council 181033: Conditional. Permission, 1 home. change of house type for sites numbers 3, 4, 7 and 8 The Drive from house type E (semi detached) to house type D1s (semi detached) and for site number 9 The Drive from 1 no house type C (detached) to 1 no house type C1s (semi detached) and for 1 no additional house type C1s (semi detached) on site number 10 The Drive and for change of house type for sites 11 to 16 The Park from 4 no house type A (detached) and 2 no house type A (semi detached) to 4 no house type D1t (Terraced) and 2 no house type C1s (semi detached) and permission for 2 no additional house type B1s (semi detached) on sites numbers 17 and 18 The Park and for the omitance of 2 no house type A (semi detached) at sites numbers 16 and 17 The Drive and 1 no house type A (detached) at site number 18 The rive and associated site works within an existing estate (Heatherside being constructed at present) pursuant to Plan Reg Ref 05/610066 and 13/610035. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/WicklowCC/AppFileRefDetails/181033/0
- 31 Aug 2018, Wicklow County Council 18978: N/a. Permission. change of house type for sites no. 3,4,7 & 8 The drive from house type E (semi-detached) and for sites no.9 & 10 The Drive from 1 no. house type C (detached) to 2 no. house type C1s (semi-detached) and a change of house type for sites no. 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17 & 18 The Park from 4 no. houses type A (detached) & 2 no. house type A (semi-detached) to 2 no. house type B1s (semi-detached), 2 no. house type C1 (semi-detached) & 4 no. house type D1t (terraced) & for the ommitance of 2 no. house type A (semi-detached) at sites no. 16 & 17 The Drive & 1 no. house type A (detached) at site no. 18 The Drive & associated site works within an existing estate (Heatherside been constructed at present) pursuant to Plan Reg. Ref. 08/610066 & 13/610035. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/WicklowCC/AppFileRefDetails/18978/0
- 18 Jan 2018, Wicklow County Council 1831: Conditional. Permission. erection of 3 illuminated signs at pharmaceutical complex to reflect a rebranding of the company as a subsidiary of Merck KGaA. Two signs are to be located at the entrance to the site and will replace two existing signs at the site entrance. The third sign will be located on the south west gable of the existing distribution warehouse building. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/WicklowCC/AppFileRefDetails/1831/0
- 17 Nov 2017, Wicklow County Council 171386: N/a. Permission. signs at pharmaceutical complex to reflect a rebranding of the Company as a subsidiary of Merck KGaA. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/WicklowCC/AppFileRefDetails/171386/0

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## 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 Ballyraine Middle.

## Recorded monuments (Sites and Monuments Record, National Monuments Service)

- WI040-028: Moated site, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CWI040-028----. Situated on fairly level ground c. 400m W of Ballyraine House. A large square enclosure shown on the 1909 OS 6-inch map (max. dims. c. 100m x 100m). It is described by Price (1936, 46) as having an earthen bank with stone facing, and a deep wide fosse, fed by a stream. It is shown on the first edition OS 6-inch map with a large house towards the E side, marked 'Site of a Building' (WI040-028001-). It was destroyed in 1971 (Information T. Barry; OPW and NMI Correspondence). The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Wicklow' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1997). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload/revision: 17 December 2008 This monument is subject to a preservation order made under the National Monuments Acts 1930 to 2014 (PO no. 103/1940).
- WI040-028001: House - 16th/17th century, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CWI040-028001-. A large moated site (WI040-028----) is shown on the 1838 OS 6-inch map, with a large T-shaped house towards the E side, marked 'Site of a Building'. The moated site was destroyed in 1971. Barry suggested it may have been a medieval manor house (OPW and NMI Correspondence). The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Wicklow' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1997). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload/revision: 17 December 2008 This monument is subject to a preservation order made under the National Monuments Acts 1930 to 2014 (PO no. 103/1940).

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).

## Architectural heritage (National Inventory of Architectural Heritage)

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

## 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 Ballyraine Middle, about 1 in 10 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 high, moderately high, moderately low, low, partly inferred.
- Terrain model: LiDAR of the Office of Public Works, flown in 2011, at 2 m: tile OPW_3327, https://gsi.geodata.gov.ie/downloads/LiDAR/OPW_NASC/OPW_3327.zip (ZIP).
- 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/ballyraine-middle.dxf
- GeoJSON, in WGS 84, for a map: https://everytownland.com/wicklow/ballyraine-middle.geojson
- KML, for Google Earth: https://everytownland.com/wicklow/ballyraine-middle.kml

## Homes sold (Residential Property Price Register)

No address of the register names Ballyraine Middle 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)

- Ballyduff North: https://everytownland.com/wicklow/ballyduff-north.md
- Ballyraine Lower: https://everytownland.com/wicklow/ballyraine-lower.md
- Ballyraine Upper: https://everytownland.com/wicklow/ballyraine-upper.md
- Glenart: https://everytownland.com/wicklow/glenart.md
- Lamberton: https://everytownland.com/wicklow/lamberton.md
- Pollahoney: https://everytownland.com/wicklow/pollahoney.md
- Yardland: https://everytownland.com/wicklow/yardland.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.

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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.

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