# Ballysize Lower, Co. Wicklow: townland, land parcels and planning Townland in the civil parish of Hollywood, barony of Talbotstown Lower, Co. Wicklow; in Irish Bealach Saghais Íochtarach. - Area (Tailte Éireann): 779,665 m² (77.97 ha, 192.66 acres) - Land parcels (Tailte Éireann): 32 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in it, median 3,823 m² (0.38 ha, 0.94 acres) - Zoning (national zoning, MyPlan): not in a zoned settlement - Planning (National Planning Applications): 10 applications since 2010 - Civil parish: Hollywood, https://everytownland.com/wicklow/parish/hollywood.md - Barony: Talbotstown Lower - Electoral division: Hollywood, the unit of the census - Census 2022 (Central Statistics Office): 820 people lived in 271 households in the Hollywood electoral division. 85% of households owned their home. 32% of homes were built since 2001. 4% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 5% were holiday homes. - County: Co. Wicklow, https://everytownland.com/wicklow.md - Placenames Database of Ireland: https://www.logainm.ie/en/54758 - Townland number at Tailte Éireann: 250322 - Centre: latitude 53.105024, longitude -6.589856 (WGS 84) ## Land parcels (registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann) 32 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Ballysize Lower, from 156 m² to 157,675 m² (15.77 ha, 38.96 acres); 25 neighbouring parcels touch its boundary. Largest first: - Parcel 4907307: 157,675 m² (15.77 ha, 38.96 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/4907307.md - Parcel 1268291: 151,774 m² (15.18 ha, 37.5 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1268291.md - Parcel 1268480: 137,656 m² (13.77 ha, 34.02 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1268480.md - Parcel 1288977: 77,121 m² (7.71 ha, 19.06 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1288977.md - Parcel 5296135: 54,948 m² (5.49 ha, 13.58 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5296135.md - Parcel 1277421: 52,368 m² (5.24 ha, 12.94 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1277421.md - Parcel 5459540: 25,798 m² (2.58 ha, 6.37 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5459540.md - Parcel 5728293: 18,948 m² (1.89 ha, 4.68 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5728293.md - Parcel 5296145: 16,325 m² (1.63 ha, 4.03 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5296145.md - Parcel 1248741: 14,415 m² (1.44 ha, 3.56 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1248741.md - Parcel 5728314: 11,211 m² (1.12 ha, 2.77 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5728314.md - Parcel 1268481: 9,153 m² (0.92 ha, 2.26 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1268481.md - Parcel 1288978: 6,162 m² (0.62 ha, 1.52 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1288978.md - Parcel 2711726: 5,113 m² (0.51 ha, 1.26 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2711726.md - Parcel 2839710: 4,130 m² (0.41 ha, 1.02 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2839710.md - Parcel 1280669: 4,021 m² (0.4 ha, 0.99 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1280669.md - Parcel 5046049: 3,624 m² (0.36 ha, 0.9 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5046049.md - Parcel 2711696: 3,336 m² (0.33 ha, 0.82 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2711696.md - Parcel 2442895: 3,098 m² (0.31 ha, 0.77 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2442895.md - Parcel 1273694: 2,963 m² (0.3 ha, 0.73 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1273694.md - Parcel 1278863: 2,834 m² (0.28 ha, 0.7 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1278863.md - Parcel 2729419: 2,516 m² (0.25 ha, 0.62 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2729419.md - Parcel 1279880: 2,091 m² (0.21 ha, 0.52 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1279880.md - Parcel 1281803: 2,088 m² (0.21 ha, 0.52 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1281803.md - Parcel 1262446: 2,076 m² (0.21 ha, 0.51 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1262446.md - Parcel 1282387: 1,989 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1282387.md - Parcel 1294563: 1,903 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1294563.md - Parcel 4907305: 1,696 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/4907305.md - Parcel 5914278: 1,155 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/5914278.md - Parcel 1283900: 775 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1283900.md - Parcel 5728295: 551 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/5728295.md - Parcel 5914281: 156 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/5914281.md ## Zoning (national zoning of development plans, MyPlan) No zone of a development plan covers Ballysize Lower in the national zoning. Outside zoned towns and villages, the county development plan's rural policies apply to each application. ## Planning applications whose site touches the townland (National Planning Applications, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage) 10 applications, newest first. - 23 Apr 2026, Wicklow County Council 2660333: Conditional. Permission. agricultural entrance and ancillary works. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/WicklowCC/AppFileRefDetails/2660333/0 - 23 Apr 2026, Wicklow County Council 2660334: N/a. Permission. agricultural entrance and ancillary works. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/WicklowCC/AppFileRefDetails/2660334/0 - 28 Nov 2024, Wicklow County Council 2460750: Conditional. Retention. completion of 2-storey detached dwelling currently under construction, permission sought for proposed garage, on-site wastewater treatment plant & soil polishing filter, site boundaries, vehicular entrance & ancillary works. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/WicklowCC/AppFileRefDetails/2460750/0 - 7 Nov 2024, Wicklow County Council 2460685: N/a. Retention. and completion of permitted dwelling & ancillary works granted planning permission under Ref. 23/222 with modified site boundaries and minor revisions to design and location of 2-storey house including additional floor area. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/WicklowCC/AppFileRefDetails/2460685/0 - 7 Mar 2023, Wicklow County Council 23222: Conditional. Permission. two storey dwelling and garage with on-site wastewater treatment plant and soil polishing filter along with a new entrance and all associate site works. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/WicklowCC/AppFileRefDetails/23222/0 - 23 Nov 2022, Wicklow County Council 221241: Conditional. Permission, 1 home. new one storey and a half, 4 bedroom dwelling. garage, new well, percolation area, new foul drainage and soil polishing filter system to current EPA guidelines treatment, surface water soakaways, landscaping, altered entrance and all associated site work. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/WicklowCC/AppFileRefDetails/221241/0 - 14 Nov 2022, Wicklow County Council 221207: N/a. Permission. new one storey and a half, four bedroom dwelling, garage, new well, percolation area, new foul drainage and soil polishing filter system all to current EPA guidelines treatment, surface water soakways, landscaping, altered entrance and all associated site works. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/WicklowCC/AppFileRefDetails/221207/0 - 7 Nov 2022, Wicklow County Council 221180: N/a. Permission. new one storey and a half, 4 bedroom dwelling, garage, percolation area, new foul drainage and soil polishing filter system all to current EPA guidelines treatment, surface water soakaways, landscaping, altered entrance and all associated site work. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/WicklowCC/AppFileRefDetails/221180/0 - 9 Dec 2020, Wicklow County Council 201257: Conditional. Permission, 1 home. dwelling house, secondary sewerage treatment system and percolation area, domestic garage, new entrance, connection to existing water main and all associated site works. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/WicklowCC/AppFileRefDetails/201257/0 - 25 Nov 2020, Wicklow County Council 201200: N/a. Permission, 1 home. dwelling house, secondary sewerage treatment system and percolation area, domestic garage, new entrance, connection to existing water main and all associated site works. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/WicklowCC/AppFileRefDetails/201200/0 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 Ballysize Lower. ## Recorded monuments (Sites and Monuments Record, National Monuments Service) - WI009-007001: Graveyard, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CWI009-007001-. A level oval area (26m NE-SW; 14m NW-SE) at the NW edge of a marked slope overlooking a stream. Towards the SW side there is a rectangular area (c. 8.5m x 4m) defined by the poorly preserved foundations of a wall (WI009-007003-). Other small slabs in the vicinity of a stone cross (WI009-007001-) may be simple gravemarkers. There is no indication of any enclosing feature. (Hawkes 1938,156-7) Compiled by: Gearóid Conroy and Matt Kelleher Date of upload: 13 December 2012 This monument is subject to a preservation order made under the National Monuments Acts 1930 to 2014 (PO no. 104/1940). - WI009-007002: Cross, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CWI009-007002-. Unringed granite cross (H. 1.22m) set in a square socket in a large natural granite slab known locally as 'the Bishop's Grave'. The extremities of the cross are damaged. Curved rebates occur on both faces of the shaft immediately beneath the arms and there is an equal armed cross within a circle inscribed on the lower E side of the shaft. The cross stands at the SW side of a graveyard (WI009-007001-). (Hawkes 1938, 156-7) Compiled by: Gearóid Conroy and Matt Kelleher Date of upload: 13 December 2012 This monument is subject to a preservation order made under the National Monuments Acts 1930 to 2014 (PO no. 104/1940). - WI009-007003: Church, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CWI009-007003-. At the NW edge of a marked slope overlooking a stream. Towards the SW side of the graveyard (WI009-007001-) there is a rectangular area (c. 8.5m by 4m) defined by the poorly preserved foundations of a wall. This may be the site of a possible church. (Hawkes 1938,156-7) Compiled by: Matt Kelleher Date of upload: 13 December 2012 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 Ballysize Lower. ## 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 Ballysize Lower, 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: no LiDAR survey of the Office of Public Works covers the centre of the townland of Ballysize Lower. - 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/ballysize-lower.dxf - GeoJSON, in WGS 84, for a map: https://everytownland.com/wicklow/ballysize-lower.geojson - KML, for Google Earth: https://everytownland.com/wicklow/ballysize-lower.kml ## Homes sold (Residential Property Price Register) No address of the register names Ballysize Lower 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) - Athgarvan: https://everytownland.com/wicklow/athgarvan.md - Ballysize Upper: https://everytownland.com/wicklow/ballysize-upper.md - Bannagroe: https://everytownland.com/wicklow/bannagroe.md - Blakestown Lower: https://everytownland.com/wicklow/blakestown-lower.md - Blakestown Upper: https://everytownland.com/wicklow/blakestown-upper.md - Glebe: https://everytownland.com/wicklow/glebe-250713.md - Hollywood Demesne: https://everytownland.com/wicklow/hollywood-demesne.md - Hollywood Lower: https://everytownland.com/wicklow/hollywood-lower.md - Kiernans Hill: https://everytownland.com/wicklow/kiernans-hill.md - Killerk: https://everytownland.com/wicklow/killerk.md - Silverhill Upper (Co. Kildare): https://everytownland.com/kildare/silverhill-upper.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/ballysize-lower - In JSON: https://everytownland.com/api/townland/wicklow/ballysize-lower