Kilballyowen

141 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Kilballyowen, from 5 m² to 564,178 m² (56.42 ha, 139.41 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 19 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 Kilballyowen 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.

• 3 Sept 2026N/a

  construct 2no. dwellings (semi-detached) with connection to public services, new site entrances, and all associated site works

  Permission, 2 homes · Wicklow County Council, 2660798

• 28 Aug 2026N/a

  for new bay window with roof at first floor level on front elevation together with all associated site works

  Permission · Wicklow County Council, 2660778

• 25 Aug 2026N/a

  RED III application Level 1 - consist of a ten year planning permission to develop an electricity service, entailing the laying of approximately 23.9 kilometers of 38kV cable from the consented Ballymanus Wind Farm (Reg. Ref. 17/814) to connect the wind farm to the national grid at the existing Arklow 220kV ESB Station, County Wicklow, the proposed grid connection will be installed within existing private tracks and public roadway and include, provision of joint bays, draw pits, communication chambers, three phase electrical cables, optical fibre cables and cable sheath sectionalising chambers, water and rail crossings by (i) bridge crossings, (ii) horizontal directional drilling and iii) guided auger bore, limited ancillary forestry felling to facilitate construction and operation of the proposed development, reinstatement of land, road and track surface above the proposed cabling trench, all associated ancillary works. An Environmental Impact Assessment Report (EIAR) and Natura Impact Statement (NIS) have been prepared in respect of the proposed development and will be submitted with the application. This development is covered by the provisions of the Renewable Energy Directive III (Directive (EU)2023/2413) and it is important to note that the planning application may be subject to section 34D of the Planning and Development Act, as amended, When a notice issues in accordence with section 34D(b), the provisions of article 26A of the Planning and Development Regulations 2001 to 2025 shall apply

  Permission · Wicklow County Council, 2660755

• 23 Mar 2026Refused

  (1) installation of a field access gate at the proposed entrance (2) construction of a concrete slab surface at the entrance, including the provision of an Eco-drain to manage surface water runoff and discharge it to an existing roadside open ditch (3) removal of existing small trees located to the north-west of the proposed field entrance, and their replacement with indigenous tree species, to be planted in a set-back position from the public road in order to maintain natural screening (4) removal of the existing hedgerows on both sides of the proposed field entrance and their replacement with indigenous hedgerows, to be planted set back from the public road tarmac, and also the creation of additional grass verges on both sides of the entrance in order to improve visibility and (5) associated site development works

  Permission · Wicklow County Council, 2660216

• 11 Jul 2025Conditional

  as constructed dwelling and planning permission to upgrade existing effluent treatment system in a revised location to comply with current EPA requirements, permission for revised boundaries, permission for removal of section of driveway and construction of new section of driveway

  Retention · Wicklow County Council, 25186

• 11 Jul 2025N/a

  new dwelling house, a well, a garage, provision of a driveway via right of way and provision of an effluent treatment system to comply with current EPA requirements and associated works

  Permission · Wicklow County Council, 25187

• 6 Sept 2024Conditional

  the construction of a dormer to the lean-to roof at the rear of the existing house, the construction of a new extension, including a conservatory type structure to the West of the existing house, the installation of a new wastewater treatment plant, landscaping and site works associated with the proposed development

  Permission · Wicklow County Council, 2460542

• 31 Aug 2024N/a

  the construction of a dormer to the lean-to roof at the rear of the existing house, the construction of a new extension, including a conservatory type structure to the West of the existing house, the installation of a new wastewater treatment plant, landscaping and site works associated with the proposed development

  Permission · Wicklow County Council, 2460533

• 7 Jun 2022Conditional

  for as constructed extension to the side and rear of existing dwelling and permission to upgrade effluent treatment system

  Retention · Wicklow County Council, 22616

• 10 Mar 2022N/a

  erect an extension to Annacurra GAA Club dressing rooms and the erection of a ball wall to the North West of the existing playing pitch all with associated site works and servcies

  Permission · Wicklow County Council, 22223

• 10 Aug 2021Unconditional

  extension and alterations to commercial premises (planning ref 16//668)

  Extension of duration · Wicklow County Council, 21992

• 25 May 2021Conditional

  new bay window with roof at first floor level on front elevation together with a single storey side extension and all ancillary site works

  Permission · Wicklow County Council, 21614

• 24 May 2021N/a

  extend the appropriate period of 16/668 - renovations to existing guest accommodation at first floor level to create seven en suite guest bedrooms, new windows at first floor level to side and rear, new Velux windows to front roof, new enclosed fire escape to rear, revised entrance to public road, new waste water treatment system to serve the premises and all ancillary works

  Extension of duration · Wicklow County Council, 21607

• 23 Apr 2019Conditional

  minor elevational alterations which include the removal of existing balcony on front elevation at first floor level, erection of flatroof over bay window below and provision of a lean to porch over front door on front elevation together with all ancillary site works

  Permission · Wicklow County Council, 19433

• 22 May 2018Conditional

  construction of an extension to the rear and side of the existing dwelling with associated site works; together with full planning permission for the construction of an extension over the existing ground floor bay window to the front of the dwelling and associated site works

  Retention · Wicklow County Council, 18548

• 5 Jul 2017Refused

  ten year permission for development of a wind energy project. The development will consist of up to eleven wind turbines with a maximum overall height of 150m to blade tip from existing ground level, a transformer at each turbine, a hard stand area adjacent to each turbine, a 38kV electrical substation and all associated infrastructure and works, up to two permanent / temporary meteoroligcal mast with a maximum overall height of 100m tip from existing ground level and all associated infrastructure and works, a temporary site compound and all associated works, new site tracks and upgraded site tracks and all associated works, two new access entrance to local road and all associated works, 20kV underground cables facilitating the connection of turbines to 38kV electrical substation and all associated infrastructure and works, land clearance including tree felling and vegetation removal, and all ancillary works. An Environmental Impact Statement accompanies the application

  Permission · Wicklow County Council, 17814

• 28 Apr 2017Conditional

  extension to dwelling, new replacement wastwater treatment system to EPA 2009 standards in lieu of existing septic tank system and associated works

  Permission, 1 home · Wicklow County Council, 17483

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 Kilballyowen.

Recorded monuments

• WI039-012 Castle - unclassified
  Description

  Situated on a gentle S-facing slope. Shown on the 1838 OS 6-inch map as a small square area (dims. c. 25m x 25m) and named 'Site of Castle'. Not visible at ground level. 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

Architectural heritage

• Saint Bridget's Catholic Church, church/chapel, 1860–1865 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached five-bay single-storey Catholic Church, built 1862 to designs by Richard Pierce. The church is constructed in rubble fieldstone with ashlar dressings; it is complete with side aisles, shallow transepts, porches and a tall off centre tower with broach spire. The timber sheeted door is set within a pointed-arched opening. Window openings are also pointed-arched with single, paired and triple lancet designs. The pitched roof is finished with natural slate with cast-iron rainwater goods. Internally the church is in almost original condition with the original pews, stained glass, the reredos and exposed scissor trusses. A colonnade of gothic arches separates the nave from the side aisles. The church is set within its own grounds which is in use as part garden, part car park and part graveyard.

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 10 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels. Testing a home

Landslides

Susceptibility high, moderately high, moderately low, 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 Kilballyowen.

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 Kilballyowen with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Wicklow.

Name

Kilballyowen · Coill Bhaile Eoghain

Area

5,464,034 m² (546.4 ha, 1,350.19 acres)

Civil parish

Preban, and its townlands

Barony

Ballinacor South

Electoral division

Kilballyowen, the unit of the census

Census 2022

Kilballyowen electoral division: 405 people in 137 households; 90% of households own their home; 43% of homes were built since 2001; 6% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 3% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Killacloran, Killaduff, Kilpipe, Preban, Roddenagh, Tomcoyle, Tomnaskela

Placenames

Kilballyowen 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.