Callowhill Upper

21 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Callowhill Upper, from 966 m² to 468,440 m² (46.84 ha, 115.75 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 17 neighbouring parcels touch it.

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

No zone of a development plan covers Callowhill Upper 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.

• 28 Aug 2026N/a

  a) retention permission to retain existing additions and alterations to the existing 19th century farmhouse, b) planning permission to complete the additions and alterations to the existing 19th century farmhouse to create a 4 bedroom farmhouse and c) change the use from residential to a farmhouse holiday let, complete with all associated works, roads, pavements and services

  Retention · Wicklow County Council, 2660777

• 20 Aug 2026N/a

  to retain existing additions and alterations to the existing 19th Century Farmhouse and Planning Permission to complete the additions and alterations to the existing 19th century farmhouse to create a 4 bedroom farmhouse and change the use from residential to a farmhouse holiday let, complete with all associated works, roads, pavements and services all as outlined in the documents submitted to Wicklow County Council

  Retention · Wicklow County Council, 2660745

• 20 Aug 2026N/a

  to retain 7 No. existing farm holiday cottages, “as built” on site at K2 Alpacas Farm, Callowhill Upper, Co. Wicklow, A63 DX08, comprising 4 no. two bedroom cottages, 2 no. one bedroom cottages and 1 no. 3 bedroom cottage, and including all associated works, roads, pavements, wastewater treatment system & sand filter and services, all as outlined in the documents submitted to Wicklow County Council

  Retention, 7 homes · Wicklow County Council, 2660746

• 20 Mar 2026N/a

  1. the construction of a new detached, part two-storey and single-storey, four-bedroom dwelling. 2. the decommissioning and removal of the existing septic tank system and the installation of a new wastewater treatment system to comply with the current EPA code of practice. 3. the demolition of the existing dwelling house currently on-site, to be completed following the occupation of the proposed new dwelling. 4. all associated ancillary site development works, including the upgrade of the landscaping, and all necessary service connections

  Permission · Wicklow County Council, 2660213

• 19 Jan 2024Conditional

  to construct a 78.58 sqm single storey extension to the side elevation of existing dwelling house comprising of kitchen, dining and living area and for internal alterations to ground floor layout

  Permission · Wicklow County Council, 2419

• 22 Dec 2023N/a

  to construct a 78.58 sq/m single storey extension to the side elevation of existing dwelling house comprising of kitchen, dining and living area and for internal alterations to ground floor layout

  Permission · Wicklow County Council, 23921

• 13 Sept 2023Conditional

  the construction of a new dwelling ( consisting of a revised house type, adjustment to house location from that as granted under PRR 19/527), domestic garage, wastewater treatment unit and polishing filter, new well and associate works

  Permission · Wicklow County Council, 2360281

• 24 May 2021Conditional

  the construction of an agricultural building (44m2) for use as a learning space, ancillary to the existing agricultural programmes provided on site, together with planning permission for the upgrade of existing effluent treatment system, all together with associated site works

  Permission · Wicklow County Council, 21603

• 5 Sept 2019Conditional

  agricultural building and associated hardcore surfaced agricultural yard. Retention of access roadway (part of) and permission for a new double gated agricultural entrance to agricultural lands, realignment of access road and all associated works

  Retention · Wicklow County Council, 19987

• 4 Sept 2019Conditional

  additions, alterations and demolitions to existing derelict farm outbuildings to create 7 cottages complete with all associated works, services, site works and wastewater treatment system

  Permission · Wicklow County Council, 19979

• 9 Aug 2019N/a

  agricultural building and associated hardcore surfaced agricultural yard. Retention of access roadway (part of) and PERMISSION for a new double gated agricultural entrance to agricultural lands, realignment of access road and all associated works

  Retention · Wicklow County Council, 19877

• 8 Aug 2019N/a

  additions, alterations and demolitions existing derelict farm outbuildings to create 7 cottage, complete all associated works, services, site works and wastewater treatment system

  Permission, 1 home · Wicklow County Council, 19869

• 24 Jul 2019N/a

  construct 7 new cottages on site complete with all associated works, services, site works and waste-water treatment system all as outlined in the documents submitted to Wicklow county council

  Permission · Wicklow County Council, 19800

• 14 May 2019Conditional

  dwelling, garage and effluent treatment system, all together with associated site works

  Permission, 1 home · Wicklow County Council, 19527

• 5 Feb 2019Refused

  double gated entrance to agricultural lands, retention of hardcore surfaced agricultural access roadway to yard and retention of hardcore surfaced yard ancillary to existing farm building and associated works

  Retention · Wicklow County Council, 19100

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 Callowhill Upper.

Recorded monuments

No recorded monument lies in the townland of Callowhill Upper.

Architectural heritage

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

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

At the centre of the townland of Callowhill Upper, about 1 in 5 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels. Testing a home

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 Callowhill Upper.

Flooding

The Office of Public Works publishes its flood maps on floodinfo.ie.

Radon Risk Map of Ireland, Environmental Protection Agency, and Landslide Susceptibility Classification, Geological Survey Ireland, both under 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 Callowhill Upper with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Wicklow.

Name

Callowhill Upper · An Chollchoill Uachtarach

Area

1,460,381 m² (146.04 ha, 360.87 acres)

Civil parish

Upper Newcastle, and its townlands

Barony

Newcastle

Electoral division

Newcastle Upper, the unit of the census

Census 2022

4,790 people lived in 1,619 households in the Newcastle Upper electoral division. 82% of households owned their home. 37% of homes were built since 2001. 3% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 0% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Ballinahinch Upper, Callowhill Lower, Carrignamuck Upper, Corsillagh, Keeloge Upper, Kilday, Knockfadda

Placenames

Callowhill Upper 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.