Johnstown

126 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Johnstown, from 71 m² to 243,165 m² (24.32 ha, 60.09 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 25 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 Johnstown 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.

• 26 Oct 2018Conditional

  existing dwelling in a different location to that previously permitted under planning ref 95/2341 along with full permission for the decommissioning of existing septic tank and the upgrading to an Oakstown p6 treatment plant with soil polishing filter along with the closing up of the two existing entrances to the south and east of the site and the provision of a new entrance to the eastern boundary to facilitate adequate sightlines and all associated site works

  Retention, 1 home · Wicklow County Council, 181201

• 15 Oct 2018Conditional

  single storey dwelling with attic accommodation, an Oakstown BAF wastewater treatment system with percolation area, together with associated drainage and site works

  Permission, 1 home · Wicklow County Council, 181147

• 11 Oct 2018Conditional

  decommissioning of existing septic tank and upgrading to an Oakstown p6 treatment plant with soil polishing filter and all associated site works

  Permission · Wicklow County Council, 181131

• 11 Oct 2018N/a

  existing dwelling in a different location to that previously permitted under planning ref 95/2341 along with full planning permission for the decommissioning of existing septic tank and the upgrading to an Oakstown P6 treatment plant with soil polishing filter along with the closing of existing entrance to the south of the site and upgrading of eastern entrance to facilitate adequate sightlines and all associated site works

  Retention, 1 home · Wicklow County Council, 181132

• 15 Mar 2018Conditional

  upgrade the existing effluent disposal system to current EPA standards along with all associated site development works

  Permission · Wicklow County Council, 18265

• 26 Feb 2018N/a

  upgrade existing effluent disposal system to current EPA standards along with all associated site development works

  Permission · Wicklow County Council, 18190

• 23 Feb 2018Refused

  single storey dwelling with attic accommodation, alterations to an existing site entrance to provide adequate sightlines, an Oakstown BAF wastewater treatment system with percolation area, together with associated drainage and site works

  Permission, 1 home · Wicklow County Council, 18185

• 2 Jun 2017N/a

  dwelling house, secondary sewerage treatment system and percolation area, alterations to existing entrance to improve sightlines and all ancillary site works

  Permission, 1 home · Wicklow County Council, 17653

Source: National Planning Applications, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, CC BY 4.0. Applicants are not shown.

Designated sites

• Special Protection Area: Poulaphouca Reservoir SPA 004063
• Proposed Natural Heritage Area: Poulaphouca Reservoir 000731

Recorded monuments

• WI009-029 Barrow - ring-barrow
  Description

  Situated on a gentle NE-facing slope 50m E of the top of a ridge with good views over the Kings River valley. A circular flat-topped central mound (5m E-W; 6m N-S) with a broad fosse (Wth 4m; D 1m) and a slight external bank (Wth 2.5-3m; H 0.3m) (max. ext. dims. 18m E-W; 17m N-S). (Information A. O'Sullivan) 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

• WI010-047 Hut site
  Description

  Situated on a gentle slope, near the foot of a ridge to the S. A circular hut site (diam. c. 4m) defined by a low bank of stone and earth. (Information A. O'Sullivan) 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

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

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 Johnstown, 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. Parts of the land are water.

Terrain model

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

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

Name

Johnstown · Baile Sheáin

Area

1,762,299 m² (176.23 ha, 435.47 acres)

Civil parish

Hollywood, and its townlands

Barony

Talbotstown Lower

Electoral division

Hollywood, the unit of the census

Census 2022

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.

Neighbouring townlands

Ballintober, Ballysize Upper, Broughills Hill, Harristown, Kiernans Hill, Lockstown Lower, Slievecorragh, Walterstown

Placenames

Johnstown 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.