Boherboy
Townland in the civil parish of Dunlavin, barony of Talbotstown Lower, Co. Wicklow; in Irish An Bóthar Buí
Parcel 1275596
- Area
- 69,258 m² (6.93 ha, 17.11 acres)
- Buildings
- 3 buildings touch it, 439 m² on the ground
- Zoning
- No zone of a development plan covers it in the national zoning. Outside zoned towns and villages, the county development plan's rural policies apply.
- Townland
- Boherboy
Planning applications on this parcel
4 Mar 2026Refused
hardcore surface storage area referred to in UD5294. Full planning permission is also sought for the removal of the existing entrance and access track and reinstatement of same to farmland, construction of new entrance and access track, extension of the hardcore yard, construction of new landscaped screening banks to parts of the eastern and western boundaries, all associated planting, ancillary works and the material change of use from agricultural use to allow for storage of unprocessed timber for the purpose of drying same
Retention · Wicklow County Council, 2649
23 Feb 2026N/a
hardcore surface storage area referred to in UD5294. Full planning permission is also sought for the removal of the existing entrance and access track and reinstatement of same to landscaping, construction of new entrance and access track, construction of new landscaped screening banks to parts of eastern and western boundaries, all associated ancillary works and the material change of use from agricultural use to allow for storage of timber for the purpose of drying same
Retention · Wicklow County Council, 2642
12 Mar 2025Refused
the hardcore surface storage area referred to in UD 5294. Full planning permission is also sought for the removal of the existing entrance and access track and reinstatement of same to landscaping, construction of new entrance and access track, construction of new landscaping screening banks to parts of Eastern and Western boundaries, all associated ancillary works and material change of use to allow for storage of timber for the purpose of drying same
Retention · Wicklow County Council, 2561
29 May 2023Refused
of the hardcore surface storage area referred to in UD5294. Full planning permission is also sought for the removal of the existing entrance and access track and reinstatement of same to landscaping, construction of new entrance and access track, extension of the hardcore yard, construction of new landscaped screening banks to parts of the Eastern and Western boundaries, all associated ancillary works and the material change of use from agricultural use to allow for storage of timber for the purpose of drying same
Retention · Wicklow County Council, 23491
2 May 2023N/a
retention of the hardcore surface storage area referred to in UD5294; full planning permission is also sought for the removal of the existing entrance and access track and reinstatement of same to landscaping; construction of the new entrance and access track; extension of the hardcore yard; construction of the new landscaped screening banks to parts of the Eastern and Western boundaries; all associated ancillary works and the material change of use from agricultural use to allow for storage of timber for the purpose of drying same
Retention · Wicklow County Council, 23425
27 Oct 2022Refused
the widening of the existing farm entrance, upgrade of existing farm track and retention of the hardcore surface of this track and storage area referred to in UD5294. Full planning permission is also sought for the upgrade of the existing entrance, removal of areas of the hardcore track and reinstatement of same to landscaping, extension of the hardcore yard, construction of new landscaped screening banks to parts of the Eastern and Western boundaries, all associated ancillary works and the material change of use from agricultural use to allow for storage of timber for the purpose of drying and parking of the applicants own commercial vehicles
Retention · Wicklow County Council, 221140
10 Nov 2021Refused
widening of the existing farm entrance, upgrade of existing farm track and retention of the hardcore surface of this track and storage area referred to in UD5294. Full planning permission is also sought for the upgrade of the existing entrance, removal of areas of the hardcore track and reinstatement of same to landscaping, extension of the hardcore yard, construction of new landscaped screening banks to parts of the Eastern and Western boundaries, all associated ancillary works and the material change of use from agricultural use to allow for storage of timber for the purpose of drying and parking of the applicants own commercial vehicles
Retention · Wicklow County Council, 211350
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 this parcel.
Recorded monuments around it
No zone of notification of a recorded monument touches this parcel.
Architectural heritage
No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands on this parcel.
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).
Ground and risks
- Radon
- About 1 in 5 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels. Testing a home
- Landslides
- Susceptibility moderately low, low (inferred), on the 1:50,000 map.
- Terrain model
- No LiDAR survey of the Office of Public Works covers the centre of this parcel.
- 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.
Download this parcel: DXF, in Irish Transverse Mercator metres, with its neighbours and buildings, for a drawing program; GeoJSON, in WGS 84, for a map; KML, for Google Earth.
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann, CC BY 4.0. 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.
- Area
- 76.5 ha
- 189 acres
- Land parcels
- 39
- registered freehold, median 2,330 m² (0.23 ha, 0.58 acres)
- Zoning
- R2
- Existing Residential
- Planning
- 11
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
39 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Boherboy, from 52 m² to 182,801 m² (18.28 ha, 45.17 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 25 neighbouring parcels touch it.
Download the townland: DXF, in Irish Transverse Mercator metres, with its boundary, parcels and buildings; GeoJSON or KML.
Zoning
Development plans, national zoning
- R2Existing Residential (Existing residential)
Dunlavin Town Plan, Wicklow · 1 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
Source: Tailte Éireann and the Department of Housing (MyPlan), national zoning, CC BY 4.0.
Planning applications
Sites that touch the townland, newest first
4 Mar 2026Refused
hardcore surface storage area referred to in UD5294. Full planning permission is also sought for the removal of the existing entrance and access track and reinstatement of same to farmland, construction of new entrance and access track, extension of the hardcore yard, construction of new landscaped screening banks to parts of the eastern and western boundaries, all associated planting, ancillary works and the material change of use from agricultural use to allow for storage of unprocessed timber for the purpose of drying same
Retention · Wicklow County Council, 2649
23 Feb 2026N/a
hardcore surface storage area referred to in UD5294. Full planning permission is also sought for the removal of the existing entrance and access track and reinstatement of same to landscaping, construction of new entrance and access track, construction of new landscaped screening banks to parts of eastern and western boundaries, all associated ancillary works and the material change of use from agricultural use to allow for storage of timber for the purpose of drying same
Retention · Wicklow County Council, 2642
12 Mar 2025Refused
the hardcore surface storage area referred to in UD 5294. Full planning permission is also sought for the removal of the existing entrance and access track and reinstatement of same to landscaping, construction of new entrance and access track, construction of new landscaping screening banks to parts of Eastern and Western boundaries, all associated ancillary works and material change of use to allow for storage of timber for the purpose of drying same
Retention · Wicklow County Council, 2561
29 May 2023Refused
of the hardcore surface storage area referred to in UD5294. Full planning permission is also sought for the removal of the existing entrance and access track and reinstatement of same to landscaping, construction of new entrance and access track, extension of the hardcore yard, construction of new landscaped screening banks to parts of the Eastern and Western boundaries, all associated ancillary works and the material change of use from agricultural use to allow for storage of timber for the purpose of drying same
Retention · Wicklow County Council, 23491
2 May 2023N/a
retention of the hardcore surface storage area referred to in UD5294; full planning permission is also sought for the removal of the existing entrance and access track and reinstatement of same to landscaping; construction of the new entrance and access track; extension of the hardcore yard; construction of the new landscaped screening banks to parts of the Eastern and Western boundaries; all associated ancillary works and the material change of use from agricultural use to allow for storage of timber for the purpose of drying same
Retention · Wicklow County Council, 23425
27 Oct 2022Refused
the widening of the existing farm entrance, upgrade of existing farm track and retention of the hardcore surface of this track and storage area referred to in UD5294. Full planning permission is also sought for the upgrade of the existing entrance, removal of areas of the hardcore track and reinstatement of same to landscaping, extension of the hardcore yard, construction of new landscaped screening banks to parts of the Eastern and Western boundaries, all associated ancillary works and the material change of use from agricultural use to allow for storage of timber for the purpose of drying and parking of the applicants own commercial vehicles
Retention · Wicklow County Council, 221140
21 Feb 2022Conditional
agricultural machinery storage shed, concrete yard with new effluent storage tank, extension to existing slurry storage tank, retaining wall and all ancillary site works
Permission · Wicklow County Council, 22166
10 Nov 2021Refused
widening of the existing farm entrance, upgrade of existing farm track and retention of the hardcore surface of this track and storage area referred to in UD5294. Full planning permission is also sought for the upgrade of the existing entrance, removal of areas of the hardcore track and reinstatement of same to landscaping, extension of the hardcore yard, construction of new landscaped screening banks to parts of the Eastern and Western boundaries, all associated ancillary works and the material change of use from agricultural use to allow for storage of timber for the purpose of drying and parking of the applicants own commercial vehicles
Retention · Wicklow County Council, 211350
20 Jan 2021Refused
widening of existing farm entrance and also for the widening of an existing farm track and for the hardcore surface of this track referred to in UD5294. Under this application full planning permission is sought for the construction of a structural steel shed comprising of two loose boxes, fodder storage area and agricultural machinery storage with an adjoining litter bay, outdoor exercise arena, deep bored well and all associated site works. Permission is also sought for the reinstatement of the unauthorised hardcore area not used within the proposed overall project. Planning permission also sought for the material change of use from agricultural use to allow for the parking of applicants own commercial vehicles within the yard area of the proposed development
Retention · Wicklow County Council, 2131
9 Dec 2020Conditional
existing farm building for the storage of cattle and sheep and farm tools and all ancillary site works
Retention · Wicklow County Council, 201256
19 Jan 2017Conditional
the redevelopment of existing single storey 4 bedroom dwelling of circa 263.4sqm comprising of the following: demolition of various single storey sub-standard extensions circa 111.4sqm demolition of circa 65.6sqm of structurally unsound main part of the single storey dwelling, and for the reconstruction of the dwelling comprising of 4 no. bedrooms, total floor area circa 256.4sqm and all associated residential accommodation, including improvement works to existing access drive, new automated gate, the provision of a new propriority wastewater treatment system to EPA standards and all ancillary site works
Permission, 1 home · Wicklow County Council, 1744
Source: National Planning Applications, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, CC BY 4.0. Applicants are not shown.
Nature and heritage
Designated sites and recorded monuments
Designated sites
No designated site (Special Area of Conservation, Special Protection Area, Natural Heritage Area or proposed one) touches the townland of Boherboy.
Recorded monuments
No recorded monument lies in the townland of Boherboy.
Architectural heritage
No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands in the townland of Boherboy.
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).
Ground and risks
Radon, landslides, flooding
- Radon
- About 1 in 10 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels. Testing a home
- Landslides
- Susceptibility 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 Boherboy.
- 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.
Homes sold
Property Price Register
No address of the register names Boherboy with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Wicklow.
The townland
- Name
- Boherboy · An Bóthar Buí
- Area
- 764,839 m² (76.48 ha, 189 acres)
- Civil parish
- Dunlavin, and its townlands
- Barony
- Talbotstown Lower
- Electoral division
- Dunlavin, the unit of the census
- Census 2022
- Dunlavin electoral division: 1,580 people in 526 households; 66% of households own their home; 29% of homes were built since 2001; 8% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 0% were holiday homes.
- Neighbouring townlands
- Blackhill, Brewershill, Dunlavin Upper, Forristeen, Loughmogue Upper, Toberbeg, Tornant Upper, Uppertown
- Placenames
- Boherboy 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.