Whitestown Lower

60 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Whitestown Lower, from 24 m² to 319,826 m² (31.98 ha, 79.03 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 27 neighbouring parcels touch it.

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No zone of a development plan covers Whitestown Lower 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.

• 2 Jul 2025Conditional

  the infilling/reclamation and re contouring of lands for agricultural purposed and all associated site works. This application is accompanied by A Natura Impact Statement

  Permission · Wicklow County Council, 2560491

• 23 May 2025Refused

  extend a historic sand and gravel pit at Whitestown Lower, Co. Wicklow, planning reference 7466/82 and planning appeal reference 27/5/58916 and registered as quarry QY16. This former quarry is currently undergoing restoration under planning reference 20/1117 and currently operating under a Waste Facility Permit (WFP) reference WFP-WW-21-0067-01. The proposed development involves extending the historic sand and gravel pit into 7.75 hectares of adjacent agricultural land to the south (site total 11.2 hectares). A four-phased extraction will create a final quarry floor at 143m AOD, with two benches, each ca.10m high with an estimated 1,140762m3 aggregate removal over a period of 18 years with a further 2 years sought for final restoration of the site. The works include topsoil stripping, extraction and processing of sand and gravel via mobile crushing and both dry and wet screening. The existing infrastructure of the WFP, which includes a wheel wash, weighbridge, on-site well, and single-story office (15.21m2), will be utilised. Additional facilities installed on the final pit floor include a mobile wash plant, shed (24m2 by 3.32m hight), oil/water separator, settlement pond (780m2 by 3m deep) for recycling and surface water control and ancillary landscaping /planting and access route. Upon completion of extraction operations, the site will be subject to a restoration plan, which is submitted as part of this application, which includes for inert non-waste soils to be imported to achieve development of agricultural land use. Soils removed in the development of phase 1 will be used to support the restoration of the land within the existing WFP. The Proposed Development will not require any blasting activities. A planning permission of 20 years is being sought for the Proposed Development. The application is accompanied by an Environmental Impact Assessment Report (‘EIAR’), and a Natura Impact Statement (‘NIS’)

  Permission · Wicklow County Council, 2560388

• 20 May 2025N/a

  extend a historic sand and gravel pit at Whitestown Lower, Co. Wicklow, planning reference 7466/82 and planning appeal reference 27/5/58916 and registered as quarry QY16. This former quarry is currently undergoing restoration under planning reference 20/1117 and currently operating under a Waste Facility Permit (WFP) reference WFP-WW-21-0067-01. The proposed development involves extending the historic sand and gravel pit into 7.75 hectares of adjacent agricultural land to the south (site total 11.2 hectares). A four-phased extraction will create a final quarry floor at 143m AOD, with two benches, each ca.10m high with an estimated 1,140762m3 aggregate removal over a period of 18 years with a further 2 years sought for final restoration of the site. The works include topsoil stripping, extraction and processing of sand and gravel via mobile crushing and both dry and wet screening. The existing infrastructure of the WFP, which includes a wheel wash, weighbridge, on-site well, and single-story office (15.21m2), will be utilised. Additional facilities installed on the final pit floor include a mobile wash plant, shed (24m2 by 3.32m hight), oil/water separator, settlement pond (780m2 by 3m deep) for recycling and surface water control and ancillary landscaping /planting and access route. Upon completion of extraction operations, the site will be subject to a restoration plan, which is submitted as part of this application, which includes for inert non-waste soils to be imported to achieve development of agricultural land use. Soils removed in the development of phase 1 will be used to support the restoration of the land within the existing WFP. The Proposed Development will not require any blasting activities. A planning permission of 20 years is being sought for the Proposed Development. The application is accompanied by an Environmental Impact Assessment Report (‘EIAR’), and a Natura Impact Statement (‘NIS’)

  Permission · Wicklow County Council, 2560369

• 8 Jul 2024Conditional

  to demolish portion of existing domestic garage to the front / side of existing dwelling house, full planning permission is sought to construct a single storey extension to the side of existing single storey dwelling house, including the complete reroofing of the existing dwelling, all ancillary site works and services

  Permission · Wicklow County Council, 2460407

• 6 Mar 2024Conditional

  material change of use of part of domestic residence to physiotherapy clinic

  Permission · Wicklow County Council, 2460128

• 30 Aug 2023Conditional

  the construction of a part single, part two-storey dormer style dwelling; recessed shared agricultural and residential entrance, new effluent treatment system with drip dispersal area; and all ancillary site development works

  Permission · Wicklow County Council, 2360245

• 20 Jan 2023Conditional

  construct (I) cubicle shed with slatted tanks (ii) calf shed and all associated site works. Permission for retention of (i) milking parlour with collecting yard and slatted tank (ii) loose shed (iii) cubicle shed and all associated site works

  Permission · Wicklow County Council, 2341

• 22 Mar 2022Refused

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  N/a · Wicklow County Council, 22273

• 19 Jan 2021N/a

  10 year permission for Construction of up to 5 No. wind turbines with a maximum overall blade top height of 165m, with a transformer at each turbine and associated hard stand area; 1No. 38kV electrical substation and all associated infrastructure and works; 20kV underground cables facilitating the connection of turbines to 38kV electrical substation and all associated infrastructure and works; Circa 6.5km of 38kV underground cabling and all associated works along public roads to facilitate the connection of the proposed 38kV wind farm electrical substation to the existing Stratford 38/110kV substation referred to as 'the grid route', Provision of a heritage trail circa 1km in length to include associated information signage (located at the key heritage assets) and parking area; Replacement of existing grass verge with a new 1 metre wide footway at each bridge crossing along the 'grid route'; New site tracks, upgraded site tracks and all associated works; 1 No. 30m permanent meteorological mast and all associated infrastructure and works; A temporary site compound and all associated works; and All associated and ancillary site development 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

  Permission · Wicklow County Council, 2128

• 3 Nov 2020Conditional

  importation of inert soil and stones for use in site restoration of an extracted area of 2.73 hectares within the pit area authorised under PL27/5/58916, at a rate of 23,000 tonnes per annum and cumulative tonnage of 115,000 tonnes, restoration of part of existing pit using site won materials on 0.21 hectares, associated civil works and site infrastructure, including wheel bath and access road, for a period of five years

  Permission · Wicklow County Council, 201117

• 23 Oct 2020N/a

  importation of inert soil and stones for use in site restoration of an extracted area of 2.73 hectares within the pit area authorised under PL27/5/58916, at a rate of 23,000 tonnes per annum and cumulative tonnage of 115,000 tonnes, restoration of part of existing pit using site won materials on 0.21 hectares, associated civil works and site infrastructure, including wheelbath and access road, for a period of five years. The application is accompanied by a Natura Impact Statement.

  Permission · Wicklow County Council, 201067

• 17 Feb 2020Conditional

  single storey extension to front of dwelling house and all ancillary site works

  Permission · Wicklow County Council, 20148

• 14 May 2019Conditional

  single storey garage and fuel store with covered link to side of existing dwelling and for all associated site works

  Permission · Wicklow County Council, 19522

• 4 Mar 2019Conditional

  change of use (removal of condition 2 of previous grant of permission (Planning Register Reference 09/270 for a dwelling house with first floor accommodation, envirocare sewerage treatment system and percolation area to EPA recommendations, domestic garage, entrance, bored well and all ancillary site works) which restricted its use to use as a dwelling by the applicant or to other persons primarily employed or engaged in agriculture in the vicinity or to such class of persons as the Planning Authority may agree to in writing

  Permission, 1 home · Wicklow County Council, 19223

• 18 Feb 2019N/a

  dwelling house and site works as constructed and change of use, removal of condition 2 of previous grant of permission (Planning Register Reference 09/270) for a dwelling house with first floor accommodation, envirocare sewerage treatment system and percolation area to EPA recommendations, domestic garage, new entrance, bored well and all ancillary site works which restricted its use to use as a dwelling by the applicant, or to other persons primarily employed or engaged in agriculture in the vicinity or to such class of persons as the Planning Authority may agree to in writing

  Retention, 1 home · Wicklow County Council, 19165

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

Designated sites

• Special Area of Conservation: Slaney River Valley SAC 000781

Recorded monuments

No recorded monument lies in the townland of Whitestown Lower.

Architectural heritage

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

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 Whitestown Lower, about 1 in 10 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels. Testing a home

Landslides

The Geological Survey did not answer.

Terrain model

The Geological Survey did not answer.

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

Name

Whitestown Lower · Baile an Fhaoitigh Íochtarach

Area

1,684,566 m² (168.46 ha, 416.27 acres)

Civil parish

Donaghmore, and its townlands

Barony

Talbotstown Upper

Electoral division

Donaghmore, the unit of the census

Census 2022

463 people lived in 148 households in the Donaghmore electoral division. 83% of households owned their home. 31% of homes were built since 2001. 8% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 1% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Ballylion Lower, Castleruddery Lower, Castleruddery Upper, Coolharbour Lower, Newtown, Raheen, Randalstown, Whitestown Upper

Placenames

Whitestown Lower 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.