Shelton Abbey

86 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Shelton Abbey, from 2 m² to 391,666 m² (39.17 ha, 96.78 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 30 neighbouring parcels touch it.

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• C2.1Employment (Industrial, enterprise, employment)
  Arklow and Environs Local Area Plan, Wicklow · 30 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• G1Passive Open Space (Open space, park)
  Arklow and Environs Local Area Plan, Wicklow · 8 parcels The zoning objective in the plan

Source: Tailte Éireann and the Department of Housing (MyPlan), national zoning, CC BY 4.0.

• 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

• 22 Jan 2026Conditional

  the following works to connect Avoca River Park to public services: • an underground foul pump station and an above ground kiosk with a total height of 1.8m within a secure compound located on lands at Avoca River Park; • a watermain with a total length of c. 2.2km and a foul rising main with a total length of c. 2.2km from the proposed pump station, traversing lands within Avoca River Park, the existing trackway through the marsh, 10 and 11 Ferrybank and terminating in the public road (R772); • installation of fibre connections with a total length of c. 2.2km with fibre ducts; • connection to the existing Uisce Éireann foul network and watermain network; • all associated site development works above and below ground

  Permission · Wicklow County Council, 2660038

• 9 Oct 2025Conditional

  The proposed development seeks permission to amend the development permitted under WCC Reg. Ref.: 23/72 and will consist of the following: • Reconfiguration of the internal layout of the 3-no. permitted ICT facility buildings to include ICT equipment rooms, mechanical rooms, switch rooms, electrical equipment rooms, office accommodation, storage and staff facilities at ground and first floor levels; • Amendments to the southern façade on all ICT facility buildings to include alterations to fenestration, extension of permitted louvered façade treatment, and associated alterations; • An increase of c.113 sq.m to the permitted external generator compound of each ICT facility building at ground floor to accommodate additional plant and equipment; • Amendments to plant and equipment layout at roof level and the provision of 1 no. additional roof-mounted emergency landlord generator on each ICT facility building; • Amendments to the permitted water services compound to provide for 1 no. sprinkler tank, 1 no. hydrant tank, 2 no. hydrant water tanks, 2 no. water storage tanks, 6 no. single storey pump rooms (with a gross floor area (GFA) of c. 52 sq.m each) and 1 no. single storey pump room of with a GFA of c. 46 sq.m; • Revisions to permitted site access arrangements including the omission of a permitted security hut and the provision of a revised sally port entrance system with a single storey gatehouse (c. 43 sq.m) and associated revised internal road network; • Relocation of permitted car parking spaces and the provision of 26 no. additional car parking spaces (149 no. spaces in total), Electric Vehicle (EV) car parking and ducting; • The proposed development also includes alterations to the permitted landscaping and planting, fuel filling areas, boundary treatments, security fencing, lighting, SuDS and drainage, and all associated and ancillary site development works. The operation of the development will require an EPA Industrial Emissions Directive (IE) Licence.

  Permission · Wicklow County Council, 2560806

• 29 Sept 2025N/a

  existing garage and boiler house and solid a fuel storage and first floor pigeon loft. Retention of part built single storey vintage car storage building and permission to complete same with a low-pitched roof and all associated site works

  Retention · Wicklow County Council, 25287

• 1 Sept 2025N/a

  1) existing garage, plant rooms and first floor pigeon loft. 2) retention of part built single storey vintage car storage building and permission to complete same with a low pitched roof. 3) all associated site works

  Retention · Wicklow County Council, 25251

• 13 Aug 2025N/a

  1) existing garage, plant rooms and first floor pigeon loft. 2) retention of part built single storey vintage car storage building and permission to complete same with a low pitched roof. 3) all associated site works

  Retention · Wicklow County Council, 25226

• 1 Aug 2025Conditional

  • 1 no. ICT facility building with a gross floor area (GFA) of c. 36,655 sq.m and a total parapet height of c.19.5m. • 2 no. ICT facilities each with a GFA of c. 4,428 sq.m and a total parapet height of c. 10.5m. • Each of the ICT facilities will accommodate ICT equipment rooms, external mechanical equipment areas, electrical equipment rooms, network rooms, ancillary office space, storage and loading bays; • The construction of a solar farm development consisting of photovoltaic (PV) panel arrays covering an area of approximately c. 2.7 ha in the east of the site, on ground mounted steel frames, underground cabling and ducting, a new gated internal track for maintenance and all associated site services works; • Relocation of the customer transformer compound permitted under WCC Reg. Ref.: 21/1080 as amended by WCC Reg. Ref.: 23/843; • The provision of process water and domestic water split tanks, process water and domestic water plantrooms, rainwater harvesting tanks, chlorine dosing kiosk, sprinkler pump rooms, sprinkler tanks, fire hydrant pump room and hydrant tank; • The provision of an internal road network and circulation areas, footpaths, 104 no. car parking spaces and 100 no. cycle parking spaces; • The construction site access arrangements and amendments to the internal road network permitted under WCC Reg. Ref.: 21/1080 as amended by WCC Reg. Ref.: 23/843; • Landscaping and planting, boundary treatments, site lighting, security fencing, all associated site works including underground foul and storm water drainage network, Sustainable Urban Drainage Systems (SuDS) measures, and utility cables, and all ancillary works. The operation of the proposed development will require an EPA Industrial Emissions Directive (IE) Licence. An Environmental Impact Assessment Report (EIAR) has been prepared

  Permission · Wicklow County Council, 2560594

• 25 Jul 2025N/a

  1) existing garage, plant rooms and first floor pigeon loft. 2) retention of part built single storey vintage car storage building and permission to complete same with a low pitched roof. 3) all associated site works

  Retention · Wicklow County Council, 25211

• 11 Apr 2025Conditional

  increased ridge height and first floor habitable floor area along with minor alterations and revisions to the elevations and internal layout of the existing dwelling originally approved under P.R.R. 07/1500 along with retention permission for the domestic garage & site development works including the retaining wall & concrete yard

  Retention · Wicklow County Council, 2586

• 7 Jun 2024Refused

  (1) Retention permission of existing garage, plant rooms and first floor pigeon loft. (2) Retention of part built single story vintage car storage building and Permission to complete same with a flat green roof. (3) All associated site works

  Retention · Wicklow County Council, 24258

• 21 May 2024N/a

  (1) Retention permission of existing garage, plant rooms and first floor pigeon loft. (2) Retention of part built single storey vintage car storage building and Permission to complete same with a flat green roof. (3) All associated site works

  Retention · Wicklow County Council, 24232

• 10 Apr 2024N/a

  existing garage, plant rooms and first floor pigeon loft. Retention permission of part built single storey vintage car storage building and Permission to complete same with a low pitched roof. All associated site works

  Retention · Wicklow County Council, 24169

• 20 Mar 2024N/a

  (1) Retention permission of existing garage, plant rooms and first pigeon loft, (2) Retention of part built single storey vintage car storage building and Permission to complete same with a low pitched roof, (3) All associated site works

  Retention · Wicklow County Council, 24136

• 30 Nov 2023Conditional

  the construction of a bungalow with new entrance and driveway off existing right of way, new effluent treatment system to current EPA standards and all ancillary site works

  Permission, 1 home · Wicklow County Council, 2360463

• 22 Nov 2023Conditional

  the installation of circa. 3,492sq.m array of solar photovoltaic (PV) panels on ground mounted frames on an agricultural plot within the existing Shelton Abbey Open Prison, together with ducting, underground electrical cabling, and all associated site works The proposed development is considered to be within the curtilage of a protected structure (RPS No. 40-05) listed under the current Wicklow County Development Plan 2022-2028. The proposed solar array installation will have no impact on the protected structure, located over 330.00 meters away from the proposed site.

  Permission · Wicklow County Council, 2360437

• 17 Nov 2023Conditional

  proposed development. The proposed development includes an amendment to the development permitted under Reg. Ref. 21/1080, The proposed development will consist of the following to facilitate the above. Demolition of the existing structures on the western part of the site that comprises 4 no. industrial commercial buildings, an associated hut / outbuilding, a gas enclosure, and a tank with bund wall. The removal of the remains of a previously demolished building, areas of hard standing, and existing surface treatments. The relocation of the Energy Centre 1 to the western part of the site, which will supersede the previously permitted 110kV GIS substation compound at that location under ABP Ref: VA27.309252. The proposed development will provide for a revised energy centre design, to include the provision of 8 no. gas turbines (with associated flues of 25.15m in height), 4 no. black start emergency generators and associated transformers, 2 no. single storey fuel oil pump rooms with a gross floor area (GFA) of 90.17sq.m, a single storey air compressor building with a GFA of 88.9sq.m, 4 no. fuel tanks, 2 no. MCC control rooms with a GFA of 44.17sq.m, 3 no. fire water tanks, a single storey welfare, storage, and pump room building with a combined GFA of 160.97 sq.m, a two storey MV /LV building with a GFA of 655.54sq.m, 8 no. 11kV/ 33kV step-up transformers in the north of the site, water treatment equipment, and a security hut, all within a fenced compound. The proposed development includes landscaping and planting, boundary treatments, lighting, security fencing, car parking, and all site works including underground foul and storm water drainage network (including on-site wastewater treatment system), and utility cables, along with all associated and ancillary works. An EPA- Industrial Emissions Directive (IED) licence will be applied for to facilitate the operation of the proposed development

  Permission · Wicklow County Council, 23843

• 16 Nov 2023N/a

  the installation of circa. 3,492sq.m array of solar photovoltaic (PV) panels on ground mounted frames on an agricultural plot within the existing complex, together with ducting, underground electrical cabling, and all associated site works The proposed development is within the curtilage of a protected structure (RPS No. 40-05) listed under the current Wicklow County Development Plan 2022-2028.

  Permission, 1 home · Wicklow County Council, 2360416

• 27 Oct 2023N/a

  the installation of circa. 3,492sq.m array of solar photovoltaic (PV) panels on ground mounted frames on an agricultural plot within the existing Shelton Abbey Open Prison complex, together with ducting, underground electrical cabling, and all associated site works

  Permission · Wicklow County Council, 2360383

• 9 May 2023Conditional

  for modifications to the dwelling and site granted permission under Reg Ref 20/746. For (1.) A reduction to the overall subject site area.(2) A revised location for the approved dwelling site layout/entrance driveway. (3). A revised location packaged effluent disposal system with mechanical aeration and polishing filter to current EPA standards (4.) A revised location for a proposed groundwater well and all together with required site and development works

  Permission · Wicklow County Council, 23443

• 30 Mar 2023Conditional

  for proposed change of use from industrial/warehouse to plastics recycling facility and associated works

  Permission · Wicklow County Council, 23320

• 28 Feb 2023N/a

  1) of existing garage, plant rooms and first floor pigeon loft. 2) Retention of part built single story vintage car storage building and Permission to complete same with a low pitched roof. 3) All associated site works

  Retention · Wicklow County Council, 23194

• 7 Feb 2023N/a

  1)existing garage, plant rooms and first floor pigeon loft. 2) retention of part built single storey vintage car storage building and permission to complete same with a flat green roof. 3) all associated site works

  Retention · Wicklow County Council, 23102

• 27 Jan 2023Conditional

  the proposed development occupies part of the site of (and will supersede) a previously permitted data centre development under Reg. Ref. 20/1285. The proposed development, for which a ten-year permission is sought, consists of the following: Demolition of the existing structures on site (industrial structures and outbuildings) and site clearance works; construction of 3 no. three storey information and communication technology (ICT) facility buildings, each with a gross floor area (GFA) of c. 16,206 sq.m (c. 48,618sq.m GFA in total), and with a parapet height of c. 19.5 metres; each of the 3 no. ICT buildings will accommodate ICT equipment rooms, mechanical equipment rooms, staff welfare facilities, ancillary office space, security rooms, storage, and loading bays; a customer compound, a power trunk building, a transformer compound and a water tank compound area are provided to the north of the ICT facility buildings; the development includes the extension of the existing road and serving the existing industrial park to access the subject site, with gated access points to the proposed ICT facility development to be provided off this roadway; construction of internal road network and circulation areas, footpaths, provision of 124 no. car parking spaces and motorcycle and cycle parking spaces; landscaping and planting, boundary treatments, lighting, security fencing, and all associated site works including underground foul and storm water drainage network, attenuation and percolation areas, and utility cable (including connections to the substation permitted under ABP Ref. 310090-21, resulting in the partial culverting of an existing drainage ditch), on an application site area measuring c. 9.69 hectares. An Environmental Impact Assessment Report (EIAR) has been prepared and will be submitted to the Planning Authority with the planning application

  Permission · Wicklow County Council, 2372

• 12 Dec 2022N/a

  1) existing garage, plant rooms and first floor pigeon loft. 2) Retention of part built single storey vintage car storage building and permission to complete same with a flat green roof. 3) All associated site works

  Retention · Wicklow County Council, 221324

• 23 Aug 2022Conditional

  proposed dwelling, waste water treatment system to EPA standards, garage, entrance and associated works

  Permission · Wicklow County Council, 22920

The 25 most recent of 36 applications.

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

Designated sites

• Proposed Natural Heritage Area: Avoca River Valley 001748

Recorded monuments

• WI040-020 Church
  Description

  Situated on a gentle S-facing slope overlooking a steep drop immediately to the S. There is no visible indication of the 'Site of Grave Yard' marked on the 1838 OS 6-inch map as a rectangular enclosure (dims. c. 60m x 25m). Price (1967, 474-5) states that the area was leased to Robert Hassells in 1685. His house was called Shelton, which became the townland name. Price also mentions that the graveyard was on a hill named Whitson hill on a Shelton estate map, and suggests that this was also the site of a church. 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

• WI040-020001 Graveyard
  Description

  Situated on a gentle S-facing slope overlooking a steep drop immediately to the S. There is no visible indication of the 'Site of Grave Yard' marked on the 1838 OS 6-inch map as a rectangular enclosure (dims. c. 60m x 25m). Price (1967, 474-5) states that the area was leased to Robert Hassells in 1685. His house was called Shelton, which became the townland name. Price also mentions that the graveyard was on a hill named Whitson hill on a Shelton estate map, and suggests that this was also the site of a church. 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: 19 September 2013

Architectural heritage

• Shelton Abbey, country house, 1770–1775 · National interest
  Description

  Detached eleven-bay two storey former mansion, built in 1770 but remodelled in gothic style to designs by Sir Richard Morrison in 1819. The building is finished with lined render and granite dressings. The decorative panelled front door has a blind fanlight and is set within a pointed-arched opening. This is recessed within a projecting triple arched flat-roofed porch. Window openings are generally set within flat-headed openings; there are some mullioned and transomed arrangements. The front is lavishly embellished with reducing buttresses with tall pinnacles. To the north and rear large two storeys wings were later added. The mainly pitched roof is finished with natural slate and has cast-iron rainwater goods. The building is set within a large wooded demesne. Internally the elaborate plasterwork is still intact.

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, moderately low (inferred), low, low (inferred), on the 1:50,000 map.

Terrain model

LiDAR of the Office of Public Works, flown in 2011, at 2 m: tile OPW_3295 (ZIP).

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

Name

Shelton Abbey · Mainistir Shelton

Area

2,883,913 m² (288.39 ha, 712.63 acres)

Civil parish

Kilbride, and its townlands

Barony

Arklow

Electoral division

Kilbride, the unit of the census

Census 2022

Kilbride electoral division: 928 people in 304 households; 85% of households own their home; 20% of homes were built since 2001; 6% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 6% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Ballyarthur, Ballyraine Lower, Glenart, Kilbride, Kilcarra East, Kilcarra West, Killeagh, Marsh, Raheen, Sheepwalk, Shelton

Placenames

Shelton Abbey 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.