Creowen

45 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Creowen, from 20 m² to 33,284 m² (3.33 ha, 8.22 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 24 neighbouring parcels touch it.

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• C2.1Employment (Industrial, enterprise, employment)
  Greystones-Delgany & Kilcoole Local Planning Framework (LPF), Wicklow · 37 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• R2Existing Residential (Existing residential)
  Greystones-Delgany & Kilcoole Local Planning Framework (LPF), Wicklow · 13 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• G4Active Open Space (Active open space)
  Greystones-Delgany & Kilcoole Local Planning Framework (LPF), Wicklow · 3 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• S5Community & Education (Mixed/general community services/facilities uses)
  Greystones-Delgany & Kilcoole Local Planning Framework (LPF), Wicklow · 2 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• G3Natural Areas (Conservation, amenity or buffer space, corridor/belt, landscape)
  Greystones-Delgany & Kilcoole Local Planning Framework (LPF), Wicklow · 0 parcels The zoning objective in the plan

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

• 23 Sept 2026N/a

  the importation of soil infill from the source site, for use in levelling the lands at proposed development site

  Permission · Wicklow County Council, 2660856

• 17 Sept 2026N/a

  the importation of soil infill from the source site, for use in levelling the lands at proposed development site

  Permission · Wicklow County Council, 2660838

• 28 May 2026Conditional

  change of use from light industrial to retail / showroom at ground floor level and from light industrial to associated office at first floor level with internal and external alterations comprising (a) formation of new opes to provide access to light industrial unit at ground floor level and office above, (b) formation of new windows at first floor level to front elevation and conversion of existing louvred vent to window to side elevation and (c) all associated site works

  Permission · Wicklow County Council, 2660474

• 14 Sept 2025Conditional

  (1) a c 2.45 metre high security fence, as constructed, creating a 275.5 m2 vehicle parking area and (2) all associated site works

  Retention · Wicklow County Council, 2560725

• 12 Dec 2024Conditional

  retention of existing temporary structure

  Retention · Wicklow County Council, 2460787

• 21 Jul 2022Conditional

  proposed development will consist of (1) the decommissioning and removal of existing temporary school accommodation units, (2) the construction of a new 2-storey school building extension with a total gross internal floor area of 5779.4sqm, incorporating classrooms and associated support teaching and tech spaces, offices and meeting rooms, a multi-use hall, and other ancillary accommodation, and to include photovoltaic panels at roof level, (3) minor works and modifications to the layout of existing school building (4) The school grounds, expanded eastward, will provide 4 no. hard surface ball courts, a grass sports pitch, outdoor seating and breakout areas, a sensory garden, a covered tech yard, 92sqm external storage along with refuse store, LPG and ASHP compounds, hard and soft landscaping with footpaths, public lighting and landscaping and all associated boundary treatments (5) The development will also include modifications to the existing site entrance arrangements with new pedestrian accesses and including the construction of a new separate vehicle egress (6) Parking and access arrangements are to include modifications to the car pick -up and bus set down areas, parking provision for 96no. cars, inclusive of 5no. disabled spaces and 10no. electric vehicle charge points, 105no. sheltered cycle stands providing 210no. parking spaces, and 24no. non-sheltered cycle stands providing 48no. parking spaces. (7) Permission is also sought for new foul and surface water drainage system works incorporating SUDS measures, attenuation, rainwater harvesting, culverts to parts of existing drainage ditch and all other associated site and development works.

  Permission · Wicklow County Council, 22807

• 30 Mar 2022Conditional

  (1)the site entrance, as constructed , (2) change of use of the property from a golf range to cricket grounds (3) a 43.24m2 club house (4) a 53.59 m2 changing room facility (5) a 4.19m2 score board wooden hut, (6) a 13.44 steel storage container (7) a 113.00m2 open shelter structure, (8) a steel post and netting enclosed batting facility (total area = 265.21m2), (9) a picket security fence to the (eastern) perimeter of the playing area incorporating 15 no. advertising signs and (10) all miscellaneous works. Also planning permission for 2 No. Circa 2.5 x1 (metre) place name signs at the site entrance

  Retention, 1 home · Wicklow County Council, 22311

• 10 Mar 2022N/a

  (1)the site entrance, as constructed , (2) change of use of the property from a golf range to cricket grounds (3) a 43.24m2 club house (4) a 53.59 m2 changing room facility (5) a 4.19m2 score board wooden hut, (6) a 13.44 steel storage container (7) a 113.00m2 open shelter structure, (8) a steel post and netting enclosed batting facility (total area = 265.21m2), (9) a picket security fence to the (eastern) perimeter of the playing area incorporating 15 no. advertising signs and (10) all miscellaneous works. Also planning permission for 2 No. Circa 2.5 x1 (metre) place name signs at the site entrance

  Retention · Wicklow County Council, 22222

• 24 Sept 2021Conditional

  new vehicular and pedestrian entrance gates, piers and wing walls; new driveway, pavement, car parking spaces and all other associated site and landscape works to facilitate this development

  Permission · Wicklow County Council, 211161

• 15 Jan 2021Conditional

  (1) Construction of new dormer bungalow. (2) Connections to existing on-site services. (3) Access to public road via existing entrance. (4) Associated works

  Permission, 1 home · Wicklow County Council, 2124

• 24 Oct 2019Conditional

  removal of the existing security fencing and the construction of new splayed entrance walls to front (north east) boundary of existing Renmore Business Park all together with associated landscaping, and all other associated and ancillary works

  Permission · Wicklow County Council, 191155

• 18 Oct 2019N/a

  removal of existing security fencing and the construction of new splayed entrance walls to front (north east) boundary of existing Renmore Business Park

  Permission · Wicklow County Council, 191134

• 7 Nov 2018Conditional

  construction of 1no detached single storey temporary accommodation unit, containing 2no 49sqm classrooms & 1no science room with preparation room, access ramp and steps, connection to existing storm and foul drainage and all associated development works located to the south west of the main school building

  Permission · Wicklow County Council, 181239

• 18 Jul 2018Conditional

  alterations to the western elevation to include new doors to access electrical rooms. Proposed new plant room extension measuring 7m by 4.5m and 6m high to the southern elevation. Proposed new fire escape stairs to the southern elevation. Proposed new windows to match existing to the western elevation. All necessary site ancillary works. Block up 2 existing access doors on the northern elevation

  Permission · Wicklow County Council, 18823

• 4 May 2017Conditional

  free standing signage, rearrangement of carparking and removal of condition 3 of Planning Reg. Ref. 99/379 together with associated site works

  Permission · Wicklow County Council, 17497

• 25 Apr 2017N/a

  free standing signage, rearrangement of carparking and removal of condition 3 of PRR 99/379 together with associated site works

  Permission · Wicklow County Council, 17454

• 13 Apr 2017N/a

  free standing signage, rearrangement of car parking and change of use of occupancy restriction to any other class of person

  Permission · Wicklow County Council, 17406

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 Creowen.

Recorded monuments

No recorded monument lies in the townland of Creowen.

Architectural heritage

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

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 Creowen, about 1 in 20 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 low, partly inferred.

Terrain model

LiDAR of the Office of Public Works, flown in 2011, at 2 m: tile OPW_3383 (ZIP).

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

Name

Creowen · Craobh Eoghain

Area

166,599 m² (16.66 ha, 41.17 acres)

Civil parish

Lower Newcastle, and its townlands

Barony

Newcastle

Electoral division

Kilcoole, the unit of the census

Census 2022

12,163 people lived in 4,109 households in the Kilcoole electoral division. 74% of households owned their home. 68% of homes were built since 2001. 3% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 0% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Ballycrone, Ballyphilip, Bullford, Cooldross Upper, Kilquade, Woodstock Demesne

Placenames

Creowen 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.