Uppertown

26 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Uppertown, from 1,811 m² to 173,725 m² (17.37 ha, 42.93 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 16 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 Uppertown 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.

• 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

• 8 Jan 2026N/a

  construct a new agricultural entrance to agricultural lands and farmyard and all ancillary site works and services

  Permission · Wicklow County Council, 2660011

• 19 Dec 2025Conditional

  provision of a new independent domestic entrance to the south of the site including all associated site works and services. Retention permission is sought for the erection and completion of an agricultural storage shed with ancillary office space including all associated boundary treatments, infrastructure, wastewater treatment systems and site works and services

  Permission · Wicklow County Council, 2561048

• 27 Aug 2025Unconditional

  Section 42 Extension of Appropriate Period 20/439 - single storey dwelling, Aswaflow wastewater treatment system and soil polishing filter and all ancillary site development works

  Extension of duration · Wicklow County Council, 25242

• 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

• 18 Dec 2024N/a

  bungalow, garage, on-site treatment unit and all associated site works. Also included in this application is permission for the widening of the existing entrance to achieve adequate sightlines

  Permission · Wicklow County Council, 24491

• 23 Apr 2024Conditional

  the construction of a single storey dwelling house, onsite secondary sewerage treatment system, domestic garage, 2 box stable building, dung heap and all ancillary site works

  Permission · Wicklow County Council, 24192

• 15 Jun 2023Conditional

  alterations to the entrance to my house and farm, retention also sought for an existing concrete base extension to my farm yard and all ancillary works

  Retention · Wicklow County Council, 23537

• 29 May 2023N/a

  of alterations to the entrance to my house and farm, retention also sought for an existing concrete base extension to my farm yard and all ancillary site works

  Retention · Wicklow County Council, 23490

• 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

• 9 Jun 2021N/a

  barn comprising of 4 no. loose boxes, tack room, dry fodder store, bedding and hay storage, dung heap, under ground storage tank, new farm entrance and all ancillary site works

  Permission · Wicklow County Council, 21687

• 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

• 11 May 2020Conditional

  single storey dwelling, Aswaflow wastewater treatment system and soil polishing filter and all ancillary site development works

  Permission, 1 home · Wicklow County Council, 20439

• 30 Apr 2019N/a

  two storey dwelling, Aswaflow wastewater treatment system and soil polishing filter and all ancillary site development works

  Permission, 1 home · Wicklow County Council, 19453

• 25 Jun 2018Conditional

  cubicle cattle shed and permission also sought for new over ground slurry storage tank and all ancillary site works

  Retention · Wicklow County Council, 18700

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 Uppertown.

Recorded monuments

No recorded monument lies in the townland of Uppertown.

Architectural heritage

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

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 Uppertown, about 1 in 10 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 moderately high, moderately low, low, low (inferred).

Terrain model

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

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

Name

Uppertown · An Baile Uachtair

Area

904,536 m² (90.45 ha, 223.52 acres)

Civil parish

Dunlavin, and its townlands

Barony

Talbotstown Lower

Electoral division

Dunlavin, the unit of the census

Census 2022

1,580 people lived in 526 households in the Dunlavin electoral division. 66% of households owned their home. 29% of homes were built since 2001. 8% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 0% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Boherboy, Brewershill, Plezica, Toberbeg

Placenames

Uppertown 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.