Hacketstown Upper

75 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Hacketstown Upper, from 2 m² to 108,721 m² (10.87 ha, 26.87 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 32 neighbouring parcels touch it.

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• R2Existing / Infill Residential (Existing residential)
  Carlow County Development Plan 2022 - 2028 Hacketstown Small Town Plan, Carlow · 52 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• S5Community / Education (Mixed/general community services/facilities uses)
  Carlow County Development Plan 2022 - 2028 Hacketstown Small Town Plan, Carlow · 7 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• M2Town Centre (City/Town/village Centre, central area)
  Carlow County Development Plan 2022 - 2028 Hacketstown Small Town Plan, Carlow · 3 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• G1Open Space and Amenity (Open space, park)
  Carlow County Development Plan 2022 - 2028 Hacketstown Small Town Plan, Carlow · 2 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• R1New Residential (New/proposed residential)
  Carlow County Development Plan 2022 - 2028 Hacketstown Small Town Plan, Carlow · 1 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• C2.1Enterprise and Employment (Industrial, enterprise, employment)
  Carlow County Development Plan 2022 - 2028 Hacketstown Small Town Plan, Carlow · 1 parcels The zoning objective in the plan

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

• 28 Jul 2026N/a

  a residential development (13 No. dwellings) together with associated site development works including site services, estate roads, footpaths, public open space, children’s play & natural play areas, landscaping, boundary treatment and shared cycletrack/footpath through site. Proposed single vehicular entrance onto Eagle Hill Road together with pedestrian/bicycle access and proposed pedestrian crossing onto Eagle Hill Road. The planning application is accompanied by a Natura Impact Statement (NIS)

  Permission · Carlow County Council, 2660235

• 15 Jan 2025N/a

  proposed residential development (13 No. dwellings) comprising of 4 No. 4 bedroom detached dormer dwellings, 4 No. 3 bedroom detached bungalow/ dormer dwellings (with optional attic conversion to 4th bedroom) and 5 No. 3 bedroom detached bungalows together with associated site development works including site services, estate roads, footpaths, public open space, landscaping, boundary treatment and pedestrian/ cycle link though site with access and entrances onto Eagle Hill Road. The application is accompanied by a Natura Impact Statement (NIS)

  Permission · Carlow County Council, 2560006

• 19 Dec 2024N/a

  Proposed residential development (13 No. dwellings) comprising of 4 No. 4 bedroom detached dormer dwellings, 4 No. 3 bedroom detached bungalow/ dormer dwellings (with optional attic conversion to 4th bedroom) and 5 No. 3 bedroom detached bungalows together with associated site development works including site services, estate roads, footpaths, public open space, landscaping, boundary treatment and pedestrian/ cycle link though site with access and entrances onto Eagle Hill Road. The application is accompanied by a Natura Impact Statement (NIS).

  Permission · Carlow County Council, 2460418

• 7 Oct 2024Conditional

  for development at Eagle Hill Road, Hacketstown, Co. Carlow. The permission relates to a vehicular entrance and boundary fence.

  Permission · Carlow County Council, 2460318

• 16 Sept 2024N/a

  for development at Eagle Hill Road, Hacketstown, Co. Carlow. The permission relates to a vehicular entrance and boundary fence.

  Permission · Carlow County Council, 2460290

• 19 Dec 2023N/a

  a vehicular entrance

  Retention · Carlow County Council, 2360303

• 1 Feb 2023N/a

  alterations to front elevation as constructed to the front of existing building, retention planning permission is sought to retain the change of use of 2 no. ground floor retail units / commercial units for use as 2 no. apartments, full planning permission is sought to carry out alterations to the existing layout to accommodate private open space, all ancillary site works and services

  Retention · Carlow County Council, 2325

• 4 Mar 2022Conditional

  for the provision of a single storey extension to front, side, and rear consisting of a Mainstream Classroom, extension to existing Principal's Office, and a 2 no. Classroom Special Education Unit (proposed floor area = 410sqm) of existing single storey School Building (existing floor area = 1,200sqm), provision of 14 no. roof windows to existing roof surfaces, together with the provision of 5 no. additional car parking spaces, secure external soft play area, minor internal alterations and minor elevational amendments, and all ancillary site development works

  Permission · Carlow County Council, 2281

• 12 Jul 2021Conditional

  Retention planning permission is sought to retain floor slabs as constructed to a block of 2 No. semi-detached dwelling houses as constructed under Pl Ref. 06/157 and full planning permission is sought for the completion of same, all ancillary site works and services

  Retention, 2 homes · Carlow County Council, 21264

• 31 Jul 2020N/a

  permission to retain alterations to front elevation as constructed to the front of existing building, full planning permission is sought for the change of use of 2 No. ground floor retail units / commercial units for use as 2 No. apartments, all ancillary site works and services

  Retention · Carlow County Council, 20262

• 25 Feb 2020Conditional

  Permission to construct a dwelling house with garage, entrance, septic tank, percolation area and all associated site works and services.

  Permission, 2 homes · Carlow County Council, 2063

• 8 Apr 2019Conditional

  for a proposed change of use from existing prayer group centre/meeting hall and associated works to dwelling house and associated works (including alterations from door ope to window at the side of the building and proposed post and plank/panel fencing to existing boundary wall to front, internal alterations etc.)

  Permission, 1 home · Carlow County Council, 19130

• 8 Mar 2018Conditional

  Permission for an external entrance canopy to front existing Community Sports Hall together with all associated site works.

  Permission · Carlow County Council, 1873

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 Hacketstown Upper.

Recorded monuments

No recorded monument lies in the townland of Hacketstown Upper.

Architectural heritage

• Saint Brigid's Catholic Church, church/chapel, 1810–1840 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached four-bay single-cell Catholic church, c. 1820, with granite built tower on a square plan having octagonal belfry over. Interior re-ordered, post-1965. Interior retains early font, Doric reredos and balcony.

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 Hacketstown Upper, about 1 in 5 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

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

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 Hacketstown Upper with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Carlow.

Name

Hacketstown Upper · Baile Haicéid Uachtarach

Area

313,109 m² (31.31 ha, 77.37 acres)

Civil parish

Hacketstown, and its townlands

Barony

Rathvilly

Electoral division

Hacketstown, the unit of the census

Census 2022

1,226 people lived in 436 households in the Hacketstown electoral division. 72% of households owned their home. 30% of homes were built since 2001. 7% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 2% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Ballysallagh Upper, Eaglehill, Eaglehill, Hacketstown Lower, Monastill, Scotland

Placenames

Hacketstown Upper 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.