# Aghfarrell, Co. Wicklow: townland, land parcels and planning Townland in the civil parish of Kilbride (Baltinglass Ra), barony of Talbotstown Lower, Co. Wicklow; in Irish Áth Fhearaíl. - Area (Tailte Éireann): 49,509 m² (4.95 ha, 12.23 acres) - Land parcels (Tailte Éireann): 6 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in it, median 3,754 m² (0.38 ha, 0.93 acres) - Zoning (national zoning, MyPlan): G3 HA-DM, the zone with the most parcels - Planning (National Planning Applications): 9 applications since 2010 - Civil parish: Kilbride (Baltinglass Ra), https://everytownland.com/wicklow/parish/kilbride-baltinglass-ra.md - Barony: Talbotstown Lower - Electoral division: Kilbride, the unit of the census - Census 2022 (Central Statistics Office): 1,093 people lived in 367 households in the Kilbride electoral division. 85% of households owned their home. 15% of homes were built since 2001. 5% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 1% were holiday homes. - County: Co. Wicklow, https://everytownland.com/wicklow.md - Placenames Database of Ireland: https://www.logainm.ie/en/54857 - Townland number at Tailte Éireann: 250005 - Centre: latitude 53.229956, longitude -6.4202 (WGS 84) ## Land parcels (registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann) 6 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Aghfarrell, from 84 m² to 24,874 m² (2.49 ha, 6.15 acres); 8 neighbouring parcels touch its boundary. Largest first: - Parcel 1268255: 24,874 m² (2.49 ha, 6.15 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1268255.md - Parcel 1296108: 16,850 m² (1.69 ha, 4.16 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1296108.md - Parcel 1278366: 5,706 m² (0.57 ha, 1.41 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1278366.md - Parcel 1285089: 1,802 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1285089.md - Parcel 1263783: 193 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1263783.md - Parcel 1277877: 84 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1277877.md ## Zoning (national zoning of development plans, MyPlan) - G3 HA-DM (Conservation, amenity or buffer space, corridor/belt, landscape): South Dublin County Development Plan 2022-2028, South Dublin; 4 parcels. The zoning objective in the plan: https://www.sdcc.ie/en/devplan2022/adopted-plan/ ## Planning applications whose site touches the townland (National Planning Applications, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage) 9 applications, newest first. - 19 Sept 2025, South Dublin County Council SD25A/0230: Refuse permission. Permission. The development will consist of the importation and spreading of inert material (clays/stone and soils) over lands consisting of 11.387 hectare for purposes of land recovery for agricultural activity, together with all ancillary works, including remedial works to existing laneway, to provide access to the proposed development from the existing entrance on the Ballyfolan Road (L7002). The development comprises an activity requiring a waste licence.. File: https://planning.agileapplications.ie/southdublin/application-details/68987 - 25 Aug 2025, South Dublin County Council SD25A/0198: Invalidate application. Permission. The development will consist of the importation and spreading of inert material (Clays / Stone and Soils ) over lands consisting of 11.387 hectare for the purposes of land recovery for agricultural activity, together with all ancillary works, including remedial works to the existing laneway, to provide access to the proposed development from the existing entrance on the Ballyfolan Road (L7002). File: https://planning.agileapplications.ie/southdublin/application-details/68814 - 27 Oct 2022, Wicklow County Council 221136: Conditional. Permission. a single storey garden room; area 65sqm; to the rear (north)of an existing detached dwelling. The structure is to be used as a home office and fitness rooms only in conjunction with the principal dwelling. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/WicklowCC/AppFileRefDetails/221136/0 - 24 May 2019, Wicklow County Council 19561: Conditional. Permission. 17 sqm single storey extension to the side of existing 75 sqm single storey dwelling and associated site works, 70 sqm single storey domestic shed to the side of existing dwelling and associated site works. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/WicklowCC/AppFileRefDetails/19561/0 - 24 Apr 2018, Wicklow County Council 18428: Conditional. Permission. garage together with retention for existing entrance and all ancillary site works. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/WicklowCC/AppFileRefDetails/18428/0 - 29 Jul 2016, South Dublin County Council SD16A/0273: Refuse permission. Permission. Establishment and operation of a waste recovery facility which provides for the importation and re-use of naturally occurring inert soil and stone to backfill and remediate part of a former sand and gravel pit void with restoration to forestry on a 1.15 hectare site, within an overall planning application area of 3.0 hectares. It includes provision for temporary infrastructure including a site office and a waste inspection area.. File: https://planning.agileapplications.ie/southdublin/application-details/50861 - 19 Nov 2008, South Dublin County Council SD08A/0787: Declared withdrawn. Permission and retention. Single storey detached structure to be used as a clubhouse to accommodate male/female toilets, store, meeting room with a wheelchair access, a new single storey detached structure to be used for firing booths, retention of the existing car parking, water treatment unit with a percolation area and associated site works at the existing Dublin Target/Gun/Archery Sports Club.. File: https://planning.agileapplications.ie/southdublin/application-details/38095 - 30 Jul 2008, South Dublin County Council SD07A/0276: Grant permission. Permission. (a) Continuance of use of the existing quarry on lands that have been used for this purpose since before 1st October 1964 on a site registered under Section 261 of the Planning and Development Act 2000 (Quarry Reference SDQU05A/1); (b) all existing ancillary facilities including the existing processing plant (crushing and screening plant), overburden storage areas, stockpile areas, water management system and the truck/vehicle parking area; (c) extension of the existing quarry extraction area by 4.2 hectares, within the registered area, to give a total extraction area of 15.5 hectares within an overall application area of 28.1 hectares; (d) provision of a wheelwash and hydrocarbon interceptor; (e) landscaping and final restoration of the site. This application is accompanied by an Environmental Impact Statement.. File: https://planning.agileapplications.ie/southdublin/application-details/32384 - 27 Sept 2005, South Dublin County Council SDQU05A/1: Registered application. Quarry registration. Application for registration of a quarry under Section 261 of Planning & Development Act 2000.. File: https://planning.agileapplications.ie/southdublin/application-details/25666 Applicants are not shown. ## Designated sites (National Parks and Wildlife Service) No designated site (Special Area of Conservation, Special Protection Area, Natural Heritage Area or proposed one) touches the townland of Aghfarrell. ## Recorded monuments (Sites and Monuments Record, National Monuments Service) No recorded monument lies in the townland of Aghfarrell. ## Architectural heritage (National Inventory of Architectural Heritage) No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands in the townland of Aghfarrell. ## Ground and risks (Radon Risk Map of Ireland, EPA; Landslide Susceptibility Classification and LiDAR, Geological Survey Ireland) - Radon: at the centre of the townland of Aghfarrell, about 1 in 10 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels. Testing a home: https://www.epa.ie/environment-and-you/radon/radon-testing/#d.en.82887 - Landslides: The 1:50,000 map rates the landslide susceptibility here as moderately low, low, partly inferred. - Terrain model: LiDAR of the Office of Public Works, flown in 2011, at 2 m: tile OPW_3052, https://gsi.geodata.gov.ie/downloads/LiDAR/OPW_NASC/OPW_3052.zip (ZIP). - Flooding: the flood maps of the Office of Public Works, https://www.floodinfo.ie/map/floodmaps/, linked only: their licence does not allow re-use. 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. ## Downloads - DXF, in Irish Transverse Mercator metres, with its boundary, parcels and buildings, for a drawing program: https://everytownland.com/wicklow/aghfarrell.dxf - GeoJSON, in WGS 84, for a map: https://everytownland.com/wicklow/aghfarrell.geojson - KML, for Google Earth: https://everytownland.com/wicklow/aghfarrell.kml ## Homes sold (Residential Property Price Register) No address of the register names Aghfarrell with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Wicklow: https://everytownland.com/wicklow.md ## Neighbouring townlands (National Statutory Boundaries, Tailte Éireann) - Aghfarrell (Co. Dublin): https://everytownland.com/dublin/aghfarrell.md - Butter Mountain: https://everytownland.com/wicklow/butter-mountain.md 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. --- Everytownland reads the registered freehold land and the statutory boundaries of Tailte Éireann, the national zoning, planning file and heritage records of the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, and the Residential Property Price Register. A parcel is the land of a title, not an address. The owner's name is in the Land Registry of Tailte Éireann: a copy of the folio can be ordered on landdirect.ie, for a fee; this site names no owner. A price is the price recorded for a past sale, not a valuation. Sources: Cadastral Parcels Freehold, Townlands, Civil Parishes, Baronies, Electoral Divisions and Buildings, Tailte Éireann, CC BY 4.0; national zoning of development plans (GZT, MyPlan) and National Planning Applications, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, CC BY 4.0, applicants not shown; designated sites, National Parks and Wildlife Service, CC BY 4.0; Sites and Monuments Record, National Monuments Service, CC BY 4.0; National Inventory of Architectural Heritage, CC BY 4.0; Residential Property Price Register, Property Services Regulatory Authority, re-used with the source acknowledged. - Page: https://everytownland.com/wicklow/aghfarrell - In JSON: https://everytownland.com/api/townland/wicklow/aghfarrell