Aurora

45 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Aurora, from 44 m² to 129,231 m² (12.92 ha, 31.93 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 19 neighbouring parcels touch it.

Download the townland: DXF, in Irish Transverse Mercator metres, with its boundary, parcels and buildings; GeoJSON or KML.

No zone of a development plan covers Aurora 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.

• 10 Feb 2026Conditional

  demolish existing house and construct new house, de-commission old septic tank and install new septic tank and percolation area

  Permission · Wicklow County Council, 2634

• 9 Feb 2026N/a

  demolition of existing house and construction of new, two storey, four bedroom house, de-commissioning old septic tank and installation of new septic tank & percolation area, and creation of a new vehicular entrance centred on the road frontage and set back five metres from public road carriageway in order to provide 70 metres sight-lines in both directions

  Permission · Wicklow County Council, 2631

• 25 May 2023Refused

  The development will consist of retention permission for the existing dwelling (c.52 sqm) and landscaping, permission for partial demolition of the existing conservatory on site (c. 26 sqm) and construction of two new single storey extensions (c. 73 sqm) to the existing dwelling along with internal and elevational changes, all associated site development works, drainage and landscaping, a new wastewater treatment system and provision of surface water soakaway. The overall site includes adjacent lands (c. 0.19 Acres) which combined with the lands at Aurora provide an overall site area of 2,390sqm.

  Retention · Wicklow County Council, 2360066

• 22 Feb 2023Conditional

  garden of remembrance including: ash interment plots, biodegradable ash interment plots, granite marker posts, memorial plaques, 2no. footbridges, footpaths, and raised planting beds. The development will be open to the public and served by the existing vehicular access from The Glencree Centre, all associated hard and soft landscape and boundary treatment works, all other associated site excavation, and site development works above and below ground. An appropriate assessment screening report (AA) and environmental report will be submitted to the Planning Authority with the application

  Permission · Wicklow County Council, 23167

• 10 Feb 2023N/a

  agarden of remembrance including: ash interment plots, biodegradable ash interment plots, granite marker posts, memorial plaques, 2no. footbridges, footpaths, and raised planting beds; the development will be open to the public and served by the existing vehicular access from The Glencree Centre, all associated hard and soft landscape and boundary treatment works, all other associated site excavation, and site development works above and below ground; an appropriate assessment screening report (AA) and environmental report will be submitted to the Planning Authority with the application

  Permission · Wicklow County Council, 23122

• 27 Jun 2022Refused

  (a) construction of storey and half side and single storey extensions to the existing dwelling along with internal alterations and elevational changes, increasing the dwelling from a two bedroom to three bedroom house. (b) all associated site development works, drainage and landscaping to accommodate the extensions, (c) proposed waste water treatment system that meets current EPA standards and the provision of surface water soakway to meet BRE Digest 365 standards for the dwelling

  Permission, 1 home · Wicklow County Council, 22710

• 18 Aug 2021N/a

  demolition of derelict agricultural buildings, new single storey, 3-bedroom house, wastewater treatment system and all ancillary works

  Permission · Wicklow County Council, 211027

• 13 Feb 2020Conditional

  widening and provision of 2 no laybys along the laneway that leads from the L1013 to Grove Cottage and Bunkhouse that is in the ownership of the Glencree Society. The development will also consist of the widening of the vehicular access and the provision of 5 no car parking spaces, at the entrance into Grove Cottage and Bunkhouse from the laneway, as well as all ancillary development works required to facilitate the development

  Permission · Wicklow County Council, 20142

• 16 Apr 2019Unconditional

  extend the appropriate period of a permission - 13/8427 - formation of a garden of remembrance and reflection including the use of part of the lands for the internment of ashes after cremation, including stone plot markers of approximately 400 x 250mm laid flush with the grass contained within a 30m diameter landscaped area bounded by a new 2.5m high granite stone wall partially recessed into the existing site contours and associated site works including the formation of a path network, repairs to the existing stone and fenced boundaries and the formation of a car parking area within the site using the existing access point from the public road

  Extension of duration · Wicklow County Council, 19411

• 21 Jan 2019Conditional

  30 sqm single storey extension (garden room/garden kitchen) to the rear of an existing house, located at lower garden level

  Permission, 1 home · Wicklow County Council, 1947

• 21 Feb 2017Conditional

  previously approved extension (39.76 sqm) with minor alterations Planning Ref 07/2505 to side of existing house (163.17 sqm) with basement under (36.98 sqm) containing play area and outside barbeque area with access off existing kitchen

  Retention · Wicklow County Council, 17188

• 2 Feb 2017Conditional

  sports hall building and playing court, associated landscaping, wastewater treatment and a new entrance door into the existing cottage

  Permission · Wicklow County Council, 17101

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: Glencree Valley 001755

Recorded monuments

• WI006-005 Settlement cluster
  Description

  Situated on an E-facing slope beside the Glencree River. A system of small fields and enclosures covering an area of c. 150m x 150m, visible on aerial photographs (GSIAP 1973, O 170-71 O 94/95). There are three oval or subrectangular enclosures (dims. c. 20m x 15m; 30m x 25m; 55m x 30m), and these are linked by faint traces of field boundaries. See attached Google Earth aerial image taken 30/05/2009 showing extent of field system and enclosures 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

• WI006-034 Enclosure
  Description

  Situated in upland area overlooking Glencree River 40m to E. Roughly D-shaped area (approx. dims. 55m NE-SW x 38m N-S) with straight side at S defined by a low grass-covered earth and stone bank with two circular-shaped hut sites (WI006-034001-/002-) in SW quadrant which are clearly visible on Google earth aerial imagery taken 31/05/2009. Enclosure depicted as an irregular-shaped field on all editions of the OS 6-inch maps. Drystone field walls radiating out from SSW and S. See attached Google Earth image taken 31/05/2009 Compiled by:Caimin O'Brien Date of upload: 19 May 2020

• WI006-034001 Hut site
  Description

  Situated in upland area overlooking Glencree River 40m to E. Roughly D-shaped enclosure (WI006-034----) defined by a low grass-covered earth and stone bank with two circular-shaped hut sites (WI006-034001-/002-) in SW quadrant which are clearly visible on Google earth aerial imagery taken 31/05/2009. Enclosure depicted as an irregular-shaped field on all editions of the OS 6-inch maps. Drystone field walls radiate out from SSW and S. See attached Google Earth image taken 31/05/2009 Compiled by:Caimin O'Brien Date of upload: 19 May 2020

• WI006-034002 Hut site
  Description

  Situated in upland area overlooking Glencree River 40m to E. Roughly D-shaped enclosure (WI006-034----) defined by a low grass-covered earth and stone bank with two circular-shaped hut sites (WI006-034001-/002-) in SW quadrant which are clearly visible on Google earth aerial imagery taken 31/05/2009. Enclosure depicted as an irregular-shaped field on all editions of the OS 6-inch maps. Drystone field walls radiate out from SSW and S. See attached Google Earth image taken 31/05/2009 Compiled by:Caimin O'Brien Date of upload: 19 May 2020

• WI006-035 Hut site
  Description

  Situated in upland area. Circular shaped area enclosed by low earth and stone bank clearly visible on Google Earth aerial image taken 31/05/2009. See attached Google Earth images taken 31/05/2009 Compiled by:Caimin O'Brien Date of upload: 19 May 2020

Architectural heritage

• Glencree Barrack, barracks, 1805–1810 · National interest
  Description

  Detached eleven-bay three-storey former barracks with two-bay four-storey end blocks, built in 1806, used as a Reformatory School from 1858 to c.1940, and, since 1972, a reconciliation centre. The main three-storey section of the building is basically rectangular in plan with a full-height projection to the rear, whilst the four-storey end blocks are gable-ended and set at right angles to the main section. The walls are finished in lime render with granite (Gibbs-like) surrounds to the openings. The pitched roofs are slated and have stone parapets and rendered chimneystacks. The entrance consists of a panelled timber door and semi-circular arched fanlight with ‘spoke’ tracery. The windows are a mixture of flat-headed and semi-circular headed and have six over six and eight over six timber sash frames. Cast-iron rainwater goods. To the west there is a large U-shaped building, presently roofless, whilst other buildings to the east and south have been converted to offices, meeting rooms etc. To the north there is a chapel, built in c.1860 when the complex was serving as a Reformatory School.

• Glencree Barrack, church/chapel, 1850–1870 · Regional interest
  Description

  Semi-detached five-bay single-storey gable-ended Gothic style Catholic church, built c.1860 as the chapel for Glencree Reformatory. The church is basically rectangular in plan but with transepts, chancel (with vestry), a small porch to the front (east), and a slightly larger one to the north. A rubble-built gate screen abuts the front gable. The walls are of squared granite with reducing buttress string courses, dripstones and eaves brackets. The pitched roofs of the nave and almost all of the various projections are slated and have granite parapets with cross finials, with a bellcote to the nave. The entrance consists of a recessed timber pointed arch door with bevelled reveal. The windows have pointed arch heads, with granite "Y" tracery and stained glass to most. The church has a single cell interior with walls of bare rubble and plaster, a vaulted plaster ceiling with moulded ribs, and a floor with encaustic tiles to the aisle. The bench pews are plain late 20th-century examples and unadorned stone columns separate the nave and the transepts. The church is set at the north end of a large complex originally built as Glencree Barrack (1806-58), later repurposed as reformatory (1858-1940), and adapted as a reconciliation centre in 1972.

• House, 1830–1850 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached three-bay single-storey house, built c.1840. The building is roughly T-shaped in plan, having a return to the rear. The front façade appears to have been originally harled but much of this has come away revealing a squared granite wall with brick dressings to the openings. The other facades are finished in a mixture of painted and unpainted render and painted rubble. Both sections of the roof are gable-ended and pitched with stone and rendered parapets and rendered chimneystacks. Shaped fascia boards to the front. The entrance consists of a timber door and segmental fanlight with ‘spoke’ tracery, and the flat-headed windows have mainly six over six and eight over eight timber sash frames. Cast-iron rainwater goods. The building is set with its gable-end close to the roadside, with a garden to the east, west and south.

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 5 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels. Testing a home

Landslides

Susceptibility high, moderately high, moderately low, low, on the 1:50,000 map.

Terrain model

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

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

Name

Aurora · 0

Area

872,547 m² (87.25 ha, 215.61 acres)

Civil parish

Powerscourt, and its townlands

Barony

Rathdown

Electoral division

Powerscourt, the unit of the census

Census 2022

Powerscourt electoral division: 889 people in 283 households; 86% of households own their home; 18% of homes were built since 2001; 4% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 1% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Ballylerane, Oldboleys, Powerscourt Mountain

Placenames

Aurora 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.