Blainroe Upper

77 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Blainroe Upper, from 53 m² to 235,175 m² (23.52 ha, 58.11 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 28 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 Blainroe Upper 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.

• 21 May 2026N/a

  a change of use planning permission to convert circa (851 Msq) of the former Varty Garage building into a Gymnasium / Sports Centre, all this together with associated yard parking and development works

  Permission · Wicklow County Council, 2660449

• 1 May 2026N/a

  change of use to convert circa (851 msq) of the former Varty Garage building a gymnasium/sports centre, all this together with associated yard parking and development works

  Permission · Wicklow County Council, 2660366

• 15 Apr 2026Conditional

  revised entrance and location onto public road to that granted under planning reference 24/60072, proposed entrance to serve dwelling which was granted under planning reference 24/60072 and associate works

  Permission · Wicklow County Council, 2660297

• 9 Feb 2024Conditional

  the construction of a new dwelling, wastewater treatment unit & polishing filter, new well, new entrance onto existing lane, upgrading existing entrance onto public road and associate works

  Permission · Wicklow County Council, 2460072

• 1 Feb 2024N/a

  the construction of a new dwelling, wastewater treatment unit & polishing filter, new well, new entrance onto existing lane, upgrading existing entrance onto public road and associate works

  Permission, 1 home · Wicklow County Council, 2460048

• 13 Sept 2023N/a

  the construction of a new dwelling, wastewater treatment unit & polishing filter, new well, new entrance onto public road and associate works

  Permission, 1 home · Wicklow County Council, 2360279

• 20 Apr 2023Conditional

  demolition of existing single storey dwelling house and shed, construction of new dwelling with single storey to front to match existing and two storeys to rear, new waste water treatment system and associated site works

  Permission · Wicklow County Council, 23396

• 13 Apr 2022N/a

  importation of up to 73,716 tonnes of material comprising of inert soil and stone material for land profiling and re-contouring purposes on a site having an area of circa 5.016 hectares with the proposed fill area being 4.54ha for the purpose of improvement of land for agricultural use and a temporary haul road, new temporary vehicular entrance and ancillary works including portable truck wheel-wash, fencing, office and chemical toilet

  Permission · Wicklow County Council, 22384

• 1 Apr 2022N/a

  importation of up to 73,716 tonnes of material comprising of inert soil and stone material for land profiling and re-contouring purposes on a site having an area of circa 5.016 hectares with the proposed fill area being 4.54ha for the purpose of improvement of land for agricultural use and a temporary haul road, new temporary vehicular entrance and ancillary works including portable truck wheel-wash, fencing, office and chemical toilet

  Permission · Wicklow County Council, 22322

• 18 Aug 2021N/a

  construction of new two storey dwelling house with single storey detached garage, waste water treatment plant, well, new vehicular entrance and associated site works.

  Permission · Wicklow County Council, 211021

• 15 Jul 2021Conditional

  Section 254 - Roadside Directional Signs - Location 17 Map WH8. Junction of the R750 and the L1102

  N/a · Wicklow County Council, 21880

• 4 Sept 2020Conditional

  new dwelling, blocking up of existing entrance, new entrance onto public road, wastewater treatment unit, polishing filter, new well and associate works

  Permission, 1 home · Wicklow County Council, 20875

• 13 Jul 2020Conditional

  demolition of fire damaged dwelling and proposed replacement dwelling with new waste water treatment system to EPA standards in lieu of existing system and associated works

  Permission, 1 home · Wicklow County Council, 20664

• 29 Jan 2020Conditional

  dwelling, wastewater treatment system to EPA standards, entrance and associated works

  Permission, 1 home · Wicklow County Council, 2083

• 22 Nov 2019Conditional

  alternative house design to that previously granted 18/598. The development will consist of the proposed construction of a new single storey dwelling house, on site treatment system, percolation area and all associated site works

  Permission, 1 home · Wicklow County Council, 191265

• 10 Oct 2019Conditional

  section garage as constructed in lieu of the works permitted under Reg Ref 07/753 and 09/888 and retention permission for canteen and dog grooming salon to rear and for permission for new car storage area and unloading area and all associated site works

  Retention · Wicklow County Council, 191104

• 26 Aug 2019Conditional

  revised garage, revised roofs to front gables and dormer windows, retention of infill front porch and associated works

  Retention · Wicklow County Council, 19939

• 29 Jul 2019N/a

  alternative house design to that previously granted under planning reference 18/598. The development will consist of a new dwelling house, on site treatment system, percolation area and all associated site works

  Permission, 1 home · Wicklow County Council, 19830

• 17 Jul 2019N/a

  dwelling, waste water treatment system, garage, entrance, driveway and associated works

  Permission · Wicklow County Council, 19775

• 1 Jun 2018Conditional

  single storey dwelling and domestic garage with septic tank and percolation area together with all associated and ancillary site works

  Permission, 1 home · Wicklow County Council, 18598

• 25 Apr 2018Conditional

  extensions and alterations to existing circa 227 sqm dwelling, 40.73 sqm garage, the works will include three bay window extensions totalling circa 11.87 sqm to the front and side of existing dwelling and a covered canopy over entrance area. The works also include for the provision for a circa 9.16 sqm upper floor extension, to include a dormer to existing bedroom, dormer to landing area and a dormer extension to existing master bedroom with covered inset balcony area and all associated site works

  Permission · Wicklow County Council, 18436

• 11 Dec 2017Refused

  reclamation of land through the filling of material comprising clay, silt, sand, gravel and stone on a site having an area of 2.33 ha for the purpose of improvement of land, together with site access and associated site works. This proposed development relates to an activity which requires a waste licence

  Permission · Wicklow County Council, 171460

• 6 Dec 2017N/a

  reclamation of land through the filing of material comprising clay, silt, sand, gravel and stone on a site having an area of 2.33ha for the purpose of improvement of land, together with site access and associated site works

  Permission · Wicklow County Council, 171449

• 26 Jul 2017Refused

  fully serviced single storey dwelling house and domestic garage, with septic tank and percolation area together with all associated and ancillary site works

  Permission, 1 home · Wicklow County Council, 17911

• 13 Jun 2017Refused

  reclamation of land through the filling of material comprising clay, silt, sand, gravel and stone on a site having an area of 2.33 ha for the purpose of improvements of land, together with site access and associated site works

  Permission · Wicklow County Council, 17695

The 25 most recent of 27 applications.

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 Blainroe Upper.

Recorded monuments

No recorded monument lies in the townland of Blainroe Upper.

Architectural heritage

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

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 Blainroe Upper, 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 high, moderately high, moderately low, low, partly inferred.

Terrain model

LiDAR of the Office of Public Works, flown in 2011, at 2 m: tile OPW_3403 (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 Blainroe Upper with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Wicklow.

Name

Blainroe Upper · An Bhléin Rua Uachtarach

Area

983,554 m² (98.36 ha, 243.04 acres)

Civil parish

Kilpoole, and its townlands

Barony

Arklow

Electoral division

Wicklow Rural, the unit of the census

Census 2022

10,247 people lived in 3,334 households in the Wicklow Rural electoral division. 73% of households owned their home. 56% of homes were built since 2001. 4% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 3% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Ballyhara, Blackditch, Blainroe Lower, Kilpoole Lower, Kilpoole Upper, Magheramore, Toberaviller

Placenames

Blainroe 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.