# Blakestown Upper, Co. Wicklow: townland, land parcels and planning

Townland in the civil parish of Hollywood, barony of Talbotstown Lower, Co. Wicklow; in Irish Baile an Bhlácaigh Uachtarach.

- Area (Tailte Éireann): 623,159 m² (62.32 ha, 153.99 acres)
- Land parcels (Tailte Éireann): 7 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in it, median 45,253 m² (4.53 ha, 11.18 acres)
- Zoning (national zoning, MyPlan): not in a zoned settlement
- Planning (National Planning Applications): 7 applications since 2010
- Civil parish: Hollywood, https://everytownland.com/wicklow/parish/hollywood.md
- Barony: Talbotstown Lower
- Electoral division: Burgage, the unit of the census
- Census 2022 (Central Statistics Office): 2,243 people lived in 656 households in the Burgage electoral division. 79% of households owned their home. 58% of homes were built since 2001. 5% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 2% were holiday homes.
- County: Co. Wicklow, https://everytownland.com/wicklow.md
- Placenames Database of Ireland: https://www.logainm.ie/en/54654
- Townland number at Tailte Éireann: 250383
- Centre: latitude 53.110409, longitude -6.577374 (WGS 84)

## Land parcels (registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann)

7 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Blakestown Upper, from 2,784 m² (0.28 ha, 0.69 acres) to 309,675 m² (30.97 ha, 76.52 acres); 10 neighbouring parcels touch its boundary. Largest first:

- Parcel 1285624: 309,675 m² (30.97 ha, 76.52 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1285624.md
- Parcel 1284763: 131,310 m² (13.13 ha, 32.45 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1284763.md
- Parcel 1284314: 70,927 m² (7.09 ha, 17.53 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1284314.md
- Parcel 1270650: 45,253 m² (4.53 ha, 11.18 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1270650.md
- Parcel 1272063: 39,890 m² (3.99 ha, 9.86 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1272063.md
- Parcel 1272428: 23,316 m² (2.33 ha, 5.76 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1272428.md
- Parcel 3321477: 2,784 m² (0.28 ha, 0.69 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/3321477.md

## Zoning (national zoning of development plans, MyPlan)

No zone of a development plan covers Blakestown Upper in the national zoning. Outside zoned towns and villages, the county development plan's rural policies apply to each application.

## Planning applications whose site touches the townland (National Planning Applications, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage)

7 applications, newest first.

- 17 Aug 2026, Wicklow County Council 26166: N/a. Permission, 1 home. dwelling, domestic garage, on-site treatment unit, well, new entrance and all associated works. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/WicklowCC/AppFileRefDetails/26166/0
- 12 Aug 2026, Wicklow County Council 26164: N/a. Permission, 1 home. dwelling, domestic garage, on-site treatment unit, well, new entrance and all associated works. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/WicklowCC/AppFileRefDetails/26164/0
- 26 Mar 2026, Wicklow County Council 2664: N/a. Permission. dwelling, domestic garage, on-site treatment unit, well, new entrance and all associated site works. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/WicklowCC/AppFileRefDetails/2664/0
- 23 Oct 2025, Wicklow County Council 2560851: Conditional. Permission. single storey dwelling house, onsite secondary sewerage treatment system, domestic garage, alterations to existing entrance and all ancillary site works. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/WicklowCC/AppFileRefDetails/2560851/0
- 28 May 2025, Wicklow County Council 2560398: N/a. Permission. single storey dwelling house, onsite secondary sewerage treatment system, domestic garage, and all ancillary site works. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/WicklowCC/AppFileRefDetails/2560398/0
- 23 Dec 2019, Wicklow County Council 191384: Conditional. Permission. renovation and extension of existing one and two storey farmhouse and barn (ground floor 109 sqm / first floor 23 sqm) to include rear ground floor (21.7 sqm) and first floor (60.6 sqm) extensions, giving the house a total gross floor area of 215.2 sqm, general renovation including restoration of stonework, insulation, windows and roof and associated landscaping and site works, including the relocation of the existing site entrance and the installation of a new wastewater treatment system and percolation area. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/WicklowCC/AppFileRefDetails/191384/0
- 28 May 2018, Wicklow County Council 18575: Conditional. Extension of duration, 1 home. renovations to existing dwelling house, new septic tank and percolation area, alterations to existing entrance and all ancillary site works. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/WicklowCC/AppFileRefDetails/18575/0

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## 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 Blakestown Upper.

## Recorded monuments (Sites and Monuments Record, National Monuments Service)

- WI009-028: Megalithic tomb - passage tomb, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CWI009-028----. Situated on a marked W-facing slope. Circular cairn (diam. 7.5m; H 1.6m) with a well-defined kerb of seven orthostatically set granite slabs. The site is encased in peat. 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
- WI010-041001: House - indeterminate date, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CWI010-041001-. Three houses (WI010-041001-, WI010-041002-, WI010-041004-) (4.60 x 3.65m; 4.60m x 5.48 and 4.60m x 3.65m) form a cluster on a gentle E facing slope with steeper slopes below. The houses occur in the shelter of a low rock shelf and two of them (WI010-041001-, WI010-041002-) are contained within a D-shaped enclosure (WI010-041003-) (diam. 11m) which abuts onto the rock shelf. A fourth house (WI010-041005-) (c.5.50m by 4.60m) occurs 25m to the W. Compiled by: Matt Kelleher Date of upload: 17 December 2012
- WI010-041002: House - indeterminate date, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CWI010-041002-. Three houses (WI010-041001-, WI010-041002-, WI010-041004-) (4.60 x 3.65m; 4.60m x 5.48 and 4.60m x 3.65m) form a cluster on a gentle E facing slope with steeper slopes below. The houses occur in the shelter of a low rock shelf and two of them (WI010-041001-, WI010-041002-) are contained within a D-shaped enclosure (WI010-041003-) (diam. 11m) which abuts onto the rock shelf. A fourth house (WI010-041005-) (c.5.50m by 4.60m) occurs 25m to the W. Compiled by: Matt Kelleher Date of upload: 17 December 2012
- WI010-041003: Enclosure, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CWI010-041003-. Three houses (WI010-041001-, WI010-041002-, WI010-041004-) (4.60 x 3.65m; 4.60m x 5.48 and 4.60m x 3.65m) form a cluster on a gentle E facing slope with steeper slopes below. The houses occur in the shelter of a low rock shelf and two of them (WI010-041001-, WI010-041002-) are contained within a D-shaped enclosure (WI010-041003-) (diam. 11m) which abuts onto the rock shelf. A fourth house (WI010-041005-) (c.5.50m by 4.60m) occurs 25m to the W. Compiled by: Matt Kelleher Date of upload: 17 December 2012
- WI010-041004: House - indeterminate date, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CWI010-041004-. Three houses (WI010-041001-, WI010-041002-, WI010-041004-) (4.60 x 3.65m; 4.60m x 5.48 and 4.60m x 3.65m) form a cluster on a gentle E facing slope with steeper slopes below. The houses occur in the shelter of a low rock shelf and two of them (WI010-041001-, WI010-041002-) are contained within a D-shaped enclosure (WI010-041003-) (diam. 11m) which abuts onto the rock shelf. A fourth house (WI010-041005-) (c.5.50m by 4.60m) occurs 25m to the W. Compiled by: Matt Kelleher Date of upload: 17 December 2012
- WI010-041005: House - indeterminate date, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CWI010-041005-. Three houses (WI010-041001-, WI010-041002-, WI010-041004-) (4.60 x 3.65m; 4.60m x 5.48 and 4.60m x 3.65m) form a cluster on a gentle E facing slope with steeper slopes below. The houses occur in the shelter of a low rock shelf and two of them (WI010-041001-, WI010-041002-) are contained within a D-shaped enclosure (WI010-041003-) (diam. 11m) which abuts onto the rock shelf. A fourth house (WI010-041005-) (c.5.50m x 4.60m) occurs 25m to the W. Compiled by: Matt Kelleher Date of upload: 17 December 2012

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).

## Architectural heritage (National Inventory of Architectural Heritage)

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

## 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 Blakestown Upper, about 1 in 5 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 high, moderately high, moderately low, low, partly inferred.
- Terrain model: no LiDAR survey of the Office of Public Works covers the centre of the townland of Blakestown Upper.
- 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/blakestown-upper.dxf
- GeoJSON, in WGS 84, for a map: https://everytownland.com/wicklow/blakestown-upper.geojson
- KML, for Google Earth: https://everytownland.com/wicklow/blakestown-upper.kml

## Homes sold (Residential Property Price Register)

No address of the register names Blakestown Upper 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)

- Ballintober: https://everytownland.com/wicklow/ballintober.md
- Ballysize Lower: https://everytownland.com/wicklow/ballysize-lower.md
- Ballysize Upper: https://everytownland.com/wicklow/ballysize-upper.md
- Blakestown Lower: https://everytownland.com/wicklow/blakestown-lower.md
- Britonstown: https://everytownland.com/wicklow/britonstown.md
- Glebe: https://everytownland.com/wicklow/glebe-250713.md
- Lugnagroagh: https://everytownland.com/wicklow/lugnagroagh.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.

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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/blakestown-upper
- In JSON: https://everytownland.com/api/townland/wicklow/blakestown-upper