Callowhill Upper
Townland in the civil parish of Upper Newcastle, barony of Newcastle, Co. Wicklow; in Irish An Chollchoill Uachtarach
- Area
- 146 ha
- 361 acres
- Land parcels
- 21
- registered freehold, median 8,770 m² (0.88 ha, 2.17 acres)
- Zoning
- —
- not in a zoned settlement
- Planning
- 15
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
21 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Callowhill Upper, from 966 m² to 468,440 m² (46.84 ha, 115.75 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 17 neighbouring parcels touch it.
Download the townland: DXF, in Irish Transverse Mercator metres, with its boundary, parcels and buildings; GeoJSON or KML.
Zoning
Development plans, national zoning
No zone of a development plan covers Callowhill 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.
Planning applications
Sites that touch the townland, newest first
28 Aug 2026N/a
a) retention permission to retain existing additions and alterations to the existing 19th century farmhouse, b) planning permission to complete the additions and alterations to the existing 19th century farmhouse to create a 4 bedroom farmhouse and c) change the use from residential to a farmhouse holiday let, complete with all associated works, roads, pavements and services
Retention · Wicklow County Council, 2660777
20 Aug 2026N/a
to retain existing additions and alterations to the existing 19th Century Farmhouse and Planning Permission to complete the additions and alterations to the existing 19th century farmhouse to create a 4 bedroom farmhouse and change the use from residential to a farmhouse holiday let, complete with all associated works, roads, pavements and services all as outlined in the documents submitted to Wicklow County Council
Retention · Wicklow County Council, 2660745
20 Aug 2026N/a
to retain 7 No. existing farm holiday cottages, “as built” on site at K2 Alpacas Farm, Callowhill Upper, Co. Wicklow, A63 DX08, comprising 4 no. two bedroom cottages, 2 no. one bedroom cottages and 1 no. 3 bedroom cottage, and including all associated works, roads, pavements, wastewater treatment system & sand filter and services, all as outlined in the documents submitted to Wicklow County Council
Retention, 7 homes · Wicklow County Council, 2660746
20 Mar 2026N/a
1. the construction of a new detached, part two-storey and single-storey, four-bedroom dwelling. 2. the decommissioning and removal of the existing septic tank system and the installation of a new wastewater treatment system to comply with the current EPA code of practice. 3. the demolition of the existing dwelling house currently on-site, to be completed following the occupation of the proposed new dwelling. 4. all associated ancillary site development works, including the upgrade of the landscaping, and all necessary service connections
Permission · Wicklow County Council, 2660213
19 Jan 2024Conditional
to construct a 78.58 sqm single storey extension to the side elevation of existing dwelling house comprising of kitchen, dining and living area and for internal alterations to ground floor layout
Permission · Wicklow County Council, 2419
22 Dec 2023N/a
to construct a 78.58 sq/m single storey extension to the side elevation of existing dwelling house comprising of kitchen, dining and living area and for internal alterations to ground floor layout
Permission · Wicklow County Council, 23921
13 Sept 2023Conditional
the construction of a new dwelling ( consisting of a revised house type, adjustment to house location from that as granted under PRR 19/527), domestic garage, wastewater treatment unit and polishing filter, new well and associate works
Permission · Wicklow County Council, 2360281
24 May 2021Conditional
the construction of an agricultural building (44m2) for use as a learning space, ancillary to the existing agricultural programmes provided on site, together with planning permission for the upgrade of existing effluent treatment system, all together with associated site works
Permission · Wicklow County Council, 21603
5 Sept 2019Conditional
agricultural building and associated hardcore surfaced agricultural yard. Retention of access roadway (part of) and permission for a new double gated agricultural entrance to agricultural lands, realignment of access road and all associated works
Retention · Wicklow County Council, 19987
4 Sept 2019Conditional
additions, alterations and demolitions to existing derelict farm outbuildings to create 7 cottages complete with all associated works, services, site works and wastewater treatment system
Permission · Wicklow County Council, 19979
9 Aug 2019N/a
agricultural building and associated hardcore surfaced agricultural yard. Retention of access roadway (part of) and PERMISSION for a new double gated agricultural entrance to agricultural lands, realignment of access road and all associated works
Retention · Wicklow County Council, 19877
8 Aug 2019N/a
additions, alterations and demolitions existing derelict farm outbuildings to create 7 cottage, complete all associated works, services, site works and wastewater treatment system
Permission, 1 home · Wicklow County Council, 19869
24 Jul 2019N/a
construct 7 new cottages on site complete with all associated works, services, site works and waste-water treatment system all as outlined in the documents submitted to Wicklow county council
Permission · Wicklow County Council, 19800
14 May 2019Conditional
dwelling, garage and effluent treatment system, all together with associated site works
Permission, 1 home · Wicklow County Council, 19527
5 Feb 2019Refused
double gated entrance to agricultural lands, retention of hardcore surfaced agricultural access roadway to yard and retention of hardcore surfaced yard ancillary to existing farm building and associated works
Retention · Wicklow County Council, 19100
Source: National Planning Applications, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, CC BY 4.0. Applicants are not shown.
Nature and heritage
Designated sites and recorded monuments
Designated sites
No designated site (Special Area of Conservation, Special Protection Area, Natural Heritage Area or proposed one) touches the townland of Callowhill Upper.
Recorded monuments
No recorded monument lies in the townland of Callowhill Upper.
Architectural heritage
No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands in the townland of Callowhill 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).
Ground and risks
Radon, landslides, flooding
- 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, low (inferred), on the 1:50,000 map.
- Terrain model
- No LiDAR survey of the Office of Public Works covers the centre of the townland of Callowhill Upper.
- 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.
Homes sold
Property Price Register
No address of the register names Callowhill Upper with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Wicklow.
The townland
- Name
- Callowhill Upper · An Chollchoill Uachtarach
- Area
- 1,460,381 m² (146.04 ha, 360.87 acres)
- Civil parish
- Upper Newcastle, and its townlands
- Barony
- Newcastle
- Electoral division
- Newcastle Upper, the unit of the census
- Census 2022
- Newcastle Upper electoral division: 4,790 people in 1,619 households; 82% of households own their home; 37% of homes were built since 2001; 3% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 0% were holiday homes.
- Neighbouring townlands
- Ballinahinch Upper, Callowhill Lower, Carrignamuck Upper, Corsillagh, Keeloge Upper, Kilday, Knockfadda
- Placenames
- Callowhill 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.