Carrigmore
Townland in the civil parish of Dunganstown, barony of Arklow, Co. Wicklow; in Irish An Charraig Mhór
- Area
- 64.8 ha
- 160 acres
- Land parcels
- 13
- registered freehold, median 4,987 m² (0.5 ha, 1.23 acres)
- Zoning
- —
- not in a zoned settlement
- Planning
- 10
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
13 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Carrigmore, from 442 m² to 271,641 m² (27.16 ha, 67.12 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.
Zoning
Development plans, national zoning
No zone of a development plan covers Carrigmore 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
25 Sept 2025Conditional
RED III Category 3 Development - Construction of a solar PV energy development with an operational life of 40 years on three land parcels totalling approximately 203.5 hectares comprising the installation of approximately 806,630 sq. m. of photovoltaic panels on ground mounted frames and associated ancillary development including: 23 no. transformers stations, 2 no. Ring Main Unit buildings, string-inverters attached to panel frames, CCTV security cameras mounted on 4 metre high poles, deer-proof perimeter security fencing (2 metres high) raised 150mm to allow for the movement of small mammals, 3 no. site entrances utilising existing entrances including upgrade to entrance on L1111 to facilitate construction and operational phase access, internal access tracks between the solar arrays and the site entrances, 2 no. clear span bridges over existing watercourses, 1 no. primary temporary construction compound and 2 no. satellite temporary construction compounds, all associated ancillary development works including landscaping; and the installation of a total of ca. 6.1 kilometres of 33Kv double circuit underground cable, of which ca. 2.4 kilometres will be beneath public (L1111, L1113, L5113, L51132 and L5112) and private roads in an excavated trench including underground ducting and joint bays and all associated site development and reinstatement works to connect the proposed Ring Main Units on two of the land parcels of the solar PV energy development and extending to the site of a proposed 110kv substation to be the subject of a separate planning permission under the Planning and Development (Strategic Infrastructure) Act 2006.
Permission · Wicklow County Council, 2560764
18 Nov 2024N/a
Planning Application to An Bord Pleanala of a Strategic Infrastructure Development in respect of proposed material recovery/recycling facility and inert landfill - Submissions to be made directly to An Bord Pleanala
16 Apr 2021N/a
I.construction and operation of an inert infill facility to backfill the existing quarry to original (pre-development) ground level using approx. 6,165,000 tonnes of imported inert waste (non-waste) by product, principally soil and stone. Selected uncontaminated, undisturbed, natural soil waste and/or by-product which conforms to an engineering specification will be re-used in the construction of the basal and side clay liners required for the inert landfill; II. progressive restoration of the backfilled quarry to long term grassland/scrub habitat, similar to that which existed prior to the quarry development; III. development and operation of construction and demolition (C&D) waste recovery facility at the pre-existing concrete blockyard area; and IV installation and operation of a soil washing plant at the former concrete/asphalt production yard to recover sand and gravel aggregate from soil/claybound waste. also (i) continued use of existing site infrastructure and services including site/weighbridge office, staff welfare facilities, wastewater treatment system, outbound weighbridge, garage/workshop, wheelwash, hardstand areas, fuel and water storage tanks to service the proposed development; (ii) installation of a new weighbridge along the inbound land of the quarry access road; (iii) Decommissioning and off-site removal of any remaining fixed plant, infrastructure and/or wastes associated with former site activities; (iv) construction of an industrial shed (portal frame structure) for C&D recovery activities at the blockyard area; (v) use of existing external paved area surrounding the proposed C&D waste processing shed as a hardstanding area for the external handling and storage of both unprocessed and processed C&D wastes; (vi) construction of an on-site (passive) wetland treatment system and attendant drainage infrastructure to treat surface water run-off/ groundwater collectiong in the sump/floor of the quarry area during landfilling operations and any surface water run-off from the C&D waste recovery area prior to its discharge off-site; (vii) Re-use of an existing storage shed as a dedicated waste inspection and quarantine facility to inspect and store suspect waste consignments as required; (viii) Upgrading and ongoing maintenance of established internal haul roads across the application site; (ix)temporary stockpiling of topsoil pedning re-use as cover material for phased and/or final restoration of the inert landfill/backfilled quarry; and
11 Feb 2020Conditional
12 polytunnels, new parking area and associated works
Permission · Wicklow County Council, 20129
18 Jul 2017Refused
importation and deposition of inert subsoil and top soil for land profiling and recontouring purposes including all ancillary site works at an existing agricultural holding of 7.53 hectares. A Waste Facility Permit is required for this development. The planning application is accompanied by a Natura Impact Statement
Permission · Wicklow County Council, 17866
12 Jul 2017N/a
importation and deposition of inert subsoil and top soil for land profiling and recontouring purposes including all ancillary site works at an existing agricultural holding of 7.53 hectares. The purpose of this work is to improve the site for agriculture. A Waste Facility Permit is required for this development
Permission · Wicklow County Council, 17839
7 Jun 2017Conditional
demolish existing dwelling house and outhouses on site and to erect a new dwelling house (to replace existing dwelling house) with wastewater treatment system to current EPA standards, permission is also sought to erect a new domestic garage / store and carry out associated ancillary works including upgrading of entrance from the public road
Permission, 1 home · Wicklow County Council, 17669
6 Jun 2017Conditional
widen an existing farm entrance to a standard forest road bellmouth
Permission · Wicklow County Council, 17657
23 May 2017N/a
demolish existing dwelling house and outhouses on site and to erect a new dwelling house (to replace existing dwelling house) with wastewater treatment system to current EPA standards, permission is also sought to erect a new domestic garage / store and carry out associated ancillary works including upgrading of entrance from the public road
Permission · Wicklow County Council, 17585
17 May 2017N/a
to widen an existing farm entrance to a standard forest road bellmouth
Permission · Wicklow County Council, 17558
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 Carrigmore.
Recorded monuments
No recorded monument lies in the townland of Carrigmore.
Architectural heritage
No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands in the townland of Carrigmore.
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 10 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels. Testing a home
- Landslides
- Susceptibility 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 Carrigmore.
- 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 Carrigmore with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Wicklow.
The townland
- Name
- Carrigmore · An Charraig Mhór
- Area
- 648,248 m² (64.82 ha, 160.19 acres)
- Civil parish
- Dunganstown, and its townlands
- Barony
- Arklow
- Electoral division
- Dunganstown West, the unit of the census
- Census 2022
- Dunganstown West electoral division: 481 people in 181 households; 82% of households own their home; 24% of homes were built since 2001; 5% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 3% were holiday homes.
- Neighbouring townlands
- Ballinclare, Coolacork, Kilmacurra East, Kilmacurra West, Kilmanoge, Kilnamanagh Beg, Kilnamanagh More
- Placenames
- Carrigmore 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.