Colvinstown Lower

18 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Colvinstown Lower, from 1,812 m² to 188,367 m² (18.84 ha, 46.55 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 10 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 Colvinstown Lower 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.

• 6 Jul 2021Conditional

  construct 2 no. single storey extensions to the sides of existing two-storey dwelling house, to carry out alterations to the existing to accommodate same, to demolish existing single storey porch to the front of existing dwelling and to construct a replacement window in place of same, to upgrade existing sewerage system to a proprietary treatment system and associated percolation area, all ancillary site works and services

  Permission · Wicklow County Council, 21799

• 27 Jan 2021Refused

  10 year permission for Construction of up to 5 No. wind turbines with a maximum overall blade top height of 165m, with a transformer at each turbine and associated hard stand area; 1No. 38kV electrical substation and all associated infrastructure and works; 20kV underground cables facilitating the connection of turbines to 38kV electrical substation and all associated infrastructure and works; Circa 6.5km of 38kV underground cabling and all associated works along public roads to facilitate the connection of the proposed 38kV wind farm electrical substation to the existing Stratford 38/110kV substation referred to as 'the grid route', Provision of a heritage trail circa 1km in length to include associated information signage (located at the key heritage assets) and parking area; Replacement of existing grass verge with a new 1 metre wide footway at each bridge crossing along the 'grid route'; New site tracks, upgraded site tracks and all associated works; 1 No. 30m permanent meteorological mast and all associated infrastructure and works; A temporary site compound and all associated works; and All associated and ancillary site development works The application site includes Protected Structures. An Environmental Impact Assessment Report (EIAR) and Natura Impact Statement (NIS) have been prepared in respect of the proposed development and will be submitted with the application.

  Permission · Wicklow County Council, 2160

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 Colvinstown Lower.

Recorded monuments

• WI027-052 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  Situated on a marked S-facing slope, 250m WNW of another ringfort (WI027-053----). Circular area (diam. 28m; max. ext. diam. 42m) defined by an earthen bank (Wth 2-2.5m; max. H 1.2m) from W-NE and a continuous external fosse (Wth 4.5m; max. D 1.7m). The interior elsewhere is defined by a steep scarp. Possible entrance feature (Wth c. 2m) at the N; flanked on one side by boulders. No trace of internal features. 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

• WI027-053 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  Situated on a gentle SE-facing slope, 250m ESE of another ringfort (WI027-052----). Circular steep-sided platform (diam. 17m; max. H 2.5m; max. ext. diam. 32m) defined by an earthen bank (Wth 2m; H 0.4m) and an external fosse (Wth 4m), indicated by a waterlogged area. No indication of an entrance or internal features. 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

• WI027-054 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  Situated on a very gentle SE-facing slope above steeper ground on the edge of a stream valley. Circular enclosure hachured on the 1838 OS 6-inch map (diam. c. 35m), of which very slight traces of an earthen bank and an external fosse are still visible. 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

Architectural heritage

No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands in the townland of Colvinstown Lower.

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 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 Colvinstown Lower.

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

Name

Colvinstown Lower · Baile an Chalbhaigh Íochtarach

Area

732,836 m² (73.28 ha, 181.09 acres)

Civil parish

Kilranelagh, and its townlands

Barony

Talbotstown Upper

Electoral division

Eadestown, the unit of the census

Census 2022

Eadestown electoral division: 215 people in 73 households; 90% of households own their home; 31% of homes were built since 2001; 9% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 2% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Ballinroan Lower, Ballinroan Upper, Boleycarrigeen, Colvinstown Upper, Kelsha, Kelshabeg, Talbotstown Upper

Placenames

Colvinstown Lower 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.