Coolaflake
Townland in the civil parish of Ballykine, barony of Ballinacor South, Co. Wicklow; in Irish Cúil an Bhlácaigh
- Area
- 112 ha
- 277 acres
- Land parcels
- 24
- registered freehold, median 5,008 m² (0.5 ha, 1.24 acres)
- Zoning
- —
- not in a zoned settlement
- Planning
- 3
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
24 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Coolaflake, from 1,019 m² to 259,794 m² (25.98 ha, 64.2 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 21 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 Coolaflake 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
4 Oct 2023Refused
The development consists of retention permission for existing small-scale eco-tourism development “Happy Place Stays” which includes an existing single storey log cabin (35.5sqm) and existing camping pod (28.9sq.m) (both as constructed). Retention permission for existing septic tank and percolation area and permission for connection of camping pod to same and all ancillary site works. The use of this accommodation shall be reserved for short term stays only and connected to the horticultural and farming activities established on site.
Retention · Wicklow County Council, 2360323
29 Sept 2023N/a
development consisting of existing small-scale eco-tourism development “Happy Place Stays” which includes an existing single storey log cabin (35.5sqm) and existing camping pod (28.9sq.m) (both as constructed); retention permission for existing septic tank and percolation area and permission for connection of camping pod to same and all ancillary site works; the use of this accommodation shall be reserved for short term stays only and connected to the horticultural and farming activities established on site
Retention · Wicklow County Council, 2360315
6 Apr 2021N/a
dwelling, wastewater treatment unit, soil polishing filter, new entrance onto public road, new well and associated works
Permission, 1 home · Wicklow County Council, 21365
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 Coolaflake.
Recorded monuments
No recorded monument lies in the townland of Coolaflake.
Architectural heritage
No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands in the townland of Coolaflake.
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 high, moderately high, moderately low, low, low (inferred), on the 1:50,000 map.
- Terrain model
- LiDAR of the Office of Public Works, flown in 2011, at 2 m: tile OPW_3263 (ZIP).
- 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 Coolaflake with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Wicklow.
The townland
- Name
- Coolaflake · Cúil an Bhlácaigh
- Area
- 1,120,029 m² (112 ha, 276.77 acres)
- Civil parish
- Ballykine, and its townlands
- Barony
- Ballinacor South
- Electoral division
- Ballinaclash, the unit of the census
- Census 2022
- Ballinaclash electoral division: 696 people in 237 households; 81% of households own their home; 31% of homes were built since 2001; 6% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 2% were holiday homes.
- Neighbouring townlands
- Bahana (Whaley), Kilcashel, Knockanode, Meetings, Mongnacool Upper, Raheenavine
- Placenames
- Coolaflake 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.