Cronelea

14 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Cronelea, from 1,986 m² to 947,984 m² (94.8 ha, 234.25 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 14 neighbouring parcels touch it.

Download the townland as DXF, in Irish Transverse Mercator metres, with its boundary, parcels and buildings, or as GeoJSON or KML.

No zone of a development plan covers Cronelea 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.

• 29 Sept 2026N/a

  RED III Level 1- extension of the operational life of the existing Cronelea Wind Farm and associated infrastructure (as permitted pursuant to Wicklow County Council Planning Register Reference 01/4805) for a further period of 20 years from the date of the expiry of its current operational duration. No changes are proposed to the number or dimensions of the existing permitted wind turbines. The existing wind farm comprises: (i) four (4) wind turbines; (ii) associated turbine foundations and crane hardstandings; (iii) 1.7 kilometres of on-site access tracks; and (iv) underground electrical and communications cabling. The development provides for the installation of an aviation warning light on turbines T2, T3 and T4. This planning application is accompanied by an Environmental Impact Assessment Report and an Appropriate Assessment Screening which include an assessment of the likely significant effects of the proposed development; both individually and in combination with the relevant off-site or secondary developments which will occur as a direct result of the development, including the development’s existing grid connection infrastructure which comprises an electrical substation and approximately 14km of 20kV underground electricity line located within the townlands of Cronelea, Ballymarroge, Laragh, Kilquiggin, Quigginroe, Killabeg, Coolkenna, Lumcloon, Killinure, Rath East, Rath, and Knockloe, County Wicklow; and Ballyvangour and Tullowphelim, County Carlow

  Permission · Wicklow County Council, 2660871

• 21 Jan 2025Conditional

  demolition of existing extension to rear of dwelling and proposed new two storey extension to rear and single storey extension to side, along with all associated site works

  Permission · Wicklow County Council, 2560023

• 23 Feb 2024Conditional

  the continued operation of the existing Cronelea Upper Wind Farm; as permitted under Wicklow County Council Planning Register Reference 01/4273 (An Bord Pleanála Reference PL27.125044); for a further period of 15-years following the expiry of its current planning permission. The existing wind farm comprises (i) 3 no. wind turbines and associated turbine foundations and crane hardstandings; (ii) a site entrance and approximately 1 kilometre of site access track; (iii) an electrical control building with a gross floor area of 55 square metres; (iv) underground electrical and communications cabling; and (v) all associated ancillary site infrastructure. The proposed development does not comprise any modifications to the existing wind farm. This planning application is accompanied by an Appropriate Assessment Screening Report

  Permission · Wicklow County Council, 2460106

• 11 Mar 2020Conditional

  relocated slatted tank with existing shed and to increase the size of slatted tank from that previously granted under Planning Reference Number 18/722 along with all associated site works

  Permission · Wicklow County Council, 20251

• 26 Jun 2018Conditional

  convert existing agricultural shed to slatted cattle shed with straw lie back area and feed passage along with all associated site works

  Permission · Wicklow County Council, 18722

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 Cronelea.

Recorded monuments

• WI043-015 Ritual site - holy well
  Description

  Situated on a S-facing slope overlooking a stream. Natural spring apparently named after St Martin of Tours. There is no local tradition of a pattern, although Price (1958, 356-7) states that rags and medals were left here at one time. 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 Cronelea.

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

At the centre of the townland of Cronelea, about 1 in 10 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels. Testing a home

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 Cronelea.

Flooding

The Office of Public Works publishes its flood maps on floodinfo.ie.

Radon Risk Map of Ireland, Environmental Protection Agency, and Landslide Susceptibility Classification, Geological Survey Ireland, both under 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 Cronelea with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Wicklow.

Name

Cronelea · Corrán na Liath

Area

1,876,104 m² (187.61 ha, 463.6 acres)

Civil parish

Mullinacuff, and its townlands

Barony

Shillelagh

Electoral division

Cronelea, the unit of the census

Census 2022

181 people lived in 70 households in the Cronelea electoral division. 87% of households owned their home. 31% of homes were built since 2001. 10% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 6% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Ballymarroge, Ballynultagh, Boley, Crone, Laragh, Mungacullin, Stranakelly

Placenames

Cronelea 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.