Davidstown
Davidstown is a townland in the civil parish of Donaghmore, barony of Talbotstown Upper, Co. Wicklow. Its name in Irish is Baile Dháith.
- Area
- 106.5 ha
- 263 acres
- Land parcels
- 38
- registered freehold, median 4,161 m² (0.42 ha, 1.03 acres)
- Zoning
- —
- not in a zoned settlement
- Planning
- 14
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
38 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Davidstown, from 315 m² to 187,834 m² (18.78 ha, 46.41 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 24 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.
Zoning
Development plans, national zoning
No zone of a development plan covers Davidstown 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
6 Mar 2024N/a
the construction of a new dwelling, new stables, wastewater treatment unit and polishing filter, new well, new section of laneway which leads to existing laneway which leads to an existing entrance onto the public road and associate works
Permission · Wicklow County Council, 2460125
26 Oct 2023Conditional
new agriculture shed as constructed on site, extension to existing agriculture shed on site, extending of agriculture yard and associate works
Retention · Wicklow County Council, 2360382
20 Oct 2023N/a
new agriculture shed as constructed on site, extension to existing agriculture shed on site, extending of agriculture yard and associate works
Retention · Wicklow County Council, 2360365
19 Oct 2023N/a
new agriculture shed as constructed on site, extension to existing agriculture shed on site, extending of agriculture yard and associate works
Retention · Wicklow County Council, 2360360
9 Jun 2022Refused
the importation of concrete, the storing of concrete, the processing of concrete including crushing and screening, and the storage of the crushed concrete product pending re-use off-site. It is proposed to accept up to 15,000 tonnes per annum of material. The application relates to an activity requiring a Waste Facility Permit
Permission · Wicklow County Council, 22643
8 Feb 2022Conditional
(1) change of use of the existing barn with a floor area of 45m2 to residential use. Proposed alterations to the barn that include new windows and doors (2) A proposed single storey extension with a floor area of 30m2 located to the rear of existing dwelling which shall link the existing dwelling to the propose barn conversion. The existing dwelling has a floor area of 91m2. (3) A replacement on site effluent treatment system. (4) Proposed landscaping, parking area and all associated site works
Permission, 1 home · Wicklow County Council, 22111
3 Dec 2021Conditional
demolition of rear extension and construction of new single storey extension to rear and all ancillary site works
Permission · Wicklow County Council, 211447
3 Nov 2021N/a
demolition of rear extension and construction of new single storey extension to rear and all associated works
Permission · Wicklow County Council, 211319
15 Jul 2020N/a
to construct a single storey rear extension, internal and external alterations and all associated site works
Permission, 1 home · Wicklow County Council, 20674
4 Dec 2018Conditional
single storey dwelling, domestic garage, wastewater treatment system and new entrance together with all ancillary works
Permission, 1 home · Wicklow County Council, 181353
12 Jun 2018N/a
single storey dwelling, domestic garage, wastewater treatment system together with all ancillary works
Permission, 1 home · Wicklow County Council, 18651
6 Nov 2017Refused
single storey dwelling, domestic garage, wastewater treatment system, together with all ancillary works
Permission, 1 home · Wicklow County Council, 171342
22 Jun 2017Refused
restoration of a 2.3 ha disused sand and gravel quarry to agricultural grassland by backfilling using imported inert soil and stone, applying a cover layer of soil and seeding with grasses and all temporary ancillary development including 1 no site office, 1 no portable toilet, 1 no wheelwash and improvements to site entrance, access gate, access road and internal access tracks. The activity will involve the importation of approximately 227,250 tonnes of inert soil and stones and will therefore also require a Waste Licence from the EPA. An EIS has been prepared
Permission · Wicklow County Council, 17748
8 Jun 2017N/a
restoration of a disued sand and gravel quarry on a site area of 2.3 ha (planning Reference 99/1815 Section 261A Register Number QY53) to agricultural grassland by backfilling using imported inert soil and stone, applying a cover layer of soil and seeding with grasses and all temporary ancillary development including 1 no site office, 1 no portable toilet, 1no wheelwash and improvements to site entrance, access gate, access road, and internal access tracks. The activity will involve the importation of approximately 227,250 tonnes of inert soil and stones and will therefore require a waste licence from the Environmental Protection Agency. An Environmental Impact Statement has been prepared to accompany the application
Permission · Wicklow County Council, 17675
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
- Special Area of Conservation: Slaney River Valley SAC 000781
Recorded monuments
No recorded monument lies in the townland of Davidstown.
Architectural heritage
No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands in the townland of Davidstown.
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
- At the centre of the townland of Davidstown, 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 Davidstown.
- 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.
Homes sold
Property Price Register
No address of the register names Davidstown with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Wicklow.
The townland
- Name
- Davidstown · Baile Dháith
- Area
- 1,065,249 m² (106.52 ha, 263.23 acres)
- Civil parish
- Donaghmore, and its townlands
- Barony
- Talbotstown Upper
- Electoral division
- Imael South, the unit of the census
- Census 2022
- 271 people lived in 98 households in the Imael South electoral division. 91% of households owned their home. 27% of homes were built since 2001. 5% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 5% were holiday homes.
- Neighbouring townlands
- Castlesallagh, Coolamaddra, Donaghmore, Gibstown, Kelshamore, Knockaderry
- Placenames
- Davidstown 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.