Downs

61 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Downs, from 5 m² to 258,634 m² (25.86 ha, 63.91 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 27 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 Downs 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.

• 28 Aug 2026N/a

  of extended and converted garage as single-storey detached house in the garden of the principal house

  Retention, 1 home · Wicklow County Council, 2660776

• 16 Dec 2022N/a

  construction of a new dwelling, wastewater treatment unit & polishing filter, connection to public water mains, new entrance onto public road and associate works

  Permission · Wicklow County Council, 221356

• 17 Nov 2022Conditional

  addition of three new rooflights to the east roof and two new rooflights to the south roof

  Permission · Wicklow County Council, 221220

• 3 Nov 2022N/a

  construction of 3 detached dwellings, blocking up of existing agriculture entrance onto public road, new entrance onto public road, new internal road layout, connection to public water supply, wastewater treatment units and polishing filters for each dwelling and associate works

  Permission · Wicklow County Council, 221170

• 30 Jun 2022Conditional

  replacement of the existing flat roof of existing dwelling with a new pitched roof all together with associated site works to complete this development

  Permission, 1 home · Wicklow County Council, 22730

• 17 Dec 2021Conditional

  demolition of existing flat roof extension to rear of current dwelling and construction of new 74m2 split level single storey over sunken ground floor and associated site works

  Permission · Wicklow County Council, 211517

• 13 Oct 2021Conditional

  1) Construction of new 4 bedrooms dwelling (207sqm) to the existing side of the existing dwelling 'Sherrington' 2) New on-site sewage treatment system unit and percolation area 3) Proposed new vehicular entrance and parking to the South East of the proposed dwelling 4)All the above together with all associated landscaping, boundary treatment and ancillary works at 'Sherrington' Old Downs Road, Glen of the Downs, Co. Wicklow

  Permission, 1 home · Wicklow County Council, 211231

• 23 Jun 2021Unconditional

  extend appropriate period of 16/1068 - 3 bed dwelling (196 sqm) to existing side garden of existing dwelling 'Sherrington', new on site sewage treatment unit and percolation area, new vehicular entrance and parking to side of proposed dwelling, all associated requisite ancillary site works

  Extension of duration, 1 home · Wicklow County Council, 21739

• 14 Jun 2021N/a

  extend the appropriate period of a permission - 16/1068 - 3 bed dwelling (196 sqm) to existing side garden of existing dwelling 'Sherrington', new on site sewage treatment unit and percolation area, new vehicular entrance and parking to side of proposed dwelling, all associated requisite ancillary site works

  Extension of duration, 1 home · Wicklow County Council, 21706

• 18 Mar 2021Conditional

  side extension (43sqm) to existing commercial premises for a disabled toilet, relocation of ladies toilets and store room. Minor modifications to the plan layout to accommodate this side extension

  Permission · Wicklow County Council, 21288

• 22 Feb 2021Conditional

  a) demolition of existing dwelling (113 sqm) and adjacent side shed (4 sqm) b) construction of 350 sqm detached family home c) removal of existing septic tank and the provision of one new wastewater treatment unit and soil polishing filter to meet current EPA standards with all associated site development works, drainage, driveway and landscape to accommodate works

  Permission, 1 home · Wicklow County Council, 21162

• 27 Apr 2020Conditional

  (A) Construction of 60sqm rear extension to main dwelling converting the house from 3 bedroom to 4 bedroom dwelling along reducing size of existing outbuilding store to accommodate the new extension. (B) The provision of 1 no. new waste water treatment system and percolation area to meet current EPA standards for the new rear extension along with all associated site development works, drainage, driveway access, parking and landscaping to accommodate works

  Permission · Wicklow County Council, 20392

• 3 Oct 2018Conditional

  split level single storey dwelling house, wastewater treatment system and associated sand polishing filter, use of existing entrance and access driveway together with all ancillary site development works

  Permission, 1 home · Wicklow County Council, 181094

• 20 Aug 2018N/a

  development comprising a split level single storey dwelling house, wastewater treatment system and associated sand polishing filter, use of existing entrance and access driveway together with all ancillary site development works

  Permission · Wicklow County Council, 18942

• 1 May 2018Conditional

  replacement dwelling on established dwelling site and wastewater treatment system to EPA 2009 standards, new access directly from Old Downs Road and associated site works

  Permission, 1 home · Wicklow County Council, 18467

• 12 Oct 2017Conditional

  renovation an existing single storey dwelling and construction of single storey extensions to the north west and south sides of the dwelling to create a four bedroom family home. the development includes the demolition of adjoining shed, removal of 2 of the 3 chimneys, replacement of existing windows and doors, new insulation and installation of two roof lights, replacement of existing septic tank and installation of a new 8 person wastewater treatment unit and 60sqm of soil polishing filter to EPA 2009 standards, renovation of existing outbuilding for use as non habitable plant and store room, all associated services, landscaping and site works

  Permission · Wicklow County Council, 171242

• 6 Sept 2017N/a

  replacement dwelling on established dwelling site, garage, wastewater treatment system to EPA 2009 standards, new entrance through common area in lieu of existing entrance to site and associated works

  Permission, 1 home · Wicklow County Council, 171084

• 8 Mar 2017Refused

  single storey dwelling house, single storey domestic garage, wastewater treatment system and associated sand polishing filter, use of existing entrance and access driveway together with all ancillary site development works

  Permission, 1 home · Wicklow County Council, 17238

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 Downs.

Recorded monuments

No recorded monument lies in the townland of Downs.

Architectural heritage

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

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 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_3365 (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.

No address of the register names Downs with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Wicklow.

Name

Downs · An Dún

Area

432,708 m² (43.27 ha, 106.92 acres)

Civil parish

Kilcoole, and its townlands

Barony

Newcastle

Electoral division

Kilcoole, the unit of the census

Census 2022

Kilcoole electoral division: 12,163 people in 4,109 households; 74% of households own their home; 68% of homes were built since 2001; 3% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 0% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Downshill, Drummin West, Killickabawn, Tinnapark Demesne, Tooman, Woodlands

Placenames

Downs 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.