Gibstown

19 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Gibstown, from 294 m² to 413,030 m² (41.3 ha, 102.06 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 16 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 Gibstown 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 Jul 2021Conditional

  upgrade existing vehicular entrance to residence and all ancillary works

  Permission · Wicklow County Council, 21935

• 21 Apr 2020Conditional

  bungalow, domestic garage, effluent treatment system and ancillary works

  Permission, 1 home · Wicklow County Council, 20374

• 9 Apr 2020N/a

  bungalow, domestic garage, effluent treatment system and ancillary works

  Permission, 1 home · Wicklow County Council, 20358

• 16 Dec 2019Conditional

  127 sqm two storey extension to 64 sqm dwelling house, installation of new secondary sewerage treatment system and percolation area and all ancillary site works

  Permission · Wicklow County Council, 191342

• 11 Oct 2018Conditional

  244.20 sqm cubicle shed with slatted tanks, a 216.2 sqm machinery shed and a 172.8 sqm grain store together with all ancillary works

  Permission · Wicklow County Council, 181130

• 4 Sept 2018N/a

  244.20sqm cubicle shed with slatted tanks,a 216.20sqm machinery shed and a 172.80sqm grain store together with all ancillary works

  Permission · Wicklow County Council, 18984

Source: National Planning Applications, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, CC BY 4.0. Applicants are not shown.

Designated sites

• Special Area of Conservation: Slaney River Valley SAC 000781

Recorded monuments

• WI021-037 Enclosure
  Description

  Situated on a gentle S-facing slope in recently improved land overlooking the Little Slaney River. Oval enclosure (dims. c. 45m NE-SW; c. 35m NW-SE) marked on both editions of the OS 6-inch map. Not visible at ground level. 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

• WI021-038 Enclosure
  Description

  Situated on a gentle S-facing slope in recently improved land overlooking the Little Slaney River. Subcircular enclosure (dims. c. 40m NE-SW; c. 30m NW-SE) marked on the 1908 OS 6-inch map. Not visible at ground level. 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 Gibstown.

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 Gibstown, 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 moderately low, low, partly inferred.

Terrain model

No LiDAR survey of the Office of Public Works covers the centre of the townland of Gibstown.

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

Name

Gibstown · Baile Ghib

Area

1,253,216 m² (125.32 ha, 309.68 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

Ballytoole Lower, Coolmoney, Davidstown, Kelshamore, Kilbreffy, Knockaderry, Knockanarrigan

Placenames

Gibstown 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.