Glencap Commons Upper
Glencap Commons Upper is a townland in the civil parish of Kilmacanoge, barony of Rathdown, Co. Wicklow. Its name in Irish is Gleann Cap Uachtarach.
- Area
- 141.4 ha
- 349 acres
- Land parcels
- 16
- registered freehold, median 1,943 m²
- Zoning
- R3
- Tertiary Development Area
- Planning
- 24
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
16 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Glencap Commons Upper, from 21 m² to 47,612 m² (4.76 ha, 11.77 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 30 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
- R3Tertiary Development Area (Residential, mixed residential and other uses)
Bray Municipal District Local Area Plan 2018, Wicklow · 1 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
Source: Tailte Éireann and the Department of Housing (MyPlan), national zoning, CC BY 4.0.
Planning applications
Sites that touch the townland, newest first
20 Jan 2026Conditional
retention of changes to fenestration and permission for change of use (removal of condition 2 of Planning Register Reference 06/6230) from restricted use as a dwelling to use by all classes of persons
Retention · Wicklow County Council, 2660025
3 Oct 2025Conditional
Revised house type to that previously approved in application reference 24/60720 at Killough Lower, Kilmacanogue, Co. Wicklow.
Permission · Wicklow County Council, 2560788
23 Sept 2025N/a
revised house type on previously approved site which includes construction of new dwelling, new section of laneway, connection to mains water, upgrading of existing entrance, wastewater treatment system to EPA standards, change to redline boundary together with relocation and upgrade of existing septic tank to new wastewater treatment system to EPA standards from that approved under PRR 91/6616 and associated site works
Permission · Wicklow County Council, 2560750
23 Jan 2025N/a
domestic garage, new domestic wastewater treatment system to current EPA standards, relocation and improvements to existing entrance and associated siteworks
Permission · Wicklow County Council, 2560032
19 Nov 2024Conditional
construction of new dwelling, new section of laneway, connection to mains water, upgrading of existing entrance, wastewater treatment system to EPA standards, change to redline boundary together with relocation and upgrade of existing septic tank to new wastewater treatment system to EPA standards from that approved under PRR 91/6616 and associated site works
Permission · Wicklow County Council, 2460720
19 Nov 2024Conditional
construction of new dwelling, new section of laneway, upgrading of existing entrance, wastewater treatment system and sand polishing filter and associated works
Permission · Wicklow County Council, 2460721
11 Mar 2024N/a
construction of new dwelling, new section of laneway, connection to mains water, upgrading of existing entrance, wastewater treatment system to EPA standards, change to redline boundary together with relocation and upgrade of existing septic tank to new wastewater treatment system to EPA standards from that approved under PRR 91/6616 and associated site works
Permission · Wicklow County Council, 2460140
23 Feb 2024N/a
construction of new dwelling, new section of laneway, upgrading of existing entrance, wastewater treatment system and sand polishing filter and associated works
Permission · Wicklow County Council, 2460105
23 Feb 2024N/a
construction of new dwelling, new section of laneway, connection to mains water, upgrading of existing entrance, wastewater treatment system to EPA standards, change to redline boundary together with relocation and upgrade of existing septic tank to new wastewater treatment system to EPA standards from that approved under PRR 91/6619 and associated site works
Permission, 1 home · Wicklow County Council, 2460107
6 Feb 2024N/a
construction of new dwelling, new section of laneway, upgrading of existing entrance, wastewater treatment system and sand polishing filter and associated works
Permission · Wicklow County Council, 2460063
6 Feb 2024N/a
construction of new dwelling, new section of laneway, connection to mains water, upgrading of existing entrance, wastewater treatment system to EPA standards, change to redline boundary together with relocation and upgrade of existing septic tank to new wastewater treatment system to EPA standards from that approved under PRR 91/6619 and associated site works
Permission · Wicklow County Council, 2460064
16 Aug 2023N/a
construction of new dwelling, new section of laneway, upgrading of existing entrance, wastewater treatment system and sand polishing filter and associated works
Permission · Wicklow County Council, 2360224
27 Sept 2022N/a
construction of new dwelling, new section of laneway, upgrading of existing entrance, wastewater treatment system and sand polishing filter and associate works
Permission · Wicklow County Council, 221041
27 Sept 2022N/a
construction of new dwelling, new section of laneway, upgrading of existing entrance, wastewater treatment system and sand polishing filter and associate works
Permission · Wicklow County Council, 221042
25 Aug 2022N/a
construction of new dwelling, new section of laneway, upgrading of existing entrance, wastewater treatment system and sand polishing filter and associate works
Permission · Wicklow County Council, 22930
25 Aug 2022N/a
construction of new dwelling, new section of laneway, upgrading of existing entrance, wastewater treatment system and sand polishing filter and associate works
Permission · Wicklow County Council, 22931
25 Apr 2022N/a
new dwelling, connection to mains water, effluent disposal system to EPA guidelines, relocation of existing entrance onto public road to service both this dwelling and existing dwelling, upgrade of existing septic tank serving existing dwelling to new domestic waste water treatment system and percolation area to EPA standards 2021 and associated site works
Permission, 1 home · Wicklow County Council, 22441
23 Nov 2020N/a
construction of new dwelling, new section of laneway, upgrading of existing entrance, wastewater treatment system and sand polishing filter and associate works
Permission, 1 home · Wicklow County Council, 201174
23 Nov 2020N/a
construction of new dwelling, new section of laneway, upgrading of existing entrance, wastewater treatment system and sand polishing filter and associate works
Permission, 1 home · Wicklow County Council, 201175
4 Dec 2019N/a
dwelling, garage, connect to mains water, effluent disposal system to EPA guidelines 2009, entrance onto public road to service both this dwelling and existing dwelling, closing up existing dwelling entrance and associated site works
Permission, 1 home · Wicklow County Council, 191302
4 Dec 2019N/a
dwelling, garage, connection to mains water, effluent disposal system to EPA 2009, new entrance onto public road to service both this dwelling and existing dwelling, closing up existing dwelling entrance and associated site works
Permission, 1 home · Wicklow County Council, 191303
29 May 2019N/a
dwelling, garage, section of laneway, upgrade of existing entrance, wastewater treatment system and soil polishing filter and associated works
Permission, 1 home · Wicklow County Council, 19580
22 Sept 2017Refused
subdivision of single storey dwelling into 2 no dwellings (90 sqm and 92 sqm) with minor elevational amendments and additional vehicular entrance
Retention, 2 homes · Wicklow County Council, 171146
30 Mar 2017Refused
detached single storey three bedroom house with new water well and effluent treatment system with sand polishing filter along with all associated site works
Permission, 1 home · Wicklow County Council, 17336
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
- Proposed Natural Heritage Area: Great Sugar Loaf 001769
Recorded monuments
- WI007-070 Cairn - unclassified
Description
Situated on a northern spur of the Great Sugarloaf Mountain. Two cairns; the smaller, more northerly (designated WI007-070----) is very low (diam. 7m), the larger (diam. 13-15m; H 1.5m), just to the S (designated WI007-070001-) has a hollow at the centre and a block of white quartz is visible. (Information c. Manning and P. Neary) 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: 20 September 2010 G. Conroy.
- WI007-070001 Cairn - unclassified
Description
Situated on a northern spur of the Great Sugarloaf Mountain. Two cairns; the smaller, more northerly (designated WI007-070----) is very low (diam. 7m), the larger (diam. 13-15m; H 1.5m), just to the S (designated WI007-070001-) has a hollow at the centre and a block of white quartz is visible. (Information c. Manning and P. Neary) 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: 20 September 2010 G. Conroy.
Architectural heritage
No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands in the townland of Glencap Commons Upper.
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 Glencap Commons Upper, about 1 in 5 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 Glencap Commons Upper.
- 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 Glencap Commons Upper with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Wicklow.
The townland
- Name
- Glencap Commons Upper · Gleann Cap Uachtarach
- Area
- 1,414,020 m² (141.4 ha, 349.41 acres)
- Civil parish
- Kilmacanoge, and its townlands
- Barony
- Rathdown
- Electoral division
- Kilmacanoge, the unit of the census
- Census 2022
- 15,082 people lived in 4,983 households in the Kilmacanoge electoral division. 74% of households owned their home. 20% of homes were built since 2001. 3% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 0% were holiday homes.
- Neighbouring townlands
- Carrigoona Commons West, Glencap Commons North, Glencap Commons South, Killough Lower, Killough Upper, Kilmacanoge South
- Placenames
- Glencap Commons Upper 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.