Goldenhill
Townland in the civil parish of Kilbride (Baltinglass Ra), barony of Talbotstown Lower, Co. Wicklow; in Irish An Ghualainn
- Area
- 73.2 ha
- 181 acres
- Land parcels
- 30
- registered freehold, median 4,062 m² (0.41 ha, 1 acres)
- Zoning
- —
- not in a zoned settlement
- Planning
- 12
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
30 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Goldenhill, from 226 m² to 373,867 m² (37.39 ha, 92.38 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 15 neighbouring parcels touch it.
Download the townland: DXF, in Irish Transverse Mercator metres, with its boundary, parcels and buildings; GeoJSON or KML.
Zoning
Development plans, national zoning
No zone of a development plan covers Goldenhill 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
30 Jan 2024N/a
Section 42 on PRR 19/95 ( dwelling house, secondary sewerage treatment system and percolation area, domestic garage, new entrance and all ancillary site works)
Extension of duration · Wicklow County Council, 2442
24 Aug 2023Conditional
(a) a 46.36 sq.m. single storey extension to rear of dwelling & a 87.38sq.m. 'granny flat' extension to side of dwelling & permission sought to (b) re-roof the existing house changing the roof pitch to 35 degrees and (c) to upgrade the wastewater treatment system with all ancillary works
Permission · Wicklow County Council, 23669
8 May 2023Conditional
construct a dwelling house, domestic garage, onsite secondary sewerage treatment system, bored well, alterations to existing entrance and all ancillary site works
Permission · Wicklow County Council, 23437
27 Oct 2022N/a
(a) a 46.36sqm single storey extension to rear of dwelling and an 87.38sqm 'Granny Flat' extension to side of dwelling and permission to (b) re- roof the existing house changing the roof pitch to 35 degrees together with all ancillary works
Permission · Wicklow County Council, 221137
30 Jun 2022N/a
construct a dwelling house, domestic garage , onsite secondary sewerage treatment system, bored well, alterations to existing entrance and all ancillary site works
Permission, 1 home · Wicklow County Council, 22726
2 Jun 2022N/a
to construct a dwelling house, domestic garage, onsite secondary sewerage treatment system, bored well, alteration to existing entrance and all ancillary site works
Permission, 1 home · Wicklow County Council, 22594
14 Apr 2022Refused
change of house type (storey and a half) as granted by Planning Register Reference 21175 (permission to construct a single storey dwelling house, O'Reilly Oaktown sewerage treatment system, domestic garage, bored well, alterations to existing entrance and all ancillary site works)
Permission, 1 home · Wicklow County Council, 22390
4 May 2021Conditional
alterations to existing house, raising roof profile to allow attic space to be converted to 3 bedroom facilities, new 2 storey extension to front, side and rear, internal changes and all associated site works
Permission · Wicklow County Council, 21498
24 Feb 2021Conditional
single storey dwelling house, O'Reilly Oaktown sewerage treatment system, domestic garage, bored well, alterations to existing entrance and all ancillary site works
Permission, 1 home · Wicklow County Council, 21175
12 Feb 2019Refused
conversion of existing pattern making and jewellery casting unit with office and toilet to granny flat and permission sought to upgrade existing sewerage treatment system to serve the existing dwelling house and proposed granny flat
Permission, 1 home · Wicklow County Council, 19135
28 Nov 2017Conditional
4 number stables, tack room and storage area along with a hay shed and hard core yard area and all associated site works
Retention · Wicklow County Council, 171416
17 May 2017N/a
a single storey log cabin along with an Oakstown wastewater treatment plant and sand polishing filter along with upgrading of existing entrance and all associated site works
Permission, 1 home · Wicklow County Council, 17560
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
No designated site (Special Area of Conservation, Special Protection Area, Natural Heritage Area or proposed one) touches the townland of Goldenhill.
Recorded monuments
- WI001-018 Ringfort - rath
Description
Situated on a very gentle SW-facing slope c. 200m SW of the summit of Golden Hill. Circular area (diam. 37m) defined by a stony bank (Wth c. 4m; int. H 0.7m) and an external fosse (av. Wth 6m; av. D 0.7m). There is a gap in the bank (Wth 5m) and causeway across the fosse (Wth 6m) at the NE with another causeway (Wth c. 12m) at the SE. There are some large stones in situ in the interior of the site and traces of a boulder revetment at the base of the bank. Possibly a modified prehistoric kerbed cairn. (Price 1934, 46) 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 This monument is subject to a preservation order made under the National Monuments Acts 1930 to 2014 (PO no. 124/1940).
- WI001-039 Mound
Description
Situated at the top of Golden Hill. Circular domed mound (diam. 8m; H 0.5m), in very poor condition. Herity (1974, 257) suggests it may be a passage tomb. 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
- WI005-002 Cairn - unclassified
Description
Situated on a gentle SW-facing slope 250m SW of a ringfort (WI001-018----) on Golden Hill. Circular cairn (diam. 21m; H 1m) with a kerb of small boulders surviving in places. Larger field-clearance boulders have been added at the N and NE in recent times. (Information P. Healy) 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 Goldenhill.
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
- About 1 in 5 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_2977 (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.
Homes sold
Property Price Register
No address of the register names Goldenhill with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Wicklow.
The townland
- Name
- Goldenhill · An Ghualainn
- Area
- 732,173 m² (73.22 ha, 180.92 acres)
- Civil parish
- Kilbride (Baltinglass Ra), and its townlands
- Barony
- Talbotstown Lower
- Electoral division
- Kilbride, the unit of the census
- Census 2022
- Kilbride electoral division: 1,093 people in 367 households; 85% of households own their home; 15% of homes were built since 2001; 5% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 1% were holiday homes.
- Neighbouring townlands
- Hempstown, Kilbride, Threecastles, Tinode
- Placenames
- Goldenhill 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.