# Granabeg Upper, Co. Wicklow: townland, land parcels and planning Townland in the civil parish of Boystown, barony of Talbotstown Lower, Co. Wicklow; in Irish An Ghreanach Bheag Uachtarach. - Area (Tailte Éireann): 980,501 m² (98.05 ha, 242.29 acres) - Land parcels (Tailte Éireann): 34 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in it, median 14,450 m² (1.45 ha, 3.57 acres) - Zoning (national zoning, MyPlan): not in a zoned settlement - Planning (National Planning Applications): 7 applications since 2010 - Civil parish: Boystown, https://everytownland.com/wicklow/parish/boystown.md - Barony: Talbotstown Lower - Electoral division: Togher, the unit of the census - Census 2022 (Central Statistics Office): 387 people lived in 129 households in the Togher electoral division. 87% of households owned their home. 25% of homes were built since 2001. 9% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 5% were holiday homes. - County: Co. Wicklow, https://everytownland.com/wicklow.md - Placenames Database of Ireland: https://www.logainm.ie/en/55005 - Townland number at Tailte Éireann: 250741 - Centre: latitude 53.067114, longitude -6.508962 (WGS 84) ## Land parcels (registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann) 34 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Granabeg Upper, from 121 m² to 203,765 m² (20.38 ha, 50.35 acres); 21 neighbouring parcels touch its boundary. Largest first: - Parcel 1261176: 203,765 m² (20.38 ha, 50.35 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1261176.md - Parcel 1266621: 168,552 m² (16.86 ha, 41.65 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1266621.md - Parcel 1267845: 59,724 m² (5.97 ha, 14.76 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1267845.md - Parcel 2657090: 54,240 m² (5.42 ha, 13.4 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2657090.md - Parcel 1277854: 53,335 m² (5.33 ha, 13.18 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1277854.md - Parcel 1282332: 44,716 m² (4.47 ha, 11.05 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1282332.md - Parcel 1280619: 42,286 m² (4.23 ha, 10.45 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1280619.md - Parcel 1291143: 41,613 m² (4.16 ha, 10.28 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1291143.md - Parcel 1278545: 39,768 m² (3.98 ha, 9.83 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1278545.md - Parcel 2657089: 35,105 m² (3.51 ha, 8.67 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2657089.md - Parcel 1276970: 28,588 m² (2.86 ha, 7.06 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1276970.md - Parcel 1271262: 26,073 m² (2.61 ha, 6.44 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1271262.md - Parcel 1277915: 23,418 m² (2.34 ha, 5.79 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1277915.md - Parcel 1268622: 23,244 m² (2.32 ha, 5.74 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1268622.md - Parcel 1273619: 22,798 m² (2.28 ha, 5.63 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1273619.md - Parcel 1290674: 20,852 m² (2.09 ha, 5.15 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1290674.md - Parcel 1269173: 16,864 m² (1.69 ha, 4.17 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1269173.md - Parcel 1286373: 12,036 m² (1.2 ha, 2.97 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1286373.md - Parcel 1287401: 10,264 m² (1.03 ha, 2.54 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1287401.md - Parcel 1267593: 7,210 m² (0.72 ha, 1.78 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1267593.md - Parcel 1296089: 6,979 m² (0.7 ha, 1.72 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1296089.md - Parcel 1299989: 6,934 m² (0.69 ha, 1.71 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1299989.md - Parcel 1298762: 6,303 m² (0.63 ha, 1.56 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1298762.md - Parcel 1265649: 6,248 m² (0.62 ha, 1.54 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1265649.md - Parcel 1293183: 4,428 m² (0.44 ha, 1.09 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1293183.md - Parcel 2657087: 4,289 m² (0.43 ha, 1.06 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2657087.md - Parcel 1276217: 3,076 m² (0.31 ha, 0.76 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1276217.md - Parcel 1258152: 2,559 m² (0.26 ha, 0.63 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1258152.md - Parcel 1263660: 2,477 m² (0.25 ha, 0.61 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1263660.md - Parcel 1290685: 2,139 m² (0.21 ha, 0.53 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1290685.md - Parcel 2657088: 540 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/2657088.md - Parcel 1266966: 485 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1266966.md - Parcel 1255668: 189 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1255668.md - Parcel 1286777: 121 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1286777.md ## Zoning (national zoning of development plans, MyPlan) No zone of a development plan covers Granabeg Upper in the national zoning. Outside zoned towns and villages, the county development plan's rural policies apply to each application. ## Planning applications whose site touches the townland (National Planning Applications, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage) 7 applications, newest first. - 5 Mar 2024, Wicklow County Council 24105: Conditional. Permission. bungalow, domestic garage, effluent treatment system and ancillary works. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/WicklowCC/AppFileRefDetails/24105/0 - 28 Nov 2023, Wicklow County Council 23870: N/a. Permission. bungalow, domestic garage, effluent treatment system and ancillary works. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/WicklowCC/AppFileRefDetails/23870/0 - 15 Nov 2022, Wicklow County Council 221212: N/a. Permission. bungalow, domestic garage, effluent treatment and ancillary works. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/WicklowCC/AppFileRefDetails/221212/0 - 9 Sept 2022, Wicklow County Council 22979: Conditional. Permission. a) proposed dimension stone granite quarry with an extraction area of c. 0.7 hectares. b) Proposed site access and all ancillary site works within an application area of c. 1.5 hectares. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/WicklowCC/AppFileRefDetails/22979/0 - 27 Sept 2021, Wicklow County Council 211168: Conditional. Permission, 1 home. dwelling, garage, on-site treatment unit, well, widening of existing entrance and all associated site works. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/WicklowCC/AppFileRefDetails/211168/0 - 27 Oct 2020, Wicklow County Council 201075: Conditional. Permission, 1 home. bungalow, domestic garage, effluent treatment system and ancillary works. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/WicklowCC/AppFileRefDetails/201075/0 - 14 May 2019, Wicklow County Council 19513: N/a. Permission, 1 home. storey and a half dwelling, new vehicle entrance, domestic garage, treatment system and percolation area along with all associated site development and facilitating works. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/WicklowCC/AppFileRefDetails/19513/0 Applicants are not shown. ## Designated sites (National Parks and Wildlife Service) No designated site (Special Area of Conservation, Special Protection Area, Natural Heritage Area or proposed one) touches the townland of Granabeg Upper. ## Recorded monuments (Sites and Monuments Record, National Monuments Service) - WI016-005: Cross-inscribed pillar, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CWI016-005----. Situated on a marked N-facing slope on the edge of a narrow shallow valley. Granite pillar (H 0.63m; Wth 0.35m; T 0.22m) with a cross inscribed in outline on the N face. The pillar is set in a low cairn (diam. 1.5m; H 0.6m) c. 200m W of a graveyard (WI016-006----). 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 - WI016-006: Burial ground, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CWI016-006----. Situated on a gentle to marked W-facing slope. Quadrangular enclosure (dims. 35m NW-SE; 12m (at the NW) - 17m (at the SE)) defined by a low tumbled stone wall, except at the NW where a forestry track encroaches on the site. No indication of an entrance; the interior is stony and uneven. It is marked as 'Grave Yard' on the 1838 OS 6-inch map. A stone inscribed pillar (WI016-005----) stands c. 200m to the W. 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 - WI016-008: Cross-inscribed pillar, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CWI016-008----. Situated close to a stream just N of the main road. Granite pillar with a Latin cross in low relief described by Price (1940, 258-9). Not located. 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 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). ## Architectural heritage (National Inventory of Architectural Heritage) No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands in the townland of Granabeg Upper. ## Ground and risks (Radon Risk Map of Ireland, EPA; Landslide Susceptibility Classification and LiDAR, Geological Survey Ireland) - Radon: at the centre of the townland of Granabeg Upper, about 1 in 5 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels. Testing a home: https://www.epa.ie/environment-and-you/radon/radon-testing/#d.en.82887 - Landslides: The 1:50,000 map rates the landslide susceptibility here as 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 Granabeg Upper. - Flooding: the flood maps of the Office of Public Works, https://www.floodinfo.ie/map/floodmaps/, linked only: their licence does not allow re-use. 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. ## Downloads - DXF, in Irish Transverse Mercator metres, with its boundary, parcels and buildings, for a drawing program: https://everytownland.com/wicklow/granabeg-upper.dxf - GeoJSON, in WGS 84, for a map: https://everytownland.com/wicklow/granabeg-upper.geojson - KML, for Google Earth: https://everytownland.com/wicklow/granabeg-upper.kml ## Homes sold (Residential Property Price Register) No address of the register names Granabeg Upper with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Wicklow: https://everytownland.com/wicklow.md ## Neighbouring townlands (National Statutory Boundaries, Tailte Éireann) - Granabeg Lower: https://everytownland.com/wicklow/granabeg-lower.md - Granamore: https://everytownland.com/wicklow/granamore.md - Lockstown Upper: https://everytownland.com/wicklow/lockstown-upper.md - Togher: https://everytownland.com/wicklow/togher-251320.md 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. --- Everytownland reads the registered freehold land and the statutory boundaries of Tailte Éireann, the national zoning, planning file and heritage records of the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, and the Residential Property Price Register. A parcel is the land of a title, not an address. The owner's name is in the Land Registry of Tailte Éireann: a copy of the folio can be ordered on landdirect.ie, for a fee; this site names no owner. A price is the price recorded for a past sale, not a valuation. Sources: Cadastral Parcels Freehold, Townlands, Civil Parishes, Baronies, Electoral Divisions and Buildings, Tailte Éireann, CC BY 4.0; national zoning of development plans (GZT, MyPlan) and National Planning Applications, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, CC BY 4.0, applicants not shown; designated sites, National Parks and Wildlife Service, CC BY 4.0; Sites and Monuments Record, National Monuments Service, CC BY 4.0; National Inventory of Architectural Heritage, CC BY 4.0; Residential Property Price Register, Property Services Regulatory Authority, re-used with the source acknowledged. - Page: https://everytownland.com/wicklow/granabeg-upper - In JSON: https://everytownland.com/api/townland/wicklow/granabeg-upper