Hawkstown Lower
Townland in the civil parish of Drumkay, barony of Arklow, Co. Wicklow; in Irish Baile Sheabhaic Íochtarach
- Area
- 78.1 ha
- 193 acres
- Land parcels
- 25
- registered freehold, median 6,314 m² (0.63 ha, 1.56 acres)
- Zoning
- R2
- Existing Residential
- Planning
- 13
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
25 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Hawkstown Lower, from 593 m² to 394,848 m² (39.48 ha, 97.57 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 18 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
- R2Existing Residential (Existing residential)
Wicklow Town - Rathnew Local Area Plan, Wicklow · 8 parcels The zoning objective in the plan - R1New Residential (New/proposed residential)
Wicklow Town - Rathnew Local Area Plan, Wicklow · 4 parcels The zoning objective in the plan - G4Active Open Space (Active open space)
Wicklow Town - Rathnew Local Area Plan, Wicklow · 2 parcels The zoning objective in the plan - G3Natural Areas (Conservation, amenity or buffer space, corridor/belt, landscape)
Wicklow Town - Rathnew Local Area Plan, Wicklow · 0 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
7 Nov 2024Refused
58 no. single and two storey dwellings including 4 no. 4 Bed Two Storey Detached dwellings, 24 no. 3 Bed Two Storey Semi-Detached dwellings, 18 no. 3 Bed Two Storey Terraced dwellings, 4 no. 3 Bed Semi-Detached Bungalows and 8 no. 2 Bed Two Storey Terraced dwellings with a total proposed residential gross floor area of c.6,174sqm; for a proposed single storey domestic garden storage structure (25sqm), for the construction of an ESB substation & switch room (25sqm); for the removal of the existing dwelling ‘Elbren Cottage’ (62sqm) and the semi-detached single storey garage structure (31sqm) located on the application site; for the construction of new boundary walls and gates to the existing dwelling ‘Redkite Rest’, which is located on the application site and for the decommissioning and removal of the existing septic tank and percolation area on the application site serving the existing dwellings; for the connection of the existing dwelling, ‘Redkite Rest’ to the proposed foul sewer on Ashtown Lane; for all boundary walls and fences, for a new vehicular and pedestrian entrance to the development off Ashtown Lane, internal estate roads, bin storage, footpaths, hard and soft landscaping to public open space, for all site services above and below ground including connections to existing services and for all associated site development works
Permission · Wicklow County Council, 2460688
8 Aug 2023Refused
a new garden outbuilding containing the following 1. A domestic shed/storage room circa 15 Msq, 2. The retention of a Dog Grooming area circa 16 Msq. All together with a connection to the existing septic tank/percolation system and associated site development works
Retention · Wicklow County Council, 2360206
15 Jul 2023N/a
a new garden outbuilding containing the following 1. A domestic shed/storage room circa 15 Msq, 2. The retention of a Dog Grooming area circa 16 Msq. All together with a connection to the existing septic tank/percolation system and associated site development works
Retention · Wicklow County Council, 2360152
15 Jul 2023Refused
the following 1. The conversion of existing garden storage building to a dwelling unit circa 45 msq, and ancillary lean-to structures. 2. The retention of a new garden outbuilding containing a domestic shed/storage room and washroom circa 31 Msq, both connections to the existing septic tank/percolation system, and all site development works
Retention · Wicklow County Council, 2360153
19 Jun 2023Conditional
proposed development comprising of flood lighting to training pitch including 2 No. 18.3m high static columns with total 8 No. LED sports light fittings
Permission · Wicklow County Council, 23547
21 Dec 2021Refused
81 no single and two storey dwellings including 11 no. 4 bed Two Storey Detached dwellings, 8 no. 4 Bed Two Storey Semi-Detached dwellings, 50 no. 3 Bed Two Storey Semi-Detached dwellings, 4 no. 3 Bed Semi-Detached bungalows, 4 no. 3 Bed Two Storey Terraced dwellings and 4 no. 2 Bed Two Storey Terraced dwellings with total proposed residential gross floor area of c 9,347sqm; for a single storey creche (181 sqm) including 9 no. creche surface car parking spaces, bicycle parking and external creche play area; for the construction of an ESB substation and switchroom (25sqm); for all boundary walls and fences, for a new vehicular and pedestrian entrances to the development off Ashtown Lane, entrance signage, a new proposed footpath along Ashtown Lane, internal estate roads, 4 no. visitor surface car parking spaces, footpaths, hard and soft landscaping to public open space, for all site services above and below ground including connections to existing services and for all associated site development works including the removal of the existing barn structure (242 sqm) to the land
Permission, 1 home · Wicklow County Council, 211536
15 Jul 2020Refused
green coloured palisade style entrance gates and fencing at the entrance to the Old Ashtown Reservoir (from the L5100)
Retention · Wicklow County Council, 20677
26 Jun 2020N/a
green coloured palisade style entrance gates and fencing to the Old Ashtown Reservoir (from the L5100
Retention · Wicklow County Council, 20608
12 Jun 2020N/a
green coloured palisade style entrance gates and fencing at the entrance to the Old Ashtown Reservoir (from the L5100)
Retention · Wicklow County Council, 20546
16 Aug 2018Conditional
viewing stand to be located on west side of main playing pitch and flood lighting to training area including 2 no 15m high LSG static columns and 6 no 1500W Musco LSG light fittings
Permission · Wicklow County Council, 18929
30 Jul 2018Conditional
9.2m long shipping container to provide anglers shelter and storage (22.08 sqm) located on the northern boundary and 3 no detached lakeside anglers shelters (3.30 sqm each) located one on the north, one of the east and one on the south side of the reservoir and all development works
Permission · Wicklow County Council, 18867
10 Feb 2017Conditional
upgrade of the existing sewage treatment system comprising of the provision of a proposed package sewage treatment unit and soil polishing filter in accordance with EPA 2009 standards to serve existing clubhouse facilities
Permission · Wicklow County Council, 17138
8 Feb 2017Conditional
extension (170 sqm) to side (south) of existing clubhouse comprising of a gym / indoor training area and ancillary circulation area together with minor amendments to internal layout of existing clubhouse and rear (west and north) elevations
Permission · Wicklow County Council, 17134
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 Hawkstown Lower.
Recorded monuments
No recorded monument lies in the townland of Hawkstown Lower.
Architectural heritage
No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands in the townland of Hawkstown Lower.
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 10 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels. Testing a home
- Landslides
- Susceptibility 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_3390 (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 Hawkstown Lower with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Wicklow.
The townland
- Name
- Hawkstown Lower · Baile Sheabhaic Íochtarach
- Area
- 780,554 m² (78.06 ha, 192.88 acres)
- Civil parish
- Drumkay, and its townlands
- Barony
- Arklow
- Electoral division
- Wicklow Rural, the unit of the census
- Census 2022
- Wicklow Rural electoral division: 10,247 people in 3,334 households; 73% of households own their home; 56% of homes were built since 2001; 4% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 3% were holiday homes.
- Neighbouring townlands
- Ashtown, Ashtown, Ballinaclogh, Ballynabarny, Ballynerrin Lower, Ballynerrin Upper, Hawkstown Upper
- Placenames
- Hawkstown Lower 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.