Haylands
Townland in the civil parish of Blessington, barony of Talbotstown Lower, Co. Wicklow; in Irish Fearann an Fhéir
- Area
- 60.2 ha
- 149 acres
- Land parcels
- 36
- registered freehold, median 1,401 m²
- Zoning
- M2
- Town Centre
- Planning
- 17
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
36 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Haylands, from 36 m² to 128,426 m² (12.84 ha, 31.73 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 16 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
- M2Town Centre (City/Town/village Centre, central area)
Blessington Local Area Plan, Wicklow · 22 parcels The zoning objective in the plan - G3Natural Areas (Conservation, amenity or buffer space, corridor/belt, landscape)
Blessington Local Area Plan, Wicklow · 8 parcels The zoning objective in the plan - R2Existing Residential (Existing residential)
Blessington Local Area Plan, Wicklow · 3 parcels The zoning objective in the plan - M5Mixed Use (Other mix of uses)
Blessington Local Area Plan, Wicklow · 3 parcels The zoning objective in the plan - C2.1Employment (Industrial, enterprise, employment)
Blessington Local Area Plan, 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
19 Aug 2026N/a
amendments to planning permission reference 25/60657 (principally relating to the construction of a new discount foodstore supermarket with ancillary off-licence sales, a café and conversion of vernacular townhouse). the proposed development comprises: 1) extensions of permitted foodstore building (totalling 197 sqm, externally to Northern elevation/side and internally through extended first floor plant deck area) along with reconfiguration of internal layout (sales, storage, welfare and ancillary areas) and associated / consequential elevational modifications (principally related to door / window / advertising panel configuration), overall resulting in a total gross floor space of 2,502 sqm and a net sales area of 1,572 sqm, in lieu of 2,305 sqm and 1,499 sqm permitted respectively), 2) additional elevational / roof changes to permitted Foodstore building including expansion of glazed façade to full height treatment on Dublin Road elevation, omission of (Southern) elevation high-level / clerestory glazing and replacement with rendered finish, omission (to relocated position) of previously permitted (roof mounted) plant compound, addition of roof access ladder to Eastern extent of Southern elevation, 3) revised elevations to permitted Café building, expanding render finishes; and, 4) revisions to overall site layout, including relocated trolley bay enclosure, reconfigured car park layout and hard and soft landscaping, creation of ground level plant compound and enclosure, modified boundary treatments and all other associated and ancillary amendments to planning permission reference 25/60657 above and below ground level
Permission · Wicklow County Council, 2660740
29 Apr 2026N/a
housing development consisting of 13 dwelling units consisting of 6 number three storey 4 beds and 7 number two storey 3 beds with connection to services and all associated site works including roads, footpaths, boundaries and boundary treatment, public lighting, open spaces, and landscaping and a new vehicular and pedestrian entrance from Woodleigh Park along with providing pedestrian access from Woodleigh Park to the N81. A Natura impact Statement will be submitted as part of this application
Permission, 13 homes · Wicklow County Council, 2660353
20 Apr 2026N/a
housing development consisting of 13 dwelling units consisting of 6 number three storey 4 beds and 7 number two storey 3 beds with connection to services and all associated site works including roads, footpaths, boundaries and boundary treatment, public lighting, open spaces, and landscaping and a new vehicular and pedestrian entrance from Woodleigh Park along with providing pedestrian access from Woodleigh Park to the N81, at Santry Hill, Blessington, Co. Wicklow. A natura impact assessment has been submitted as part of this application
Permission, 13 homes · Wicklow County Council, 2660322
30 Jul 2025Conditional
1. demolition of existing cottage and construction of a replacement cottage. 2. construction of a single storey extension the side and rear of existing dwelling along with the conversion of existing garage into a games room. 3. upgrading of existing septic tank to a treatment plant with soil polishing filter. 4. construction of a new vehicular access and all associated site works
Permission · Wicklow County Council, 2560582
1 Aug 2024N/a
a housing development consisting of 13 dwelling units consisting of 6 number three storey 4 beds and 7 number two storey 3 beds with connection to services and all associated site works including roads, footpaths, boundaries and boundary treatment, public lighting, open spaces, and landscaping and a new vehicular and pedestrian entrance from Woodleigh Park along with providing pedestrian access from Woodleigh Park to the N81, at Santry Hill, Blessington, Co. Wicklow A Natura impact assessment has been submitted as part of this application
Permission, 1 home · Wicklow County Council, 2460470
13 Jun 2024Conditional
1.An extension to the existing dwelling connecting the existing garage to the existing dwelling including a reconfiguration of the ground floor layout and conversion of the existing garage for habitable use. 2. A new detached garage to serve the existing dwelling 3. A small family cluster housing development comprising of 2 no. two storey dwelling units and 2 no. single storey dwelling units with connection to the existing public sewer and a shared access roadway and all associated site works
Permission, 4 homes · Wicklow County Council, 2460329
13 Jun 2024Conditional
a two storey dwelling and all associated site works
Permission, 1 home · Wicklow County Council, 2460330
10 Jun 2024N/a
(1) An extension to the existing dwelling connecting the existing garage to the existing dwelling including a reconfiguration of the ground floor layout and conversion of the existing garage for habitable use. (2) A new detached garage to serve the existing dwelling. (3) A small family cluster housing development comprising of 2 no. two storey dwelling units and 2 no. single storey dwelling units with connection to the existing public sewer and a shared access roadway and all associated site works
Permission · Wicklow County Council, 2460312
10 Jun 2024N/a
a two storey dwelling and all associated site works
Permission, 1 home · Wicklow County Council, 2460314
15 Nov 2023N/a
a two storey dwelling and all associated site works
Permission · Wicklow County Council, 2360415
5 Sept 2023Conditional
LARGE-SCALE RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT consisting of 329 residential units and associated site works , the development will also include : the extension of the Blessington Inner Relief Road (approx. 700m long) from the existing 4-arm roundabout at Blessington Demesne Lands, running north west of Blessington Business Park, and north of the Woodleigh residential area to a new four-arm roundabout junction on the N81 Dublin Road. The new roundabout will consolidate existing junctions with Holyvalley, Doran's Pit and the Roadstone quarry site. A new junction will be provided to the Roadstone Quarry Access Road north of the road's alignment. The scheme will comprise a two-lane single carriageway road with cycle lanes and foothpaths, landscaping and drainage works (including attenuation ponds & Sustainable Urban Drainage Systems (SUDS)); road signage and all ancillary site services and development works above and below ground. An Environmental Impact Assessment Report and a Natura Impact Statement have been prepared in respect of the proposed development and are submitted with the application
Permission · Wicklow County Council, 23689
31 May 2023N/a
the demolition of existing front gate, the 'front porch', the side conservatory and the former coal bunker at the rear of the house. The construction will consist of a new single storey front porch , an extension to the side of the building and the two storey extension to the rear of the building along with all associated site works including a new effluent treatment system
Permission · Wicklow County Council, 23497
20 Dec 2019Refused
advertisement structure
13 May 2019Conditional
existing two storey extension the western elevation of the existing dwelling. PERMISSION for an extension to the existing dwelling connecting the existing garage to the existing dwelling including a reconfiguration of the ground floor layout and conversion of the existing garage for habitable use. 2. A new detached garage to serve the existing dwelling 3. A small family cluster housing development comprising of 4 no. two storey dwelling units and associated garage for each dwelling 4. The decommissioning of the existing septic tank and the connection of the existing dwelling and proposed 4 new family dwellings to the existing public water sewer, water supply and all associated site development works
Retention, 5 homes · Wicklow County Council, 19510
23 Apr 2019N/a
small family cluster housing development comprising of 4 no two storey dwelling units and associated garage for each dwelling. RETENTION of an existing two storey extension to the western elevation of the existing dwelling. PERMISSION for an extension to the existing dwelling connecting the existing garage to the existing dwelling, a reconfiguration of the ground floor layout of the existing dwelling and a new detached dwelling to serve the existing dwelling. The decommissioning of the existing septic tank serving the existing dwelling, connection of the existing dwelling and proposed four new family dwellings to the existing public main sewer, water supply and all associated site development works
Permission · Wicklow County Council, 19431
23 Mar 2017Unconditional
greenway. Construct a new crushed stone track in order to create a walking & cycling greenway which will follow the edge of the Blessington Lakes together with the upgrading of the existing tracks commencing in the town of Blessington and following a route close to the shoreline through the townlands of Baltyboys Lower, Tulfarris, Rathballylong, Baltyboys Upper, Monamuck, Valleymount, Annacarney, Carrigacurra, Ballyknockan, Ballynastockan, Lackan, Sroughan, Carrig, Knockieran Upper, Knockieran Lower, Blessington and Burgage More and the villages of Valleymount, Ballyknockan and Lacken before returning to Blessington at Knockieran Bridge. Upgrading works will include widening of existing track and laying of geotextile with a surface layer of crushed stone surface. Construction works will involve shallow excavation, laying of geotextile with a surface layer of crushed stone surface, placement of apprx 100 culverts, 18 light bridges over larger streams, fencing and minor landscaping
Permission · Wicklow County Council, 17307
18 Jan 2017N/a
new crushed stone track in order to create a walking and cycling Greenway which will follow the edge of the Blessington Lakes together with upgrading of existing tracks commencing in the town of Blessington and following a route close to the shoreline through the townlands of Baltyboys Lower, Tulfarris, Rathballylong, Baltyboys Upper, Monamuck, Valleymount, Annacarney, Carrigacurra, Ballyknockan, Ballynastockan, Lackan, Sroughan and the villages of Valleymount, Ballyknockan and Lacken before returning to Blessington at Knockieran Bridge. Upgarding works will include widening of existing track and laying of geotextile with a surface layer of crushed stone surface. Construction works will involve shallow excavation, laying of geotextile with a surface layer of crushed stone surface. placement of approx 100 culverts, 18 light bridges over larger streams, fencing and minor landscaping
Permission · Wicklow County Council, 1739
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
- Special Protection Area: Poulaphouca Reservoir SPA 004063
- Proposed Natural Heritage Area: Poulaphouca Reservoir 000731
Recorded monuments
- WI005-025 Cairn - burial cairn
Description
Situated just N of the Liffey Valley on a slight eminence with wide views to the E and S. Three cists, an unprotected cremation and a crouched inhumation were discovered in an unkerbed oval cairn (dims. 13m E-W; 11m N-S). The disturbed central cist produced a sherd of a bowl food vessel and some possibly cremated bone. The second cist contained a crouched inhumation with a bowl and the third produced an unaccompanied crouched inhumation. The site was removed by sand quarrying. (Price and Walshe 1933, 49-59; Waddell 1990, 162) 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
- House, 1790–1810 · Regional interest
Description
Detached three-bay single-storey vernacular house, built c.1800 and extended by a bay c.1840. The walls are finished in roughcast with that to the front painted, whilst the gable-ended roof is slated and has rendered chimneystacks. The entrance consists of a replacement partly glazed timber door and the small flat-headed window openings have three over six timber sash frames. Cast-iron rainwater goods.
- Blessington Bridge, bridge, 1925–1945 · Regional interest
Description
Six ‘arch’ concrete road bridge of c.1935 spanning the Pollaphuca reservoir. The bridge is supported on concrete piers (seven to each side) and has a low parapet topped with tubular metal railings. Crash barriers have been installed to each side of the road.
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 high, moderately high, moderately low, low, low (inferred), on the 1:50,000 map; parts are water.
- Terrain model
- LiDAR of the Office of Public Works, flown in 2011, at 2 m: tile OPW_2945 (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 Haylands with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Wicklow.
The townland
- Name
- Haylands · Fearann an Fhéir
- Area
- 601,710 m² (60.17 ha, 148.69 acres)
- Civil parish
- Blessington, and its townlands
- Barony
- Talbotstown Lower
- Electoral division
- Blessington, the unit of the census
- Census 2022
- Blessington electoral division: 4,588 people in 1,608 households; 71% of households own their home; 39% of homes were built since 2001; 8% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 0% were holiday homes.
- Neighbouring townlands
- Blessington, Blessington Demesne, Crosscoolharbour, Holyvalley, Knockieran Lower, Santryhill
- Placenames
- Haylands 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.