# Haylands, Co. Wicklow: townland, land parcels and planning Townland in the civil parish of Blessington, barony of Talbotstown Lower, Co. Wicklow; in Irish Fearann an Fhéir. - Area (Tailte Éireann): 601,710 m² (60.17 ha, 148.69 acres) - Land parcels (Tailte Éireann): 36 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in it, median 1,401 m² - Zoning (national zoning, MyPlan): M2 Town Centre, the zone with the most parcels - Planning (National Planning Applications): 17 applications since 2010 - Civil parish: Blessington, https://everytownland.com/wicklow/parish/blessington.md - Barony: Talbotstown Lower - Electoral division: Blessington, the unit of the census - Census 2022 (Central Statistics Office): 4,588 people lived in 1,608 households in the Blessington electoral division. 71% of households owned their home. 39% of homes were built since 2001. 8% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 0% were holiday homes. - County: Co. Wicklow, https://everytownland.com/wicklow.md - Placenames Database of Ireland: https://www.logainm.ie/en/54629 - Townland number at Tailte Éireann: 250762 - Centre: latitude 53.173657, longitude -6.520118 (WGS 84) ## 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); 16 neighbouring parcels touch its boundary. Largest first: - Parcel 1281170: 128,426 m² (12.84 ha, 31.73 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1281170.md - Parcel 1278378: 105,818 m² (10.58 ha, 26.15 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1278378.md - Parcel 1294453: 87,940 m² (8.79 ha, 21.73 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1294453.md - Parcel 1299935: 68,909 m² (6.89 ha, 17.03 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1299935.md - Parcel 1297459: 41,554 m² (4.16 ha, 10.27 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1297459.md - Parcel 1268264: 38,217 m² (3.82 ha, 9.44 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1268264.md - Parcel 1292274: 36,946 m² (3.69 ha, 9.13 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1292274.md - Parcel 1262389: 19,589 m² (1.96 ha, 4.84 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1262389.md - Parcel 1271750: 16,830 m² (1.68 ha, 4.16 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1271750.md - Parcel 1274156: 14,306 m² (1.43 ha, 3.53 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1274156.md - Parcel 1298711: 8,254 m² (0.83 ha, 2.04 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1298711.md - Parcel 1283365: 6,204 m² (0.62 ha, 1.53 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1283365.md - Parcel 1290977: 4,689 m² (0.47 ha, 1.16 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1290977.md - Parcel 1265992: 3,521 m² (0.35 ha, 0.87 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1265992.md - Parcel 1270733: 3,114 m² (0.31 ha, 0.77 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1270733.md - Parcel 1292659: 2,871 m² (0.29 ha, 0.71 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1292659.md - Parcel 1285601: 2,843 m² (0.28 ha, 0.7 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1285601.md - Parcel 1267379: 1,421 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1267379.md - Parcel 2693720: 1,381 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/2693720.md - Parcel 1270085: 1,229 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1270085.md - Parcel 1281874: 1,146 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1281874.md - Parcel 1275651: 877 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1275651.md - Parcel 1294264: 675 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1294264.md - Parcel 1277012: 592 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1277012.md - Parcel 2693704: 558 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/2693704.md - Parcel 1265105: 549 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1265105.md - Parcel 1276269: 537 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1276269.md - Parcel 2693713: 508 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/2693713.md - Parcel 1264173: 508 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1264173.md - Parcel 1289557: 505 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1289557.md - Parcel 1294106: 389 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1294106.md - Parcel 1283874: 262 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1283874.md - Parcel 2693698: 249 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/2693698.md - Parcel 1266379: 170 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1266379.md - Parcel 1266130: 91 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1266130.md - Parcel 1290460: 36 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1290460.md ## Zoning (national zoning of development plans, MyPlan) - M2 Town Centre (City/Town/village Centre, central area): Blessington Local Area Plan, Wicklow; 22 parcels. The zoning objective in the plan: https://www.wicklow.ie/Living/Services/Planning/Development-Plans-Strategies/Local-Area-Town-Settlement-Plans/Blessington/Blessington-Local-Area-Plan-2025-2031 - G3 Natural Areas (Conservation, amenity or buffer space, corridor/belt, landscape): Blessington Local Area Plan, Wicklow; 8 parcels. The zoning objective in the plan: https://www.wicklow.ie/Living/Services/Planning/Development-Plans-Strategies/Local-Area-Town-Settlement-Plans/Blessington/Blessington-Local-Area-Plan-2025-2031 - M5 Mixed Use (Other mix of uses): Blessington Local Area Plan, Wicklow; 3 parcels. The zoning objective in the plan: https://www.wicklow.ie/Living/Services/Planning/Development-Plans-Strategies/Local-Area-Town-Settlement-Plans/Blessington/Blessington-Local-Area-Plan-2025-2031 - R2 Existing Residential (Existing residential): Blessington Local Area Plan, Wicklow; 3 parcels. The zoning objective in the plan: https://www.wicklow.ie/Living/Services/Planning/Development-Plans-Strategies/Local-Area-Town-Settlement-Plans/Blessington/Blessington-Local-Area-Plan-2025-2031 - C2.1 Employment (Industrial, enterprise, employment): Blessington Local Area Plan, Wicklow; 1 parcel. The zoning objective in the plan: https://www.wicklow.ie/Living/Services/Planning/Development-Plans-Strategies/Local-Area-Town-Settlement-Plans/Blessington/Blessington-Local-Area-Plan-2025-2031 ## Planning applications whose site touches the townland (National Planning Applications, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage) 17 applications, newest first. - 19 Aug 2026, Wicklow County Council 2660740: N/a. Permission. 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. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/WicklowCC/AppFileRefDetails/2660740/0 - 29 Apr 2026, Wicklow County Council 2660353: N/a. Permission, 13 homes. 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. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/WicklowCC/AppFileRefDetails/2660353/0 - 20 Apr 2026, Wicklow County Council 2660322: N/a. Permission, 13 homes. 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. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/WicklowCC/AppFileRefDetails/2660322/0 - 30 Jul 2025, Wicklow County Council 2560582: Conditional. Permission. 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. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/WicklowCC/AppFileRefDetails/2560582/0 - 1 Aug 2024, Wicklow County Council 2460470: N/a. Permission, 1 home. 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. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/WicklowCC/AppFileRefDetails/2460470/0 - 13 Jun 2024, Wicklow County Council 2460329: Conditional. Permission, 4 homes. 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. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/WicklowCC/AppFileRefDetails/2460329/0 - 13 Jun 2024, Wicklow County Council 2460330: Conditional. Permission, 1 home. a two storey dwelling and all associated site works. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/WicklowCC/AppFileRefDetails/2460330/0 - 10 Jun 2024, Wicklow County Council 2460312: N/a. Permission. (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. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/WicklowCC/AppFileRefDetails/2460312/0 - 10 Jun 2024, Wicklow County Council 2460314: N/a. Permission, 1 home. a two storey dwelling and all associated site works. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/WicklowCC/AppFileRefDetails/2460314/0 - 15 Nov 2023, Wicklow County Council 2360415: N/a. Permission. a two storey dwelling and all associated site works. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/WicklowCC/AppFileRefDetails/2360415/0 - 5 Sept 2023, Wicklow County Council 23689: Conditional. Permission. 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. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/WicklowCC/AppFileRefDetails/23689/0 - 31 May 2023, Wicklow County Council 23497: N/a. Permission. 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. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/WicklowCC/AppFileRefDetails/23497/0 - 20 Dec 2019, Wicklow County Council 191376: Refused. N/a. advertisement structure. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/WicklowCC/AppFileRefDetails/191376/0 - 13 May 2019, Wicklow County Council 19510: Conditional. Retention, 5 homes. 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. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/WicklowCC/AppFileRefDetails/19510/0 - 23 Apr 2019, Wicklow County Council 19431: N/a. Permission. 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. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/WicklowCC/AppFileRefDetails/19431/0 - 23 Mar 2017, Wicklow County Council 17307: Unconditional. Permission. 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. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/WicklowCC/AppFileRefDetails/17307/0 - 18 Jan 2017, Wicklow County Council 1739: N/a. Permission. 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. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/WicklowCC/AppFileRefDetails/1739/0 Applicants are not shown. ## Designated sites (National Parks and Wildlife Service) - Special Protection Area: Poulaphouca Reservoir SPA, site code 004063, https://www.npws.ie/protected-sites/spa/004063 - Proposed Natural Heritage Area: Poulaphouca Reservoir, site code 000731 ## Recorded monuments (Sites and Monuments Record, National Monuments Service) - WI005-025: Cairn - burial cairn, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CWI005-025----. 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 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) - House, 1790–1810, Regional interest, registry number 16303026, https://www.buildingsofireland.ie/niah/search.jsp?type=record&county=WI®no=16303026. 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, registry number 16303027, https://www.buildingsofireland.ie/niah/search.jsp?type=record&county=WI®no=16303027. 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. ## 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 Haylands, about 1 in 10 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 high, moderately high, moderately low, low, partly inferred. Parts of the land are water. - Terrain model: LiDAR of the Office of Public Works, flown in 2011, at 2 m: tile OPW_2945, https://gsi.geodata.gov.ie/downloads/LiDAR/OPW_NASC/OPW_2945.zip (ZIP). - 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/haylands.dxf - GeoJSON, in WGS 84, for a map: https://everytownland.com/wicklow/haylands.geojson - KML, for Google Earth: https://everytownland.com/wicklow/haylands.kml ## Homes sold (Residential 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: https://everytownland.com/wicklow.md ## Neighbouring townlands (National Statutory Boundaries, Tailte Éireann) - Blessington: https://everytownland.com/wicklow/blessington.md - Blessington Demesne: https://everytownland.com/wicklow/blessington-demesne.md - Crosscoolharbour: https://everytownland.com/wicklow/crosscoolharbour.md - Holyvalley: https://everytownland.com/wicklow/holyvalley.md - Knockieran Lower: https://everytownland.com/wicklow/knockieran-lower.md - Santryhill: https://everytownland.com/wicklow/santryhill.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/haylands - In JSON: https://everytownland.com/api/townland/wicklow/haylands