# Highpark Upper, Co. Wicklow: townland, land parcels and planning Townland in the civil parish of Kiltegan, barony of Talbotstown Upper, Co. Wicklow; in Irish Coill na Cluanach Uachtarach. - Area (Tailte Éireann): 746,092 m² (74.61 ha, 184.36 acres) - Land parcels (Tailte Éireann): 13 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in it, median 2,573 m² (0.26 ha, 0.64 acres) - Zoning (national zoning, MyPlan): not in a zoned settlement - Planning (National Planning Applications): 10 applications since 2010 - Civil parish: Kiltegan, https://everytownland.com/wicklow/parish/kiltegan.md - Barony: Talbotstown Upper - Electoral division: Rathdangan, the unit of the census - Census 2022 (Central Statistics Office): 498 people lived in 152 households in the Rathdangan electoral division. 91% of households owned their home. 26% of homes were built since 2001. 12% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 2% were holiday homes. - County: Co. Wicklow, https://everytownland.com/wicklow.md - Placenames Database of Ireland: https://www.logainm.ie/en/54910 - Townland number at Tailte Éireann: 250765 - Centre: latitude 52.901814, longitude -6.559126 (WGS 84) ## Land parcels (registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann) 13 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Highpark Upper, from 96 m² to 223,840 m² (22.38 ha, 55.31 acres); 12 neighbouring parcels touch its boundary. Largest first: - Parcel 1277632: 223,840 m² (22.38 ha, 55.31 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1277632.md - Parcel 1271482: 111,297 m² (11.13 ha, 27.5 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1271482.md - Parcel 1289351: 19,655 m² (1.97 ha, 4.86 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1289351.md - Parcel 4933010: 19,319 m² (1.93 ha, 4.77 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/4933010.md - Parcel 4933009: 10,982 m² (1.1 ha, 2.71 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/4933009.md - Parcel 1263589: 4,244 m² (0.42 ha, 1.05 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1263589.md - Parcel 1265484: 2,573 m² (0.26 ha, 0.64 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1265484.md - Parcel 4786089: 290 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/4786089.md - Parcel 4786088: 188 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/4786088.md - Parcel 1259931: 179 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1259931.md - Parcel 1296375: 103 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1296375.md - Parcel 1297716: 102 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1297716.md - Parcel 4786085: 96 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/4786085.md ## Zoning (national zoning of development plans, MyPlan) No zone of a development plan covers Highpark 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) 10 applications, newest first. - 24 Sept 2026, Wicklow County Council 2660863: N/a. Retention. as constructed dwelling and garage, retention for relocation of effluent treatment system and retention permission for revised site boundaries. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/WicklowCC/AppFileRefDetails/2660863/0 - 1 Jul 2026, Wicklow County Council 2660598: Conditional. Permission. decommission our existing septic tank and replace it with a proprietary waste water treatment unit with a polishing filter. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/WicklowCC/AppFileRefDetails/2660598/0 - 15 Mar 2021, Wicklow County Council 21274: Conditional. Permission. single storey extension to the rear of existing three storey facility, connection to onsite services and all associated site works. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/WicklowCC/AppFileRefDetails/21274/0 - 3 Mar 2021, Wicklow County Council 21211: N/a. Permission. single storey extension to the rear of existing three storey facility, connection to onsite services and all associated site works. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/WicklowCC/AppFileRefDetails/21211/0 - 22 May 2020, Wicklow County Council 20472: Conditional. Permission. installation of 146 solar PV panels on the roof of the Nursing Unit. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/WicklowCC/AppFileRefDetails/20472/0 - 30 Mar 2020, Wicklow County Council 20313: N/a. Permission. installation of 146 Solar PV panels on the roof of an existing building. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/WicklowCC/AppFileRefDetails/20313/0 - 22 Aug 2018, Wicklow County Council 18951: Conditional. Permission. erection of wood store for chipped willow and wood biomass and associated site works. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/WicklowCC/AppFileRefDetails/18951/0 - 30 Apr 2018, Wicklow County Council 18450: Conditional. Permission. 115 solar PV panels on the roof of two existing buildings. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/WicklowCC/AppFileRefDetails/18450/0 - 9 Apr 2018, Wicklow County Council 18355: N/a. Permission. installation of 115 solar pv panels on the roof of two existing buildings. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/WicklowCC/AppFileRefDetails/18355/0 - 12 Feb 2018, Wicklow County Council 18135: N/a. Permission. 115 solar pv panels on the roof of two existing buildings. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/WicklowCC/AppFileRefDetails/18135/0 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 Highpark Upper. ## Recorded monuments (Sites and Monuments Record, National Monuments Service) No recorded monument lies in the townland of Highpark Upper. ## Architectural heritage (National Inventory of Architectural Heritage) - House of Our Lady of Africa, country house, 1740–1760, Regional interest, registry number 16403305, https://www.buildingsofireland.ie/niah/search.jsp?type=record&county=WI®no=16403305. Detached three-bay two-storey over basement country house with flanking single-storey pavilions, built c.1750. The façade is finished in painted lined render with moulded surrounds to the openings and a moulded eaves course. The gable-ended pitched roof is covered in artificial slate and has Velux windows and rendered chimneystacks. The pavilions (which are linked to the main block by means of quadrant walls) have slated hipped roofs. The entrance consists of a panelled timber double door, panelled pilaster jambs and relatively large sidelights with four over four timber sash frames, whilst above is a semi-circular fanlight with ‘spoke’ tracery, encased with a moulded archivolt and expansive surround with spider’s web moulding. The windows are largely flat-headed and all are filled with replacement uPVC frames. The light well to the front of the building is enclosed with decorative cast-iron railings. The country house is set within what was originally its own demesne, however, this was acquired by a missionary society in 1932 and various mid to late 20th-century buildings now occupy the grounds including a large college building just to the east of the former house itself. - House of Our Lady of Africa, monument, 1790–1810, Regional interest, registry number 16403306, https://www.buildingsofireland.ie/niah/search.jsp?type=record&county=WI®no=16403306. Freestanding granite monument erected c.1800 by Edward Westby (1755-1838) to the memory of Nicholas Westby MP (1751-1800). The monument consists of a square panelled plinth with inscribed plaque, which is surmounted by a stepped pinnacle with urn-like finial. The monument is surrounded by simple metal railings and is set in a field to the south of the House of Our Lady of Africa [High Park] which was originally the home of the Westby family. ## 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 Highpark 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 Highpark 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/highpark-upper.dxf - GeoJSON, in WGS 84, for a map: https://everytownland.com/wicklow/highpark-upper.geojson - KML, for Google Earth: https://everytownland.com/wicklow/highpark-upper.kml ## Homes sold (Residential Property Price Register) No address of the register names Highpark 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) - Ballykilmurry Upper: https://everytownland.com/wicklow/ballykilmurry-upper.md - Borkill Beg: https://everytownland.com/wicklow/borkill-beg.md - Highpark Lower: https://everytownland.com/wicklow/highpark-lower.md - Killamoat Upper: https://everytownland.com/wicklow/killamoat-upper.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/highpark-upper - In JSON: https://everytownland.com/api/townland/wicklow/highpark-upper