Holywell
Townland in the civil parish of Kilcoole, barony of Newcastle, Co. Wicklow
Parcel 1299637
- Area
- 4,445 m² (0.44 ha, 1.1 acres)
- Buildings
- 3 buildings touch it, 389 m² on the ground
- Zoning
- No zone of a development plan covers it in the national zoning. Outside zoned towns and villages, the county development plan's rural policies apply.
- Townland
- Holywell
Planning applications on this parcel
10 Apr 2026Conditional
removal of an existing sun room extension to the side of an existing detached dwelling, the removal of 2 no. chimneys, the construction of a dormer window to the rear, and the installation of three new roof lights: one to the front, one to the side and one to the rear
Permission · Wicklow County Council, 2660286
21 Nov 2024Conditional
subdivision of existing folio, construction of new dwelling, connection to mains water, effluent disposal system to EPA standards, accessed via existing entrance off existing estate road, new entrance off existing estate road to serve existing dwelling and associated site works
Permission, 1 home · Wicklow County Council, 2460728
Source: National Planning Applications, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, CC BY 4.0. Applicants are not shown.
Designated sites
No designated site (Special Area of Conservation, Special Protection Area, Natural Heritage Area or proposed one) touches this parcel.
Recorded monuments around it
No zone of notification of a recorded monument touches this parcel.
Architectural heritage
No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands on this parcel.
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
- About 1 in 10 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels. Testing a home
- Landslides
- Susceptibility low, low (inferred), on the 1:50,000 map.
- 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.
Download this parcel: DXF, in Irish Transverse Mercator metres, with its neighbours and buildings, for a drawing program; GeoJSON, in WGS 84, for a map; KML, for Google Earth.
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann, CC BY 4.0. 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.
- Area
- 9.7 ha
- 24 acres
- Land parcels
- 2
- registered freehold, median 2,440 m² (0.24 ha, 0.6 acres)
- Zoning
- —
- not in a zoned settlement
- Planning
- 3
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
2 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Holywell, from 2,326 m² (0.23 ha, 0.57 acres) to 2,553 m² (0.26 ha, 0.63 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
No zone of a development plan covers Holywell in the national zoning. Outside zoned towns and villages, the county development plan's rural policies apply to each application.
Source: Tailte Éireann and the Department of Housing (MyPlan), national zoning, CC BY 4.0.
Planning applications
Sites that touch the townland, newest first
21 Mar 2025Conditional
extension to side of existing dwelling provision of first floor window to side gable wall and associated site works
Permission · Wicklow County Council, 2560197
7 Dec 2021Conditional
(a) alterations to the north-east façade of an existing dwelling along with internal reconfiguration of bedroom accommodation, (b) a 53.5 sqm single storey extension to the north-east façade for use as an independent living unit, providing 1 no. bedroom, shower room ensuite facility and combined kitchen/dinging/living area, (c) all associated site works and landscaping and (d) modifications to the existing foul and surface water drainage systems, (e) and the replacement septic tank and percolation area to EPA 2021
Permission, 1 home · Wicklow County Council, 211459
18 Nov 2021N/a
(a) alterations to the north-east façade of an existing dwelling along with internal reconfiguration of bedroom accommodation, (b) a 53.5 sqm single storey extension to the north-east façade for use as an independent living unit, providing 1 no. bedroom, shower room ensuite facility and combined kitchen/dinging/living area, (c) all associated site works and landscaping and (d) modifications to the existing foul and surface water drainage systems
Permission, 1 home · Wicklow County Council, 211379
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 Holywell.
Recorded monuments
No recorded monument lies in the townland of Holywell.
Architectural heritage
No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands in the townland of Holywell.
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 low, low, low (inferred), on the 1:50,000 map.
- 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.
Homes sold
Property Price Register
- Holywell, Sea Road5 sales
The townland
- Name
- Holywell
- Area
- 96,697 m² (9.67 ha, 23.89 acres)
- Civil parish
- Kilcoole, and its townlands
- Barony
- Newcastle
- Electoral division
- Kilcoole, the unit of the census
- Census 2022
- Kilcoole electoral division: 12,163 people in 4,109 households; 74% of households own their home; 68% of homes were built since 2001; 3% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 0% were holiday homes.
- Neighbouring townlands
- Johnstown, Killickabawn, Tinnapark Demesne
- Placenames
- Holywell 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.