Irishtown

180 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Irishtown, from 4 m² to 191,873 m² (19.19 ha, 47.41 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 29 neighbouring parcels touch it.

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• R2Existing Residential (Existing residential)
  Bray Municipal District Local Area Plan 2018, Wicklow · 184 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• C2.1Employment (Industrial, enterprise, employment)
  Bray Municipal District Local Area Plan 2018, Wicklow · 7 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• G1Open Space (Open space, park)
  Bray Municipal District Local Area Plan 2018, Wicklow · 2 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• G1Passive Open Space (Open space, park)
  Bray Municipal District Local Area Plan 2018, Wicklow · 1 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• M3Neighbourhood Centre (District, neighbourhood centre)
  Bray Municipal District Local Area Plan 2018, Wicklow · 1 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• G4Active Open Space (Active open space)
  Bray Municipal District Local Area Plan 2018, Wicklow · 1 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• R1New Residential - R-Special (New/proposed residential)
  Bray Municipal District Local Area Plan 2018, Wicklow · 1 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• C2.1Employment - Special (Industrial, enterprise, employment)
  Bray Municipal District Local Area Plan 2018, Wicklow · 0 parcels The zoning objective in the plan

Source: Tailte Éireann and the Department of Housing (MyPlan), national zoning, CC BY 4.0.

• 1 Jul 2026Conditional

  amendments to the previously permitted development at the subject site, granted under Reg. Ref. 23/60205, including the relocation of an electrical board to facilitate the installation of a heat pump, in a new single-storey detached stand-alone building, as well as all site development works necessary to facilitate the development

  Retention · Wicklow County Council, 2660599

• 30 Jun 2026Conditional

  single-storey rear extension, along with all associated and ancillary site works

  Permission · Wicklow County Council, 2660590

• 20 Mar 2026Conditional

  amendments to roof scape to allow for attic storage and gable window together with associated site works

  Permission · Wicklow County Council, 2660208

• 20 Mar 2026Conditional

  conversion of existing single-storey side garage to a bedroom, including the replacement of the existing garage door with a new front window

  Permission · Wicklow County Council, 2660211

• 2 Mar 2026Conditional

  construction of a single storey extension to the rear of the attached single storey garage, the fitting of a rooflight to the side roof of the garage and alterations to the garage roof and to two windows on the side elevation at first floor level above the garage roof

  Permission · Wicklow County Council, 2660147

• 10 Feb 2026N/a

  • provision of new vehicular entrance off Southern Cross Road with associated internal access road. • construction of 2 No. warehousing buildings via Southern Cross Road with ancillary office areas. • provision of 70 no. vehicular parking spaces, inclusive of 2 No. electric charging spaces and 3 no. accessible parking spaces and 70 no. bicycle parking spaces. • provision of 1 no. totem signage post to be located at the entranced of proposed development. • construction of new low level boundary wall and railings to southern boundary of site. • all together with ancillary works, inclusive of tree-planting, hard/soft landscaping, boundary treatment, provision of solar panels and SuDS drainage infrastructure, necessary to facilitate the development

  Permission · Wicklow County Council, 2660088

• 6 Feb 2026Conditional

  change of use of part of the existing building (Suite One/Unit 1) from its authorised use as an office to its current use as a clinical medical facility. The facility provides healthcare services, including ultrasound scanning and medical consultations, along with all associated site and development works

  Retention · Wicklow County Council, 2660080

• 15 Sept 2025Conditional

  constructing a 17m2 lobby extension and replacement of the existing single-storey entrance canopy as part of a localised renovation of the entrance to the production facility. Permission to include for the replacement of a localised area of the adjacent façade, replacement of surrounding paving, construction of new planter beds and relocation of existing gulleys

  Permission · Wicklow County Council, 2560727

• 27 Nov 2024Refused

  retention permission is sought for a change of use of part of existing building to Film production. Retention is also sought for self-storage containers to the central part of site. Planning permission for a new film studio, associated parking along with a Film Backlot area. Planning permission for expansion of self-storage containers to the rear of the site along with all associated site works

  Retention · Wicklow County Council, 2460744

• 5 Nov 2024Conditional

  1.Extend existing opening hours from 9.00am to 1.00pm from Monday to Friday and between the months of September to July to new opening hours of Monday to Friday 9.00am to 5.00pm between the months of September to July for Specialized Preschool for Children with Autism. 2.Retain Community Building use as existing outside the above hours

  Permission · Wicklow County Council, 2460675

• 8 Aug 2023Conditional

  the removal of the existing Chiller 7 structure and its associated primary pumps and concrete plinth at the northeastern portion of the site and the construction of a new concrete plinth to facilitate the installation of a heatpump, two no. chiller’s, a dry air cooler, pressurisation unit and electrical panel. The development will also include associated pipe connections back to the Takeda Building; b) the provision of a new concrete plinth to the southeastern portion of the site to provide a new Battery Energy Storage System compound which will contain a BESS container and a HV switchgear Container and associated transformer and inverters, cabling, ducting, landscaping and ancillary infrastructure and site development works necessary to facilitate the development

  Permission · Wicklow County Council, 2360205

• 30 May 2023Conditional

  for a Solar PV Energy Development within a site of 0.975ha at Takeda Ireland Ltd, Bray Business Park, Kilruddery, Bray, Co. Wicklow. The development will consist of “the erection of a 1,413 no. (636 kWp) Solar PV Energy Development within a site area of 0.975ha in the western car-park of the Takeda Facility. The Solar PV Arrays will be ground mounted on steel supported car-ports in 6 no. separate arrangements, covering part of the existing carparking spaces (201 no. spaces) and pedestrian walkway. The proposed development will also include the construction of an invertor building 13.5sqm to the north-eastern portion of the car park, a revised access barrier to the car-park, and all associated cabling, ducting, landscaping and ancillary infrastructure and site development works necessary to facilitate the development

  Permission · Wicklow County Council, 2360076

• 3 May 2023Conditional

  Further to the previous grant of permission (ref. 22/1085), the proposed works will consist of the following: 1) Construction of a single storey porch to the front with canopy extending across the front elevation. 2) Construction of 2 no. dormers to the front roof, 3) Reinstatement and widening of the vehicular access, 4) Replacement of existing brick walls and timber fences to the front and side boundaries with rendered block walls at the same height as the current fences, 5) Installation of rendered external insulation to all facades, 6) Installation of 2 no. rooflights to the side roof at high level and 7) Minor alterations to previously granted front and side facades at ground floor level.

  Permission · Wicklow County Council, 2360031

• 2 Mar 2023Refused

  a medical centre, with a floor area of 426.7 square meters. The medical centre use represents a change of use from the Community use (with part medical use), permitted by An Bord Pleanala under Ref. TA27.305058 and involves a different internal configuration to that permitted; there are no elevational changes to the unit as permitted

  Retention · Wicklow County Council, 23206

• 22 Feb 2023N/a

  medical centre, with a floor area of 426.7 square metres. The medical Centre use represents a change of use from the community use (with part medical use), permitted by An Bord Pleanala under Ref. TA27.305058 and involves a different internal configuration to that permitted. There are no elevational changes to the unit permitted

  Retention · Wicklow County Council, 23166

• 29 Nov 2022Refused

  erection of 3 No. illuminated signs to first floor health care unit consisting of: 1 No. 8 metres x 0.6 metres illuminated white aluminium box sign mounted to existing facia on north elevation, 1 No. front lit globe sign 1.3 metres in diameter and 20mm routed letters beneath: covering an area of 1.94 metres x 0.75 metres to south elevation, 1 No. 8 metres x 0.6 metres illuminated with aluminium box sign mounted to existing fascia on west elevation

  Permission · Wicklow County Council, 221265

• 18 Nov 2022Conditional

  alterations to previously approved permission Reg. Ref. 22/10. The proposed alterations arise as a result of the applicant's interest within the wider development site area reducing from 2.816 hectares to 2.027 hectares and are as follows: (i) amalgamation of Blocks B & C and associated reduction in internal floor area of these blocks from 6,398sqm to 4,624sqm; (ii) reduction in number of vehicular parking spaces from 132 no. to 109 no. and reduction in number of bicycle parking spaces from 24 no. to 16 no.; and, (iii) all ancillary works, inclusive of SuDS drainage, necessary to facilitate the proposed development

  Permission · Wicklow County Council, 221226

• 1 Nov 2022Conditional

  installation of an Odour Abatement System complete with support platform (41m2 x 2.6m high), exhaust flue (11.6m high) and ducting all to be located externally at the south east corner of the premises

  Permission · Wicklow County Council, 221150

• 10 Oct 2022Conditional

  relocation of the entrance door to the front elevation, alterations to the ground floor window on the front and side elevation and blocking of the existing entrance on the side elevation. The area to be retained consists of the rear wall to the first floor extension along with the apex roof

  Permission · Wicklow County Council, 221085

• 16 Sept 2022Conditional

  (a) a single storey modular canteen building (95sqm), (b) a single storey modular toilet building (11sqm), (c) stepped and ramped access to proposed external decking serving both proposed buildings and for all site services above and below ground including connections to existing services and for all associated site development works

  Permission · Wicklow County Council, 221012

• 29 Aug 2022Conditional

  24m lattice telecommunications structure together with antennas, dishes and associated telecommunications equipment all enclosed by security fencing

  Permission · Wicklow County Council, 22936

• 29 Apr 2022Conditional

  2 no. non-illuminated signs located on the south and north elevations. Permission is also sought for the erection of replacement fencing of c. 2.1 metres in height to enclose the existing outdoor area associated with the permitted creche

  Retention · Wicklow County Council, 22471

• 4 Feb 2022Conditional

  to erect signage to the front and rear of retail unit 1

  Permission · Wicklow County Council, 2296

• 10 Jan 2022Conditional

  (i) removal of existing disused carparks and hard surfaced areas associated with the former Schering Plough site; (ii) provision of new vehicular entrance off Southern Cross Road with associated internal access road; (iii) construction of an employment park accessible via Southern Cross Road and consisting of 3 no. single storey logistics/distribution buildings, with ancillary office space at mezzanine level, served by 140 no. vehicular parking spaces, inclusive of 6 no. electric charging spaces and 7 no. accessible parking spaces and 24 no. bicycle parking spaces; (iv) provision of 1 no. totem signage post (2m x7.5m), to be located on Southern Cross Road; and (v) all ancillary works, inclusive of tree-planting, hard/soft landscaping, boundary treatment, provision of solar panels and SuDS drainage infrastructure, necessary to facilitate the development

  Permission · Wicklow County Council, 2210

• 4 Nov 2021Conditional

  external illuminated signage to the front (North and rear (South) of existing Unit

  Permission · Wicklow County Council, 211326

The 25 most recent of 44 applications.

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 the townland of Irishtown.

Recorded monuments

• WI008-062 Road - road/trackway
  Description

  Archaeological excavations (Excavation Licence 94E0152) carried out here in 1994 produced 'evidence of an extensive cobbled area, possibly a lane, with metal-working at the northern end. The complex was dated to the late seventeenth century.' (Simpson 1994, 1) Compiled by: Claire Breen Date of upload: 06 February 2013

Architectural heritage

No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands in the townland of Irishtown.

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).

Radon

About 1 in 20 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels. Testing a home

Landslides

Susceptibility moderately high, low, on the 1:50,000 map; parts are made ground and water.

Terrain model

LiDAR of the Office of Public Works, flown in 2011, at 2 m: tile OPW_3341 (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.

No address of the register names Irishtown with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Wicklow.

Name

Irishtown · An Baile Gaelach

Area

424,721 m² (42.47 ha, 104.95 acres)

Civil parish

Bray, and its townlands

Barony

Rathdown

Electoral division

Kilmacanoge, the unit of the census

Census 2022

Kilmacanoge electoral division: 15,082 people in 4,983 households; 74% of households own their home; 20% of homes were built since 2001; 3% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 0% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Ballywaltrin, Giltspur, Kilruddery Demesne West, Oldcourt

Placenames

Irishtown 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.