Johnstown North

17 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Johnstown North, from 156 m² to 195,120 m² (19.51 ha, 48.22 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 16 neighbouring parcels touch it.

Download the townland as DXF, in Irish Transverse Mercator metres, with its boundary, parcels and buildings, or as GeoJSON or KML.

No zone of a development plan covers Johnstown North 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.

• 6 Oct 2023Conditional

  demolition of existing single storey shed and garage to rear, construction of new part single storey part storey and a half extension containing 2 dormer windows to rear, removal of existing septic tank and new replacement proprietary effluent treatment system and all associated site works

  Permission · Wicklow County Council, 23752

• 27 Jul 2023Conditional

  to amend the design of the approved development (Planning Reference: 17/1497) which comprises a Solar PV Energy Development. Proposed amendments include (1) change in location and size of substation, (2) two additional temporary construction compounds will be located at the site entrances, (3) the number of modules will decrease, (4) the number of pile driven poles will decrease, (5) the size and number of transformer stations will increase, (6) the total fencing area will increase (7) the total amount of fencing posts will increase, (8) up to 21 CCTV cameras will be installed (9) access tracks will be optimised and increased in width and length, and (10) increase in operational lifetime from 25 years to 35years

  Permission · Wicklow County Council, 2360185

• 14 Jul 2023Conditional

  a 38KV grid connection cable and associated infrastructure to connect the approved Johnstown North solar farm (consented under planning ref. 171497) to the existing Arklow 220kV Substation comprising the laying of a 3,190m Underground Cabling (UGC) and associated infrastructure, located at Dublin Road, Arklow, Co. Wicklow

  Permission · Wicklow County Council, 2360151

• 18 Feb 2020Conditional

  demolition of existing storage shed, a new shed to serve as house ancillary storage and hobby shed to store vintage cars and associated site development works

  Permission · Wicklow County Council, 20156

• 17 Apr 2019N/a

  demolition of existing storage shed, a new storage shed and associated site development works

  Permission · Wicklow County Council, 19412

• 10 Apr 2019N/a

  demolition of existing storage shed, a new storage shed and associated site development works

  Permission · Wicklow County Council, 19388

• 19 Dec 2017Conditional

  solar farm within a site area of approximately 39 hectares consisting of solar photovoltaic panels covering an area of up to 27.2 ha on ground mounted steel frames, 1 no on site substation, 8 no inverter / transformer stations, underground cables and ducts, boundary security fence, new internal tracks, CCTV cameras and all associated site services. Permission is sought for a period of 10 years

  Permission · Wicklow County Council, 171497

Source: National Planning Applications, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, CC BY 4.0. Applicants are not shown.

Designated sites

• Special Area of Conservation: Buckroney-Brittas Dunes and Fen SAC 000729
• Proposed Natural Heritage Area: Buckroney-Brittas Dunes And Fen 000729

Recorded monuments

• WI041-004 Fulacht fia
  Description

  Situated on a gentle SE-facing slope close to several springs and c. 150m N of (WI041-007----). An area of burnt stone, charcoal and darkened soil noted during ploughing in the 1970s. Not visible at ground level. 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

• WI041-007 Fulacht fia
  Description

  Situated on a gentle SE-facing slope close to several springs, c. 150m S of (WI041-004----). An area of burnt stone, charcoal and darkened soil noted during ploughing in the 1970s. Not visible at ground level 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

• WI041-011 Burnt mound
  Description

  This is the record for a burnt mound excavated by Niall Gregory (97E0252) on the Arklow bypass road scheme. The excavation revealed two pits and three troughs and four distinct spreads of burnt material. One of these troughs had two post-holes associated with it. The finds consisted of twelve worked flints but these were not from a secure context. (http://www.excavations.ie/Pages/Details.php?Year=&County=Wicklow&id=4124) Compiled by: Denis Power Date of upload: 25 January 2013

• WI041-012 Fulacht fia
  Description

  This is the record for the fulacht fia excavated by Patricia Lynch (97E207) on the Arklow bypass road scheme. The site was a complex of three troughs, eight hearths and c. 100 stake- and post-holes, all associated with a spread of burnt mound material. (http://www.excavations.ie/Pages/Details.php?Year=&County=Wicklow&id=4123) Compiled by: Denis Power Date of upload: 25 January 2013

Architectural heritage

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

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

At the centre of the townland of Johnstown North, about 1 in 20 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels. Testing a home

Landslides

The 1:50,000 map rates the landslide susceptibility here as moderately high, moderately low, low, partly inferred.

Terrain model

LiDAR of the Office of Public Works, flown in 2011, at 2 m: tile OPW_3374 (ZIP).

Flooding

The Office of Public Works publishes its flood maps on floodinfo.ie.

Radon Risk Map of Ireland, Environmental Protection Agency, and Landslide Susceptibility Classification, Geological Survey Ireland, both under 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 Johnstown North with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Wicklow.

Name

Johnstown North · Baile Sheonac Thuaidh

Area

861,010 m² (86.1 ha, 212.76 acres)

Civil parish

Kilbride, and its townlands

Barony

Arklow

Electoral division

Kilbride, the unit of the census

Census 2022

928 people lived in 304 households in the Kilbride electoral division. 85% of households owned their home. 20% of homes were built since 2001. 6% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 6% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Ballinaskea, Ballyrichard, Johnstown South

Placenames

Johnstown North 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.