Kilcarra West

51 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Kilcarra West, from 55 m² to 451,701 m² (45.17 ha, 111.62 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 11 neighbouring parcels touch it.

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

No zone of a development plan covers Kilcarra West 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.

• 25 Aug 2026N/a

  RED III application Level 1 - consist of a ten year planning permission to develop an electricity service, entailing the laying of approximately 23.9 kilometers of 38kV cable from the consented Ballymanus Wind Farm (Reg. Ref. 17/814) to connect the wind farm to the national grid at the existing Arklow 220kV ESB Station, County Wicklow, the proposed grid connection will be installed within existing private tracks and public roadway and include, provision of joint bays, draw pits, communication chambers, three phase electrical cables, optical fibre cables and cable sheath sectionalising chambers, water and rail crossings by (i) bridge crossings, (ii) horizontal directional drilling and iii) guided auger bore, limited ancillary forestry felling to facilitate construction and operation of the proposed development, reinstatement of land, road and track surface above the proposed cabling trench, all associated ancillary works. An Environmental Impact Assessment Report (EIAR) and Natura Impact Statement (NIS) have been prepared in respect of the proposed development and will be submitted with the application. This development is covered by the provisions of the Renewable Energy Directive III (Directive (EU)2023/2413) and it is important to note that the planning application may be subject to section 34D of the Planning and Development Act, as amended, When a notice issues in accordence with section 34D(b), the provisions of article 26A of the Planning and Development Regulations 2001 to 2025 shall apply

  Permission · Wicklow County Council, 2660755

• 31 Oct 2025Conditional

  15m2 replacement extension in lieu of the 15m2 sub-standard extension to the side with a 40m2 single storey extension to the rear along with minor alterations & revisions to the existing renovated 63m2 dwelling and a new on-site effluent disposal system to current EPA standards along with all associated site development works

  Retention · Wicklow County Council, 25310

• 8 Mar 2024Conditional

  to demolish the existing 5m² porch & substandard 20m² outbuilding and erect a 90m² dormer extension to the rear along with minor alterations and revisions to the elevations and internal layout of the existing farmhouse and upgrade the existing on-site effluent disposal system to current EPA standards along with all site development works

  Permission · Wicklow County Council, 24118

• 30 Jan 2024N/a

  to demolish the existing 5m² porch & substandard 20m² outbuilding and erect a 90m² dormer extension to the rear along with minor alterations and revisions to the elevations and internal layout of the existing farmhouse and upgrade the existing on-site effluent disposal system to current EPA standards along with all site development works

  Permission · Wicklow County Council, 2441

• 22 Sept 2023Conditional

  (A) The erection of an Independent Living Unit (granny flat), (B) Upgrading of existing sewerage treatment facilities to include a Bio-Crete Waste Water Treatment Plant with sand polishing filter to comply with EPA Code of Practice 2021 and (C) Ancillary site works

  Permission · Wicklow County Council, 23724

• 3 Aug 2023N/a

  (A): The erection of an Independent Living Unit (Granny Flat), (B): Upgrading of existing sewerage treatment facilities to include a new 700 litre septic tank to I.S.EN206-1:2002 and new percolation area to comply with EPA Code of Practice 2009 and (C) Ancillary Site works

  Permission · Wicklow County Council, 23631

• 31 Jul 2020Conditional

  construct slatted cattle shed, concrete aprons and all associated site works

  Permission · Wicklow County Council, 20742

• 4 Mar 2019Refused

  finger post sign

  N/a · Wicklow County Council, 19229

• 25 Jan 2019N/a

  finger post sign

  N/a · Wicklow County Council, 1975

• 28 Sept 2018Conditional

  dwelling and outhouse as constructed and all ancillary site works

  Retention, 1 home · Wicklow County Council, 181070

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

Designated sites

• Proposed Natural Heritage Area: Avoca River Valley 001748

Recorded monuments

• WI040-019001 Church
  Description

  Situated on a gentle E-facing slope. Only the E end of a rectangular structure (present L 6m; int. Wth 6.2m) survives, defined by rubble foundations (Wth 1-1.4m; H 0.4m) and standing on a low plinth (H 1m). The church remains are in the NE end of the graveyard. The graveyard is rectangular in shape (dims c. 50m NE-SW; 30m NW-SE) and defined by an earthen bank (Wth 1.6-2m; H 0.4-2m) with drystone facing. The entrance (Wth 2.3m) is between granite pillars at the SW. There are some eighteenth-century headstones within the church ruins. 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: 19 September 2013

• WI040-019002 Graveyard
  Description

  Situated on a gentle E-facing slope. Only the E end of a rectangular structure (present L 6m; int. Wth 6.2m) survives, defined by rubble foundations (Wth 1-1.4m; H 0.4m) and standing on a low plinth (H 1m). The church remains are in the NE end of the graveyard. The graveyard is rectangular in shape (dims c. 50m NE-SW; 30m NW-SE) and defined by an earthen bank (Wth 1.6-2m; H 0.4-2m) with drystone facing. The entrance (Wth 2.3m) is between granite pillars at the SW. There are some eighteenth-century headstones within the church ruins. 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: 19 September 2013

• WI040-019003 Ecclesiastical enclosure
  Description

  A cropmark of an enclosure surrounding the church (WI040-019001-) and graveyard (WI040-019002-) is evident on aerial photographs (taken by Michael Moore on 16th August 2006). Compiled by: Claire Breen Date of upload: 19 September 2013

Architectural heritage

• Glenart Castle, gate lodge, 1885–1890 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached two-bay one and a half-storey gate lodge, built c.1888. The gate lodge is constructed in random rubble granite with ashlar granite dressings. The structure incorporates a small round tower, a bartizan and a splayed gabled dormer window. It is joined to a semi-circular arched gate with crow-stepped parapet. Window and door openings are flat-headed. The entrance is to the ground floor of the tower and consists of a timber door with studs and strap hinges. The windows have lattice-paned timber frames; some windows have stone mullions. The mainly pitched roof is finished with natural slate and has cast-iron rainwater goods and a stone chimneystack. The gate lodge is slightly set back from the road.

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 5 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels. Testing a home

Landslides

Susceptibility high, moderately high, moderately low, moderately low (inferred), low, low (inferred), on the 1:50,000 map.

Terrain model

LiDAR of the Office of Public Works, flown in 2011, at 2 m: tile OPW_3266 (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 Kilcarra West with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Wicklow.

Name

Kilcarra West · Cill Charú Thiar

Area

1,952,736 m² (195.27 ha, 482.53 acres)

Civil parish

Arklow, and its townlands

Barony

Arklow

Electoral division

Arklow Rural, the unit of the census

Census 2022

Arklow Rural electoral division: 1,415 people in 498 households; 80% of households own their home; 30% of homes were built since 2001; 7% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 6% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Ballyarthur, Coolgarrow, Garnagowlan, Kilcarra East, Mongan, Rostygah, Shelton Abbey

Placenames

Kilcarra West 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.