Killough Lower
Townland in the civil parish of Kilmacanoge, barony of Rathdown, Co. Wicklow; in Irish Cill Lóch Íochtarach
- Area
- 53.6 ha
- 132 acres
- Land parcels
- 51
- registered freehold, median 3,204 m² (0.32 ha, 0.79 acres)
- Zoning
- —
- not in a zoned settlement
- Planning
- 36
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
51 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Killough Lower, from 49 m² to 125,969 m² (12.6 ha, 31.13 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 31 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 Killough Lower 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
20 Jan 2026Conditional
retention of changes to fenestration and permission for change of use (removal of condition 2 of Planning Register Reference 06/6230) from restricted use as a dwelling to use by all classes of persons
Retention · Wicklow County Council, 2660025
3 Oct 2025Conditional
Revised house type to that previously approved in application reference 24/60720 at Killough Lower, Kilmacanogue, Co. Wicklow.
Permission · Wicklow County Council, 2560788
23 Sept 2025N/a
revised house type on previously approved site which includes construction of new dwelling, new section of laneway, connection to mains water, upgrading of existing entrance, wastewater treatment system to EPA standards, change to redline boundary together with relocation and upgrade of existing septic tank to new wastewater treatment system to EPA standards from that approved under PRR 91/6616 and associated site works
Permission · Wicklow County Council, 2560750
23 Jan 2025N/a
domestic garage, new domestic wastewater treatment system to current EPA standards, relocation and improvements to existing entrance and associated siteworks
Permission · Wicklow County Council, 2560032
19 Nov 2024Conditional
construction of new dwelling, new section of laneway, connection to mains water, upgrading of existing entrance, wastewater treatment system to EPA standards, change to redline boundary together with relocation and upgrade of existing septic tank to new wastewater treatment system to EPA standards from that approved under PRR 91/6616 and associated site works
Permission · Wicklow County Council, 2460720
19 Nov 2024Conditional
construction of new dwelling, new section of laneway, upgrading of existing entrance, wastewater treatment system and sand polishing filter and associated works
Permission · Wicklow County Council, 2460721
3 May 2024Conditional
the development of extensions to approved dwelling house and site layout (Planning Register Ref. No. 925/66 refers) and Permission for the development of a new waste water treatment system to current EPA standards and to de-commission existing system on site
Retention · Wicklow County Council, 24212
25 Apr 2024N/a
extensions to approved dwelling house and site layout ( Planning Register Ref. No. 925/66 refers) and permission for the development of a new waste water treatment system to current EPA standards and to de-commission existing system on site
Retention · Wicklow County Council, 24199
11 Mar 2024N/a
construction of new dwelling, new section of laneway, connection to mains water, upgrading of existing entrance, wastewater treatment system to EPA standards, change to redline boundary together with relocation and upgrade of existing septic tank to new wastewater treatment system to EPA standards from that approved under PRR 91/6616 and associated site works
Permission · Wicklow County Council, 2460140
23 Feb 2024N/a
construction of new dwelling, new section of laneway, upgrading of existing entrance, wastewater treatment system and sand polishing filter and associated works
Permission · Wicklow County Council, 2460105
23 Feb 2024N/a
construction of new dwelling, new section of laneway, connection to mains water, upgrading of existing entrance, wastewater treatment system to EPA standards, change to redline boundary together with relocation and upgrade of existing septic tank to new wastewater treatment system to EPA standards from that approved under PRR 91/6619 and associated site works
Permission, 1 home · Wicklow County Council, 2460107
6 Feb 2024N/a
construction of new dwelling, new section of laneway, upgrading of existing entrance, wastewater treatment system and sand polishing filter and associated works
Permission · Wicklow County Council, 2460063
6 Feb 2024N/a
construction of new dwelling, new section of laneway, connection to mains water, upgrading of existing entrance, wastewater treatment system to EPA standards, change to redline boundary together with relocation and upgrade of existing septic tank to new wastewater treatment system to EPA standards from that approved under PRR 91/6619 and associated site works
Permission · Wicklow County Council, 2460064
16 Aug 2023N/a
construction of new dwelling, new section of laneway, upgrading of existing entrance, wastewater treatment system and sand polishing filter and associated works
Permission · Wicklow County Council, 2360224
20 Mar 2023Conditional
proposed two separate single storey extensions to rear of dwelling, elevational changes to window openings and conversion & cladding of existing stables to home gym
Permission · Wicklow County Council, 23267
24 Jan 2023N/a
proposed two separate single storey extensions to rear of dwelling, elevational changes to window openings, and conversion & cladding of existing stables to home gym
Permission · Wicklow County Council, 2353
27 Sept 2022N/a
construction of new dwelling, new section of laneway, upgrading of existing entrance, wastewater treatment system and sand polishing filter and associate works
Permission · Wicklow County Council, 221041
27 Sept 2022N/a
construction of new dwelling, new section of laneway, upgrading of existing entrance, wastewater treatment system and sand polishing filter and associate works
Permission · Wicklow County Council, 221042
25 Aug 2022N/a
construction of new dwelling, new section of laneway, upgrading of existing entrance, wastewater treatment system and sand polishing filter and associate works
Permission · Wicklow County Council, 22930
25 Aug 2022N/a
construction of new dwelling, new section of laneway, upgrading of existing entrance, wastewater treatment system and sand polishing filter and associate works
Permission · Wicklow County Council, 22931
2 Jun 2022Conditional
new dwelling, connection to mains water, effluent disposal system to EPA guidelines, relocation of existing entrance onto public road to service both this dwelling and existing dwelling, upgrade of existing septic tank serving existing dwelling to new domestic waste water treatment system and percolation area to EPA standards 2021 and associated site works
Permission, 1 home · Wicklow County Council, 22599
25 Apr 2022N/a
new dwelling, connection to mains water, effluent disposal system to EPA guidelines, relocation of existing entrance onto public road to service both this dwelling and existing dwelling, upgrade of existing septic tank serving existing dwelling to new domestic waste water treatment system and percolation area to EPA standards 2021 and associated site works
Permission, 1 home · Wicklow County Council, 22441
1 Apr 2022Conditional
of the dwelling as-built which includes the part-completion of the dwelling as granted permission in accordance WCC reg. ref 88/4007, in addition to retention of later added extensions comprising: (I) the provision of a kitchen extension (41.5sqm) to the north; (ii) the provision of two ensuite bathrooms at ground level (5.63sqm and 3.04sqm) facing north & west; and (iii) a storage room at basement level (31sqm) facing west and garden storage area (2.59sqm). Retention permission is also sought for: elevational changes to the dwelling incl. the relocation of the front entrance; the addition of a pitched roof over the central bay, and insertion of rooflights. Application also includes: a detached Shomera studio (22.7sqm) used as a hobby room; a detached 2 No. space carport; 2 no. ancillary garden sheds comprising the vegetable patch shed (3.4sqm) and the tool shed (4sqm); a detached greenhouse (c. 7scm); a covered log store; the repositioning and upgrading of the wastewater treatment system biocycle unit
Retention · Wicklow County Council, 22320
9 Dec 2021N/a
new dwelling, connection to mains water, effluent disposal system to EPA guidelines. Alterations to existing entrance on to pubic road to service both this dwelling and existing dwelling, upgrade of existing septic tank serving existing dwelling to new domestic waste water treatment system and percolation area to EPA standards 2021 and associated siteworks
Permission, 1 home · Wicklow County Council, 211477
17 Jun 2021Refused
new dwelling, connection to mains water, effluent disposal system to EPA guidelines 2009 accessed via upgraded existing entrance on to public road to service both this dwelling and existing dwelling and associated site works
Permission, 1 home · Wicklow County Council, 21716
The 25 most recent of 36 applications.
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
- Proposed Natural Heritage Area: Great Sugar Loaf 001769
Recorded monuments
No recorded monument lies in the townland of Killough Lower.
Architectural heritage
No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands in the townland of Killough Lower.
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 high, moderately high, moderately low, low, low (inferred), on the 1:50,000 map.
- Terrain model
- No LiDAR survey of the Office of Public Works covers the centre of the townland of Killough Lower.
- 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.
Homes sold
Property Price Register
No address of the register names Killough Lower with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Wicklow.
The townland
- Name
- Killough Lower · Cill Lóch Íochtarach
- Area
- 535,813 m² (53.58 ha, 132.4 acres)
- Civil parish
- Kilmacanoge, and its townlands
- Barony
- Rathdown
- Electoral division
- Powerscourt, the unit of the census
- Census 2022
- Powerscourt electoral division: 889 people in 283 households; 86% of households own their home; 18% of homes were built since 2001; 4% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 1% were holiday homes.
- Neighbouring townlands
- Ballybawn Lower, Ballybawn Upper, Carrigoona Commons West, Glencap Commons North, Glencap Commons Upper, Killough Upper, Stilebawn
- Placenames
- Killough Lower 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.