Killough Upper

42 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Killough Upper, from 172 m² to 112,440 m² (11.24 ha, 27.78 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 15 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 Killough Upper 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.

• 5 Aug 2026N/a

  demolition of existing dwelling and construction of a new replacement dwelling, removal of existing septic tank, new wastewater treatment unit & polishing filter, new boundary treatment and associate works

  Permission, 1 home · Wicklow County Council, 2660692

• 9 Apr 2025Unconditional

  Section 42 - (19/1151) - dwelling, well, effluent disposal system to EPA guidelines 2009 forming new vehicular entrance onto existing driveway and associated site works

  Extension of duration · Wicklow County Council, 2585

• 4 Jun 2024N/a

  change of house type to that previously approved under PRR 19/1151 consisting of new dwelling, bored well, effluent disposal system to EPA guidelines, forming new vehicular entrance on to existing driveway and associated site works

  Permission, 1 home · Wicklow County Council, 2460305

• 31 May 2023Conditional

  for a single storey dwelling house with on-site wastewater treatment, well, driveways including boundary treatment and ancillary works. Retention Permission is sought for the completion and alterations to garage/store building previously granted under Planning Ref No. 14/2150. The garage/store is currently being employed as living accommodation by the applicant and will revert to its intended use as a garage/store.

  Permission, 1 home · Wicklow County Council, 2360078

• 8 May 2023N/a

  New dwelling, bored well, effluent disposal system to EPA guidelines 2021, accessed via existing lane off existing driveway and associated siteworks

  Permission · Wicklow County Council, 2360033

• 9 Dec 2022Conditional

  a new dwelling, wastewater treatment unit and soil polishing filter, new well, and associate works

  Permission · Wicklow County Council, 221317

• 2 Dec 2022Conditional

  8.5sqm side extension as built and permission for new rear extension, removal of existing septic tank, new wastewater treatment unit & polishing filter, new boundary treatment and associate works

  Retention · Wicklow County Council, 221280

• 30 Mar 2021Conditional

  new dwelling , upgrading of existing agriculture entrance, wastewater treatment unit and soil polishing filter, new well, removal of existing septic tank and install a new wastewater treatment unit and soil polishing filter for existing dwelling next door and associate works

  Permission, 1 home · Wicklow County Council, 21337

• 3 Feb 2020Unconditional

  extend the appropriate period of a permission - 14/2150 - dwelling house with detached garage, waste water treatment unit with associated percolation area, driveways, well and ancillary works

  Extension of duration, 1 home · Wicklow County Council, 2094

• 23 Oct 2019Conditional

  dwelling, well, effluent disposal system to EPA guidelines 2009 forming new vehicular entrance onto existing driveway and associated site works

  Permission, 1 home · Wicklow County Council, 191151

• 10 May 2019N/a

  dwelling house with stepped floor levels, new access lane and vehicular entrance, new hard surface to existing access lane, new wastewater treatment system and soakaway and all associated site works

  Permission, 1 home · Wicklow County Council, 19502

• 29 Apr 2019N/a

  dwelling, bored well, effluent disposal system to EPA guidelines 2009, forming new vehicular entrance onto existing driveway and associated site works

  Permission, 1 home · Wicklow County Council, 19448

• 22 Sept 2017Refused

  subdivision of single storey dwelling into 2 no dwellings (90 sqm and 92 sqm) with minor elevational amendments and additional vehicular entrance

  Retention, 2 homes · Wicklow County Council, 171146

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: Great Sugar Loaf 001769

Recorded monuments

No recorded monument lies in the townland of Killough Upper.

Architectural heritage

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

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, 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 Upper.

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 Killough Upper with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Wicklow.

Name

Killough Upper · Cill Lóch Uachtarach

Area

945,866 m² (94.59 ha, 233.73 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

Ballinteskin, Ballybawn Upper, Ballyremon Commons, Calary Upper, Glencap Commons South, Glencap Commons Upper, Killough Lower

Placenames

Killough Upper 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.