Kippure
Townland in the civil parish of Kilbride (Baltinglass Ra), barony of Talbotstown Lower, Co. Wicklow; in Irish Cipiúr
- Area
- 603.7 ha
- 1,492 acres
- Land parcels
- 3
- registered freehold, median 56,877 m² (5.69 ha, 14.05 acres)
- Zoning
- —
- not in a zoned settlement
- Planning
- 9
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
3 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Kippure, from 16,496 m² (1.65 ha, 4.08 acres) to 4,877,695 m² (487.77 ha, 1,205.3 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 9 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 Kippure 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
13 Feb 2025Refused
installation of additional underground effluent storage and treatment tanks, all associated pipework, plant and equipment, construction of a new plant and storage building, new soil polishing filter together with all associated site development works
Permission · Wicklow County Council, 2560075
31 Jan 2025N/a
installation of additional underground effluent storage and treatment tanks, all associated pipework, plant and equipment, construction of a new plant and storage building, new soil polishing filter together with all associated site development works
Permission · Wicklow County Council, 2560055
25 Sept 2024Refused
See site notice for full development description. Retention for 1. ESB substation and 2 no. agricultural storage and maintenance buildings 2. one mixed use for use for storage, maintenance, workshop, educational and recreational use 3. 'Pavilion' Wooden clad communal canteen/dining building and commercial kitchen. 4. Reconstruction, alterations and extension to 'Belfry' building incorporating reception, meeting room, offices, toilets, canteen, kitchen and staff facilities 5. Reconstruction, repurpose and extension of previously derelict 'long barn' to comprise 27 no bedroom units 6. Retention and completion of 1 no. two storey accommodation building to provide 51 no bedrooms together with unfinished attached self contained residential unit 7. hard standing, roads, access, carparking, set down, and recreational areas to provide play areas and outdoor seating etc. PERMISSION FOR RETENTION ON A TEMPORARY BASIS for 1. security kiosk, controlled barrier and gate lodge 2. Conversion and use of part of a mixed use admin/educational building to provide emergency residential accommodation for displaced persons
Retention · Wicklow County Council, 2460587
23 Sept 2024N/a
Retention for 1. ESB substation and 2 no. agricultural storage and maintenance buildings 2. one mixed use for use for storage, maintenance, workshop, educational and recreational use 3. 'Pavilion' Wooden clad communal canteen/dining building and commercial kitchen. 4. Reconstruction, alterations and extension to 'Belfry' building incorporating reception, meeting room, offices, toilets, canteen, kitchen and staff facilities 5. Reconstruction, repurpose and extension of previously derelict 'long barn' to comprise 27 no bedroom units 6. Retention and completion of 1 no. two storey accommodation building to provide 51 no bedrooms together with unfinished attached self contained residential unit 7. hard standing, roads, access, carparking, set down, and recreational areas to provide play areas and outdoor seating etc. PERMISSION FOR RETENTION ON A TEMPORARY BASIS for 1. security kiosk, controlled barrier and gate lodge 2. Conversion and use of part of a mixed use admin/educational building to provide emergency residential accommodation for displaced persons
Retention · Wicklow County Council, 2460575
19 Dec 2018Conditional
demolish existing garage, 30 sqm and external storage structures, 43 sqm and existing single storey extension with partial mezzanine storage, including external chimney 39.5 sqm (total area of 112.5 sqm) to the north east (rear) of our existing residence. Replace the existing demolished areas of 112.5 sqm by constructing a replacement ground floor area 154 sqm in area (an increased area of 41.5 sqm) to the north east (rear) comprising garage, utility room, laundry room, storage areas, garden shed, drying room, shower / disabled WC, stairwell and relocated entrance area on ground floor level. Construction of new extension 170 sqm in area to the north east (rear) comprising stairwell, kitchen, pantry, dining area, study / guest room, WC and store room on first floor level and stairwell, relocated bedroom on ground floor level and the existing entrance porch to form part of ensuite area within the relocated bedroom. Form a bedroom and the conversion of existing living room / dining area to a bedroom suite, to the first floor level, existing landing area to form part of the new landing area, connecting the existing bedrooms to the stairwell within the new extension. Remove the 3 existing rooflights to the north east elevation, 1.5 sqm in area and replace with 2 rooflights, 2.9m in area, to the north west elevation, remove the existing external chimney structure, form an opening to the ground floor level - to receive a new window measuring 2000mm wide x 1500mm high, carry out all necessary ancillary site works
Permission · Wicklow County Council, 181425
6 Nov 2017Conditional
2 no marquees, 3 no prefabricated units consisting of kitchen, washing up, store w.c. facilities and 1 no 40 ft container
Retention · Wicklow County Council, 171335
14 Sept 2017N/a
2 no marquees used for weddings and functions, 3 no prefabricated units consisting of kitchen, wash up store, wc facilities and 1 no 40 ft container
Retention · Wicklow County Council, 171122
8 Sept 2017N/a
2 no marquees used for weddings and functions, 3 no prefabricated units consisting of kitchen, wash up store, wc facilities and 1 no 40 ft container
Retention · Wicklow County Council, 171099
3 Apr 2017Conditional
replacement dormer style building in place of the section of the original building which was burnt down in June 29th 2016. Permission is also sought for alterations to the original design layout of the section of the overall building, elevational alterations, the construction of a single storey kitchen extension to the rear, the construction of an open canopy above the existing entrance doors over the eastern facade of the existing two storey section which was undamaged in the fire, relocating the front entrance door to the existing two storey building, minor internal and external elevational alterations to all the existing building
Permission · Wicklow County Council, 17352
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
- Special Area of Conservation: Wicklow Mountains SAC 002122
- Special Protection Area: Wicklow Mountains SPA 004040
Recorded monuments
- WI006-015 Enclosure
Description
Situated in the grounds of Kippure House. Large circular enclosure (diam. c. 120m) defined by a low bank and shallow external fosse. It is marked 'Nursery' and shown with internal paths on the 1838 OS 6-inch map. Probably a landscape feature. 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
Architectural heritage
No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands in the townland of Kippure.
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 5 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 Kippure.
- 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 Kippure with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Wicklow.
The townland
- Name
- Kippure · Cipiúr
- Area
- 6,036,534 m² (603.65 ha, 1,491.66 acres)
- Civil parish
- Kilbride (Baltinglass Ra), and its townlands
- Barony
- Talbotstown Lower
- Electoral division
- Kilbride, the unit of the census
- Census 2022
- Kilbride electoral division: 1,093 people in 367 households; 85% of households own their home; 15% of homes were built since 2001; 5% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 1% were holiday homes.
- Neighbouring townlands
- Athdown, Ballynabrocky, Castlekelly (Co. Dublin), Glassavullaun (Co. Dublin), Kippure East, Shankill
- Placenames
- Kippure 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.