# Kippure, Co. Wicklow: townland, land parcels and planning Townland in the civil parish of Kilbride (Baltinglass Ra), barony of Talbotstown Lower, Co. Wicklow; in Irish Cipiúr. - Area (Tailte Éireann): 6,036,534 m² (603.65 ha, 1,491.66 acres) - Land parcels (Tailte Éireann): 3 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in it, median 56,877 m² (5.69 ha, 14.05 acres) - Zoning (national zoning, MyPlan): not in a zoned settlement - Planning (National Planning Applications): 9 applications since 2010 - Civil parish: Kilbride (Baltinglass Ra), https://everytownland.com/wicklow/parish/kilbride-baltinglass-ra.md - Barony: Talbotstown Lower - Electoral division: Kilbride, the unit of the census - Census 2022 (Central Statistics Office): 1,093 people lived in 367 households in the Kilbride electoral division. 85% of households owned their home. 15% of homes were built since 2001. 5% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 1% were holiday homes. - County: Co. Wicklow, https://everytownland.com/wicklow.md - Placenames Database of Ireland: https://www.logainm.ie/en/54867 - Townland number at Tailte Éireann: 250909 - Centre: latitude 53.175052, longitude -6.366188 (WGS 84) ## 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); 9 neighbouring parcels touch its boundary. Largest first: - Parcel 1285109: 4,877,695 m² (487.77 ha, 1,205.3 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1285109.md - Parcel 1278388: 56,877 m² (5.69 ha, 14.05 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1278388.md - Parcel 4085944: 16,496 m² (1.65 ha, 4.08 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/4085944.md ## Zoning (national zoning of development plans, MyPlan) 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. ## Planning applications whose site touches the townland (National Planning Applications, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage) 9 applications, newest first. - 13 Feb 2025, Wicklow County Council 2560075: Refused. Permission. 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. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/WicklowCC/AppFileRefDetails/2560075/0 - 31 Jan 2025, Wicklow County Council 2560055: N/a. Permission. 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. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/WicklowCC/AppFileRefDetails/2560055/0 - 25 Sept 2024, Wicklow County Council 2460587: Refused. Retention. 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. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/WicklowCC/AppFileRefDetails/2460587/0 - 23 Sept 2024, Wicklow County Council 2460575: N/a. Retention. 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. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/WicklowCC/AppFileRefDetails/2460575/0 - 19 Dec 2018, Wicklow County Council 181425: Conditional. Permission. 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. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/WicklowCC/AppFileRefDetails/181425/0 - 6 Nov 2017, Wicklow County Council 171335: Conditional. Retention. 2 no marquees, 3 no prefabricated units consisting of kitchen, washing up, store w.c. facilities and 1 no 40 ft container. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/WicklowCC/AppFileRefDetails/171335/0 - 14 Sept 2017, Wicklow County Council 171122: N/a. Retention. 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. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/WicklowCC/AppFileRefDetails/171122/0 - 8 Sept 2017, Wicklow County Council 171099: N/a. Retention. 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. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/WicklowCC/AppFileRefDetails/171099/0 - 3 Apr 2017, Wicklow County Council 17352: Conditional. Permission. 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. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/WicklowCC/AppFileRefDetails/17352/0 Applicants are not shown. ## Designated sites (National Parks and Wildlife Service) - Special Area of Conservation: Wicklow Mountains SAC, site code 002122, https://www.npws.ie/protected-sites/sac/002122 - Special Protection Area: Wicklow Mountains SPA, site code 004040, https://www.npws.ie/protected-sites/spa/004040 ## Recorded monuments (Sites and Monuments Record, National Monuments Service) - WI006-015: Enclosure, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CWI006-015----. 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 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). ## Architectural heritage (National Inventory of Architectural Heritage) No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands in the townland of Kippure. ## Ground and risks (Radon Risk Map of Ireland, EPA; Landslide Susceptibility Classification and LiDAR, Geological Survey Ireland) - Radon: at the centre of the townland of Kippure, about 1 in 5 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels. Testing a home: https://www.epa.ie/environment-and-you/radon/radon-testing/#d.en.82887 - Landslides: The 1:50,000 map rates the landslide susceptibility here as high, moderately high, moderately low, low, partly inferred. - 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, https://www.floodinfo.ie/map/floodmaps/, linked only: their licence does not allow re-use. 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. ## Downloads - DXF, in Irish Transverse Mercator metres, with its boundary, parcels and buildings, for a drawing program: https://everytownland.com/wicklow/kippure.dxf - GeoJSON, in WGS 84, for a map: https://everytownland.com/wicklow/kippure.geojson - KML, for Google Earth: https://everytownland.com/wicklow/kippure.kml ## Homes sold (Residential 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: https://everytownland.com/wicklow.md ## Neighbouring townlands (National Statutory Boundaries, Tailte Éireann) - Athdown: https://everytownland.com/wicklow/athdown.md - Ballynabrocky: https://everytownland.com/wicklow/ballynabrocky.md - Castlekelly (Co. Dublin): https://everytownland.com/dublin/castlekelly.md - Glassavullaun (Co. Dublin): https://everytownland.com/dublin/glassavullaun.md - Kippure East: https://everytownland.com/wicklow/kippure-east.md - Shankill: https://everytownland.com/wicklow/shankill.md 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. --- Everytownland reads the registered freehold land and the statutory boundaries of Tailte Éireann, the national zoning, planning file and heritage records of the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, and the Residential Property Price Register. A parcel is the land of a title, not an address. The owner's name is in the Land Registry of Tailte Éireann: a copy of the folio can be ordered on landdirect.ie, for a fee; this site names no owner. A price is the price recorded for a past sale, not a valuation. Sources: Cadastral Parcels Freehold, Townlands, Civil Parishes, Baronies, Electoral Divisions and Buildings, Tailte Éireann, CC BY 4.0; national zoning of development plans (GZT, MyPlan) and National Planning Applications, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, CC BY 4.0, applicants not shown; designated sites, National Parks and Wildlife Service, CC BY 4.0; Sites and Monuments Record, National Monuments Service, CC BY 4.0; National Inventory of Architectural Heritage, CC BY 4.0; Residential Property Price Register, Property Services Regulatory Authority, re-used with the source acknowledged. - Page: https://everytownland.com/wicklow/kippure - In JSON: https://everytownland.com/api/townland/wicklow/kippure