Leabeg Lower
Townland in the civil parish of Lower Newcastle, barony of Newcastle, Co. Wicklow; in Irish Liaigh Bheag Íochtarach
- Area
- 69.5 ha
- 172 acres
- Land parcels
- 12
- registered freehold, median 4,368 m² (0.44 ha, 1.08 acres)
- Zoning
- —
- not in a zoned settlement
- Planning
- 18
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
12 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Leabeg Lower, from 265 m² to 682,866 m² (68.29 ha, 168.74 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 8 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 Leabeg 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
16 Apr 2026Conditional
1. dwelling and all associated works, approved under Pl. Ref. No. 97/6660. 2. retention of existing cottage approved for demolition under Pl. Ref. No. 97/6660. 3. retention 32 sqm. of timber shed. Full Planning permission for: • installation of two on site effluent treatment systems. • set back existing roadside boundary. • revision of site boundaries
Retention · Wicklow County Council, 2660310
7 Apr 2026N/a
the following: 1) family dwelling house, 2) garage, 3) sewage treatment plant and percolation area, 4) connection to existing water mains, 5) access to public road via existing lane/right of way and 6) all associated works
Permission · Wicklow County Council, 2672
15 Nov 2024Conditional
a single story detached dwelling together with on-site domestic waste water treatment system & percolation area to current EPA standards including associated site works
Permission · Wicklow County Council, 24461
8 Nov 2024Conditional
Conversion of existing garage structure to ‘Home-Office’. New 11 sq.m. extension to existing garage structure to provide new storage facility. New roofed walkway link to connect existing garage structure to existing dwelling. 2 No. New dormer windows and balconies. New, north facing, dormer roof to extend first floor bathroom and en-suite by 7.8 sq.m..New balcony structure along eastern elevation New roof canopy along existing western elevation. General internal and external alterations to existing dwelling. New effluent treatment system. All necessary ancillary works to facilitate this development
Permission · Wicklow County Council, 2460690
6 Jun 2024Conditional
(A) Construction of 143sqm two storey side extension to the existing single storey dwelling with single storey link connection, increasing house accommodation from 2-bedroom to proposed 4-bedroom dwelling along with minor alterations to layout of existing dwelling and the construction of new detached 42sqm garage. (B) Install proposed new waste water treatment unit and soil polishing filter that meets current EPA standards. (C) Provision of surface water soakaway to meet BRE Digest 365 standards for the new detached house. All associated site development works, drainage and landscaping to accommodate new extension
Permission · Wicklow County Council, 2460309
29 Mar 2022N/a
detached dwelling (230.5sqm) part single and part two-storey, new on-site domestic waste water treatment system and percolation area to current EPA standards, soakaway, new vehicular entrance accessed from the R761, accessway, garage, hard and soft landscaping and all associated site works to facilitate the development
Permission, 1 home · Wicklow County Council, 22307
26 Aug 2021Conditional
construct an extension to existing straw bedded cattle shed, concrete aprons & all associated site works
Permission · Wicklow County Council, 211060
23 Jul 2021N/a
construct an extension to existing straw bedded cattle shed, concrete aprons and all associated site works
Permission · Wicklow County Council, 21896
1 Oct 2019Conditional
single storey detached dwelling, new on site domestic wastewater treatment system and percolation area to current EPA standards including associated site works
Permission, 1 home · Wicklow County Council, 191065
24 Sept 2019N/a
single storey detached dwelling, together with new on site domestic wastewater treatment system and percolation area to current EPA standards including associated site works
Permission, 1 home · Wicklow County Council, 191047
15 Nov 2018Conditional
50 sqm single storey extension to side of existing dwelling, two new roof lights to rear roof plane, connection to all public services together with all associated ancillary works to facilitate the above
Permission · Wicklow County Council, 181275
30 Apr 2018Conditional
front porch with a floor area of 3.5 sqm, and subsequent to this permission is sought for the following: change of use (removal of condition 6 of Planning Register Reference 96/4331) from restricted use of a dwelling to use by all classes of persons
Retention · Wicklow County Council, 18454
20 Apr 2018N/a
change of use (removal of planning condition number 6 of Planning Register Reference 96/4332) from restricted use of a dwelling to use by all classes of persons
Permission, 1 home · Wicklow County Council, 18413
13 Mar 2018Conditional
existing dwelling as constructed (previously granted ref number 03/8265) which includes the retention of the converted attic space into living accommodation, including 5 no velux windows and 2 no dormer roof windows all to rear in roof and also for the removal of condition 2 which restricts the occupancy of the dwelling
Retention, 1 home · Wicklow County Council, 18252
9 Jan 2018Refused
single storey dwelling house with proprietary treatment system and associated site works
Permission, 1 home · Wicklow County Council, 1814
15 Dec 2017Conditional
change of use (removal of condition 2 of Planning Reference 04/395) from restricted use as a dwelling to use by all classes of persons
Permission, 1 home · Wicklow County Council, 171490
6 Nov 2017Conditional
as constructed two storey extension comprising approx. 143 sqm to the rear of existing dwelling as deviating from the two storey extension comprising approx. 106 sqm approved under Planning Reg Ref 11/4151
Retention · Wicklow County Council, 171336
1 Nov 2017N/a
'as constructed' two storey extension comprising approx. 143 sqm to the rear of existing dwelling as deviating from the two storey extension comprising approx. 106 sqm approved under Planning Reg Ref 11/4151
Retention · Wicklow County Council, 171317
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: The Murrough Wetlands SAC 002249
- Special Protection Area: The Murrough cSPA 004186
- Proposed Natural Heritage Area: The Murrough 000730
Recorded monuments
- WI013-117 Enclosure
Description
Traces of a circular enclosure (diam. c. 60m) are clearly visible on Google Earth (Imagery date 7/12/2013) and to a lesser extent the OSI ortho imagery (dated 2000 and 2005). Brought to the attention of ASI by Owen Connolly. Compiled by: Claire Breen Date of upload: 18 December 2013.
Architectural heritage
No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands in the townland of Leabeg 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 20 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels. Testing a home
- Landslides
- Susceptibility moderately high, moderately low, 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_3397 (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.
Homes sold
Property Price Register
No address of the register names Leabeg Lower with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Wicklow.
The townland
- Name
- Leabeg Lower · Liaigh Bheag Íochtarach
- Area
- 695,195 m² (69.52 ha, 171.79 acres)
- Civil parish
- Lower Newcastle, and its townlands
- Barony
- Newcastle
- Electoral division
- Newcastle Lower, the unit of the census
- Census 2022
- Newcastle Lower electoral division: 2,472 people in 797 households; 77% of households own their home; 31% of homes were built since 2001; 5% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 2% were holiday homes.
- Neighbouring townlands
- Leabeg Middle, Leabeg Upper, Leamore Lower, Newcastle Lower
- Placenames
- Leabeg 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.