Leamore Upper
Townland in the civil parish of Lower Newcastle, barony of Newcastle, Co. Wicklow; in Irish Liaigh Mhór Uachtarach
- Area
- 131.5 ha
- 325 acres
- Land parcels
- 39
- registered freehold, median 1,744 m²
- Zoning
- R3
- Secondary Development Area
- Planning
- 9
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
39 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Leamore Upper, from 29 m² to 568,891 m² (56.89 ha, 140.58 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 28 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
- R3Secondary Development Area (Residential, mixed residential and other uses)
Newcastle Town Plan, Wicklow · 30 parcels The zoning objective in the plan - R3Tertiary Development Area (Residential, mixed residential and other uses)
Newcastle Town Plan, Wicklow · 5 parcels The zoning objective in the plan - M2Primary Development Area (City/Town/village Centre, central area)
Newcastle Town Plan, Wicklow · 3 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
Source: Tailte Éireann and the Department of Housing (MyPlan), national zoning, CC BY 4.0.
Planning applications
Sites that touch the townland, newest first
5 Apr 2022Refused
construction of 5 no. 4 bed detached dormer dwellings (c.215sqm each) with associated car parking and rear gardens. Provision of public open space totalling c.2237sqm. Vehicular and pedestrian access roads and footpaths via a new entrance from the existing residential estate known as Hunters Leap to the south of the site. All associated site development works, services provision, drainage works, open space, landscaping and boundary treatment works. A separate application is made for 27 no. dwelling units on adjoining lands to the west of the site. The application is accompanied by a Natura Impact Statement
Permission, 1 home · Wicklow County Council, 22341
5 Apr 2022Refused
7 year permission for construction of 27 no. 3-4 bed detached and semi detached dwellings (ranging in size from c.105sqm to 209sqm each) comprising 13 no. dormer bungalows and 14 no. 2 storey houses with associated car parking and rear gardens. - Provision of public open space totalling c3, 028sqm - New Vehicular and pedestrian access from Leamore Lane and all internal roads and footpaths. Proposed road upgrade works including widening of Leamore Lane to 5.5m with provision of a 2m wide footpath. - All associated site development works, services provision, drainage works, open space, landscaping and boundary treatment works - A separate application is made for 5 no. dwelling units on adjoining lands to the east of the site. - The application is accompanied by a Natura Impact Statement
Permission, 1 home · Wicklow County Council, 22342
16 Mar 2022N/a
construction of 5 no. 4 bed detached dormer dwellings (c.215sqm each) with associated car parking and rear gardens. Provision of public open space totalling c.2237sqm. Vehicular and pedestrian access roads and footpaths via a new entrance from the existing residential estate known as Hunters Leap to the south of the site. All associated site development works, services provision, drainage works, open space, landscaping and boundary treatment works. A separate application is made for 27 no. dwelling units on adjoining lands to the west of the site. The application is accompanied by a Natura Impact Statement
Permission, 1 home · Wicklow County Council, 22260
16 Mar 2022N/a
7 year permission for 1)construction of 27 no. 3-4 bed detached and semi detached dwellings (ranging in size from c.105sqm to 209sqm each) comprising 13 no. dormer bungalows and 14 no. 2 storey houses with associated car parking and rear gardens 2)Provision of public open space totalling c3028sqm 3) New vehicular and pedestrian access from Leamore Lane and all internal roads and footpaths. Proposed road upgrade works including widening of Leamore Lane to 5.5m with provision of a 2m wide footpath.4) All associated site development works, services provision, drainage works, open space, landscaping and boundary treatment works 5)A separate application is made for 5 no. dwelling units on adjoining lands to the east of the site 6) The application is accompanied by a Natura Impact Statement
Permission, 1 home · Wicklow County Council, 22261
28 May 2020Conditional
alterations to previously approved development (Reg. Ref. 19/17) which permitted the construction of a part single part two-storey dwelling. The proposed alterations are as follows: (i) increase in floor area of 6sq. m at ground floor level and 2 sq.m at first floor level; (ii) new single storey element (34sq.m) at ground floor level to southern elevation (iii) revised roof design of metal roof with 2 no. inset rooflights; (iv) revised external elevations comprising both material treatments and the addition/removal/widening of window/door opes; (v) provision of new external terrace (covered) along part of the southern elevation; (vi) creation of new t-junction on approved driveway with new access road to approved dwelling; and, (vii) all ancillary works necessary to facilitate the development
Permission, 1 home · Wicklow County Council, 20491
14 Jan 2020Refused
11 no residential dwelling units and 4 no commercial units, with the development consisting of the following works (a) 4 no 4 bed semi detached two storey dwelling units (b) 1 no 1 bed ground floor apartment (c) 1 no 2 bed two storey duplex type apartment (d) 2 no 1 bed first floor level apartments (e) 3 no 2 bed first floor level apartments (f) 4 no ground floor level commercial units (g) pedestrian access from the village main street (h) vehicular and pedestrian access from the Leabeg Road (I) connection to existing service utilities, including water main and foul sewerage and (J) ancillary site works, including car parking facilities and the relocation of an existing electrical / telecoms supply pole
Permission, 1 home · Wicklow County Council, 2017
9 Jan 2019Conditional
part single, part two storey, three bedroom dwelling with home office, driveway, boundary treatment, provision of new on site wastewater treatment system, and all ancillary works necessary to facilitate the development. The dwelling will be accessed via an existing internal driveway and vehicular entrance on Sea Road
Permission, 1 home · Wicklow County Council, 1917
7 Nov 2017N/a
part single, part two storey, three bedroom dwelling, with home office, driveway, boundary treatment, provision of new on site wastewater treatment system, and all ancillary works necessary to facilitate the development. The dwelling will be accessed via an existing internal driveway and vehicular entrance on Sea Road
Permission, 1 home · Wicklow County Council, 171349
16 Jan 2017Refused
part one, part two storey detached dwelling house together with effluent disposal system to current EPA standards, new vehicular entrance and driveway along with all associated ancillary services, connections and landscaping works necessary to facilitate site development works
Outline permission, 1 home · Wicklow County Council, 1732
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
No recorded monument lies in the townland of Leamore Upper.
Architectural heritage
No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands in the townland of Leamore 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).
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 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 Leamore Upper with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Wicklow.
The townland
- Name
- Leamore Upper · Liaigh Mhór Uachtarach
- Area
- 1,315,028 m² (131.5 ha, 324.95 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
- Blackditch, Leamore Lower, Newcastle Lower
- Placenames
- Leamore 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.