Magheramore
Magheramore is a townland in the civil parish of Dunganstown, barony of Arklow, Co. Wicklow. Its name in Irish is An Machaire Mór.
- Area
- 208.7 ha
- 516 acres
- Land parcels
- 56
- registered freehold, median 4,044 m² (0.4 ha, 1 acres)
- Zoning
- —
- not in a zoned settlement
- Planning
- 23
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
56 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Magheramore, from 18 m² to 258,724 m² (25.87 ha, 63.93 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 25 neighbouring parcels touch it.
Download the townland as DXF, in Irish Transverse Mercator metres, with its boundary, parcels and buildings, or as GeoJSON or KML.
Zoning
Development plans, national zoning
No zone of a development plan covers Magheramore 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
2 Dec 2025Refused
new two storey dwelling house and domestic garage and all associated site works including, new on site bored well, new on site waste water treatment system and percolation area, new on site Soakaway for surface water run-off, for forming a new vehicular access from public road to site
Permission · Wicklow County Council, 2560974
5 Dec 2024Conditional
change of house type (part single storey, part two storey) to that previously granted approval under planning ref. 17/466, together with wastewater treatment system and all associated site works
Permission · Wicklow County Council, 24478
5 Nov 2024N/a
change of house type (part single storey, part two storey) to that previously granted approval under planning ref. 17/466, together with wastewater treatment system and all associated site works
Permission · Wicklow County Council, 24446
25 Aug 2024Conditional
Garden Structure to the end of the dwelling
Permission · Wicklow County Council, 2460514
19 Aug 2024N/a
garden structure to the end of the dwelling
Permission · Wicklow County Council, 2460504
4 Jul 2024N/a
garden structure to the rear of the dwelling
Permission · Wicklow County Council, 2460399
21 Dec 2023N/a
of PRR 18/314 (golf academy comprising of a covered training bay and practice bays, building circa 239.5 sqm, linked to a coffee / pro shop building circa 52 sqm, improvements to existing vehicular exit / entrance, associated car parking, security fencing, practice fairways and greens, range lighting and a proprietary waste water treatment system to EPA standards together with all associated site development works)
Extension of duration · Wicklow County Council, 23915
29 Jun 2023Conditional
alterations and additions to an existing detached single storey dwelling.The proposed works will comprise alterations to the main entrance to the front elevation, including new velux rooflights to the front entrance hall, alterations to existing window openings to the front, side and rear elevations, and the construction of a new single storey extension to the northeast gable-end of the existing dwelling, together with all ancillary site works including connections to existing services
Permission · Wicklow County Council, 23569
4 Apr 2023Refused
the development will consist of a new Integrated Tourism / Leisure / Recreational (ITLR) complex comprising firstly, of a new two storey over lower ground level building; containing gym, sauna, cinema and outdoor pool (24m x 10m) at lower ground level, reception bar and restaurant washrooms and outdoor terrace at ground floor and event room at first floor, and secondly, it is proposed to install 48 no. accommodation pods (21sq.m each) along the east of the site. it is proposed to construct a dedicated structure (92sq.m), located at the north end of the site adjacent the beach access, containing a surf school facility, public W.C and public showers. 49 no. car parking spaces, including 3 no. universal accessible spaces and set down area and 13 no. bike parking spaces are proposed to serve ITLR facility. the existing pedestrian access from R750 will be widened to facilitate vehicular access and shall be barrier controlled. the proposal includes all associated works, excavation, engineering, SUDS, landscaping, fencing, bin stores and road works. enhancement and supplementation of existing planting is proposed along south and west boundaries to protect the existing ecology. existing public pedestrian access to the beach will remain unaffected, a Natura Impact Statement is included with this planning application
Permission · Wicklow County Council, 23337
8 Jul 2022N/a
installation of ten timber clad glamping pods and all associated services. These services include a utility pod, wastewater treatment system, roof-mounted photovoltaic array, car parking spaces, connecting footpaths and new hedge row planting. The development is to utilise the existing site access and car parking spaces are located in the field adjacent to the R750. This planning application is accompanied by a Natura Impact Statement (NIS)
Permission, 1 home · Wicklow County Council, 22763
29 Jun 2022N/a
the installation of ten timber clad glamping pods and all associated services. These services include utility pod, wastewater treatment system, roof-mounted photovoltaic array, car parking spaces, connecting footpaths and new hedge row planting. The development is to utilise the existing site access and car parking spaces are located in the field adjacent to the R750. This planning application is accompanied by a NIS as required by the Planning and Development Regulations 2001 (as amended)
Permission · Wicklow County Council, 22715
27 Jul 2021Conditional
existing road boundary, hedgerow and raised ditch, also for omission of previously permitted setback & roadside parking, all in line with local concerns & current parking policy for the immediate area
Retention · Wicklow County Council, 21933
15 Jul 2021Conditional
Section 254 - Roadside Directional Signs - Location 17 Map WH8. Junction of the R750 and the L1102
15 Jul 2021Conditional
Section 254 - Roadside Directional Signs - Location 16 Map WH7. Opposite Hospice
31 Mar 2021Conditional
home office / private studio and associated works
Retention · Wicklow County Council, 21353
25 Mar 2021N/a
retention of home office/private studio and associated works
Retention · Wicklow County Council, 21321
22 Nov 2019Conditional
495 sqm sheep shed, water well and associated site works
Permission · Wicklow County Council, 191258
8 Nov 2019N/a
495 sqm sheep shed and associated site works
Permission · Wicklow County Council, 191195
23 May 2019Conditional
side extension not constructed in accordance with grant of permission Reg 1025/85 this includes increase in depth, the provision of a first floor of 41.95 sqm gross floor area, roof reconfiguration, provision of chimney stack and alterations to fenestration etc. Also retention of a rear ground floor glass roofed conservatory extension of 9.9 sqm gross floor area and a rear flat roofed first floor extension of 40.57 sqm gross floor area, associated fenestration including a rooflight above stairway, etc
Retention · Wicklow County Council, 19557
13 Dec 2018Conditional
importation of subsoil and topsoil to regrade existing lands for agricultural purposes and all associated ancillary site works and services
Retention · Wicklow County Council, 181389
27 Mar 2018Conditional
golf academy comprising of a covered training bay and practice bays, building circa 239.5 sqm, linked to a coffee / pro shop building circa 52 sqm, improvements to existing vehicular exit / entrance, associated car parking, security fencing, practice fairways and greens, range lighting and a proprietary waste water treatment system to EPA standards together with all associated site development works
Permission · Wicklow County Council, 18314
27 Apr 2017Conditional
revisions to previously approved planning permission 09/314 and 14/2119 for a proposed single storey and part dormer dwelling to accommodate a kitchen and living area, with 4 bed rooms and a connecting garage, new entrance from existing lane and associated site works
Permission, 1 home · Wicklow County Council, 17466
27 Apr 2017Conditional
revisions to previously approved planning permission 09/313 and 14/2120 for a proposed single storey and part dormer dwelling to accommodate a kitchen and living area, with 4 bedrooms and a connecting garage. New entrance from existing lane and associated site works
Permission, 1 home · Wicklow County Council, 17467
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: Magherabeg Dunes SAC 001766
- Proposed Natural Heritage Area: Magherabeg Dunes 001766
Recorded monuments
- WI031-044 Prehistoric site - lithic scatter
Description
Scatter of flint artifacts and an elongated pebble showing signs of use. (Information Prof. F. Mitchell/ Prof. P. Woodman) 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 Magheramore.
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
- At the centre of the townland of Magheramore, about 1 in 20 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels. Testing a home
- Landslides
- The 1:50,000 map rates the landslide susceptibility here as 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 Magheramore.
- Flooding
- The Office of Public Works publishes its flood maps on floodinfo.ie.
Radon Risk Map of Ireland, Environmental Protection Agency, and Landslide Susceptibility Classification, Geological Survey Ireland, both under 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 Magheramore with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Wicklow.
The townland
- Name
- Magheramore · An Machaire Mór
- Area
- 2,086,906 m² (208.69 ha, 515.69 acres)
- Civil parish
- Dunganstown, and its townlands
- Barony
- Arklow
- Electoral division
- Dunganstown East, the unit of the census
- Census 2022
- 925 people lived in 305 households in the Dunganstown East electoral division. 83% of households owned their home. 26% of homes were built since 2001. 6% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 16% were holiday homes.
- Neighbouring townlands
- Blackditch, Blainroe Upper, Kilpoole Upper, Knockaquirk, Magherabeg, Threemilewater
- Placenames
- Magheramore 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.