# Oghil Upper, Co. Wicklow: townland, land parcels and planning Townland in the civil parish of Redcross, barony of Arklow, Co. Wicklow; in Irish Eochaill Uachtarach. - Area (Tailte Éireann): 892,092 m² (89.21 ha, 220.44 acres) - Land parcels (Tailte Éireann): 36 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in it, median 2,776 m² (0.28 ha, 0.69 acres) - Zoning (national zoning, MyPlan): not in a zoned settlement - Planning (National Planning Applications): 9 applications since 2010 - Civil parish: Redcross, https://everytownland.com/wicklow/parish/redcross.md - Barony: Arklow - Electoral division: Ennereilly, the unit of the census - Census 2022 (Central Statistics Office): 465 people lived in 168 households in the Ennereilly electoral division. 78% of households owned their home. 26% of homes were built since 2001. 4% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 8% were holiday homes. - County: Co. Wicklow, https://everytownland.com/wicklow.md - Placenames Database of Ireland: https://www.logainm.ie/en/55449 - Townland number at Tailte Éireann: 251112 - Centre: latitude 52.882014, longitude -6.152488 (WGS 84) ## Land parcels (registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann) 36 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Oghil Upper, from 56 m² to 224,603 m² (22.46 ha, 55.5 acres); 24 neighbouring parcels touch its boundary. Largest first: - Parcel 5622983: 224,603 m² (22.46 ha, 55.5 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5622983.md - Parcel 1263515: 201,183 m² (20.12 ha, 49.71 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1263515.md - Parcel 1265405: 109,404 m² (10.94 ha, 27.03 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1265405.md - Parcel 5622975: 68,229 m² (6.82 ha, 16.86 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5622975.md - Parcel 1259050: 60,410 m² (6.04 ha, 14.93 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1259050.md - Parcel 2847370: 57,971 m² (5.8 ha, 14.33 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2847370.md - Parcel 1279098: 50,941 m² (5.09 ha, 12.59 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1279098.md - Parcel 1268009: 44,751 m² (4.48 ha, 11.06 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1268009.md - Parcel 1298940: 13,731 m² (1.37 ha, 3.39 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1298940.md - Parcel 1267343: 5,440 m² (0.54 ha, 1.34 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1267343.md - Parcel 5622978: 4,566 m² (0.46 ha, 1.13 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5622978.md - Parcel 1273595: 3,794 m² (0.38 ha, 0.94 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1273595.md - Parcel 5158735: 3,704 m² (0.37 ha, 0.92 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5158735.md - Parcel 5622976: 3,515 m² (0.35 ha, 0.87 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5622976.md - Parcel 3321054: 3,360 m² (0.34 ha, 0.83 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/3321054.md - Parcel 2687692: 3,082 m² (0.31 ha, 0.76 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2687692.md - Parcel 1262197: 2,984 m² (0.3 ha, 0.74 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1262197.md - Parcel 2865457: 2,949 m² (0.29 ha, 0.73 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2865457.md - Parcel 1261017: 2,602 m² (0.26 ha, 0.64 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1261017.md - Parcel 1270623: 2,472 m² (0.25 ha, 0.61 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1270623.md - Parcel 1287114: 2,446 m² (0.24 ha, 0.6 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1287114.md - Parcel 1270849: 2,416 m² (0.24 ha, 0.6 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1270849.md - Parcel 1285688: 2,391 m² (0.24 ha, 0.59 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1285688.md - Parcel 1283544: 2,309 m² (0.23 ha, 0.57 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1283544.md - Parcel 1287836: 2,279 m² (0.23 ha, 0.56 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1287836.md - Parcel 1268657: 2,089 m² (0.21 ha, 0.52 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1268657.md - Parcel 1286821: 1,877 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1286821.md - Parcel 1286717: 1,685 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1286717.md - Parcel 1281986: 1,522 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1281986.md - Parcel 1277173: 1,347 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1277173.md - Parcel 4826218: 666 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/4826218.md - Parcel 1285417: 472 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1285417.md - Parcel 4836194: 388 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/4836194.md - Parcel 1266683: 297 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1266683.md - Parcel 1288157: 234 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1288157.md - Parcel 1290780: 56 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1290780.md ## Zoning (national zoning of development plans, MyPlan) No zone of a development plan covers Oghil Upper 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. - 8 Jan 2026, Wicklow County Council 2660009: Conditional. Retention, 9 homes. a) alterations to 9 no houses as previously as granted under planning ref no. 20/500, alterations include additional floor areas to comply with current recommended design standards and minor alterations to external fenestration & materials; Planning Permission for: a) provision of community garden spaces to the main entrance; b) alterations to vehicular access road as granted under planning ref no. 20/500 as required to enhance road safety; all the above together with all ancillary services and associated site works. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/WicklowCC/AppFileRefDetails/2660009/0 - 26 Nov 2025, Wicklow County Council 2560960: Refused. Outline permission. subdivision of an existing site for the provision of 1 new dwelling, site entrance, connection to public services and all associated site works. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/WicklowCC/AppFileRefDetails/2560960/0 - 20 Nov 2025, Wicklow County Council 2560947: N/a. Outline permission. subdivision of an existing site for the provision of 1 new dwelling, site entrance, connection to public services and all associated site works. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/WicklowCC/AppFileRefDetails/2560947/0 - 25 Jul 2024, Wicklow County Council 2460448: Conditional. Retention. existing extensions to front and rear of existing house and retention of change of use from residential to short-term letting use and associated works. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/WicklowCC/AppFileRefDetails/2460448/0 - 14 Jan 2020, Wicklow County Council 2020: Conditional. Permission, 1 home. single storey dwelling, wastewater treatment system to EPA standards, garage, entrance and associated works. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/WicklowCC/AppFileRefDetails/2020/0 - 25 Jul 2019, Wicklow County Council 19821: Conditional. Retention. sunroom as constructed to the rear elevation of existing house and conversion of existing integral garage to habitable use and all associated site works. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/WicklowCC/AppFileRefDetails/19821/0 - 30 Apr 2018, Wicklow County Council 18455: Conditional. Permission, 1 home. dwelling house with services, domestic garage and all associated site works. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/WicklowCC/AppFileRefDetails/18455/0 - 21 Dec 2017, Wicklow County Council 171516: Conditional. Permission. 1 no additional mainstream classroom, associated alterations to existing school including the provision of enlarged SET room and relocated accessible WC all together with associated site works. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/WicklowCC/AppFileRefDetails/171516/0 - 10 Apr 2017, Wicklow County Council 17382: N/a. Permission, 1 home. dwelling house with services, domestic garage and all associated site works. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/WicklowCC/AppFileRefDetails/17382/0 Applicants are not shown. ## Designated sites (National Parks and Wildlife Service) No designated site (Special Area of Conservation, Special Protection Area, Natural Heritage Area or proposed one) touches the townland of Oghil Upper. ## Recorded monuments (Sites and Monuments Record, National Monuments Service) No recorded monument lies in the townland of Oghil Upper. ## Architectural heritage (National Inventory of Architectural Heritage) No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands in the townland of Oghil Upper. ## 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 Oghil Upper, about 1 in 10 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 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 Oghil Upper. - 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/oghil-upper.dxf - GeoJSON, in WGS 84, for a map: https://everytownland.com/wicklow/oghil-upper.geojson - KML, for Google Earth: https://everytownland.com/wicklow/oghil-upper.kml ## Homes sold (Residential Property Price Register) No address of the register names Oghil Upper 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) - Ballydonnell: https://everytownland.com/wicklow/ballydonnell.md - Blindwood: https://everytownland.com/wicklow/blindwood.md - Crone Lower: https://everytownland.com/wicklow/crone-lower.md - Crone Upper: https://everytownland.com/wicklow/crone-upper.md - Oghil Lower: https://everytownland.com/wicklow/oghil-lower.md - Redcross: https://everytownland.com/wicklow/redcross.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/oghil-upper - In JSON: https://everytownland.com/api/townland/wicklow/oghil-upper