Raheenavine
Townland in the civil parish of Castlemacadam, barony of Arklow, Co. Wicklow
- Area
- 54.8 ha
- 135 acres
- Land parcels
- 21
- registered freehold, median 3,090 m² (0.31 ha, 0.76 acres)
- Zoning
- —
- not in a zoned settlement
- Planning
- 5
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
21 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Raheenavine, from 155 m² to 162,933 m² (16.29 ha, 40.26 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 13 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 Raheenavine 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
8 Mar 2024Conditional
1. The conversion /extension of the existing bungalow to a dormer /one and a half storey dwelling by increasing the roof height. 2. Alterations to all elevations. 3. Removal of existing septic tank and installation of new treatment unit and soil polishing filter to current standards and all ancillary site works
Permission · Wicklow County Council, 2460138
4 Oct 2023Refused
The development consists of retention permission for existing small-scale eco-tourism development “Happy Place Stays” which includes an existing single storey log cabin (35.5sqm) and existing camping pod (28.9sq.m) (both as constructed). Retention permission for existing septic tank and percolation area and permission for connection of camping pod to same and all ancillary site works. The use of this accommodation shall be reserved for short term stays only and connected to the horticultural and farming activities established on site.
Retention · Wicklow County Council, 2360323
29 Sept 2023N/a
development consisting of existing small-scale eco-tourism development “Happy Place Stays” which includes an existing single storey log cabin (35.5sqm) and existing camping pod (28.9sq.m) (both as constructed); retention permission for existing septic tank and percolation area and permission for connection of camping pod to same and all ancillary site works; the use of this accommodation shall be reserved for short term stays only and connected to the horticultural and farming activities established on site
Retention · Wicklow County Council, 2360315
16 Jun 2022Conditional
for the construction of a bungalow with garage, new entrance off existing laneway and a new treatment system and percolation area to current EPA standards and all ancillary site works
Permission, 1 home · Wicklow County Council, 22674
9 Dec 2021N/a
reclamation of land through the importation of c53,000 tonnes of clean, inert soil and stone over c2.75 hectares for the purposes of land improvement for agricultural end use. The application includes formation of site entrance, compound for temporary storage and inspection, waste skip, site office, canteen/welfare unit and wheel washing together with ancillary development works and services
Permission · Wicklow County Council, 211474
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
No designated site (Special Area of Conservation, Special Protection Area, Natural Heritage Area or proposed one) touches the townland of Raheenavine.
Recorded monuments
- WI035-026 Enclosure
Description
Situated on a gentle NW-facing slope. Marked on the 1838 OS 6-inch map as the N half of an enclosure (diam. c. 65m). Not visible at ground level. 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 Raheenavine.
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 5 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
- No LiDAR survey of the Office of Public Works covers the centre of the townland of Raheenavine.
- 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 Raheenavine with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Wicklow.
The townland
- Name
- Raheenavine
- Area
- 548,083 m² (54.81 ha, 135.43 acres)
- Civil parish
- Castlemacadam, and its townlands
- Barony
- Arklow
- Electoral division
- Ovoca, the unit of the census
- Census 2022
- Ovoca electoral division: 728 people in 263 households; 74% of households own their home; 10% of homes were built since 2001; 7% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 6% were holiday homes.
- Neighbouring townlands
- Bahana (Whaley), Coolaflake, Crone More, Kilcashel, Killeagh, Mongnacool Lower, Mongnacool Upper
- Placenames
- Raheenavine 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.