# Rathbane, Co. Wicklow: townland, land parcels and planning Townland in the civil parish of Hacketstown, barony of Ballinacor South, Co. Wicklow; in Irish An Ráth Bhán. - Area (Tailte Éireann): 1,360,020 m² (136 ha, 336.07 acres) - Land parcels (Tailte Éireann): 37 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in it, median 8,857 m² (0.89 ha, 2.19 acres) - Zoning (national zoning, MyPlan): not in a zoned settlement - Planning (National Planning Applications): 5 applications since 2010 - Civil parish: Hacketstown, https://everytownland.com/wicklow/parish/hacketstown.md - Barony: Ballinacor South - Electoral division: Ballybeg, the unit of the census - Census 2022 (Central Statistics Office): 217 people lived in 71 households in the Ballybeg electoral division. 97% of households owned their home. 23% of homes were built since 2001. 13% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 5% were holiday homes. - County: Co. Wicklow, https://everytownland.com/wicklow.md - Placenames Database of Ireland: https://www.logainm.ie/en/55813 - Townland number at Tailte Éireann: 251162 - Centre: latitude 52.862379, longitude -6.514837 (WGS 84) ## Land parcels (registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann) 37 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Rathbane, from 440 m² to 209,945 m² (20.99 ha, 51.88 acres); 18 neighbouring parcels touch its boundary. Largest first: - Parcel 4906660: 209,945 m² (20.99 ha, 51.88 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/4906660.md - Parcel 1275132: 174,831 m² (17.48 ha, 43.2 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1275132.md - Parcel 1281117: 127,417 m² (12.74 ha, 31.49 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1281117.md - Parcel 1281424: 99,178 m² (9.92 ha, 24.51 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1281424.md - Parcel 1274888: 95,335 m² (9.53 ha, 23.56 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1274888.md - Parcel 1274887: 75,293 m² (7.53 ha, 18.61 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1274887.md - Parcel 1281557: 59,709 m² (5.97 ha, 14.75 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1281557.md - Parcel 1257179: 52,941 m² (5.29 ha, 13.08 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1257179.md - Parcel 1263595: 44,040 m² (4.4 ha, 10.88 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1263595.md - Parcel 1274762: 38,888 m² (3.89 ha, 9.61 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1274762.md - Parcel 1274786: 37,982 m² (3.8 ha, 9.39 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1274786.md - Parcel 1281214: 33,892 m² (3.39 ha, 8.37 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1281214.md - Parcel 1274761: 32,479 m² (3.25 ha, 8.03 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1274761.md - Parcel 1262183: 30,209 m² (3.02 ha, 7.46 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1262183.md - Parcel 1274789: 22,604 m² (2.26 ha, 5.59 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1274789.md - Parcel 1274790: 22,411 m² (2.24 ha, 5.54 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1274790.md - Parcel 1281118: 18,166 m² (1.82 ha, 4.49 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1281118.md - Parcel 1275135: 12,576 m² (1.26 ha, 3.11 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1275135.md - Parcel 1275134: 8,857 m² (0.89 ha, 2.19 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1275134.md - Parcel 1274791: 8,522 m² (0.85 ha, 2.11 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1274791.md - Parcel 1274788: 8,248 m² (0.82 ha, 2.04 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1274788.md - Parcel 1267988: 6,695 m² (0.67 ha, 1.65 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1267988.md - Parcel 2655686: 6,054 m² (0.61 ha, 1.5 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2655686.md - Parcel 1281119: 6,044 m² (0.6 ha, 1.49 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1281119.md - Parcel 1257180: 5,450 m² (0.54 ha, 1.35 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1257180.md - Parcel 1271488: 5,202 m² (0.52 ha, 1.29 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1271488.md - Parcel 1274787: 4,885 m² (0.49 ha, 1.21 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1274787.md - Parcel 1249591: 4,876 m² (0.49 ha, 1.2 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1249591.md - Parcel 1281121: 3,650 m² (0.36 ha, 0.9 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1281121.md - Parcel 1275133: 3,519 m² (0.35 ha, 0.87 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1275133.md - Parcel 1249687: 3,339 m² (0.33 ha, 0.83 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1249687.md - Parcel 1292468: 2,574 m² (0.26 ha, 0.64 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1292468.md - Parcel 1256625: 1,169 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1256625.md - Parcel 1257181: 998 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1257181.md - Parcel 1260999: 541 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1260999.md - Parcel 1281120: 507 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1281120.md - Parcel 1249689: 440 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1249689.md ## Zoning (national zoning of development plans, MyPlan) No zone of a development plan covers Rathbane 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) 5 applications, newest first. - 20 May 2026, Wicklow County Council 2660441: N/a. Permission. 1. a livestock shed with underground slatted tank and straw bedded area. 2 a straw bedded livestock shed. retention permission for the construction of two existing straw bedded livestock sheds and one livestock shed with underground slatted tank and concrete silage pit. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/WicklowCC/AppFileRefDetails/2660441/0 - 20 Dec 2023, Wicklow County Council 2360523: Conditional. Permission. the demolition of an existing single storey dwelling & domestic shed, permission for the construction of a replacement dormer style dwelling, bored well, septic tank & percolation area, use of existing entrance, and all associated site works. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/WicklowCC/AppFileRefDetails/2360523/0 - 14 Dec 2022, Wicklow County Council 221339: N/a. Permission. proposed new dwelling, new garage, a proposed secondary treatment system to current EPA guidelines with percolation area, a new access lane, a new vehicular entrance off public road and all associated site works. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/WicklowCC/AppFileRefDetails/221339/0 - 16 Mar 2022, Wicklow County Council 22264: N/a. Permission, 1 home. proposed new dwelling, new garage, well, a proposed secondary treatment system to current EPA guidelines with percolation area, a new access lane, a new vehicular entrance off the public road and all associated site works. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/WicklowCC/AppFileRefDetails/22264/0 - 9 Mar 2022, Wicklow County Council 22211: N/a. Permission, 1 home. construction of (1) dwelling house (2) wastewater treatment system with a sand polishing filter (3) bored water well (4) site entrance from public road and (5) associated site development works. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/WicklowCC/AppFileRefDetails/22211/0 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 Rathbane. ## Recorded monuments (Sites and Monuments Record, National Monuments Service) - WI033-011: Ringfort - rath, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CWI033-011----. Situated on a gentle W-facing slope overlooking a stream valley. Oval site (dims. 22.5m NW-SE; 27.25m NE-SW) defined by an earth and stone bank (Wth c. 2m). There are no internal features, no traces of a fosse and no definite entrance. Shown as a circular area on the 1838 OS 6-inch map and as a small rectangular field on the 1907 OS 6-inch map. 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 - WI033-012: Hut site, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CWI033-012----. Situated on a marked ENE-facing slope. Oval site (int. dims. 5.1m E-W; 4m N-S) defined by a low earth and stone bank, with a revetment of stone visible in places. There is a possible entrance at the E. The OS Name Books mention 'two small raths' in this townland, possibly small enclosures or hut sites. 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 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). ## Architectural heritage (National Inventory of Architectural Heritage) No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands in the townland of Rathbane. ## 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 Rathbane, about 1 in 5 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 Rathbane. - 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/rathbane.dxf - GeoJSON, in WGS 84, for a map: https://everytownland.com/wicklow/rathbane.geojson - KML, for Google Earth: https://everytownland.com/wicklow/rathbane.kml ## Homes sold (Residential Property Price Register) No address of the register names Rathbane 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) - Ardnaboy: https://everytownland.com/wicklow/ardnaboy.md - Ballysallagh Lower (Co. Carlow): https://everytownland.com/carlow/ballysallagh-lower.md - Knockananna: https://everytownland.com/wicklow/knockananna.md - Knocknaboley: https://everytownland.com/wicklow/knocknaboley-250952.md - Rathnagrew Lower (Co. Carlow): https://everytownland.com/carlow/rathnagrew-lower.md - Rathnagrew Upper (Co. Carlow): https://everytownland.com/carlow/rathnagrew-upper.md - Rathshanmore West: https://everytownland.com/wicklow/rathshanmore-west.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/rathbane - In JSON: https://everytownland.com/api/townland/wicklow/rathbane