# Russborough, Co. Wicklow: townland, land parcels and planning

Townland in the civil parish of Burgage, barony of Talbotstown Lower, Co. Wicklow; in Irish Russborough.

- Area (Tailte Éireann): 1,751,705 m² (175.17 ha, 432.86 acres)
- Land parcels (Tailte Éireann): 4 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in it, median 2,729 m² (0.27 ha, 0.67 acres)
- Zoning (national zoning, MyPlan): not in a zoned settlement
- Planning (National Planning Applications): 12 applications since 2010
- Civil parish: Burgage, https://everytownland.com/wicklow/parish/burgage.md
- Barony: Talbotstown Lower
- Electoral division: Burgage, the unit of the census
- Census 2022 (Central Statistics Office): 2,243 people lived in 656 households in the Burgage electoral division. 79% of households owned their home. 58% of homes were built since 2001. 5% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 2% were holiday homes.
- County: Co. Wicklow, https://everytownland.com/wicklow.md
- Placenames Database of Ireland: https://www.logainm.ie/en/54651
- Townland number at Tailte Éireann: 251205
- Centre: latitude 53.140236, longitude -6.567685 (WGS 84)

## Land parcels (registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann)

4 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Russborough, from 1,816 m² to 7,234 m² (0.72 ha, 1.79 acres); 18 neighbouring parcels touch its boundary. Largest first:

- Parcel 6127027: 7,234 m² (0.72 ha, 1.79 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/6127027.md
- Parcel 4713318: 3,166 m² (0.32 ha, 0.78 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/4713318.md
- Parcel 5569990: 2,293 m² (0.23 ha, 0.57 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5569990.md
- Parcel 1278386: 1,816 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1278386.md

## Zoning (national zoning of development plans, MyPlan)

No zone of a development plan covers Russborough 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)

12 applications, newest first.

- 23 Sept 2026, Wicklow County Council 2660858: N/a. Permission. 1. The demolition of an existing single-storey wing containing the kitchen, utility room and office; 2. Internal alterations and reconfiguration of the existing dwelling at ground and first-floor levels; 3. The change of use and conversion of an existing single-storey stable building to provide a one-bedroom guest suite; 4. The construction of 2 no. first-floor extensions over existing ground-floor accommodation, together with associated internal alterations, to provide 4 no. bedrooms at first-floor level; 5. The construction of a single-storey extension to the south of the main dwelling, providing an open-plan kitchen, pantry, boot room and bathroom; 6. The construction of a detached storey-and-a-half outbuilding providing a games room, domestic office and garage at ground-floor level, with a multipurpose studio space at attic level; 7. The construction of a detached single-storey gym building; 8. The formation of a landscaped parking courtyard, together with associated patio areas, landscaping and gardens to the east, west and south of the existing dwelling; 9. The installation of a new wastewater treatment system to serve the proposed development; and 10. All associated site development, drainage, landscaping and ancillary works. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/WicklowCC/AppFileRefDetails/2660858/0
- 20 Mar 2023, Wicklow County Council 23264: N/a. Permission. a new single storey three bedroom house including solar panels new domestic garage, new domestic road entrance, packaged foul drainage treatment system and sand polishing filter, surface water soakaway landscaping and all ancillary works. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/WicklowCC/AppFileRefDetails/23264/0
- 17 Feb 2023, Wicklow County Council 23143: Conditional. Permission, 1 home. Demolition of existing single storey cottage (existing cottage area 58m2) and construction of replacement single storey dwelling (proposed floor area 105m2) together with all associated site works. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/WicklowCC/AppFileRefDetails/23143/0
- 22 Aug 2022, Wicklow County Council 22915: N/a. Permission. new single storey three bedroom house, including solar panels, new domestic garage, new domestic road entrance, packaged foul drainage treatment system and sand polishing filter, surface water soakaway, landscaping, and all ancillary works. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/WicklowCC/AppFileRefDetails/22915/0
- 29 Jul 2022, Wicklow County Council 22832: N/a. Permission. new single storey three bedroom house, including solar panels, new domestic garage, new domestic road entrance, packaged foul drainage system and sand polishing filter, surface water soakaway, landscaping, and all ancillary works. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/WicklowCC/AppFileRefDetails/22832/0
- 31 May 2022, Wicklow County Council 22579: N/a. Permission, 1 home. new single storey three bedroom house, including solar panels, new domestic garage, new domestic road entrance, foul drainage treatment system and sand polishing filter, surface water soakaway, landscaping and all ancillary works. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/WicklowCC/AppFileRefDetails/22579/0
- 14 Apr 2021, Wicklow County Council 21402: Conditional. Permission. change of use of the following: existing ground floor reception / retail to change to cafe (119m2); existing ground floor east colonnade from exhibition space to change to reception and retail (45m2); existing basement central corridor to change from exhibition to retail (155m2) (a protected structure). File: https://www.eplanning.ie/WicklowCC/AppFileRefDetails/21402/0
- 7 Apr 2021, Wicklow County Council 21376: N/a. Permission. change of use of the following: existing ground floor reception / retail to change to cafe (119m2); existing ground floor east colonnade from exhibition space to change to reception and retail (45m2); existing basement central corridor to change from exhibition to retail (155m2) (a protected structure). File: https://www.eplanning.ie/WicklowCC/AppFileRefDetails/21376/0
- 29 Jan 2021, Wicklow County Council 2173: Conditional. Permission. the development will consist of a new wider vehicular access off the L8363 local secondary road with new gates and forecourt, flank walls and landscaping and local surface water drainage adjustments with removal of an additional 2.1 m section of stone boundary wall to facilitate the propose new access arrangements from that originally permitted. Works will also include further adjustments to the road edge to facilitate sightlines and associated signage than permitted under Wicklow CC Ref. 18/1011. The proposed access arrangements will following the implementation of the proposed development under this application enable a new one way traffic flow system through the existing main visitor car park with exist only via the new entrance and entry only through the existing main gate. This requires condition no. 2 of Wicklow CC Ref. 18/1011 to be amended. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/WicklowCC/AppFileRefDetails/2173/0
- 13 Sept 2018, Wicklow County Council 181011: Conditional. Permission. the insertion of a new vehicular entrance off the L8336 local secondary road with new gates and forecourt, flank walls and landscaping and local surface water drainage adjustments with removal of a section of stone boundary wall to facilitate the new entrance. The development will facilitate the creation of a new one way traffic flow system through the existing main visitor car park with entry only via the new entrance and exit only through the existing main gate. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/WicklowCC/AppFileRefDetails/181011/0
- 4 Sept 2018, Wicklow County Council 18986: N/a. Permission. the insertion of a new vehicular entrance off the L8336 local secondary road with new gates and forecourt, flank walls and landscaping and local surface water drainage adjustments with removal of a section of stone boundary wall to facilitate the new entrance. The development will facilitate the creation of a new one way traffic flow system through the existing main visitor car park with entry only via the new entrance and exit only through the existing main gate. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/WicklowCC/AppFileRefDetails/18986/0
- 3 Sept 2018, Wicklow County Council 18979: Refused. Permission. conversion, repair and extension of the former shed and workman's cottage to create 2no. long term rental single storey dwelling units [2no. 2-bed units] within the existing outer western courtyard [to the immediate west of the aviary] that will include some minor modifications to the courtyard wall to facilitate a single car parking space for each unit with vehicular access off the N81 to the south. The development will also include landscaping and other ancillary works within the courtyard to facilitate development. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/WicklowCC/AppFileRefDetails/18979/0

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## Designated sites (National Parks and Wildlife Service)

- Special Protection Area: Poulaphouca Reservoir SPA, site code 004063, https://www.npws.ie/protected-sites/spa/004063
- Proposed Natural Heritage Area: Poulaphouca Reservoir, site code 000731

## Recorded monuments (Sites and Monuments Record, National Monuments Service)

- WI005-065: Designed landscape feature, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CWI005-065----. Listed as an 'enclosure' in the SMR (1986) based on aerial photographic evidence (GSI N 332/333/334 (1973)). This is a rectangular landscape feature within Russborough Demesne and is not the remains of an archaeological monument. Compiled by: Matt Kelleher Date of upload: 07 December 2012
- WI005-067: Designed landscape feature, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CWI005-067----. Listed as an 'enclosure' in the SMR (1986) based on cartographic evidence. A large oval-shaped enclosure (c. 80m N-S;60m E-W) surrounded by a water filled fosse/channel (Wth c. 7m). This is a designed landscape feature on Russborough House demesne. Compiled by: Matt Kelleher Date of upload: 07 December 2012
- WI005A001: Enclosure, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CWI005A001----. Situated on a gentle E-facing slope. Circular enclosure (est. max. diam. c. 35m), faintly visible on aerial photographs (GSIAP, N 332-4). 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
- WI010-001: Burial ground, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CWI010-001----. Situated on the edge of the Blessington Reservoir. A small circular enclosure (diam c. 15m) indicated on the current OS 6-inch map, which consists of a roughly circular level area. No other features visible at ground level and no evidence of grave-markers. 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)

- Russborough House, country house, 1740–1750, National interest, registry number 16400503, https://www.buildingsofireland.ie/niah/search.jsp?type=record&county=WI&regno=16400503. Detached seven-bay two-storey over basement Palladian style mansion, built 1741-48 to designs by Richard Castle, with quadrant Doric colonnades linking to seven-bay two-storey pavilion wings, themselves linked to outbuildings by walls with rusticated arches topped with cupolas. The walls are of dressed granite, with a central feature to the main block consisting of a pediment supported by four three-quarter Corinthian columns with swag mouldings between the capitals, whilst the wings have three-bay breakfront centres with Ionic pilasters. Each of the three blocks and the colonnades has a parapet surmounted with urns, and behind each parapet is a slated hipped roof with broad granite chimneystacks to the main blocks. Within the colonnades are arched niches with Classical statues. The entrance consists of a largely glazed timber door with semi-circular fanlight-like eyebrow window above, and is reached by a grand flight of stone steps with the piers of the balustrade topped with urns and heraldic lions. The windows are generally flat-headed and filled with three over three and six over six timber sash frames. Cast-iron rainwater goods. The house is surrounded by an extensive, but largely unadorned, demesne and approached at a right angle from the main avenue to the north-east.
- Russborough House, gates/railings/walls, 1735–1755, National interest, registry number 16400504, https://www.buildingsofireland.ie/niah/search.jsp?type=record&county=WI&regno=16400504. Classical style gate screen at the main (eastern) entrance to Russborough House demesne, built c.1745 to designs by Richard Castle. The screen is constructed in dressed granite, with the main carriage gateway in the form of a triumphal arch with flanking pedestrian gates, all topped with pediments. The main gateway consists of a semi-circular headed arch with V-jointed quoins and voussoirs, a raised band at arch springing level, and lion finials to the pediment. The pedestrian gateways are flat arch-headed with V-jointed quoins and raised keystones. The gates themselves are fashioned in wrought-iron and of relatively plain design. The main gates sit within a recess when fully opened. The gate screen is flanked by tall rendered quadrant walls and is situated by a roadside.

## 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 Russborough, 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 high, moderately high, moderately low, low, partly inferred. Parts of the land are water.
- Terrain model: LiDAR of the Office of Public Works, flown in 2011, at 2 m: tile OPW_2878, https://gsi.geodata.gov.ie/downloads/LiDAR/OPW_NASC/OPW_2878.zip (ZIP).
- 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/russborough.dxf
- GeoJSON, in WGS 84, for a map: https://everytownland.com/wicklow/russborough.geojson
- KML, for Google Earth: https://everytownland.com/wicklow/russborough.kml

## Homes sold (Residential Property Price Register)

No address of the register names Russborough 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)

- Ballydallagh (Co. Kildare): https://everytownland.com/kildare/ballydallagh.md
- Ballymore Eustace East (Co. Kildare): https://everytownland.com/kildare/ballymore-eustace-east.md
- Barretstown (Co. Kildare): https://everytownland.com/kildare/barretstown.md
- Bishopshill Commons (Co. Kildare): https://everytownland.com/kildare/bishopshill-commons.md
- Boystown or Baltyboys Upper: https://everytownland.com/wicklow/boystown-or-baltyboys-upper.md
- Glashina: https://everytownland.com/wicklow/glashina.md
- Glenmore (Co. Kildare): https://everytownland.com/kildare/glenmore.md
- Russellstown: https://everytownland.com/wicklow/russellstown.md
- Tulfarris: https://everytownland.com/wicklow/tulfarris.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.

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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.

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