# Sandyhills, Co. Wicklow: townland, land parcels and planning Townland in the civil parish of Tober, barony of Talbotstown Lower, Co. Wicklow. - Area (Tailte Éireann): 927,613 m² (92.76 ha, 229.22 acres) - Land parcels (Tailte Éireann): 34 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in it, median 11,899 m² (1.19 ha, 2.94 acres) - Zoning (national zoning, MyPlan): not in a zoned settlement - Planning (National Planning Applications): 15 applications since 2010 - Civil parish: Tober, https://everytownland.com/wicklow/parish/tober.md - Barony: Talbotstown Lower - Electoral division: Tober, the unit of the census - Census 2022 (Central Statistics Office): 495 people lived in 159 households in the Tober electoral division. 88% of households owned their home. 29% of homes were built since 2001. 6% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 1% were holiday homes. - County: Co. Wicklow, https://everytownland.com/wicklow.md - Placenames Database of Ireland: https://www.logainm.ie/en/54993 - Townland number at Tailte Éireann: 251208 - Centre: latitude 53.074723, longitude -6.66283 (WGS 84) ## Land parcels (registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann) 34 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Sandyhills, from 35 m² to 150,435 m² (15.04 ha, 37.17 acres); 14 neighbouring parcels touch its boundary. Largest first: - Parcel 1273440: 150,435 m² (15.04 ha, 37.17 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1273440.md - Parcel 1273423: 91,271 m² (9.13 ha, 22.55 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1273423.md - Parcel 1290642: 88,379 m² (8.84 ha, 21.84 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1290642.md - Parcel 1273341: 81,895 m² (8.19 ha, 20.24 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1273341.md - Parcel 5632225: 64,761 m² (6.48 ha, 16 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5632225.md - Parcel 1273441: 61,397 m² (6.14 ha, 15.17 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1273441.md - Parcel 1283189: 51,258 m² (5.13 ha, 12.67 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1283189.md - Parcel 1255511: 43,932 m² (4.39 ha, 10.86 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1255511.md - Parcel 1283161: 41,632 m² (4.16 ha, 10.29 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1283161.md - Parcel 1283190: 40,943 m² (4.09 ha, 10.12 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1283190.md - Parcel 5632229: 33,031 m² (3.3 ha, 8.16 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5632229.md - Parcel 1251254: 24,952 m² (2.5 ha, 6.17 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1251254.md - Parcel 1273342: 24,594 m² (2.46 ha, 6.08 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1273342.md - Parcel 1283162: 19,809 m² (1.98 ha, 4.89 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1283162.md - Parcel 1273422: 18,634 m² (1.86 ha, 4.6 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1273422.md - Parcel 1278446: 17,316 m² (1.73 ha, 4.28 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1278446.md - Parcel 1283163: 11,957 m² (1.2 ha, 2.95 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1283163.md - Parcel 1251568: 11,842 m² (1.18 ha, 2.93 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1251568.md - Parcel 1276957: 10,651 m² (1.07 ha, 2.63 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1276957.md - Parcel 1277460: 8,163 m² (0.82 ha, 2.02 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1277460.md - Parcel 1261160: 7,412 m² (0.74 ha, 1.83 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1261160.md - Parcel 2656680: 6,699 m² (0.67 ha, 1.66 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2656680.md - Parcel 1296164: 4,776 m² (0.48 ha, 1.18 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1296164.md - Parcel 1278249: 4,054 m² (0.41 ha, 1 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1278249.md - Parcel 1257357: 3,941 m² (0.39 ha, 0.97 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1257357.md - Parcel 2656681: 3,697 m² (0.37 ha, 0.91 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2656681.md - Parcel 1294503: 2,750 m² (0.28 ha, 0.68 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1294503.md - Parcel 1283989: 1,877 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1283989.md - Parcel 1292324: 1,210 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1292324.md - Parcel 4471202: 1,033 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/4471202.md - Parcel 1273218: 657 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1273218.md - Parcel 1273424: 266 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1273424.md - Parcel 5390311: 120 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/5390311.md - Parcel 1271710: 35 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1271710.md ## Zoning (national zoning of development plans, MyPlan) No zone of a development plan covers Sandyhills 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) 15 applications, newest first. - 2 Sept 2026, Wicklow County Council 2660790: N/a. Permission, 1 home. the construction of a new dwelling, garage, wastewater treatment unit and polishing filter, new well, blocking up existing agriculture entrance onto public road, new entrance onto public road to serve existing agriculture lands and proposed dwelling and associate works. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/WicklowCC/AppFileRefDetails/2660790/0 - 25 Jul 2026, Wicklow County Council 2660654: N/a. Permission. alterations to the existing front door of the existing cottage; the construction of a twostorey extension to the side of the existing house incorporating a new ground-floor kitchen, dining, and family living area, and two first-floor bedrooms, one ensuite, and a main family bathroom; the provision of a first-floor balcony to the rear elevation; and all associated internal alterations, drainage, site works, and ancillary development. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/WicklowCC/AppFileRefDetails/2660654/0 - 24 Jun 2026, Wicklow County Council 2660574: Refused. Permission. the importation, processing, recovery and recycling of construction and demolition materials including soil, stone and concrete to produce recycled aggregates, the applicant also seeks to import soil and stone for deposition over an area of 0.93 hectares and raising the ground level approximately 1 m, the annual tonnage proposed for acceptance at the site shall not exceed 25,000 tonnes per annum, a waste facility permit will be applied for to Wicklow County Council.-Install and operate an integrated crusher, screener and washer, quarantine/waste inspection bay, and portable office and welfare facilities -decommission an existing well and install a groundwater abstraction well adjacent to the crusher and screener -continue use of the existing weighbridge and weighbridge cabin, wheel wash, internal haul roads, and security fencing and security gate -egress/exit the site via the existing private access road -additional storage area for recycled C&D materials within a designated part of the site. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/WicklowCC/AppFileRefDetails/2660574/0 - 22 May 2026, Wicklow County Council 2660455: N/a. Permission. the importation, processing, recovery and recycling of construction and demolition materials including soil, stone and concrete to produce recycled aggregates. The applicant also seeks to import soil and stone for deposition over an area of 0.93 hectares and raising the ground level approximately 1 m. the annual tonnage proposed for acceptance at the site shall not exceed 25,000 tonnes per annum. A waste facility permit will be applied for to Wicklow County Council -install and operate an integrated crusher, screener and washer, quarantine/waste inspection bay, and portable office and welfare facilities -decommission an existing well and install a groundwater abstraction well adjacent to the crusher and screener -continue use of the existing weighbridge and weighbridge cabin, wheel wash, internal haul roads, and security fencing and security gate -egress/exit the site via the existing private access road -additional storage area for recycled C&D materials within a designated part of the site.. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/WicklowCC/AppFileRefDetails/2660455/0 - 15 May 2026, Wicklow County Council 2660422: N/a. Permission. consists of the importation, processing, recovery and recycling of construction and demolition materials (C&D) including soil, stone and concrete to produce recycled aggregates. The applicant also seeks to import clean, uncontaminated soil and stone for deposition over an area of 0.93 hectares. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/WicklowCC/AppFileRefDetails/2660422/0 - 10 Mar 2026, Wicklow County Council 2660169: N/a. Permission. phased extension to the existing quarry, measuring c. 14.13 hectares, located to the south/south-east of the existing extraction area, to be excavated to final floor levels ranging from approximately 202.7 m OD at the north-western extent of the extension area to approximately 227.7 m OD at the south-eastern extent of the extension area (as shown on the application drawings) and the extraction of approximately 150,000 tonnes per annum (being the maximum total output from the quarry as a whole) of sand, gravel and stone using mechanical means only. The development will also consist of: the provision of an additional wash plant (to supplement the existing wash plant); drainage infrastructure; fencing; boundary treatments (including berms and tree planting and the importation of geochemically suitable inert soil material, where required, to support berm construction); internal roads and access/haul routes; and all associated site works. (The proposed extension will operate using the existing permitted access to the R756, together with the existing internal haul road and all previously permitted processing and ancillary facilities, including: sand storage and testing lab shed, wash plant, water recycling system, sludge storage bay, water storage tank, wheelwash, well, pumphouse, temporary portacabin office, canteen, portaloo, berms, and mobile screening plant). The proposed extension of the existing quarry will operate for a period of 10 years from commencement of extraction within the extension area, after which an approved restoration and remediation plan will be implemented. An Environmental Impact Assessment Report (EIAR) has been prepared in respect of the proposed development will be submitted to the Planning Authority with the application. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/WicklowCC/AppFileRefDetails/2660169/0 - 18 Feb 2026, Wicklow County Council 2660114: N/a. Permission. phased extension to the existing quarry, measuring c. 14.13 hectares, located to the south/south-east of the existing extraction area, to be excavated to final floor levels ranging from approximately 202.7 m OD at the north-western extent of the extension area to approximately 227.7 m OD at the south-eastern extent of the extension area (as shown on the application drawings) and the extraction of approximately 150,000 tonnes per annum (being the maximum total output from the quarry as a whole) of sand, gravel and stone using mechanical means only. The development will also consist of: the provision of an additional wash plant (to supplement the existing wash plant); drainage infrastructure; fencing; boundary treatments (including berms and tree planting and the importation of geochemically suitable inert soil material, where required, to support berm construction); internal roads and access/haul routes; and all associated site works. (The proposed extension will operate using the existing permitted access to the R756, together with the existing internal haul road and all previously permitted processing and ancillary facilities, including: sand storage and testing lab shed, wash plant, water recycling system, sludge storage bay, water storage tank, wheelwash, well, pumphouse, temporary portacabin office, canteen, portaloo, berms, and mobile screening plant.) The proposed extension of the existing quarry will operate for a period of 10 years from commencement of extraction within the extension area, after which an approved restoration and remediation plan will be implemented. An Environmental Impact Assessment Report (EIAR) has been prepared in respect of the proposed development will be submitted to the Planning Authority with the application. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/WicklowCC/AppFileRefDetails/2660114/0 - 16 Jul 2025, Wicklow County Council 2560542: Conditional. Permission. permission for change of use from restricted use as a dwelling to use by all classes of persons, (i.e. the removal of Condition 2(a) of Planning Reference 05-3728). File: https://www.eplanning.ie/WicklowCC/AppFileRefDetails/2560542/0 - 27 Jun 2022, Wicklow County Council 22706: Conditional. Permission. a 406sqm sand storage and testing lab shed for existing quarry and associated works. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/WicklowCC/AppFileRefDetails/22706/0 - 11 Nov 2019, Wicklow County Council 191212: N/a. Permission, 1 home. bungalow, garage, on site treatment unit, entrance and all associated site works. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/WicklowCC/AppFileRefDetails/191212/0 - 13 Jun 2019, Wicklow County Council 19648: Conditional. Permission. (i) the restoration of the authorised extraction area (3.7 Ha) as granted under planning permission 00/3343; (ii) the importation of inert soil and stones (EWC class 17 05 04) at a rate of 24,000 tones per annum to cumulative total of 96,000 tonnes; (iii) the renewed use of existing wheel wash and access area; (iv) the installation of a mobile welfare unit and portaloo for personnel working on site and associated civil works , within a landholding of 9.87 hectares for a term of five years. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/WicklowCC/AppFileRefDetails/19648/0 - 19 Jun 2018, Wicklow County Council 18677: Conditional. Permission. 8.4 hectare extension to the existing quarry permitted under PRR04/699 and substitute consent no. SU0012. Planning permission for the extraction of stone and gravel from the extended 8.4 hectare area at a rate of approximately 70,000 tonnes per annum. The proposed development also includes a portaloo, temporary portacabin office and canteen on site together with all ancillary works, wheelwash, weighbridge, well, pumphouse, berm and fencing. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/WicklowCC/AppFileRefDetails/18677/0 - 7 Jun 2018, Wicklow County Council 18618: N/a. Permission. extraction of sand and gravel from an existing quarry which is additional to that permitted by planning reference 04/699 and substitute consent number SU0012. The proposed additional area is approximately 8.4 hectares where it is proposed to extract sand and gravel at a rate of approximately 70,000 tonnes per annum. The proposed development also includes a portaloo, temporary portacabin office and canteen on site together with all site ancillary works, wheel wash, weighbridge, well pumphouse, berm and fencing. The application is accompanied by an Environmental Impact Statement (not referred to an Environmental Impact Assessment Report (EIAR)). File: https://www.eplanning.ie/WicklowCC/AppFileRefDetails/18618/0 - 27 Mar 2017, Wicklow County Council 17318: Conditional. Permission. 36m multi user free standing structure carrying telecommunications equipment, together with associated exchange containers enclosed with compound fencing, with access off an existing track which will be extended by 100m. The development will provide accommodation to Thre Ireland Ltd & Meteor Ltd for the provision of voice and mobile broadband services in the area and also provides future third party equipment as required. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/WicklowCC/AppFileRefDetails/17318/0 - 20 Jan 2017, Wicklow County Council 1754: Conditional. Permission, 1 home. dwelling house, on site sewerage treatment system, improvements to existing laneway, connections to group water scheme and all associated site works. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/WicklowCC/AppFileRefDetails/1754/0 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 Sandyhills. ## Recorded monuments (Sites and Monuments Record, National Monuments Service) No recorded monument lies in the townland of Sandyhills. ## Architectural heritage (National Inventory of Architectural Heritage) No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands in the townland of Sandyhills. ## 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 Sandyhills, 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 low, low, partly inferred. - Terrain model: no LiDAR survey of the Office of Public Works covers the centre of the townland of Sandyhills. - 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/sandyhills.dxf - GeoJSON, in WGS 84, for a map: https://everytownland.com/wicklow/sandyhills.geojson - KML, for Google Earth: https://everytownland.com/wicklow/sandyhills.kml ## Homes sold (Residential Property Price Register) No address of the register names Sandyhills 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) - Crehelp: https://everytownland.com/wicklow/crehelp.md - Kinsellastown: https://everytownland.com/wicklow/kinsellastown.md - Lemonstown: https://everytownland.com/wicklow/lemonstown.md - Manofwar: https://everytownland.com/wicklow/manofwar.md - Tober Demesne: https://everytownland.com/wicklow/tober-demesne.md - Tober Upper: https://everytownland.com/wicklow/tober-upper.md - Wards of Tober: https://everytownland.com/wicklow/wards-of-tober.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/sandyhills - In JSON: https://everytownland.com/api/townland/wicklow/sandyhills