Shelton
Townland in the civil parish of Kilbride, barony of Arklow, Co. Wicklow; in Irish Shelton
- Area
- 85.5 ha
- 211 acres
- Land parcels
- 58
- registered freehold, median 2,114 m² (0.21 ha, 0.52 acres)
- Zoning
- —
- not in a zoned settlement
- Planning
- 28
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
58 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Shelton, from 26 m² to 205,316 m² (20.53 ha, 50.73 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 44 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 Shelton 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
20 Aug 2026N/a
alterations and revisions to the elevations and internal layout and change of use from agricultural building to residential dwelling with an on-site effluent disposal system and all associated site development works
Permission · Wicklow County Council, 26170
6 Aug 2026N/a
alterations and revisions to the elevations and internal layout and change of use from agricultural building to residential dwelling along with services and all associated site development works
Permission, 1 home · Wicklow County Council, 26157
29 Sept 2025N/a
existing garage and boiler house and solid a fuel storage and first floor pigeon loft. Retention of part built single storey vintage car storage building and permission to complete same with a low-pitched roof and all associated site works
Retention · Wicklow County Council, 25287
23 Sept 2025Conditional
erect a dwelling and garage with services along with all associated site development works
Permission · Wicklow County Council, 25280
1 Sept 2025N/a
1) existing garage, plant rooms and first floor pigeon loft. 2) retention of part built single storey vintage car storage building and permission to complete same with a low pitched roof. 3) all associated site works
Retention · Wicklow County Council, 25251
13 Aug 2025N/a
1) existing garage, plant rooms and first floor pigeon loft. 2) retention of part built single storey vintage car storage building and permission to complete same with a low pitched roof. 3) all associated site works
Retention · Wicklow County Council, 25226
25 Jul 2025N/a
1) existing garage, plant rooms and first floor pigeon loft. 2) retention of part built single storey vintage car storage building and permission to complete same with a low pitched roof. 3) all associated site works
Retention · Wicklow County Council, 25211
13 May 2025N/a
erect a dwelling and garage with services along with all associated site development works
Permission · Wicklow County Council, 25121
14 Nov 2024N/a
erect a dwelling and garage with services along with all associated site development works
Permission · Wicklow County Council, 24455
24 Aug 2024Conditional
outline Reg Ref 23/444. The development will consist of a dwelling circa 191msq, a domestic garage, packaged effluent disposal system with mechanical aeration and polishing filter to current EPA standards, a groundwater well, together with all required site and development works
Permission consequent, 1 home · Wicklow County Council, 2460513
7 Jun 2024Refused
(1) Retention permission of existing garage, plant rooms and first floor pigeon loft. (2) Retention of part built single story vintage car storage building and Permission to complete same with a flat green roof. (3) All associated site works
Retention · Wicklow County Council, 24258
21 May 2024N/a
(1) Retention permission of existing garage, plant rooms and first floor pigeon loft. (2) Retention of part built single storey vintage car storage building and Permission to complete same with a flat green roof. (3) All associated site works
Retention · Wicklow County Council, 24232
10 Apr 2024N/a
existing garage, plant rooms and first floor pigeon loft. Retention permission of part built single storey vintage car storage building and Permission to complete same with a low pitched roof. All associated site works
Retention · Wicklow County Council, 24169
27 Mar 2024Conditional
construction of an extension to side and rear of existing garage, creation of a granny flat in part of extension to garage and part of existing garage, creation of boiler room in part of rear extension to garage, removal of 2 containers, new outdoor patio area, new covered canopy area to rear of dwelling, converting rear window in existing dwelling to door and associate works
Permission · Wicklow County Council, 2460178
20 Mar 2024N/a
(1) Retention permission of existing garage, plant rooms and first pigeon loft, (2) Retention of part built single storey vintage car storage building and Permission to complete same with a low pitched roof, (3) All associated site works
Retention · Wicklow County Council, 24136
9 May 2023Conditional
for modifications to the dwelling and site granted permission under Reg Ref 20/746. For (1.) A reduction to the overall subject site area.(2) A revised location for the approved dwelling site layout/entrance driveway. (3). A revised location packaged effluent disposal system with mechanical aeration and polishing filter to current EPA standards (4.) A revised location for a proposed groundwater well and all together with required site and development works
Permission · Wicklow County Council, 23443
9 May 2023Conditional
new dwelling house & driveway, a packaged effluent disposal system with mechanical aeration and polishing filter to current EPA standards & a groundwater well together with required site and development works
Outline permission · Wicklow County Council, 23444
28 Feb 2023N/a
1) of existing garage, plant rooms and first floor pigeon loft. 2) Retention of part built single story vintage car storage building and Permission to complete same with a low pitched roof. 3) All associated site works
Retention · Wicklow County Council, 23194
7 Feb 2023N/a
1)existing garage, plant rooms and first floor pigeon loft. 2) retention of part built single storey vintage car storage building and permission to complete same with a flat green roof. 3) all associated site works
Retention · Wicklow County Council, 23102
12 Dec 2022N/a
1) existing garage, plant rooms and first floor pigeon loft. 2) Retention of part built single storey vintage car storage building and permission to complete same with a flat green roof. 3) All associated site works
Retention · Wicklow County Council, 221324
17 May 2022N/a
1) retention of part built single storey vintage car storage building, 2) permission to complete single storey car story building, 3) All associated site works
Retention · Wicklow County Council, 22533
13 Dec 2021N/a
dwelling, connection to water main, effluent disposal systems to current EPA COP standards and all associated site works
Permission, 1 home · Wicklow County Council, 211493
5 Feb 2021Conditional
rear/side extension to existing main cottage. Permission for new extension to the rear of main cottage, which will create a link connection, to existing outhouse buildings, conversion of existing outhouse building to home office/workshop and conversion of existing outhouse building to self-contained apartment/granny flat, with double bathroom extension to the rear-south elevation, one for the studio, one for self-contained apartment/granny flat. Associated site works and some internal alterations
Retention, 1 home · Wicklow County Council, 21101
21 Dec 2020N/a
rear/side extension to existing main cottage, Permission to new extension to the rear of main cottage, link connection to existing outhouse buildings, conversion of existing outhouse building to Home office/workshop, and conversion of existing outhouse building to self-contained apartment/granny flat. Associated site works and some internal alterations
Retention, 1 home · Wicklow County Council, 201306
7 Dec 2020N/a
rear/side extension to existing main cottage, permission to new extension to the rear of main cottage, link connection to existing outhouse buildings, conversion of existing outhouse building to home office/workshop and conversion of existing outhouse building to self-contained apartment/granny flat. Associated site works and some internal alterations
Retention, 1 home · Wicklow County Council, 201242
The 25 most recent of 28 applications.
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 Shelton.
Recorded monuments
No recorded monument lies in the townland of Shelton.
Architectural heritage
No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands in the townland of Shelton.
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 10 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels. Testing a home
- Landslides
- Susceptibility moderately low, low, low (inferred), on the 1:50,000 map.
- Terrain model
- LiDAR of the Office of Public Works, flown in 2011, at 2 m: tile OPW_3327 (ZIP).
- 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 Shelton with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Wicklow.
The townland
- Name
- Shelton · Shelton
- Area
- 855,096 m² (85.51 ha, 211.3 acres)
- Civil parish
- Kilbride, and its townlands
- Barony
- Arklow
- Electoral division
- Kilbride, the unit of the census
- Census 2022
- Kilbride electoral division: 928 people in 304 households; 85% of households own their home; 20% of homes were built since 2001; 6% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 6% were holiday homes.
- Neighbouring townlands
- Ballinaheese, Coolboy, Kilbride, Raheen, Shelton Abbey
- Placenames
- Shelton 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.