# Shelton Abbey, Co. Wicklow: townland, land parcels and planning Townland in the civil parish of Kilbride, barony of Arklow, Co. Wicklow; in Irish Mainistir Shelton. - Area (Tailte Éireann): 2,883,913 m² (288.39 ha, 712.63 acres) - Land parcels (Tailte Éireann): 86 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in it, median 3,058 m² (0.31 ha, 0.76 acres) - Zoning (national zoning, MyPlan): C2.1 Employment, the zone with the most parcels - Planning (National Planning Applications): 36 applications since 2010 - Civil parish: Kilbride, https://everytownland.com/wicklow/parish/kilbride.md - Barony: Arklow - Electoral division: Kilbride, the unit of the census - Census 2022 (Central Statistics Office): 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. - County: Co. Wicklow, https://everytownland.com/wicklow.md - Placenames Database of Ireland: https://www.logainm.ie/en/55511 - Townland number at Tailte Éireann: 251230 - Centre: latitude 52.817786, longitude -6.189046 (WGS 84) ## Land parcels (registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann) 86 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Shelton Abbey, from 2 m² to 391,666 m² (39.17 ha, 96.78 acres); 30 neighbouring parcels touch its boundary. Largest first: - Parcel 1287529: 391,666 m² (39.17 ha, 96.78 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1287529.md - Parcel 1270221: 165,772 m² (16.58 ha, 40.96 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1270221.md - Parcel 1291687: 146,428 m² (14.64 ha, 36.18 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1291687.md - Parcel 5808686: 122,772 m² (12.28 ha, 30.34 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5808686.md - Parcel 1293716: 108,903 m² (10.89 ha, 26.91 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1293716.md - Parcel 1260956: 98,229 m² (9.82 ha, 24.27 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1260956.md - Parcel 1294963: 84,823 m² (8.48 ha, 20.96 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1294963.md - Parcel 4773952: 73,268 m² (7.33 ha, 18.1 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/4773952.md - Parcel 1290179: 60,691 m² (6.07 ha, 15 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1290179.md - Parcel 1271250: 57,870 m² (5.79 ha, 14.3 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1271250.md - Parcel 1289497: 47,852 m² (4.79 ha, 11.82 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1289497.md - Parcel 4742931: 45,181 m² (4.52 ha, 11.16 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/4742931.md - Parcel 1265947: 43,530 m² (4.35 ha, 10.76 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1265947.md - Parcel 4742827: 41,429 m² (4.14 ha, 10.24 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/4742827.md - Parcel 1262141: 35,792 m² (3.58 ha, 8.84 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1262141.md - Parcel 4741755: 35,452 m² (3.55 ha, 8.76 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/4741755.md - Parcel 4918974: 31,258 m² (3.13 ha, 7.72 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/4918974.md - Parcel 5808658: 30,309 m² (3.03 ha, 7.49 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5808658.md - Parcel 1267806: 26,551 m² (2.66 ha, 6.56 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1267806.md - Parcel 5799525: 25,932 m² (2.59 ha, 6.41 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5799525.md - Parcel 1299064: 25,727 m² (2.57 ha, 6.36 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1299064.md - Parcel 5537427: 25,283 m² (2.53 ha, 6.25 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5537427.md - Parcel 2656262: 24,413 m² (2.44 ha, 6.03 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2656262.md - Parcel 5428210: 22,755 m² (2.28 ha, 5.62 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5428210.md - Parcel 1300118: 21,879 m² (2.19 ha, 5.41 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1300118.md - Parcel 1292945: 21,388 m² (2.14 ha, 5.29 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1292945.md - Parcel 4742896: 20,559 m² (2.06 ha, 5.08 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/4742896.md - Parcel 1265286: 20,059 m² (2.01 ha, 4.96 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1265286.md - Parcel 5808644: 19,303 m² (1.93 ha, 4.77 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5808644.md - Parcel 1293543: 16,466 m² (1.65 ha, 4.07 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1293543.md - Parcel 1289999: 13,655 m² (1.37 ha, 3.37 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1289999.md - Parcel 5061950: 9,588 m² (0.96 ha, 2.37 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5061950.md - Parcel 5428255: 9,511 m² (0.95 ha, 2.35 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5428255.md - Parcel 3076400: 8,666 m² (0.87 ha, 2.14 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/3076400.md - Parcel 1263147: 6,339 m² (0.63 ha, 1.57 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1263147.md - Parcel 4743073: 5,717 m² (0.57 ha, 1.41 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/4743073.md - Parcel 4773944: 5,335 m² (0.53 ha, 1.32 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/4773944.md - Parcel 6036968: 4,996 m² (0.5 ha, 1.23 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/6036968.md - Parcel 4743069: 4,466 m² (0.45 ha, 1.1 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/4743069.md - Parcel 1269348: 4,108 m² (0.41 ha, 1.02 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1269348.md - Parcel 2889232: 3,627 m² (0.36 ha, 0.9 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2889232.md - Parcel 2889472: 3,374 m² (0.34 ha, 0.83 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2889472.md - Parcel 1263043: 3,060 m² (0.31 ha, 0.76 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1263043.md - Parcel 5537589: 3,057 m² (0.31 ha, 0.76 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5537589.md - Parcel 6036900: 3,057 m² (0.31 ha, 0.76 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/6036900.md - Parcel 5464953: 2,774 m² (0.28 ha, 0.69 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5464953.md - Parcel 5537443: 2,754 m² (0.28 ha, 0.68 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5537443.md - Parcel 1264715: 2,726 m² (0.27 ha, 0.67 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1264715.md - Parcel 1291274: 2,514 m² (0.25 ha, 0.62 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1291274.md - Parcel 5061933: 2,260 m² (0.23 ha, 0.56 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5061933.md - Parcel 1269033: 1,995 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1269033.md - Parcel 5061936: 1,822 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/5061936.md - Parcel 5537588: 1,507 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/5537588.md - Parcel 5537616: 1,369 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/5537616.md - Parcel 6036898: 1,369 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/6036898.md - Parcel 4742782: 1,366 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/4742782.md - Parcel 1264314: 1,253 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1264314.md - Parcel 4422258: 1,018 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/4422258.md - Parcel 5537547: 1,003 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/5537547.md - Parcel 1270538: 893 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1270538.md - Parcel 1270872: 887 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1270872.md - Parcel 6036928: 877 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/6036928.md - Parcel 6036933: 675 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/6036933.md - Parcel 4773950: 597 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/4773950.md - Parcel 1267063: 583 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1267063.md - Parcel 1294218: 391 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1294218.md - Parcel 4742826: 388 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/4742826.md - Parcel 6036904: 388 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/6036904.md - Parcel 5537617: 374 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/5537617.md - Parcel 6036895: 374 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/6036895.md - Parcel 5813593: 366 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/5813593.md - Parcel 5428258: 354 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/5428258.md - Parcel 5061932: 301 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/5061932.md - Parcel 5537499: 246 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/5537499.md - Parcel 6036963: 246 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/6036963.md - Parcel 5428243: 190 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/5428243.md - Parcel 5537451: 171 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/5537451.md - Parcel 1293094: 149 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1293094.md - Parcel 1266692: 140 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1266692.md - Parcel 6036971: 132 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/6036971.md - Parcel 6036916: 75 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/6036916.md - Parcel 5537522: 50 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/5537522.md - Parcel 6036942: 50 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/6036942.md - Parcel 6036914: 49 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/6036914.md - Parcel 5464975: 36 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/5464975.md - Parcel 5465696: 2 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/5465696.md ## Zoning (national zoning of development plans, MyPlan) - C2.1 Employment (Industrial, enterprise, employment): Arklow and Environs Local Area Plan, Wicklow; 30 parcels. The zoning objective in the plan: https://www.wicklow.ie/Living/Services/Planning/Development-Plans-Strategies/Local-Area-Town-Settlement-Plans/Arklow/Arklow-and-Environs-Local-Area-Plan-2018-2024 - G1 Passive Open Space (Open space, park): Arklow and Environs Local Area Plan, Wicklow; 8 parcels. The zoning objective in the plan: https://www.wicklow.ie/Living/Services/Planning/Development-Plans-Strategies/Local-Area-Town-Settlement-Plans/Arklow/Arklow-and-Environs-Local-Area-Plan-2018-2024 ## Planning applications whose site touches the townland (National Planning Applications, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage) 36 applications, newest first. - 25 Aug 2026, Wicklow County Council 2660755: N/a. Permission. RED III application Level 1 - consist of a ten year planning permission to develop an electricity service, entailing the laying of approximately 23.9 kilometers of 38kV cable from the consented Ballymanus Wind Farm (Reg. Ref. 17/814) to connect the wind farm to the national grid at the existing Arklow 220kV ESB Station, County Wicklow, the proposed grid connection will be installed within existing private tracks and public roadway and include, provision of joint bays, draw pits, communication chambers, three phase electrical cables, optical fibre cables and cable sheath sectionalising chambers, water and rail crossings by (i) bridge crossings, (ii) horizontal directional drilling and iii) guided auger bore, limited ancillary forestry felling to facilitate construction and operation of the proposed development, reinstatement of land, road and track surface above the proposed cabling trench, all associated ancillary works. An Environmental Impact Assessment Report (EIAR) and Natura Impact Statement (NIS) have been prepared in respect of the proposed development and will be submitted with the application. This development is covered by the provisions of the Renewable Energy Directive III (Directive (EU)2023/2413) and it is important to note that the planning application may be subject to section 34D of the Planning and Development Act, as amended, When a notice issues in accordence with section 34D(b), the provisions of article 26A of the Planning and Development Regulations 2001 to 2025 shall apply. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/WicklowCC/AppFileRefDetails/2660755/0 - 22 Jan 2026, Wicklow County Council 2660038: Conditional. Permission. the following works to connect Avoca River Park to public services: • an underground foul pump station and an above ground kiosk with a total height of 1.8m within a secure compound located on lands at Avoca River Park; • a watermain with a total length of c. 2.2km and a foul rising main with a total length of c. 2.2km from the proposed pump station, traversing lands within Avoca River Park, the existing trackway through the marsh, 10 and 11 Ferrybank and terminating in the public road (R772); • installation of fibre connections with a total length of c. 2.2km with fibre ducts; • connection to the existing Uisce Éireann foul network and watermain network; • all associated site development works above and below ground. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/WicklowCC/AppFileRefDetails/2660038/0 - 9 Oct 2025, Wicklow County Council 2560806: Conditional. Permission. The proposed development seeks permission to amend the development permitted under WCC Reg. Ref.: 23/72 and will consist of the following: • Reconfiguration of the internal layout of the 3-no. permitted ICT facility buildings to include ICT equipment rooms, mechanical rooms, switch rooms, electrical equipment rooms, office accommodation, storage and staff facilities at ground and first floor levels; • Amendments to the southern façade on all ICT facility buildings to include alterations to fenestration, extension of permitted louvered façade treatment, and associated alterations; • An increase of c.113 sq.m to the permitted external generator compound of each ICT facility building at ground floor to accommodate additional plant and equipment; • Amendments to plant and equipment layout at roof level and the provision of 1 no. additional roof-mounted emergency landlord generator on each ICT facility building; • Amendments to the permitted water services compound to provide for 1 no. sprinkler tank, 1 no. hydrant tank, 2 no. hydrant water tanks, 2 no. water storage tanks, 6 no. single storey pump rooms (with a gross floor area (GFA) of c. 52 sq.m each) and 1 no. single storey pump room of with a GFA of c. 46 sq.m; • Revisions to permitted site access arrangements including the omission of a permitted security hut and the provision of a revised sally port entrance system with a single storey gatehouse (c. 43 sq.m) and associated revised internal road network; • Relocation of permitted car parking spaces and the provision of 26 no. additional car parking spaces (149 no. spaces in total), Electric Vehicle (EV) car parking and ducting; • The proposed development also includes alterations to the permitted landscaping and planting, fuel filling areas, boundary treatments, security fencing, lighting, SuDS and drainage, and all associated and ancillary site development works. The operation of the development will require an EPA Industrial Emissions Directive (IE) Licence.. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/WicklowCC/AppFileRefDetails/2560806/0 - 29 Sept 2025, Wicklow County Council 25287: N/a. Retention. 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. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/WicklowCC/AppFileRefDetails/25287/0 - 1 Sept 2025, Wicklow County Council 25251: N/a. Retention. 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. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/WicklowCC/AppFileRefDetails/25251/0 - 13 Aug 2025, Wicklow County Council 25226: N/a. Retention. 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. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/WicklowCC/AppFileRefDetails/25226/0 - 1 Aug 2025, Wicklow County Council 2560594: Conditional. Permission. • 1 no. ICT facility building with a gross floor area (GFA) of c. 36,655 sq.m and a total parapet height of c.19.5m. • 2 no. ICT facilities each with a GFA of c. 4,428 sq.m and a total parapet height of c. 10.5m. • Each of the ICT facilities will accommodate ICT equipment rooms, external mechanical equipment areas, electrical equipment rooms, network rooms, ancillary office space, storage and loading bays; • The construction of a solar farm development consisting of photovoltaic (PV) panel arrays covering an area of approximately c. 2.7 ha in the east of the site, on ground mounted steel frames, underground cabling and ducting, a new gated internal track for maintenance and all associated site services works; • Relocation of the customer transformer compound permitted under WCC Reg. Ref.: 21/1080 as amended by WCC Reg. Ref.: 23/843; • The provision of process water and domestic water split tanks, process water and domestic water plantrooms, rainwater harvesting tanks, chlorine dosing kiosk, sprinkler pump rooms, sprinkler tanks, fire hydrant pump room and hydrant tank; • The provision of an internal road network and circulation areas, footpaths, 104 no. car parking spaces and 100 no. cycle parking spaces; • The construction site access arrangements and amendments to the internal road network permitted under WCC Reg. Ref.: 21/1080 as amended by WCC Reg. Ref.: 23/843; • Landscaping and planting, boundary treatments, site lighting, security fencing, all associated site works including underground foul and storm water drainage network, Sustainable Urban Drainage Systems (SuDS) measures, and utility cables, and all ancillary works. The operation of the proposed development will require an EPA Industrial Emissions Directive (IE) Licence. An Environmental Impact Assessment Report (EIAR) has been prepared. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/WicklowCC/AppFileRefDetails/2560594/0 - 25 Jul 2025, Wicklow County Council 25211: N/a. Retention. 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. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/WicklowCC/AppFileRefDetails/25211/0 - 11 Apr 2025, Wicklow County Council 2586: Conditional. Retention. increased ridge height and first floor habitable floor area along with minor alterations and revisions to the elevations and internal layout of the existing dwelling originally approved under P.R.R. 07/1500 along with retention permission for the domestic garage & site development works including the retaining wall & concrete yard. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/WicklowCC/AppFileRefDetails/2586/0 - 7 Jun 2024, Wicklow County Council 24258: Refused. Retention. (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. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/WicklowCC/AppFileRefDetails/24258/0 - 21 May 2024, Wicklow County Council 24232: N/a. Retention. (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. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/WicklowCC/AppFileRefDetails/24232/0 - 10 Apr 2024, Wicklow County Council 24169: N/a. Retention. 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. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/WicklowCC/AppFileRefDetails/24169/0 - 20 Mar 2024, Wicklow County Council 24136: N/a. Retention. (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. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/WicklowCC/AppFileRefDetails/24136/0 - 30 Nov 2023, Wicklow County Council 2360463: Conditional. Permission, 1 home. the construction of a bungalow with new entrance and driveway off existing right of way, new effluent treatment system to current EPA standards and all ancillary site works. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/WicklowCC/AppFileRefDetails/2360463/0 - 22 Nov 2023, Wicklow County Council 2360437: Conditional. Permission. the installation of circa. 3,492sq.m array of solar photovoltaic (PV) panels on ground mounted frames on an agricultural plot within the existing Shelton Abbey Open Prison, together with ducting, underground electrical cabling, and all associated site works The proposed development is considered to be within the curtilage of a protected structure (RPS No. 40-05) listed under the current Wicklow County Development Plan 2022-2028. The proposed solar array installation will have no impact on the protected structure, located over 330.00 meters away from the proposed site.. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/WicklowCC/AppFileRefDetails/2360437/0 - 17 Nov 2023, Wicklow County Council 23843: Conditional. Permission. proposed development. The proposed development includes an amendment to the development permitted under Reg. Ref. 21/1080, The proposed development will consist of the following to facilitate the above. Demolition of the existing structures on the western part of the site that comprises 4 no. industrial commercial buildings, an associated hut / outbuilding, a gas enclosure, and a tank with bund wall. The removal of the remains of a previously demolished building, areas of hard standing, and existing surface treatments. The relocation of the Energy Centre 1 to the western part of the site, which will supersede the previously permitted 110kV GIS substation compound at that location under ABP Ref: VA27.309252. The proposed development will provide for a revised energy centre design, to include the provision of 8 no. gas turbines (with associated flues of 25.15m in height), 4 no. black start emergency generators and associated transformers, 2 no. single storey fuel oil pump rooms with a gross floor area (GFA) of 90.17sq.m, a single storey air compressor building with a GFA of 88.9sq.m, 4 no. fuel tanks, 2 no. MCC control rooms with a GFA of 44.17sq.m, 3 no. fire water tanks, a single storey welfare, storage, and pump room building with a combined GFA of 160.97 sq.m, a two storey MV /LV building with a GFA of 655.54sq.m, 8 no. 11kV/ 33kV step-up transformers in the north of the site, water treatment equipment, and a security hut, all within a fenced compound. The proposed development includes landscaping and planting, boundary treatments, lighting, security fencing, car parking, and all site works including underground foul and storm water drainage network (including on-site wastewater treatment system), and utility cables, along with all associated and ancillary works. An EPA- Industrial Emissions Directive (IED) licence will be applied for to facilitate the operation of the proposed development. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/WicklowCC/AppFileRefDetails/23843/0 - 16 Nov 2023, Wicklow County Council 2360416: N/a. Permission, 1 home. the installation of circa. 3,492sq.m array of solar photovoltaic (PV) panels on ground mounted frames on an agricultural plot within the existing complex, together with ducting, underground electrical cabling, and all associated site works The proposed development is within the curtilage of a protected structure (RPS No. 40-05) listed under the current Wicklow County Development Plan 2022-2028.. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/WicklowCC/AppFileRefDetails/2360416/0 - 27 Oct 2023, Wicklow County Council 2360383: N/a. Permission. the installation of circa. 3,492sq.m array of solar photovoltaic (PV) panels on ground mounted frames on an agricultural plot within the existing Shelton Abbey Open Prison complex, together with ducting, underground electrical cabling, and all associated site works. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/WicklowCC/AppFileRefDetails/2360383/0 - 9 May 2023, Wicklow County Council 23443: Conditional. Permission. 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. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/WicklowCC/AppFileRefDetails/23443/0 - 30 Mar 2023, Wicklow County Council 23320: Conditional. Permission. for proposed change of use from industrial/warehouse to plastics recycling facility and associated works. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/WicklowCC/AppFileRefDetails/23320/0 - 28 Feb 2023, Wicklow County Council 23194: N/a. Retention. 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. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/WicklowCC/AppFileRefDetails/23194/0 - 7 Feb 2023, Wicklow County Council 23102: N/a. Retention. 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. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/WicklowCC/AppFileRefDetails/23102/0 - 27 Jan 2023, Wicklow County Council 2372: Conditional. Permission. the proposed development occupies part of the site of (and will supersede) a previously permitted data centre development under Reg. Ref. 20/1285. The proposed development, for which a ten-year permission is sought, consists of the following: Demolition of the existing structures on site (industrial structures and outbuildings) and site clearance works; construction of 3 no. three storey information and communication technology (ICT) facility buildings, each with a gross floor area (GFA) of c. 16,206 sq.m (c. 48,618sq.m GFA in total), and with a parapet height of c. 19.5 metres; each of the 3 no. ICT buildings will accommodate ICT equipment rooms, mechanical equipment rooms, staff welfare facilities, ancillary office space, security rooms, storage, and loading bays; a customer compound, a power trunk building, a transformer compound and a water tank compound area are provided to the north of the ICT facility buildings; the development includes the extension of the existing road and serving the existing industrial park to access the subject site, with gated access points to the proposed ICT facility development to be provided off this roadway; construction of internal road network and circulation areas, footpaths, provision of 124 no. car parking spaces and motorcycle and cycle parking spaces; landscaping and planting, boundary treatments, lighting, security fencing, and all associated site works including underground foul and storm water drainage network, attenuation and percolation areas, and utility cable (including connections to the substation permitted under ABP Ref. 310090-21, resulting in the partial culverting of an existing drainage ditch), on an application site area measuring c. 9.69 hectares. An Environmental Impact Assessment Report (EIAR) has been prepared and will be submitted to the Planning Authority with the planning application. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/WicklowCC/AppFileRefDetails/2372/0 - 12 Dec 2022, Wicklow County Council 221324: N/a. Retention. 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. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/WicklowCC/AppFileRefDetails/221324/0 - 23 Aug 2022, Wicklow County Council 22920: Conditional. Permission. proposed dwelling, waste water treatment system to EPA standards, garage, entrance and associated works. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/WicklowCC/AppFileRefDetails/22920/0 - 17 May 2022, Wicklow County Council 22533: N/a. Retention. 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. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/WicklowCC/AppFileRefDetails/22533/0 - 25 Apr 2022, Wicklow County Council 22433: Conditional. Permission. the installation of underground electrical infrastructure between the existing Arklow Gas-insulated Switchgear (GIS) 220kV Substation and the permitted Pollahoney GIS Substation. This will include the installation of approximately two underground electricity cable circuits, each at 3.12km in length and associated underground ducting, horizontal directional drilling, joint bays, communication cabling infrastructure between the existing Arklow GIS 220kV Substation and the permitted Pollahoney GIS substation, (WCC reg ref 20/1285). All associate and ancillary site development, remedial and construction works will be concentrated along the public road network, i.e. R772, L2180, L6179-0 and L-61791-0 to facilitate the underground cabling infrastructure within the townlands of Killinskyduff, Tiknock, Kilbride and Shelton Abbey. The application will include an Environmental Impact Assessment Screening Report (EIA). File: https://www.eplanning.ie/WicklowCC/AppFileRefDetails/22433/0 - 31 Aug 2021, Wicklow County Council 211080: Conditional. Permission. Full ten-year planning permission for development on this site located at Avoca River Park, Arklow, Co. Wicklow. The proposed development is to be located within the townlands of Shelton Abbey and Marsh. The site is bound to the west by the site of a permitted data storage facility development (permitted under Reg. Ref.: 201285), to the north by the access road to Avoca River Park, to the south by undeveloped lands and to the east by undeveloped lands beyond which is the M11 motorway. The proposed development consists of the following: •All site clearance and enabling works required to facilitate the development. •Construction of 2 no. energy centre buildings (Energy Centre 1 and Energy Centre 2) each with a height to parapet level of c. 13.85 metres. •Energy Centre 1 will comprise a gross floor area (GFA) of 5,965 sq.m. within a single storey building and will accommodate 12 no. generators. 4 no. flues 33 metres in height will be accommodated along with south-western elevation of the building. •Energy Centre 2 will comprise a GFA of 9,180 sq.m. within a single storey building and will accommodate 18 no. generators. 6 no. flues 33 metres in height will be accommodated along the south-western elevation of the building. •Construction of a battery compound to provide electricity storage and backup power, located to the northeast of Energy Centre 2, to comprise 27 no. battery arrays within a compound area of c. 0.7 hectares. A single storey MV switch-room building (c. 181 sq.m. GFA) will be provided to the west of the battery compound. •Provision of a transformer compound (to the northwest of Energy Centre 1), along with a welfare building (c.38 sq.m. GFA).•Provision of fuel storage tanks (2 no.) within a bunded compound to the north of Energy Centre 2.•Construction of a new access from the existing estate access road to the north of the site, internal road network and circulation areas, footpaths, provision of 6 no. car parking spaces and 4 no. cycle parking spaces. •Landscaping and planting, boundary treatments, lighting, security fencing and all associated ancillary and site works including underground foul and storm water drainage network (including on-site wastewater treatment system) and utility cables. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/WicklowCC/AppFileRefDetails/211080/0 - 22 Jan 2021, Wicklow County Council SI202102: N/a. N/a. development primarily comprises the demolition of existing structures on site and the provision of a substation compound along with associated and ancillary works and is described as follows: The existing structures on site to be demolished comprise 4 no. industrial commercial buildings, an associated hut/outbuilding, a gas enclosure, and a tank with bund wall. The remains of a previously demolished building, areas of hard standing, and existing surface treatments will also be removed as part of the site clearance works. The proposed substation compound is subdivided into two parts. The northern part of the compound will accommodate a two storey 110kV GIS substation building (with gross floor are of c. 1,377 sqm). The southern part of the compound will accommodate four transformers and a single storey client control building (with a gross floor area c. 416sqm) and associated underground services. Both parts of the substation compound will be enclosed within 2.6metre high security fencing. The overall compound will be enclosed with a property fence 1.4 metre height. The development includes access paths, landscaping, security fencing, provision of access roads, car parking within the GIS substation compound, provision of a rural supply electricity connection (connecting to existing electrical services to the east of the proposed substation compound ) for the GIS substation building, a unit substation, lightning masts, drainage and attenuation systems, services, and all associated construction works, and all ancillary works. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/WicklowCC/AppFileRefDetails/SI202102/0 - 15 Dec 2020, Wicklow County Council 201285: Conditional. Permission, 1 home. 1. Demolition of existing ind building units totalling (C.2784.4m2) comprising of a c.7.1m high Overall Main Building (c.2460m2), a c.4.2m high Sub-station (c. 107.3m2), a c.3.6m high Guardhouse (c.106.2m2), a c.3.6m high East-Building (c.39.1m2), c.5m high Water Tank (c.56.8m2) &c.2.6m high Pump House Building (c.15.1m2), assoc works. 2. Dev of 3 no. Data Centre Buildings, ancillary offices & plant comprising of: Data Centre Building A, - a single storey Data Centre Building, with mezzanine 1st floor level offices (GFA c.10,564m2, building height c.13,658m & structures c.15,137m), made up of 2 no. Data Halls & loading areas with assoc 2 no. Dock Levellers & including 10 no. c.14m high flues, & adjacent 1 no. Standby Power Generation Compounds, consisting of 10 no. HV Diesel Generators &belly tanks (GFA c.530 m2), 1 no. storage fuel tank (GFA c.15m2). Data Centre Building B – a single storey data centre building with mezzanine 1st floor level offices (GFA c.18,508m2, building height c.13,658m &structures c.15,137m), made up of 4 no. Data Halls &loading areas with associated 2 no. Dock Levellers &including 20 no. c.14m high flues, &adjacent 2 no. Standby Power Generation Compounds, consisting of 20 no. HV diesel Generators &belly tanks (GFA c.1,060 m2), 2 no. storage fuel tanks (GFA c.30m2). Data Centre Building C – a single storey data centre building with mezzanine 1st floor level offices (GFA c.18,508m2, building height c.13,658m & structures c.15,137m), made up of 4 no. Data Halls & loading areas with associated 2 no. Dock Levellers &including 20 no. c.14m high flues, &adjacent 2 no. Standby Power Generation Compounds, consisting of 20 no. HV Diesel Generators & belly tanks (GFA c.1,060 m2), 2 no. storage fuel tanks (GFA c.30m2). 3. Upgrading of existing 110 kV Substation to comprise of Compound (c. 8539m2) consisting of 11 kV GIS Switch Room (GFA c.708m2), &4 no. External Transformers (GFA c.550m2), a grid connection, security fence & all assoc works & services. 4. Dev of 1 no. Fire Hydrant Pump Hse (GFA c.129m2) with Sprinkler Tank (c.49m2), 1 no. single storey Security Guard Hse (GFA c.48m2) &2 no. vehicular accesses, internal access rds & 224 no. surface car parking spaces. 5. An upgraded attenuation basin, a proposed ww treatment plant &polishing filter. 6. All assoc site services, with c.2.7m high palisade fence, landscaping, boundary & all assoc site development works above & below ground. An EIAR has been prepared in respect of the proposed dev. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/WicklowCC/AppFileRefDetails/201285/0 - 8 Dec 2020, Wicklow County Council 201247: N/a. Permission. 1. Demolition of existing ind building units totalling (C.2784.4m2) comprising of a c.7.1m high Overall Main Building (c.2460m2), a c.4.2m high Sub-station (c. 107.3m2), a c.3.6m high Guardhouse (c.106.2m2), a c.3.6m high East-Building (c.39.1m2), c.5m high Water Tank (c.56.8m2) &c.2.6m high Pump House Building (c.15.1m2), assoc works. 2. Dev of 3 no. Data Centre Buildings, ancillary offices & plant comprising of: Data Centre Building A, - a single storey Data Centre Building, with mezzanine 1st floor level offices (GFA c.10,564m2, building height c.13,658m & structures c.15,137m), made up of 2 no. Data Halls & loading areas with assoc 2 no. Dock Levellers & including 10 no. c.14m high flues, & adjacent 1 no. Standby Power Generation Compounds, consisting of 10 no. HV Diesel Generators &belly tanks (GFA c.530 m2), 1 no. storage fuel tank (GFA c.15m2). Data Centre Building B – a single storey data centre building with mezzanine 1st floor level offices (GFA c.18,508m2, building height c.13,658m &structures c.15,137m), made up of 4 no. Data Halls &loading areas with associated 2 no. Dock Levellers &including 20 no. c.14m high flues, &adjacent 2 no. Standby Power Generation Compounds, consisting of 20 no. HV diesel Generators &belly tanks (GFA c.1,060 m2), 2 no. storage fuel tanks (GFA c.30m2). Data Centre Building C – a single storey data centre building with mezzanine 1st floor level offices (GFA c.18,508m2, building height c.13,658m & structures c.15,137m), made up of 4 no. Data Halls & loading areas with associated 2 no. Dock Levellers &including 20 no. c.14m high flues, &adjacent 2 no. Standby Power Generation Compounds, consisting of 20 no. HV Diesel Generators & belly tanks (GFA c.1,060 m2), 2 no. storage fuel tanks (GFA c.30m2). 3. Upgrading of existing 110 kV Substation to comprise of Compound (c. 8539m2) consisting of 11 kV GIS Switch Room (GFA c.708m2), &4 no. External Transformers (GFA c.550m2), a grid connection, security fence & all assoc works & services. 4. Dev of 1 no. Fire Hydrant Pump Hse (GFA c.129m2) with Sprinkler Tank (c.49m2), 1 no. single storey Security Guard Hse (GFA c.48m2) &2 no. vehicular accesses, internal access rds & 224 no. surface car parking spaces. 5. An upgraded attenuation basin, a proposed ww treatment plant &polishing filter. 6. All assoc site services, with c.2.7m high palisade fence, landscaping, boundary & all assoc site development works above & below ground. An EIAR has been prepared in respect of the proposed dev. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/WicklowCC/AppFileRefDetails/201247/0 - 4 Aug 2020, Wicklow County Council 20746: Conditional. Permission, 1 home. proposed new dwelling, upgrade to existing entrance, bored well, effluent disposal systems to EPA Cop 2009 standards and all associated site works. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/WicklowCC/AppFileRefDetails/20746/0 - 19 May 2020, Wicklow County Council 20459: N/a. Permission, 1 home. dwelling, upgrade to existing entrance, bored well, effluent disposal system to EPA COP 2009 standards and all associated site works. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/WicklowCC/AppFileRefDetails/20459/0 - 29 Mar 2019, Wicklow County Council 19332: Unconditional. Extension of duration. extend the appropriate period of a permission - 13/8823 - single storey industrial unit with ancillary office accommodation at ground and mezzanine floor level (floor area 1611sqm), wastewater treatment plant and associated site works and drainage. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/WicklowCC/AppFileRefDetails/19332/0 - 20 Aug 2018, Wicklow County Council 18940: Conditional. Permission. demolition of buildings & structures on site & construction of Data Storage Facility comprising 3 data storage buildings & all assoc site infrastructure: data storage facility 1 (6 Pod Data Centre) located to north of site served by 1 gas generator compound to south of Data Storage building including 5 flues & 2 bunded fuel tanks located to south east & south west of Data Storage building & powered by (-part grid / - part gas) with emergency diesel fuel backup. Data storage facility 2 (8 pod data centre) located to south of Data Storage Facility 1 served by 1 gas generator compound to the south of building incl 6 flues & 2 bunded fuel tanks located to south east & south west of Data Storage building & powered by (-part grid / -part gas) with emergency diesel fuel backup. Data storage 3 (8 pod data centre) located to south of site served by 1 diesel generator compound to north of building incl 8 flues & 2 bunded fuel tanks, located to north east & north west of Data Storage building & powered by grid. The dev will consist of upgrade of existing 100 kV substation to provide a Substation Compound comprising Gas Insulated Switchgear (GIS) equipment with 4 50 mega Volt Amp bays within a single storey MV building 10 lighting protection masts, 4 oil filled transformers, with c2.4m high palisade fence, provision of 1 single storey security guard house at primary access to data storage facilities, provision of 4 vehicular access points off Shelton Abbey (access rd) on western side (2 to serve Data Storage Facilities, 1 to serve GIS substation & 1 to serve MV building), internal access roads, surface level car parking, site services (foul & surface water drainage & water supply) incl 1 pump house with 3 water tanks to sough west, 1 attenuation pond to south east, waste water treatment plant to the west of Shelton Abbey (access road), landscaping, boundary & site dev works above & below ground. Accompany by EIAR. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/WicklowCC/AppFileRefDetails/18940/0 - 10 Aug 2018, Wicklow County Council 18914: N/a. Permission. demolition of buildings & structures on site & construction of Data Storage Facility comprising 3 data storage buildings & all assoc site infrastructure: data storage facility 1 (6 Pod Data Centre) located to north of site served by 1 gas generator compound to south of Data Storage building including 5 flues & 2 bunded fuel tanks located to south east & south west of Data Storage building & powered by (-part grid / - part gas) with emergency diesel fuel backup. Data storage facility 2 (8 pod data centre) located to south of Data Storage Facility 1 served by 1 gas generator compound to the south of building incl 6 flues & 2 bunded fuel tanks located to south east & south west of Data Storage building & powered by (-part grid / -part gas) with emergency diesel fuel backup. Data storage 3 (8 pod data centre) located to south of site served by 1 diesel generator compound to north of building incl 8 flues & 2 bunded fuel tanks, located to north east & north west of Data Storage building & powered by grid. The dev will consist of upgrade of existing 100 kV substation to provide a Substation Compound comprising Gas Insulated Switchgear (GIS) equipment with 4 50 mega Volt Amp bays within a single storey MV building 10 lighting protection masts, 4 oil filled transformers, with c2.4m high palisade fence, provision of 1 single storey security guard house at primary access to data storage facilities, provision of 4 vehicular access points off Shelton Abbey (access rd) on western side (2 to serve Data Storage Facilities, 1 to serve GIS substation & 1 to serve MV building), internal access roads, surface level car parking, site services (foul & surface water drainage & water supply) incl 1 pump house with 3 water tanks to sough west, 1 attenuation pond to south east, waste water treatment plant to the west of Shelton Abbey (access road), landscaping, boundary & site dev works above & below ground. Accompany by EIAR. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/WicklowCC/AppFileRefDetails/18914/0 Applicants are not shown. ## Designated sites (National Parks and Wildlife Service) - Proposed Natural Heritage Area: Avoca River Valley, site code 001748 ## Recorded monuments (Sites and Monuments Record, National Monuments Service) - WI040-020: Church, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CWI040-020----. Situated on a gentle S-facing slope overlooking a steep drop immediately to the S. There is no visible indication of the 'Site of Grave Yard' marked on the 1838 OS 6-inch map as a rectangular enclosure (dims. c. 60m x 25m). Price (1967, 474-5) states that the area was leased to Robert Hassells in 1685. His house was called Shelton, which became the townland name. Price also mentions that the graveyard was on a hill named Whitson hill on a Shelton estate map, and suggests that this was also the site of a church. 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 - WI040-020001: Graveyard, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CWI040-020001-. Situated on a gentle S-facing slope overlooking a steep drop immediately to the S. There is no visible indication of the 'Site of Grave Yard' marked on the 1838 OS 6-inch map as a rectangular enclosure (dims. c. 60m x 25m). Price (1967, 474-5) states that the area was leased to Robert Hassells in 1685. His house was called Shelton, which became the townland name. Price also mentions that the graveyard was on a hill named Whitson hill on a Shelton estate map, and suggests that this was also the site of a church. 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: 19 September 2013 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) - Shelton Abbey, country house, 1770–1775, National interest, registry number 16404005, https://www.buildingsofireland.ie/niah/search.jsp?type=record&county=WI®no=16404005. Detached eleven-bay two storey former mansion, built in 1770 but remodelled in gothic style to designs by Sir Richard Morrison in 1819. The building is finished with lined render and granite dressings. The decorative panelled front door has a blind fanlight and is set within a pointed-arched opening. This is recessed within a projecting triple arched flat-roofed porch. Window openings are generally set within flat-headed openings; there are some mullioned and transomed arrangements. The front is lavishly embellished with reducing buttresses with tall pinnacles. To the north and rear large two storeys wings were later added. The mainly pitched roof is finished with natural slate and has cast-iron rainwater goods. The building is set within a large wooded demesne. Internally the elaborate plasterwork is still intact. ## Ground and risks (Radon Risk Map of Ireland, EPA; Landslide Susceptibility Classification and LiDAR, Geological Survey Ireland) - Radon: 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: Susceptibility high, moderately high, moderately low, moderately low (inferred), 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_3295, https://gsi.geodata.gov.ie/downloads/LiDAR/OPW_NASC/OPW_3295.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/shelton-abbey.dxf - GeoJSON, in WGS 84, for a map: https://everytownland.com/wicklow/shelton-abbey.geojson - KML, for Google Earth: https://everytownland.com/wicklow/shelton-abbey.kml ## Homes sold (Residential Property Price Register) No address of the register names Shelton Abbey 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) - Ballyarthur: https://everytownland.com/wicklow/ballyarthur.md - Ballyraine Lower: https://everytownland.com/wicklow/ballyraine-lower.md - Glenart: https://everytownland.com/wicklow/glenart.md - Kilbride: https://everytownland.com/wicklow/kilbride-250814.md - Kilcarra East: https://everytownland.com/wicklow/kilcarra-east.md - Kilcarra West: https://everytownland.com/wicklow/kilcarra-west.md - Killeagh: https://everytownland.com/wicklow/killeagh-250843.md - Marsh: https://everytownland.com/wicklow/marsh.md - Raheen: https://everytownland.com/wicklow/raheen-251144.md - Sheepwalk: https://everytownland.com/wicklow/sheepwalk.md - Shelton: https://everytownland.com/wicklow/shelton.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/shelton-abbey - In JSON: https://everytownland.com/api/townland/wicklow/shelton-abbey