Tinahask Upper
Townland in the civil parish of Arklow, barony of Arklow, Co. Wicklow; in Irish Tigh na hEasca Uachtarach
Parcel 1283008
- Area
- 871 m²
- Buildings
- 2 buildings touch it, 128 m² on the ground
- Zoning
- R2 Existing Residential (Arklow and Environs Local Area Plan) The objective
- Townland
- Tinahask Upper
Planning applications on this parcel
No planning application touches this parcel in the national file, which goes back to 2010.
Source: National Planning Applications, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, CC BY 4.0. Applicants are not shown.
Designated sites
No designated site (Special Area of Conservation, Special Protection Area, Natural Heritage Area or proposed one) touches this parcel.
Recorded monuments around it
No zone of notification of a recorded monument touches this parcel.
Architectural heritage
No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands on this parcel.
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
- About 1 in 20 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels. Testing a home
- Landslides
- No susceptibility class on the 1:50,000 map; parts are made ground.
- Terrain model
- LiDAR of the Office of Public Works, flown in 2011, at 2 m: tile OPW_3328 (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.
Download this parcel: DXF, in Irish Transverse Mercator metres, with its neighbours and buildings, for a drawing program; GeoJSON, in WGS 84, for a map; KML, for Google Earth.
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann, CC BY 4.0. 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.
- Area
- 56.5 ha
- 139 acres
- Land parcels
- 148
- registered freehold, median 519 m²
- Zoning
- R2
- Existing Residential
- Planning
- 8
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
148 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Tinahask Upper, from 0 m² to 111,665 m² (11.17 ha, 27.59 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 43 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
- R2Existing Residential (Existing residential)
Arklow and Environs Local Area Plan, Wicklow · 143 parcels The zoning objective in the plan - M5Mixed Use (Other mix of uses)
Arklow and Environs Local Area Plan, Wicklow · 38 parcels The zoning objective in the plan - G4Active Open Space (Active open space)
Arklow and Environs Local Area Plan, Wicklow · 9 parcels The zoning objective in the plan - C2.1Employment (Industrial, enterprise, employment)
Arklow and Environs Local Area Plan, Wicklow · 1 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
Source: Tailte Éireann and the Department of Housing (MyPlan), national zoning, CC BY 4.0.
Planning applications
Sites that touch the townland, newest first
8 Sept 2026N/a
alterations and extensions to his property, the application includes for the construction of a single storey porch to front elevation, the construction of a single storey plant room to side elevation and for the construction of single storey storage bays at rear of property including provision of a number of Velux windows to front and rear including ancillary works
Permission · Wicklow County Council, 2660810
17 Oct 2025Conditional
as constructed single storey extension, c.21sqm, and all associated site works
Retention · Wicklow County Council, 2560835
28 Aug 2024Conditional
Part 8 - to construct 74 No. Social Housing Units and all associated works. The accommodation shall consist of the following: 2 No. four bedroom storey and a half units, 17 No. three bedroom two storey units, 45 No. two bedroom two storey units, 2 No. one bedroom apartments in a two storey unit and 8 No. one bedroom single storey units. (Please see the Site Notice for details in relation to submissions or observations in respect to the proposed development)
Permission, 1 home · Wicklow County Council, 24352
26 Jul 2024Conditional
a 7-year permission for a Large-Scale Residential Development. The proposed development will consist of the following: Construction of 476 no. residential units, Communal open space associated with the proposed apartment/duplex units will be provided in the form of landscaped areas located in the vicinity of the apartment units. Public open space in the form of 13 no. local parks. All internal residential access roads and cyclist/ pedestrian paths serving the proposed development. Provision of 930 no. car parking spaces across the development site and 400 no. bicycle parking spaces for residents of the proposed apartments/duplex units. 37 no. visitor bicycle parking spaces are provided throughout the development site. Provision of a new public park facilitating active and passive open spaces to the south of the site, including linear parks, walkways and play areas for structured and natural play, and an area for a playing pitch. Construction of a three-storey mixed use building which will consist of 2 no. Retail units at ground floor level, a community centre and office space at first floor level and the previously mentioned 2 no. two bed-bedroom apartment and 2 no. three bedroom at second floor level. 48 no. car parking spaces & 20 bicycle parking spaces are also proposed for this building. Construction of a two storey Childcare Facility. Temporary upgrade works to the existing Railway bridge to facilitate vehicular access to the proposed development. Construction of part of the Port Access Road, with a temporary junction at its Junction/connection with the proposed northern arterial route/link road including pedestrian and cycle paths, and traffic calming measures. The provision of vehicular access, internal roads, pedestrian and cycle paths to the Community and Education lands. All associated site development works, services provision, infrastructural and drainage works, surface water attenuation & natural attenuation systems, connection to public services and utilities, provision of ESB substations, bin stores, bicycle stores, car parking, public lighting, landscaping, open spaces, and boundary treatment works
Permission · Wicklow County Council, 24325
1 Mar 2023N/a
for construction of a balcony off first floor master bedroom including the installation of French doors to balcony
Permission · Wicklow County Council, 23200
17 Feb 2023N/a
construction of a balcony off the first floor master bedroom including the installation of french doors to balcony
Permission · Wicklow County Council, 23144
7 Jan 2021Conditional
alterations to existing entrance to allow for disabled access for wheelchair. Gross floor space: 4.2m2 extension
Permission · Wicklow County Council, 216
27 Jul 2017Conditional
two storey rear and side extension to dwelling, renovations to existing dwelling, glazing of front open balcony at first floor level, revised window to existing front elevation at ground floor level and associated works
Permission · Wicklow County Council, 17915
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 Tinahask Upper.
Recorded monuments
No recorded monument lies in the townland of Tinahask Upper.
Architectural heritage
No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands in the townland of Tinahask Upper.
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 20 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels. Testing a home
- Landslides
- Susceptibility moderately high, moderately low, low, low (inferred), on the 1:50,000 map; parts are made ground.
- Terrain model
- LiDAR of the Office of Public Works, flown in 2011, at 2 m: tile OPW_3351 (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
- Tinahask Upper, Arklow6 sales
The townland
- Name
- Tinahask Upper · Tigh na hEasca Uachtarach
- Area
- 564,508 m² (56.45 ha, 139.49 acres)
- Civil parish
- Arklow, and its townlands
- Barony
- Arklow
- Electoral division
- Arklow No. 1 Urban, the unit of the census
- Census 2022
- Arklow No. 1 Urban electoral division: 10,367 people in 3,895 households; 66% of households own their home; 35% of homes were built since 2001; 9% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 0% were holiday homes.
- Neighbouring townlands
- Abbeylands, Knockanrahan Lower, Knockanrahan Upper, Money Big, Money Little, Tinahask Lower
- Placenames
- Tinahask Upper 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.