# Tulfarris, Co. Wicklow: townland, land parcels and planning Townland in the civil parish of Boystown, barony of Talbotstown Lower, Co. Wicklow; in Irish Tulach Fhearghais. - Area (Tailte Éireann): 1,570,601 m² (157.06 ha, 388.1 acres) - Land parcels (Tailte Éireann): 31 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in it, median 81 m² - Zoning (national zoning, MyPlan): not in a zoned settlement - Planning (National Planning Applications): 7 applications since 2010 - Civil parish: Boystown, https://everytownland.com/wicklow/parish/boystown.md - Barony: Talbotstown Lower - Electoral division: Burgage, the unit of the census - Census 2022 (Central Statistics Office): 2,243 people lived in 656 households in the Burgage electoral division. 79% of households owned their home. 58% of homes were built since 2001. 5% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 2% were holiday homes. - County: Co. Wicklow, https://everytownland.com/wicklow.md - Placenames Database of Ireland: https://www.logainm.ie/en/54647 - Townland number at Tailte Éireann: 251347 - Centre: latitude 53.127301, longitude -6.562437 (WGS 84) ## Land parcels (registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann) 31 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Tulfarris, from 44 m² to 1,047,408 m² (104.74 ha, 258.82 acres); 11 neighbouring parcels touch its boundary. Largest first: - Parcel 5085643: 1,047,408 m² (104.74 ha, 258.82 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5085643.md - Parcel 5223456: 302,110 m² (30.21 ha, 74.65 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5223456.md - Parcel 1259202: 223,836 m² (22.38 ha, 55.31 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1259202.md - Parcel 1289085: 82,614 m² (8.26 ha, 20.41 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1289085.md - Parcel 1262417: 8,591 m² (0.86 ha, 2.12 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1262417.md - Parcel 1276191: 7,408 m² (0.74 ha, 1.83 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1276191.md - Parcel 1277037: 5,782 m² (0.58 ha, 1.43 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1277037.md - Parcel 1271676: 3,987 m² (0.4 ha, 0.99 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1271676.md - Parcel 1292217: 1,072 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1292217.md - Parcel 5241461: 122 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/5241461.md - Parcel 5254355: 108 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/5254355.md - Parcel 5139145: 106 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/5139145.md - Parcel 4904995: 105 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/4904995.md - Parcel 4982028: 105 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/4982028.md - Parcel 5117867: 83 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/5117867.md - Parcel 1294568: 81 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1294568.md - Parcel 5313256: 81 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/5313256.md - Parcel 5982969: 58 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/5982969.md - Parcel 5094881: 58 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/5094881.md - Parcel 5402618: 58 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/5402618.md - Parcel 5261110: 58 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/5261110.md - Parcel 6136368: 57 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/6136368.md - Parcel 5378378: 57 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/5378378.md - Parcel 6050306: 57 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/6050306.md - Parcel 5212935: 57 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/5212935.md - Parcel 5908728: 57 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/5908728.md - Parcel 4905027: 56 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/4905027.md - Parcel 6121765: 56 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/6121765.md - Parcel 4906109: 46 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/4906109.md - Parcel 5211965: 45 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/5211965.md - Parcel 5377929: 44 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/5377929.md ## Zoning (national zoning of development plans, MyPlan) No zone of a development plan covers Tulfarris 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) 7 applications, newest first. - 16 Aug 2023, Wicklow County Council 2360223: N/a. Permission. the development consists of the demolition of the rear external stairs and the removal of the existing glazed doors of the ground floor bar. The construction of a single-storey extension at the rear of the hotel, adding 125m2 of floor area to the existing bar. Additionally, a 125m2 outdoor terrace will be provided at first-floor level, facilitated by a new external stairs. The development will also consist of the retention of works previously undertaken of the set-down area located adjacent to the entrance of the hotel. Retention is also sought for a window to the rear façade of the hotel at first floor level. All landscaping and site works are included. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/WicklowCC/AppFileRefDetails/2360223/0 - 3 Jul 2023, Wicklow County Council 2360137: N/a. Permission. the demolition of the rear external stairs and the removal of the existing glazed doors of the ground floor bar. The construction of a single-storey extension at the rear of the hotel, adding 125m2 of floor area to the existing bar. Additionally, a 125m2 outdoor terrace will be provided at first-floor level, facilitated by a new external stairs. The development will also consist of the retention of works previously undertaken of the set-down area located adjacent to the entrance of the hotel. Retention is also sought for a window to the rear façade of the hotel at first floor level. All landscaping and site works are included. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/WicklowCC/AppFileRefDetails/2360137/0 - 3 Jan 2023, Wicklow County Council 232: Conditional. Permission. proposed new 38sqm single-storey entrance lobby extension to the front (south west) of existing Hotel entrance including a new canopy over, new vehicular turning circle, internal modifications and all associated site works, located within the curtilage of a protected structure.. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/WicklowCC/AppFileRefDetails/232/0 - 9 Jul 2019, Wicklow County Council 19736: N/a. Permission. two storey spa extension to the existing two storey hotel located on the south east elevation including proposed reception area, male and female changing rooms, a pool area and various treatment and relaxation rooms, associated staff and circulation areas, outdoor hot tub and exterior landscaped courtyards, associated internal and roof plant areas, ancillary site works located within the curtilage of a protected structure. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/WicklowCC/AppFileRefDetails/19736/0 - 24 Jun 2019, Wicklow County Council 19675: Conditional. Permission. single storey entrance lobby extension to the front of existing hotel entrance including a new canopy over including associated site works located within the curtilage of a protected structure. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/WicklowCC/AppFileRefDetails/19675/0 - 28 May 2018, Wicklow County Council 18582: N/a. Permission. proposed 2 storey extension to the rear of the existing hotel consisting of; a) a new restaurant and associated kitchen at ground floor level, b) an extension to the existing dining room at first floor level, c) a reconfiguration and refurbishment of the existing ground floor bar area, d) new gents toilets on ground and first floors e) minor internal alterations to the existing hotel entrance foyer, f) associated site works all located within the curtilage of a protected structure. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/WicklowCC/AppFileRefDetails/18582/0 - 13 Oct 2017, Wicklow County Council 171247: Conditional. Permission. change of use of the existing single storey lodge house from hotel administration to a golf clubhouse, the relocation of the existing golf club facilities from the manor house to the existing lodge house, the demolition of the existing single storey machinery store shed, the construction of a single storey extension on the eastern elevation of the lodge house including minor internal modifications and associated site works located within the curtilage of a protected structure. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/WicklowCC/AppFileRefDetails/171247/0 Applicants are not shown. ## Designated sites (National Parks and Wildlife Service) - Special Protection Area: Poulaphouca Reservoir SPA, site code 004063, https://www.npws.ie/protected-sites/spa/004063 - Proposed Natural Heritage Area: Poulaphouca Reservoir, site code 000731 ## Recorded monuments (Sites and Monuments Record, National Monuments Service) - WI010-002: Enclosure, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CWI010-002----. Situated in an established plantation within a marshy area near Blessington Reservoir. Circular enclosure (diam. c. 32m) consisting of a domed interior (H 1.5m) defined by an annular fosse (Wth 3-4m; D 0.3m). Hachured on the 1838 OS 6-inch map. Possibly a landscape feature. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Wicklow' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1997). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload/revision: 17 December 2008 - WI010-038: Burial, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CWI010-038----. Human skull and other bones found near the summit of an elongated natural mound. NMI 1939-988- The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Wicklow' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1997). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload/revision: 17 December 2008 Works at or in relation to a recorded monument need two months' written notice to the National Monuments Service (National Monuments (Amendment) Act 1994, section 12). ## Architectural heritage (National Inventory of Architectural Heritage) - Tulfarris House, house, 1755–1765, Regional interest, registry number 16401004, https://www.buildingsofireland.ie/niah/search.jsp?type=record&county=WI®no=16401004. Detached seven-bay two-storey with basement double-pile former house, built 1760 and now in use as a hotel. To the front there is a large porch of c.1860 and to rear there is a single-storey with basement return, which may be original. The façade is finished in roughcast with a moulded string course between ground and first floor level, whilst the porch is in painted render. The hipped roof is slated and has rendered chimneystacks. The slated roof of the return is pitched with both hipped and gabled ends, whilst the roof of the porch is hidden behind a parapet. The entrance consists of a largely glazed replacement double door set within the central arch of the arcaded front face of the porch, the outer arches acting as windows (with replacement timber frames). The windows outside of the porch are flat-headed and have one over one and two over two timber sash frames, with replacement timber frames to those to the basement and the return. Cast-iron rainwater goods. The building is set within extensive grounds which now includes a golf course and holiday accommodation. ## Ground and risks (Radon Risk Map of Ireland, EPA; Landslide Susceptibility Classification and LiDAR, Geological Survey Ireland) - Radon: the EPA radon map gives no estimate at the centre of the townland of Tulfarris. - Landslides: The 1:50,000 map rates the landslide susceptibility here as moderately high, moderately low, low, partly inferred. Parts of the land are water. - Terrain model: no LiDAR survey of the Office of Public Works covers the centre of the townland of Tulfarris. - 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/tulfarris.dxf - GeoJSON, in WGS 84, for a map: https://everytownland.com/wicklow/tulfarris.geojson - KML, for Google Earth: https://everytownland.com/wicklow/tulfarris.kml ## Homes sold (Residential Property Price Register) No address of the register names Tulfarris 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) - Ballymore Eustace East (Co. Kildare): https://everytownland.com/kildare/ballymore-eustace-east.md - Boystown or Baltyboys Upper: https://everytownland.com/wicklow/boystown-or-baltyboys-upper.md - Britonstown: https://everytownland.com/wicklow/britonstown.md - Fallarees Commons (Co. Kildare): https://everytownland.com/kildare/fallarees-commons.md - Horsepasstown (Co. Kildare): https://everytownland.com/kildare/horsepasstown.md - Lugnagroagh: https://everytownland.com/wicklow/lugnagroagh.md - Rathballylong: https://everytownland.com/wicklow/rathballylong.md - Russborough: https://everytownland.com/wicklow/russborough.md - Russellstown: https://everytownland.com/wicklow/russellstown.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/tulfarris - In JSON: https://everytownland.com/api/townland/wicklow/tulfarris