Walterstown

4 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Walterstown, from 13,334 m² (1.33 ha, 3.3 acres) to 257,341 m² (25.73 ha, 63.59 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 15 neighbouring parcels touch it.

Download the townland as DXF, in Irish Transverse Mercator metres, with its boundary, parcels and buildings, or as GeoJSON or KML.

No zone of a development plan covers Walterstown 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.

• 7 Dec 2022Refused

  extraction of sand and gravel materials from the site. The proposed site area is 8.44 hectares, and the proposed extraction area is 5.52 hectares. The proposed development includes a surface mounted weighbridge, wheel wash, portacabin office, canteen and welfare facilities with all site ancillary works, and fencing. It is proposed to extract 50,000 tonnes per annum for a period of 10 years. An Environmental Impact Assessment Report (EIAR) and a Nutura Impact Statement(NIS) have been submitted in respect of the proposed development

  Permission · Wicklow County Council, 221306

• 16 Nov 2021N/a

  The development will consist of the extraction of sand and gravel materials from the site. The proposed site area is ca. 20.308 hectares and the proposed extraction area is ca. 17.79 hectares. The proposed development also includes a surface mounted weighbridge , a wastewater treatment system and percolation area, portacabin office, canteen and welfare facilities on site together with all site ancillary works, drainage, wheel wash and fencing. An Environmental Impact Assessment Report (EIAR) has been prepared in respect of the proposed development.

  Permission · Wicklow County Council, 211372

• 5 Nov 2021N/a

  extraction of sand and gravel materials from the site. The proposed site area is ca. 20.308 hectares, and the proposed extraction area is ca. 17.79 hectares. The proposed development also includes a surface mounted weighbridge, a wastewater treatment system and percolation area, portacabin office, canteen and welfare facilities on site together with all site ancillary works, drainage, wheel wash and fencing. An Environmental Impact Assessment Report (EIAR) has been prepared in respect of the proposed development.

  Permission · Wicklow County Council, 211354

• 26 Oct 2021N/a

  extraction of sand and gravel materials from the site. The proposed site area is ca 20.308 hectares and the proposed extraction area is ca 17.79 hectares. The proposed development also includes a portacabin office and canteen on site together with all site ancillary works, drainage, wheel wash and fencing. An Environmental Impact Assessment Report (EIAR) has been prepared in respect of the proposed development

  Permission · Wicklow County Council, 211281

Source: National Planning Applications, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, CC BY 4.0. Applicants are not shown.

Designated sites

• Proposed Natural Heritage Area: Poulaphouca Reservoir 000731

Recorded monuments

• WI010-027 Enclosure
  Description

  Situated on a steep-sided natural platform between a steep stream gully (at the W) and the King's River (at the E). Subrectangular enclosure (dims. 18m N-S; 13.5m E-W). The edge of the platform is defined by an earthen bank (Wth 1-1.5m; H 0.5-1m) at the E, S and W. The entrance consists of a track (Wth 1.6m) formed by the incurving of one terminal of the bank and the outcurving of the other. Hachured on the 1838 OS 6-inch map. 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

• WI016-023 Standing stone
  Description

  In improved pasture, on relatively level ground atop ridge. A granite stone (H 1m; Wth 0.75m; T 0.65m) with an oblong cross-section and a slightly fluted top. Compiled by: Matt Kelleher Date of upload: 15 January 2013

Architectural heritage

No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands in the townland of Walterstown.

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).

Radon

At the centre of the townland of Walterstown, about 1 in 10 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels. Testing a home

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 Walterstown.

Flooding

The Office of Public Works publishes its flood maps on floodinfo.ie.

Radon Risk Map of Ireland, Environmental Protection Agency, and Landslide Susceptibility Classification, Geological Survey Ireland, both under 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.

No address of the register names Walterstown with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Wicklow.

Name

Walterstown · Baile Ualtair Rua

Area

563,674 m² (56.37 ha, 139.29 acres)

Civil parish

Hollywood, and its townlands

Barony

Talbotstown Lower

Electoral division

Hollywood, the unit of the census

Census 2022

820 people lived in 271 households in the Hollywood electoral division. 85% of households owned their home. 32% of homes were built since 2001. 4% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 5% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Coonmore, Johnstown, Lockstown Lower, Lockstown Upper, Slievecorragh

Placenames

Walterstown 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.