# Walterstown, Co. Wicklow: townland, land parcels and planning Townland in the civil parish of Hollywood, barony of Talbotstown Lower, Co. Wicklow; in Irish Baile Ualtair Rua. - Area (Tailte Éireann): 563,674 m² (56.37 ha, 139.29 acres) - Land parcels (Tailte Éireann): 4 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in it, median 146,906 m² (14.69 ha, 36.3 acres) - Zoning (national zoning, MyPlan): not in a zoned settlement - Planning (National Planning Applications): 4 applications since 2010 - Civil parish: Hollywood, https://everytownland.com/wicklow/parish/hollywood.md - Barony: Talbotstown Lower - Electoral division: Hollywood, the unit of the census - Census 2022 (Central Statistics Office): 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. - County: Co. Wicklow, https://everytownland.com/wicklow.md - Placenames Database of Ireland: https://www.logainm.ie/en/54783 - Townland number at Tailte Éireann: 251353 - Centre: latitude 53.079264, longitude -6.543197 (WGS 84) ## Land parcels (registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann) 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); 15 neighbouring parcels touch its boundary. Largest first: - Parcel 1267619: 257,341 m² (25.73 ha, 63.59 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1267619.md - Parcel 1277374: 239,402 m² (23.94 ha, 59.16 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1277374.md - Parcel 1266825: 54,410 m² (5.44 ha, 13.45 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1266825.md - Parcel 1271995: 13,334 m² (1.33 ha, 3.3 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1271995.md ## Zoning (national zoning of development plans, MyPlan) 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. ## Planning applications whose site touches the townland (National Planning Applications, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage) 4 applications, newest first. - 7 Dec 2022, Wicklow County Council 221306: Refused. Permission. 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. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/WicklowCC/AppFileRefDetails/221306/0 - 16 Nov 2021, Wicklow County Council 211372: N/a. Permission. 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.. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/WicklowCC/AppFileRefDetails/211372/0 - 5 Nov 2021, Wicklow County Council 211354: N/a. Permission. 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.. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/WicklowCC/AppFileRefDetails/211354/0 - 26 Oct 2021, Wicklow County Council 211281: N/a. Permission. 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. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/WicklowCC/AppFileRefDetails/211281/0 Applicants are not shown. ## Designated sites (National Parks and Wildlife Service) - Proposed Natural Heritage Area: Poulaphouca Reservoir, site code 000731 ## Recorded monuments (Sites and Monuments Record, National Monuments Service) - WI010-027: Enclosure, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CWI010-027----. 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, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CWI016-023----. 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 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) No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands in the townland of Walterstown. ## Ground and risks (Radon Risk Map of Ireland, EPA; Landslide Susceptibility Classification and LiDAR, Geological Survey Ireland) - 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: https://www.epa.ie/environment-and-you/radon/radon-testing/#d.en.82887 - 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 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/walterstown.dxf - GeoJSON, in WGS 84, for a map: https://everytownland.com/wicklow/walterstown.geojson - KML, for Google Earth: https://everytownland.com/wicklow/walterstown.kml ## Homes sold (Residential Property Price Register) No address of the register names Walterstown 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) - Coonmore: https://everytownland.com/wicklow/coonmore.md - Johnstown: https://everytownland.com/wicklow/johnstown-250788.md - Lockstown Lower: https://everytownland.com/wicklow/lockstown-lower.md - Lockstown Upper: https://everytownland.com/wicklow/lockstown-upper.md - Slievecorragh: https://everytownland.com/wicklow/slievecorragh.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/walterstown - In JSON: https://everytownland.com/api/townland/wicklow/walterstown