Arthurstown

11 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Arthurstown, from 2,418 m² (0.24 ha, 0.6 acres) to 119,406 m² (11.94 ha, 29.51 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 12 neighbouring parcels touch it.

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

No zone of a development plan covers Arthurstown 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.

• 15 Jan 2026N/a

  alterations to and extension of an existing light industrial/ manufacturing facility including for an extension to the facility of c. 6,673 sq m gross floor area (resulting in a building of?c. ?15,038 sq m), as well as an increase in height of?c. 2.1m?and replacement of the roof on part of the existing facility.? The development also includes for the alteration of existing car parking on site (car parking spaces will reduce from 55 to 54 no. spaces, including for EV and disabled parking); provision of 40 no. bicycle spaces; demolition of existing structures and replacement sprinkler tank and pump house; the decommissioning of an existing on-site treatment plant and the provision of a new foul treatment plant and percolation area; SUDS measures; ?landscaping and boundaries; pedestrian paths, and all associated site development works above and below ground necessary to facilitate the construction and operation of the proposed development. Retention permission is being sought for the development of a concrete batching plant, aggregate bunker and 3 no. cement silos as built. Revised by Signification Further Information which consists of: amendments to the development’s application boundary; alterations to the proposed swales; provision of rainwater harvesting; and provision of roof mounted PV panels

  Permission · Kildare County Council, 2660032

• 10 Jun 2025Conditional

  for the importation of clean topsoil and subsoil in the subject site of 7.2 hectares in order that the site can be rendered suitable for planting native broadleaf forestry

  Extension of duration · Kildare County Council, 25106

• 11 Apr 2025N/a

  Extension of Duration: for the importation of clean topsoil and subsoil in the subject site of 7.20 hectares in order that the site can be rendered suitable for planting native broadleaf forestry. It is proposed to improve approximately 3.80 ha of the site and it is estimated that this will require approximately 128,000 cubic metres of greenfield, inert soil and stone. The applicant also proposes to install a temporary site office and canteen, wheelwash, portaloo and carry out all ancillary site works. The application relates to an activity requiring a Waste Facility Permit from the Kildare County Council. Revised by significant information consisting of; an Environmental Impact Assessment Report (EIAR) was submitted

  Extension of duration · Kildare County Council, 2574

• 27 Sept 2024Conditional

  for the installation of a 200kWp of ground mounted solar photovoltaic (PV) panels and all associated ancillary works

  Permission · Kildare County Council, 2460958

• 25 Sept 2024N/a

  for the installation of a 200kWp of ground mounted solar photovoltaic (PV) panels and all associated ancillary works

  Permission · Kildare County Council, 2460947

• 3 Apr 2024Conditional

  for development on a site area of c.1.95ha, the development will consist of the construction of a light industry/warehouse facility consisting of warehouse space (7,311 sq.m.) single storey office (113 sq.m.) and single-story staff facilities (180 sq. m.). The development also includes 4 no. dock level access doors, 2 no. level entry doors, external canopies, pedestrian access gate, car parking, bicycle parking, landscaping, public lighting, sprinkler system water tank and pump house, surface water attenuation, decommissioning of existing on site treatment facility and provision of a new on site treatment plant and all associated site development works

  Permission · Kildare County Council, 24114

• 11 Mar 2022Conditional

  for development on a site area of c. 0.896 ha. The development will consist of the provision of 5 No. dock level access doors on the south western elevation of the exiting light industrial building granted under Kildare County Council Reg. Ref. 03/0364. The development also includes drainage and all associated site development works

  Permission · Kildare County Council, 22274

• 5 Aug 2021Conditional

  for an extension to their existing light industry/warehouse facility on a site of c. 5.1 hectares. The proposed development is comprised of an extension of c. 7,735m², inclusive of 2 no. ancillary toilet blocks (102m²), measuring c. 15.73m in height and adjoined via link canopy (260m²) to the rear (south-east) elevation of their existing warehouse granted under Kildare County Council Ref. 03/364. The development includes for the provision of 30 no. car parking spaces, bicycle parking areas, and an ancillary HGV marshalling yard. Access to the development is via the existing site access/egress gates located on the L2019 road. The development includes for surface water attenuation facilities, decommissioning of existing on-site treatment plant and provision of a new on-site treatment plant and percolation area, associated landscaping, paving, etc. and all associated site development works

  Permission · Kildare County Council, 211126

• 26 Jul 2019Conditional

  the importation of clean topsoil and subsoil in the subject site of 7.20 hectares in order that the site can be rendered suitable for planting native broadleaf forestry. It is proposed to improve approximately 3.80 ha of the site and it is estimated that this will require approximately 128,000 cubic metres of greenfield, inert soil and stone. The applicant also proposes to install a temporary site office and canteen, wheelwash, portaloo and carry out all ancillary site works. The application relates to an activity requiring a Waste Facility Permit from the Kildare County Council. Revised by significant information consisting of; an Environmental Impact Assessment Report (EIAR) was submitted.

  Permission · Kildare County Council, 19840

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 the townland of Arthurstown.

Recorded monuments

No recorded monument lies in the townland of Arthurstown.

Architectural heritage

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

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

About 1 in 10 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels. Testing a home

Landslides

Susceptibility moderately low, 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_2873 (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.

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

Name

Arthurstown · Baile Artúir

Area

676,605 m² (67.66 ha, 167.19 acres)

Civil parish

Kill, and its townlands

Barony

Salt South

Electoral division

Kill, the unit of the census

Census 2022

Kill electoral division: 5,565 people in 1,843 households; 82% of households own their home; 52% of homes were built since 2001; 3% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 0% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Broguestown, Furryhill, Hartwell Lower, Hartwell Upper, Rathmore East, Thornberry

Placenames

Arthurstown 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.