# Backweston Park, Co. Kildare: townland, land parcels and planning Townland in the civil parish of Donaghcumper, barony of Salt South, Co. Kildare. - Area (Tailte Éireann): 350,604 m² (35.06 ha, 86.64 acres) - Land parcels (Tailte Éireann): 5 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in it, median 32,835 m² (3.28 ha, 8.11 acres) - Zoning (national zoning, MyPlan): P1 RU, the zone with the most parcels - Planning (National Planning Applications): 8 applications since 2010 - Civil parish: Donaghcumper, https://everytownland.com/kildare/parish/donaghcumper.md - Barony: Salt South - Electoral division: Donaghcumper, the unit of the census - Census 2022 (Central Statistics Office): Donaghcumper electoral division: 6,652 people in 2,218 households; 76% of households own their home; 60% of homes were built since 2001; 4% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 0% were holiday homes. - County: Co. Kildare, https://everytownland.com/kildare.md - Placenames Database of Ireland: https://www.logainm.ie/en/25352 - Townland number at Tailte Éireann: 80033 - Centre: latitude 53.349572, longitude -6.498429 (WGS 84) ## Land parcels (registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann) 5 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Backweston Park, from 1,827 m² to 262,940 m² (26.29 ha, 64.97 acres); 12 neighbouring parcels touch its boundary. Largest first: - Parcel 5019853: 262,940 m² (26.29 ha, 64.97 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5019853.md - Parcel 4911485: 37,258 m² (3.73 ha, 9.21 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/4911485.md - Parcel 1018784: 32,835 m² (3.28 ha, 8.11 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1018784.md - Parcel 1021566: 3,251 m² (0.33 ha, 0.8 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1021566.md - Parcel 1047157: 1,827 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1047157.md ## Zoning (national zoning of development plans, MyPlan) - P1 RU (Agriculture): South Dublin County Development Plan 2022-2028, South Dublin; 3 parcels. The zoning objective in the plan: https://www.sdcc.ie/en/devplan2022/adopted-plan/ ## Planning applications whose site touches the townland (National Planning Applications, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage) 8 applications, newest first. - 24 Oct 2018, Kildare County Council 181290: Refused. Permission, 1 home. a three bedroom, single storey, dwelling house, new site entrance off existing private access roadway and all associated site works, drainage etc., located on lands. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/KildareCC/AppFileRefDetails/181290/0 - 14 Nov 2008, South Dublin County Council SD08A/0779: Grant permission. Permission. Centrally relocate the existing Runways 07 and 25 to midway between the airport boundaries, incorporating the existing stopway, to include the provision of Precision Approach Path Indicators (PAPIs). This will also include Runway End Safety Areas of 180 Metres. The change in runway layout will retain the present runway category (ICAO Code 2b) and aerodrome licensing requirements on aircraft size. Nothing in this application increase the size or capacity of aircraft to that currently using the airport. The runway distance will be 1199 Metres, the full extent of ICAO Code 2b limitations. This is Necessitated by the landing distance restrictions imposed by the use of Precision Approach Path Indicators (PAPIs). The runway declared operational distances, as published in Aeronautial Information Publication Ireland, will not be increased by this application. This application is made solely in the interest of increased safety standards and the promotion of noise abatement. An EIS has been prepared in relation to this application.. File: https://planning.agileapplications.ie/southdublin/application-details/38052 - 7 Jul 2006, South Dublin County Council SD05A/0420: Declared withdrawn. Permission and retention. Retention and completion of realignment of originally approved Cooldrinagh Lane with junction of Celbridge Road and removal and incorporation of the old road and adjoining private right of way into the adjacent gardens of the houses at the corner of the junction of Celbridge Road with Cooldrinagh Lane; and for new development consisting of the erection of 8 number flag poles (i.e. in two sets of 4), 2 no. stone signs, one denoting Cooldrinagh and the second denoting Weston Airport, 1 no. timber sign denoting Weston Airport, 2 no. directional signs for Weston Airport; for removal of existing hedge on Celbridge Road adjacent to airport and replacement with approximately 2.4m security fencing and replanting and replacement of 3 number entrance gates onto Celbridge Road with security type fencing gates.. File: https://planning.agileapplications.ie/southdublin/application-details/25884 - 31 Mar 2006, South Dublin County Council SD06A/0230: Grant permission. Permission. The permission is sought for the temporary use of these lands as a park and ride facility for the period 19th - 24th September 2006 to facilitate the Ryder Cup Golf competition to be held at The K Club, Straffan, Co. Kildare. The temporary use of the lands for park and ride will involve use of grassed areas to accomodate parking, temporary use of existing aerodrome entrance, temporary use of secondary entrance to Westonpark House north of Blackweston Farm, temporary opening of 4no. former agricultural access points and existing emergency access between main aerodrome entrance and Cooldrinagh Lane onto the R403 Celbridge Road, laying of temporary "trakway" for feeder buses ferrying spectarors to the Ryder Cup event at the K-Club, erection of temporary mobile lighting, temporary fencing, temporary port-a-loo and other associated facilities (including 2no. temporary tent structures for administrative and security). Reinstatement of the lands and associated entrances onto the R403 to their existing condidtion is proposed following the Ryder Cup. Westonpark House is a Protected Structure. A separate application is being submitted to Kildare County Council for that part of the park and ride facility within the Kildare County Council administrative area.. File: https://planning.agileapplications.ie/southdublin/application-details/28353 - 16 Nov 2005, South Dublin County Council SD05A/0924: Grant permission for retention. Retention. Retention of tarmac, approx 3.5m wide to the hard shoulder at either side of the runaway for safety reasons. All works to take place on the grounds of Weston Airport.. File: https://planning.agileapplications.ie/southdublin/application-details/27182 - 10 Feb 2003, South Dublin County Council S01A/0822: Grant permission. Permission. Demolition of existing hangars, construction of new hangars (15,741 m2), office and club house (1,125 m2), 180 car parking spaces and aircraft parking with new access off R403 and all associated development works. This revised notice refers to a larger site boundary including all lands in the ownership of Weston Ltd., and the location of the hangars to be demolished. This application is accompanied with an Environmental Impact Statement.. File: https://planning.agileapplications.ie/southdublin/application-details/10322 - 2 May 2000, South Dublin County Council S00A/0284: Refuse permission. Permission. Retention of Hanger.. File: https://planning.agileapplications.ie/southdublin/application-details/16033 - 10 Dec 1999, South Dublin County Council S99A/0879: Grant permission. Permission. Relocation of existing portacabins (2 no.) and containers (2 no.) to new site and for new car park.. File: https://planning.agileapplications.ie/southdublin/application-details/12689 Applicants are not shown. ## Designated sites (National Parks and Wildlife Service) No designated site (Special Area of Conservation, Special Protection Area, Natural Heritage Area or proposed one) touches the townland of Backweston Park. ## Recorded monuments (Sites and Monuments Record, National Monuments Service) No recorded monument lies in the townland of Backweston Park. ## Architectural heritage (National Inventory of Architectural Heritage) No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands in the townland of Backweston Park. ## Ground and risks (Radon Risk Map of Ireland, EPA; Landslide Susceptibility Classification and LiDAR, Geological Survey Ireland) - Radon: 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: Susceptibility low, low (inferred), on the 1:50,000 map; parts are water. - Terrain model: LiDAR of the Office of Public Works, flown in 2011, at 2 m: tile OPW_2937, https://gsi.geodata.gov.ie/downloads/LiDAR/OPW_NASC/OPW_2937.zip (ZIP). - 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/kildare/backweston-park.dxf - GeoJSON, in WGS 84, for a map: https://everytownland.com/kildare/backweston-park.geojson - KML, for Google Earth: https://everytownland.com/kildare/backweston-park.kml ## Homes sold (Residential Property Price Register) No address of the register names Backweston Park with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Kildare: https://everytownland.com/kildare.md ## Neighbouring townlands (National Statutory Boundaries, Tailte Éireann) - Backstown (Co. Dublin): https://everytownland.com/dublin/backstown.md - Backwestonpark (Co. Dublin): https://everytownland.com/dublin/backwestonpark.md - Ballymadeer: https://everytownland.com/kildare/ballymadeer.md - Coneyburrow: https://everytownland.com/kildare/coneyburrow-80374.md - Leixlip Demesne: https://everytownland.com/kildare/leixlip-demesne.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/kildare/backweston-park - In JSON: https://everytownland.com/api/townland/kildare/backweston-park