# Ballycullane Lower, Co. Kildare: townland, land parcels and planning

Townland in the civil parish of Kineagh, barony of Kilkea and Moone, Co. Kildare.

- Area (Tailte Éireann): 960,164 m² (96.02 ha, 237.26 acres)
- Land parcels (Tailte Éireann): 7 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in it, median 14,069 m² (1.41 ha, 3.48 acres)
- Zoning (national zoning, MyPlan): not in a zoned settlement
- Planning (National Planning Applications): 4 applications since 2010
- Civil parish: Kineagh, https://everytownland.com/kildare/parish/kineagh.md
- Barony: Kilkea and Moone
- Electoral division: Graney, the unit of the census
- Census 2022 (Central Statistics Office): 803 people lived in 274 households in the Graney electoral division. 81% of households owned their home. 45% of homes were built since 2001. 7% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 1% were holiday homes.
- County: Co. Kildare, https://everytownland.com/kildare.md
- Placenames Database of Ireland: https://www.logainm.ie/en/25092
- Townland number at Tailte Éireann: 80059
- Centre: latitude 52.875572, longitude -6.785671 (WGS 84)

## Land parcels (registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann)

7 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Ballycullane Lower, from 3,223 m² (0.32 ha, 0.8 acres) to 537,070 m² (53.71 ha, 132.71 acres); 12 neighbouring parcels touch its boundary. Largest first:

- Parcel 1018433: 537,070 m² (53.71 ha, 132.71 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1018433.md
- Parcel 5949130: 274,561 m² (27.46 ha, 67.85 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5949130.md
- Parcel 1021788: 124,731 m² (12.47 ha, 30.82 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1021788.md
- Parcel 5963833: 14,069 m² (1.41 ha, 3.48 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5963833.md
- Parcel 1034950: 4,602 m² (0.46 ha, 1.14 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1034950.md
- Parcel 1025971: 4,288 m² (0.43 ha, 1.06 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1025971.md
- Parcel 1027462: 3,223 m² (0.32 ha, 0.8 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1027462.md

## Zoning (national zoning of development plans, MyPlan)

No zone of a development plan covers Ballycullane Lower 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.

- 31 Mar 2026, Carlow County Council 2660091: N/a. Permission. a proposed Solar Farm and Battery Energy Storage System. The development that will consist of: (i) Construction and operation solar PV panels on ground mounted steel supported structures with associated string inverters; (ii) Construction of a 50 MW Battery Energy Storage System (BESS) compound consisting of BESS units, integrated cabinets, spare parts containers, independent power producer (IPP) building (c. 64sqm) and security fencing (c. 2.6m in height); (iii) Installation of 13 no. transformer stations at various points across the site; (iv) Internal underground trenching, electrical cabling and ducting between the solar PV arrays and electrical inverters/transformers; (v) Provision of 1 no. new site entrance from the L6003 and provision of 2 no. passing bays along the L6003; (vi) Provision of internal access tracks and watercourse/drain crossings, perimeter fencing, pole mounted CCTV cameras; (vii) 1 no. temporary construction compound; (viii) All associated site development, landscaping, drainage arrangements and ancillary works. The proposed solar farm development spans a total site area measuring c. 126.4ha, of which c. 61.3ha, the subject of this application, is located in Co. Carlow and c. 65.1ha is located in Co. Kildare. A separate planning application is being lodged with Kildare County Council. Permission is sought for a period of 10 years with an operational period of 40 years. The total capacity of solar PV panels on the entire development, including Carlow and Kildare, is estimated to be c. 120MW. A Natura Impact Statement (NIS) has been prepared and was submitted as part of this application. This development is covered by the provisions of the Renewable Energy Directive III (Directive (EU) 2023/2413) and it is important to note that the planning application may be subject to section 34D of the Planning and Development Act 2000, as amended. When a notice issues in accordance with section 34D(b), the provisions of article 26A of the Planning and Development Regulations 2001 to 2025 shall apply. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/CarlowCC/AppFileRefDetails/2660091/0
- 31 Mar 2026, Kildare County Council 2660343: N/a. Permission. RED III Application for a solar farm development that will consist of: (i) Construction and operation solar PV panels on ground mounted steel supported structures with associated string inverters; (ii) Installation of 18 no. transformer stations at various points across the site; (iii) Internal underground trenching, electrical cabling and ducting between the solar PV arrays and electrical inverters/transformers; (iv) Provision of 1 no. site entrance from the L4014 via an existing agricultural access point and provision of 1 no. passing bay along the L4014; (v) Provision of internal access tracks and watercourse/drain crossings, perimeter fencing and pole mounted CCTV cameras; (vi) 1 no. temporary construction compound; (vii) All associated site development, landscaping, drainage arrangements and ancillary works. The proposed solar farm development spans a total site area measuring c. 126.4ha, of which c. 65.1ha, the subject of this application, is located in Co. Kildare and c. 61.3ha is located in Co. Carlow. A separate planning application is being lodged with Carlow County Council. Permission is sought for a period of 10 years with an operational period of 40 years. The total capacity of solar PV panels of the entire development including Carlow and Kildare is estimated to be c. 120MW. A Natura Impact Statement (NIS) has been prepared and was submitted as part of this application. This development is covered by the provisions of the Renewable Energy Directive III (Directive (EU) 2023/2413) and it is important to note that the planning application may be subject to section 34D of the Planning and Development Act 2000, as amended. When a notice issues in accordance with section 34D(b), the provisions of article 26A of the Planning and Development Regulations 2001 to 2025 shall apply. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/KildareCC/AppFileRefDetails/2660343/0
- 15 Dec 2023, Kildare County Council 2360492: Conditional. Permission. for a change of house type from that previously granted under application number 22/700, from a two-storey dwelling to a single storey dwelling and modifications of the site boundary. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/KildareCC/AppFileRefDetails/2360492/0
- 8 Jun 2022, Kildare County Council 22700: Conditional. Permission, 1 home. the construction of a detached two-storey dwelling and detached domestic garage accessed from a new recessed residential entrance; the provision of landscaping, including boundary treatments; and the provision of all other associated site excavation , infrastructural and site development works above and below ground, including Wastewater Treatment System & Coconut filter. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/KildareCC/AppFileRefDetails/22700/0

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## 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 Ballycullane Lower.

## Recorded monuments (Sites and Monuments Record, National Monuments Service)

- KD040-035: Ringfort - rath, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CKD040-035----. Circular area (diam. c. 30m) surrounded by an earthen bank with an external fosse destroyed after 1972. Situated on slope in poorly-drained pasture land. No visible surface traces. Date of upload: 8 September 2016
- KD040-046: Enclosure, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CKD040-046----. Visible on a GSI aerial photo (S 57, 56) as the cropmark of a rectilinear earthwork not shown on any edition of the OS 6-inch maps. Date of upload: 8 September 2016

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 Ballycullane Lower.

## 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 Ballycullane Lower, about 1 in 5 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 low.
- Terrain model: no LiDAR survey of the Office of Public Works covers the centre of the townland of Ballycullane Lower.
- 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/ballycullane-lower.dxf
- GeoJSON, in WGS 84, for a map: https://everytownland.com/kildare/ballycullane-lower.geojson
- KML, for Google Earth: https://everytownland.com/kildare/ballycullane-lower.kml

## Homes sold (Residential Property Price Register)

No address of the register names Ballycullane Lower 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)

- Ballycook (Co. Carlow): https://everytownland.com/carlow/ballycook.md
- Ballycullane Upper: https://everytownland.com/kildare/ballycullane-upper.md
- Knockshannagh: https://everytownland.com/kildare/knockshannagh.md
- Newtown: https://everytownland.com/kildare/newtown-80936.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.

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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.

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