Ballymakealy Upper

17 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Ballymakealy Upper, from 391 m² to 204,798 m² (20.48 ha, 50.61 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 20 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 Ballymakealy Upper 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.

• 27 Mar 2026N/a

  (1) Change of use of existing stables to the rear of the main building from storage to 2 No. one bedroom and 1 No. two bedroom self-catering accommodation units with alterations to the existing internal layout, facades and roof; (2) New one and a half storey units consisting of 5 No. one bedroom and 4 No. two bedroom self-catering units in the existing rear courtyard; (3) Provision of new bicycle storage and vehicular parking; (4) New wastewater treatment system; (5) Landscaping and associated site development works. Revised by Significant Further Information which consists of: The proposed number of self-catering units being reduced from 12 no. to 10 no., consisting of 1 no. two bedroom and 9 no. one bedroom units; an associated reduction in the proposed footprint to 1 no. new building in the existing rear courtyard; reduction in height of the proposed building from one and a half storeys to single storey; revised landscape proposal; updated detailed drawings of the existing protected structures; updated Architectural Heritage Impact Assessment; updated tree survey and information; updated existing parking information plus revised proposed parking layout to provide 10 no. new spaces including EV parking provision; updated bicycle parking information; proposed site lighting information; updated road layout drawings; updated drainage design and information; and the applicant’s confirmation of acceptance of a use condition

  Permission · Kildare County Council, 2660321

• 4 Jul 2025Conditional

  for 14 no. 2 & 3 storey dwellings comprising 7 no. 3 storey (3 bed), 5 no. 2 storey (2 bed), 2 no. 2 storey (1 bed) dwellings, 22 no. car parking spaces, landscaping and associated site development works. The site connects to The Drive & The Close, Grattan Park (Development under construction under Planning Ref. 24/60497)

  Permission, 14 homes · Kildare County Council, 2560748

• 26 Jun 2025N/a

  for 14 no. 2 & 3 storey dwelling comprising 7 no. 3 storey (3 bed), 5 no. 2 storey (2 bed), 2 no. 2 storey (1 bed) dwellings, 22 no. car parking spaces, landscaping and associated site development works. The site connects to The Drive & The Close, Grattan Park (Development under construction under Planning Ref. 24/60497)

  Permission, 12 homes · Kildare County Council, 25115

• 11 Sept 2024Conditional

  for a solar farm development with an operational lifespan of 40 years comprising the installation of photovoltaic panels on ground mounted frames in rows on a site of circa 47.44 hectares, a single storey onsite 38kV substation with compound, with two number single storey storage containers, 25 number invertor stations, ducting and underground electrical cabling, perimeter fencing, 23 number mounted CCTV cameras, provision of a new access from the L5066 / Killadoon Road, provision of internal access tracks, and all associated site development and landscaping works

  Extension of duration · Kildare County Council, 24291

• 31 May 2024Conditional

  For a Large Scale Residential Development (LRD) comprising of the construction of 168 no. residential units, 1 no. creche, 1 no. ESB substation and all associated site development works including footpaths, cycle paths, parking, fencing, drainage, bicycle and bin stores, public lighting and landscaping/amenity areas. Access to the proposed development will be provided via a new access from the existing Shackleton Road together with improvements to a pedestrian footpath and cycleway along Shakleton Road, an upgraded pedestrian junction at Shackleton Road and the Clane Road (R403) and 2 no. pedestrian bridges over Toolestown Stream to connect into Oldtown Woods Estate. A Natura Impact Statement is submitted to the Planning Authority with this application.

  Permission, 132 homes · Kildare County Council, 2460497

• 14 Jul 2023Conditional

  the extension of the operational lifespan of the permitted solar pv development by An Bord Pleanála under Ref. ABP-303636-19 (Kildare County Council Planning Ref. 18/250) from 25 no. years as permitted (by reason of condition no. 3 of permission Ref. ABP-303636-19) to 40 years

  Permission · Kildare County Council, 2360037

• 9 Mar 2022N/a

  STRATEGIC HOUSING DEVELOPMENT - ABP DECISION - construction of 152 no. residential units comprising a mixture of 6 no. 4 bed dwelling houses, 66 no. 3 bed dwelling houses and 48 no. 2 bed dwelling houses and 32 no. 1, 2 and 3 bed apartments/duplex units consisting of 20 no. 2 and 3 bed units in a 3 to 4 storey apartment/duplex building and 12 no. 1 bed maisonette units in 4 no. 3 storey blocks; a creche/childcare facility; the provision of landscaping and amenity areas scattered throughout the development including an adventure playground, a linear park, a central square and play equipment; the provision of 2 no. pedestrian bridges over Toolestown Stream to connect into Oldtown Woods Estate; and all associated infrastructure and services including 1 no. vehicular access point on to Shackleton Road, improvements to pedestrian footpath and cycleway along Shackleton Road, upgraded pedestrian junction to Shackleton Road and the R403, parking, lighting and drainage

  Permission · Kildare County Council, 22312958

• 19 Dec 2018Conditional

  STRATEGIC HOUSING DEVELOPMENT (ABP Decision) - (a) the construction of 251 no. residential units to include 167 no. dwelling houses (comprising a mix of 2, 3 & 4 bed detached, semi-detached and end & mid terrace houses); and 84 no. apartments (comprising a mix of 1, 2 & 3 bed apartments/duplexes) which range in height from two to three storeys; (b) 1 no. crèche; (c) the erection of two new ESB pylons to intercept existing overhead wires and the diversion and undergrounding of two existing 38kV overhead cables; (d) the upgrading of existing junction at the corner of Shackleton Road and Oldtown Road to accommodate a new filter lane and crossing point; and provision of new vehicular entrance onto Shackleton Road and two new vehicular entrances onto Oldtown Road; (e) all associated ancillary site development works including drainage, footpaths, cycle lanes and pedestrian access, landscaping and amenity areas, bicycle and car parking, public lighting and all other ancillary development

  Permission, 170 homes · Kildare County Council, 18303295

• 17 Dec 2018Conditional

  converting existing garage to the right side of existing house to a "Granny Flat" with new link to house (previously granted under planning permission 09/726) and a new garage to the left side of existing house (previously grantted under planning permission 17/953)

  Permission · Kildare County Council, 181520

• 12 Mar 2018Conditional

  a 10 year permission (to construct development) for a solar farm comprising: the installation of photovoltaic panels on ground mounted frames in rows on a site of C.47.44 hectares, a single storey onsite 38kV substation with compound, with 2 no single storey storage containers, 25 no. invertor stations , ducting & underground electrical cabling, perimeter fencing, 23.no mounted CCTV Cameras, provision of a new access from the L5066/Killadoon Road, provision of internal access tracks, and all associated site development and landscaping works

  Permission · Kildare County Council, 18250

• 22 Aug 2017Conditional

  to demolish existing detached garage to the right side of existing property, and replace with similar sized garage to be positioned to the left side of existing property to be constructed behind the front building line, construct a single storey right side extension to facilitate granny flat for a elderly family member all new drainage to be diverted to existing on site treatment tank

  Permission, 1 home · Kildare County Council, 17953

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 Ballymakealy Upper.

Recorded monuments

No recorded monument lies in the townland of Ballymakealy Upper.

Architectural heritage

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

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 20 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels. Testing a home

Landslides

Susceptibility low, on the 1:50,000 map.

Terrain model

LiDAR of the Office of Public Works, flown in 2011, at 2 m: tile OPW_2867 (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 Ballymakealy Upper with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Kildare.

Name

Ballymakealy Upper

Area

606,266 m² (60.63 ha, 149.81 acres)

Civil parish

Killadoon, and its townlands

Barony

Salt North

Electoral division

Celbridge, the unit of the census

Census 2022

Celbridge electoral division: 16,066 people in 5,350 households; 79% of households own their home; 21% of homes were built since 2001; 3% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 0% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Ballymakealy Lower, Griffinrath, Killadoon, Killeenlea, Oakleypark, Oldtown

Placenames

Ballymakealy Upper 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.