Barnhall

848 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Barnhall, from 0 m² to 152,054 m² (15.21 ha, 37.57 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 105 neighbouring parcels touch it.

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• R2Existing Residential / Infill (Existing residential)
  Leixlip LAP 2020-2023, Kildare · 663 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• R1New Residential (New/proposed residential)
  Leixlip LAP 2020-2023, Kildare · 257 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• G4Open Space and Amenity (Active open space)
  Leixlip LAP 2020-2023, Kildare · 16 parcels The zoning objective in the plan

Source: Tailte Éireann and the Department of Housing (MyPlan), national zoning, CC BY 4.0.

• 9 Sept 2026N/a

  for the construction of a single-storey extension to the rear of the existing dwelling, comprising two bedrooms, a bathroom and an open-plan living space, together with all associated site development works.

  Permission · Kildare County Council, 2661005

• 4 Sept 2026N/a

  the construction of a single-storey extension to the rear of the existing dwelling, comprising two bedrooms, a bathroom and an open-plan living space, together with all associated site development works.

  Permission · Kildare County Council, 2660995

• 22 Apr 2026Conditional

  conversion of existing attic space comprising of modification of existing roof structure, new gable window, new access stairs, 2no. roof windows to the front and flat roof dormer to the rear

  Permission · Kildare County Council, 2660439

• 20 Mar 2026N/a

  a flat roof garden room to the rear of the property for ancillary home office and storage use

  Retention · Kildare County Council, 2660289

• 19 Mar 2026Conditional

  attic conversion with dormer to rear roof to accommodate stairs to allow access to attic conversion as non habitable storage space with roof windows to front all with associated ancillary works

  Permission · Kildare County Council, 2660285

• 18 Feb 2026Conditional

  for a single story garden shed with a pitch roof, located at the end of the rear garden, comprising of a storage area & home gymnasium / playroom and all associated site works.

  Permission · Kildare County Council, 2660149

• 22 Jan 2026Conditional

  A. Two-storey extension to side and rear, B. All associated site works

  Permission · Kildare County Council, 2610

• 5 Jan 2026N/a

  retention of A. Two-storey extension to side and rear, B. All associated site works

  Permission · Kildare County Council, 261

• 19 Dec 2025N/a

  proposed 11 three storey dwelling houses residential development consisting of 10 x 4 bed semi-detached houses and 1 x 4 bed detached house along with alteration of existing front vehicular access off Green Lane leading to access roadway with all associated site development works, boundary treatment, landscaping open space, ESB networks sub-station, car parking, bicycle storage, bin storage, service connections and including demolition of existing detached dwelling house. Revised by Significant Further Information which consists of: Proposed 8 dwelling houses residential development consisting of 3 x 4 bed two storey detached houses; 4 x 4 bed two storey semi-detached houses and 1 x 4 bed two storey detached house along with alteration of existing front vehicular access off Green Lane leading to access roadway with all associated site development works, boundary treatment, landscaping open space, ESB networks sub-station, car parking, bicycle storage, bin storage, service connections and including demolition of existing detached dwelling house. Revised by Significant Clarification of Further Information which consists of: Proposed 8 dwelling houses residential development consisting of 3 x 4 bed two storey detached houses; 4 x 4 bed two storey semi-detached houses and 1 x 4 bed two storey detached house along with alteration of existing front vehicular access off Green Lane leading to access roadway with all associated site development works, boundary treatment, landscaping open space, ESB networks sub-station, car parking, bicycle storage, bin storage, service connections and including demolition of existing detached dwelling house

  Permission, 11 homes · Kildare County Council, 25189

• 17 Dec 2025Conditional

  installation of existing Velux roof light to front elevation, and construction/installation of 3no. new Velux rooflights to rear and associated site works.

  Retention · Kildare County Council, 2561446

• 11 Nov 2025Conditional

  for conversion of existing attic space comprising of modification of existing roof structure, new access stair & rear dormer extension and 2No. roof windows to the front

  Permission · Kildare County Council, 2561274

• 31 Oct 2025N/a

  Conversion of existing attic space comprising of modification of existing roof structure, new access stair & rear dormer extension and 2No. roof windows to the front

  Permission · Kildare County Council, 2561242

• 29 Oct 2025N/a

  conversion of existing attic space comprising of modification of existing roof structure, new access stair & rear dormer extension and 2No. roof windows to the front

  Permission · Kildare County Council, 2561229

• 13 Oct 2025Conditional

  works to uprate the existing Rinawade – Dunfirth Tee – Kinnegad 110kV overhead line (OHL). Within County Kildare, the proposed development will take place within the following townlands: Confey, Parsonstown, Barnhall, Easton, Rinawade Upper, Rinawade Lower, Castletown, Oldcarton, Nicholastown, Killickaweeny, Cappagh, Newtown, Ballynakill, Ballyvoneen, Dysart, Dunfierth, Coolree, Kilmurry, Thomastown, Kilshanchoe, Clonagh, Cadamstown, Tanderagee, Calfstown, Ballinderry, Balrinnet, Kilglass, Nurney, Williamstown, Ballindoolin, Carrick, Grange East, Rahin. The Rinawade - Dunfirth Tee - Kinnegad 110 kV OHL circuit runs through County Meath, County Kildare and County Offaly. It is 54 km in length and travels from Kinnegad 110 kV substation in Killaskillen (County Meath) and traverses southeast where a short loop into Dunfirth 110 kV substation in Dunfirth (County Kildare) exists. The line then continues southeast where it terminates at Rinawade 110kV substation in Rinawade Lower (County Kildare). The OHL has a total of 249no. supporting structures. Within the functional area of Kildare County Council, there is 30.66 km of the existing OHL circuit, with 140 no. structures. Within the functional area of Meath County Council there is 23.16 km, with 107 no. structures, and within the functional area of Offaly County Council there is 0.42 km, with 2 no. structures. Separate planning applications will be lodged with Meath County Council and Offaly County Council. The proposed development within Co. Kildare will comprise: the replacement (“restringing”) of the existing OHL circuit conductor wires with a new higher capacity conductor between structure numbers 93 - 153, 224 - 226, and 240 - 247; the strengthening of tower foundations at 9no. locations; the strengthening of towers (i.e., member replacement) at 14no. locations; the painting of towers at 15no. locations; shear block remedial works of towers at 1no. location; the replacement of polesets at 43no. locations, with similar structures. There will be no change in height at 6no. poleset replacements. There will be height increases between 0.1m and 2.0m at 33no. poleset replacements. Poleset numbers 67, 72 and 132 will increase in height no greater than 3.0m, and poleset number 151 will increase in height no greater than 4.0m; the replumbing of polesets at 14no. locations; the replacement of insulating and ancillary hardware at all structures where conductor wires will be replaced; the replacement of stay wire/a

  Permission · Kildare County Council, 2561155

• 18 Mar 2025Conditional

  for the construction of two storey extension to the side and single storey extension to the rear, Attic conversion with Dormer windows, internal alterations and all associated ancillary site works

  Permission · Kildare County Council, 2560280

• 7 Mar 2025N/a

  for the construction of two storey extension to the side and single storey extension to the rear, Attic conversion with Dormer windows, internal alterations and all associated ancillary site works

  Permission · Kildare County Council, 2560230

• 5 Mar 2025Conditional

  for the conversion of existing attic space comprising of modification of existing roof structure, new gable window, new access stairs,1no. roof window to the front and flat roof dormer to the rear

  Permission · Kildare County Council, 2560220

• 28 Feb 2025Conditional

  for the demolition of an existing 23m2 single storey entrance porch at Building No.3 (North-East elevation) and removal of entrance pathway. Construction of new 148m2 single storey reception building at point of existing entrance on North-East façade to include a sheltered canopy public entrance with separate staff entrance, reception waiting area, tea station, 1 no. office room, 1 no. meeting room and a wheelchair accessible W.C. all with associated ancillary, drainage and landscape works including permeable paving serving as attenuation tank and soakaway

  Permission · Kildare County Council, 2560200

• 27 Oct 2024Conditional

  for a single storey front and rear extension to existing garage, a new front porch, convert garage to bedroom and wet room all associated site works

  Permission · Kildare County Council, 2461127

• 14 Oct 2024Conditional

  to construct dormer attic extension to rear and convert attic to store

  Permission · Kildare County Council, 24327

• 30 Sept 2024Conditional

  for 1) the construction of a new ground floor extension to the side and rear of the existing house; to accommodate; a kitchen, living space, utility room, and storage, 2) New extension roof to accommodate rooflights, 3) Modification of existing main roof structure, to include; new skylights to the front and rear, new flat roof dormer window to the rear (attic space not to be converted, to remain as dry storage space only), 4) Internal modifications and all associated site works

  Permission · Kildare County Council, 2460969

• 17 Sept 2024N/a

  Development will consist of permission to construct dormer attic extension to the rear and convert attic to store.

  Permission · Kildare County Council, 24296

• 19 Jun 2024Refused

  for erection of a coffee and food-snack container and all ancillary site works

  Permission · Kildare County Council, 2460550

• 18 Jun 2024N/a

  for a coffee and food-snack container and all ancillary site works

  Permission · Kildare County Council, 2460545

• 10 Jun 2024Refused

  Extension of Duration: Erection of 2 No. new 12m high lighting columns to the west of the existing hurling wall; Erection of 24 No. new (up to) 5m high lighting columns around the perimeter of the site; Erection of 3 No. new 21m high lighting columns to the south of the existing main pitches; Erection of 4 No. new 15.24m high lighting columns around the future junior pitch to the south of the site. All associated site development works as per Planning Ref: 19/733

  Extension of duration · Kildare County Council, 24184

The 25 most recent of 95 applications.

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 Barnhall.

Recorded monuments

• KD011-062 Fulacht fia
  Description

  Discovered during soil stripping in advance of a large commercial development and subsequently archaeologically excavated (Gracie 1995 Excavation Licence No. 95E0264). A small rectangular spread of loose black silt and firmer black, clayey silt (3m E-W; 2.5m N-S) contained burnt stones and occasional charcoal fragments. To the S, a second larger spread of black material occurred (12m N-S; 10m E-W), and overlay a small pit at W which contained deposits of burnt stone. Three similar pits were found in the vicinity. Compiled by: Gearóid Conroy Date of upload: 16 January 2013

Architectural heritage

• Wonderful Barn, folly, 1740–1745 · National interest
  Description

  Freestanding single-bay five-stage grain store, dated 1743, on a cruciform plan with series of four single-bay single-storey gabled projecting bays. Now disused. Flat roof behind parapet approached by flight of ninety-four cut-limestone steps. Part creeper- or ivy-covered slate hung (lower stages) or lime rendered (upper stages) battered walls with rough faced cut-limestone stringcourses including rough faced cut-limestone stringcourse supporting battlemented parapet having cut-limestone coping. Square-headed door opening (west) below cut-limestone date stone ("1743") with lintel framing timber boarded double doors. Triangular window openings (upper stages) with rough faced cut-limestone sill courses, and concealed dressings with monolithic hood mouldings framing fixed-pane fittings. Interior with limewashed red brick English bond dome vaulted chambers. Set in unkempt grounds.

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; parts are made ground.

Terrain model

LiDAR of the Office of Public Works, flown in 2011, at 2 m: tile OPW_2937 (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 Barnhall with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Kildare.

Name

Barnhall

Area

901,504 m² (90.15 ha, 222.77 acres)

Civil parish

Leixlip, and its townlands

Barony

Salt North

Electoral division

Leixlip, the unit of the census

Census 2022

Leixlip electoral division: 16,755 people in 5,741 households; 79% of households own their home; 24% of homes were built since 2001; 4% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 0% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Castletown, Collinstown, Easton, Kilmacredock Upper, Leixlip, Leixlip Demesne, Parsonstown, Rinawade Upper

Placenames

Barnhall 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.