Baybush
Townland in the civil parish of Straffan, barony of Salt North, Co. Kildare
Parcel 1053545
- Area
- 20,534 m² (2.05 ha, 5.07 acres)
- Buildings
- 4 buildings touch it, 360 m² on the ground
- Zoning
- No zone of a development plan covers it in the national zoning. Outside zoned towns and villages, the county development plan's rural policies apply.
- Townland
- Baybush
Planning applications on this parcel
No planning application touches this parcel in the national file, which goes back to 2010.
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 this parcel.
Recorded monuments around it
No zone of notification of a recorded monument touches this parcel.
Architectural heritage
No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands on this parcel.
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).
Ground and risks
- Radon
- About 1 in 10 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels. Testing a home
- Landslides
- Susceptibility low, on the 1:50,000 map.
- 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.
Download this parcel: DXF, in Irish Transverse Mercator metres, with its neighbours and buildings, for a drawing program; GeoJSON, in WGS 84, for a map; KML, for Google Earth.
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann, CC BY 4.0. 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.
- Area
- 114.3 ha
- 282 acres
- Land parcels
- 106
- registered freehold, median 1,988 m²
- Zoning
- —
- not in a zoned settlement
- Planning
- 19
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
106 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Baybush, from 36 m² to 531,637 m² (53.16 ha, 131.37 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 26 neighbouring parcels touch it.
Download the townland: DXF, in Irish Transverse Mercator metres, with its boundary, parcels and buildings; GeoJSON or KML.
Zoning
Development plans, national zoning
No zone of a development plan covers Baybush 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.
Planning applications
Sites that touch the townland, newest first
6 Mar 2024Conditional
for the demolition of selected external walls to side and rear, construction of rear and side flat roofed extension totalling 56.10sqm. The development will also include externally insulating the retained house (render and timber finish), alterations to internal layouts, additional window opes, changes to selected existing window opes, proposed rooflights and the installation of a new site specific treatment unit and percolation area replacing an existing septic tank and all associated site works
Permission · Kildare County Council, 2460197
27 Feb 2024N/a
Development will consist of the demolition of selected external walls to side and rear, construction of rear and side flat roofed extension totalling 56.10sqm . The development will also include externally insulating the retained house ( render and timber finish) alterations to internal layouts, additional windows opes, changes to selected existing window opes, proposed rooflights and the installation of new site specific treatment unit and percolation area replacing an existing septic tank. and all associated site works.
Permission · Kildare County Council, 2473
11 Jul 2023Refused
Consists of (A) the erection of a part two, part single storey, type house, (B) garage for domestic use, (C) the installation of a proprietary waste water treatment system with percolation area and (D) new vehicular entrance and access drive way and all associated site works
Permission · Kildare County Council, 23765
12 Jan 2023Conditional
the retention of single storey metal clad storage shed for domestic use and all associated site works
Retention · Kildare County Council, 2324
16 Dec 2022N/a
The development consists of the retention of single storey metal clad storage shed for domestic use and all associated site works
Retention · Kildare County Council, 221497
30 Nov 2022Refused
The development consists of: (a) The erection of a part two, part single storey, type house; (b) Garage for domestic use; (c) The installation of a proprietary waste water treatment system with percolation area, and (d) New vehicular entrance and access driveway and all associated site works
Permission, 1 home · Kildare County Council, 221431
8 Nov 2021Conditional
for retention permission associated with the permitted development (Kildare County Council Reg. No. of 08/298) on a site occupying 0.28 Ha at Little Toppers Crèche Ovidstown, Straffan, Co. Kildare. The proposed development for retention permission consists of: the change of use of 1 No. permitted Staff room and Office of 26 sqm to a Montessori room use; the change of use of 1 No. Store room to Reception use of 3.5 sqm; the infill development of 1 No. Classroom of 31.8 sqm in place of a Play Courtyard; the construction of 1 No. standalone staff room of 13.56 sqm built to the rear of the main creche building; increase in capacity of the crèche facility from 30 No. childcare spaces to 61 No. childcare spaces; and associated site development works above and below ground
Retention · Kildare County Council, 211584
17 Aug 2021Conditional
development will consist of porch to the front and single storey extensions to the rear
Permission · Kildare County Council, 211190
6 Aug 2021N/a
will consist of porch to the front and single storey extension to the rear
Permission · Kildare County Council, 211138
31 May 2021Refused
(A) Demolition of existing light industry building and removal of existing tarmac car park (B) Decommissioning and removal of existing septic tank serving the existing single storey house and installation of replacement proprietary waste water treatment system and coconut filter percolation area (C) Erection of 2 no. one and half storey type houses (D) Installation of 2 no. proprietary waste water treatment systems and coconut filter percolation areas to serve the proposed houses (E) Provision of new plot boundaries and 3 no. recessed vehicular entrances and all associated site works
Permission, 1 home · Kildare County Council, 21760
28 May 2020Conditional
1.Retention of canopies horse shelter. 2. Retention and continuation of established use of dog kennels and cattery. 3. Retention of single storey building for the purposes of dog kennels and cattery including outdoor play area, timber fencing and dog run with boundary fence. 4. Retention of “Woofy’s” sign at roadside entrance gate. 5. And all associated site developments works. Revised by Significant Further Information which consists of a new wastewater treatment system is now proposed
Retention · Kildare County Council, 20533
27 May 2019Conditional
the removal of an existing prefabricated storage shed; the construction of a new garage to the side of a two storey dormer dwelling; the construction of new piers and entrance gates; and the provision of all other associated site excavation, infrastructural and site development works above and below ground
Permission · Kildare County Council, 19587
14 Mar 2019Conditional
a site entrance and boundary fence to the front of the site
Retention · Kildare County Council, 19255
7 Feb 2019Conditional
the construction of a single storey family flat extension to the front and side of a two storey dormer dwelling; the relocation of an existing raised percolation area/polishing filter and the provision of all other associated site excavation, infrastructural and site development works above and below ground
Permission · Kildare County Council, 19109
20 Aug 2018Refused
a single storey "Granny flat" extension to the side of the existing house including a living room, dining, kitchen, bedroom, study and ancillary spaces and associated site works
Permission, 1 home · Kildare County Council, 181012
16 Aug 2018Refused
change of use of store granted by An Bord Pleanála (PL9/5/51997) to a detached dwelling unit with minor alterations to external façade, sub-division of site, installation of a treatment system and all ancillary site-works
Retention, 1 home · Kildare County Council, 181001
14 Sept 2017Conditional
a single storey conservatory 13m2 to the side of house
Retention, 1 home · Kildare County Council, 171033
10 Aug 2017Refused
a single storey dwelling, serviced with small on site wastewater treatment system to current EPA guidelines, small domestic garage, recessed entrance (to be combined with the entrance of the existing dwelling to the southwest) and for all associated siteworks
Permission, 2 homes · Kildare County Council, 17904
30 May 2017Conditional
for renovating and extending existing dwelling house comprising of a dormer extension to the rear to accommodate a new kitchen and bedroom overhead, to raise the roof over master bedroom and bedroom 2 to match the existing ridge height, also to alter the design of windows in master bedroom and bedroom 2, and to install two new windows in side elevation, one at ground floor level and one in the en-suite at first floor level, and alter front door to include two side screens, also to extend the domestic garage to the back and to the front and all associated and necessary site works
Permission, 1 home · Kildare County Council, 17624
Source: National Planning Applications, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, CC BY 4.0. Applicants are not shown.
Nature and heritage
Designated sites and recorded monuments
Designated sites
No designated site (Special Area of Conservation, Special Protection Area, Natural Heritage Area or proposed one) touches the townland of Baybush.
Recorded monuments
No recorded monument lies in the townland of Baybush.
Architectural heritage
No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands in the townland of Baybush.
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).
Ground and risks
Radon, landslides, flooding
- Radon
- About 1 in 10 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels. Testing a home
- Landslides
- Susceptibility low, on the 1:50,000 map.
- 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.
Homes sold
Property Price Register
- Baybush, Straffan9 sales
The townland
- Name
- Baybush
- Area
- 1,142,993 m² (114.3 ha, 282.44 acres)
- Civil parish
- Straffan, and its townlands
- Barony
- Salt North
- Electoral division
- Straffan, the unit of the census
- Census 2022
- Straffan electoral division: 2,513 people in 758 households; 83% of households own their home; 49% of homes were built since 2001; 8% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 4% were holiday homes.
- Neighbouring townlands
- Barberstown Upper, Bawnoges, Irishtown Lower, Longtown, Newtownmacabe, Ovidstown
- Placenames
- Baybush 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.