# Bishopscourt Lower, Co. Kildare: townland, land parcels and planning Townland in the civil parish of Oughterard, barony of Salt South, Co. Kildare; in Irish Cúirt an Easpaig Íochtarach. - Area (Tailte Éireann): 942,700 m² (94.27 ha, 232.95 acres) - Land parcels (Tailte Éireann): 36 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in it, median 3,864 m² (0.39 ha, 0.95 acres) - Zoning (national zoning, MyPlan): not in a zoned settlement - Planning (National Planning Applications): 13 applications since 2010 - Civil parish: Oughterard, https://everytownland.com/kildare/parish/oughterard.md - Barony: Salt South - Electoral division: Oughterard, the unit of the census - Census 2022 (Central Statistics Office): 846 people lived in 271 households in the Oughterard electoral division. 91% of households owned their home. 29% of homes were built since 2001. 2% 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/26026 - Townland number at Tailte Éireann: 80169 - Centre: latitude 53.274807, longitude -6.584737 (WGS 84) ## Land parcels (registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann) 36 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Bishopscourt Lower, from 122 m² to 317,673 m² (31.77 ha, 78.5 acres); 26 neighbouring parcels touch its boundary. Largest first: - Parcel 1021506: 317,673 m² (31.77 ha, 78.5 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1021506.md - Parcel 1082279: 194,973 m² (19.5 ha, 48.18 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1082279.md - Parcel 1018351: 59,061 m² (5.91 ha, 14.59 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1018351.md - Parcel 1074156: 54,297 m² (5.43 ha, 13.42 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1074156.md - Parcel 1042304: 48,322 m² (4.83 ha, 11.94 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1042304.md - Parcel 1075849: 42,383 m² (4.24 ha, 10.47 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1075849.md - Parcel 1078097: 39,193 m² (3.92 ha, 9.68 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1078097.md - Parcel 1057152: 31,638 m² (3.16 ha, 7.82 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1057152.md - Parcel 1014916: 25,724 m² (2.57 ha, 6.36 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1014916.md - Parcel 1081029: 24,993 m² (2.5 ha, 6.18 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1081029.md - Parcel 1072613: 20,329 m² (2.03 ha, 5.02 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1072613.md - Parcel 4771369: 18,186 m² (1.82 ha, 4.49 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/4771369.md - Parcel 1025598: 10,441 m² (1.04 ha, 2.58 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1025598.md - Parcel 1069675: 5,765 m² (0.58 ha, 1.42 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1069675.md - Parcel 1023616: 5,664 m² (0.57 ha, 1.4 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1023616.md - Parcel 1022571: 4,904 m² (0.49 ha, 1.21 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1022571.md - Parcel 2390667: 4,772 m² (0.48 ha, 1.18 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2390667.md - Parcel 1013767: 3,912 m² (0.39 ha, 0.97 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1013767.md - Parcel 5713493: 3,816 m² (0.38 ha, 0.94 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5713493.md - Parcel 1027000: 3,798 m² (0.38 ha, 0.94 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1027000.md - Parcel 3074015: 3,706 m² (0.37 ha, 0.92 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/3074015.md - Parcel 1086447: 3,627 m² (0.36 ha, 0.9 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1086447.md - Parcel 1024604: 3,541 m² (0.35 ha, 0.88 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1024604.md - Parcel 1066492: 1,979 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1066492.md - Parcel 5130037: 1,873 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/5130037.md - Parcel 1059853: 1,830 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1059853.md - Parcel 4771370: 1,789 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/4771370.md - Parcel 1021825: 1,524 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1021825.md - Parcel 5810613: 1,184 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/5810613.md - Parcel 1053683: 1,122 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1053683.md - Parcel 1069685: 430 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1069685.md - Parcel 5974256: 273 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/5974256.md - Parcel 5713499: 198 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/5713499.md - Parcel 5713497: 171 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/5713497.md - Parcel 5639158: 129 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/5639158.md - Parcel 4771368: 122 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/4771368.md ## Zoning (national zoning of development plans, MyPlan) No zone of a development plan covers Bishopscourt 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) 13 applications, newest first. - 2 Dec 2025, Kildare County Council 2561360: Conditional. Permission, 1 home. a New dwelling and detached garage, Existing Agricultural entrance to become shared entrance for new dwelling, Wastewater Treatment system with Percolation area, Well, Landscaping & all associated site works. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/KildareCC/AppFileRefDetails/2561360/0 - 26 Nov 2025, Kildare County Council 2561333: N/a. Permission, 1 home. a New dwelling and detached garage, Existing Agricultural entrance to become shared entrance for new dwelling, Wastewater Treatment system with Percolation area, Well, Landscaping & all associated site works.. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/KildareCC/AppFileRefDetails/2561333/0 - 28 Nov 2023, Kildare County Council 231001: Conditional. Permission. for alterations to the front elevation consisting of the demolition of the front section of the existing dining area and roof over, removal of dormer windows to upper floor bedroom, provision of a new bay window to the front on both floors, alterations to the rear playroom and pantry, internal alterations to the layout, with minor internal and external elevational alterations, all to the existing detached two storey dwelling. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/KildareCC/AppFileRefDetails/231001/0 - 11 Dec 2020, Kildare County Council 201516: Conditional. Extension of duration. Extension of duration of Planning Reference 15/840 - erection of an Agricultural Store and horse stables, and also an improved recessed entrance in place of existing entrance with all associated facilities and site works. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/KildareCC/AppFileRefDetails/201516/0 - 15 Jul 2020, Kildare County Council 20756: Conditional. Retention, 1 home. for as constructed Dormer/Storey and a Half Dwelling House, Site Entrance Walls with Gate and all Associated Site Development Works. This development was previously granted Planning Permission on Planning File reg. ref: 14/731. All development to take place at. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/KildareCC/AppFileRefDetails/20756/0 - 29 Mar 2019, Kildare County Council 19334: Conditional. Permission. proposed rear extension, minor renovations and partial demolition to existing cottage, upgrade of existing waste water system, upgrade of existing entrance to cul-de-sac and all associated site works. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/KildareCC/AppFileRefDetails/19334/0 - 11 Mar 2019, Kildare County Council 19235: N/a. Permission. retention permission of condition 1 from previous application 99/284; demolition of existing cottage, Proposed rear extension, minor alterations to existing cottage, upgrade of existing waste water system, upgrade of existing entrance to cul-de-sac and all associated site works. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/KildareCC/AppFileRefDetails/19235/0 - 2 Aug 2018, Kildare County Council 18942: Conditional. Permission, 1 home. single storey dwelling house, waste water treatment system with raised percolation area, new site entrance and associated site development works. All development to take place. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/KildareCC/AppFileRefDetails/18942/0 - 25 Jul 2018, Kildare County Council 18899: Refused. Permission, 1 home. a three bedroom single storey house, wastewater treatment plant, entrance, associated siteworks. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/KildareCC/AppFileRefDetails/18899/0 - 6 Apr 2018, Kildare County Council 18378: Refused. Permission, 1 home. Three bedroom single storey house, wastewater treatment plant, entrance associated siteworks. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/KildareCC/AppFileRefDetails/18378/0 - 13 Sept 2017, Kildare County Council 171027: Refused. Permission, 1 home. three bedroom single storey house, wastewater treatment plant, entrance and associated siteworks. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/KildareCC/AppFileRefDetails/171027/0 - 3 May 2017, Kildare County Council 17503: Conditional. Retention, 1 home. of the following deviations from that granted under planning Ref. No. 13/746 which comprise: (a) Alterations of position of site entrance and access driveway. (b) Alterations of site boundaries, and all ancillary site works. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/KildareCC/AppFileRefDetails/17503/0 - 7 Apr 2017, Kildare County Council 17381: Conditional. Permission, 1 home. Construction of a detached one and a half storey house with dormer element, single storey detached domestic garage, recessed entrance, secondary effluent treatment system and all associated site works. Revised by Significant Further Information which consists of revised house design as a one and half storey detached house, revised access arrangements and proposed works to existing access laneway adjoining the public road. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/KildareCC/AppFileRefDetails/17381/0 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 Bishopscourt Lower. ## Recorded monuments (Sites and Monuments Record, National Monuments Service) No recorded monument lies in the townland of Bishopscourt Lower. ## Architectural heritage (National Inventory of Architectural Heritage) No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands in the townland of Bishopscourt 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 Bishopscourt Lower, about 1 in 20 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, partly inferred. - Terrain model: LiDAR of the Office of Public Works, flown in 2011, at 2 m: tile OPW_2870, https://gsi.geodata.gov.ie/downloads/LiDAR/OPW_NASC/OPW_2870.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/bishopscourt-lower.dxf - GeoJSON, in WGS 84, for a map: https://everytownland.com/kildare/bishopscourt-lower.geojson - KML, for Google Earth: https://everytownland.com/kildare/bishopscourt-lower.kml ## Homes sold (Residential Property Price Register) No address of the register names Bishopscourt 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) - Alasty: https://everytownland.com/kildare/alasty.md - Baronrath: https://everytownland.com/kildare/baronrath.md - Bishopscourt Upper: https://everytownland.com/kildare/bishopscourt-upper.md - Boston: https://everytownland.com/kildare/boston.md - Keeloges: https://everytownland.com/kildare/keeloges.md - Oughterard: https://everytownland.com/kildare/oughterard.md - Painestown: https://everytownland.com/kildare/painestown-80987.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/bishopscourt-lower - In JSON: https://everytownland.com/api/townland/kildare/bishopscourt-lower