Blackditch
Townland in the civil parish of Nurney, barony of Offaly West, Co. Kildare
- Area
- 139.5 ha
- 345 acres
- Land parcels
- 58
- registered freehold, median 3,651 m² (0.37 ha, 0.9 acres)
- Zoning
- —
- not in a zoned settlement
- Planning
- 15
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
58 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Blackditch, from 20 m² to 424,067 m² (42.41 ha, 104.79 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 37 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 Blackditch 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
2 Jul 2026N/a
1. flood lights to GAA pitch to North of site consisting of 6x18m galvanised poles -350 lux 24 No light fittings 2. Proposed Walkway track 3. Proposed Astro pitch training. - 50m x 100m. 2 No. Ball stop nets, 2 No. Goals, 2 No. Dug outs. Permitter fencings, 10 no.12m High Galvanised lighting columns and LED sports floodlighting 4. Modular storage Unit - 200msq 5. Proposed 10m hurling Wall and all associated site works
Permission · Kildare County Council, 2660737
28 Jun 2026N/a
for flood lights to GAA pitch to North of site consisting of galvanised poles, 24 No light fittings, proposed walkway track, proposed astro pitch training., 2 No. ball stop nets, 2 No. goals, 2 No. dug outs. Permitter fencings, 10 no. high galvanised lighting columns and LED sports floodlighting modular storage Unit and proposed hurling wall
Permission · Kildare County Council, 2660705
26 Feb 2026Conditional
construction of a single storey extension to existing cottage and all associated site works
Permission · Kildare County Council, 2660200
7 Oct 2021Conditional
for modifications to previously granted planning no 17912. Modifications to consist of alterations to previously granted one & half storey dwelling, amended site boundary's including relocation of proposed dwelling and associated site works. Proposed access from existing driveway and effluent treatment to be constructed as per previously granted file no 17912
Permission · Kildare County Council, 211445
19 Mar 2021Refused
Single storey dwelling house, new vehicular entrance, effluent treatment system with percolation area and all associated site works
Permission, 1 home · Kildare County Council, 21347
10 Mar 2021Conditional
change of house type from that previously granted under file ref: 20777, to incorporate a size increase & amp: attached double domestic garage to rear of the single storey dwelling house and all associated site works
Permission, 1 home · Kildare County Council, 21296
16 Jul 2020Refused
a one storey house, effluent treatment system and polishing filter, recessed entrance and all associated siteworks
Permission, 1 home · Kildare County Council, 20776
16 Jul 2020Conditional
a one storey house with attached double domestic garage, effluent treatment system and polishing filter, recessed entrance and all associated siteworks
Permission, 1 home · Kildare County Council, 20777
26 Jul 2019Conditional
a new storey and a half dwelling house, new vehicular entrance, wastewater treatment system and polishing filter and all associated site works
Permission, 1 home · Kildare County Council, 19838
31 Oct 2018Conditional
of the location of existing septic tank and vehicular entrance from that previously granted under Planning Ref. No. 83/991
Retention · Kildare County Council, 181315
10 Oct 2018Conditional
renovations works to the existing clubhouse to comprise of the following: Construction of a new clubhouse main entrance and dressing rooms entrance together with 2 No. new dressing rooms, enlargement of the 2 No. existing dressing rooms, construction of a first floor gymnasium and meeting room, remodelling of external clubhouse facades, internal reconfiguration works within clubhouse, demolition of existing clubhouse entrance, together with the provision of additional car parking areas and all associated ancillary services. Revised by significant further information consisting of; new wastewater treatment system and polishing filter and all associated site works
Permission · Kildare County Council, 181240
7 Nov 2017Conditional
to construct (a) milking parlour, dairy and plant room. (b) unroofed collecting yard with surrounding wall. (c) meal silo which will be 6.7 metres in height and 2.4 metres in diameter. (d) heavy grade plastic water storage tank with dimensions 2.5 metres high and 2.5 metres in diameter. (e) two unroofed slatted tanks and all associated site works
Permission · Kildare County Council, 171249
25 Oct 2017N/a
to construct milking parlour, dairy and plant room. Also unroofed collecting yard and two unroofed slatted tanks and all associated site works
Permission · Kildare County Council, 171191
11 Aug 2017Conditional
one & half storey dwelling, access from existing driveway, septic tank with percolation area and all associated site works
Permission, 1 home · Kildare County Council, 17912
20 Jan 2017Conditional
construction of cattle shed to include two slatted tanks, creep area, feed passage and all associated site works
Permission · Kildare County Council, 1750
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 Blackditch.
Recorded monuments
- KD027-019 Enclosure
Description
Shown on the 1st ed. (1838) of the OS 6-inch map as an apparently raised, circular area (est. diam. c. 40m), possibly a ringfort. In an area of gently undulating improved pasture. No visible surface trace. Compiled by: Gearóid Conroy Date of upload: 31 August 2012
Architectural heritage
No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands in the townland of Blackditch.
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, low (inferred), on the 1:50,000 map.
- Terrain model
- No LiDAR survey of the Office of Public Works covers the centre of the townland of Blackditch.
- 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.
Homes sold
Property Price Register
No address of the register names Blackditch with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Kildare.
The townland
- Name
- Blackditch
- Area
- 1,394,780 m² (139.48 ha, 344.66 acres)
- Civil parish
- Nurney, and its townlands
- Barony
- Offaly West
- Electoral division
- Nurney, the unit of the census
- Census 2022
- Nurney electoral division: 1,196 people in 361 households; 86% of households own their home; 49% of homes were built since 2001; 4% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 0% were holiday homes.
- Neighbouring townlands
- Kildoon, Maddenstown South, Nurney Demesne, Nurneybog, Walterstown, Walterstown Lower
- Placenames
- Blackditch 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.